U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 05/05/97 - 05/06/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 32256 32271 32274 32275 32276 32277 32278 32279 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32256 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SURRY REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/01/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: VA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:25 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/01/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:46[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: W WEBSTER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/05/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHUCK CASTO RDO | |AESS 50.72(b)(1)(v) EMERGENCY SIREN INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 1 STARTUP | 1 STARTUP | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MORE THAN 25% OF THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SIRENS INOPERABLE DUE TO | | THUNDERSTORMS. | | | | DURING POLLING OF THE EMERGENCY WARNING SYSTEM, THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED | | THAT 18 SIRENS HAD LOST POWER AND 2 SIRENS DID NOT RESPOND. THIS REPRESENTS | | GREATER THAN 25% (20 OF 61 SIRENS) EMERGENCY SIRENS UNAVAILABLE. | | | | LOCAL THUNDERSTORMS HAD PASSED THROUGH THE AREA WITHIN THE PREVIOUS HOUR. | | UTILITY PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN CONTACTED TO INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1840 ON 05/01/97 BY WEBSTER TAKEN BY MACKINNON * * * | | | | GREATER THAN 75% OF THE EMERGENCY SIRENS HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE. | | TWELVE EMERGENCY SIRENS ARE STILL INOPERABLE, AND THE LICENSEE IS | | CONTINUING EFFORTS TO RETURN THEM TO SERVICE. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE OF THIS UPDATE. | | THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R2DO (CASTO). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1558 ON 05/05/97 BY SCANLAN TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | ALL SIRENS HAVE BEEN RESTORED TO SERVICE BY 0958 ON 05/02/97. THE LICENSEE | | WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE HOO NOTIFIED R2DO (CASTO). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32271 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OCONEE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/03/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:45 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP,[3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/03/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:04[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: NOEL CLARKSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/05/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHUCK CASTO RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |DICK WESSMAN EO | | |CARR FEMA | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | | | | | 3 | N N 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED DUE TO 2 OF 3 HIGH PRESSURE INJECTION PUMPS BEING | | INOPERABLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE SUSPECTS THAT THE LETDOWN STORAGE TANK WATER LEVEL INDICATIONS | | ARE NOT INDICATING PROPER LEVEL. THE LETDOWN STORAGE TANK SUPPLIES WATER | | TO THE SUCTION OF THE THREE HIGH PRESSURE INJECTION (HPI) PUMPS. | | | | PRESENT REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM (RCS) PARAMETERS: TEMPERATURE IS 210øF AND | | PRESSURE IS 270 PSIG. THE LOW PRESSURE INJECTION PUMPS ARE TAKING SUCTION | | FROM THE RCS AND DISCHARGING BACK TO THE RCS COLD LEG. THE "3B1" REACTOR | | COOLANT PUMP (RCP) IS THE ONLY OPERATING RCP. CONDENSATE BOOSTER PUMPS ARE | | SUPPLYING WATER TO THE ONCE-THROUGH STEAM GENERATORS, AND STEAM IS BEING | | DUMPED TO THE MAIN CONDENSER. | | | | AT 0930, LOW DISCHARGE PRESSURE WAS INDICATED ON THE "3B" HPI PUMP. THE | | RCP SEAL INJECTION CONTROL VALVE WAS PLACED IN "HAND" (i.e., MANUAL). THE | | STANDBY HPI PUMP ("3A") STARTED AUTOMATICALLY ON LOW RCP