U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 07/02/97 - 07/03/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 32468 32532 32571 32572 32573 32574 32575 32576 32577 32578 32579 32580 32581 32582 32583 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32468 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/12/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [3] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:02 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/12/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN DINELLI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/02/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD KEIMIG RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 3 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCOVERY THAT A VITAL AREA WAS ERRONEOUSLY DECLASSIFIED AND THAT DETECTION | | AIDS WERE DISARMED | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "ON MAY 23, 1997, A VITAL AREA WAS ERRONEOUSLY DECLASSIFIED, AND DETECTION | | AIDS WERE DISARMED. UPON DISCOVERY [AT 1215 ON JUNE 12, 1997], IMMEDIATE | | CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS TAKEN BY VERIFYING VITAL COMPONENT INTEGRITY AND | | RESTORING DETECTION AIDS. THE DECLASSIFICATION WAS DUE A MISUNDERSTANDING | | ABOUT THE NEED FOR VITAL AREA PROTECTION WHILE [THE UNIT WAS] SHUT DOWN." | | (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.) | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * 0829 JULY 2, 1997, UPDATE FROM PRUSSMAN RECEIVED BY TROCINE * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION BASED UPON SUBSEQUENT | | REVIEW WHICH DETERMINED THAT THE SECURITY STAFF PROPERLY COMPENSATED FOR | | THE EVENT WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF DISCOVERY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE | | REQUIREMENTS OF NUREG 1304 AND REGULATORY GUIDE 5.62. IN ACCORDANCE WITH | | THE CRITERIA IN GENERIC LETTER 91-03, REPORTING OF SAFEGUARDS EVENTS, THE | | LICENSEE ALSO DETERMINED THAT THIS EVENT ONLY NEEDED TO BE LOGGED AND NOT | | REPORTED UNDER 10 CFR PART 73. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR, AND THE NRC OPERATIONS | | CENTER NOTIFIED THE R1DO (SHANBAKY). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32532 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BRAIDWOOD REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/23/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:34 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/23/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:50[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEFAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/02/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GARY SHEAR 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 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | RADIATION MONITOR CAUSED A CONTAINMENT VENTILATION ISOLATION SIGNAL. | | | | THIS OCCURRED WHEN THE CONTAINMENT FUEL HANDLING INCIDENT RADIATION MONITOR | | "2AR11" WENT INTO AN ALARM CONDITION MOMENTARILY. THERE WAS NO CONTAINMENT | | PURGE IN PROGRESS AT THE TIME OF ACTUATION, AND THE CONTAINMENT PURGE | | VALVES WERE ALREADY CLOSED. THE RADIATION MONITOR HAD BEEN TRENDING AT | | APPROXIMATELY 28 mR/HR WITH THE ALARM SETPOINT SET AT 35 mR/HR. THE | | MONITOR WAS IN THE ALARM CONDITION FOR APPROXIMATELY 31 SECONDS BEFORE THE | | CONDITION CLEARED AND THE VALUES RETURNED TO THE PREVIOUS TREND. THE CAUSE | | MAY BE DUE TO A LOW SETPOINT ON THE MONITOR, BUT THE LICENSEE IS STILL | | INVESTIGATING. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1936 ON 07/02/97, FROM SCHLIESSMANN TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION. THE FOLLOWING IS TEXT | | OF A FACSIMILE SUBMITTED BY THE LICENSEE: "UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS | | DETERMINED THAT THE ALARM WAS DUE TO MONITOR SPIKING. THE SPIKE REACHED 47 | | mR/HR AND WAS IN ALARM (ALARM SETPOINT 35 mR/HR) FOR 31 SECONDS. A REVIEW | | OF MONITOR HISTORY SHOWED NORMAL READINGS OF 28-30 mR/HR WITH NO ELEVATED | | TRENDS. THE REDUNDANT CHANNEL SHOWED NORMAL TRENDS DURING THIS PERIOD. PER | | 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(ii), THIS IS CONSIDERED NOT REPORTABLE." | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED, AND THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER | | NOTIFIED THE R3DO (LEACH). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 32571 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/02/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:47 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 07/01/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 16:35[CDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/02/97 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |MELVYN LEACH RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE UNDERWOOD | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |OCBA 76.120(c)(2)(i) ACCID MT EQUIP FAILS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SAFETY EQUIPMENT FAILURE (24-HOUR REPORT) - LOSS OF THE C-310 BUILDING | | CRITICALITY ACCIDENT ALARM SYSTEM (CAAS) ALARM AUDIBILITY FUNCTION FOR | | APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES | | | | AT 1635 CDT ON JULY 1, 1997, THE ALARM AUDIBILITY FUNCTION OF THE C-310 | | BUILDING CAAS WAS LOST FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES. AN ALARM WAS RECEIVED | | INDICATING "ANNUNCIATOR DC POWER FAILURE IN C-310." THE C-310 CONTROL ROOM | | OPERATOR TESTED HIS ALARMS AND RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. IT WAS DETERMINED | | THAT THE AUTOMATIC THROWOVER FROM THE DC RECTIFIER TO THE BATTERY BACKUP | | SYSTEM HAD NOT WORKED PROPERLY AND THAT DC ALARM POWER HAD BEEN LOST TO THE | | BUILDING. THE OPERATOR RESPONDED BY OPENING THE BREAKER THAT FEEDS NORMAL | | POWER TO THE DC RECTIFIER. THE THROWOVER THEN OPERATED PROPERLY AND | | SWITCHED THE DC ALARM POWER SUPPLY TO THE BATTERY BACKUP SYSTEM. DC ALARM | | POWER WAS RESTORED. | | | | THE DC RECTIFIER SUPPLIES POWER TO SOLENOID VALVES WHICH OPERATE THE CAAS | | ALARM HORNS. THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS REQUIRE THE CAAS TO BE OPERABLE | | FOR BOTH DETECTION AND AUDIBILITY. FOR THE 5 MINUTES THE POWER WAS LOST, | | THE CAAS AUDIBILITY FUNCTION WAS INOPERABLE. THE DETECTION FUNCTION WAS | | NOT AFFECTED. THIS IS A REPEAT OCCURRENCE, AND AN INVESTIGATION WAS | | INITIATED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. | | | | PADUCAH NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32572 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DIABLO CANYON REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/02/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: CA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:53 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/02/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 04:56[PDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID PATTY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/02/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BILL JONES 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 THE INABILITY TO MAINTAIN STEAM GENERATOR LEVEL | | BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF FEEDWATER PUMP SUCTION PRESSURE | | | | AT APPROXIMATELY 0452 PDT, THE UNIT RECEIVED AN ALARM INDICATING THAT THE | | THE STANDBY BOOSTER PUMPS HAD STARTED. THIS WAS THE RESULT OF DECREASING | | SUCTION PRESSURE FOR BOTH TURBINE-DRIVEN FEEDWATER PUMPS. THE STANDBY | | BOOSTER PUMPS DID NOT RESTORE SUCTION PRESSURE TO THE FEEDWATER PUMPS, AND | | STEAM GENERATOR LEVELS COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED. AS A RESULT, THE LICENSEE | | MANUALLY TRIPPED THE REACTOR AT 0456 PDT (PRIOR TO STEAM GENERATOR LEVELS | | DECREASING TO THE LOW LEVEL TRIP SETPOINT). ALL RODS FULLY INSERTED. THE | | AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMPS AUTOMATICALLY STARTED ON LOW STEAM GENERATOR | | LEVEL, AND DIESEL GENERATOR 2-2 AUTOMATICALLY STARTED DUE TO STARTUP BUS | | UNDERVOLTAGE. THE DIESEL DID NOT LOAD. (THE LICENSEE STATED THAT WHEN THE | | UNIT TRANSFERS TO THE STARTUP TRANSFORMER, THE STARTUP BUS SEES SEVERAL | | LOADS AT ONCE. AS A RESULT, THE VOLTAGE DIPS MOMENTARILY AND THEN | | RECOVERS. DURING THIS EVENT, THE DIESEL SENSED THIS AND STARTED IN | | ANTICIPATION OF THE LOSS OF VOLTAGE. THE LICENSEE CONSIDERS THIS TO BE | | ROUTINE.) NONE OF THE PRESSURIZER POWER-OPERATED RELIEF VALVES, | | PRESSURIZER CODE SAFETY VALVES, OR SECONDARY SAFETY RELIEF VALVES OPENED. | | HOWEVER, THE AIR-OPERATED 10% DUMP VALVES MOMENTARILY OPENED (PRIOR TO THE | | OPENING OF THE