U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 04/18/96 - 04/19/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 30138 30307 30308 30309 30310 30311 30312 30313 30314 30315 30316 30317 30318 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30138 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: ZION REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/20/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:13 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/20/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:30[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KELLERHALS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/18/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN JACOBSON RDO | |AUNA 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(A) UNANALYZED COND OP | | |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 | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 72 HOUR LCO ACTION STATEMENT DUE TO THE "2A" EDG FAILING TO START DURING A | | SURVEILLANCE. | | | | AT O9:06 (CST) ON 03/20/96, THE LICENSEE WAS PERFORMING SURVEILLANCE TEST | | "PT-11-DG2A" AND DISCOVERED THAT THE "2A" EDG FAILED TO START. WITH THE | | "2C" REACTOR CONTAINMENT FAN COOLER (RCFC) INOPERABLE, UNIT 2 WAS DECLARED | | TO BE IN AN UNANALYZED CONDITION AT 10:30 (CST) PER THEIR DESIGN BASIS | | ACCIDENT (LOCA W/ LOSS OF OFF SITE POWER) WHICH REQUIRES 3 RCFCs TO BE | | OPERABLE AND ONLY 2 ARE OPERABLE. THE LICENSEE IS ALSO IN A 72 HOUR LCO DUE | | TO THE "2A" EDG BEING INOPERABLE. ENGINEERING IS PERFORMING AN ANALYSIS OF | | THE EXPECTED PEAK CONTAINMENT PRESSURE. THE FAILURE OF THE "2A" EDG TO | | START IS DUE TO ONE TRAIN OF THE EDG STARTING AIR SYSTEM BEING INOPERABLE | | AND THE OTHER TRAIN HAVING A FAILED CHECK VALVE. THE LICENSEE IS REPAIRING | | BOTH TRAINS AND THE RCFC. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | **RETRACTION OF EVENT 04/18/96 @ 1705 EDT BY JOHN DUFF TAKEN BY MACKINNON** | | | | LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT AFTER ENGINEERING CONCLUDED THAT THIS | | EVENT DID NOT SIGNIFICANTLY COMPROMISE PLANT SAFETY WHILE THEY WERE IN THE | | UNANALYZED CONDITION. THE ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT FOR THE RETRACTION OF THIS | | EVENT CAN BE FOUND IN LICENSEES' ENGINEERING REPORT - ER # 9601492. R3DO | | (BRENT CLAYTON) NOTIFIED. | | | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 30307 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: PHARMALOGIC PENN LTD. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/18/96 | | CITY: BINGHAMTON REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:36 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NY |EVENT DATE: 04/18/96 | |LICENSE#: 37-30219-01MD AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 08:55[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/18/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOHN WHITE RDO | | |FRED COMBS EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICH BARRETT (ERB) AEOD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JEFF LETENORE | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAF2 20.2205(b) UNINTENTIONAL EXPOSUR | | |BAE1 20.2202(b)(1) PERS OVEREXPOSURE | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | BINGHAMTON GENERAL HOSPITAL, BINGHAMTON, NY. POSSIBLE PERSONNEL OVER | | EXPOSURE. | | | | PHARMALOGIC PENN LTD. OF SAYRE, PA. IS A PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLIER FOR THE | | NUCLEAR MEDICINE DEPARTMENTS OF SEVERAL HOSPITALS IN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW | | YORK. AT 0600 EDT THIS MORNING, THEIR DRIVER PICKED UP A RETURN SHIPMENT | | FROM BINGHAMTON GENERAL HOSPITAL. AT 0855 EDT, A SURVEY OF THE SHIPPING | | CONTAINER EXHIBITED A SURFACE READING IN EXCESS OF 200 mR/Hr. FURTHER | | INVESTIGATION REVEALED AN UNSHIELDED VIAL CONTAINING 27.5 mCi OF Tc-99m. | | CALCULATIONS DETERMINED THAT THE SOURCE STRENGTH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE | | HOSPITAL WAS 200 mCi. | | | | THE HOSPITAL STATED THAT THE SHIPPING CONTAINER WITH THE UNSHIELDED SOURCE | | WAS STORED OVERNIGHT IN AN UNOCCUPIED ROOM, AND THE MEDICAL TECHNICIANS WHO | | MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO THE SOURCE WORE DOSIMETRY. THE DRIVER HAD THE | | SHIPPING CONTAINER IN THE BED OF A PICK UP TRUCK. HIS DOSIMETRY WAS SENT | | FOR EVALUATION TODAY. