U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 07/29/96 - 07/30/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 30784 30797 30798 30799 30800 30801 30802 30803 30804 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30784 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CLINTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/25/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:51 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 07/25/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 07:03[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MINTLER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/29/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PHILLIPS 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE REPORTED SAFEGUARDS SYSTEM DEGRADATION RELATED TO A | | MALFUNCTIONING ALARM. IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY MEASURES TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. | | THE RI WAS NOTIFIED. SEE HOO LOG FOR FURTHER DETAILS. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1249 EDT ON 7/29/96 BY SMITH TAKEN BY KARSCH * * * | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT. A SEARCH OF THE SITE BY THE | | LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT NO UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY OCCURRED. GENERIC LETTER | | 91-03 ONLY REQUIRES A LOG ENTRY PER DISCUSSIONS WITH REGION 3 (CREED). THE | | LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. R3DO (HOLT) NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30797 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SAN ONOFRE REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/29/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [3] STATE: CA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:21 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] CE,[3] CE |EVENT DATE: 07/28/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 21:15[PDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: C WILLIAMS/P CHAMPION |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/29/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |DALE POWERS RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | |MC PEEK (NRR) IAT | | |WARREN (NMSS) IAT | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 DECOMMISSIONED | 0 DECOMMISSIONED | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE NOTIFIED FBI OF A NON CREDIBLE BOMB THREAT (THE WORD BOMB WAS | | NEVER USED). | | | | AT 1635 PDT OCEAN SIDE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM A | | PERSON IDENTIFYING HIMSELF AS "THE SUPREME BEING." THE CALLER STATED THAT | | AN "INSURANCE POLICY PACKAGE HAD BEEN LEFT AT SAN ONOFRE" POWER PLANT. | | LICENSEE PERFORMED A SEARCH OF VITAL AREAS AND FOUND NOTHING SUSPICIOUS. A | | BOTTLE CONTAINING A NOTE WAS FOUND IN FRONT OF THEIR MAIN GATE (GATE WAS | | ALREADY CLOSED AND LOCKED). THE NOTE DID NOT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT BOMBS. | | LICENSEE CONSIDERED THIS A NON CREDIBLE BOMB THREAT. LICENSEE HAS INCREASED | | THEIR SECURITY LEVEL TO "YELLOW". LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE FBI OF THIS EVENT | | AND THEY WILL NOTIFY THE STATE POLICE OF THIS EVENT IN THE MORNING. SEE HOO | | LOG BOOK FOR FURTHER DETAILS. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE OF THIS EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30798 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/29/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:51 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/29/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: E ARMANDO |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/29/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN MCFADDEN RDO | |AINA 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(A) POT UNABLE TO SAFE SD | | |AINB 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(B) POT RHR INOP | | |AINC 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(C) POT UNCNTRL RAD REL | | |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 N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DURING INSTALLATION TESTING OF 125 VOLT DC BATTERY CHARGERS IT WAS FOUND | | THAT THREE WIRE LUGS WERE LANDED ON A TERMINAL WITH INSUFFICIENT THREAD | | ENGAGEMENT TO THE TERMINALS. | | | | DURING INSTALLATION TESTING OF THE "2A" 125v DC BATTERY CHARGERS, | | ELECTRICIANS NOTED SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE TERMINAL AND LUG NUT | | CONNECTIONS ON THE BATTERY CHARGER HIGH VOLTAGE SHUTDOWN BOARD. THE | | SPECIFIC PROBLEM WAS THAT THREE SIRE LUGS WERE LANDED ON A TERMINAL WITH | | INSUFFICIENT THREAD ENGAGEMENT TO THE TERMINALS. FURTHER INVESTIGATION | | REVEALED THAT SIMILAR PROBLEMS EXISTED ON THE ALTERNATE BATTERY CHARGERS | | FOR THE OTHER TWO BATTERY BUSES, BUT THE PRIMARY CHARGERS DID NOT HAVE THE | | PROBLEM. THE PROBLEMS WITH THE TERMINALS COULD HAVE LED TO THE FAILURE OF | | ONE OR MORE BATTERY CHARGERS DURING POWER OPERATION, IF THIS CONDITION HAD | | NOT BEEN FOUND WHILE SHUTDOWN. THESE CHARGERS ARE MANUFACTURED BY C&D | | CHARTER POWER COMPANY, AND WERE BEING INSTALLED DURING THIS OUTAGE TO | | REPLACE THE OBSOLETE CHARGERS. LICENSEE HAS NOTIFIED LOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK | | TOWNSHIP OF THIS EVENT. