U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 10/10/96 - 10/11/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 30812 30837 30896 31041 31128 31129 31130 31131 31132 31133 31134 31135 31136 31137 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30812 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OCONEE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/31/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:27 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP,[3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/26/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID NIX |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/11/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |DAVE VERRELLI RDO | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A PRESSURIZER SAFETY VALVE WAS SET INCORRECTLY AND WOULD ADVERSELY IMPACT | | THE FSAR CHAPTER-15 ANALYSIS FOR AN UNCONTROLLED BANK ROD WITHDRAWAL AT | | POWER AND A DROPPED ROD ACCIDENT. THE SAFETY VALVE SETPOINT WAS RESET | | PRIOR TO REACTOR RESTART AT THE COMPLETION OF THE MARCH REFUELING; HOWEVER, | | THE ISSUES IN QUESTION ARE THE STATUS OF THE VALVE BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1994 TO | | MARCH 1996 AND WHETHER THESE TWO CHAPTER-15 ACCIDENTS COULD HAVE BEEN | | MITIGATED. THEREFORE, THE LICENSEE IS REPORTING THIS CONDITION UNTIL THE | | OPERABILITY ANALYSIS IS COMPLETE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | ***RETRACTION BY MIKE BAILEY @ 1715EDT ON 10/10/96 TAKEN BY DICK | | JOLLIFFE*** | | | | THE PAST OPERABILITY EVALUATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED FOR PRESSURIZER SAFETY | | VALVE 2RC-67. THE EVALUATION INDICATED THAT THE PEAK SECONDARY SYSTEM | | PRESSURE AND THE MINIMUM DEPARTURE FROM NUCLEATE BOILING RATIO ACCEPTANCE | | CRITERIA ARE NOT CHALLENGED. THEREFORE, 2RC-67 WOULD HAVE PERFORMED ITS | | INTENDED SAFETY FUNCTION DURING THE INSTALLED OCONEE UNIT 2 OPERATING CYCLE | | 15. THIS ANALYSIS IS DOCUMENTED IN AN APPROVED DUKE CALCULATION. BASED ON | | THE EVALUATION THAT VALVE 2RC-67 COULD HAVE PERFORMED ITS INTENDED SAFETY | | FUNCTION DURING OCONEE UNIT 2 OPERATING CYCLE 15, IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THIS | | EVENT NO LONGER MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR REPORTABILITY PER 10 CFR 50.72. R2DO | | (JOHN POTTER) NOTIFIED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 30837 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: NAK ENGINEERING, INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/06/96 | | CITY: SANTA ROSA REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:53 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: CA |EVENT DATE: 06/20/96 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 12:00[PDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/10/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: NORMAN NELSON |VERN HODGE NRR | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |CDEG 21.21(c)(3)(i) DEFECTS/NONCOMPLIANCE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | POTENTIAL DEFECT AFFECTING NORDBERG DIESEL GENERATORS | | | | NAK ENGINEERING, INC. OF SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA, REPORTED A POTENTIAL | | DEFECT IN A COMPONENT OF THE NORDBERG MODEL FS1316HSC STANDBY DIESEL | | GENERATOR. THERE EXISTS A POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL INJECTION LINE | | ASSEMBLY WHICH CONNECTS THE FUEL PUMP TO THE INJECTOR. THESE FUEL LINE | | ASSEMBLIES HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED TO THE MCGUIRE AND BRUNSWICK PLANTS. | | | | NAK ENGINEERING, INC. WILL PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE AFFECTED PLANTS. | | | | ***UPDATED FACSIMILE FROM NAK ENGINEERING, INC., SANTA ROSA, CA. RECEIVED | | AT 1856EDT 10/10/96 BY DICK JOLLIFFE*** | | | | NAK ENGINEERING, INC HAS ESTABLISHED AND ADOPTED REVISED PROCEDURES TO | | ASSEMBLE FUEL OIL LINES AND ELIMINATE THE POSSIBLE DEFECTIVE CONDITION THAT | | WAS FOUND AT MCGUIRE. NAK ENGINEERING HAS NOTIFIED EACH OF THE AFFECTED | | NUCLEAR STATIONS AND FURNISHED COPIES OF THE NEW ASSEMBLY PROCEDURES TO THE | | SYSTEM ENGINEERS AT MCGUIRE AND BRUNSWICK. | | THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS DETERMINED TO BE AN INADEQUATE TIGHTENING | | VALUE TO INSURE THE CORRECT SEATING OF