U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 11/19/96 - 11/20/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 31009 31268 31290 31349 31350 31351 31352 31353 31354 31355 31356 31357 31358 31359 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 31009 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: GRINNELL CORP, NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/16/96 | | CITY: NORTH KINGSTOWN REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:11 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: RI |EVENT DATE: 09/16/96 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:01[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/19/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+VERN HODGE NRR | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVE WALSHE | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |CCCC 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - 10 CFR PART 21 REPORT - | | | | THE GRINNELL CORPORATION DISCOVERED DEVIATIONS ON A DUKE POWER PURCHASE | | ORDER FOR GRINNELL HYDRAULIC SHOCK AND SWAY SUPPRESSORS (SNUBBERS). | | | | THESE SNUBBERS HAD BEEN QUALIFIED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS THAT VARY | | FROM THE ACCIDENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN DUKE POWER'S | | SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE MCGUIRE AND OCONEE PLANTS. GRINNELL NOTIFIED DUKE | | POWER SO THAT THEY COULD PERFORM A SAFETY EVALUATION. DUKE POWER NOTIFIED | | GRINNELL THAT THE SNUBBERS ARE OPERABLE AS SHIPPED. THEY ARE CONTINUING | | FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THESE SNUBBERS. | | | | ***UPDATE BY GRINNELL CORPORATION TAKEN BY MACKINNON ON 11/19/96 @ 0950*** | | | | GRINNELL CORPORATION SENT THE FOLLOWING FACSIMILE UPDATING THE ABOVE 10 CFR | | PART 21 REPORT: | | | | "GRINNELL HAS REVIEWED ALL CUSTOMERS DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS FOR | | ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS RELATED TO HYDRAULIC SNUBBERS. WE FOUND THAT, | | EXCEPT FOR THE ORIGINAL INCIDENT WITH DUKE POWER, THE HYDRAULIC SNUBBERS | | SHIPPED BY GRINNELL MET THE CUSTOMER'S DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS. THIS REVIEW | | COVERED THE PERIOD FROM YEAR 1986 TO PRESENT." | | | | "SINCE DUKE POWER HAS NOTIFIED GRINNELL THAT THE SNUBBERS SUPPLIED 'ARE | | OPERABLE AS SHIPPED,' WE HAVE DETERMINED IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO FILE A | | REPORT UNDER THE RULES OF 10 CFR PART 21." | | | | THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER SENT THIS UPDATE TO NRR (VERN HODGE). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31268 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HOPE CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/02/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 07:32 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 11/02/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 04:41[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MR. MOHNEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/19/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MOHAMED SHANBAKY RDO | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | M/R Y 29 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MANUAL REACTOR SCRAM DURING PLANT SHUTDOWN | | | | THE REACTOR WAS MANUALLY SCRAMMED FROM 29% POWER AT 0441 DURING A REACTOR | | SHUTDOWN. THE SHUTDOWN WAS PLANNED; HOWEVER, THE REACTOR WAS SCRAMMED AT A | | HIGHER POWER LEVEL THAN NORMAL. IT WAS NECESSARY TO INSERT A SCRAM AT A | | HIGHER POWER LEVEL BECAUSE THE ROD SEQUENCE CONTROL SYSTEM WAS INOPERABLE | | AND PREVENTED THE INSERTION OF THE CONTROL RODS FURTHER INTO THE CORE. | | | | ALL RODS FULLY INSERTED. THE PLANT IS BEING COOLED DOWN BY DUMPING STEAM | | TO THE MAIN CONDENSER TO ENTER A PLANNED MAINTENANCE OUTAGE. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1603 EST ON 11/19/96, FROM PRICE TAKEN BY KARSCH * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT BECAUSE THE ACTION TAKEN (SCRAMMING | | THE REACTOR) IS PERMITTED BY PLANT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (TS) AND IS | | THEREFORE NOT REPORTABLE. THE LICENSEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHUTTING DOWN | | TO CONDUCT MAINTENANCE WHEN THE ROD SEQUENCE CONTROL SYSTEM (RSCS) FAILED | | WITH THE REACTOR AT 29% POWER. THIS POWER LEVEL IS ABOVE THE TS THRESHOLD | | WHICH REQUIRES RSCS TO BE OPERABLE. TS 3.1.4.2.a STATES THAT, WITH THE | | RSCS INOPERABLE, THE ONLY PERMITTED ROD MOTION IS VIA SCRAM ACTUATION. | | RATHER THAN REPAIR THE RSCS WHILE AT POWER, THE OPERATORS SCRAMMED THE | | REACTOR. THE SCRAM ACTUATION WAS NOT INSERTED TO MITIGATE THE CONSEQUENCES | | OF AN EVENT OR IN ANTICIPATION OF AN AUTOMATIC TRIP. FURTHERMORE, THE SCRAM | | ACTUATION WAS AN ACTION PERMITTED BY PLANT TS. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE | | NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE R1DO (BARKLEY) WAS NOTIFIED BY THE NRC | | OPERATIONS CENTER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31290 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/07/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:59 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/07/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:40[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEVE SUDIGALA |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/19/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD CONTE 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CONTAINMENT SUMPS CONSIDERED INOPERABLE DUE TO GAPS IN THEIR SCREEN. | | | | THE CONTAINMENT RECIRCULATION SUMP IS SEPARATED BY A MESH SCREEN INTO AN | | "A" AND A "B" TRAIN SUMP. THE LICENSEE HAS FOUND TWO GAPS IN THE SCREEN | | MEASURING 1/2 INCH BY 4 FEET AND 2 INCHES BY 2 INCHES. BECAUSE OF THESE | | GAPS, THE RECIRCULATION SUMPS HAVE BEEN DECLARED INOPERABLE. THE CAUSE OF | | THE GAPS IS NOT KNOWN. THE GAPS WILL BE REPAIRED PRIOR TO ENTERING MODE 4. | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT. | | | | HOO NOTE: GAPS IN SUMP SCREENS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF RENDERING SAFETY | | RATED PUMPS INOPERABLE DUE TO THE INGESTION OF DEBRIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IN | | AEOD REPORTS AEOD/T916 AND AEOD/T923. | | | | * * * UPDATE ON 11/08/96, AT 1828 EST FROM MARTIN TAKEN BY KARSCH * * * | | | | THE CONTAINMENT SUMP SCREENS WERE INSPECTED, AND THE LICENSEE FOUND THAT | | THE MESH SIZE FOR THE OUTER SCREEN IS SMALLER THAN THE SIZE SPECIFIED IN | | THE DESIGN DOCUMENTS. THE LICENSEE IS EVALUATING THE CONSEQUENCES OF A | | SMALLER MESH SIZE. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE | | NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R1DO (RICH CONTE). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1239 EST ON 11/19/96, FROM ENOCH TAKEN BY KARSCH * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED A DISCREPANCY IN GEOMETRY IN THE VERTICAL TRASH | | GRATING. ENGINEERING REVIEW DETERMINED THAT THE GEOMETRY IS IN COMPLIANCE. | | THE UPDATE ON 11/08/96, WAS NOT REPORTABLE. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE R1DO (BARKLEY) WAS NOTIFIED BY THE NRC OPERATIONS | | CENTER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31349 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CATAWBA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/19/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:03 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/19/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:15[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GARY HAMILTON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/19/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARK LESSER RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE DOT NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER THAT THEY OBSERVED | | AN OIL SHEEN ON THE LAKE AT THE LOW PRESSURE SERVICE WATER INTAKE. THEY | | BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO OIL LEAK. THE SHEEN IS FROM RESIDUAL OIL WASHED | | INTO THE LAKE BY RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31350 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MAINE YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/19/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: ME |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:42 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 11/18/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAN MCDOUGOLD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/19/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 90 POWER OPERATION | 90 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE STATE OF MAINE THAT THEIR GASEOUS RELEASE FROM | | THE VENT STACK EXCEEDED THE PREDICTED VALUE FOR THE PREVIOUS 24 HOURS. THIS | | DEVIATION IS REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31351 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HADDAM NECK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/19/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:18 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/19/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:55[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BOWER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/19/96 | |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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | STATE NOTIFICATION REGARDING SMALL OIL SPILL | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT REGARDING A SPILL OF | | APPROXIMATELY 1 GALLON OF #2 FUEL OIL INTO THE PLANT DISCHARGE CANAL. | | MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, WORKING ON AN AUXILIARY BOILER, BROKE A FLANGE IN | | THE FUEL OIL SYSTEM. THIS PERMITTED RESIDUAL FUEL OIL IN THE LINE TO LEAK | | INTO A SUMP WHICH EMPTIES INTO THE PLANT DISCHARGE CANAL. THE SPILL HAS | | BEEN CONTAINED BY FLOATING BOOMS, AND A CONTRACTOR WILL BE ONSITE TO VACUUM | | UP THE SPILL. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE | | LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31352 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOPER REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/19/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:40 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 11/19/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:00[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: FRED SCHIZAS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/19/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WILLIAM JOHNSON RDO | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE 24-HOUR REPORT | | | | THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE WHEN BOTH THE | | DIESEL-DRIVEN AND MOTOR-DRIVEN FIRE WATER PUMPS WERE PLACED IN PULL-TO-LOCK | | TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE ON THE JOCKEY PUMP. WITH BOTH PUMPS INOPERABLE, THE | | PLANT IS IN A 7-DAY LCO PER TECH SPEC 3.15.B. IN ACCORDANCE WITH TECH SPEC | | REQUIREMENTS, THE NON-QUALIFIED BACK-UP PUMP WAS PLACED INTO SERVICE. | | | | THE MAINTENANCE WAS COMPLETED, AND THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM WAS PLACED | | BACK INTO SERVICE AT 1332 CST. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31353 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOPER REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/19/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:27 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 11/19/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:11[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CHUCK MURPHY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/19/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WILLIAM JOHNSON RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |AL CHAFFEE, NRR EO | | |CALDWELL FEMA | | |RICH BARRETT, 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED DUE TO A FIRE OF GREATER THAN 10 MINUTES DURATION. | | | | ROOFERS WORKING ON THE ROOF THREW SMOLDERING DEBRIS TO THE GROUND BETWEEN | | THE REACTOR AND TURBINE BUILDINGS. THE SMOLDERING DEBRIS CAUSED SMOKE, BUT | | NO OPEN FLAMES WERE OBSERVED. THE ON-SITE FIRE BRIGADE RESPONDED. A | | REFLASH WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED TO ASSURE THE FIRE IS OUT. THE UNUSUAL EVENT | | WILL BE TERMINATED IN AN HOUR OR TWO WHEN THE LICENSEE IS ASSURED THAT FIRE | | DANGER NO LONGER EXISTS. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE STATE AND LOCAL | | GOVERNMENTS. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1740 EST ON 11/19/96, FROM GOODMAN TAKEN BY KARSCH * * * | | | | THE UNUSUAL EVENT WAS TERMINATED AT 1623 CST. THE FIRE LASTED 19 MINUTES | | AND WAS PUT OUT AT 1518 CST. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRR EO (VARGA), R4DO | | (JOHNSON), AEOD (BARRETT), AND FEMA (CALDWELL) WERE NOTIFIED BY THE NRC | | OPERATIONS CENTER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31354 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WOLF CREEK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/19/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: KS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:14 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/17/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:18[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID ERBE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/19/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WILLIAM JOHNSON RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A SECURITY OFFICER DISCOVERED AN UNATTENDED PATROL VEHICLE WITH A WEAPON IN | | IT. AN INVENTORY REVEALED THAT ALL WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION ARE ACCOUNTED | | FOR. DISCUSSIONS WITH REGION 4 (SCHAEFER) LED THE LICENSEE TO MAKE THIS | | REPORT. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. (REFER TO THE | | HOO LOG FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31355 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HATCH REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/19/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: GA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:07 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 11/19/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:43[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM ANDERSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/19/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARK LESSER RDO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS | | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 99 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A PARTIAL GROUP 2 ISOLATION OCCURRED, AFFECTING BOTH OF THE DRYWELL LEAK | | DETECTION SYSTEMS. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.4.5 REQUIRES THAT AT LEAST ONE | | LEAK DETECTION SYSTEM BE OPERABLE. WITH BOTH CHANNELS ISOLATED, TS 3.0.3 | | REQUIRES THAT A PLANT SHUTDOWN BEGIN WITHIN ONE HOUR. PLANT SHUTDOWN | | COMMENCED AT 1741 EST. PRIOR TO THE GROUP 2 ISOLATION, THE OPERATORS | | SMELLED SMOKE, AND A FUSE BLEW. THEY SUSPECT THAT A RELAY BURNED UP. THE | | LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1925 EST ON 11/19/96, BY ANDERSON TAKEN BY KARSCH * * * | | | | THE SHUTDOWN WAS TERMINATED AT 1835 EST, AND TS 3.0.3 WAS EXITED WHEN THE | | FISSION PRODUCT MONITORS AND FLOOR DRAINS WERE RESTORED TO OPERABLE STATUS. | | THE LICENSEE FOUND THAT THE COIL FOR RELAY "1A71K56" WAS BURNED. THE | | FAILED RELAY WAS ISOLATED. THE LOWEST POWER REACHED WAS 99%. THE LICENSEE | | INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE R2DO (LESSER) WAS NOTIFIED BY THE | | NRC OPERATIONS CENTER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31356 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DIABLO CANYON REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/19/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: CA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:31 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/19/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:44[PST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID PIERCE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/19/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WILLIAM JOHNSON RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY DUE TO A FIRE | | IN A TRANSFORMER | | | | THE TRANSFORMER WAS BEING DISMANTLED IN A PARKING LOT ONSITE BUT NOT NEAR | | THE PROTECTED AREA. NO FILL OIL WAS IN THE TRANSFORMER AT THE TIME OF THE | | FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE SITE FIRE BRIGADE PRIOR TO THE | | ARRIVAL OF THE CALIFORNIA FORESTRY DEPARTMENT FIRE BRIGADE. THE LICENSEE | | INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31357 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/19/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:36 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/19/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:36[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LAWRENCE CURRAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/19/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD BARKLEY 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SERVICE WATER STRAINERS COULD FAIL UNDER ACCIDENT CONDITIONS DUE TO HIGH | | PUMP FLOWS. | | | | DURING A REVIEW OF THE "25" SERVICE WATER STRAINER PERFORMANCE WITH THE | | VENDOR, THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE DESIGN FLOW RATE OF THE STRAINER | | WOULD BE EXCEEDED DURING CERTAIN DESIGN BASIS EVENTS. THE RATING OF THE | | SERVICE WATER STRAINERS IS APPROXIMATELY 8,350 GPM, BUT THE PUMP FLOW RATE | | UNDER DESIGN BASIS CONDITIONS IS APPROXIMATELY 11,000 GPM. THE HIGH FLOW | | IS CAUSING THE STRAINER MOTORS TO TRIP ON THERMAL OVERLOAD DURING NORMAL | | OPERATION. THESE CONDITIONS AFFECT BOTH UNITS TO VARYING DEGREES. THE | | LICENSEE IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM. SINCE BOTH UNITS ARE | | CURRENTLY DEFUELED, THIS EQUIPMENT IS NOT REQUIRED TO MITIGATE DESIGN BASIS | | ACCIDENTS. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND HAS | | INFORMED LOWER ALLOWAYS TOWNSHIP. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31358 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WATTS BAR REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/19/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: TN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:09 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/19/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JAMES BAKER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/19/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARK LESSER RDO | |AINB 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(B) POT RHR INOP | | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR (EDG) EXHAUST FANS DID NOT START WITH THE | | EDG AND COULD HAVE CAUSED THE EDG TO FAIL. | | | | THE "1B-B" EDG'S EXHAUST FAN FAILED TO START WITH THE EDG DUE TO A LATCHED | | RELAY, AND THE EDG COULD HAVE FAILED FROM HIGH EDG ROOM TEMPERATURE. THE | | RELAY GOT LATCHED IN OCTOBER 1996 DURING A TEST OF THE CO2 SYSTEM. THE | | LICENSEE REVIEWED RECORDS AND FOUND THAT THE "A" RHR PUMP WAS OUT OF | | SERVICE DURING THIS TIME FRAME, SO BOTH TRAINS OF RHR WOULD HAVE BEEN | | UNAVAILABLE. OTHER EQUIPMENT MIGHT ALSO HAVE BEEN OUT OF SERVICE. THE | | LICENSEE IS CONTINUING TO REVIEW RECORDS TO DETERMINE IF OTHER EQUIPMENT | | WAS ALSO AFFECTED. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31359 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CLINTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/20/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 01:26 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 11/19/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 21:00[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID HODEL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/20/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN MADERA 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 | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | INCORRECT MOUNTING BOLT TORQUE FOR HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT SEISMIC SUPPORT | | BRACKETS | | | | THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT THE UPPER AND LOWER MOUNTING BOLTS THAT HOLD | | THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNITS TO SEISMIC SUPPORT BRACKETS WERE OVERTORQUED | | PER FIELD CHANGE REQUEST #11732 DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE PLANT. THE | | HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNITS ARE PART OF THE CONTROL ROD DRIVE SYSTEM, AND THE | | CONTROL RODS HAVE BEEN DECLARED INOPERABLE DUE TO SEISMIC QUALIFICATION. | | THE UNIT IS NOT CURRENTLY IN ANY TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION LIMITING CONDITION | | FOR OPERATION BECAUSE THE UNIT IS IN A REFUELING OUTAGE, AND THIS IS | | CONSIDERED TO BE A RESTART ISSUE. ENGINEERING IS CONDUCTING AN EVALUATION | | AT THIS TIME. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+