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED RGN 1 (DR. SITAR LODHI) AND | | THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30308 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/18/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:42 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/18/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:20[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: FRANKS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/18/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WHITE RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | | |RICH BARRETT (ERB) AEOD | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SERVICE WATER BOOSTER PUMP AUTO-START FEATURE REMOVED IN VIOLATION OF FSAR | | | | IN 1990, THE LICENSEE CHANGED THE MODE OF OPERATION OF THE SERVICE WATER | | PUMPS FROM NORMALLY OFF, WITH AN AUTOMATIC START FEATURE, TO CONTINUOUS | | RUN. AS PART OF THIS CHANGE , A MODIFICATION TO THE SERVICE WATER BOOSTER | | PUMP CONTROL SYSTEM WAS MADE TO REMOVE THE AUTOMATIC START FEATURE. THE | | LICENSEE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE FSAR REQUIRES THAT THE AUTOMATIC START | | FEATURE BE INSTALLED ON THE BOOSTER PUMPS. THE LICENSEE INTENDS TO ADDRESS | | THIS ISSUE BEFORE CHANGING MODES. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30309 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DRESDEN REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/18/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:08 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1,[2] GE-3,[3] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 04/18/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:00[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: D. ORR |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/18/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BRENT CLAYTON RDO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | M/R Y 1 STARTUP | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PLANNED MANUAL REACTOR SCRAM PERFORMED DUE TO HPCI SUBSYSTEM SURVEILLANCE | | TEST NOT COMPLETED WITHIN 12 HOURS AFTER REACTOR SYSTEM PRESSURE > 200psig. | | | | WHILE PERFORMING A UNIT STARTUP AFTER A REFUELING OUTAGE, HIGH PRESSURE | | COOLANT INJECTION (HPCI) SUBSYSTEM SURVEILLANCES WERE NOT COMPLETED WITHIN | | 12 HOURS AFTER ACHIEVING 200 psig REACTOR SYSTEM PRESSURE. HPCI | | SURVEILLANCES WERE NOT COMPLETED IN THE 12 HOURS REQUIRED BY TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION 4.5.C DUE TO ELEVATED (ABOVE 150 øF) DISCHARGE LINE | | TEMPERATURE ON THE HPCI PUMP. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE ON THE DISCHARGE | | LINE WAS 159 øF. THE 150 øF LIMIT IS A CONSTRAINT SET BY LICENSEES' | | OPERATING PROCEDURES. UNIT IS BEING SHUTDOWN TO LESS THAN 150 psig IN | | ACCORDANCE WITH TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.5.C.3. ALL CONTROL RODS FULLY | | INSERTED INTO THE CORE FOLLOWING THE PLANNED MANUAL REACTOR SCRAM. | | | | THE ELEVATED TEMPERATURE IS BELIEVED TO BE DUE TO LEAKAGE THROUGH THE HPCI | | DISCHARGE LINE CHECK VALVE (2-2301-7). THE LICENSEE WILL EVALUATE THE | | LEAKING HPCI CHECK VALVE PROBLEM. LICENSEE EXPECTS TO RESTART THE MORNING | | OF 4/19/96 IF THE ABOVE MENTIONED PROBLEM CAN BE CORRECTED. | | | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 30310 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: CROW BUTTE RESOURCES |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/18/96 | | CITY: CRAWFORD REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:24 [ET]| | COUNTY: DAWES STATE: NE |EVENT DATE: 04/18/96 | |LICENSE#: SUA-1534 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 