U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 10/17/96 - 10/18/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 31168 31169 31170 31171 31172 31173 31174 31175 31176 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31168 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MONTICELLO REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/17/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 04:37 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 10/17/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 03:00[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM McKAY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/17/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JIM MCCORMICKBARGER RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |ROBERT CAPRA, NRR EO | | |STINEDURF FEMA | | |STUART RUBIN, IRD AEOD | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - UE DECLARED WHEN DISCHARGE CANAL RAD MONITOR ALARMED DURING HEAVY RAINS - | | | | AT 0300 (CDT), THE LICENSEE DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT AFTER THE PLANT | | RECEIVED A PLANT DISCHARGE CANAL RADIATION MONITOR ALARM DUE TO HEAVY RAINS | | ONSITE (0.98 INCHES IN 1 HOUR). THE RADIATION MONITOR ALARMED AT 20 COUNTS | | PER SECOND; NORMAL LEVELS ARE 4 TO 6 COUNTS PER SECOND. | | | | STRONG SWIRLING WINDS FROM THE NORTH ARE FORCING THE REACTOR BUILDING | | PLENUM EXHAUST GASES TO THE GROUND, AND THE GASES ARE MIXING WITH THE RAIN | | AND WATER ON THE GROUND. THE WATER IS RUNNING INTO THE STORM DRAINS AND | | INTO THE PLANT DISCHARGE CANAL. | | | | THE PLANT DISCHARGE CANAL RADIATION MONITOR COUNT RATE HAS INCREASED DURING | | HEAVY RAINS IN THE PAST. | | | | PLANT PERSONNEL HAVE SURVEYED THE PLANT AND FOUND NO RADIATION LEAKING FROM | | THE PLANT. | | | | PLANT PERSONNEL ARE ANALYZING A SAMPLE OF THE PLANT DISCHARGE CANAL WATER | | FOR RADIOACTIVITY. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND WILL NOTIFY THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR OF THE DECLARATION OF THE UNUSUAL EVENT. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0534 FROM JIM McKAY ENTERED BY DICK JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | AT 0427 (CDT), THE LICENSEE TERMINATED THE UNUSUAL EVENT. THE RAINS AND | | WIND HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY. THE PLANT DISCHARGE CANAL RADIATION | | MONITOR IS NOW READING 13 COUNTS PER SECOND. THE ANALYSIS OF THE PLANT | | DISCHARGE CANAL WATER SAMPLE INDICATED NOTHING ABNORMAL ABOVE NORMAL | | BACKGROUND LEVELS. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL NOTIFY STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR OF THE TERMINATION OF THE UNUSUAL EVENT. | | | | THE HOO NOTIFIED R3DO JIM McCORMICK-BARGER, NRR EO BOB CAPRA, AND FEMA | | STINEDURF OF THE TERMINATION OF THE UNUSUAL EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 31169 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: EMR PHOTO ELECTRIC COMPANY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/17/96 | | CITY: PRINCETON JUNCT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:06 [ET]| | COUNTY: MERCER STATE: NJ |EVENT DATE: 09/17/96 | |LICENSE#: 29-08636-02 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 12:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/17/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |HERB WILLIAMS RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOEL GROVES | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ONE NEUTRON GENERATOR USED IN OIL FIELD LOGGING TOOLS IS MISSING. | | | | TWO PACKAGES CONTAINING NEUTRON GENERATORS WERE SHIPPED FROM SCHLUMBERGER | | WIRELINE & TESTING FIELD ORGANIZATION, MEXICO CITY, TO EMR PHOTO ELECTRIC | | COMPANY, PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ. ONE PACKAGE CONTAINED SEVEN NEUTRON | | GENERATORS AND THE OTHER PACKAGE CONTAINED ONE NEUTRON GENERATOR. EACH | | NEUTRON GENERATOR IS A CERAMIC TUBE 1.25" IN DIAMETER X 8" LONG AND | | CONTAINS 1.5 CURIES OF TRITIUM IN HYDRIDE LAYERS. IT TAKES 100,000 VOLTS | | TO GENERATE NEUTRONS FROM ONE OF THESE NEUTRON GENERATORS. THE TWO | | PACKAGES WERE FLOWN FROM MEXICO CITY TO PHILADELPHIA VIA CONTINENTAL | | AIRLINES. BOTH PACKAGES WERE PICKED UP AT PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT BY G&P | | TRUCKING COMPANY. WHEN G&P TRUCKING DELIVERED THE PACKAGES TO EMR PHOTO | | ELECTRIC COMPANY, PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ, ON 09/17/96, THE PACKAGE | | CONTAINING ONE NEUTRON GENERATOR WAS MISSING. THE RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER | | FOR EMR PHOTO ELECTRIC SEARCHED G&P TRUCKING'S WAREHOUSE FOR THE PACKAGE. | | AFTER NOT FINDING THE PACKAGE, EMR PHOTO ELECTRIC OFFERED A REWARD FOR THE | | MISSING PACKAGE. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31170 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OYSTER CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/17/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:37 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2 |EVENT DATE: 10/17/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVE PIETRUSKI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/17/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |HERB WILLIAMS 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ISOLATION CONDENSER INBOARD ISOLATION VALVE FAILED TO STROKE TO ITS CLOSED | | POSITION DURING A SURVEILLANCE TEST PERFORMED FROM THE REMOTE SHUTDOWN | | PANEL. THIS PLACED THE PLANT OUTSIDE ITS APPENDIX "R" REQUIREMENTS. | | | | A SURVEILLANCE TEST TO VERIFY THE PERFORMANCE OF THE REMOTE SHUTDOWN PANEL | | WAS COMPLETED ON 10/16/96 AT 1945. DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE | | SURVEILLANCE TEST, ISOLATION CONDENSER INBOARD ISOLATION VALVE #V14-37 | | FAILED TO CLOSE. ON 10/17/96 AT 1130, DURING A FOLLOW UP REVIEW OF THE | | SURVEILLANCE TEST OF THE REMOTE SHUTDOWN PANEL, THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED | | THAT PLANT IS OUTSIDE ITS FIRE HAZARD ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS (APPENDIX R). | | IF THE REMOTE SHUTDOWN PANEL HAD TO BE USED TO CLOSE ISOLATION CONDENSER | | ISOLATION VALVE #V14-37 BECAUSE OF A FIRE IN THE CONTROL ROOM, THE VALVE | | WOULD NOT HAVE CLOSED. THIS WOULD HAVE PLACED THE PLANT OUTSIDE ITS FIRE | | HAZARD ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |RESEARCH REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31171 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/17/96 | | RXTYPE: 1000 KW TRIGA (CONVERSION) |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:46 [ET]| |COMMENTS: |EVENT DATE: 10/15/96 | | |EVENT TIME: 22:30[CDT]| | |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/17/96 | | CITY: COLLEGE STATION REGION: 4 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: BRAZOS STATE: TX |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: R-83 AGREEMENT: Y |CHUCK CAIN RDO | | DOCKET: 05000128 | | +------------------------------------------------+MICHAELS (PDND) NRR | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ALFRED SANCHEZ | | |HQ OPS OFFICER JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION LIMITING CONDITION OF OPERATION VIOLATION. | | | | A LOSS OF POWER CAUSED THE REACTOR TO SCRAM. BEFORE STARTING UP AGAIN, THE | | LICENSEE HAS TO CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR FACILITY AIR MONITORING | | ALARMS FOR THE STACK AND FISSION PARTICULATE MONITORS ARE