U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 08/14/96 - 08/15/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 30768 30872 30873 30874 30875 30876 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30768 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/19/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:06 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/19/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: FRED PRIESTLEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/14/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JIM TRAPP 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 | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A NON-SEISMICALLY QUALIFIED RWST PURIFICATION LINE COULD BREAK DIVERTING | | FLOW TO THE SUCTION OF SAFETY RELATED ECCS PUMPS RESULTING IN INSUFFICIENT | | VOLUME OF WATER. | | | | THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT A BREAK IN THE PURIFICATION LINE FOR THE | | REFUELING WATER STORAGE TANK (RWST) COULD DIVERT FLOW FROM THE SUCTION OF | | THE SAFETY-RELATED ECCS PUMPS PLACING THE PLANT IN AN UNANALYZED CONDITION | | AND SIGNIFICANTLY COMPROMISE PLANT SAFETY. THE PURIFICATION LINE IS NOT | | SEISMICALLY QUALIFIED AND IS NOT AUTOMATICALLY ISOLATED DURING A DESIGN | | BASIS EVENT. THE LICENSEE IS CONTINUING TO EVALUATE THE CONSEQUENCES OF | | THE BREAK ON ACCIDENT MITIGATION. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1905 ON 08/14/96 BY STEVE SAUER ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | DURING A DESIGN REVIEW OF THIS EVENT, THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE LACK | | OF SEISMIC QUALIFICATION OF THE RWST PURIFICATION LINE COULD ALSO AFFECT | | SPENT FUEL POOL (SFP) COOLING. IF THE PURIFICATION LINE RUPTURED DURING A | | LOSS OF SFP COOLING, RWST INVENTORY WOULD BE LOST AND COULD NOT PROVIDE THE | | 100 HOURS OF COOLING ASSUMED IN UFSAR SECTION 9.1.3.3. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS TAKING ACTIONS TO ISOLATE THE RWST PURIFICATION PUMPS ON | | BOTH UNITS. THE LICENSEE WILL KEEP THIS PURIFICATION LINE ISOLATED UNTIL | | IT IS EITHER UPGRADED OR REPLACED. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE HOO NOTIFIED R1DO JOHN CARUSO. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30872 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SAINT LUCIE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/14/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:12 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE,[2] CE |EVENT DATE: 08/14/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEVE MERRILL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/14/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |KENNETH BARR RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH |BRIAN GRIMES EO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |STU RUBIN IRD | | |CHUCK HENDREN (NRR) IAT | | |JOHN DAVIDSON (NMSS) IAT | | |WILLIAM TOBIN (RII) 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 | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ACTUAL TAMPERING WITH SAFETY EQUIPMENT. IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY MEASURES | | TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | SEE HOO LOG FOR DETAILS. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1410EDT 8/14/96 FROM MERRILL TO S.SANDIN * * * | | | | AT 1346EDT THE LICENSEE DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO DECLARATION OF A | | SECURITY ALERT. A WALKDOWN OF ALL FACILITY KEY SWITCHES, LOCKED ACCESS | | DOORS AND PADLOCKS IS IN PROGRESS. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE STATE AND THE | | NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. NOTIFIED R2DO(BARR), EO(DENNIG) AND | | FEMA(STEINDURF). | | | | * * * UPDATE - AT 1700 COMMISSIONERS' ASSISTANTS BRIEFING BY R2 REYES * * * | | | | R2DO BARR; AEOD JORDAN, CONGEL, BAILEY; NRR CHAFFEE, DENNIG (EO), ERVIN; | | NMSS YARDUMIAN, TEN EYCK, BRACH; PAO BEECHER; EDO STABLEIN, KROPP; | | SECY HART; CA KEELING; ROGERS FLEISHMAN; DICUS MARKLEY; JACKSON MILLER. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1735 BY STEVE MERRILL ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | AT 1730, THE LICENSEE COMPLETED AN INSPECTION OF ALL KEY SWITCHES ON BOTH | | UNITS AND FOUND NO DISCREPANCIES, TERMINATED THE PLANT SECURITY ALERT, AND | | TERMINATED THE UNUSUAL EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE HOO NOTIFIED R2DO KEN BARR, NRR EO BOB DENNIG & ED BUTCHER, & FEMA | | CIBOCH. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |HOSPITAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 30873 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/14/96 | | CITY: WASHINGTON REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:00 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: DC |EVENT DATE: 06/27/96 | |LICENSE#: SNM-1499 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 00:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/14/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOHN CARUSO RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TERRY JOHNSON | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NCAR CARDIAC PACEMAKER | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER AT GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL | | LOCATED AT 901 23RD STREET NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 REPORTED THAT AFTER | | REVIEWING AN INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM DATED JUNE 27, 1996 THEY HAD LOST TRACK | | OF A PATIENT WITH TWO CARDIAC PACEMAKERS IMPLANTED. THE PACEMAKERS WERE | | MANUFACTURED BY CORE ATOMICS AND ARE MODEL C-100 SERIES, SERIAL NUMBERS | | 1001 AND 1061. AFTER DISCUSSING THIS SITUATION WITH REGION I (LOUIS | | MANNING), THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THIS TO BE REPORTABLE AS A CONDITION OF | | LICENSE. SEE HOO LOG FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1650EDT 8/14/96 FROM JOHNSON TO S.SANDIN * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS REPORT AFTER LOCATING THE PATIENT INVOLVED. | | NOTIFIED R1DO(CARUSO). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30874 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: POINT BEACH REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/14/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:44 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/14/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:55[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RON WINGET |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/14/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JIM MCCORMICKBARGER RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 90 POWER OPERATION | 90 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - CABLES FOR UNIT 1 SD AFW PUMP & MD AFW PUMPS RUN IN SAME CABLE TRAY - | | | | DURING A PLANT DESIGN REVIEW, THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT INDICATION AND | | ALARM CIRCUIT CABLES FROM THE UNIT 1 STEAM DRIVEN (SD) AUXILIARY FEEDWATER | | (AFW) PUMP (#1P29) RECIRC VALVE (#1AF-4002) TO CONTROL BOARD #CO-1 RUNS IN | | THE SAME CABLE TRAY AS THE CONTROL POWER CABLES FOR THE MOTOR DRIVEN (MD) | | AFW PUMPS (#P38A&B). THESE MD AFW PUMPS ARE SHARED BY BOTH UNITS. | | A FAULT IN THE 1P29 PUMP CABLES COULD AFFECT CONTROL POWER TO P38A&B | | DISABLING ALL 3 UNIT 1 AFW PUMPS. | | | | AT 1555, THE LICENSEE DECLARED ALL 3 UNIT 1 AFW PUMPS INOPERABLE. PLANT | | TECH SPECS DO NOT PERMIT MORE THAN ONE P38 PUMP TO BE INOPERABLE DURING | | POWER OPERATIONS. TECH SPEC LCO A/S 15.3.4.C.1 REQUIRES THE LICENSEE TO | | RESTORE THE 1P29 PUMP TO OPERABLE STATUS WITHIN 72 HOURS OR TO SHUT UNIT 1 | | DOWN TO HOT SHUTDOWN MODE. TECH SPEC LCO A/S 15.3.0.A (MOTHERHOOD | | STATEMENT) REQUIRES THE LICENSEE TO COMMENCE SHUTTING BOTH UNITS DOWN | | WITHIN ONE HOUR TO HOT SHUTDOWN MODE WITH BOTH P38 PUMPS INOPERABLE. | | | | AT 1621, THE LICENSEE OPENED THE 1AF-4002 VALVE INDICATION AND ALARM | | CIRCUIT BREAKER WHICH PROTECTS THE 1P29 PUMP CIRCUIT FROM A FAULT THAT | | COULD AFFECT THE P38 PUMPS CONTROL POWER CABLES, DECLARED THE P38 PUMPS | | OPERABLE, AND EXITED A/S 15.3.0.A BEFORE COMMENCING SHUTDOWN OF BOTH UNITS. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INSTALL LOWER AMPERAGE FUSES IN THE 1AF-4002 | | INDICATION AND ALARM CIRCUIT TO PROTECT THE 1P29 PUMP CABLE FROM A FAULT | | THAT COULD AFFECT THE P38 PUMPS CONTROL POWER CABLES, DECLARE THE 1P29 PUMP | | OPERABLE, AND EXIT A/S 15.3.4.C.1. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL DETERMINE LONG TERM CORRECTIVE ACTIONS OF THE CABLE | | SEPARATION ISSUES. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30875 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NINE MILE POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/14/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:33 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 08/14/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:45[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ELI BRAGOMER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/14/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN CARUSO RDO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 95 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - TECH SPEC REQD SHUTDOWN DUE TO BOTH CONTROL ROOM HVAC TRAINS INOPERABLE - | | | | AT 1026 ON 08/13/96, DURING A SURVEILLANCE TEST OF THE DIVISION 2 EDG, | | THE LICENSEE DECLARED THE DIVISION 2 CONTROL BUILDING CHILLER (#2HVK*CHL1B) | | INOPERABLE WHEN IT TRIPPED DUE TO LOW SERVICE WATER FLOW WHEN THE EDG WAS | | STARTED. TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.7.3 REQUIRES THE LICENSEE TO RESTORE THE | | INOPERABLE CHILLER TO OPERABLE STATUS WITHIN 7 DAYS OR PLACE THE PLANT IN | | AT LEAST HOT SHUTDOWN CONDITION WITHIN THE NEXT 12 HOURS. | | | | THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE SETPOINT FOR LOW SERVICE WATER FLOW FOR | | BOTH DIVISION 1 AND DIVISION 2 CONTROL BUILDING CHILLERS HAS BEEN SET TOO | | HIGH SINCE ORIGINAL PLANT STARTUP IN 03/88. | | | | AT 1711 ON 08/14/96, THE LICENSEE DECLARED THE DIVISION 1 CONTROL BUILDING | | CHILLER (#2HVK*CHL1A) INOPERABLE. TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.0.3 REQUIRES THE | | LICENSEE TO COMMENCE A PLANT SHUTDOWN WITHIN 1 HOUR WITH BOTH CONTROL ROOM | | OUTDOOR AIR SPECIAL FILTER TRAINS INOPERABLE AND PLACE UNIT 2 IN AT LEAST | | STARTUP CONDITION WITHIN THE FOLLOWING 6 HOURS. | | | | AT 1745 ON 08/14/96, THE LICENSEE COMMENCED REDUCING POWER ON UNIT 2 FROM | | 100% POWER. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 2156 ON 08/14/96 BY STEVE DAVIS ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | AT 2111 ON 08/14/96, THE LICENSEE RECALIBRATED THE DIVISION 1 CHILLER FLOW | | SWITCH, TESTED IT SATISFACTORILY, DECLARED THE DIVISION 1 CHILLER OPERABLE, | | STOPPED THE POWER REDUCTION AT 85% POWER, AND EXITED A/S 3.0.3. THE | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE HOO NOTIFIED R1DO CARUSO. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30876 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/14/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [3] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:54 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/14/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 20:20[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DINELLI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/14/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CARUSO 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 Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 80 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MAIN TURBINE RUNBACK DUE TO VOLTAGE TRANSIENT ON INSTRUMENT BUS | | | | AN OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO REINSTALL CONTROL POWER FUSES FOR A RADIATION | | MONITOR PANEL WHEN HE CAUSED A VOLTAGE SPIKE ON ITS ASSOCIATED INSTRUMENT | | BUS (#34). THIS VOLTAGE TRANSIENT CAUSED 1 OF 4 NUCLEAR POWER RANGE | | INDICATION CHANNELS (NI-43) TO PICK UP THE "NIS POWER RANGE DROPPED ROD ROD | | STOP". (THIS FEATURE IS ACTUATED WHEN INDICATED POWER DECREASES BY MORE | | THAN 5% IN LESS THAN 5 SECONDS.) AN AUTOMATIC TURBINE LOAD RUNBACK | | OCCURRED, AND TURBINE LOAD WAS REDUCED TO 80% BEFORE THE RUNBACK WAS | | TERMINATED BY CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS. THE AXIAL FLUX PROFILE DEVIATED FROM | | ITS TARGET BAND BUT WAS RESTORED TO THE NORMAL OPERATING BAND WITHIN THE | | THE TIME SPECIFIED IN THE UNIT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS. THE NRC RESIDENT | | HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+