U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 06/25/96 - 06/26/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 30668 30669 30670 30673 30674 30675 30676 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30668 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BYRON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/24/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:27 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/23/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 22:30[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PETER KNARR |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/25/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PATRICK HILAND RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | |ANLI 50.72(b)(1)(iii) LIGHTNING | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SEVERE THUNDER STORMS DISABLED SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT. COMPENSATORY ACTIONS | | WERE NOT POSSIBLE FOR TWENTY MINUTES DUE TO HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING. THUS A | | CRITERION FOR COMPENSATORY MEASURES WAS NOT MET. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1421 ON 6/25/96 BY HOLBROOKS TAKEN BY WEAVER * * * | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT BASED ON THE GUIDANCE PROVIDED IN | | GENERIC LETTER 91-03 AND DISCUSSIONS WITH REGION III AND NRR. THE NRC | | RESIDENT WILL BE INFORMED. HOO NOTIFIED RDO (GARDNER). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30669 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/24/96 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:34 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/24/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:55[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PHIL SANTINI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/25/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LEANNE HARRISON RDO | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE 24-HOUR REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH INDIAN POINT 2 TECH SPEC | | 3.13.A.3. FIRE PROTECTION. | | | | THE LICENSEE'S TECH SPECS REQUIRE REPORTING PIPING INOPERABILITY TO REGION | | 1 FOR ANY REASON OTHER THAN THOSE EXCEPTIONS GRANTED BY TECH SPEC SECTION | | 3.13.A.2. THE LICENSEE'S PROCEDURES REQUIRE A REPORT TO THE NRC OPERATIONS | | CENTER. A SECTION OF FIRE PROTECTION PIPING WAS TAGGED OUT FOR PLANT | | MAINTENANCE. COMPENSATORY MEASURES WERE TO RUN ADDITIONAL HOSES AND | | FITTINGS TO THE AFFECTED AREAS. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE ON 6/25/96 AT 0945 EDT FROM MASSARO TAKEN BY KARSCH * * * | | THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE REMOVAL OF THE FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT DID | | NOT AFFECT THE PROTECTION OF SAFE SHUTDOWN SYSTEMS. TECH SPEC 3.13.A.3 WAS | | NOT INVOKED. THIS EVENT IS BEING RETRACTED. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. R1DO (HARRISON) NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 30670 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: MISSISSIPPI DIV OF RAD HEALTH |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/24/96 | | CITY: PRENTISS REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:29 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: MS |EVENT DATE: 06/24/96 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:30[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/25/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |BRUCE MALLETT, RGN2 RDO | | |JOHN HICKEY, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BOB GOFF |STU RUBIN AEOD | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH |LINDA HOWELL, RGN4 RDO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A SOURCE CONTAINING 50 mCi OF Cs-137 FELL OUT OF A TRUCK ALONG THE ROAD | | BETWEEN PRENTISS, MS AND BOSSIER CITY, LA. THE SOURCE IS CONTAINED IN A | | HALLIBURTON MODEL 55SD DENSOMETER. THE MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF | | RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH WILL ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE CONCERNING THE LOST SOURCE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1718 ON 06/24/96 BY GOFF ENTERED BY WEAVER * * * | | THE LOST SOURCE WAS FOUND IN LOUISIANA. HOO NOTIFIED R2DO HOSEY AND R4DO | | HOWELL. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30673 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WASHINGTON NUCLEAR REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/25/96 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: WA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:12 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 06/24/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 20:03[PDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN SIMS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/25/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LINDA HOWELL RDO | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | M/R Y 30 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MANUAL REACTOR SCRAM IN ANTICIPATION OF A LOW REACTOR WATER LEVEL SCRAM. | | | | THE REACTOR OPERATORS HAD RECENTLY SHIFTED FROM MANUAL FEEDWATER LEVEL | | CONTROL TO AUTOMATIC THREE ELEMENT CONTROL. THE NEWLY INSTALLED DIGITAL | | FEEDWATER SYSTEM WAS UNDERGOING TESTING WHEN A REDUCTION IN WATER LEVEL | | OCCURRED. A SHIFT BACK TO MANUAL CONTROL WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN RECOVERING | | LEVEL. THE REACTOR WAS MANUALLY SCRAMMED IN ANTICIPATION OF REACHING THE | | AUTOMATIC LOW LEVEL SCRAM SET POINT. ALL CONTROL RODS INSERTED FULLY INTO | | THE REACTOR CORE FOLLOWING THE SCRAM. THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE | | CAUSE OF THE LEVEL EXCURSION, AND HAS INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30674 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BYRON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/25/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 06:09 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/25/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 03:20[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PETER KNARR |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/25/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RONALD GARDNER 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 N 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MANUAL REACTOR TRIP IN RESPONSE TO AN URGENT FAILURE ALARM FROM THE ROD | | CONTROL SYSTEM. | | | | THE LICENSEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TESTING THEIR DIGITAL ROD POSITION | | INDICATION SYSTEM FOR CONTROL BANK "C". BANK "C" WAS WITHDRAWN WITH DEMAND | | AT 142 STEPS, WHEN THE POSITION INDICATION FOR ROD "F6" BEGAN ALTERNATING | | BETWEEN 138 AND 150 STEPS. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO INSERT BANK "C". WHEN | | BANK POSITION REACHED 48 STEPS URGENT FAILURE ALARMS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE | | ROD CONTROL SYSTEM, AND THE ROD BOTTOM LIGHT FOR ROD "F6" FLASHED. THE | | LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE +/- 24 STEP CRITERION FOR ROD POSITION | | ACCURACY WAS NOT MET AND MANUALLY TRIPPED THE REACTOR. THE LICENSEE | | INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30675 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FITZPATRICK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/25/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:25 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 06/25/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ART ZAREMBA |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/25/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LEANNE HARRISON 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION - SMALL FUEL OIL SPILL | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION | | OF A SMALL SPILL OF DIESEL FUEL OIL. LESS THAN ONE GALLON OF FUEL OIL WAS | | SPILLED WHILE FUEL OIL WAS BEING TRANSFERRED. THE SPILL HAS BEEN CLEANED | | UP. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30676 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SAINT LUCIE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/25/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:03 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE,[2] CE |EVENT DATE: 06/25/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:36[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ED LYONS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/25/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |KERRY LANDIS RDO | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SAFETY INJECTION TANKS DISABLED WHILE IN MODE 4 | | | | AN UFSAR REVIEW OF SAFETY INJECTION TANK (SIT) OPERABILITY REQUIREMENTS WAS | | CONDUCTED. PLANT PROCEDURES DIRECT THE CLOSING AND DEENERGIZATION OF THE | | SIT ISOLATION VALVES WHEN OPERATING IN MODE 4 WITH PRESSURIZER PRESSURE | | LESS THAN 276 PSIA. TECH SPECS ALLOW FOR SIT ISOLATION VALVE CLOSURE WHEN | | PRESSURIZER PRESSURE IS LESS THAN 276 PSIA, HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT STATE THAT | | THE SITs ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE OPERABLE. ADDITIONALLY, TECH SPEC 3/4.3.2 | | REQUIRES SAFETY INJECTION ACTUATION SIGNAL (SIAS) AUTOMATIC ACTUATION LOGIC | | TO BE OPERABLE IN MODE 4 AT ALL PRESSURES. THE PLANT PRACTICE OF | | DEENERGIZING THE SIT ISOLATION VALVES AFTER CLOSURE IN MODE 4 WITH | | PRESSURIZER PRESSURE LESS THAN 276 PSIA DEFEATS THE AUTOMATIC OPEN FEATURE | | AT 515 PSIA AND ON A SIAS. THEREFORE THIS EVENT WAS REPORTED AS A | | CONDITION THAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE FULFILLMENT OF A SAFETY FUNCTION. | | | | UNIT 1 TECH SPECS DO NOT REQUIRE SIT OPERABILITY IN MODE 4. THE LICENSEE | | INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+