SEAL INJECTION | | FLOW. HPI PUMP DISCHARGE PRESSURE RETURNED TO NORMAL, AND RCP SEAL | | INJECTION FLOW INDICATED HIGH. THE "3A" HPI PUMP WAS SECURED. RCP SEAL | | INJECTION WAS ADJUSTED TO NORMAL VALUE. | | | | HPI HEADER DISCHARGE PRESSURE AGAIN INDICATED LOW. THE "3A" HPI PUMP | | AUTOMATICALLY STARTED, AND AMPS WERE CYCLING HIGH. THE "3B" HPI PUMP AMPS | | INDICATED LOW AND WAS SECURED. THE "3A" HPI PUMP AMPS CONTINUED TO CYCLE | | HIGH. THE INDICATED LETDOWN STORAGE TANK LEVEL INCREASED. THE "3A" HPI | | PUMP AMPS INDICATED LOW, AND THE "3A" HPI PUMP WAS SECURED. | | | | THE LICENSEE SUSPECTS THAT THE LETDOWN STORAGE TANK LEVEL INDICATIONS ARE | | ERRONEOUS AND IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE AND DEVELOPING RECOVERY ACTIONS. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTORS ARE ON SITE. | | | | AT 1350, NRC HEADQUARTERS AND REGION 2 ENTERED THE MONITORING PHASE OF | | NORMAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE MODE. THE NRC RESPONSE COORDINATION TEAM MEMBER | | NOTIFIED FEMA (BAGWELL), DOE (DUNKIN), EPA (HUDSPETH), USDA (BICKERTON), | | AND HHS (RABB). | | | | AT 1504, THE LICENSEE DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO TWO OF THREE HPI | | PUMPS BEING INOPERABLE. THIS SITUATION IS A POTENTIAL DEGRADATION IN THE | | LEVEL OF SAFETY TO UNIT 3. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS OF THE DECLARATION OF THE | | UNUSUAL EVENT. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1900 ON 05/03/97 BY MacKINNON * * * | | | | AT 1900 ON 05/03/97, A COMMISSIONERS' ASSISTANTS BRIEFING WAS HELD. THE | | BRIEFER WAS CHUCK CASTO. PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED (* INDICATES OFFICE DID | | NOT PARTICIPATE): AEOD (BAILEY, ROSENTHAL, QUISSELL), JACKSON (LEE), | | ROGERS (FLEISHMAN), DICUS (LUBENAU), DIAZ (RADDATZ), McGAFFIGAN (BEALL), | | EDO (TRACY), DEDO (JORDAN), EAB (CHAFFEE, GOODWIN), NRR EO (WESSMAN), | | R2DO (CASTO), PAO (BEECHER), CAO (KEELING), SECY (*BATES), OSP (*BANGART), | | AND OIP (*HAUBER). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1500 ON 05/04/97 BY MacKINNON * * * | | | | AT 1445 ON 05/04/97, NRC HEADQUARTERS AND NRC REGION 2 EXITED THE | | MONITORING PHASE OF NORMAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE MODE AFTER THE LICENSEE | | SUCCESSFULLY RAN THE "3C" HPI PUMP TAKING SUCTION FROM THE BORATED WATER | | STORAGE TANK. THE OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R2DO (CASTO), IRD | | (BARRETT), FEMA (RISHE), DOE (DUNKIN), EPA (CHECKAN), USDA (BICKERTON) | | AND HHS (GRAY). | | | | AT 1500 ON 05/04/97, A COMMISSIONERS' ASSISTANTS BRIEFING WAS HELD. THE | | BRIEFER WAS CHUCK CASTO. PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED (* INDICATED OFFICE DID | | NOT PARTICIPATE): JACKSON (LEE), ROGERS (SORENSEN), DICUS (LUBENAU), | | DIAZ (RADDATZ), McGAFFIGAN (BEALL), NRR (MIRAGLIA), NRR EO (WESSMAN), | | EAB (CHAFFEE), PAO (BEECHER), OSP (BANGART), NRR PM (LaBARGE), SRI (SCOTT), | | REGION 2 (HOLLAND, CHRISTENSEN), AEOD (*ROSS, *BARRETT), OIP (*HAUBER), | | EDO (*TRACY), DEDO (*JORDAN), SECY (*HART), AND CAO (*COMBS). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1952 ON 05/05/97 BY LEGETTE TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE TERMINATED THE UNUSUAL EVENT AT 1946 ON 05/05/97. UNIT 3 IS | | IN MODE 5 (COLD SHUTDOWN) AND THE LPI PUMPS ARE CAPABLE OF INJECTING TO THE | | RCS IF NECESSARY. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THE | | NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE HOO NOTIFIED R2DO (CASTO), NRR EO (WESSMAN) | | AND FEMA (BAGWELL). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 32274 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/05/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:59 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 05/05/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 06:58[CDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/05/97 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |MARK RING RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |MIKE BELL, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICH BARRETT IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROD COOK | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NONR OTHER UNSPEC REQMNT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ONGOING HAZARDOUS MATERIAL RESPONSE DUE TO A RELEASE OF UF6 IN THE C-337 | | PROCESS BUILDING (1-HOUR REPORT PER ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE BASED UPON THE | | EXISTENCE OF AN EMERGENCY SITUATION AND THE NEED TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND | | SAFETY OF PLANT EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC) | | | | PADUCAH REPORTED A RELEASE OF UF6 IN THE C-337 PROCESS BUILDING, AND | | SHELTERING IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE WITHIN THIS BUILDING (i.e., CONTROL ROOM). | | AT THE TIME OF THIS NOTIFICATION, THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF UF6 ON THE | | GROUND FLOOR OR CELL FLOOR BASED UPON DREGGER TUBE SAMPLES, AND AN ENTRY | | TEAM IS CURRENTLY TRYING TO OBTAIN HIGH VOLUME AIR SAMPLES ON THE CELL | | FLOOR. NEGATIVE HIGH VOLUME AIR SAMPLES ARE REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR PADUCAH | | TO STAND DOWN FROM THE EMERGENCY. PADUCAH BELIEVES THAT THE LEAK HAS BEEN | | TERMINATED AND THAT IT WAS CONTAINED WITHIN THE C-337 PROCESS BUILDING. | | THERE WAS NO CRITICALITY CONCERN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT, AND NO | | PERSONNEL INJURIES WERE REPORTED. | | | | THE BUFFER FLOW ALARM WAS THE FIRST ALARM RECEIVED DURING THIS EVENT. AS A | | RESULT, PADUCAH BELIEVES THAT THE UF6 RELEASE WAS CAUSED BY BUFFER PRESSURE | | DECREASING BELOW THE SYSTEM PRESSURE INSIDE DRYER BUFFERED VALVES. THIS | | WOULD PERMIT UF6 TO LEAK PAST THE VALVE SEALS. APPARENTLY, UF6 DETECTION | | ALARMS WERE NOT RECEIVED, BUT AN OPERATOR SAW THE UF6 RELEASE AND EVACUATED | | THE AREA AS EXPECTED (PER THE SEE-AND-FLEE POLICY). THE TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION REQUIRED HOURLY FIRE PATROL HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED | | BECAUSE SHELTERING IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE WITHIN THE C-337 PROCESS BUILDING. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER WHEN THE HAZARDOUS | | MATERIAL RESPONSE SITUATION CHANGES. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |TRANSPORTATION EVENT | |EVENT NUMBER: 32275 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: ALARON CORPORATION, WAMPUM, PA |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/05/97 | | CITY: WAMPUM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:10 [ET]| | COUNTY: LAWRENCE STATE: PA |EVENT DATE: 05/05/97 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 10:08[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/05/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JIM TRAPP RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+PHIL BROCHMAN NMSS | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RANDY EASTON, PA BRP | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - ALARON CORP RECEIVED A CONTAMINATED SHIPMENT OF COMPONENTS FROM SPAIN - | | | | JOHN WALLACE, ALARON CORPORATION, WAMPUM, PA, NOTIFIED LIEF ERICKSON, | | CHEMTREC, WHO NOTIFIED RANDY EASTON, PA BUREAU OF RADIATION PROTECTION | | (BRP), THAT ALARON HAD RECEIVED A SHIPMENT OF COMPONENTS USED TO CLEAN | | STEAM GENERATORS. THE SHIPMENT ORIGINATED IN SPAIN AND WAS SHIPPED BY SHIP | | TO THE U.S. AND BROUGHT BY TRUCK TO ALARON. THE SHIPMENT WAS IN A SEALAND | | ISO CONTAINER AND CONSISTED OF THREE BOXES OF COMPONENTS. JOHN WALLACE IS | | THE POINT OF CONTACT AT ALARON. HE IS A CERTIFIED HEALTH PHYSICIST AND | | ALARON IS EXPERIENCED DEALING WITH RADIATION AND CONTAINMENT. | | | | ALARON OBSERVED DURING SURVEYS THAT THERE WAS LOOSE SURFACE CONTAMINATION | | IN THE SEALAND CONTAINER UP TO 100,000 CPM/100 SQ CM. PRELIMINARY | | INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE CONTAMINATION CONSISTS OF CO-60, CO-58, AND MN-54. | | THE CONTAMINATION INSIDE