U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 10/01/97 - 10/02/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 32948 32991 33014 33015 33016 33017 33018 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32948 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOK REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/17/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:29 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/17/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DEPUYDT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/01/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BRUCE JORGENSEN 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 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | IT WAS DETERMINED THAT FIBROUS MATERIAL IS PRESENT IN BOTH UNIT 1 AND UNIT | | 2 CONTAINMENT IN ENOUGH QUANTITY TO POTENTIALLY CAUSE EXCESSIVE BLOCKAGE OF | | THE CONTAINMENT RECIRCULATION SUMP SCREEN DURING THE RECIRCULATION PHASE OF | | A LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENT. | | | | IN 1985, 1986, AND 1995 "FIBERFRAX" REFRACTORY INSULATION MATERIALS IN | | BULK, BLANKET OR BOARD FORM WERE USED AS DAMMING MATERIAL WHEN INSTALLING | | FIRE STOPS IN CABLE TRAYS IN BOTH CONTAINMENTS. THE SPECIFICATION GOVERNING | | INSTALLATION OF THE FIRE STOPS DID NOT REQUIRE REMOVAL OF THE MATERIAL, | | ONLY STATING THAT IT SHOULD BE REMOVED "IF NECESSARY." THE MATERIAL WAS | | NOT REMOVED. THE MATERIAL IS PRESENT IN 12 CABLE TRAYS IN UNIT 1 AND 15 | | CABLE TRAYS IN UNIT 2. | | | | WHEN THE FIBERFRAX IS EXPOSED TO WATER OR STEAM/WATER ENVIRONMENT IT COULD | | POTENTIALLY BREAK INTO SMALL PIECES, WHICH COULD BE TRANSPORTED TO THE | | RECIRCULATION SUMP BY THE WATER FLOW IN CONTAINMENT DURING A LOSS OF | | COOLANT ACCIDENT. ONCE IT REACHES THE RECIRCULATION SUMP IT HAS THE | | POTENTIAL TO CLOG THE SCREENS IN EXCESS OF THE DESIGN VALUE. EXCESSIVE | | SCREEN BLOCKAGE COULD RESULT IN ECCS INOPERABILITY DURING THE RECIRCULATION | | MODE. | | | | THE FIBERFRAX MATERIAL IS CURRENTLY BEING REMOVED FROM THE CONTAINMENTS, | | AND REMOVAL WILL BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO RESTART OF THE UNITS. THE | | POSSIBILITY THAT THE LICENSEE'S WORK CONTROL PROCESS ALLOWED UNENCAPSULATED | | FIBROUS MATERIAL TO BE INSTALLED IN OTHER LOCATIONS INSIDE CONTAINMENT IS | | BEING INVESTIGATED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1020EDT 10/1/97 FROM MARY BETH DePUYDT TO S.SANDIN * * * | | THE FOLLOWING UPDATE WAS RECEIVED: | | | | "AS A FOLLOWUP TO THE ORIGINAL ISSUE, ADDITIONAL REVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED OF | | INDUSTRY INFORMATION RELATED TO CONTAINMENT SUMP STRAINER BLOCKAGE AND | | PLANT INSULATION SPECIFICATIONS. WALKDOWNS WERE PERFORMED OF BOTH | | CONTAINMENTS. THE WALKDOWNS INDICATED SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE FIBROUS | | INSULATION, KNOWN AS TEMP-MAT, WAS INSTALLED IN A CONFIGURATION WHICH WAS | | NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH INSULATION SPECIFICATIONS. SPECIFICALLY, TEMP-MAT | | MATERIAL WAS EITHER EXPOSED OR ENCAPSULATED IN STAINLESS STEEL MESH. | | SIMILAR TO THE FIBERFRAX OF THE ORIGINAL NOTIFICATION, THE TEMP-MAT | | MATERIAL COULD BE TRANSPORTED TO AND POTENTIALLY BLOCK THE RECIRCULATING | | SUMP FOLLOWING A DESIGN BASIS ACCIDENT. THIS MATERIAL WILL BE | | DISPOSITIONED PRIOR TO THE STARTUP OF EITHER UNIT." | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. NOTIFIED R3DO(JACOBSON). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32991 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: POINT BEACH REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/25/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:15 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/25/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:30[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MACLEAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/01/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MONTE PHILLIPS 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 Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | INABILITY TO COMPLY WITH APPENDIX R SAFE SHUTDOWN REQUIREMENT | | | | THE LICENSEE'S 10 CFR 50 APPENDIX R SAFE SHUTDOWN ANALYSIS ASSUMES THAT A | | SPARE MOTOR AND POWER CABLE CAN BE INSTALLED TO DRIVE A COMPONENT COOLING | | WATER PUMP IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE 72-HOUR SAFE SHUTDOWN REQUIREMENT. | | THE LICENSEE HAS DISCOVERED THAT THE SPARE MOTOR HAS AN INCORRECTLY SIZED | | COUPLING, AND COULD NOT BE USED TO POWER ANY OF THE COMPONENT COOLING WATER | | PUMPS. THE LICENSEE HAS INITIATED A ROVING FIRE WATCH AS A COMPENSATORY | | MEASURE. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | | | | * * * UPDATE ON 10/01/97 @ 1312 BY WOOD TO GOULD * * * | | AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE EXISTING MOTORS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED | | COUPLINGS AND EQUIPMENT, THE LICENSEE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE INSTALLED | | COUPLINGS BETWEEN MOTORS AND PUMPS ARE COMPATIBLE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF | | THE SPARE MOTOR. THEREFORE, THIS EVENT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THE | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. THE REG 3 RDO (JACOBSON) WAS | | NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |TRANSPORTATION EVENT | |EVENT NUMBER: 33014 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: COTTER CORPORATION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/30/97 | | CITY: GOLDEN REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:54 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: CO |EVENT DATE: 09/30/97 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 14:30[MDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/01/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |BILL JONES RDO | | |MIKE BELL EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: EBNER(NAT RESPONSE CTR) |SHANKMAN NMSS | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD |PAPERIELLO NMSS | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NTRA TRANSPORTATION