U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 03/11/96 - 03/12/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 30080 30092 30093 30094 30095 30096 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30080 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: GRAND GULF REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/08/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:59 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 03/08/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 07:25[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM CHRISTIAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/11/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BLAIR SPITZBERG RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | |EUGENE MCPEEK (NRR) IAT | | |YARDUMIAN (NMSS) IAT | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ATTEMPTED INTRODUCTION OF A WEAPON INTO THE PROTECTED AREA BY AN I&C | | TECHNICIAN (PLANT EMPLOYEE). IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY MEASURES WERE TAKEN | | UPON DISCOVERY. SECURITY DOES NOT BELIEVE THIS TO BE A CREDIBLE THREAT. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED REGION 4 (TOM DEXTER) OF THIS EVENT. THE LICENSEE | | WILL ALSO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR OF THIS EVENT. | | | | *** UPDATE AT 1019 ON MARCH 11, 1996, FROM CHRISTIAN TAKEN BY TROCINE *** | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT BECAUSE IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THERE | | WAS NO MALEVOLENT INTENT INVOLVED. APPARENTLY, IT WAS JUST AN HONEST | | MISTAKE. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE NRC REGION | | 4 OFFICE. THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R4DO (JOHNSON). (REFER | | TO THE HOO LOG FOR A SITE CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30092 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/11/96 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:57 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/11/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:16[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN MANSELL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/11/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN 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 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NATIONAL RESPONSE | | CENTER AND THE NEW YORK DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION THAT IT HAD A | | SPILL OF TEN GALLONS OF CONCENTRATED SULFURIC ACID. THE ACID LEAKED FROM A | | COUPLING ON AN ACID TRANSFER PUMP INTO THE ACID STORAGE PIT WHERE IT WAS | | CONTAINED. A HAZMAT TEAM IS CLEANING IT UP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30093 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HADDAM NECK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/11/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:38 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/11/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:56[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JERRY HOUFF |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/11/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD BARKLEY 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 95 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | COMMENCED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION (TECH SPEC) PLANT SHUTDOWN DUE TO 48 | | CONTAINMENT ISOLATION VALVES NOT BEING VERIFIED CLOSED. | | | | UPON CONTAINMENT ISOLATION CONFIGURATION AND CONTROL REVIEW, SYSTEM | | ENGINEERING IDENTIFIED 48 CONTAINMENT ISOLATION VALVES AND CONTAINMENT | | ISOLATION BOUNDARY VALVES WHICH WERE NOT IDENTIFIED IN THE FSAR (MAIN STEAM | | AND AUXILIARY FEEDWATER VALVES OUTSIDE CONTAINMENT) AND/OR ADMINISTRATIVELY | | CONTROLLED VALVES IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10 CFR PART 50, APPENDIX A, GENERAL | | DESIGN CRITERIA FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS, AND NRC REGULATORY GUIDES. THESE | | 48 VALVES ARE EITHER MINOR INSTRUMENTATION VALVES OR DRAIN VALVES LOCATED | | IN THE MAIN STEAM OR AUXILIARY FEEDWATER SYSTEM. THE LICENSEE ENTERED TECH | | SPEC 3.6.1.1, PRIMARY CONTAINMENT INTEGRITY, WHICH STATES THAT THE LICENSEE | | HAS ONE HOUR TO VERIFY THAT THE APPLICABLE VALVES ARE CLOSED AND THAT IF | | ALL OF THE VALVES CANNOT BE VERIFIED CLOSED AFTER THIS TIME FRAME, A | | REACTOR PLANT SHUTDOWN MUST BE COMMENCED. THE LICENSEE COMMENCED A REACTOR | | PLANT SHUTDOWN AT 1356 ET. | | | | SURVEILLANCE TEST PROCEDURE SUR-5.1-150, CONTAINMENT ISOLATION | | SURVEILLANCE, HAS BEEN REVISED TO VERIFY THAT THE VALVES ARE IN THEIR | | CLOSED POSITION. ALL EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEMS AND THE EMERGENCY | | DIESEL GENERATORS ARE FULLY OPERABLE IF NEEDED. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS THAT THE UNIT WAS BEING | | SHUT DOWN. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS ALSO INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | ***UPDATE 03/11/96, @ 1500 ET BY JERRY HOUFF TAKEN BY MACKINNON*** | | | | THE LICENSEE COMPLETED VERIFICATION THAT THE 48 VALVES WERE IN THEIR CLOSED | | POSITION AND STOPPED THE TECH SPEC REQUIRED SHUTDOWN WITH THE UNIT AT 94% | | REACTOR POWER. THE LICENSEE WILL STABILIZE POWER AND WAIT FOR SHIFT | | TURNOVER BEFORE INCREASING REACTOR POWER. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS WERE NOTIFIED | | BY THE LICENSEE. THE R1DO (RICHARD BARKLEY) WAS NOTIFIED BY THE NRC | | OPERATIONS CENTER. | | | | ***UPDATE 03/11/96, @ 1526 ET BY JERRY HOUFF TAKEN BY MACKINNON*** | | | | THE LICENSEE RECOMMENCED REACTOR PLANT SHUTDOWN FROM 94% POWER LEVEL AT | | 1515 ET WHEN AN ADDITIONAL 8 VALVES WERE IDENTIFIED WHICH HAD NOT BEEN | | VERIFIED IN THEIR CLOSED POSITION. THESE EIGHT VALVES ARE MAIN STEAM POWER | | OPERATED RELIEF VALVE VENT VALVES. THE LICENSEE HAS ALSO MADE ANOTHER | | REVISION TO SURVEILLANCE TEST PROCEDURE SUR-5.1-150, CONTAINMENT ISOLATION | | SURVEILLANCE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ADDITIONAL 8 VALVES ARE IN THEIR | | CLOSED POSITION. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE STATE AND | | LOCAL OFFICIALS THAT THE REACTOR PLANT SHUTDOWN HAS BEEN RECOMMENCED. THE | | R1DO (RICHARD BARKELY) WAS NOTIFIED BY THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER. | | | | ***UPDATE 03/11/96, @ 1638 ET BY JERRY HOUFF TAKEN BY MACKINNON*** | | | | THE LICENSEE COMPLETED CHECKING THE VALVE LINE UP ON THE EIGHT VALVES | | MENTIONED IN THE ABOVE UPDATE. ALL OF THESE VALVES WERE FOUND TO BE IN | | THEIR PROPER (CLOSED) POSITION. THE LICENSEE SECURED REACTOR PLANT | | SHUTDOWN AT 1640 ET WITH THE UNIT AT 79% REACTOR POWER AND WILL INCREASE | | REACTOR POWER BACK TO 100%. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE STATE AND | | LOCAL OFFICIALS OF THIS EVENT. THE R1DO (RICHARD (BARKELY) WAS NOTIFIED BY | | THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 30094 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: FLORIDA DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/11/96 | | CITY: GAINESVILLE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:50 [ET]| | COUNTY: ALACHUA STATE: FL |EVENT DATE: 02/22/96 | |LICENSE#: 109-1 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 14:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/11/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |POTTER RDO | | |JOHN GREEVES (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PHILIP THOMA | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE STOLEN FROM A FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF | | TRANSPORTATION TRUCK. | | | | THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION CONTROL REPORTED THAT A | | TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE WAS STOLEN FROM THE BACK OF A FLORIDA | | DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE ON THE AFTERNOON OF 02/22/96. THE | | MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE WAS LOCKED IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, AND THE DRIVER | | OF THE TRUCK WAS GONE FOR ONE HOUR. WHEN THE DRIVER RETURNED TO HIS TRUCK, | | THE MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE WAS MISSING. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE | | CORNER OF WEST 47th STREET AND MERIDAN AVENUE IN MIAMI, FLORIDA. THE MODEL | | NUMBER OF THE GAUGE WAS 3440, AND ITS SERIAL NUMBER WAS 20922. THE | | MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE CONTAINED 8 mCi of Cs-137 AND 40 mCi OF Am-241, AND | | IT BELONGED TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION LOCATED IN | | GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. THE STATE OF FLORIDA INCIDENT NUMBER FOR THIS EVENT | | WAS FL-96-31. | | | | THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT. (REFER TO THE HOO | | LOG FOR THE STREET ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT | | OF TRANSPORTATION.