U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 10/22/96 - 10/23/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 31042 31188 31189 31190 31191 31192 31193 31194 31195 31196 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31042 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SUSQUEHANNA REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/22/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:10 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 09/22/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:45[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DONALD ROLAND |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/22/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD KEIMIG RDO | |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 N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAILURE OF AN ESF SYSTEM TO ACTUATE | | | | UNIT 1 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SWAPPING THE REACTOR PROTECTION POWER SUPPLY | | FOR DIVISION 1 FROM ITS ALTERNATE SOURCE BACK TO ITS NORMAL SOURCE | | FOLLOWING MAINTENANCE. DURING THE SWAP, THE MOMENTARY INTERRUPTION OF | | POWER CAUSED A HALF SCRAM, SEVERAL ISOLATIONS AND ACTUATIONS. ONE OF THE | | EFFECTS IS A TRIP OF THE REACTOR BUILDING VENTILATION ZONE LOCKOUT RELAYS. | | THESE WERE ALL EXPECTED RESPONSES TO THE POWER SUPPLY SWAP. | | | | AFTER THE POWER SWAP, ALL PLANT ACTUATIONS THAT OCCURRED WERE VERIFIED IN | | ACCORDANCE WITH PLANT PROCEDURES. DURING THIS REVIEW, IT WAS DISCOVERED | | THAT THE "A" REACTOR BUILDING RECIRCULATION FAN DID NOT START AS EXPECTED | | ON A ZONE III VENTILATION LOCKOUT RELAY TRIP. | | | | THIS EVENT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A FAILURE OF AN ESF SYSTEM TO ACTUATE WHEN | | CALLED UPON BY ITS LOGIC. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1128 EDT ON 10/22/96 BY STEFFENAUER TAKEN BY KARSCH * * * | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT | | ADEQUATE REDUNDANCY WAS AVAILABLE IN THE TWO DIVISIONS OF LOGIC TO ENSURE | | THE SAFETY FUNCTION OF THE SYSTEM. NRC NUREG 1022 STATES THAT FAILURES | | NEED NOT BE REPORTED IF REDUNDANT EQUIPMENT IN THE SAME SYSTEM IS AVAILABLE | | TO PERFORM THE SAFETY FUNCTION. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. R1DO (BLAKE WELLING) NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |TRANSPORTATION EVENT | |EVENT NUMBER: 31188 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: DUPONT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/22/96 | | CITY: MEMPHIS REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 04:34 [ET]| | COUNTY: SHELBY STATE: TN |EVENT DATE: 10/22/96 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 01:12[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/22/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |CAUDLE JULIAN, REG 2 RDO | | |JOHN LINEHAN, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+STUART RUBIN, IRD AEOD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PETTY OFFICER BRIGHT |REGGIE JOHNSON DOE | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE |BLAKE WELLING R1DO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NTRA TRANSPORTATION EVENT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER REPORTED A RELEASE OF 0.02 LITERS OF | | THALLIUM-201 FROM A FEDERAL EXPRESS PACKAGE IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. | | | | A FEDERAL EXPRESS PACKAGE BEING TRANSPORTED FROM DUPONT IN BILLERICA, | | MASSACHUSETTS, TO SYNCOR IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA, WAS RUN OVER BY A FEDERAL | | EXPRESS TRUCK ON A RAMP AT A FEDERAL EXPRESS HUB LOCATED IN MEMPHIS, | | TENNESSEE. THE BOX WAS BREECHED, AND APPROXIMATELY 0.02 LITERS (19.6 | | MILLILITERS) OF THALLIUM-201 LEAKED OUT ONTO THE CONCRETE RAMP. THE | | ACTIVITY OF THE THALLIUM-201 WAS 725 MEGABECQUERELS. THE SPILL WAS CLEANED | | UP, AND THERE WERE NO PERSONNEL CONTAMINATIONS OR INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH | | THE EVENT. | | | | FEDERAL EXPRESS NOTIFIED DUPONT OF THE INCIDENT. THE NATIONAL RESPONSE | | CENTER NOTIFIED THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY RADIATION DIVISION, THE | | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGION 4, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. | | (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR A FEDERAL EXPRESS CONTACT NAME, TELEPHONE NUMBER, | | AND ADDRESS.