STEAM DUMPS). THESE VALVES RECLOSED WHEN THE STEAM DUMPS | | OPENED TO DIRECT SECONDARY STEAM TO THE CONDENSER. THE UNIT HAS NOT HAD A | | HISTORY OF STEAM GENERATOR TUBE LEAKAGE. | | | | THE UNIT IS CURRENTLY IN MODE 3. OPERATORS ARE UTILIZING NORMAL CHARGING | | AND LETDOWN, PRESSURIZER HEATERS AND SPRAYS, AND THE REACTOR COOLANT PUMPS | | FOR PRIMARY SYSTEM INVENTORY, PRESSURE, AND TRANSPORT CONTROL. AUXILIARY | | FEEDWATER IS BEING USED TO SUPPLY WATER TO THE STEAM GENERATORS, AND | | SECONDARY STEAM IS BEING DUMPED TO THE CONDENSER. THE 2-2 DIESEL GENERATOR | | HAS BEEN SECURED. THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE LOSS OF FEEDWATER PUMP SUCTION | | PRESSURE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND PLANS TO ISSUE | | A PRESS RELEASE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 32573 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: METAPHYSICS |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/02/97 | | CITY: ATLANTA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:33 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: GA |EVENT DATE: 07/02/97 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/02/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |EDWARD MCALPINE RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TOM HILL | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES REPORTED THE LOSS OF ONE I-125 | | SEED. THE MATERIAL BELONGS TO METAPHYSICS AND WAS BEING SHIPPED FROM | | ILLINOIS TO THEIR ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FACILITY. THIS EVENT WAS ALSO REPORTED | | TO THE NRC REGION II OFFICE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |TRANSPORTATION EVENT | |EVENT NUMBER: 32574 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: MALINKRODT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/02/97 | | CITY: KENEFICK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:00 [ET]| | COUNTY: SHAWNEE STATE: KS |EVENT DATE: 07/02/97 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:00[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/02/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |BILL JONES RDO | | |DON COOL/NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT/AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BLANCHARD |LINDA HOWELL RIV | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NTRA TRANSPORTATION EVENT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | COLLISION BETWEEN TWO TRAINS; ONE CONTAINS 636 POUNDS OF MO-99 | | | | THIS EVENT WAS REPORTED TO THE OPERATIONS CENTER BY THE NATIONAL RESPONSE | | CENTER. FEW DETAILS SURROUNDING THE EVENT WERE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE. A | | COLLISION INVOLVING TWO TRAINS OCCURRED AT MILE MARKER 82.9 NEAR KENEFICK, | | KS. ROADWAY EXPRESS WAS THE SHIPPER OF THE MATERIAL, AND IT BELONGED TO | | MALINKRODT. IT WAS UNKNOWN WHETHER OR NOT THE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL | | CONTAINERS WERE DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH. | | | | CONTACT NAMES AND NUMBERS FOR ROADWAY EXPRESS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE HOO LOG. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32575 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DIABLO CANYON REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/02/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: CA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:27 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/02/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 06:43[PDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GARY ANDERSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/02/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BILL JONES 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 N 0 HOT STANDBY | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE REQUESTED OFFSITE ASSISTANCE DUE TO A WILDFIRE NEAR THE SITE. | | (THIS EVENT IS SIMILAR TO AN EVENT THAT OCCURRED YESTERDAY. REFER TO EVENT | | NUMBER 32569 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.) | | | | THE LICENSEE CONTACTED THE CALIFORNIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY TO | | REQUEST ASSISTANCE IN EXTINGUISHING A SMALL FIRE NEAR THE SITE. THIS FIRE | | REFLASHED IN THE SAME LOCATION AS A FIRE THAT OCCURRED YESTERDAY. THE FIRE | | WAS EXTINGUISHED PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | | PERSONNEL, BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY IS STILL RESPONDING TO THE EVENT. | | THE FIRE DID NOT JEOPARDIZE ANY TRANSMISSION LINES NEAR THE PLANT'S STARTUP | | OFFSITE POWER LINE RIGHT OF WAY. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND MAY ISSUE A PRESS | | RELEASE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32576 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HARRIS REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/02/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:33 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/02/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:50[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PALMER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/02/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |McALPINE 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | IMPROPER ACCESS AUTHORIZATION WAS GRANTED TO CONTRACT WORKER DURING | | REFUELING OUTAGE. (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.) | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32577 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NINE MILE POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/02/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:29 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 07/02/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: FREGEAU |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/02/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |SHANBAKY 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 95 POWER OPERATION | 95 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HIGH PRESSURE CORE SPRAY (HPCS) SYSTEM DECLARED INOPERABLE. | | | | DURING SURVEILLANCE TESTING, THE HPCS SUCTION CHECK VALVE FROM THE | | SUPPRESSION POOL FAILED THE REVERSE FLOW PORTION OF THE TEST. HPCS WAS | | DECLARED INOPERABLE BY THE LICENSEE. HPCS IS A SINGLE-TRAIN EMERGENCY CORE | | COOLING SYSTEM. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32578 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: RIVER BEND REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/02/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:31 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 07/02/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:15[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BOYLE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/02/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JONES RDO | |AARC 50.72(b)(1)(v) OTHER ASMT/COMM INOP | | |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 18 OF 93 SIRENS INOPERABLE | | | | DURING A MONTHLY SURVEILLANCE TEST CONDUCTED THIS MORNING, 18 OF 93 SIRENS | | (19%) DID NOT FUNCTION. THE INOPERABLE SIRENS ARE ALL LOCATED IN EAST | | FELICIANA PARISH. THE LICENSEE HAS CONTACTED LOCAL AUTHORITIES, AND AN | | ALTERNATIVE BACKUP SYSTEM IS IN EFFECT. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 2137 ON 07/02/97, FROM MAYEUX TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | AT 1805 CDT, THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT ALL SIRENS WERE OPERABLE. THE | | TESTING METHOD BEING USED PRECLUDED THE OPERATION OF THE SIRENS. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. THE NRC | | OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R4DO (JONES). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32579 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MONTICELLO REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/02/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:56 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 07/02/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:49[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GORTON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/02/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LEACH RDO | |AARC 50.72(b)(1)(v) OTHER ASMT/COMM INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 44 OF 81 SIRENS INOPERABLE | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS DETERMINED THAT 44 OF 81 PUBLIC ALERT NOTIFICATION SIRENS | | ARE CURRENTLY INOPERABLE DUE TO A LOSS OF POWER FOLLOWING HIGH WINDS ON | | 07/01/97. THE SIREN CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND WILL BEGIN ASSESSING | | DAMAGE AND MAKING REPAIRS. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO CONTACT STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES REGARDING THIS | | ISSUE AND MAY MAKE A PRESS RELEASE. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN | | INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32580 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CRYSTAL RIVER REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/02/97 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:50 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/02/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:18[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MOFFATT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/02/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |McALPINE 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 3 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | POTENTIAL FOR LOSS OF THE CONTROL COMPLEX CHILLED WATER SYSTEM DURING A | | HIGH ENERGY LINE BREAK | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A FACSIMILE SUBMITTED BY THE LICENSEE: | | | | "IN 1990, A CONCERN WAS IDENTIFIED IN THAT A HIGH ENERGY LINE BREAK IN THE | | INTERMEDIATE BUILDING COULD CAUSE THE OPERATING CONTROL COMPLEX CHILLER TO | | TRIP AND SUBSEQUENTLY BECOME DISABLED DUE TO FAILURE OF THE CHILLER RUPTURE | | DISC WITHIN FIVE MINUTES OF THE INITIATION OF THE [HIGH ENERGY LINE BREAK]. | | THE STANDBY CONTROL COMPLEX CHILLER COULD THEN BE PLACED IN SERVICE AND | | COULD FAIL IN THE SAME MANNER RESULTING IN A COMPLETE LOSS OF THE CONTROL | | COMPLEX CHILLED WATER SYSTEM." | | | | "A PLANT MODIFICATION WAS APPROVED AND INSTALLED TO ALLOW ISOLATION OF THE | | AFFECTED SECTIONS OF THE CONTROL COMPLEX CHILLED WATER SYSTEM, AND PLANT | | PROCEDURES WERE REVISED TO ACHIEVE THAT ISOLATION. THE SAFETY EVALUATION | | FOR THE MODIFICATION EVALUATED THE SINGLE ACTIVE FAILURE OF THE STANDBY | | CONTROL COMPLEX CHILLER AND TOOK CREDIT FOR THE USE OF THE APPENDIX R | | CHILLED WATER SYSTEM IN THE EVENT THAT BOTH CONTROL COMPLEX CHILLERS BECAME | | INOPERABLE (ASSUMING THE OPERATING CHILLER FAILED DUE TO THE [HIGH ENERGY | | LINE BREAK] AND THE STANDBY CHILLER IS THE SINGLE ACTIVE FAILURE)." | | | | "DURING THE CURRENT MODE 5 (COLD SHUTDOWN) OUTAGE A QUESTION AROSE | | REGARDING THE ACCEPTABILITY OF THE APPENDIX R CHILLED WATER SYSTEM AS A | | REPLACEMENT FOR THE FAILED CONTROL COMPLEX CHILLERS. NUCLEAR LICENSING HAS | | DETERMINED THAT IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THE APPENDIX R | | CHILLED WATER SYSTEM WITHOUT NRC REVIEW AND APPROVAL. THEREFORE, A HIGH | | ENERGY LINE BREAK WITH A SINGLE ACTIVE FAILURE COULD RESULT IN THE LOSS OF | | ALL CHILLED WATER TO THE CONTROL COMPLEX." | | | | "CRYSTAL RIVER UNIT 3 IS IN MODE 5 (COLD SHUTDOWN) AND A HIGH ENERGY LINE | | BREAK IS NOT POSTULATED DUE TO LOW SYSTEM TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES." | | | | "THE EXISTING ANALYSIS DOCUMENTING THE LOSS OF THE OPERATING CONTROL | | COMPLEX CHILLER DURING A HIGH ENERGY LINE BREAK IS BEING FORMALIZED TO | | VERIFY THAT THE CHILLER WILL ACTUALLY BE LOST PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF | | PROCEDURAL ACTIONS TO ISOLATE THE INTERMEDIATE BUILDING PORTIONS OF THE | | CONTROL COMPLEX CHILLED WATER SYSTEM. IF THE INTERMEDIATE BUILDING PORTIONS | | OF THE SYSTEM CAN BE ISOLATED PRIOR TO THE OPERATING CHILLER BEING RENDERED | | INOPERABLE, THEN THE ISSUE IS RESOLVED. IF THE ISOLATION CANNOT BE | | COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE OPERATING CHILLER BEING RENDERED INOPERABLE, THE | | ADDITIONAL MITIGATIVE ACTIONS WILL NEED TO BE DEVELOPED AND APPROVED." | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32581 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/02/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [3] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:14 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/02/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 20:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GILLEN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/02/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |SHANBAKY 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 3 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ALL EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS (EDG) DECLARED INOPERABLE DUE TO A SEISMIC | | CONCERN. | | | | AT 2030, THE LICENSEE DECLARED ALL THREE EDGs INOPERABLE AFTER DISCOVERING | | THE POTENTIAL FOR A SEISMIC EVENT TO CAUSE A SPURIOUS ACTUATION OF THE CO2 | | SYSTEMS FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE EDGs. ACTUATION OF THE SYSTEMS COULD RESULT | | IN A CO2 DISCHARGE AND/OR VENTILATION ISOLATIONS OF THE EDG ROOM CELLS. | | EITHER CONDITION COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE AN EDG TO FAIL. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS REMOVED POWER TO THE RELAYS THAT INITIATE ISOLATION OF THE | | EDG ROOM VENTILATION AND HAS POSTED FIRE WATCHES FOR THE ROOMS. THE EDGs | | WERE DECLARED OPERABLE AT 2150. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32582 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/02/97 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:22 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/02/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 21:05[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SANTINI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/02/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |SHANBAKY 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ALL EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS (EDG) STARTED DUE TO UNDERVOLTAGE ON A BUS | | DURING MAINTENANCE. | | | | AT 2105, ALL THREE EDGs AUTOMATICALLY STARTED DUE TO A VALID UNDERVOLTAGE | | SIGNAL ON 480VAC BUS 3A. AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT, THE BUS 3A NORMAL SUPPLY | | BREAKER (52/3A) WAS TAGGED OUT FOR MAINTENANCE, AND THE BUS 2A/3A TIE | | BREAKER WAS CLOSED TO SUPPLY BUS 3A LOADS. THE CUBICLE FOR BREAKER 52/3A IS | | LOCATED DIRECTLY ABOVE THE CUBICLE FOR THE 2A/3A TIE BREAKER. A MECHANIC | | WHO WAS WORKING IN THE 52/3A CUBICLE ACCIDENTALLY DEPRESSED THE LOCAL TRIP | | BUTTON FOR THE 2A/3A TIE BREAKER WITH HIS KNEE. THIS CAUSED THE BREAKER TO | | OPEN, AND POWER TO BE LOST TO BUS 3A. | | | | AS A RESULT OF THE LOSS OF POWER TO BUS 3A, AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP 21 | | TRIPPED, AND ALL THREE EDGs STARTED DUE TO BUS 3A UNDERVOLTAGE. THE 2A/3A | | TIE BREAKER WAS RECLOSED, AND POWER WAS RESTORED TO BUS 3A. THE LICENSEE | | HAS RESTARTED THE AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP AND HAS SECURED THE EDGs. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32583 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BEAVER VALLEY REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/03/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:56 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/03/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 03:43[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN THOMAS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/03/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MOHAMED SHANBAKY RDO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 HOT STANDBY | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIRED SHUTDOWN TO MODE 5 DUE TO THE UNISOLATION | | OF A RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL (RHR) SAMPLE SYSTEM PIPING PENETRATION FOR | | REQUIRED CHEMISTRY SAMPLING | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "IN ORDER TO ENSURE CONTAINMENT PIPING PENETRATION INTEGRITY DURING | | POSTULATED ACCIDENTS IN MODES 1 THROUGH 4, BEAVER VALLEY UNIT 1 MAINTAINS | | RHR SAMPLE SYSTEM PIPING PENETRATION 97-1 ISOLATED AND DRAINED." THIS IS | | AN OVERPRESSURE PROTECTION CONCERN BECAUSE THERE ARE NO RELIEF VALVES IN | | THIS LINE. | | | | "BEAVER VALLEY UNIT 1 IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF COOLING DOWN TO MODE | | 5. PREPARATIONS FOR PLACING THE RHR SYSTEM IN SERVICE REQUIRE OBTAINING AN | | RHR SAMPLE VIA PIPING PENETRATION 97-1." | | | | "PENETRATION 97-1 WAS UNISOLATED AT 0343 TO ENABLE CHEMISTRY SAMPLING | | RESULTING IN TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.6.1.1 ENTRY. THE PENETRATION WILL | | NOT BE ISOLATED AND DRAINED WITHIN ONE HOUR. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION | | 3.6.1.1 ACTION STATEMENT REQUIRES RESTORATION OF INTEGRITY WITHIN ONE HOUR | | OR A SHUTDOWN TO MODE 5." | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+