U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 12/02/97 - 12/03/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 33205 33265 33334 33335 33336 33337 33338 33339 33340 33341 33342 33343 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33205 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SOUTH TEXAS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/03/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:03 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/03/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:29[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GREG JANAK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/02/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PHIL HARRELL 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ATWS BLOCKING SETPOINTS SET NONCONSERVATIVELY. | | | | "THE INTERLOCK SETPOINT FOR ATWS MITIGATING SYSTEM ACTUATION CIRCUITRY | | (AMSAC) HAS BEEN BASED ON 40% TURBINE IMPULSE PRESSURE. THIS IS OUTSIDE | | THE DESIGN BASIS OF 40% REACTOR THERMAL POWER. | | | | "THIS IS REPORTABLE UNDER 10CFR50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B). AMSAC IS OPERABLE AT | | THIS POWER LEVEL. PLANS ARE TO REDUCE THE INTERLOCK SETPOINT TO 30% | | TURBINE IMPULSE PRESSURE, WHICH WILL ARM AMSAC PRIOR TO 40% POWER." | | | | THE LICENSEE IS PROCESSING THE REQUIRED PAPERWORK TO READJUST THE INTERLOCK | | SETPOINT. HOWEVER, SHOULD EITHER UNIT REDUCE POWER TO LESS THAN 40% PRIOR | | TO COMPLETION OF THE PAPERWORK WHICH IS EXPECTED TO TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS, | | THE INTERLOCK SETPOINT WILL BE READJUSTED AS AN INTERIM CORRECTIVE ACTION. | | THIS CONDITION WAS DISCOVERED BY THE LICENSEE IN A REVIEW OF INDUSTRY | | EVENTS. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | NOTE: SEE RELATED EVENTS 33132, 33217, 33225, 33235. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1637 EST ON 12/02/97 BY SCOTT HEAD TO FANGIE JONES * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THE NOTIFICATION BASED ON AN INVESTIGATION THAT | | DETERMINED THAT THE CONDITION WAS NOT OUTSIDE OF THE DESIGN BASIS OF AMSAC | | AND THAT THE FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS OF AMSAC IN THE UPDATED | | FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT WERE MET. | | | | "WESTINGHOUSE ANALYSES HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT THE PEAK RCS PRESSURE | | FOLLOWING THE LIMITING ATWS EVENT WOULD NOT EXCEED THE VALUE OF 3200 PSIG | | (AND BE WITHIN THE ASME STRESS LEVEL C) FOR INITIAL POWER LEVELS BELOW 70 | | PERCENT OF NOMINAL THERMAL POWER ASSUMING NO AMSAC ACTUATION. HENCE, THE | | PEAK RCS PRESSURE AT LESS THAN 48 PERCENT NOMINAL THERMAL POWER WITHOUT | | AMSAC IS BOUNDED BY THE WESTINGHOUSE ANALYSIS AT 70 PERCENT NOMINAL THERMAL | | POWER. THEREFORE, THIS EVENT DOES NOT REPRESENT A CONDITION WHERE THE | | PLANT OPERATED OUTSIDE THE DESIGN BASIS AND IS NOT REPORTABLE. IN | | ADDITION, CORRECTIVE ACTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN BOTH UNITS TO CORRECT THIS | | CONDITION AND BRING THE PLANT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE LICENSING BASIS." | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE HEADQUARTERS OPERATION OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R4DO (GARY SANBORN) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33265 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: GRAND GULF REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/16/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:39 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 11/15/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 22:00[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JACOBSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/02/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BLAINE MURRAY 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 Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE PLANT DECLARED HIGH PRESSURE CORE SPRAY (HPCS) INOPERABLE DUE TO RELAYS | | FAILING TO MEET SURVEILLANCE CRITERIA. | | | | DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF I&C DRYWELL FUNCTIONAL SURVEILLANCE, THREE OUT OF | | FOUR RELAYS FAILED TO MEET ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA. THE FAILURE OF THESE | | RELAYS, E22K77, E22K87, AND E22K97, AFFECTS THREE OUT OF FOUR DRYWELL | | PRESSURE CHANNELS AND THEREFORE HPCS INITIATION CAPABILITY. THE PLANT DID | | NOT ENTER ANY LCO ACTION STATEMENT. WHEN THE RELAYS WERE DISCOVERED TO BE | | INOPERABLE, THEY WERE REPLACED. THE LICENSEE BELIEVES THAT THEIR TESTING | | CRITERIA MAY BE IN QUESTION, SO THEY WILL BE MAKING FURTHER EVALUATION OF | | THE CRITERIA. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED. | | | | *** UPDATE ON 12/02/97 @ 1056 EST BY JAMES OWENS TAKEN BY MACKINNON *** | | | | GRAND GULF IS RETRACTING THIS REPORT. SUBSEQUENT TESTING OF THE SUSPECTED | | RELAYS, E22K77, E22K87, AND E22K97 REVEALED THAT THE RELAYS WOULD HAVE | | PERFORMED THEIR DESIGN FUNCTION IF CALLED UPON. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED | | THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE TEST EQUIPMENT NOT WITH THE RELAYS. | | THEREFORE, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE NOT REPORTABLE. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS RETRACTION BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | THE OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R4DO (GARY SANBORN). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33334 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BRAIDWOOD REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/02/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 04:59 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 12/02/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 02:41[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TOM PETELLE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/02/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARK RING 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 Y 99 POWER OPERATION | 99 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CONTAINMENT VENTILATION ISOLATION ACTUATION SIGNAL AND ALARM RECEIVED. | | | | THE LICENSEE RECEIVED A CONTAINMENT VENTILATION ISOLATION ACTUATION SIGNAL | | AND ALARM. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE 2AR012 (RADIATION MONITORS #11 & # | | 23) "CONTAINMENT BUILDING FUEL HANDLING INCIDENT" AREA RADIATION MONITOR | | HAD FAILED ITS DAILY AUTO CHECK SOURCE TEST; THIS GENERATED A TRAIN "B" | | CONTAINMENT ISOLATION SIGNAL. THERE WAS NO CONTAINMENT RELEASE IN PROGRESS | | AND ALL REQUIRED CONTAINMENT ISOLATION (VQ) VALVES WERE ALREADY CLOSED | | PRIOR TO THE EVENT. ATTEMPTS TO MANUALLY CHECK SOURCE THE SKID FAILED AND | | LIMITING CONDITION OF OPERATION ACTION 3.3.1-1a WAS ENTERED, WHICH REQUIRES | | THE CONTAINMENT (VQ) VALVES TO REMAIN CLOSED. THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING | | THIS EVENT. | | | | THIS SAME INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 11/30/97. SEE EVENT REPORT #33327. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 33335 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: WEST VIRGINIA DIV OF HIGHWAYS |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/02/97 | | CITY: CHARLESTON REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:37 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: WV |EVENT DATE: 11/25/97 | |LICENSE#: 47-07838-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 12:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/02/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |ED MCALPINE RDO | | |FRED COMBS (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RALPH ADAMS | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NDAM DAMAGE MEASURE GAUGE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE DAMAGED BY A PAVING ROLLER. | | | | THE RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER FOR THE WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS, | | CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, REPORTED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: | | | | ON NOVEMBER 25, 1997, A PAVING ROLLER AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE LOCATED IN THE | | EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA (DISTRICT 5), DAMAGED A MODEL #3430 | | TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE. THE SOURCES ARE STILL IN THE GAUGE BUT THE | | GAUGES SOURCE HANDLE WAS BENT AND ITS GUIDE ROD WAS BROKEN. RADIATION | | SURVEYS OF THE DAMAGED TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE TAKEN BY A LOCAL | | DISTRICT RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER FOUND THAT THE SOURCES WERE STILL INTACT | | AND NOT DAMAGED. THE SOURCES IN THE TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE ARE | | 8 mCi CESIUM-137 AND 40 mCi AMERICIUM-241/BERYLLIUM. | | | | THE STATE RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER PLANS TO GO TO THE SITE ON DECEMBER 03, | | 1997 AND PERFORM A LEAK TEST OF THE DAMAGED GAUGE. THE GAUGE IS CURRENTLY | | BEING STORED IN A LOCKED CONCRETE BUILDING. | | | | SEE THE HEADQUARTERS OPERATIONS OFFICER LOG BOOK FOR CONTACT NUMBERS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33336 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SURRY REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/02/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: VA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:07 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 12/02/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE SMITH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/02/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ROBERT HAAG RDO | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | M/R Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MANUAL REACTOR TRIP DUE TO INTERMEDIATE POSITION ON MAIN STEAM TRIP VALVE. | | | | THE MAIN CONTROL ROOM RECEIVED AN ALARM "MAIN STEAM TRIP VALVE CLOSED" AND | | THE CONTROL ROOM OPERATOR (CRO) OBSERVED THAT THE 'A' MAIN STEAM TRIP VALVE | | HAD INTERMEDIATE POSITION INDICATION. A MANUAL REACTOR TRIP WAS INITIATED | | AT 0930 FROM 100% POWER. ALL RODS INSERTED INTO THE CORE AS INDICATED BY | | THE ROD BOTTOM LIGHTS. INITIALLY, SIX INDIVIDUAL ROD POSITION INDICATORS | | (IRPIs) INDICATED BETWEEN 10 AND 20 STEPS, BUT DRIFTED DOWN TO ZERO STEPS. | | | | AUXILIARY FEEDWATER AUTOMATICALLY INITIATED, AS DESIGNED ON LOW LOW STEAM | | GENERATOR LEVEL FOLLOWING THE TRIP. NO SAFETY OR POWER OPERATED RELIEF | | VALVES (PORVs) ACTUATED DURING THE TRANSIENT. HOWEVER, THE 'A' AND 'B' | | STEAM GENERATOR PORVs OPENED FOR LESS THAN A MINUTE DURING POST TRIP | | HEAT-UP. REACTOR COOLANT TEMPERATURE WAS STABILIZED AND DECAY HEAT IS BEING | | REMOVED VIA THE STEAM DUMPS TO THE MAIN CONDENSER. THERE WAS NO RADIATION | | RELEASE DUE TO THIS EVENT. | | | | THE VALVE POSITION ALARM AND INTERMEDIATE VALVE POSITION INDICATION WERE | | DUE TO A TECHNICIAN BUMPING THE LIMIT SWITCH FOR THE 'OPEN POSITION'. THE | | VALVE WAS VERIFIED TO BE FULL OPEN. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1645 EST ON 12/02/97 BY MICHAEL SMITH TO FANGIE JONES * * * | | | | AFTER FURTHER EVALUATION, THE VALVE POSITION LIMIT SWITCH BEING BUMPED CAN | | NOT BE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO INSULATION WORK BEING PERFORMED IN THE AREA. | | FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS ON-GOING TO IDENTIFY THE ROOT CAUSE OF THIS EVENT. | | | | ALSO, THE CONTROL ROD F-8 "ROD BOTTOM LIGHT" DID NOT ILLUMINATE IMMEDIATELY | | FOLLOWING THE TRIP. THE LIGHT WAS VERIFIED TO BE ILLUMINATED WHEN | | PERFORMING THE ASSOCIATED STEP IN THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE HEADQUARTERS OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R4DO (ROBERT HAAG). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33337 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SUSQUEHANNA REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/02/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:36 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 12/02/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:00[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID STEFFENAUER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/02/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |KATHLEEN MODES RDO | |AINA 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(A) POT UNABLE TO SAFE SD | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | STANDBY LIQUID CONTROL SYSTEM ACCUMULATOR PRESSURE LOW. | | | | ENGINEERING EVALUATION AND INVESTIGATION OF LOW PRESSURE ON THE STANDBY | | LIQUID CONTROL (SLC) SYSTEM NITROGEN ACCUMULATORS WERE FOUND TO BE BELOW | | UNACCEPTABLE VALUES (LOW PRESSURE IDENTIFIED ON 11/25/97). THE EVALUATION | | HAS PRELIMINARILY CONCLUDED THAT THE OBSERVED ACCUMULATOR PRESSURES (220 | | PSI AND 70 PSI) WERE SUFFICIENTLY LOW TO JEOPARDIZE THE SLC SYSTEM'S | | CAPABILITY OF PERFORMING ITS INTENDED SAFETY FUNCTION, IF CALLED UPON TO DO | | SO. | | | | THE INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE LOW PRESSURES COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO AN | | APPARENT WORK RELATED PRACTICE THAT OVER TIGHTENED AN O-RING CONTAINING | | VALVE CAP ON THE ACCUMULATOR CHARGING (SCHRADER) VALVE. THE VALVE CAP | | COULD IMPINGE UPON THE NEEDLE OF THE SCHRADER VALVE, RESULTING IN A GRADUAL | | LOSS OF ACCUMULATOR PRESSURE. | | | | THE ACCUMULATORS WERE RECHARGED TO ACCEPTABLE PRESSURES AND TESTED FOR | | LEAKS ON 11/25/97. THE PROCEDURE FOR ACCUMULATOR CHECKING/RECHARGING IS | | BEING REVISED TO SPECIFY THAT THE VALVE CAPS SHALL BE HAND-TIGHTENED ONLY. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33338 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: VOGTLE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/02/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: GA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:52 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 12/02/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:51[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID McCARY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/02/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ROBERT HAAG RDO | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | COURTESY CALL TO NRC DUE TO FIRE AT A NEARBY COMBUSTION TURBINE PLANT. | | | | A FIRE OCCURRED IN A WAREHOUSE AT PLANT WILSON, LASTING FOR ABOUT ONE HOUR. | | PLANT WILSON IS A SIX UNIT COMBUSTION TURBINE PLANT, ADJACENT (ONE HALF | | MILE) TO PLANT VOGTLE, OPERATED BY GEORGIA POWER. THE COUNTY FIRE | | DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO PLANT AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. THERE WERE NO | | PERSONNEL INJURIES AND THIS FIRE HAD NO IMPACT ON PLANT VOGTLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 33339 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: US ARMY ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/02/97 | | CITY: ABERDEEN REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:47 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: MD |EVENT DATE: 12/02/97 | |LICENSE#: 12-00722-06 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 08:38[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/02/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |MARK RING RDO | | |JOSEPHINE PICCONE EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TIM MOHS |KATHLEEN MODES R1DO | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |IAIM 30.50(a) REG LIMITS EXCEEDED | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | BROKEN TRITIUM SOURCE WITH POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF PERSONNEL. | | | | DURING A DEMONSTRATION OF THE DISASSEMBLY OF A FIRE CONTROL DEVICE, THE | | INSTRUCTOR DROPPED AND BROKE THE TRITIUM SOURCE, A GLASS VIAL CONTAINING 5 | | CURIES OF TRITIUM, AT HIS FEET. THE STUDENTS WERE EVACUATED AND AN INITIAL | | CLEAN UP WAS PERFORMED. SWIPES TAKEN AT THE SCENE INDICATED 700,000 | | DISINTEGRATIONS PER MINUTE (DPM). THE CLASSROOM WAS SECURED AND FURTHER | | SURVEYS AND SWIPES WILL BE PERFORMED. THE 12 STUDENTS AND 3 OTHER | | PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN BIOASSAYED. THE LICENSEE IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE | | THIS EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 33340 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: S. C. JOHNSON AND SON, INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/02/97 | | CITY: STURTEVANT REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:55 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: WI |EVENT DATE: 12/02/97 | |LICENSE#: 48-06453-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 10:15[CST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/02/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |MARK RING RDO | | |JOSEPHINE PICCONE EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CARMELLA RICHARDS | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A KAY-RAY LEVEL DETECTOR WAS DAMAGED LEAVING THE SOURCE EXPOSED. | | | | A 2 GALLON CHEMICAL REACTOR EXPLODED THROWING A KAY-RAY MODEL 7062B, WITH A | | 10 MILLICURIE CESIUM-137 SOURCE, OFF THE SIDE OF THE REACTOR VESSEL. THE | | DEVICE WAS DAMAGED AND THE SHUTTER DESTROYED. A SURVEY INSTRUMENT WAS USED | | TO VERIFY THE INTEGRITY OF THE SOURCE, ABOUT 1.5 MILLIROENTGENS PER HOUR AT | | 3.5 FEET ONLY ON THE SIDE THAT THE SHUTTER WOULD NORMALLY HAVE COVERED. | | USING A LONG POLE, 10 FEET, THE DEVICE WAS PLACED IN A BUCKET AND ISOLATED | | AWAY FROM PERSONNEL. KAY-RAY HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND WILL TRAVEL TO THE | | PLANT TO REMOVE THE DEVICE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC REGION 3 OFFICE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33341 