U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 07/18/96 - 07/19/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 30651 30666 30763 30764 30765 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30651 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/19/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:45 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/19/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BOB ENOCH / JOE FRANKS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/18/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CURTIS COWGILL 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | | | | | 3 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - POTENTIAL DESIGN DEFICIENCY WITH CERTAIN CONTAINMENT PENETRATIONS - | | | | WITH UNIT 3 IN MODE 5 (COLD SHUTDOWN) IN A MAINTENANCE OUTAGE, THE LICENSEE | | IDENTIFIED A POTENTIAL DESIGN DEFICIENCY WITH THE CONTAINMENT PENETRATIONS | | FOR LOW PRESSURE SAFETY INJECTION TO THE RCS COLD LEGS. | | | | SPECIFICALLY, CONTAINMENT PENETRATION DRAWING #EP-121A IDENTIFIES THE | | DESIGN TEMPERATURE OF 131øF FOR THE SUBJECT CONTAINMENT PENETRATIONS. | | THIS TEMPERATURE IS INCORRECT. DURING THE INJECTION PHASE, THE TEMPERATURE | | IS BELOW 150øF. HOWEVER, THESE PENETRATIONS ARE USED TO RETURN RHR TO THE | | RCS, WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN APPROXIMATE TEMPERATURE OF 150øF. THE ORIGINAL | | DESIGN REQUIRES A PENETRATION COOLER FOR ALL LINES WITH DESIGN TEMPERATURE | | GREATER THAN 150øF TO ENSURE THAT THE CONCRETE TEMPERATURE DOES NOT EXCEED | | 200øF. | | | | THE DRAWING REFERENCES DESIGN CALCULATION #P(R)-097 AS THE BASIS FOR THE | | 131øF TEMPERATURE. HOWEVER, THIS CALCULATION WAS TO DETERMINE THE DESIGN | | TEMPERATURE AT THE RECIRCULATION LINE DURING RHR WARMUP. THIS CALCULATION | | WAS INAPPROPRIATELY REFERENCED AS THE MAXIMUM DESIGN VALUE. | | NOTE: THE CONTAINMENT PIPING IS DESIGNED FOR 150øF. THE LICENSEE IS | | DETERMINING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE & LOCAL | | OFFICIALS & THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE ON 7/18/96 AT 1206 EDT FROM KULTERMAN TAKEN BY KARSCH * * * | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT. THE ONLY TIME THE PENETRATIONS ARE | | SUBJECTED TO ELEVATED TEMPERATURES IS DURRING SHUTDOWN COOLING. AN | | ENGINEERING EVALUATION OF THE HISTORICAL RECORD DETERMINED THAT THE | | PENETRATIONS WERE USED WITHIN THEIR SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. NO | | CORRECTIVE ACTION IS DEEMED NECESSARY AND NO LER WILL BE SUBMITTED. THE | | LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. R1DO (DOLCE) NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30666 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PEACH BOTTOM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/23/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [3] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 04:32 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-4,[3] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 06/23/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 04:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JAMES KOVALCHICK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/18/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LEANNE HARRISON RDO | |AUNA 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(A) UNANALYZED COND OP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 3 | N Y 80 POWER OPERATION | 24 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REACTIVITY EXCURSION CAUSED BY CLOSURE OF A TURBINE CONTROL VALVE DUE TO A | | SEPARATED PLUG. THE LICENSEE HAS REDUCED POWER TO BELOW 25% BECAUSE | | OPERATION ABOVE THIS LEVEL WITH ONE CONTROL VALVE CLOSED IS AN UNANALYZED | | CONDITION. | | | | ON 6/22/96 AT 0025 EDT, WITH THE REACTOR AT 80% POWER, A REACTIVITY | | EXCURSION OF +12% WAS OBSERVED ON THE APRMs ALONG WITH A PRESSURE INCREASE | | IN THE REACTOR. FOLLOWING THE REACTIVITY EXCURSION THREE OF THE TURBINE | | CONTROL VALVES WENT MORE OPEN. THE LICENSEE REDUCED POWER AND BEGAN | | TROUBLE SHOOTING THE TURBINE STOP AND CONTROL VALVES. ON 6/23/96 AT 0045 | | EDT, WITH THE REACTOR AT 44% POWER THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE #2 | | CONTROL VALVE WAS CLOSED AND THE PLUG HAD DISCONNECTED FROM THE STEM. AT | | 0415 EDT THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT WITH 3 OUT OF 4 STEAM LINES OPERABLE | | THE PLANT WAS IN AN UNANALYZED CONDITION SHOULD A LOAD REJECTION OCCUR WITH | | POWER ABOVE 25%. THE MINIMUM CRITICAL POWER RATIO COULD BE EXCEEDED BY THE | | TRANSIENT RESULTING FROM FAST CLOSURE OF THE REMAINING THREE VALVES. POWER | | WAS IMMEDIATELY REDUCED AND IS NOW AT 24%. POWER WILL NOT BE INCREASED | | UNTIL A NEW ANALYSIS IS COMPLETED. THE DAMAGE AND REPAIR OPTIONS FOR THE | | #2 CONTROL VALVE ARE BEING EVALUATED. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1330 EDT 7/18/96 FROM DAVE FOSS BY S.SANDIN * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS REPORT BASED ON A SUBSEQUENT ENGINEERING | | EVALUATION WHICH CONCLUDED THAT AT NO TIME WERE THERMAL LIMITS EXCEEDED. | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. NOTIFIED R1DO(DOLCE). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 30763 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: SEYMOUR HIGH SCHOOL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/18/96 | | CITY: SEYMOUR REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:00 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: CT |EVENT DATE: 07/18/96 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 07:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/18/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |KATHLEEN DOLCE RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KATHLEEN DOLCE (R1DO) | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SEYMOUR HIGH SCHOOL CONTRACTED UNITED OIL RECOVERY TO PACKAGE CHEMICALS | | FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL'S CHEMISTRY LABORATORY INTO FOURTEEN 55-GALLON DRUMS | | (LABPACK). UNITED OIL RECOVERY INDICATED THAT THEY INVENTORIED ALL MATERIAL | | AND SAW NO INDICATION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL. THE DRUMS WERE TRANSPORTED | | TO CYCLE-CHEM OF NJ, AND ONE OF THE 14 DRUMS WAS REJECTED BECAUSE OF | | RADIATION READINGS. CYCLE-CHEM USED A BICRON MICRO-ROENTGEN METER AND | | INDICATED THAT THEY READ 1,000 MICRO-R/HR FROM 6-7 FEET FROM THIS | | PARTICULAR DRUM. THE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL WAS NOT IDENTIFIED. AFTER | | REJECTING THIS DRUM, CYCLE-CHEM TRANSPORTED THE DRUM TO SEYMOUR HIGH SCHOOL | | AND IT ARRIVED TODAY. UNITED OIL RECOVERY PERSONNEL ARE AT THE SCHOOL AND | | ARE KEEPING THE DRUM UNDER CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE UNTIL A REPRESENTATIVE OF | | THE CT DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ARRIVES TO SURVEY THE DRUM. REG 1 | | PAO HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ALONG WITH EPA AND THE STATES OF CT AND NJ. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 30764 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: NATIONAL LEGAL LABORATORIES |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/18/96 | | CITY: OKEMOS REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:29 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: MI |EVENT DATE: 07/17/96 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 00:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/18/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOHN MADERA RDO | | |COOL EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PHILLIPS(REG 3) | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NATIONAL LEGAL LABORATORIES OF OKEMOS, MI, MISTAKENLY ORDERED AND RECEIVED | | RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL WHICH THEY ARE NOT LICENSED TO POSSESS. | | | | THEY MISTAKENLY ORDERED PHOSPHORUS-32 (P-32) LABELED DNA PROBE, DID NOT | | CHECK THE LABEL WHEN THEY RECEIVED IT, AND WENT AHEAD AND USED IT. THIS LAB | | IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE OR POSSESS RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL. IT WAS | | ORDERED FROM LIFE TECHNOLOGIES OF GAITHERSBURG, MD. THE QUANTITY OF P-32 | | WAS 225 MICROCURIES. WHEN THE LEGAL LABORATORIES DISCOVERED WHAT THEY HAD | | USED, THEY CONTACTED MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER. | | THE RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER CONTACTED MICHIGAN DEPT OF RADIOLOGICAL | | HEALTH, WHO IN TURN CONTACTED NRC REG3 OFFICE. THE STATE OF MICHIGAN IS | | RESPONDING TO THE SITE TO CHARACTERIZE ANY CONTAMINATION. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1253 EDT FROM PHILLIPS TAKEN BY KARSCH * * * | | NATIONAL LEGAL LABS NEITHER ORDERED NOR RECEIVED ANY LICENSED NUCLEAR | | MATERIALS. THE REPORT RESULTED FROM A MISINTERPRETATION OF QUALITY CONTROL | | DOCUMENTATION ENCLOSED WITH THE SHIPMENT. NMSS (COOL), AEOD (JORDAN & | | ROSS), AND R3DO (MADERA) NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30765 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: QUAD CITIES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/18/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:39 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 07/18/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:45[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DOUGLAS BRITZ |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/18/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN MADERA RDO | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | INOPERABLE UNDERVOLTAGE RELAY ON BUS 24-1 FOR AN INDETERMINATE AMOUNT OF | | TIME. | | | | THE LICENSEE WAS CALIBRATING AN UNDERVOLTAGE RELAY FOR BUS 24-1. THE RELAY | | FUNCTIONED INCONSISTENTLY AND WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE. TECH SPEC 3.2-2 | | REQUIRES TWO OPERABLE OR TRIPPED RELAYS PER BUS. THIS REQUIREMENT WAS NOT | | MET. THE LAST TIME THE RELAY WAS CHECKED WAS DURING THE LAST REFUELING | | OUTAGE, BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND JULY 1995. THE LICENSEE IS REPLACING THE | | DEFECTIVE RELAY. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+