13:00[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/18/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |BLAIR SPITZBERG RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CRAIG BARTLES | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | INJECTION WELL FAILED ITS 5 YEAR MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TEST (WELL LEAKED | | BY). | | | | THE LICENSEE PERFORMED ITS 5-YEAR MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TEST (MIT) ON | | INJECTION WELL #196. THE WELL FAILED ITS 5-YEAR MIT WHEN THE LICENSEE | | DISCOVERED THAT THE WELL WAS LEAKING. THE LICENSEE DRILLED ANOTHER WELL | | NEXT TO WELL #196. SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FROM THIS WELL ON 04/17/96 AND | | 04/18/96. A SAMPLE TAKEN ON 04/17/96 HAD A CONDUCTIVITY OF 5540æmhos/cm | | AND A pH OF 7.78. A SAMPLE TAKEN FROM THE WELL ON 4/18/96 SHOWED A DECREASE | | IN THE CONDUCTIVITY TO 4920æmhos/cm (LICENSEE DID NOT HAVE THE pH VALUE). | | THE LICENSEE HAS DRILLED FOUR WELLS AROUND INJECTION WELL #196 IN ORDER TO | | CATCH THE LEAKAGE FROM THE WELL. THE INJECTION WELL HAS NOT BEEN USED | | SINCE 01/02/96. THE LICENSEE SAID THAT INJECTION WELL #196 IS LEAKING INTO | | A SHALLOW AQUIFER USED FOR DRINKING WATER. NOONE LIVES NEAR THE SHALLOW | | AQUIFER SO THE WATER LEVEL SEEPING INTO THE AQUIFER DOES NOT POSE ANY | | THREAT TO PEOPLE LIVING IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. NO WATER WELLS ARE | | PERMITTED TO BE DRILLED IN THE LICENSEES' AREA. THE LICENSEE WILL DRILL A | | FIFTH WELL FURTHER OUT FROM INJECTION WELL #196 TO FIND OUT HOW FAR THE | | WATER HAS MIGRATED FROM IT. ALL PERIMETER WELLS ARE WITHIN THEIR CHEMISTRY | | SPECIFICATIONS. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF QUALITY OF THIS EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30311 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: ROBINSON REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/18/96 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:14 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/18/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:40[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CROOK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/18/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHUCK CASTO RDO | |HFIT 26.73 FITNESS FOR DUTY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CP&L SUPERVISOR IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AREA TESTED POSITIVE FOR | | ILLEGAL DRUGS. THIS INDIVIDUALS UNESCORTED ACCESS TO THE PROTECTED AREA HAS | | BEEN RESCINDED. | | | | THE MEDICAL REVIEW OFFICER FOR H. B. ROBINSON CONFIRMED THAT THE RESULTS OF | | A RANDOM DRUG AND ALCOHOL TEST OF A CP&L SUPERVISOR IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE | | SERVICES AREA, WHICH WAS TAKEN ON APRIL 15th, 1996, WAS POSITIVE FOR AN | | ILLEGAL DRUG. THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS DECLARED UNFIT FOR DUTY AND HIS | | UNESCORTED ACCESS TO THE PROTECTIVE AREA WAS RESCINDED. BECAUSE THIS | | INDIVIDUAL HAD ACCESS TO AREAS CONTAINING SAFETY RELATED EQUIPMENT, AN | | EVALUATION OF THE NEED TO REVIEW OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S WORK HAS BEEN STARTED. | | | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 30312 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: AMETEK/DIXSON |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/18/96 | | CITY: GRAND JUNCTION REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:28 [ET]| | COUNTY: MESA STATE: CO |EVENT DATE: 04/16/96 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 17:30[MDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/18/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+VERN HODGE (NRR) PECB | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CLYDE HUBER | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |CDEG 21.21(c)(3)(i) DEFECTS/NONCOMPLIANCE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AMETEK/DIXSON PROSERIES BARGRAPH MODELS SA101A, SA202P, SN101P, AND SN202P | | UNITS CAN POTENTIALLY INDICATE AN ERRONEOUS