U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 01/25/96 - 01/26/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 29877 29887 29888 29889 29890 29891 29892 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29877 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: ZION REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/23/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 06:43 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/23/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 04:44[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: McWILLIAMS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/25/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |HILAND 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 Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AUXILIARY LUBE OIL PUMP INADVERTENTLY STARTED DURING TESTING. | | | | DURING A PERIODIC TEST OF THE AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP AUXILIARY LUBE OIL | | PUMPS FROM THE REMOTE SHUTDOWN PANEL, AN EQUIPMENT ATTENDANT INADVERTENTLY | | STARTED THE AUXILIARY LUBE OIL PUMP FOR THE '1A' CENTRIFUGAL CHARGING PUMP. | | THE LUBE OIL PUMP WAS SECURED, AND THE TEST WAS TERMINATED. THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | ***UPDATE ON 1/25/96 @ 12:49 BY BASNER TO GOULD*** THE LICENSEE IS | | RETRACTING THIS EVENT SINCE THE AUX LUBE OIL PUMP THAT STARTED DOES NOT | | PERFORM ESF ACTIONS BY ITSELF, BUT IS ONLY A COMPONENT OF AN EFS SYSTEM. | | NUREG 1022 REV 1 SECOND DRAFT SEC. 3.3.2 STATES THAT ACTUATION OF AN ESF | | COMPONENT IS NOT REPORTABLE. THE RI WAS INFORMED. REG 3 (HILAND) WAS | | NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |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. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29888 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: LASALLE REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/25/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 06:56 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-5,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 01/25/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 05:45[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RAY TERMINI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/25/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PATRICK HILAND RDO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 43 POWER OPERATION | 10 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - UNIT 1 SHUTTING DOWN DUE TO 1 OF 2 RECIRCULATION PUMPS BEING INOPERABLE - | | | | AT 0145 (CST), WITH UNIT 1 AT 43% POWER, CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS DOWNSHIFTED | | BOTH REACTOR RECIRCULATION PUMPS FROM 60 HZ POWER SUPPLY SPEED TO 15 HZ | | POWER SUPPLY SPEED WHILE SHUTTING UNIT 1 DOWN FOR A REFUELING OUTAGE. | | HOWEVER, THE 'A' REACTOR RECIRCULATION PUMP FAILED TO DOWNSHIFT PROPERLY | | AND COASTED DOWN TO ZERO SPEED. CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS DECLARED THE | | 'A' REACTOR RECIRCULATION PUMP INOPERABLE. | | | | TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.4.1.1 REQUIRES LICENSEE TO SET THE AVERAGE POWER RANGE | | MONITOR AND ROD BLOCK MONITOR TRIP SETPOINTS FOR SINGLE LOOP RECIRCULATION | | OPERATION WITHIN 4 HOURS OR TO PLACE UNIT 1 IN AT LEAST HOT SHUTDOWN | | CONDITION WITHIN THE NEXT 12 HOURS. | | | | AT 0545 (CST), LICENSEE BEGAN SHUTTING UNIT 1 DOWN FROM 10% POWER TO COMPLY | | WITH THE TECH SPEC PLANT SHUTDOWN REQUIREMENT. | | | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29889 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/25/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:44 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/25/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RICH DONOVAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/25/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD KEIMIG RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE MAY HAVE EXCEEDED THE ENTRY CONDITIONS FOR CERTAIN TRANSIENTS | | DEFINED BY THE LICENSEE'S FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT (FSAR). | | | | PARAMETERS REFERENCED IN THE FSAR LIST CERTAIN VALUES FOR INITIAL | | CONDITIONS FOR TRANSIENTS. THE PLANT MIGHT HAVE OPERATED OUTSIDE THESE | | DESIGN BASIS LIMITS DURING THEIR LAST OPERATING CYCLE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE | | FSAR LISTS 1035 PSIG AS THE MAXIMUM PRESSURE. INSTRUMENT HISTORIES | | INDICATE THAT THIS WAS EXCEEDED. THE INDICATED PRESSURE WAS 1036 PSIG. | | OTHER PARAMETERS WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN EXCEEDED ARE CORE THERMAL POWER, | | REACTOR CORE FLOW, AND REACTOR STEAM FLOW. THE LICENSEE DOESN'T KNOW AT | | THIS TIME HOW LONG OR BY HOW MUCH THE LIMITS WERE EXCEEDED, BUT IS | | INVESTIGATING. THE LICENSEE WILL ESTABLISH BETTER PROCEDURAL CONTROLS | | PRIOR TO PLANT RESTART TO ASSURE THAT THIS DOES NOT OCCUR AGAIN. THE | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND WILL ALSO INFORM THE | | CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 29890 