THE SHIPPING CONTAINER APPEARS TO HAVE COME FROM | | ONE OF THE PACKAGES INSIDE THE SHIPPING CONTAINER, EITHER AS A RESULT OF A | | DAMAGED GASKET ON THE PACKAGE OR DUE TO CONTAMINATION OF THE GASKET. | | | | THE SEAL ON THE SEALAND ISO SHIPPING CONTAINER IS THE ORIGINAL SEAL; THUS, | | THE CONTAINER HAD NOT BEEN OPENED IN THE U.S. PRIOR TO REACHING ALARON. | | | | THE SHIPPING CONTAINER HAS BEEN DECONTAMINATED BY ALARON. THE PACKAGE AND | | THE GASKET WHICH WAS THE SOURCE OF THE CONTAMINATION IS SECURED AT ALARON. | | THE CONTAINER DOES NOT POSE A DANGER TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. | | | | MR WALLACE HAS INFORMED NRC REGION 1 JOHN McGRATH ABOUT THIS SITUATION. | | | | NOTE: SEE THE OPERATIONS OFFICER LOG FOR TELEPHONE NUMBERS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32276 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FT CALHOUN REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/05/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:32 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 05/05/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:36[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RANDY MUELLER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/05/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOSEPH TAPIA RDO | |ADAS 50.72(b)(2)(i) DEG/UNANALYZED COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCOVERY THAT INSTRUMENT LOOP SPEED SENSING CIRCUIT ANALOG OUTPUT IS NOT | | ISOLATED FROM THE CONTROL ROOM/CABLE SPREADING ROOM. A FAULT IN THESE | | CABLES COULD RENDER THE DIESEL GENERATOR INOPERABLE. | | | | DURING A REVIEW OF THE EQUIPMENT CREDITED FOR CONTROL ROOM OR CABLE | | SPREADING ROOM FIRE SAFE SHUTDOWN, THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT INSTRUMENT | | LOOP YE-6148-DG-2 SPEED SENSING CIRCUIT ANALOG OUTPUT (ENGINE RPM | | TACHOMETER) IS NOT ISOLATED FROM THE CONTROL ROOM/CABLE SPREADING ROOM. | | AS SUCH, A FAULT IN THE TACHOMETER CIRCUIT OR CABLES COULD RENDER THE | | DIESEL SPEED SENSING CONTROL CIRCUITRY INOPERABLE, AS THE SPEED SENSING | | CIRCUITRY AND THE TACHOMETER CIRCUITRY ARE FED FROM A COMMON POWER SUPPLY. | | THE SPEED CIRCUIT PROVIDES AN ANALOG 0.0 TO 1.0 MILLIAMP (0 TO 1,500 RPM) | | SIGNAL TO PROVIDE ENGINE SPEED INDICATION ON THE ENGINE CONTROL PANEL, | | AI-133B (DG-2 LOCAL EXCITER/CONTROL PANEL) AND AI-30B IN THE CONTROL ROOM. | | THE SPEED SENSING CIRCUIT CONTROL FUNCTIONS ARE TO DISENGAGE THE AIR START | | MOTORS AT 40 RPM, OPEN THE DG-2 OUTSIDE AIR DAMPERS AT 100 RPM, AND FLASH | | THE GENERATOR FIELD AT 750 RPM. A FIRE IN THE CONTROL ROOM OR CABLE SPREAD | | ROOM COULD DAMAGE THE DIESEL DG-2 TACHOMETER CIRCUITRY AND ULTIMATELY | | RENDER THE DIESEL DG-2 INOPERABLE FOR THE PURPOSES OF MEETING | | 10 CFR PART 50, APPENDIX R, SECTION III.G.1.a. THIS SECTION REQUIRES THAT | | FIRE SAFE SHUTDOWN COMPONENTS BE ISOLATED FROM DAMAGE DUE TO A FIRE. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO PERFORM ACTIONS TO CORRECT THE DEFICIENCY BEFORE | | LEAVING COLD SHUTDOWN. THE LICENSEE ALSO PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32277 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: QUAD CITIES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/05/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:52 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 05/05/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:15[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: NORTON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/05/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ 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 Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | BOTH STANDBY GAS TREATMENT SUBSYSTEMS INOPERABLE DURING A TEST. | | | | FROM 2035 TO 2115 ON 05/04/97, BOTH STANDBY GAS TREATMENT (SBGT) SUBSYSTEMS | | WERE INOPERABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY DUE TO A BLOWN FUSE IN THE LOGIC FOR ONE | | OF THE SUBSYSTEMS. | | | | THE LICENSEE WAS CONDUCTING A TEST OF SBGT SYSTEM AUTOSTART LOGIC AT