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 30095 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: STOTTLER STARMER ASSOC. INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/11/96 | | CITY: ZEPHYR HILL REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:50 [ET]| | COUNTY: ORANGE STATE: FL |EVENT DATE: 03/04/96 | |LICENSE#: 825-02 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 20:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/11/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |POTTER RDO | | |JOHN GREEVES (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PHILIP THOMA | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FLORIDA OFFICE OF RADIATION AND CONTROL FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA WAS | | NOTIFIED BY THE STOTTLER STARMER ASSOC., INC., RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER | | THAT 4 TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGES WERE STOLEN ON THE EVENING OF | | 03/04/96. THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS REPORTED BY THE FLORIDA | | OFFICE OF RADIATION AND CONTROL: | | | | ON THE EVENING OF 03/04/96, AT ZEPHYR HILL, FLORIDA, SOMEONE CUT THROUGH A | | SECURITY FENCE, CUT A PADLOCK TO A STORAGE SHED, AND TOOK 4 TROXLER | | MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGES FROM THE SHED. THE SHED WAS LOCATED AT THE CORNER | | OF INTERSTATE 75 AND STATE HIGHWAY 54. THE MODEL NUMBERS OF THE TROXLER | | MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGES WERE ALL THE SAME (3440), AND THE SERIAL NUMBERS | | WERE 15190, 20212, 20971, AND 23039. THE GAUGES ALL CONTAINED 8 mCi OF | | Cs-137 AND 40 mCi OF Am-241. THE STATE OF FLORIDA INCIDENT NUMBER FOR THIS | | EVENT WAS FL-96-39. | | | | THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT. (REFER TO THE HOO | | LOG FOR THE STOTTLER STARMER ASSOC., INC., MAILING ADDRESS IN CAPE | | CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, AND FOR A CONTACT NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30096 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NINE MILE POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/11/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:45 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 03/11/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ALEJANDRO |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/11/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD BARKLEY RDO | |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 Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NOTIFIED NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND THE | | U.S. COAST GUARD NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER THAT HIGH OIL AND GREASE CONTENT | | WAS FOUND IN THE STORM DRAINAGE OUT FALL TO LAKE ONTARIO. | | | | A ROUTINE RADIOLOGICAL SAMPLE TAKEN ON 03/06/96, SHOWED SIGNS OF A FOREIGN | | SUBSTANCE. SUBSEQUENT SAMPLES WERE TAKEN ON 03/07/96, AND 03/08/96, AND | | ALL OF THESE SAMPLES WERE ANALYZED FOR OIL AND GREASE. ON 03/11/96, THE | | LEVEL OF GREASE AND OIL WAS REPORTED BY THE VENDOR LAB TO BE 315 ppm FOR | | 03/06/96, 779 ppm FOR 03/07/96, AND 1,840 ppm FOR 03/08/96. THE LICENSEE'S | | DISCHARGE LIMIT WAS 15 ppm. ALL OF THESE SAMPLES WERE ABNORMALLY HIGH AND | | IN VIOLATION OF LICENSEE'S ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT LIMITATIONS. AS A RESULT, | | THE NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND THE U.S. COAST | | GUARD NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER WERE NOTIFIED. THE LICENSEE THINKS THAT THE | | OIL AND GREASE MAY BE COMING OUT OF THE SNOW THAT WAS PLOWED FROM THE ROAD | | WHICH IS NOW MELTING AND ENTERING THE STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM. THE LICENSEE | | WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE STORM DRAINAGE OUT FALL. THE SAMPLE THAT THE | | LICENSEE TOOK TODAY (03/11/96) SHOWS A MARKED DECREASE IN OIL; HOWEVER, THE | | OUT FALL STILL APPEARS TO HAVE AN OIL SHEEN IN IT. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+