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: COGEMA MINNING INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/25/96 | | CITY: CASPER REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:40 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: WY |EVENT DATE: 01/24/96 | |LICENSE#: SUA 1341 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 09:00[MST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/25/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |CHARLES CAIN RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: VASILINE | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT ONE OF THEIR WELLS EXCEEDED THEIR UPPER CONTROL | | LIMITS. | | | | SHALLOW MONITOR WELL(MW46S) WHICH HAS BEEN REPORTED ON EXCURSION IN THE | | PAST HAD BEEN TAKEN OFF EXCURSION ON 8/29/95. IT WAS REPORTED BACK ON | | EXCURSION STATUS WHEN ONE OF ITS PARAMETERS WENT SLIGHTLY ABOVE ITS UPPER | | CONTROL LIMIT. TO BE ON EXCURSION TWO OR MORE PARAMETERS HAVE TO BE ABOVE | | THEIR UPPER CONTROL LIMITS. IN THIS CASE THE CHLORIDE PARAMETER INCREASED | | TO 14.0 MG/L (UPPER CONTROL LIMIT IS 13.5 MG/L) ON THE INITIAL SAMPLE(TAKEN | | 1/23/96) AND WAS 13.8 MG/L ON THE VERIFICATION SAMPLE (TAKEN 1/24/96). THE | | CONDUCTIVITY PARAMETERS HAVE BEEN ABOVE THE UPPER CONTROL LIMIT(1087 umhos) | | SINCE THE MINE WAS TAKEN OFF EXCURSION 8/29/95. THESE PARAMETERS WERE 1,799 | | FOR THE INITIAL SAMPLE AND 1,700 FOR THE VERIFICATION SAMPLE. THE | | ALKALINITY UPPER CONTROL LIMIT IS 184.4 MG/L AND THE INITIAL SAMPLE WAS | | 143.6 MG/L AND THE VERIFICATION SAMPLE WAS 150.4. THE LICENSEE STATES THAT | | THERE ARE NO HEALTH HAZARDS. THE MINING UNIT THAT THIS WELL IS IN HAS BEEN | | TOTALLY SHUT DOWN SINCE 6/95. THE CORRECTIVE ACTION IS TO PUMP WELLS IN THE | | AREA OF SHALLOW MONITOR WELL MW46S TO ATTEMPT TO LOWER EXCURSION IN THE | | WELL. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29891 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BROWNS FERRY REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/25/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: AL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:36 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4,[3] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 12/28/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:45[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BOOHER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/25/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PAUL FREDRICKSON RDO | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | | | | | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT DURING POWER OPERATION THEY EXCEEDED THEIR | | LICENSED MAXIMUM POWER LEVEL OF 3293MWth. | | | | THIS OCCURRED DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE "1A" FEEDWATER TEMPERATURE | | TRANSMITTER, "3-TT-3-48A", AFTER IT HAD BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE ON | | 12/27/95. THIS TRANSMITTER PROVIDES INPUT TO THE ICS FOR CORE THERMAL POWER | | CALCULATIONS. AT APPROXIMATELY 00:45 @ 12/28/95 THE UNIT OPERATOR NOTICED | | THAT MWth WERE DECREASING WITH A STEADY MWe. THEY INCREASED POWER TO GET | | BACK TO RATED POWER, BUT LATER THEY NOTICED THAT ELECTRICAL POWER WAS THE | | SAME AND MWth WAS STILL DECREASING. UPON AN INVESTIGATION THEY FOUND THAT | | FEEDWATER TEMPERATURE INDICATION HAD DECREASED TO 402F FROM WHERE IT SHOULD | | HAVE BEEN, CAUSING THEIR POWER TO BE INDICATED LOWER THAN WHAT IT ACTUALLY | | WAS. THEY IMMEDIATELY LOWERED POWER BY 10MWe AND HAVE SINCE DETERMINED THAT | | THEIR 8 HR POWER AVERAGE WAS 3306MWth AND THE INSTANTANEOUS HIGH WAS | | 3328MWth. | | | | THIS EVENT WAS ORIGINALLY FOUND TO BE REPORTABLE AS AN OPERATION OR | | CONDITION PROHIBITED BY THE PLANT'S TS. UPON FURTHER REVIEW, THEY | | DETERMINED THAT EXCEEDING THE OPERATING LICENSE SPECIFIED MAXIMUM POWER | | DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A TS VIOLATION. THE LICENSEE STATES THAT THEY HAVE NO | | REQUIREMENT TO REPORT VIOLATIONS OF LICENSE CONDITIONS AND THIS CONDITION | | IS NOT REPORTABLE PER 10CFR50.72 OR 50.73. GE EVALUATED THE DATA FROM THIS | | TRANSIENT AND DETERMINED THAT AT LEAST A 4% MARGIN EXISTED TO ANY THERMAL | | LIMIT AND NO SAFETY IMPACT IMPLICATIONS EXISTED DURING THIS EVENT. THE RI | | WAS INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29892 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PRAIRIE ISLAND REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/25/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:04 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/25/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 20:06[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MAJESKI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/25/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PATRICK HILAND RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - SECURITY REPORT - | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED A LOST BADGE. COMPENSATORY MEASURES NOT FULLY | | IMPLEMENTED. SEE LOG FOR DETAILS. THE RI WILL BE NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+