THE | | TIME OF THE EVENT. WHILE TECHNICIANS WERE TESTING THE 'A' SUBSYSTEM, | | THEY OBSERVED A SPARK ACROSS SEVERAL CONTACTS THAT THEY WERE TESTING FOR | | CONTINUITY, BUT DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE POTENTIAL FOR A PROBLEM. THEY THEN | | PROCEEDED TO TEST THE 'B' SUBSYSTEM WITHOUT REPORTED PROBLEMS. | | | | AFTERWARD, THE SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR REQUESTED THAT BOTH SUBSYSTEMS BE | | RETESTED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE SPARK HAD CAUSED ANY DAMAGE, AND A BLOWN | | FUSE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE LOGIC FOR THE 'A' SUBSYSTEM. A TECHNICIAN | | INTENDING TO REPLACE THE FUSE INADVERTENTLY REINSTALLED THE SAME FUSE. WHEN | | THE 'B' SUBSYSTEM WAS AGAIN TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR TESTING, THE | | 'A' SUBSYSTEM WAS SIMULTANEOUSLY OUT OF SERVICE DUE TO THE BLOWN FUSE | | IN ITS LOGIC. WHEN OPERATORS TESTED THE SBGT SYSTEM AUTOSTART LOGIC, | | THE 'A' SUBSYSTEM FAILED TO START. THE BLOWN FUSE HAS BEEN REPLACED, | | AND BOTH SBGT SUBSYSTEMS HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE. | | | | THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THIS EVENT TO BE REPORTABLE TO THE NRC AT 1315 ON | | 05/05/97. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 32278 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/05/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:20 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 05/04/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 22:15[CDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/05/97 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |MARK RING RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: UNDERWOOD | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |OCBB 76.120(c)(2)(ii) EQUIP DISABLED/FAILS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM DEFICIENCIES DISCOVERED IN THE C-315 BUILDING. | | | | AT 2215 ON 05/04/97, ADDITIONAL SPRINKLER SYSTEM DEFICIENCIES WERE | | IDENTIFIED AS A RESULT OF CONTINUING INSPECTIONS. IN THE C-315 TAILS | | WITHDRAWAL FACILITY, SPRINKLER HEADS WERE FOUND OBSTRUCTED AT THE SOUTHEAST | | CORNER OF THE WITHDRAWAL ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND ABOVE THE LUBE OIL | | DRAIN TANK. IN ADDITION, THE FLOOR COVERAGE IN THE AREA CONTROL ROOM IS | | INADEQUATE DUE TO AN OFFICE PARTITION ADDED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROOM. | | THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM WAS IMMEDIATELY DECLARED INOPERABLE AND HOURLY FIRE | | PATROLS WERE INITIATED AS REQUIRED BY TSR 2.3.4.8. | | | | THESE DEFICIENCIES ARE IN ADDITION TO THOSE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED IN EVENT | | REPORTS 32148, 32162, 32170, 32215, 32222, 32228, 32231, 32238, 32252 AND | | 32268. | | | | PADUCAH INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32279 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WATERFORD REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/05/97 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:55 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] CE |EVENT DATE: 05/05/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:00[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WEMETT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/05/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOSEPH TAPIA 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 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION REGARDING ITEM FOUND IN THE INTAKE STRUCTURE. | | | | WHILE CLEANING THE CIRCULATING WATER INTAKE STRUCTURE, THE LICENSEE FOUND | | AN UNMARKED 55-GALLON DRUM. THE DRUM HAD NUMEROUS PINHOLE LEAKS AND WAS | | PLACED INTO A CONTAINER TO CAPTURE THE LEAKAGE. THE LICENSEE CONTACTED | | THE U.S. COAST GUARD AND THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY | | REGARDING THIS INCIDENT. THE CONTENTS OF THE DRUM WILL BE SAMPLED AND THE | | MATERIAL WILL BE DISPOSED OF PROPERLY. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+