UNDER RANGE CONDITION AT A VERY | | SPECIFIC INPUT POINT. | | | | THE FOLLOWING PORTION OF THIS TEXT IS TAKEN FROM A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM | | AMETEK/DIXSON, LOCATED IN GRAND JUNCTION, CO. | | | | " ... AN APPARENT ANOMALY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE AMETEK/DIXSON | | PROSERIES BARGRAPH MODELS SA101P, SA202P, SN101P, AND SN202P. | | | | THE INDICATION CAUSED BY THE ANOMALY IS AS FOLLOWS: | | | | DEPENDING ON THE CONFIGURATION OF THE SPECIFIC BARGRAPH, i.e. CURRENT OR | | VOLTAGE, THE UNIT CAN POTENTIALLY INDICATE AN ERRONEOUS UNDER RANGE | | CONDITION AT A VERY SPECIFIC INPUT POINT. EXAMPLE, IF THE UNIT IS | | CONFIGURED FOR 4/20mA RANGE, THE ANOMALY CAN OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY 91% OF | | SPAN. | | | | "WHEN THE CONDITION OCCURS, THE BARGRAPH WILL INDICATE A ZERO READING ON | | THE BARGRAPH PORTION, INDICATE DASHES ON THE DIGITAL DISPLAY PORTION, AND | | THE RELAYS (IF USED) WILL TRACK THIS INDICATION. THIS IS TYPICALLY A | | MOMENTARY CONDITION, AND THE UNIT IMMEDIATELY RETURNS TO NORMAL OPERATION | | AFTER THE ANOMALOUS CONDITION STOPS. | | | | THIS IS A VERY UNCOMMON CONDITION, AND IF THE CONDITION OCCURS, THE | | RESPONSE BY THE OPERATOR IS UNKNOWN TO AMETEK/DIXSON SINCE THE BARGRAPHS | | ARE USED IN VARYING APPLICATIONS. IT IS BELIEVED THAT AN INCORRECT RESPONSE | | WOULD BE THE WORST CASE CONDITION, HOWEVER, ITS LOW PROBABILITY OF | | OCCURRENCE AND VERY SHORT TERM DURATION WOULD TEND TO LIMIT THIS | | LIKELIHOOD." | | | | AMETEK/DIXSON IS CURRENTLY NOTIFYING THE AFFECTED USERS (EXPECTED | | COMPLETION DATE IS 4/22/96). | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF POWER PLANTS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THE CLASS 1E | | "PRO" SERIES INDICATORS: | | | | ENTERGY OPERATIONS: ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE | | | | FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT: ST. LUCIE NPP | | | | FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT: CRYSTAL RIVER UNIT 3 | | | | NORTHEAST UTILITY: MILESTONE SITE | | | | OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT: FORT CALHOUN STATION | | | | GEORGIA POWER COMPANY: PLANT HATCH | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30313 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/18/96 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:49 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/18/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:47[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: D CORNAX |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/18/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN WHITE RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION | | THAT THEY RELEASED 1236 POUNDS OF FREON-22 TO THE ENVIRONMENT DURING THE | | PERIOD FROM 01/01/95 TO 04/18/96. | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT THE FREON-22 CAME FROM VARIOUS AIR CONDITIONING | | SYSTEMS. THE LICENSEE STATED THAT 1236 POUNDS OF FREON-22 HAS LEAKED OUT OF | | THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS STARTING FROM JANUARY 1, 1995 AND ENDING ON APRIL 18, | | 1996. A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN WILL BE DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED TO ENSURE | | THE EQUIPMENT IS MAINTAINED IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE CONDITION. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30314 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HADDAM NECK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/18/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:45 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/18/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:22[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: R DeBERANRDL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/18/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN WHITE 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 | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | EXISTING STATION