U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 02/08/96 - 02/09/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 29945 29957 29958 29959 29960 29961 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29945 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CATAWBA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/06/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:19 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/06/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RUSSEL EDMOND |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/08/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CAUDLE JULIAN RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |ED GOODWIN EO | |ACCS 50.72(b)(1)(iv) ECCS INJECTION |SULLIVAN FEMA | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | A/R Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNUSUAL EVENT - LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER WITH ONE EDG INOPERABLE | | | | ALL OFFSITE POWER WAS LOST TO UNIT 2 AT 1230. THE UNIT TRIPPED AND ALL | | CONTROL RODS FULLY INSERTED. AN ECCS ACTUATION WAS RECEIVED BASED ON LOW | | MAIN STEAM LINE PRESSURE. THE 2A HIGH HEAD SAFETY INJECTION PUMP INJECTED | | TO THE RCS. THE SAFETY INJECTION SIGNAL HAS BEEN RESET AND INJECTION HAS | | BEEN SECURED. THE RCPs TRIPPED ON UNDER FREQUENCY. | | | | THE PLANT IS STABLE IN MODE 3. DECAY HEAT IS BEING REMOVED VIA THE STEAM | | GENERATOR PORVs. UNIT 2 DOES NOT HAVE ANY IDENTIFIED STEAM GENERATOR TUBE | | LEAKAGE. | | | | PRIOR TO THE EVENT, THE 2B EDG WAS MADE INOPERABLE FOR PLANNED MAINTENANCE. | | IN ADDITION, COMPONENT COOLING WATER TRAIN 2B, RHR TRAIN 2B, CONTAINMENT | | SPRAY TRAIN 2B, SERVICE WATER TRAIN 2B, VITAL BATTERIES B & D WERE OUT OF | | SERVICE FOR MAINTENANCE AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS ATTEMPTING TO RESTORE THE INOPERABLE EQUIPMENT. THEY ARE | | TAKING STEPS TO ESTABLISH A SOURCE OF POWER FROM UNIT 1 PER THEIR EMERGENCY | | OPERATING PROCEDURES. THE CAUSE OF THE LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER WAS A FAULT | | ON ONE PHASE OF BOTH THE TRAIN A AND TRAIN B MAIN TRANSFORMERS. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE APPROPRIATE STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND WILL BE | | MAKING A PRESS RELEASE. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | NOTE: SEE EVENT #29949 FOR A RELATED EVENT. | | | | ***UPDATE AT 19:00*** COMMISSIONER'S ASSISTANTS BRIEFING. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0300 EST FROM NODINE ON 2/8/95 TAKEN BY KARSCH * * * | | THE OPERATIONS CENTER WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE LICENSEE TERMINATED THEIR | | UNUSUAL EVENT AT 0215 EST BY THE RESTORATION OF THE "B" TRAIN MAIN | | TRANSFORMER. OFF-SITE POWER IS SUPPLYING NON-VITAL LOADS. ESSENTIAL | | BUSSES ARE STILL CROSS CONNECTED TO UNIT 1. THE CAUSE OF THE "B" | | TRANSFORMER FAULT MIGHT HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY MOISTURE INTRUSION. THE FAULT | | IN THE "A" TRAIN MIGHT HAVE BEEN INITIATED BY THE "B" TRAIN FAULT THROUGH | | SOME RELATIONSHIP STILL TO BE DETERMINED. THE PLANT IS IN MODE 5, WITH | | DECAY HEAT REMOVAL VIA THE RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL SYSTEM. REACTOR COOLANT | | PUMPS HAVE NOT BEEN RESTARTED. PLANT RESTART IS NOT YET DETERMINED. THE | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. RGN 2 DO (JULIAN), NRR EO | | (VIRGILIO) AND FEMA (AUSTIN) NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29957 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MCGUIRE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/08/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:05 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/08/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:10[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DUSTY MILLER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/08/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CAUDLE JULIAN RDO | |AUNA 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(A) UNANALYZED COND OP | | |ADEG 50.72(b)(1)(ii) DEGRAD COND DURING OP | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LEVEL INSTRUMENTATION LINES FOR THE REFUELING WATER STORAGE TANK (RWST) | | FROZE. | | | | ON 2/6/96, AT 1350 EST THE LICENSEE OBSERVED THAT A RWST LEVEL INSTRUMENT | | (2-FW-LT 5020) WAS INOPERABLE BECAUSE A SENSING LINE WAS FROZEN. SUBSEQUENT | | ENGINEERING ANALYSIS DETERMINED THAT THE OTHER CHANNEL WAS PROBABLY ALSO | | FROZEN. THE RWST LEVEL INSTRUMENTATION CHANNELS WERE RETESTED AT 1600 EST | | ON 2/6/96 AND FOUND TO BE OPERABLE. THE LICENSEE'S CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS | | TO ADJUST THE HEATER THERMOSTAT THAT CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE AT THESE LEVEL | | INSTRUMENTS. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29958 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/08/96 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:13 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/08/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM READY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/08/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CLIFFORD ANDERSON RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION | | THAT 25 GALLONS OF LUBRICATING OIL WAS SPILLED AT 0918 EST ON 7/7/96. NO | | OIL GOT INTO THE HUDSON RIVER. THE OIL HAS BEEN CLEANED UP. THE LICENSEE | | INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29959 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: GRAND GULF REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/08/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:21 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 02/08/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:42[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRINKMAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/08/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |DALE POWERS RDO | |AARC 50.72(b)(1)(v) OTHER ASMT/COMM INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | POST-ACCIDENT SAMPLING SYSTEM TO BE TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR MODIFICATIONS | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO TAKE THE PASS PANEL OUT OF SERVICE FOR MODIFICATIONS | | (WORK ORDER NO. 926288). SPECIFICALLY, THE LICENSEE INTENDS TO CHANGE THE | | RELIEF SETPOINT FOR THE LIQUID SAMPLING LINE, AND TO INSTALL A TEE FITTING. | | THE LICENSEE EXPECTS THE PASS PANEL TO BE BACK IN SERVICE LATER TODAY. THE | | NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 29960 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: DESERET GENER & TRANSMISSION COOP |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/08/96 | | CITY: VERNAL REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:30 [ET]| | COUNTY: UINTAH STATE: UT |EVENT DATE: 01/31/96 | |LICENSE#: UT2400037 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 12:00[MST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/08/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |DALE POWERS RDO | | |FRED COMBS (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JULIE FELICE | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THIS REPORT WAS RELAYED BY JULIE FELICE, DIVISION OF RADIATION CONTROL FOR | | THE STATE OF UTAH. THE DESERET GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION COOP LOCATED IN | | VERNAL, UTAH LOST A 10mCi CS-137 SOURCE. | | | | ON 02/01/96, THE STATE OF UTAH WAS NOTIFIED BY THE DESERET GENERATION AND | | TRANSMISSION COOP THAT A 10mCi CS-137 SOURCE HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE | | 01/31/96. ON 01/31/96, A RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER (RSO) FOR DESERET | | GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION COOP WAS PERFORMING A SURVEY OF THE SOURCE | | HOUSING ON A HOPPER. THE SOURCE WAS INSTALLED IN A GAUGE USED TO MEASURE | | THE LEVEL INSIDE THE HOPPER. DURING THE SURVEY, THE RSO NOTICED THAT THE | | SHUTTER HANDLE WAS MISSING. THE SHUTTER WAS IN ITS CLOSED POSITION. THE RSO | | TOOK THE GAUGE HOUSING OFF AND PLACED IT INSIDE A BOX TO BE SENT BACK TO | | KAY-RAY/SENSALL. THE MODEL NUMBER OF THE GAUGE IS 7062BP. WHEN THE RSO | | CONTACTED KAY-RAY/SENSALL, THEY INFORMED THE RSO THAT THE GUAGE HOUSING HAD | | TO BE LEAK TESTED BEFORE IT WAS SHIPPED BACK TO THEM. WHEN THE RSO TOOK THE | | GAUGE HOUSING OUT OF ITS BOX THE FACE PLATE CAME OFF AND THE SHUTTER | | MECHANISM FELL OUT. AFTER THE SHUTTER MECHANISM HAD FALLEN OUT, THE RSO | | DISCOVERED THAT THE 10mCi CS-137 SOURCE WAS MISSING. | | | | ON 02/02/96, A CONSULTANT FOR THE STATE OF UTAH AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF | | KAY-RAY/SENSALL SURVEYED THE AREA AND CONFIRMED THAT THE 10mCi CS-137 | | SOURCE WAS MISSING. THE LICENSEE IS STILL LOOKING FOR THE MISSING SOURCE. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29961 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PRAIRIE ISLAND REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/08/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: MN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:55 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/08/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:00[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: O. NELSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/08/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN MADERA RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ANALYSIS NOT PERFORMED ON PRESENT AND PAST FUEL CYCLE FOR THE MAXIMUM CLAD | | TEMPERATURE DURING A MAIN STEAM LINE BREAK. | | | | ONE OF THE REQUIRED ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA FOR MAIN STEAM LINE BREAK ACCIDENT | | ANALYSIS IS THAT THE MAXIMUM CLAD TEMPERATURE CALCULATED TO OCCUR AT THE | | CORE HOT SPOT MUST NOT EXCEED 2750øF. FOR THE PRESENT OPERATING CYCLE, UNIT | | 2 CYCLE 17, AND PAST CYCLES, UNIT 1 CYCLE 17 AND UNIT 2 CYCLE 16, THIS | | REQUIREMENT WAS NOT VERIFIED BY ANALYSIS. PRELIMINARY CALCULATION SHOW THAT | | REQUIREMENT IS MET FOR THE CURRENT CYCLE OUT TO AN EXPOSURE OF AT LEAST | | 13000 MWD/MTU. | | | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+