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31189 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MAINE YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/22/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: ME |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:23 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 10/22/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:45[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WALTER JOHNSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/22/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BLAKE WELLING RDO | |AARC 50.72(b)(1)(v) OTHER ASMT/COMM INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOSS OF THE SAFETY PARAMETER DISPLAY SYSTEM IN THE CONTROL ROOM AND | | EMERGENCY CENTERS FOR GREATER THAN EIGHT HOURS | | | | AT 0045, THE DATA COLLECTION PORTION (THE FRONT END SYSTEM) OF THE PLANT | | COMPUTER FAILED LEADING TO A COMPLETE LOSS OF SAFETY PARAMETER DISPLAY | | SYSTEM IN THE CONTROL ROOM AND IN THE EMERGENCY CENTERS. THE COMPUTER | | SERVICES SECTION IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE PROBLEM, BUT AT THIS TIME, IT | | APPEARS THAT THE COMPUTER MAY NOT BE REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE FOR A | | FEW MORE HOURS. | | | | OPERATIONS IS CURRENTLY TAKING COMPENSATORY ACTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH | | APPLICABLE PLANT PROCEDURES. UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS THIS COULD REQUIRE A | | PLANT POWER REDUCTION. THE UNIT IS NOT IN ANY TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION | | LIMITING CONDITIONS FOR OPERATION AS A RESULT OF THIS FAILURE. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS INTERPRETED THE LOSS OF SAFETY PARAMETER DISPLAY SYSTEM IN | | THE CONTROL ROOM AND THE EMERGENCY CENTERS AS A MAJOR LOSS OF EMERGENCY | | ASSESSMENT CAPABILITY IF IT IS LOST FOR GREATER THAN EIGHT HOURS, AND THE | | COMPUTER iS NOT REPAIRED WITHIN EIGHT HOURS. ACCORDINGLY, THE LICENSEE | | DETERMINED THIS INCIDENT TO BE A MAJOR LOSS OF EMERGENCY ASSESSMENT | | CAPABILITY AT 0845. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND PLANS TO NOTIFY THE | | STATE NUCLEAR INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 31190 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/22/96 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:21 [ET]| |COMMENTS: HEU CONVERSION & SCRAP RECOVERY |EVENT DATE: 10/22/96 | | NAVAL REACTOR FUEL CYCLE |EVENT TIME: 11:42[EDT]| | LEU SCRAP RECOVERY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/22/96 | | CITY: ERWIN REGION: 2 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: UNICOI STATE: TN |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: SNM-124 AGREEMENT: Y |CAUDLE JULIAN RDO | | DOCKET: 07000143 | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JERRY STOUT | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY (UPS) FOR SECURITY CENTRAL & SECONDARY ALARM | | SYSTEMS WAS DOWN FOR 4 MINUTES. | | | | DURING A POST MAINTENANCE TEST THE SECURITY SYSTEM UPS WAS LOST FOR 4 | | MINUTES. PART OF THE PLANTS SAFETY SYSTEMS ARE ALSO POWERED BY THE SAME | | UPS. THERE WAS NO FUEL PROCESSING ONGOING AT THE TIME THE UPS WAS DOWN. | | IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY ACTIONS WERE TAKEN. | | | | SEE HOO LOG BOOK FOR FURTHER DETAILS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 31191 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: DEPT. OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/22/96 | | CITY: PHOENIX REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:51 [ET]| | COUNTY: MARICOPA STATE: AZ |EVENT DATE: 10/08/96 | |LICENSE#: 02-13990-01 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 12:00[MDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/22/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |CHRIS VANDENBURGH RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: D. MOTT | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOSS 750æ CURIES OF PHOSPHORUS-32. BELIEVE IT WAS THROWN OUT WITH TRASH. | | | | ON 10/10/96, IT WAS NOTICED THAT 750æ CURIES OF P-32 WAS MISSING IN A LAB | | LOCATED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 4212 N. 16th St., | | PHOENIX, AZ. THE P-32 WAS A BYPRODUCT OF A MOLECULAR BIOLOGY EXPERIMENT AND | | WAS MOSTLY IN A SOLID WASTE FORM WITH A TRACE OF LIQUID IN IT. ON 10/11/96, | | IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER (RSO) THAT THE P-32 WAS | | MISSING AND MOST LIKELY IT HAD BEEN DISPOSED AS TRASH. THE P-32 WAS MARKED | | AS A RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL AND IT WAS WRAPPED IN A PLASTIC BAG. THEIR | | RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER SAID THAT THE FLOORS, TRASH CANS, DUMPSTER, DOOR | | KNOBS, ETC., HAD BEEN SURVEYED AND NO RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION HAD BEEN | | FOUND. P-32 IS A STRONG BETA EMITTER BUT ACCORDING TO THE RSO THE MISSING | | P-32 POSED VERY LITTLE HAZARD TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE GENERAL | | PUBLIC. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31192 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: VERMONT YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/22/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: VT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:54 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 10/17/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HENRIQUEZ |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/22/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BLAKE WELLING 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 N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SAFETY CLASS BREAKER COMMON CAUSE FAILURE MODE REVEALED BY SUBSEQUENT | | EVALUATIONS. | | | | IN AN EVENT REPORTED TO THE NRC OPERATION CENTER ON 09/14/96 (EVENT # | | 31004) THE LICENSEE HAD DISCOVERED THREE BOLTS ON THE FLOOR NEAR THE OUTPUT | | BREAKERS OF EDG (#1-1A). THE BREAKER WAS OPEN AND ITS CLOSING SPRINGS WERE | | DISCHARGED. LICENSEE RETRACTED THIS EVENT ON 09/24/96 AFTER FURTHER | | EVALUATION HAD DETERMINED THIS PROBLEM DID NOT AFFECT OTHER BREAKERS AT THE | | PLANT. | | | | EVALUATION OF INFORMATION GATHERED AS A RESULT OF THE FOLLOW-UP | | INVESTIGATION OF A FAILED EDG BREAKER REPORTED AS LER 96-22 REVEALED THAT | | NUMEROUS BREAKERS WERE SUSCEPTIBLE TO A SIMILAR FAILURE MECHANISM. | | | | OF THE 49 SAFETY RELATED BREAKERS INSPECTED IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT 37% OF | | THE BREAKERS INSPECTED (18 OUT OF 49) WERE DEGRADED. MOST OF THE DEGRADED | | BREAKERS DISCOVERED ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL PUMPS AND | | THE RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL SERVICE WATER PUMPS. THE FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION | | REVEALED SEVERAL CASES WHERE COTTER-PINS (RATCHET PAWL HINGE PIN ON CLOSING | | SPRING CHARGING MECHANISM) WERE UNDERSIZED, BROKEN, AND MISSING. ALL HAVE | | BEEN FIXED SATISFACTORILY AND ARE FUNCTIONAL. | | | | SAFETY CLASS COMPONENTS AFFECTED: ON BUS #3 - SERVICE WATER PUMP 1B, | | SERVICE WATER PUMP 1D, AND RHR SERVICE WATER PUMP 1D; ON BUS #4 - EDG | | BREAKER TO BUS #4 (EDG A), SERVICE WATER PUMP 1A, RHR SERVICE WATER PUMP | | 1C, AND RHR PUMP 1B. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31193 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SEABROOK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/22/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:50 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/22/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: L FRITZ |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/22/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BLAKE WELLING RDO | |AESS 50.72(b)(1)(v) EMERGENCY SIREN INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ALL EMERGENCY SIRENS FOR THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE WERE CONSIDERED | | INOPERABLE FROM 2030EDT 10/20/96 UNTIL 0730EDT 10/21/96. | | | | AT 1615EDT 10/22/96 EMERGENCY PLANNING WAS NOTIFIED BY THE STATE OF NEW | | HAMPSHIRE THAT THE PRIMARY ACTIVATION STATION FOR THE EMERGENCY SIRENS OF | | THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE WAS INOPERABLE DUE TO A LOSS OF POWER TO THE | | FACILITY. POWER WAS RESTORED TO THE PRIMARY ACTIVATION STATION AT 0720EDT | | ON 10/21/96. | | THE LICENSEE IS IN THE PROCESS OF TESTING THE EMERGENCY SIRENS FROM THEIR | | BACKUP STATION. SO FAR ALL THE EMERGENCY SIRENS TESTED FROM THEIR BACKUP | | STATIONS HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY WOULD HAVE OPERATED PROPERLY IF THE NEED HAD | | ARISEN FOR THEM BEING ACTIVATED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31194 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NINE MILE POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/22/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:05 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 10/22/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:45[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRETT BOISMENU |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/22/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BLAKE WELLING RDO | |HFIT 26.73 FITNESS FOR DUTY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A CONTRACTOR SUPERVISOR TESTED POSITIVE FOR ALCOHOL. | | | | A CONTRACTOR FULFILLING A SUPERVISORY POSITION ATTEMPTED TO ENTER THE | | PROTECTED AREA AND WAS DENIED ENTRY BY THE SECURITY GUARD BASED UPON ON | | SUSPICION OF AN ALCOHOL ODOR. A FOR CAUSE TEST WAS CONDUCTED AND RESULTED | | IN A POSITIVE ALCOHOL TEST. THE INDIVIDUAL'S ACCESS WAS TERMINATED. THE | | CONTRACTOR WAS NOT INVOLVED IN PLANT OPERATIONS. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE OF THIS EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31195 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NINE MILE POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/22/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:05 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 10/22/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRETT BOISMENU |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/22/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BLAKE WELLING RDO | |HFIT 26.73 FITNESS FOR DUTY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A CONTRACTOR FULFILLING A SUPERVISORY POSITION TESTED POSITIVE FOR ALCOHOL. | | | | A CONTRACTOR FULFILLING A SUPERVISORY POSITION WAS FOR CAUSE TESTED BASED | | ON CREDIBLE INFORMATION AND TESTED POSITIVE FOR ALCOHOL. | | THE INDIVIDUAL'S ACCESS WAS TERMINATED. CONTRACTOR WAS NOT INVOLVED IN | | PLANT OPERATIONS. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE OF THIS EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31196 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/22/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:00 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/22/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BERGIN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/22/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BLAKE WELLING 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REACTOR TRIP SETPOINTS FOR 1,2, OR 3 INOPERABLE MAIN STEAM SAFETY VALVES | | (MSSVs) PER TECH SPEC TABLE 3.7-1 ARE INCORRECT IN THE NON-CONSERVATIVE | | DIRECTION. | | | | THE VALUES FOR THE REACTOR TRIP SETPOINT FOR 1,2, OR 3 MSSVs LISTED IN | | TABLE 3.7-1 OF THE CURRENT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION THROUGH AMENDMENT NO. 52 | | ARE INCORRECT IN THE NON-CONSERVATIVE DIRECTION. THE VALUES LISTED IN TABLE | | 3.7-1 OF THE CURRENT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE | | EQUATION PRESENTED IN THE BASES SECTION ON PAGE B 3/4 7-1. | | PRIOR TO, AND THROUGH AMENDMENT NO. 52, THE EQUATION IN THE BASES FOR THE | | REACTOR TRIP SETPOINT WAS BASED ON A BASE VALUE OF 107% OF RATED THERMAL | | POWER (NOW 2700MWt) WITH ALL MSSVs OPERABLE. THE VALUES IN TABLE 3.7-1 OF | | AMENDMENT NO. 52 ARE CONSISTENT WITH 107%. | | AMENDMENT NO. 61 TO THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION, SER DATED OCTOBER 6, 1980, | | CHANGED THE MAXIMUM REACTOR TRIP SETPOINT WITH ALL MSSVs OPERABLE TO 106.6% | | OF RATED THERMAL POWER (2700MWt). THIS VALUE WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE | | BASES ON PAGES B 3/4 7-1 AND B 3/4 7-2, HOWEVER, THE LOWER ALLOWABLE TRIP | | SETPOINTS WERE NOT CALCULATED AND INCORPORATED INTO TABLE 3.7-1. AS A | | RESULT, THE VALUES IN THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS | | ARE NOT CONSERVATIVE WITH RESPECT TO THE STATED BASES. (NOTE THAT PAGES B | | 3/4 7-1 AND B 3/4 7-2 OF THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATIONS LIST THE LATEST AMENDMENTS AS 47 AND 49 RESPECTIVELY. THESE | | ARE INCORRECT AND ADDRESSED IN A UIR, NO. 1653 AS PART OF THE UNIT 2 10 CFR | | 50.54F EFFORT). | | | | INADEQUATE REVIEW OF THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION CHANGE WAS THE CAUSE OF | | THE ABOVE ERROR. THE CHANGE TO A MATHEMATICAL FORMULA IN THE BASES SECTION | | SHOULD HAVE AUTOMATICALLY PROMPTED A REVIEW OF THE SECTION WHICH THE BASIS | | SUPPORTS. | | | | LICENSEE PLANS TO REVIEW THE CURRENT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION TABLE 3.7-1 | | AND THE BASES, AND REVIEW THE METHODOLOGY USED IN THE TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION BASES ALONG WITH THAT PRESENTED IN C-E CALCULATION N-PEC-061. | | IN ADDITION, ALL MSSV CAPACITIES AND THE PRESSURE DROP ACROSS THE MSSVs | | MUST BE CONSIDERED TO ENSURE ADEQUATE PROTECTION OF THE SECONDARY | | COMPONENTS. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED OF THE EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+