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: ZION REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/02/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:51 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 12/02/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:33[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: D. RAASCH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/02/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARK RING 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 | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AT THE END OF A TEST PROCEDURE WHEN A RELAY RESET PUSH BUTTON WAS RELEASED | | SEVERAL ACTUATIONS OF EQUIPMENT OCCURRED. | | | | DURING THE CONCLUDING SECTION OF A PERFORMANCE TEST PROCEDURE WITH THE | | RELEASE OF A RELAY RESET PUSH BUTTON THE 2A SERVICE WATER PUMP STARTED, THE | | 2B CHARGING PUMP AUXILIARY LUBE OIL PUMP STARTED. ALL OTHER SAFEGUARDS | | EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUBSEQUENTLY DISCOVERED FAILED RELAY WERE | | EITHER RUNNING OR OUT OF SERVICE. | | | | AT THE TIME OF THE RELAY RESET, SAFEGUARDS DIVISION 27 COMES OUT OF TEST. | | THE FAULTY RELAY (SIX1AX) WAS FOUND NOT TO UNLATCH SO THAT VARIOUS | | COMPONENTS WOULD ACTUATE WHEN DIVISION 27 CAME OUT OF TEST. | | | | THIS PROBLEM CAUSES A LOSS OF SAFE SHUTDOWN PROTECTION FOR THE #0 DIESEL | | GENERATOR, WHICH WAS EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN DUE TO THAT LOSS. THIS LEAVES THE | | #0 DIESEL GENERATOR INOPERABLE AS WELL AS ITS ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT UNTIL | | THE PROBLEM WITH THE RELAY IS CORRECTED. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE RELAY | | WILL BE RESTORED BY 2100 ON 12/02/97 OR WILL BE DEENERGIZED AND UNLATCHED. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33342 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HADDAM NECK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/02/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:00 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 12/02/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:35[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID OVER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/02/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |KATHLEEN MODES 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 N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SECOND OFFSITE LOCATION OF PLANT RELATED CONTAMINATION FOUND. | | | | CONNECTICUT YANKEE REPORTED THAT A SECOND OFFSITE CONTAMINATED LOCATION | | EXISTS. THIS WAS DISCOVERED BY SOIL SAMPLES SHOWING ACTIVITY OF 0.5 | | MILLIREM PER YEAR. | | | | THE CT STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAS BEEN INFORMED BY | | THE LICENSEE AND A PRESS RELEASE HAS BEEN MADE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33343 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CLINTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/02/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:54 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 12/02/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:40[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MICHAEL HUDSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/02/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARK RING 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 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HPCS AND RCIC PUMP SUCTION FOUND TO HAVE INADEQUATE MISSILE PROTECTION. | | | | WHILE SHUTDOWN, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT PORTIONS OF THE PUMP SUCTION AND | | INSTRUMENTATION PIPING FOR THE HIGH PRESSURE CORE SPRAY (HPCS) AND REACTOR | | CORE ISOLATION COOLING (RCIC) SYSTEMS THAT CONNECT TO THE RCIC STORAGE TANK | | HAVE INADEQUATE MISSILE PROTECTION. THE TANK IS EXTERNAL TO THE PLANT AND | | THE SUCTION AND INSTRUMENT LINES DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE MISSILE PROTECTION | | DURING A DESIGN BASIS TORNADO. SEVERANCE OF THESE LINES DURING A DESIGN | | BASIS ACCIDENT WOULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF FLOW TO THE PUMP SUCTION RESULTING | | IN POTENTIAL PUMP DAMAGE THEREBY PREVENTING FULFILLMENT OF A SAFETY | | FUNCTION NEEDED TO MITIGATE THE CONSEQUENCES OF AN ACCIDENT. | | | | CORRECTION OF THIS DEFICIENCY WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED PRIOR TO A MODE CHANGE. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+