THE SLEEVE THAT SEALS THE FUEL LINE | | CONNECTION. THE REVISED PROCEDURE INCORPORATES SPECIFIC TIGHTENING VALUES, | | INSPECTION CRITERIA, AND ACCEPTANCE VALUES TO VERIFY THAT THE "CRIMPING" OF | | THE SLEEVE IS ADEQUATE. | | | | A COPY OF THIS PART 21 WAS SENT TO VERN HODGE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30896 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OCONEE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/20/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [3] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:25 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP,[3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/20/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID NIX |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/11/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BRUNO URYC RDO | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LETDOWN STORAGE TANK (LDST) LEVEL INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION ERRORS COULD HAVE | | LED TO THE HIGH PRESSURE INJECTION (HPI) PUMP BECOMING HYDROGEN BOUND | | DURING AN EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEM (ECCS) ACTUATION. | | | | THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT UNCERTAINTY IN THE CALIBRATION ACCURACY FOR | | THE LDST LEVEL INSTRUMENTS WAS LARGER THAN PREVIOUSLY ASSUMED. UNDER | | ACCIDENT CONDITIONS REQUIRING HIGH PRESSURE INJECTION TOO LOW OF A LEVEL IN | | THE LDST COULD CAUSE THE HYDROGEN COVER GAS FROM THE LDST TO BE DRAWN INTO | | THE HPI PUMPS. THIS COULD GAS BIND THE PUMPS RENDERING THEM INOPERABLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE INSTRUMENTATION AS PRESENTLY CALIBRATED | | DOES NOT COMPROMISE ECCS OPERABILITY. HOWEVER, A REVIEW OF HISTORICAL | | RECORDS DETERMINED THAT IN THE PAST IN THREE INSTANCES ON UNIT 1, TWO | | INSTANCES ON UNIT 2, AND ONE INSTANCE ON UNIT 3, THE HPI PUMPS COULD HAVE | | BECOME HYDROGEN BOUND DURING AN ECCS ACTUATION. DUE TO THE DOUBT | | SURROUNDING PAST OPERABILITY OF THE HPI SYSTEM THE LICENSEE IS SUBMITTING | | THIS REPORT. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | ***RETRACTION OF EVENT BY MIKE BAILEY @ 1715EDT ON 10/10/96 TAKEN BY DICK | | JOLLIFFE*** | | | | A DESIGN ANALYSIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED WHICH REVIEWS THE PAST OCCASIONS WHICH | | COULD HAVE RESULTED IN THE INOPERABILITY OF THE HPI SYSTEM. THIS ANALYSIS | | CONCLUDED THAT THE PAST OPERATION OF THE OCONEE UNITS WAS WITHIN THE | | OPERATIONAL RESTRICTIONS FOR THE LDST. THEREFORE, GAS BINDING OF THE HPI | | PUMPS WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED AND THE HPI SYSTEM IS PAST OPERABLE. BASED ON | | THE CONCLUSION THAT THE HPI SYSTEM IS PAST OPERABLE, THIS EVENT NO LONGER | | MEETS THE REPORTABILITY REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR 50.72. R2DO (JOHN POTTER) | | NOTIFIED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE OF THIS EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31041 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OCONEE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/22/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:26 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP,[3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/21/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SCOTT HOLLINGSWORTH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/11/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |THOMAS DECKER RDO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 HOT STANDBY | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REACTOR COOLANT LEAKAGE REQUIRES REACTOR COOLDOWN | | | | AT 1730, ON 9/21/96, A LEAK WAS IDENTIFIED ON VALVE 2HP-491. THE LEAK IS | | IN THE FORM OF A FINE MIST AND ORIGINATES AT THE SOCKET WELD ON THE INLET | | SIDE OF THE VALVE. 