EVENT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A TRACTOR TRAILER, OWNED BY CARESTIA TRUCKING COMPANY OF FLORENCE, CO., | | REPORTEDLY CARRYING LOW GRADE URANIUM ORE FROM THE SCHWARTZWALDER MINE IN | | GOLDEN CO., WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON I-25 NORTHBOUND, IN COLORADO | | SPRINGS, CO. THE LOAD WAS REPORTED AS BEING SPILLED ALL OVER THE ROAD AND | | ALL LANES OF THE INTERSTATE ARE SHUTDOWN. NO EVACUATION OF THE SURROUNDING | | AREA IS PLANNED SINCE THIS LOW GRADE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL ONLY POSES A | | SAFETY HAZARD UPON DIRECT CONTACT. THE ONLY INJURY AND CONTAMINATION | | REPORTED WAS TO THE TRUCK DRIVER, WHO WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. | | COLORADO SPRINGS FIRE DEPT HAZMAT TEAM RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND HAS | | CONTAINED ALL OF THE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL. THE INCIDENT IS UNDER CONTROL | | AND THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE PUBLIC SAFETY HAZARD. THE NATIONAL RESPONSE | | CENTER WILL NOTIFY NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD(DOT), DOE, CDC, AND | | EPA. | | | | ***UPDATE ON 9/30/97 AT 2104 FROM QUILLIN(COLORADO DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | | AND ENVIRONMENT) TO GOULD*** THE DRIVER WAS NOT CONTAMINATED AND THE | | AMBULANCE WAS NOT CONTAMINATED. THE TRUCK CONTAINED 50,000 LBS OF URANIUM | | ORE. | | | | * * * UPDATE ON 10/1/97 AT 1300 BY MASON (NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER) * * * | | THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY INVOLVED WAS 0.003 Ci. THE HOO NOTIFIED REG 4 | | RDO(JONES), NMSS EO(COMBS), AND IRD(CONGEL). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 33015 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: BAXTER HEALTH CARE |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/01/97 | | CITY: AIBONITA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:00 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: PR |EVENT DATE: 09/30/97 | |LICENSE#: 52-21175-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 21:31[AT ]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/01/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |EDWARD MCALPINE RDO | | |MIKE BELL EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: OSCAR CAMACHO/JUAN RIVERA | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |MAAE 36.83(a)(5) INOP ACCESS CTRL SYS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | INOPERABLE SAFETY DEVICE (FLOOR MAT) AT AN IRRADIATOR FACILITY (BAXTER | | HEALTH CARE) IN ABONITA, PUERTO RICO. | | | | AT 2131 AT ON 9/30/97, A CARRIER CONTAINER DROPPED, STRIKING THE FLOOR MAT | | WHICH IS UTILIZED AS PART OF A SAFETY SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT ANY | | UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ENTRY WILL RESULT IN LOWERING AND SHIELDING OF THE | | COBALT-60 SOURCE. THE ELECTRICAL CABLING FROM THE MAT TO THE CONTROL | | CONSOLE WAS DISCONNECTED BY THE DROPPED CARRIER CONTAINER, RENDERING THE | | MAT SAFETY SYSTEM INOPERABLE. THE BACKUP ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM WAS | | UNAFFECTED. THE SOURCE IS NOT EXPOSED AND THERE WERE NO PERSONNEL EXPOSURES | | ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS REQUIRED BY THEIR LICENSE TO HAVE WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION | | PRIOR TO PERFORMING REPAIRS. THEY PLAN ON RESUMING OPERATIONS AFTER | | RECONNECTING AND TESTING THE MAT SAFETY SYSTEM. | | | | HOO NOTE: SEE EVENT #31333 FOR REPORT INVOLVING MAT SAFETY SYSTEM. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33016 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/01/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [3] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:52 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/01/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:45[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN DINELLI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/01/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |EDWARD KING(IAT) RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CONTRACT EMPLOYEE FALSIFIED PREEMPLOYMENT APPLICATION. IMMEDIATE | | COMPENSATORY MEASURES TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. SEE HOO LOG FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33017 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CATAWBA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/01/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:57 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/01/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CHRISTOPHER ORR |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/01/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |EDWARD MCALPINE 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 - SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED | | | | THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION | | OF A VENDOR'S TRUCK. THE INSPECTION OCCURRED PRIOR TO ALLOWING THE TRUCK | | TO ENTER THE PROTECTED AREA. THIS VENDOR HAD BEEN CONTRACTED TO REMOVE | | DEMOLITION DEBRIS. THE LICENSEE'S SECURITY FORCE ARRESTED THE INDIVIDUAL | | AND HE WAS LATER TURNED OVER TO THE YORK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33018 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PERRY REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/01/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: OH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:23 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 10/01/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:25[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MLACHAK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/01/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | |JIM CREED IAT | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCOVERY OF A CRIMINAL ACT INVOLVING AN INDIVIDUAL GRANTED ACCESS TO THE | | SITE. COMPENSATORY MEASURES TAKEN SOON AFTER THE DISCOVERY WAS MADE. | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. REFER TO HOO LOG FOR ADDITIONAL | | DETAILS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+