U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 08/05/97 - 08/06/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 32723 32724 32725 32726 32727 32728 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32723 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FT CALHOUN REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/05/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:06 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 08/05/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:42[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LARRY LEES |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/05/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PHIL HARRELL RDO | |AMED 50.72(b)(2)(v) OFFSITE MEDICAL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CONTAMINATED INJURED INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORTED TO AN OFFSITE MEDICAL FACILITY | | | | DURING THE DECONTAMINATION OF A REACTOR COOLANT PUMP SEAL WHICH WAS | | INTENDED FOR FUTURE USE, THE SEAL SHIFTED AND SMASHED THE MIDDLE FINGER OF | | AN INDIVIDUAL'S RIGHT HAND. A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY A RADIATION PROTECTION | | TECHNICIAN IDENTIFIED 4,000 COUNTS PER SECOND ABOVE BACKGROUND ON THE | | AFFECTED FINGER, AND THERE WAS NO OTHER CONTAMINATION IDENTIFIED ON THE | | INDIVIDUAL'S BODY. | | | | AT 1042 CDT, AN AUXILIARY BUILDING OPERATOR NOTIFIED THE CONTROL ROOM THAT | | THERE WAS AN INJURED CONTAMINATED INDIVIDUAL IN THE HEALTH PHYSICS COUNT | | ROOM. EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS WERE SUMMONED, AND 911 WAS CALLED. AT | | 1053 CDT, THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL | | CENTER WERE NOTIFIED THAT THE INJURED INDIVIDUAL WOULD BE TRANSPORTED TO | | THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER. BLAIR RESCUE (AN AMBULANCE | | SERVICE) TRANSPORTED THE INDIVIDUAL OFFSITE AT 1058 CDT, AND THE UNIVERSITY | | OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER WAS GIVEN THE INDIVIDUAL'S VITAL SIGNS AT 1059 | | CDT. AT THAT TIME, THE INDIVIDUAL WAS STABLE, ALERT, AND CONSCIOUS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32724 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OYSTER CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/05/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:30 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2 |EVENT DATE: 08/05/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JERRY FREEMAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/05/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD CONTE RDO | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 AN OPEN FIRE DOOR BETWEEN 4,160-VOLT SWITCHGEAR ROOMS | | | | AT 1130 ON AUGUST 5, 1997, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ROLL-UP DOOR LOCATED | | BETWEEN THE 'D' 4,160-VOLT VAULT AND THE 'A' AND 'B' 4,160-VOLT VAULT WAS | | OPEN APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES WITH AN EXTENSION CORD ROUTED UNDERNEATH, AND | | THERE WAS NO FIRE WATCH ESTABLISHED FOR THIS CONDITION. THIS IS CONSIDERED | | TO BE A VIOLATION OF THE OYSTER CREEK FIRE PROTECTION TECHNICAL | | REQUIREMENTS. THE EXTENSION CORD WAS REMOVED, AND THE ROLL-UP DOOR WAS | | CLOSED. THIS RE-ESTABLISHED THE FIRE BARRIER AT APPROXIMATELY 1200. THE | | LICENSEE IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING WHEN AND WHY THIS ROLL-UP DOOR WAS | | OPENED. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 32725 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: MGP INSTRUMENTS, INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/05/97 | | CITY: SMYRNA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:57 [ET]| | COUNTY: FULTON STATE: GA |EVENT DATE: 06/12/97 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/05/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |PHIL HARRELL, REG 4 RDO | | |JOHN GREEVES, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+KEVIN RAMSEY, NMSS IMOB | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KENNETH ROSANSKI |VERN HODGE, NRR RVIB | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE |CHRIS CHRISTENSEN R2DO | +------------------------------------------------+AL CHAFFEE, NRR EO | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |CDEG 21.21(c)(3)(i) DEFECTS/NONCOMPLIANCE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 10 CFR PART 21 NOTIFICATION REGARDING THE DISCOVERY THAT A RADIATION | | MONITORING SYSTEM POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT BOARD IS SUBJECT TO PREMATURE | | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT FAILURE | | | | MGP INSTRUMENTS, INC., LOCATED IN SMYRNA, GEORGIA, REPORTED A POTENTIAL | | SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT INVOLVING DIODES IN RADIATION DETECTION MEASUREMENT | | EQUIPMENT WHICH WAS SUPPLIED TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON FOR USE AT SAN | | ONOFRE. DIODE VD9 (MODEL #1N4148) WAS INSTALLED ON PROPRIETARY POWER | | SUPPLY BOARDS, AND THIS DIODE IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FAILURE DURING EQUIPMENT | | START-UP. THE FAILURE IS DUE TO THE INSUFFICIENT RATING OF THE DIODE UNDER | | TRANSIENT CONDITIONS (NON-REPETITIVE PEAK FORWARD CURRENT). FAILURE OF | | THIS DIODE COULD ULTIMATELY RESULT IN THE INABILITY OF THE LOCAL PROCESSING | | UNIT TO RESTART WITH CORRECT OPERATING PARAMETERS. | | | | THE SAFETY-RELATED APPLICATION OF THIS DEVICE IS LIMITED TO ITS | | INSTALLATION IN 28 LOCAL PROCESSING UNITS AT SAN ONOFRE. MGP INSTRUMENTS, | | INC., STATED THAT A RECENT INQUIRY OF THE UTILITY INDICATED THAT THE | | AFFECTED EQUIPMENT HAD NOT BEEN COMMISSIONED AND IS NOT YET IN SERVICE. | | PLANS ARE BEING MADE TO REPLACE THE DIODES WITH APPROPRIATE COMPONENTS | | PRIOR TO THE COMMISSIONING OF THE