U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 11/18/96 - 11/19/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 31346 31347 31348 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 31346 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: UNKNOWN |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/18/96 | | CITY: CHARLOTTE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:30 [ET]| | COUNTY: MECKLENBURG STATE: NC |EVENT DATE: 10/30/96 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 12:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/18/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |BRUNO URYC RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: EADDY | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | COMPACTED PILE OF DUCTWORK FOUND TO HAVE A HOT SPOT READING 4 mREM/HR ON | | CONTACT. | | | | MR. EADDY OF THE NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF RADIATION PROTECTION REPORTED | | THAT A PIECE OF COMPACTED DUCTWORK A HAS A 4 mREM/HR HOT SPOT LOCATED IN | | ONE CORNER. RADIATION READINGS WERE OBTAINED USING A SIDEWALL GEIGER | | MUELLER DETECTOR BOTH WITH THE WINDOW OPEN AND CLOSED. THE COMPACTED PIECE | | OF DUCTWORK IS LOCATED AT THE AMERISTEEL SCRAPYARD IN CHARLOTTE, NC. | | | | THE SCRAPYARD NOTIFIED THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF RADIATION | | PROTECTION LAST APRIL OF THIS EVENT WHEN THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE PILE OF | | DUCTWORK WAS RADIOACTIVE. ON 10/30/96 THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA VISITED | | THE SCRAPYARD AND DETERMINED THAT THE SOURCE OF RADIATION IN THE PILE OF | | COMPACTED DUCTWORK WAS KRYPTON-85 (HALF-LIFE 10.72 YEARS). THE STATE OF | | NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF RADIATION PROTECTION HAS CONTACTED SEVERAL | | COMPANIES THAT HAVE KRYPTON-85 DEVICES IN THE CHARLOTTE AREA AND ASKED THEM | | TO PERFORM AN INVENTORY TO SEE IF ANY OF THEIR DEVICES ARE MISSING. THE | | RADIOACTIVE DUCTWORK IS LOCATED IN AN ISOLATED AREA OF THE SCRAPYARD AND A | | "CAUTION - RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL" SIGN HAS BEEN POSTED TO WARN PEOPLE OF THE | | RADIATION HAZARD. THE ORIGINAL ITEM NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE STATE OF NORTH | | CAROLINA DIVISION OF RADIATION PROTECTION FOR THIS EVENT IS ICD-96-012. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31347 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/18/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [3] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:12 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/18/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:15[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SMITH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/18/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 3 | N Y 88 POWER OPERATION | 88 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION DUE TO OIL SPILL | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NY STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION | | REGARDING A SMALL OIL SPILL ONSITE. AT 0930, A HYDRAULIC LINE RUPTURED ON A | | FORKLIFT BEING USED IN THE UPPER SITE GROUNDS, SPILLING APPROXIMATELY THREE | | GALLONS OF HYDRAULIC OIL ONTO THE GROUND. THE SPILL HAS BEEN STOPPED, AND | | THE CONTAMINATED GROUND HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR DISPOSAL. THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31348 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/18/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:00 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/18/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:45[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RICH DONOVAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/18/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD BARKLEY RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 REACTOR FEED PUMP HIGH WATER LEVEL TRIP LOGIC IS NOT SINGLE FAILURE | | PROOF, CONTRARY TO DESIGN REQUIREMENTS. | | | | THE HIGH WATER LEVEL TRIP USES ONE OUT OF TWO TWICE LOGIC. IN THIS LOGIC | | SCHEME, A TRIP SIGNAL FROM EACH CHANNEL IS REQUIRED FOR A PUMP TRIP. THE | | HIGH WATER LEVEL TRIP HAS TWO LEVEL SENSORS IN EACH CHANNEL OF THE TWO | | TRAINS, A TOTAL OF FOUR SENSORS. THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT POWER FOR | | THE TRIP RELAYS FOR THE "A" LOGIC ARE SUPPLIED BY A SINGLE FUSE. IF THAT | | FUSE FAILS, NO TRIP SIGNAL WOULD BE GENERATED AT THE OUTPUT OF THE LOGIC | | CIRCUIT. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR, STATE AND LOCAL | | GOVERNMENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+