2HP-491 IS A DRAIN VALVE ON A 1 INCH LINE THAT TAPS OFF | | OF THE 2A1 HIGH PRESSURE INJECTION LINE. | | | | ALTHOUGH THIS VALVE CAN BE ISOLATED, THE LICENSEE HAS CHOSEN NOT TO DO THIS | | SINCE IT WOULD ISOLATE ONE TRAIN OF HIGH PRESSURE INJECTION (HPI) | | CAPABILITY. THIS WOULD PLACE UNIT 2 OUTSIDE THE BOUNDS OF TECH SPECS WHICH | | REQUIRE TWO TRAINS OF HIGH PRESSURE INJECTION TO BE OPERABLE. DUE TO THE | | PROXIMITY OF THE ISOLATION VALVE TO THE LEAKING 2HP-491, IT IS ALSO | | UNLIKELY THAT IT COULD BE ISOLATED SHOULD THE LEAK CATASTROPHICALLY FAIL. | | THE LICENSEE HAS INSTEAD ENTERED TECH SPEC 3.1.6.3 WHICH REQUIRES A REACTOR | | SHUTDOWN AND COOLDOWN BE INITIATED WITHIN 24 HOURS OF DETECTION OF THE | | LEAK. | | | | DUE TO THE SMALL SIZE OF THE LEAK AND THE LOW PROBABILITY OF IT INCREASING | | IMMEDIATELY, NORMAL COOLDOWN LIMITS WILL BE FOLLOWED TO COOLDOWN TO 330 | | DEGREES. SINCE 2 TRAINS OF HPI ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED BELOW 330 DEGREES, | | THE LEAK WILL BE ISOLATED AT THAT POINT. THE PLANT WILL THEN EXIT THE LCO | | AND REPAIR THE LEAK. COOLDOWN WAS INITIATED AT 0313. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | ***RETRACTION OF EVENT AT 1715EDT 10/10/96 BY MIKE BAILEY TAKEN BY DICK | | JOLLIFFE*** | | | | AFTER ADDITIONAL REVIEW OF NUREG 1022, REVISION 1, SECOND DRAFT, IT HAS | | BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE INITIATION OF COOLDOWN FROM HOT SHUTDOWN DID NOT | | MEET THE REPORTABILITY CRITERIA OF 10 CFR 50.72. THE NUREG INDICATES THAT | | THE INITIATION OF ANY NUCLEAR PLANT SHUTDOWN INCLUDES THE PERFORMANCE OF | | ANY ACTION TO START REDUCING REACTOR POWER TO ACHIEVE A NUCLEAR PLANT | | SHUTDOWN REQUIRED BY TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS. IN ADDITION, COMPLETION OF A | | NUCLEAR PLANT SHUTDOWN IS DEFINED IN THE NUREG AS THE POINT IN TIME DURING | | A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIRED SHUTDOWN WHEN THE PLANT ENTERS THE FIRST | | SHUTDOWN CONDITION REQUIRED BY A LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATIONS. | | SINCE OCONEE UNIT 2 WAS ALREADY AT HOT SHUTDOWN WHICH IS THE FIRST | | CONDITION OF OCONEE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.1.6.3, THE INITIATION OF THE | | REACTOR SHUTDOWN COOLDOWN TO THE NEXT ACTION LEVEL OF THE TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION IS NOT REPORTABLE. R2DO (JOHN POTTER) NOTIFIED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE OF THIS EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31128 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: GINNA REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/10/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:38 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/10/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:38[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JACK ST MARTIN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/10/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PETER ESELGROTH RDO | |CCCC 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | |VERN HODGE, PCEB NRR | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | "A" SERVICE WATER PUMP MOTOR DID NOT PASS ITS POST-MODIFICATION FUNCTIONAL | | TEST. | | | | A 350HP, 1800RPM, 460VAC, 3 PHASE, 500G FRAME, 1.15 SF, VERTICAL HOLLOW | | SHAFT MOTOR FOR USED AS A SERVICE WATER (SW) PUMP MOTOR MANUFACTURED BY U.S | | ELECTRICAL MOTORS DID NOT PASS ITS POST-MODIFICATION FUNCTIONAL TESTING | | PROGRAM. THE MOTOR WAS REMOVED FROM THE "A' SW PUMP, DISASSEMBLED, AND | | INSPECTED. INFERIOR WORKMANSHIP WAS DISCOVERED, MOST NOTABLY, DAMAGED MOTOR | | LEADS. IN THE SCENARIO OF THE "C" SW PUMP OUT OF SERVICE AND A CONCURRENT | | LOSS OF POWER TO BUS 17, A LOSS OF ALL SW WOULD OCCUR IF THE "A" SW PUMP | | FAILED TO OPERATE DUE TO THE IDENTIFIED DEFECT. | | THIS MOTOR WAS PURCHASED COMMERCIAL-GRADE, WAS COMMERCIALLY-DEDICATED BY | | ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC, AND SATISFIED ALL TESTING REQUIREMENTS INCLUDED | | IN THE PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTS. | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31129 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/10/96 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:44 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/10/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 06:55[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: J LIJOI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/10/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PETER ESELGROTH 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NOTIFIED THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD, NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF | | ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER, WESTCHESTER | | DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND THE INTERSTATE SANITATION COMMISSION THAT | | APPROXIMATELY 10 GALLONS OF OIL WAS SPILLED ON THE ROADWAY BETWEEN UNIT 2 | | AND UNIT 3. | | | | AN OIL TRANSPORT TRUCK DELIVERING OIL TO UNIT 2 GAS TURBINE SPILLED | | APPROXIMATELY 10 GALLONS OF OIL ON THE ROADWAY BETWEEN UNIT 2 AND UNIT 3. | | WHEN THE OIL WAS SPILLED ONTO THE ROADWAY IT WAS RAINING. SOME OF THE OIL | | ENTERED THE LICENSEE'S STORM DRAIN SYSTEM WHICH GOES TO A DISCHARGE WHICH | | EMPTIES TO THE HUDSON RIVER. HOWEVER, NO OIL HAS BEEN SEEN ENTERING THE | | DISCHARGE CANAL OR ENTERING THE HUDSON RIVER. THE OIL SPILL HAS BEEN | | CLEANED UP. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31130 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/10/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:40 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/10/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:52[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRIAN HAMILTON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/10/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PETER ESELGROTH RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION |AL CHAFFEE, NRR EO | | |JOHN DAVIDSON, NMSS IAT | | |LOREN BUSH, NRR IAT | | |HENRY BAILEY AEOD | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION OF A POTENTIAL TAMPERING EVENT | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL MAKE A PRESS RELEASE TODAY, 10/10/96, ON A POTENTIAL | | TAMPERING EVENT WHICH OCCURRED ON 10/9/96. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31131 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: TROJAN REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/10/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: OR |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:47 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/09/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:00[PDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEVE SCHNEIDER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/10/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LINDA HOWELL RDO | |HFIT 26.73 FITNESS FOR DUTY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 DECOMMISSIONED | 0 DECOMMISSIONED | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - PLANT EMPLOYEE TESTED POSITIVE FOR ALCOHOL WHEN HE REPORTED FOR WORK - | | | | AT 1830 (PDT) ON 10/09/96, A PLANT EMPLOYEE'S SITE ACCESS AUTHORIZATION | | WAS WITHDRAWN AFTER THE EMPLOYEE'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS DETERMINED TO | | BE ABOVE THE LEGAL LIMIT WHEN HE REPORTED FOR WORK. THE EMPLOYEE HAD | | BEEN ASSIGNED TEMPORARY SUPERVISORY DUTIES IN THE PAST. THE EMPLOYEE WAS | | SUSPENDED FOR 14 DAYS AND ENROLLED IN THE EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL NOTIFY STATE AUTHORITIES. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 31132 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: VA MEDICAL CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/10/96 | | CITY: HOUSTON REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:10 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: TX |EVENT DATE: 10/08/96 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 10:00[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/10/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |LINDA HOWELL RDO | | |JOE HOLONICH, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+JOHN DAVIDSON, NMSS IAT | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JEFF TRIEBEL, RAD SAF OFF |HENRY BAILEY AEOD | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - MISSING LSC CONTAINING TWO SEALED SOURCES (LICENSED NUCLEAR MATERIAL) - | | | | ON 10/08/96, DURING AN INVENTORY CHECK OF GAMMA AND BETA COUNTERS AT THE | | VA MEDICAL CENTER, HOUSTON, TX, THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT ONE PACKARD | | LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTER (LSC) WAS MISSING. THE COUNTER IS 15-20 YEARS | | OLD AND WAS NOT BEING USED. THE COUNTER CONTAINED TWO SEALED SOURCES: | | 20 MICROCURIES OF RADIUM-226 AND 130 MICROCURIES OF AMERICIUM-241. | | | | ON 10/10/96, THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE COUNTER HAD BEEN PURCHASED | | BY A SCRAP DEALER LOCATED IN AUSTIN, TEXAS IN FEBRUARY, 1996. LICENSEE | | RECORDS