EQUIPMENT. | | | | (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR CONTACT NAMES AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32726 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BEAVER VALLEY REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/05/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:02 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/05/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:14[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN THOMAS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/06/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD CONTE 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 Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 99 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNIT 1 COMMENCED A TECH SPEC REQUIRED SHUTDOWN DUE TO TWO OF FOUR REFUELING | | WATER STORAGE TANK (RWST) LEVEL TRANSMITTERS BEING OUT-OF-SERVICE. | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "AT 1036, ONE OF FOUR RWST LEVEL TRANSMITTERS (#LT-QS-100C) WAS REMOVED | | FROM SERVICE FOR SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. AT 1314, A SECOND RWST LEVEL | | CHANNEL (#LT-QS-100B) WENT OFFSCALE HIGH. THE CAUSE OF THE SECOND CHANNEL | | FAILURE IS BEING INVESTIGATED. THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE RWST LEVEL | | TRANSMITTERS (TWO OF FOUR OUT OF SERVICE) IS NOT PERMITTED BY TECH SPEC | | 3.3.2.1, AND TECH SPEC 3.0.3 WAS APPLIED AS OF 1314. AT 1412, A POWER | | REDUCTION WAS INITIATED TO COMPLY WITH TECH SPEC 3.0.3. POWER IS CURRENTLY | | STABLE AT 99% AND RESTORATION OF AT LEAST ONE OF THE TWO OUT-OF-SERVICE | | LEVEL TRANSMITTERS IS EXPECTED WITHIN THE SHUTDOWN ACTION TIME LIMIT OF | | TECH SPEC 3.0.3 [6 HOURS]." | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0318 ON 08/06/97 BY KINEST ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | AT 1541 ON 08/05/97, THE LICENSEE RESTORED THE #LT-QS-100C RWST LEVEL | | TRANSMITTER TO OPERABLE STATUS AND EXITED TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.0.3. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32727 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/05/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:24 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/05/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:05[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEVE LAWHEAD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/05/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD CONTE RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | STATE NOTIFICATION OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN A MINOR ONSITE FIRE | | | | AT 1022, A MINOR FIRE OCCURRED IN THE MAIN STEAM VALVE BUILDING DURING THE | | PERFORMANCE OF WELDING ACTIVITIES. A STEEL TUBE WAS BEING CUT, AND PAPER | | INSIDE THE TUBE IGNITED. THE FIRE WATCH PROMPTLY EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. | | | | BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN MEDIA INTEREST IN THIS EVENT, THE LICENSEE | | VOLUNTARILY NOTIFIED THE STATE AT 1618. THE LICENSEE DOES NOT PLAN TO | | ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE. THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32728 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WOLF CREEK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/05/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: KS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:11 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/05/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:40[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PETER MARTIN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/05/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PHIL HARRELL RDO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS | | |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 | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ENTRY INTO TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.0.3 DUE TO AN INOPERABLE PRESSURE | | BOUNDARY FOR THE CONTROL ROOM VENTILATION SYSTEM | | | | AT 1740 CDT, THE CONTROL ROOM DOOR SEAL FAILED DUE TO NORMAL WEAR. THIS | | FAILURE MAKES BOTH CONTROL ROOM VENTILATION SYSTEMS INOPERABLE BECAUSE OF | | THE INABILITY TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE ONE-QUARTER-INCH WATER COLUMN PRESSURE | | IF NEEDED DURING A CONTROL ROOM VENTILATION ISOLATION. AS A RESULT, THE | | UNIT ENTERED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.0.3, WHICH REQUIRES THE LICENSEE TO | | RESTORE THE SEAL TO OPERABLE STATUS WITHIN ONE HOUR OR TO PLACE THE UNIT IN | | HOT STANDBY WITHIN THE FOLLOWING SIX HOURS. THE DOOR SEAL WAS REPAIRED AT | | 1810 CDT, AND THE LICENSEE PLANS TO TEST THE DOOR SEAL PRIOR TO EXPIRATION | | OF THE LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATION. THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE | | NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * 1941 EDT AUGUST 5, 1997, UPDATE FROM MARTIN RECEIVED BY TROCINE * * * | | | | A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIRED SHUTDOWN WAS COMMENCED AT 1829 CDT, AND | | THE UNIT IS CURRENTLY AT 99% REACTOR POWER. TESTING OF THE CONTROL ROOM | | DOOR SEAL IS IN PROGRESS. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R4DO (PHIL HARRELL). | | | | * * * 2217 EDT AUGUST 5, 1997, UPDATE FROM GILMORE RECEIVED BY TROCINE * * | | | | THE LOAD REDUCTION WAS TERMINATED AT 1900 CDT WITH REACTOR POWER AT 94%, | | AND THE UNIT EXITED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.0.3 AT 2114 CDT. THE | | LICENSEE IS CURRENTLY PREPARING FOR POWER ASCENSION. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R4DO | | (PHIL HARRELL). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+