BATTERIES HAVE NOT BEEN TESTED TO THEIR LOAD PROFILE | | (EMERGENCY LOADS CARRIED BY THE STATION BATTERIES DURING A LOSS OF OFFSITE | | POWER). | | | | DURING AN ONGOING NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AUDIT OF THE PLANT, IT WAS | | DISCOVERED THAT THE EXISTING STATION BATTERIES HAVE NOT BEEN TESTED TO | | THEIR LOAD PROFILE EVERY 18 MONTHS AS SPECIFIED IN TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION | | 4.8.2.1.d. IT WAS FOUND THAT A DIRECT CURRENT HYDRAULIC FUEL OIL PUMP HAD | | NOT BEEN MODELED FOR THE LOAD PROFILE DURING THE FIRST MINUTE THAT THE | | BATTERIES ARE REQUIRED DURING A LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER. AT 1922 EDT, THE | | LICENSEE ENTERED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.8.2.1 (OUTSIDE OF DESIGN BASIS) | | AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.0.3 (CORRECT PROBLEM IN ONE HOUR OR BE IN A | | HOT STANDBY CONDITION WITHIN THE FOLLOWING 6 HOURS). THE LICENSEE EXITED | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 3.8.2.1 AND 3.0.3 AT 1932 EDT HOURS AFTER THEY HAD | | STARTED THE DIRECT CURRENT HYDRAULIC FUEL OIL PUMP. IF THEY HAVE A LOSS OF | | OFFSITE POWER WITH THE DIRECT CURRENT HYDRAULIC FUEL OIL PUMP OPERATING, | | THE STATION BATTERIES DO NOT HAVE TO SUPPLY THE STARTING CURRENT FOR THE | | PUMP AND, THEREFORE, THE STATION BATTERIES ARE STILL WITHIN THERE LOAD | | PROFILE. THE LICENSEE'S LONG TERM CORRECT ACTION IS TO REVISE THEIR | | STATION BATTERY LOAD PROFILE CALCULATION AND TO UPGRADE THE STATION | | BATTERIES SO THAT THEY CAN HANDLE THE STARTING CURRENT OF THE DC HYDRAULIC | | FUEL OIL PUMP. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE OF THIS EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30315 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SEQUOYAH REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/18/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: TN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:46 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/18/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:04[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID PORTER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/18/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHUCK CASTO RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 94 POWER OPERATION | 94 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF A PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTION, A STATION | | BLACKOUT SIGNAL WAS INADVERTENTLY GENERATED ON THE 2B-B 6.9 KV SHUTDOWN | | BOARD. | | | | AN ENGINEERED SAFETY FEATURE ACTUATION OCCURRED DUE TO A STATION BLACKOUT | | SIGNAL BEING INADVERTENTLY GENERATED ON THE 2B-B 6.9 KV SHUTDOWN BOARD. THE | | BLACKOUT SIGNAL WAS GENERATED WHEN FUSES WERE BEING REMOVED TO TEST THE | | RELAY WHICH PROVIDES ANNUNCIATION OF A BLACKOUT CONDITION ON THE 2B-B | | SHUTDOWN BOARD. WHEN THE FUSES WERE PULLED, ELECTRICAL CONTINUITY WAS | | BROKEN, MOMENTARILY RE-ESTABLISHED, AND THEN BROKEN AGAIN, RESULTING IN THE | | BLACKOUT RELAYS BEING ACTUATED. THE FOLLOWING ESF COMPONENT ACTUATIONS | | OCCURRED: | | | | 2B-B AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP STARTED AND OPERATED FOR 27 MINUTES BEFORE IT | | WAS SECURED. STEAM GENERATOR WATER LEVEL DID NOT NOTICEABLY CHANGE. | | | | 2B-B COMPONENT COOLING WATER PUMP STARTED AND RAN FOR 12 MINUTES BEFORE IT | | WAS SECURED. | | | | LOOP # 1 & 3 STEAM GENERATOR BLOWDOWN OUTBOARD CONTAINMENT ISOLATION VALVES | | CLOSED. WITHIN 12 MINUTES THE VALVES WERE REOPENED. | | | | SEVERAL OTHER COMPONENTS WHICH ARE STARTED BY THIS SIGNAL WERE ALREADY IN | | THEIR BLACKOUT STATE PRIOR TO THE EVENT. ALL SYSTEMS PERFORMED AS | | DESIGNED. THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. | | | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED OF THE EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30316 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PRAIRIE ISLAND REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/18/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: MN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:13 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/18/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:16[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: B ELLISON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/18/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BRENT CLAYTON 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 SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DEPRESSURIZATION OF INSTRUMENT AIR SYSTEM DUE TO A STUCK OPEN SOLENOID | | VALVE CAUSED AN AUTOMATIC REACTOR TRIP ON LOW LOW STEAM GENERATOR WATER | | LEVEL. | | | | AN AIR DRYER SOLENOID VALVE ON THE INSTRUMENT AIR SYSTEM STUCK OPEN, | | CAUSING FEEDWATER REGULATING VALVES TO CLOSE DUE TO THE LOSS OF INSTRUMENT | | AIR PRESSURE. THIS CAUSED A LOSS OF FEEDWATER TO BOTH STEAM GENERATORS, AND | | A REACTOR TRIP ON #22 STEAM GENERATOR LOW LOW WATER LEVEL. ALL CONTROL | | RODS FULLY INSERTED INTO THE CORE. THE MOTOR AND THE TURBINE DRIVEN | | AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMPS AUTOMATICALLY STARTED ON #22 STEAM GENERATOR LOW | | LOW WATER LEVEL. NO PORVs OR CODE SAFETY VALVES ON THE PRIMARY OR THE | | SECONDARY SIDE OF THE PLANT OPENED. ALL REACTOR PLANT SYSTEMS OPERATED | | PROPERLY. TURBINE DRIVEN AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP HAS BEEN SECURED AND THE | | MOTOR DRIVEN AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP IS FEEDING BOTH STEAM GENERATORS AT | | THE PRESENT TIME. OPERATORS WERE ABLE TO CLOSE THE STUCK OPEN SOLENOID | | VALVE JUST AFTER THE REACTOR TRIPPED. THE LICENSEE IS CURRENTLY | | INVESTIGATING THIS EVENT. WHEN THE REACTOR WILL BE STARTED UP AGAIN IS | | INDETERMINATE AT THIS TIME. | | | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30317 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DIABLO CANYON REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/19/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: CA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 01:21 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/18/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:09[PDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOSEPHENE BROWN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/19/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |DTHR 73.71(c) SECURITY DEGRADATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNCOMPENSATED PERIMETER DETECTION ZONES. | | | | TWO AREAS WERE NOT PROMPTLY COMPENSATED BY GUARDS. SEE HOO LOG FOR | | DETAILS. INVESTIGATION IS ON-GOING, BUT THE LICENSEE DOESN'T THINK THERE | | WAS ANY INTRUSION ONTO THE SITE. OFFICERS HAVE BEEN POSTED. THE LICENSEE | | WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30318 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FERMI REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/19/96 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:08 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 04/19/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 05:50[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROY DUKE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/19/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS | | |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 Y 7 STARTUP | 7 STARTUP | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNIT WILL BE SHUT DOWN PER TECH SPEC 3.0.3. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL COMMENCE A UNIT SHUT DOWN AT 0550 EDT BECAUSE HPCI AND | | RCIC ARE BOTH INOPERABLE. HPCI WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE DUE TO NOT | | COMPLETING SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE TECH SPEC ALLOWED TIME | | LIMIT. THE STEAM LINE PRESSURE WAS TOO LOW TO START THE TESTING. RCIC WAS | | DECLARED INOPERABLE DUE TO VALVE SEAT LEAKAGE ON THE RCIC TURBINE STEAM | | INLET VALVE (E51-F045). THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE REASON FOR THE | | LOW STEAM PRESSURE READINGS. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+