U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 09/10/96 - 09/11/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 30961 30987 30988 30989 30990 30991 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30961 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BYRON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/05/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:07 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/05/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 07:09[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SCOTT FRUIN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/10/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ROGER LANKSBURY RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH |BOB DENNIG EO | | |STUART RUBIN AEOD | | |GENE McPEEK, NRR IAT | | |JOHN DAVVIDSON, NMSS IAT | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 97 POWER OPERATION | 97 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - SECURITY EVENT - CONTRACTOR ATTEMPTED TO BRING A WEAPON & AMMO ONSITE - | | | | A CONTRACTOR ATTEMPTED TO BRING A WEAPON AND AMMUNITION INTO THE PLANT | | PROTECTED AREA. THE LICENSEE TOOK IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY MEASURES UPON | | DISCOVERY. THE CONTRACTOR WAS TRANSPORTED OFFSITE TO THE LOCAL JAIL. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1253 EDT ON 9/10/96 FROM LAMPKIN TAKEN BY KARSCH * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT. THEIR INVESTIGATION, AS SUPPORTED | | BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, HAS | | DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO CRIMINAL INTENT. BASED UPON THE GUIDANCE IN | | REPORTABILITY MANUAL SEC 2.1 REV 1, THIS IS EVENT SHOULD ONLY BE A LOG | | ENTRY. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. R3DO (JORGENSEN) | | NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30987 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BIG ROCK POINT REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/10/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:30 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1 |EVENT DATE: 09/10/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 04:03[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE BOURASSA |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/10/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BRUCE JORGENSEN RDO | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 94 POWER OPERATION | 94 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | -VOLUNTARY PLANT SHUTDOWN TO REPAIR REACTOR DEPRESSURIZATION SYSTEM VALVE- | | | | AT 0001, THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED A PACKING LEAK ON REACTOR DEPRESSURIZATION | | SYSTEM, 'D' TRAIN, ISOLATION VALVE #CV-4183 (NOT A CONTAINMENT ISOLATION | | VALVE). THE LICENSEE TIGHTENED THE PACKING BUT COULD NOT TERMINATE THE | | LEAK AND DECIDED NOT TO STROKE THE VALVE AND RISK EXACERBATING THE LEAK. | | | | THE LICENSEE ESTIMATES THE PACKING LEAK TO BE BETWEEN 0.355 AND 0.395 GPM | | (UNIDENTIFIED). TECH SPEC UNIDENTIFIED LEAK RATE LIMIT IS 1.0 GPM. | | | | TECH SPEC LCO A/S 11.3.1.5.A REQUIRES THE LICENSEE TO REPAIR THIS VALVE | | WITHIN 7 DAYS OR SHUT THE PLANT DOWN. | | | | AT 0403, THE LICENSEE ELECTED TO SHUT THE PLANT DOWN IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE | | VALVE SINCE IT CANNOT BE REPAIRED DURING PLANT OPERATION. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30988 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DUANE ARNOLD REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/10/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:54 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 09/09/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:00[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: M DUSS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/10/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BRUCE JORGENSEN RDO | |HFIT 26.73 FITNESS FOR DUTY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CONTRACT SUPERVISOR ADMITTED THAT HE WAS ARRESTED FOR A CONTROLLED | | SUBSTANCE WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING HIS ACCESS BADGE REISSUED FROM | | THE INACTIVE FILE. | | | | CONTRACT SUPERVISOR WHILE BEING INTERVIEWED TO HAVE HIS UNESCORTED ACCESS | | BADGE REISSUED INFORMED THE INTERVIEWER THAT HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR A | | CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE | | DURING THE TIME PERIOD HIS UNESCORTED ACCESS BADGE WAS IN THE LICENSEE | | INACTIVE FILE. LICENSEE HAS REVOKED THE CONTRACTOR'S UNESCORTED ACCESS | | BADGE AND THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT. THE CONTRACTOR DID NOT | | OPERATE ANY EQUIPMENT OR DO WORK ON ANY SAFETY SYSTEMS. | | | | SEE HOO LOG BOOK FOR FURTHER DETAILS. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR NOTIFIED THE LICENSEE OF THIS EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30989 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DRESDEN REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/10/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:28 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1,[2] GE-3,[3] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 09/10/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:22[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRYAN GRANT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/10/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BRUCE JORGENSEN RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | | | | | 3 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | GROUP 1 ISOLATION [MAIN STEAM ISOLATION VALVE (MSIV) CLOSURE] DUE TO | | FALLING OBJECT BUMPING THE MAIN STEAM LINE FLOW INSTRUMENT LINES. | | | | A STANCHION FELL THROUGH A HOLE IN THE FLOOR STRIKING THE MAIN STEAM LINE | | FLOW INSTRUMENT LINES. THIS TRIGGERED THE HIGH STEAM FLOW LOGIC INITIATING | | A GROUP 1 ISOLATION. THE MSIVs CLOSED FULLY. THE LICENSEE HAS WALKED DOWN | | THE SYSTEM AND FOUND NO LINE OR INSTRUMENT DAMAGE. THE ISOLATION WAS RESET | | AND THE MSIVs REOPENED. THE PLANT WAS NOT USING THE MAIN STEAM SYSTEM FOR | | DECAY HEAT REMOVAL AT THE TIME OF THIS EVENT. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE | | NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30990 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NORTH ANNA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/10/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: VA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:16 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/10/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:52[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: FRANK GLENN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/10/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |AL BELISLE 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 | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE SAFETY PARAMETER DISPLAY SYSTEM (SPDS) COMPUTER FAILED. THE SPDS WAS | | OUT OF SERVICE FOR GREATER THAN ONE HOUR, A REPORTABLE OCCURRENCE. THE | | SPDS WAS STILL OUT AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE | | NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 2226 EDT FROM GLENN TAKEN BY KARSCH * * * | | | | THE SPDS COMPUTER WAS RESTORED AT 2224 EDT. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE | | NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. R2DO (BELISLE) NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30991 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BYRON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/11/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:15 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/11/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:17[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: FLOWERS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/11/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BRUCE JORGENSEN RDO | |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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | A/R Y 96 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE PLANT HAD A REACTOR TRIP FROM 96% POWER DUE TO PERSONNEL ERROR. | | | | DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF "1BOSTS-M1", TURBINE OIL TRIPS MONTHLY | | SURVEILLANCE, A TURBINE TRIP/REACTOR TRIP OCCURRED. THE CAUSE OF THE | | TURBINE TRIP/REACTOR TRIP WAS THE RESULT OF A NONLICENSED EQUIPMENT | | OPERATOR MANIPULATING THE WRONG LEVER DURING THE TEST. ALL RODS FULLY | | INSERTED. THERE WAS NO SAFETY INJECTION AND NO RELIEF VALVES LIFTED. | | ALL AUTOMATIC ACTUATIONS OCCURRED AS PER DESIGN. AUX FEEDWATER AUTO | | STARTED AND IS BEING UTILIZED FOR DECAY HEAT REMOVAL. THE RI WAS INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+