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 2003 EDT FROM ARMANDO TAKEN BY KARSCH * * * | | ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE STATUS OF 125VDC BATTERY CHARGERS HAS | | REVEALED THAT THE IDENTIFIED PROBLEM MAY EXIST ON ALL 125VDC BATTERY | | CHARGERS (SIX IN ALL). THESE BATTERY CHARGERS ARE CURRENTLY CONSIDERED | | AVAILABLE TO SATISFY THE SHUTDOWN SAFETY SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. THIS PROBLEM | | DOES NOT AFFECT UNIT 1. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | R1DO (KINNEMAN) NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30799 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: KEWAUNEE REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/29/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:09 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/29/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:17[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TOM APPLE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/29/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BJ HOLT RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 99 POWER OPERATION | 99 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | BOTH TRAINS OF POST ACCIDENT CONTROL ROOM VENTILATION WERE INOPERABLE DUE | | TO THE "A" TRAIN COMPRESSOR AND FAN TRIPPING OFF WHILE THE "B" TRAIN WAS | | OUT FOR MAINTENANCE. | | | | BOTH TRAINS OF POST ACCIDENT VENTILATION RECIRCULATION WERE INOPERABLE FOR | | SEVEN MINUTES, FROM 0756 TO 0803 CDT. THE "A" TRAIN TRIPPED DUE TO A | | COMPRESSOR FAILURE WHILE THE "B" TRAIN WAS OUT FOR MAINTENANCE. TECH SPECS | | REQUIRE AT LEAST ONE OPERABLE TRAIN. WITH BOTH TRAINS OUT TECH SPEC 3.12 | | REQUIRES SHUTDOWN WITHIN 12 HOURS. THE COMPRESSOR TRIP WAS RESET AND THE | | COMPRESSOR, ALONG WITH ITS ASSOCIATED VENTILATION FAN, WAS RESTARTED. THE | | LICENSEE WILL TROUBLE SHOOT THE CAUSE OF THE COMPRESSOR TRIP. THE LICENSEE | | INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30800 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BRAIDWOOD REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/29/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:08 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/29/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:01[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JEFF BAILEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/29/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BJ HOLT 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 98 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | WITH BOTH TRAINS OF EMERGENCY CORE COOLING (ECCS) INOPERABLE THE LICENSEE | | ENTERED A TECH SPEC REQUIRED SHUTDOWN. | | | | BOTH TRAINS OF ECCS WERE DECLARED INOPERABLE DUE TO A LEAKING RELIEF VALVE | | ON THE SAFETY INJECTION PUMPS' DISCHARGE INTO THE COLD LEG INJECTION LINE | | UPSTREAM OF THE CONTAINMENT ISOLATION VALVE. TECH SPEC 3.0.3 REQUIRES | | CORRECTION OF THE PROBLEM WITHIN ONE HOUR OR COMMENCE SHUTDOWN. THE | | LICENSEE IS SHUTTING DOWN AT 3 MW/MIN AND WILL BE IN MODE 3 BY 1900 CDT. | | THE LEAKING RELIEF VALVE WAS IDENTIFIED BY AN ASME SURVEILLANCE. THE | | LICENSEE WILL REPLACE THE LEAKING VALVE. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1840 EDT FROM YURKOVICH TAKEN BY KARSCH * * * | | THE PLANT SHUTDOWN REQUIRED BY TECH SPEC 3.0.3 WAS TERMINATED AT 1718 CDT. | | AN ENGINEERING EVALUATION DETERMINED THAT THE SAFETY INJECTION RELIEF VALVE | | IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW GAGGING. THE LICENSEE HAS TAKEN THIS ACTION AND WILL | | REPLACE THE VALVE IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS. OTHER SECTIONS OF THE PIPING HAVE | | RELIEF VALVES WHICH CAN PREVENT OVER PRESSURIZATION. IF THIS SECTION OF | | PIPING IS ISOLATED WITH THE RELIEF VALVE GAGGED UNIT 2 WILL BE SHUT DOWN. | | THE LOWEST POWER REACHED WAS 42%. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. R3DO (HOLT) NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30801 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DRESDEN REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/29/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [3] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:30 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1,[2] GE-3,[3] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 07/29/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:45[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SCOTT BRILEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/29/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BJ HOLT RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | 3 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CONTROL SWITCH FOR SWING EDG TURNED TO "START" VERSUS "AUTO" DURING THE | | SHUTDOWN SEQUENCE DUE TO HUMAN ERROR. | | | | AT THE CONCLUSION OF A SPECIAL TEST TO THE AUTO START FUNCTION OF THE UNIT | | 2/3 EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR (EDG), THE CONTROL ROOM OPERATOR TURNED THE | | CONTROL SWITCH FROM "RUN" TO "START" RATHER THAN FROM "RUN" TO "AUTO". THE | | EDG REMAINED RUNNING UNLOADED AND THE EDG AND ASSOCIATED EMERGENCY BUSES | | WERE DECLARED OPERABLE. THE LICENSEE IS EVALUATING THE ESF CIRCUITRY TO | | DETERMINE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE START SWITCH MOVEMENT. THE LICENSEE | | INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30802 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FITZPATRICK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/29/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:51 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 07/29/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MARTIN NEWSHAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/29/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN KINNEMAN 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION WERE NOTIFIED THAT 5 TO 10 GALLONS OF | | GASOLINE LEAKED FROM A HOLE IN A TRUCK'S GAS TANK ONTO THE GROUND NEAR THE | | REACTOR BUILDING. THE SPILL WAS CONTAINED AND CLEANED UP. NO GAS ENTERED | | ANY DRAINAGE SYSTEM. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30803 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: TURKEY POINT REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/29/96 | |UNIT: [3] [4] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:20 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] W-3-LP,[4] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/29/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BOB HANKE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/29/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |TOM DECKER 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 4 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HEAVY LOADS MAY NOT HAVE FOLLOWED A SAFE LOAD PATH. | | | | DURING A REVIEW OF HANDLING OF HEAVY LOADS THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT | | HEAVY LOADS MAY HAVE BEEN LIFTED IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT FOLLOW A SAFE LOAD | | PATH. THIS SITUATION MAY HAVE EXISTED SINCE 1982. HEAVY LOADS MAY HAVE | | BEEN TRANSPORTED OVER UNSAFE AREAS WHERE THE CONSEQUENCES OF A DROPPED LOAD | | MIGHT HAVE PREVENTED THE FULFILLMENT OF A SAFETY FUNCTION. THE PROCEDURE | | FOR HANDLING HEAVY LOADS WILL BE CORRECTED TO REFLECT CORRECT SAFE LOAD | | PATHS. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30804 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/29/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:03 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/29/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:23[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN ROBERTSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/29/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN KINNEMAN 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 | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | EIGHT STEAM GENERATOR BLOWDOWN SYSTEM SAMPLE LINE AND ISOLATION VALVES AT | | EACH UNIT WERE ERRONEOUSLY REMOVED FROM TECH SPEC TESTING REQUIREMENTS | | TABLE IN 1986. | | | | STEAM GENERATOR BLOWDOWN SYSTEM SAMPLE LINE VALVES AND ISOLATION VALVES (11 | | TO 14SS93, 11 TO 14SS94 AND 21 TO 24SS93, 21 TO 24SS94) DO NOT MEET THE | | REQUIREMENTS OF A CLOSED SYSTEM INSIDE CONTAINMENT AND DO PROVIDE A | | CONTAINMENT ISOLATION BARRIER. THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE | | SURVEILLANCE AND TESTING REQUIRED BY TECH SPECS. FURTHER REVIEW BY THE | | LICENSEE OF THE BLOWDOWN SAMPLING SYSTEM SHOWS THAT THE PORTION OF THE | | TUBING DOWNSTREAM OF THE MANUAL ISOLATION VALVES IS CLASSIFIED IN THE | | PIPING SPECIFICATION AS SEISMIC CLASS II, NON-SAFETY RELATED, NUCLEAR CLASS | | II UP TO THE INBOARD VALVE SS93. THE SS93 AND SS94 AND ASSOCIATED TUBING | | CONNECTING THEM ARE SEISMIC I, SAFETY RELATED, NUCLEAR CLASS II. THE | | SEISMIC II PORTION OF THE TUBING INSIDE CONTAINMENT DOES NOT MEET THE | | REQUIREMENTS FOR A CLOSED SYSTEM INSIDE CONTAINMENT, AND THEREFORE, THE | | SS93 VALVES SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE TECH SPEC TABLE AND THE | | APPENDIX J TESTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SS94 VALVES SHOULD STILL BE | | PERFORMED. IN FACT, THE SS94 VALVES SHOULD ALSO BE TYPE "C" TESTED PER | | 10CFR50 APPENDIX J. | | | | CURRENTLY, BOTH SALEM UNITS ARE DEFUELED AND THESE VALVES ARE NOT REQUIRED | | TO BE OPERABLE TO MITIGATE DESIGN BASIS ACCIDENTS. THE LICENSEE WILL | | INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+