U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 02/04/97 - 02/05/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 31724 31725 31726 31727 31728 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31724 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: QUAD CITIES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/03/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:48 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 02/03/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:40[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TIM SCHARES |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/04/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |TOM KOZAK RDO | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNIT 1 AND 2 HIGH PRESSURE COOLANT INJECTION (HPCI) SYSTEMS INOPERABLE | | | | THE UNIT 1 AND 2 HPCI SYSTEMS WERE DETERMINED TO BE INOPERABLE DUE TO | | MISSED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION SURVEILLANCES. SPECIFICALLY, THE 18-MONTH | | EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEM (ECCS) LOGIC TEST DOES NOT TEST THE ABILITY | | OF HPCI TO COME UP TO RATED TURBINE SPEED ON A HIGH DRYWELL PRESSURE | | SIGNAL. THE CONTACT IS TESTED ON A LOW-LOW REACTOR WATER LEVEL SIGNAL. BOTH | | UNITS' HPCI SYSTEMS REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR INJECTION IF NEEDED. THIS ISSUE | | WAS DISCOVERED THROUGH REVIEW PER GENERIC LETTER 96-01. | | | | ALL OTHER ECCS AND THE REACTOR CORE ISOLATION COOLING SYSTEM ARE FULLY | | OPERABLE. UPON DECLARING HPCI INOPERABLE, THE LICENSEE ENTERED TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION 3.5.a.3 WHICH REQUIRES THE LICENSEE TO RESTORE HPCI TO | | SERVICE WITHIN 14 DAYS OR PROCEED TO SHUTDOWN. THE LICENSEE IS DEVELOPING A | | PROCEDURE TO TEST THE HIGH DRYWELL PRESSURE CONTACT. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | ***RETRACTION @ 1605 EST ON 02/04/97 BY R. VENCI TAKEN BY MACKINNON*** | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION. FURTHER INVESTIGATION | | REVEALED THAT THE ELECTRICAL CONTACTS IN QUESTION ARE IN THE CURRENT | | SURVEILLANCE TEST PROCEDURES AND HAVE BEEN ADEQUATELY TESTED THIS PAST | | CYCLE. THEREFORE, THE HPCI SYSTEMS FOR BOTH UNITS WERE NOT INOPERABLE. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS RETRACTION BY THE LICENSEE. | | THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R3DO (TOM KOZAK). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31725 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CLINTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/03/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:36 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 02/03/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 22:11[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: J. LANHAM |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/04/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |TOM KOZAK/REGION 3 RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |JOSE CALVO/NRR EO | |ANEA 50.72(b)(1)(iii) NATURAL PHENOMENON |CANUPP FEMA | | |RICHARD BARRETT/AEOD IRD | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DECLARATION OF UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO POTENTIAL EARTHQUAKE ONSITE | | | | AT 2100 CST ON 02/03/97, SEISMIC RECORDER CHANNELS 1, 2, 3, AND 5 | | ACTIVATED. CHANNEL 1 (THE ELECTRONIC RECORDER) INDICATED A GROUND | | ACCELERATION OF 0.03g. THE OTHER RECORDER CHANNELS ARE ANALOG (SCRATCH | | PLATES) AND ARE CURRENTLY BEING EVALUATED. NO ONE ONSITE FELT GROUND | | MOTION; HOWEVER, THE LICENSEE CONSIDERS THE SEISMIC ALARMS TO BE VALID AT | | THIS TIME. | | | | THE LICENSEE ENTERED ITS EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE PROCEDURE, AND PLANT WALKDOWNS | | ARE CURRENTLY BEING PERFORMED. THE LICENSEE HAS CONTACTED NUCLEAR POWER | | PLANTS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, BUT NONE HAVE DETECTED ANY SEISMIC | | ACTIVITY. THE LICENSEE ALSO CONTACTED THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION | | CENTER IN BOULDER, COLORADO, BUT NO EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY HAS BEEN REPORTED | | IN THE VICINITY OF THE PLANT. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0542 EST ON 02/04/97, FROM POWERS TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE UNUSUAL EVENT WAS TERMINATED AT 0350 CST ON 02/04/97. PLANT WALKDOWNS | | FAILED TO FIND ANY DAMAGE TO THE PLANT. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. THE NRC | | OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R3DO (KOZAK), NRR EO (CALVO), AND FEMA | | (CANUPP). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 31726 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: U.S. ARMY, FORT BRAGG |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/04/97 | | CITY: REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:28 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: IL |EVENT DATE: 02/03/97 | |LICENSE#: 12-00722-06 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 11:00[CST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/04/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |TOM KOZAK RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TIM MHOS | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |IBAD 30.50(b)(1)(ii) MATL >5X LOWEST LIMIT | | |IBAC 30.50(b)(1)(i) ACCESS DENIED >24 HRS | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | BIOASSAYS WERE TAKEN OF THREE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE EXPOSED TO TRITIUM. | | | | THE US ARMY COMMAND CENTER LOCATED IN ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS, MADE THE | | FOLLOWING EVENT NOTIFICATION: | | | | AN M137E1 PANORAMIC TELESCOPE (USED ON ARMY WEAPONS FIRE CONTROL DEVICES | | AND CONTAINING 5.1 CURIES OF TRITIUM) WAS TAKEN TO A RADIOLOGICALLY | | CONTROLLED OPTICAL REPAIR SHOP FOR MAINTENANCE. SWIPES TAKEN ON THE | | EXTERIOR SURFACE OF THE TELESCOPE INDICATED NO RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION. | | SHORTLY AFTER OPENING THE TELESCOPE, THE JOHNSTON OPTICAL REPAIR SHOP | | AIRBORNE MONITOR ALARMED AT 5E-06 ęCi/Ml. THE THREE INDIVIDUALS IN THE | | REPAIR SHOP EVACUATED THE AREA. | | | | SWIPES TAKEN ON THE INTERNAL SURFACES OF THE TELESCOPE INDICATED LOOSE | | SURFACE CONTAMINATION LEVELS AS HIGH AS 1E+06 DPM (APPROXIMATELY 0.5 CURIES | | OF TRITIUM). SWIPES TAKEN ON THE WORKBENCH SURFACE AREA AROUND THE | | TELESCOPE INSIDE THE REPAIR SHOP INDICATED LOOSE SURFACE CONTAMINATION | | LEVELS AS HIGH AS 1,000 DPM. | | | | THE THREE PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN IN THE REPAIR SHOP WERE SENT TO HAVE | | BIOASSAYS TAKEN. THE THREE BIOASSAYS WERE SENT TO CHIPPM LOCATED IN | | ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, FOR ASSESSMENT. | | | | THE REPAIR SHOP HAS BEEN DECONTAMINATED TO LESS THAN 400 DPM. THE | | TELESCOPE HAS BEEN DOUBLED BAGGED AND DISPOSED OF AS RADIOACTIVE WASTE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31727 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: POINT BEACH REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/04/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:13 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/04/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:29[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JESS SCHWALBE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/04/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |TOM KOZAK RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 90 POWER OPERATION | 90 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SAFEGUARDS SYSTEM DEGRADATION RELATED TO MONITORING | | | | IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY MEASURES WERE NOT TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. HOWEVER, | | COMPENSATORY MEASURES NOW FULLY IMPLEMENTED. (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR | | DETAILS.) | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31728 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HOPE CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/04/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:02 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 02/04/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:42[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN MILLER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/04/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MICHAEL MODES RDO | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REACTOR CORE ISOLATION COOLING (RCIC) SYSTEM DECLARED INOPERABLE | | | | DURING QUARTERLY RCIC SYSTEM IN-SERVICE TESTING, THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED | | THAT THE RCIC TURBINE EXHAUST TESTABLE CHECK VALVE (#E51-FCV003) HAS TOO | | MUCH FREE TRAVEL. THE LICENSEE BELIEVES THAT THE SETSCREW FOR THE TESTABLE | | CHECK VALVE IS LOOSE WHICH HAS CAUSED THE FREE TRAVEL TO INCREASE. THE | | LICENSEE ENTERED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.7 WHICH REQUIRES THE LICENSEE TO | | RESTORE THE RCIC SYSTEM TO OPERABLE STATUS WITHIN 14 DAYS OR SHUT THE PLANT | | DOWN. ALL EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEMS AND THE EMERGENCY DIESEL | | GENERATORS ARE FULLY OPERABLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO REMOVE THE RCIC TURBINE EXHAUST TESTABLE CHECK VALVE | | TOP COVER PLATE AND ADJUST THE SETSCREW TO REDUCE THE CHECK VALVE FREE | | TRAVEL. THE LICENSEE CONSIDERS THIS CHECK VALVE TO BE FULLY OPERABLE AS A | | CONTAINMENT ISOLATION VALVE. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. THE | | LICENSEE ALSO PLANS TO NOTIFY THE LOCAL OFFICIALS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+