INDICATE THAT THE SOURCES HAD NOT BEEN REMOVED FROM THE COUNTER | | PRIOR TO THE COUNTER LEAVING THE VA MEDICAL CENTER EVEN THOUGH THE DEALER | | WAS TOLD THAT THE SOURCES HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE COUNTER. | | | | THE DEALER EXPECTS TO LOCATE THE COUNTER BY 10/14/96. | | | | SEE HOO LOG FOR LICENSEE TELEPHONE NUMBER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31133 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HADDAM NECK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/10/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:18 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/10/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE QUINN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/10/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PETER ESELGROTH RDO | |ADAS 50.72(b)(2)(i) DEG/UNANALYZED COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - SECTIONS OF HEAT TRACED BORIC ACID PIPING BELOW TECH SPEC REQD MIN TEMP - | | | | WITH THE PLANT IN MODE 5 (COLD SHUTDOWN) AND IN A REFUELING OUTAGE, THE | | LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT SEVERAL BORIC ACID PIPING SECTIONS CONTAINING HEAT | | TRACING WERE BELOW THE MINIMUM REQUIRED TECH SPEC TEMPERATURE OF 140øF. | | THIS CONDITION MAY HAVE EXISTED WHILE THE PLANT WAS OPERATING AT POWER. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THIS CONDITION AND WILL REPAIR | | THE HEAT TRACING. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31134 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CATAWBA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/10/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:04 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/10/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: VICTOR TRUESDALE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/10/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN POTTER RDO | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 95 POWER OPERATION | 95 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - POSSIBLE FIRE WATCH DEVIATION FROM LICENSEE FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM - | | | | THE LICENSEE RAISED A QUESTION ABOUT THE APPLICATION OF REMEDIAL ACTION | | TO A SELECTED LICENSE COMMITMENT (SLC) ON THE SPRAY/SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. | | THE REMEDIAL ACTION REQUIRES THAT A CONTINUOUS FIRE WATCH BE POSTED IN | | AREAS WHERE REDUNDANT SYSTEMS OR COMPONENTS COULD BE DAMAGED AND TO | | ESTABLISH AN HOURLY FIRE WATCH (ROVING PATROL) FOR OTHER AREAS. | | | | A LICENSEE REVIEW OF THE DESIGN BASIS OF THE FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS | | REVEALED THAT THE OPERABILITY STATUS OF STANDBY SHUTDOWN SYSTEMS SHOULD | | BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN DETERMINING IF "AN AREA IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE | | REDUNDANT SYSTEMS THAT COULD BE DAMAGED." | | | | THE LICENSEE IS REPORTING THIS LICENSE DEVIATION AS A FAILURE TO MAINTAIN | | THE FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM IN THAT THE LICENSEE FAILED TO CONSIDER | | STANDBY SHUTDOWN SYSTEMS OPERABILITY STATUS WHEN DETERMINING FIRE WATCH | | REQUIREMENTS (1 HOUR VERSUS CONTINUOUS) WHEN A SLC COMMITTED SPRINKLER | | SYSTEM WAS INOPERABLE. | | | | IN ALL CASES AT LEAST AN HOURLY FIRE WATCH HAD BEEN IMPLEMENTED. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS DETERMINING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31135 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: LASALLE REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/10/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:42 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-5,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 10/10/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:30[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE FITZPATRICK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/10/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MELVYN LEACH RDO | |ADAS 50.72(b)(2)(i) DEG/UNANALYZED COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | -AUX ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT ROOM HABITABILITY DOSE CONSEQUENCES NOT EVALUATED- | | | | AS PART OF THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REVISION TO ALLOW THE DESIGN CHANGE | | TO REMOVE THE MAIN STEAM ISOLATION VALVE LEAKAGE CONTROL SYSTEM (AN AIR | | SYSTEM), THE DOSE CONSEQUENCES TO CONTROL ROOM HABITABILITY WERE EVALUATED. | | HOWEVER, THE DOSE CONSEQUENCES TO AUXILIARY ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT ROOM | | HABITABILITY WERE NOT EVALUATED. | | | | THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN PHYSICALLY BLOCKED OFF AND ELECTRICALLY DISCONNECTED. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS DETERMINED THAT UNIT 1 MAY HAVE BEEN IN AN UNANALYZED | | CONDITION SINCE THE SYSTEM WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE IN MARCH, 1996. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL PERFORM THE NECESSARY EVALUATIONS PRIOR TO UNIT 1 | | RESTART. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31136 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MCGUIRE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/10/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:28 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/10/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 21:10[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LARRY ABERNATHY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/10/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN POTTER RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - 2 OF 3 REACTOR COOLANT LOOP LOW FLOW INSTRUMENTS CHANNELS INOPERABLE - | | | | DURING AN ENGINEERING REVIEW, THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT 2 OF 3 LOW FLOW | | INSTRUMENT BISTABLE SETPOINTS ON THE 'A' REACTOR COOLANT LOOP WERE LESS | | CONSERVATIVE THAN TECH SPEC REQUIREMENTS. THE LICENSEE DECLARED THE TWO | | ASSOCIATED REACTOR COOLANT LOOP FLOW INSTRUMENT CHANNELS INOPERABLE. | | | | TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.0.3 REQUIRES AT LEAST 2 OF 3 REACTOR COOLANT LOOP FLOW | | INSTRUMENT CHANNELS BE OPERABLE WHILE AT POWER OR TO RESTORE AT LEAST ONE | | INOPERABLE CHANNEL TO OPERABLE STATUS WITHIN ONE HOUR OR TO SHUT UNIT 1 | | DOWN TO MODE 3 (HOT SHUTDOWN) WITHIN THE FOLLOWING 6 HOURS. THE LICENSEE | | EXPECTS TO RECALIBRATE ONE OF THE INOPERABLE INSTRUMENTS, DECLARE THE | | ASSOCIATED CHANNEL OPERABLE, & EXIT TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.0.3 WITHIN 3 HOURS. | | | | TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.3.1 REQUIRES THE ONE INOPERABLE REACTOR COOLANT LOOP | | FLOW INSTRUMENT CHANNEL BE RESTORED TO OPERABLE STATUS WITHIN 6 HOURS OR | | TO PLACE THE INOPERABLE CHANNEL IN A TRIP CONDITION. THE LICENSEE EXPECTS | | TO RECALIBRATE THE SECOND INOPERABLE INSTRUMENT, DECLARE THE ASSOCIATED | | CHANNEL OPERABLE, AND EXIT TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.3.1 WITHIN 6 HOURS. THE | | LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 2328 BY ARLOW ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | AT 2323, THE LICENSEE RECALIBRATED ONE OF THE INOPERABLE FLOW INSTRUMENTS, | | DECLARED THE ASSOCIATED CHANNEL OPERABLE, & EXITED TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.0.3. | | THE LICENSEE IS RECALIBRATING THE OTHER INOPERABLE INSTRUMENT; TECH SPEC | | LCO A/S 3.3.1 IS APPLICABLE. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31137 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OYSTER CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/11/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:01 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2 |EVENT DATE: 10/11/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:45[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVE PIETRUSKI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/11/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND | | THE OCEAN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT THEY SPILLED APPROXIMATELY ONE | | GALLON OF OIL ONTO THE GROUND. | | | | AN OIL LINE RUPTURE OCCURRED ON A TEMPORARY AIR COMPRESSOR LOCATED OUTSIDE | | THE MONITORING AND CHANGE BUILDING. APPROXIMATELY ONE GALLON OF COMPRESSOR | | OIL SPILLED ONTO THE GROUND. THE OIL SPILL IS CONTAINED AND IS BEING | | CLEANED UP. LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL | | PROTECTION AND THE OCEAN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT ONE GALLON OF | | COMPRESSOR OIL HAD BEEN SPILLED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+