U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 01/24/96 - 01/25/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 29883 29884 29885 29886 29887 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29883 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/24/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 06:58 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/24/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 06:15[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOE SABLA |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/24/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD KEIMIG RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |ED GOODWIN EO | | |CANUPP FEMA | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - UE DECLARED DUE TO AN ONSITE FIRE LASTING LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES - | | | | WITH UNIT 1 IN MODE 6 IN A REFUELING OUTAGE, TECHNICIANS WERE CUTTING | | SERVICE WATER PIPING IN THE AUXILIARY BUILDING. A FIRE WATCH WAS PRESENT. | | | | AT 0615, THE COATING ON THE INSIDE OF THE SERVICE WATER PIPING FLASHED | | EMITTING A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE INTO THE AUXILIARY BUILDING. LICENSEE | | DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO THE FIRE. | | | | AT 0628, THE ONSITE FIRE BRIGADE EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. LICENSEE POSTED | | A REFLASH FIRE WATCH. THERE WAS NO RELEASE OF RADIATION AND NO PERSONNEL | | WERE INJURED. | | | | AT 0646, LICENSEE TERMINATED THE UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO THE FIRE BEING OUT. | | | | LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR, NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE STATE | | OFFICIALS, AND LOCAL TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS OF THE DECLARATION AND TERMINATION | | OF THE UNUSUAL EVENT. | | | | LICENSEE WILL ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29884 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: RIVER BEND REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/24/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:42 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 01/24/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:00[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CLARENCE BUSH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/24/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHARLES CAIN 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 | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - CPVLC SYSTEM INOP DUE TO 2 CONTAINMENT ISO VALVES FAILING THEIR LLRT - | | | | THE PLANT IS IN CONDITION 5 IN A REFUELING OUTAGE. | | | | AFTER REVIEWING THE RESULTS OF THE LOCAL LEAK RATE TEST (LLRT) OF PLANT | | SERVICE AIR SYSTEM VALVES #1SAS-MOV-102 & 103 (CONTAINMENT ISOLATION | | VALVES), LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE CONTAINMENT PENETRATION VALVE LEAKAGE | | CONTROL (CPVLC) SYSTEM WOULD HAVE FAILED TO PERFORM ITS SAFETY FUNCTION | | HAD IT BEEN CALLED UPON TO FUNCTION FOLLOWING A DESIGN BASIS ACCIDENT. | | THIS DETERMINATION IS BASED ON AN INDETERMINATE SERVICE AIR VALVE LEAK | | RATE WHICH MAY EXCEED THE MAXIMUM FLOW CAPACITY OF THE CPVLC SYSTEM. | | | | THE CPVLC SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO LIMIT LEAKAGE FROM CONTAINMENT FOLLOWING | | AN ACCIDENT BY PRESSURIZING CERTAIN CONTAINMENT ISOLATION VALVES IN ORDER | | TO SEAL THE VALVES. IN THIS SPECIFIC CASE, THE #102 & #103 VALVES ISOLATE | | THE CONTAINMENT PENETRATION FOR THE SERVICE AIR SUPPLY TO CONTAINMENT. | | | | IN THE AS-FOUND CONDITION, THE #102 & #103 VALVES WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN | | CAPABLE OF PROVIDING AN ADEQUATE ISOLATION BARRIER FOR THE CPVLC SYSTEM. | | THE RESULT WOULD HAVE BEEN THAT BOTH DIVISIONS OF THE CPVLC SYSTEM WOULD | | HAVE REACHED A SYSTEM HIGH FLOW SET POINT DUE TO THE LEAKAGE FROM THE | | #102 & #103 VALVES. THIS IN TURN WOULD HAVE ISOLATED THE ENTIRE CPVLC | | SYSTEM (DIVISION 1 & 2), BY DESIGN. | | | | THE CPVLC SYSTEM IS REQUIRED TO BE IN OPERATION ONLY IN CONDITIONS 1, 2, | | AND 3. LICENSEE WILL RESTORE THE CPVLC SYSTEM TO OPERABLE STATUS PRIOR | | TO ENTERING CONDITION 3. LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29885 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: QUAD CITIES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/24/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:13 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 01/24/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:00[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: EDWARD A. KLUNDT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/24/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PATRICK HILAND 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 OF A RELEASE OF 5,623 POUNDS OF LIQUID SODIUM | | BISULFITE TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER | | | | THE LICENSEE INADVERTENTLY RELEASED 5,623 POUNDS OF LIQUID SODIUM BISULFITE | | TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THIS RELEASE EXCEEDED THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY | | OF 5,000 POUNDS AS DEFINED IN 40 CFR PART 302, TABLE 302.4. APPARENTLY, | | THE SODIUM BISULFITE SYSTEM WAS INADVERTENTLY LEFT IN OPERATION ON | | JANUARY 23, 1996, FOLLOWING THE SHUTDOWN OF THE SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE SYSTEM. | | THE SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE SYSTEM IS USED TO CLEAN THE MAIN CONDENSER. | | SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE IS INJECTED INTO THE CONDENSER, AND THEN THE SODIUM | | BISULFITE IS USED AS THE COUNTER AGENT FOR THE SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE BEFORE | | IT IS DISCHARGED INTO THE RIVER. THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED THIS CONDITION | | AT 0900 CST ON JANUARY 24, 1996, AND A TOTAL QUANTITY OF 5,623 POUNDS OF | | LIQUID SODIUM BISULFITE WAS DISCHARGED INTO THE RIVER. THE LICENSEE | | SECURED THE SYSTEM WHEN THIS CONDITION WAS DISCOVERED. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER (REPORT NUMBER 322011), | | THE ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (REPORT NUMBER 960122), AND THE | | NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR OF THIS EVENT. THE LICENSEE ALSO MADE COURTESY | | NOTIFICATIONS TO THE ROCK ISLAND COUNTY LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMISSION | | AND THE SCOTT COUNTY IOWA LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMISSION. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 29886 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: AIR FORCE RADIOISOTOPE COMMITTEE |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/24/96 | | CITY: SAN ANTONIO REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:00 [ET]| | COUNTY: BEXAR STATE: TX |EVENT DATE: 01/24/96 | |LICENSE#: 42-23539-01AF AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 16:00[CST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/24/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |CHARLES CAIN RDO | | |MIKE BELL EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PAUL FEESER | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE AIR FORCE RADIOISOTOPE COMMITTEE AT BROOKS AIR FORCE BASE IN SAN | | ANTONIO, TEXAS, RECEIVED A REPORT FROM THE 355CES/CE-2 GROUP AT DAVIS | | MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE NEAR TUCSON, ARIZONA, THAT SOME EXIT SIGNS | | CONTAINING TRITIUM WERE MISSING. | | | | AT 1600 CST ON JANUARY 24, 1996, THE AIR FORCE RADIOISOTOPE COMMITTEE AT | | BROOKS AIR FORCE BASE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, RECEIVED A REPORT FROM THE | | 355CES/CE-2 GROUP AT DAVIS MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE NEAR TUCSON, ARIZONA, | | THAT SOME EXIT SIGNS CONTAINING TRITIUM WERE MISSING. THE 355CES/CE-2 | | GROUP IS PERMITTED TO HAVE 476 EXIT SIGNS CONTAINING 10 TO 30 CURIES OF | | TRITIUM. THE SIGNS HAVE AN ETCHED LABEL ON THEM, AND THE TRITIUM INSIDE IS | | MOST LIKELY IN A GASEOUS FORM OR POSSIBLY A GAS/POWDER MIXTURE. AT THE | | TIME OF THE INITIAL NOTIFICATION, THE LICENSEE DID NOT KNOW THE NUMBER OF | | SIGNS THAT WERE MISSING OR THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE LOSS. | | | | AN INVENTORY OF THE EXIT SIGNS IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. THE LICENSEE PLANS | | TO CONTINUE ITS INVESTIGATION AND PLANS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE NRC | | TOMORROW. (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBERS.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29887 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FT CALHOUN REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/25/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:10 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 01/24/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 21:20[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TERRY REISDORFF |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/25/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHARLES CAIN 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 | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - 50 GALLONS OF LIQUID HYDRAZINE LEAKED ONTO THE TURBINE BUILDING FLOOR - | | | | LICENSEE WILL NOTIFY NEBRASKA STATE OFFICIALS THAT APPROXIMATELY 50 GALLONS | | OF LIQUID HYDRAZINE HAS LEAKED FROM A HAND HOLE COVER ON A HYDRAZINE METAL | | STORAGE CONTAINER ONTO THE FLOOR IN THE TURBINE BUILDING. | | | | LICENSEE PLACED THE TURBINE BUILDING VENTILATION SYSTEM IN SERVICE AND | | TIGHTENED THE HAND HOLE COVER TO STOP THE LEAK. LICENSEE IS CLEANING UP | | THE LEAK. NO PERSONNEL WERE INJURED. | | | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+