OPERATIONAL. | | TO CHECK THESE ALARMS, THE LICENSEE HAS TO BYPASS THE ALARMS WITH THE ALARM | | BYPASS KEY AT THE EMERGENCY CONTROL PANEL. WHEN THE ALARMS ARE BYPASSED, | | THE SRO IN THE CONTROL ROOM ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HE RECEIVED THE ALARM. THE | | PERSON LOCATED AT THE EMERGENCY CONTROL PANEL IS SUPPOSED TO USE THE | | INSERTED ALARM BYPASS KEY TO PLACE THE ALARMS BACK INTO SERVICE AND THEN | | RETURN THE ALARM BYPASS KEY TO THE CONTROL ROOM KEY BOX. AFTER TESTING THE | | ALARMS, THE PERSON AT THE EMERGENCY CONTROL PANEL FORGOT TO TAKE THE ALARM | | BYPASS KEY OUT AND RETURN IT TO CONTROL ROOM. THE REACTOR WAS STARTED BACK | | UP AT 1600 CDT ON 10/15/96. THE MID SHIFT WATCH OPERATOR NOTICED THAT THE | | ALARM BYPASS KEY WAS MISSING WHEN HE ASSUMED HIS WATCH AROUND 2100 CDT. AT | | 2230 CDT, THE MID SHIFT WATCH SUPERVISOR FOUND THE ALARM BYPASS KEY STILL | | INSERTED INTO THE EMERGENCY CONTROL PANEL. HE REMOVED THE KEY AND RETURNED | | IT TO THE CONTROL ROOM KEY BOX. THEN HE NOTIFIED THE DIRECTOR OF THE | | REACTOR THAT THE ALARM BYPASS KEY HAD BEEN IN THE EMERGENCY CONTROL PANEL | | WHILE THE REACTOR WAS OPERATING. IF A PARTICULATE ALARM HAD BEEN RECEIVED | | WITH THE ALARM BYPASS KEY INSERTED INTO THE EMERGENCY CONTROL PANEL, THE | | ALARM WOULD HAVE ACTUATED, BUT THE PARTICULATE AIR HANDLING UNITS WOULD NOT | | HAVE AUTOMATICALLY SHUT DOWN. | | THIS IS A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION VIOLATION. THEIR TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION | | REQUIRES THAT THEIR AIR HANDLING UNITS BE AUTOMATICALLY SHUT DOWN IF A | | PARTICULATE ALARM IS RECEIVED WHILE THEY THE REACTOR IS CRITICAL. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31172 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NINE MILE POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/17/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:38 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 10/17/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:10[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRAIN BOOTH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/17/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |HERB WILLIAMS RDO | |ADAS 50.72(b)(2)(i) DEG/UNANALYZED COND | | | |S RUBIN 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DEBRIS FOUND IN DOWNCOMERS. UNIT 2 HAS A MARK 2 CONTAINMENT. | | | | ON 10/16/96, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL PERFORMING AN INSPECTION OF THE | | DRYWELL-TO-SUPPRESSION CHAMBER DOWNCOMERS IDENTIFIED DEBRIS INSIDE THREE OF | | FIVE DOWNCOMERS. THE LICENSEE DECIDED TO INSPECT ALL 121 DOWNCOMERS. | | DURING ACCIDENT CONDITIONS, THE FUNCTION OF THE DOWNCOMERS IS TO RELIEVE | | PRESSURE DEVELOPED IN THE DRYWELL INTO THE SUPPRESSION POOL IN A "PRESSURE | | SUPPRESSION" FUNCTION. THE SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION IDENTIFIED AT LEAST 9 | | CONSTRUCTION AGE FOAM RUBBER CLEANLINESS COVERS OBSTRUCTING THE RESPECTIVE | | DOWNCOMERS UPON WHICH THE COVERS WERE MOUNTED. LICENSEE ENGINEERING | | ANALYSIS IS BEING PERFORMED TO DETERMINE IF THE DEBRIS/COVERS RESULTED IN | | THE PLANT BEING OPERATED OUTSIDE ITS DESIGN BASIS WITH REGARD TO THE | | PRESSURE SUPPRESSION FUNCTION OF THE CONTAINMENT AND POTENTIAL CLOGGING OF | | ECCS STRAINERS IN THE SUPPRESSION POOL. THE ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT WHILE | | THE PRESSURE SUPPRESSION FUNCTION WAS NOT IN JEOPARDY, THE POTENTIAL | | EXISTED FOR THE 47 FTý DEBRIS/COVERS TO BLOCK EITHER THE HIGH PRESSURE CORE | | SPRAY (HPCS) OR THE LOW PRESSURE CORE SPRAY (LPCS) PUMP SUCTION STRAINERS | | (EACH OF THE 9 COVERS HAS ~ 20 FTý SURFACE AREA). THE LICENSEE IS | | CONTINUING THE INVESTIGATION/ANALYSIS. FURTHER DETAILED ANALYSIS MAY | | SUPPORT A RETRACTION OF THIS EVENT IF THE LICENSEE DETERMINES THAT THE | | PLANT WAS NOT OUTSIDE ITS DESIGN BASIS. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31173 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: ARKANSAS NUCLEAR REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/17/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: AR |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:49 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] CE |EVENT DATE: 10/17/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:07[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEVE BONNER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/17/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHARLES CAIN RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |CAPRA EO | |AFIR 50.72(b)(1)(vi) FIRE (ONSITE) |BELCHER FEMA | | |CONGEL AEOD | | |BROCKMAN/E. COLLINS REG4 | | |GWYNN/ S. COLLINS REG4 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED AT 1617 (CDT) DUE TO A FIRE IN CONTAINMENT LASTING | | 16 MINUTES. | | | | AT 1607 (CDT), A FIRE ERUPTED IN THE LAGGING OF THE EXTERNAL FEEDWATER RING | | ON THE ONCE THROUGH STEAM GENERATOR (OTSG) "B" LOCATED IN THE CONTAINMENT. | | THE PLANT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING HEATED UP TO NORMAL OPERATING | | TEMPERATURE USING THEIR REACTOR COOLANT PUMPS, REACTOR COOLANT TEMPERATURE | | WAS AT 433øF AND PLANT PRESSURE WAS 972 PSIG. THE CONTAINMENT WAS | | EVACUATED OF ALL PERSONNEL EXCEPT FOR THE FIRE BRIGADE. THE FIRE WAS | | EXTINGUISHED AT 1623 CDT USING CARBON DIOXIDE EXTINGUISHERS AND A SMALL | | AMOUNT OF MISTING WATER. THE LICENSEE BELIEVES THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY | | OIL SOAKED INTO THE LAGGING OF THE EXTERNAL FEEDWATER RING WHICH IGNITED | | WHEN THE PLANT HEATED UP. THE FIRE WAS INSIDE THE "D" RING (CONCRETE | | CAVITY AROUND REACTOR COOLANT PUMP "B" AND OTSG "B"). THE FLAMES BURNING | | THE LAGGING OF OTSG "B" EXTERNAL FEEDWATER RING REACHED A HEIGHT OF UP TO | | 24" AND BURNED ABOUT 8' OF LAGGING. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO ANY SAFETY | | EQUIPMENT, REACTOR COOLANT PUMP "B" OR TO ANY ELECTRICAL WIRING. THERE | | WERE NO INJURIES DUE TO THE FIRE OR SMOKE. THE LICENSEE HAD PERFORMED A | | WALKDOWN OF THE CONTAINMENT BEFORE COMMENCING REACTOR PLANT HEATUP. THE | | LICENSEE PLANS TO COOL THE PLANT DOWN TO A COLD SHUTDOWN CONDITION, | | VENTILATE THE CONTAINMENT, AND THEN REPLACE THE BURNED LAGGING. THE | | LICENSEE HAS POSTED A REFLASH FIRE WATCH. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE ARKANSAS HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND SURROUNDING COUNTY | | OFFICIALS AND WILL NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | ***UPDATE BY STEVE BONNER AT 1900 TAKEN BY MACKINNON*** | | | | AT 1735 (CDT), THE LICENSEE TERMINATED THE UNUSUAL EVENT. THE LICENSEE | | NOTIFIED THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, LOCAL OFFICIALS, AND THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE HOO NOTIFIED R4DO (CHARLES CAIN), EO (CAPRA), AEOD (CONGEL/RUBIN), & | | FEMA (BELCHER). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31174 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MAINE YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/17/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: ME |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:16 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 10/17/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:29[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: R MALONEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/17/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |HERB WILLIAMS RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SECURITY EVENT - SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION LEFT UNATTENDED ON A DESK FOR OVER | | 140 MINUTES. | | | | IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY MEASURES WERE TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | SEE HOO LOG BOOK FOR FURTHER DETAILS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 31175 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: APPLIED HEALTH PHYSICS CORPORATION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/17/96 | | CITY: NEW YORK CITY REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:37 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NY |EVENT DATE: 10/17/96 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 17:15[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/17/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |HERB WILLIAMS RDO | | |JOHN LINEHAN (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+STU RUBIN AEOD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BOB GALLAGHER/B. GEMMILL |RUTHERFORD NRC | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON |TANNER DOE | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | BOB GALLAGHER, PRESIDENT OF APPLIED HEALTH PHYSICS CORPORATION, PITTSBURGH, | | PA, WAS NOTIFIED BY NORTHWEST AIRLINES AIR FREIGHT DIVISION, KENNEDY | | AIRPORT, NY, THAT A TYPE "A" PACKAGE ONE CUBIC FOOT IN SIZE CONTAINING | | 37 KILOBECQUERELS OF AMERICIUM-241 WAS PARTIALLY DAMAGED BY A FORK LIFT. | | THE TOP OF THE BOX CAME OPEN WHEN THE FORK LIFT HIT IT BUT NONE OF THE | | CONTENTS INSIDE THE BOX SEEMED TO BE DAMAGED. NORTHWEST AIRLINE AIR | | FREIGHT PERSONNEL USED A FORK LIFT TO MOVE THE DAMAGED BOX TO THE OTHER END | | OF HANGER NUMBER ONE. PERSONNEL ARE REMAINING AT LEAST 150 FEET AWAY FROM | | THE DAMAGED TYPE "A" PACKAGE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 2350 BY DICK BORRI ENTERED BY MacKINNON * * * | | | | DICK BORRI, NEW YORK CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, INSPECTED THE AM-241 PACKAGE | | AT KENNEDY AIRPORT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AM-241 INNER CONTAINER. | | DICK BORRI WILL REQUEST AMERSHAM (THE SHIPPER) TO REPACKAGE THE AM-241. | | | | THE HOO NOTIFIED R1DO HERB WILLIAMS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31176 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COMANCHE PEAK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/18/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 04:43 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/18/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 03:06[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ELIZABETH MEADERS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/18/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHARLES CAIN 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | A/R Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - AUTO Rx TRIP DUE TO LOSS OF RCP DUE TO FAILED SUPPLY BUS LOCKOUT RELAY - | | | | AT 0306 (CDT), UNIT 2 AUTO TRIPPED FROM 100% POWER DUE TO THE LOSS OF 1 OF | | 4 REACTOR COOLANT PUMPS (#2-03). THE RCP WAS LOST DUE TO THE LOSS OF ITS | | SUPPLY BUS #2A3 WHICH WAS DUE TO A LOCKOUT RELAY THAT FAILED FOR UNKNOWN | | REASONS. ALL CONTROL RODS INSERTED COMPLETELY. THE AUXILIARY FEEDWATER | | SYSTEM AUTO STARTED ON LOW LOW STEAM GENERATOR WATER LEVEL, AS EXPECTED, | | AND RESTORED STEAM GENERATOR WATER LEVELS TO NORMAL. STEAM IS BEING DUMPED | | TO THE MAIN CONDENSER. UNIT 2 IS STABLE IN MODE 3 (HOT STANDBY). | | | | THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE FAILED LOCKOUT RELAY. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+