U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 01/11/96 - 01/12/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 29708 29823 29824 29825 29826 29827 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29708 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SOUTH TEXAS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/12/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:30 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 12/12/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:20[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROYCE BROWN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/11/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LINDA HOWELL RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - PLANT SECURITY REPORT - | | | | A CONTRACTOR WAS FOUND TO HAVE A QUESTIONABLE BACKGROUND AFTER BEING | | GRANTED INTERIM UNESCORTED PLANT ACCESS FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS. CONTRACTOR'S | | PLANT ACCESS HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY DENIED. LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THIS | | EVENT. LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. SEE HOO LOG FOR | | DETAILS. | | | | * * * UPDATE ON 1/11/96 AT 1102 EST FROM SCOTT HEAD TAKEN BY KARSCH * * * | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT. DISCUSSIONS WITH REGION 4 RESULTED | | IN CLARIFICATION OF THE LICENSEE'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE REGULATIONS. | | FURTHER INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THAT THIS EVENT REPRESENTS AN ISOLATED | | OCCURRENCE RATHER THAN AN INDICATION OF A PROGRAMMATIC BREAKDOWN. THE ROOT | | CAUSES ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROGRAM ITSELF. THE LICENSEE INFORMED | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. R4DO (SPITZBERG) NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29823 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/11/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:58 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/11/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:50[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RICHARD DONOVAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/11/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MOHAMED SHANBAKY 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 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR (EDG) DAY | | TANK'S SEISMIC ANCHORAGE IS INADEQUATE. (ONLY ONE EDG IS AFFECTED, THE GAS | | TURBINE IS NOT AFFECTED). THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * 1220 JANUARY 11, 1996, UPDATE FROM DONOVAN TAKEN BY TROCINE * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE CALLED TO CORRECT THE EVENT CLASSIFICATION FROM A ONE-HOUR | | NON-EMERGENCY REPORT TO A FOUR-HOUR NON-EMERGENCY REPORT BECAUSE THE UNIT | | IS CURRENTLY SHUT DOWN FOR A REFUELING OUTAGE. THE UNIT IS NOT IN ANY | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION LIMITING CONDITIONS FOR OPERATION AS A RESULT OF | | THE INADEQUATE EDG DAY TANK SEISMIC ANCHORAGE BECAUSE THERE IS NO FUEL IN | | THE VESSEL. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE STILL BEING DETERMINED. | | | | THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R1DO (SHANBAKY). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29824 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SOUTH TEXAS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/11/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:19 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/11/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:14[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: VIC SIMONIS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/11/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BLAIR SPITZBERG RDO | |AMED 50.72(b)(2)(v) OFFSITE MEDICAL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TRANSPORT OF A POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED INJURED WORKER TO AN OFFSITE | | MEDICAL FACILITY | | | | WHILE PERFORMING PRE-SHIPMENT PREPARATION OF A HIGH INTEGRITY CONTAINER, A | | LICENSEE EMPLOYEE FELL APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET FROM SCAFFOLDING. THE | | INDIVIDUAL WAS TRANSPORTED TO MATAGORDA GENERAL HOSPITAL WITH A POTENTIALLY | | BROKEN LEFT LEG AND RIGHT ARM. THE ONSITE EMERGENCY RESPONDENT AND HEALTH | | PHYSICS PERSONNEL DECIDED NOT TO DELAY TRANSPORT TO COMPLETE WHOLE BODY | | FRISKING. (THE BACK OF THE INDIVIDUAL ON THE STRETCHER WAS NOT SURVEYED.) | | THE HOSPITAL WAS NOTIFIED TO RECEIVE A POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED PATIENT. | | HOWEVER, PRIOR TO ARRIVING AT THE HOSPITAL, THE INDIVIDUAL WAS DETERMINED | | NOT TO BE CONTAMINATED. THE HEALTH PHYSICS TECHNICIAN ON BOARD THE | | AMBULANCE NOTIFIED THE HOSPITAL VIA MOBILE PHONE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WAS | | NOT CONTAMINATED. THE INJURED MAN IS CURRENTLY UNDER THE CARE OF MATAGORDA | | GENERAL HOSPITAL, AND INITIAL REPORTS FROM THE HOSPITAL INDICATE THAT THE | | INDIVIDUAL'S ARM IS NOT BROKEN. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND IS STILL EVALUATING | | WHETHER OR NOT A PRESS RELEASE WILL BE ISSUED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 29825 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: APPLIED RADIANT ENERGY CORPORATION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/11/96 | | CITY: LYNCHBURG REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:35 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: VA |EVENT DATE: 01/10/96 | |LICENSE#: 45-11496-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 16:45[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/11/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JACK CRLENJAK RDO | | |MICHAEL WEBER (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JAMES MYRON | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |MAAD 36.83(a)(4) FAILED CABLE/DRIVE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MECHANICAL FAULT IN DRIVE MECHANISM AT APPLIED RADIANT ENERGY CORPORATION | | (AN UNDERWATER, CATEGORY III, GAMMA IRRADIATOR FACILITY LOCATED IN | | LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA). | | | | THIS UNDERWATER IRRADIATOR FACILITY UTILIZES 25 WESF (WASTE ENCAPSULATED | | STORAGE FACILITY) CAPSULES OF CESIUM-137 WITH A CURRENT ACTIVITY OF 900,000 | | TO 1,000,000 CURIES. IT ALSO UTILIZES APPROXIMATELY 15,000 CURIES OF | | COBALT-60. THE CESIUM-137 MATERIAL IS LOCATED IN A PLAQUE FRAME WHICH | | MOVES LATERALLY UNDERWATER. | | | | AT APPROXIMATELY 1645, ON JANUARY 10, 1996, THE LICENSEE IDENTIFIED A | | FAILURE OF THE DRIVE MECHANISM THAT MOVES THE CESIUM-137 PLAQUE FRAME | | LATERALLY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL. THIS PREVENTED THE FREE LATERAL | | MOVEMENT OF THE PLAQUE FRAME CONTAINING THE CESIUM-137. THE LICENSEE'S | | INVESTIGATION HAS IDENTIFIED THE CAUSE OF THE DRIVE MECHANISM FAILURE TO BE | | A BROKEN BEARING. THE LICENSEE IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING A | | NEW BEARING AND REPLACING THE BROKEN ONE. THE IRRADIATOR CANNOT BE USED IN | | PRODUCTION UNTIL THE REPAIRS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. REPAIRS ARE TENTATIVELY | | SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION ON JANUARY 15, 1996. | | | | THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN RADIATION SAFETY AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. | | THERE HAS BEEN NO LEAKAGE OR DANGER OF CONTAMINATION, AND THERE HAS BEEN NO | | INDIVIDUAL OVEREXPOSURES. THE SHIELDING HAS NOT BEEN COMPROMISED. | | | | THE LICENSEE TRIED TO CONTACT THE REGION 2 OFFICE TODAY AND PLANS TO NOTIFY | | THE REGION 2 OFFICE TOMORROW MORNING. REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR CONTACT | | NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29826 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CRYSTAL RIVER REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/11/96 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:28 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/11/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:37[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: NEUMAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/11/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JACK CRLENJAK 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 3 | N N 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCOVERY THAT CIRCUITS FOR CONTROLLING EMERGENCY FEEDWATER FLOW TO BOTH | | STEAM GENERATORS PASS THROUGH A COMMON FIRE AREA AND ARE NOT PROTECTED WITH | | ANY FIRE BARRIER PROTECTION IN THAT COMMON AREA | | | | DURING ONGOING APPENDIX-R TSI-MATERIAL RELATED WORK, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT | | CONDUITS EFS56 AND EFS57 (WHICH CONTAIN CIRCUITS FOR CONTROLLING EMERGENCY | | FEEDWATER FLOW TO BOTH STEAM GENERATORS) PASS THROUGH A COMMON FIRE AREA | | AND ARE NOT PROTECTED WITH ANY FIRE BARRIER PROTECTION IN THAT COMMON AREA. | | THE FIRE BARRIER PROTECTION MATERIAL OUTSIDE THE REACTOR BUILDING (TSI | | MATERIAL) IS CURRENTLY CONSIDERED INOPERABLE, AND THE LICENSEE PLANS TO | | CONTINUE EMERGENCY COMPENSATORY ACTIONS (ROVING FIRE WATCH) UNTIL THE | | TSI-MATERIAL ISSUE IS RESOLVED. THE EMERGENCY FEEDWATER ISSUE WILL BECOME | | PART OF THE OVERALL FIRE SAFETY ISSUE. A SPECIFIC EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT | | OF THIS EMERGENCY FEEDWATER ISSUE ON EMERGENCY FEEDWATER OPERABILITY WILL | | BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO ASCENSION INTO A MODE THAT REQUIRES EMERGENCY | | FEEDWATER OPERABILITY. THE UNIT IS NOT IN ANY TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION | | LIMITING CONDITIONS FOR OPERABILITY AT THIS TIME. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29827 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: LIMERICK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/11/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:31 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 01/11/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:20[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN A. MERCORIO |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/11/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MOHAMED SHANBAKY RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 90 POWER OPERATION | 90 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | INBOARD ISOLATION OF REACTOR CORE ISOLATION COOLING (RCIC) DURING ROUTINE | | SURVEILLANCE TESTING. | | | | AT 1820, A UNIT 1 RCIC INBOARD ISOLATION OCCURRED ON A HIGH STEAM FLOW | | SIGNAL DURING ROUTINE INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL SURVEILLANCE TESTING. | | INCORRECT PERFORMANCE OF TESTING ACTIVITIES CAUSED THE ISOLATION SIGNAL. | | THE SYSTEM RESPONDED AS DESIGNED, AND THE ISOLATION WENT TO COMPLETION. | | THIS PLACED THE UNIT IN A 14-DAY TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION LIMITING CONDITION | | FOR OPERATION. | | | | THE INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL TESTING WAS STOPPED IMMEDIATELY, AND THE | | RCIC SYSTEM ISOLATION WAS RESET. THE RCIC SYSTEM WAS RETURNED TO ITS | | NORMAL LINEUP AND WAS DECLARED OPERABLE AT 1900. THE TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATION WAS ALSO EXITED AT THAT | | TIME. ALL OTHER EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEMS ARE CURRENTLY OPERABLE AND | | AVAILABLE, AND THE RCIC SYSTEM WAS THE ONLY SYSTEM AFFECTED BY THIS | | TRANSIENT. THERE WAS NO RADIOACTIVE RELEASE AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+