U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 11/06/97 - 11/07/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 33090 33214 33222 33223 33224 33225 33226 33227 33228 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33090 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PERRY REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/15/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: OH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:08 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 10/15/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 07:45[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MLACHAK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/06/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JIM MCCORMICKBARGER 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 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE PLANT DISCOVERED THE "B" EMERGENCY SERVICE WATER (ESW) PUMP FAILED TO | | START IN THE REQUIRED TIME FOLLOWING 2 LOOP/LOCA TESTING. | | | | A SURVEILLANCE PERFORMED ON 10/12/97 DETERMINED THAT THE "B" ESW PUMP | | FAILED TO START IN ITS SEQUENCE TIME REQUIREMENT. THE TEST IS USED TO | | VERIFY THAT SEQUENCE TIME IS WITHIN ñ10% OF DESIGN FOR EACH LOAD SEQUENCE | | TIMER ASSOCIATED WITH THE DIVISION I AND II DIESEL GENERATORS. THE ESW "B" | | PUMP SEQUENCE TIME WAS FOUND TO BE OUTSIDE OF THE 10% TOLERANCE BAND | | (REQUIREMENT IS <22 SECONDS, THE ACTUAL WAS 24.5 SECONDS). HOWEVER, IT WAS | | NOT RECOGNIZED AT THIS TIME THAT THE DGs WERE INOPERABLE. WHENEVER LESS | | THAN THREE DIESEL GENERATORS ARE OPERABLE, REQUIRED ACTIONS ARE TO BE TAKEN | | DURING MODES 1, 2, AND 3. | | | | IT WAS ALSO DISCOVERED, BASED ON THIS RECENT ISSUE, THAT A PREVIOUS | | SURVEILLANCE PERFORMED DURING REFUELING OUTAGE 5 IN 1996 ALSO RECORDED ESW | | "B" PUMP SEQUENCE TIME OUTSIDE THE ñ10% TS REQUIREMENT. THERE IS FIRM | | EVIDENCE TO BELIEVE THAT, AT A MINIMUM, THE PLANT WAS NOT OPERATED IN | | ACCORDANCE WITH TS 3.8.1, "AC SOURCES OPERATING," DURING THE LAST FUEL | | CYCLE. SPECIFICALLY, TS 3.8.1 CONDITION B, "ONE REQUIRED DG INOPERABLE," | | REQUIRED ACTIONS WERE NOT PERFORMED IN RESPONSE TO THE UNDISCOVERED | | CONDITION. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1605 ON 11/06/97 BY SCOTT DAVIS ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THIS EVENT, THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE | | ESW PUMP START TIME CIRCUITRY IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE A DIESEL GENERATOR | | "LOAD SEQUENCE TIMER" AND THAT THIS CONDITION WAS NOT OUTSIDE THE PLANT | | DESIGN BASIS NOR DID A LOSS OF SAFETY FUNCTION OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THIS | | CONDITION. THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE DIESEL GENERATOR REMAINED | | OPERABLE DURING THIS EVENT AND WAS NOT AFFECTED DURING THE PERIODS OF TIME | | THE OUT-OF-TOLERANCE CONDITION EXISTED. THEREFORE, THIS EVENT IS NOT | | CONSIDERED TO BE REPORTABLE TO THE NRC AND THUS, THE LICENSEE DESIRES TO | | RETRACT THIS EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R3DO MIKE JORDAN. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33214 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OCONEE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/05/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [3] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:25 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP,[3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/05/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:15[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DANNY DURHAM |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/06/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHUCK CASTO 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 | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 3 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PLANT SECURITY EVENT - | | | | UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY INTO VITAL AREA ON 10/30/97. IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY | | MEASURES TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1356 ON 11/06/97 BY TERRY KING ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | CORRECTED INFORMATION REGARDING UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY INTO VITAL AREA ON | | 10/30/97. REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR DETAILS. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE | | NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE OPERATIONS OFFICER INFORMED R2DO CHUCK OGLE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33222 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/06/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:16 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 11/06/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 06:20[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/06/97 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |MIKE JORDAN (R3) RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |FRED COMBS (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICH BARRETT IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN JORDAN | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4 HOUR NRCB 91-01 REPORT INVOLVING LOSS OF CRITICALITY CONTROL PARAMETERS. | | | | "REFERENCE PREVIOUS NRC EVENT REPORT #33207/PTS-1997-052, DATED 11/04/97, | | AND TITLED X-330/X-333 LOSS OF DOUBLE CONTINGENCY (RCW DRAIN VALVE FOUND | | CLOSED ON 14 CELLS). | | | | "WHILE PERFORMING CORRECTIVE ACTION FIELD VERIFICATION ACTIVITIES | | ASSOCIATED WITH THE ABOVE REFERENCED REPORT, X-333 CASCADE OPERATIONS | | IDENTIFIED ANOTHER CELL, #33-6-8, IN THE X-333 PROCESS BUILDING, TO HAVE | | THE RCW CONDENSER DRAIN VALVE CLOSED IN VIOLATION OF THE APPLICABLE NUCLEAR | | CRITICALITY SAFETY APPROVAL. | | | | "DURING THE INITIAL SELF ASSESSMENT OF REPORT #33207, A CASCADE OPERATOR | | AND A FIRST LINE MANAGER HAD INSPECTED THE VALVE ON CELL #33-6-8. THE | | VALVE HANDLE TURNED ABOUT 1/4-TURN AND WAS CONSIDERED OPEN. A "CAUTION | | TAG" WAS APPLIED TO THE HANDLE STATING "VALVE OPEN, DO NOT CLOSED, NCS | | CONCERN." | | | | "DURING FOLLOWUP SELF ASSESSMENT BY CASCADE OPERATIONS, WHICH INCLUDED A | | VALVE CLARITY CHECK, THE VALVE CLARITY COULD NOT BE VERIFIED. A VALVE | | ADJUSTMENT TOOL WAS APPLIED AND THE VALVE WAS FORCIBLY OPENED. | | | | "AS A RESULT OF THIS DISCOVERY, CASCADE OPERATIONS IN ALL THREE PROCESS | | BUILDING: X-326, X-330 AND X-333 ARE PERFORMING REVERIFICATION OF VALVE | | POSITIONS AND CLARITY ON ALL SHUTDOWN CELLS WHICH HAVE THE R-114 COOLANT | | REMOVED." ALSO SEE EVENT #33228 FOR A RELATED EVENT. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 33223 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: US CUSTOMS OFFICE, EL PASO, TX |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/06/97 | | CITY: EL PASO REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:52 [ET]| | COUNTY: EL PASO STATE: TX |EVENT DATE: 08/06/97 | |LICENSE#: 08-17447-01 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 12:00[CST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/06/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |LEANNE HARRISON (R1) RDO | | |DON COOL (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICH BARRETT IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SIRAJ KHAN |PHIL HARRELL (R4) RDO | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FILM BADGE INDICATED THAT A US CUSTOM AGENT RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 8000 MR. | | | | THE RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER FOR THE US CUSTOMS OFFICE MADE THE FOLLOWING | | REPORT: | | | | IN SEPTEMBER, 1997, A RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER (RSO) FOR THE US CUSTOMS | | OFFICE, WASHINGTON, DC, WAS CONTACTED BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF LANDAUER | | COMPANY, GLENWOOD, IL, THE COMPANY THAT PROCESSES CUSTOMS OFFICE FILM | | BADGES. LANDAUER DETERMINED THAT ONE OF THE PROCESSED FILM BADGES FROM | | THE EL PASO, TX, OFFICE HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO APPROXIMATELY 8,000 MILLIREM | | DURING AUGUST, 1997. THE RSO FLEW TO EL PASO AND INTERVIEWED THE AFFECTED | | CUSTOMS AGENT. THE AGENT STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN NEAR THE CONTRABAND | | MACHINE (WHICH CONTAINS A 1 CURIE CESIUM-137 SOURCE) ONLY THREE OR FOUR | | DAYS DURING AUGUST, 1997. THE AGENT STATED THAT HE HAD FOLLOWED PROPER | | PROCEDURES WHEN HE WAS NEAR THE MACHINE AND STAYED OUTSIDE THE MACHINE | | PERSONNEL ZONE LIMIT WHEN THE MACHINE WAS BEING OPERATED. | | | | THE RSO IS CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE FILM BADGE MAY BE | | DEFECTIVE. | | | | SEE THE HOO LOG BOOK FOR CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBERS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |TRANSPORTATION EVENT | |EVENT NUMBER: 33224 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: SYNCOR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/06/97 | | CITY: LINCOLN REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:15 [ET]| | COUNTY: TALLADEGA STATE: AL |EVENT DATE: 11/06/97 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 04:15[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/06/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |CHARLES OGLE RDO | | |CHARLEY HAUGHNEY EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CHRIS MASON, NAT RESP CTR |TOM TANNER DOE | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NTRA TRANSPORTATION EVENT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - 3 UNDAMAGED RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL PACKAGES EJECTED FROM AN OVERTURNED CAR - | | | | CHRIS MASON, DOT NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER (INCIDENT REPORT #410426), | | REPORTED THAT A DRIVER FOR SYNCOR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, BIRMINGHAM, | | AL, WAS DELIVERING RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS. THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING AT | | 55 MPH ON I-2O NEAR LINCOLN, AL, WHEN HIS CAR HYDROPLANED ON THE WET | | HIGHWAY AND OVERTURNED NEAR MILE MARKER #168. THREE OF FOUR RADIOACTIVE | | PHARMACEUTICAL PACKAGES WERE EJECTED FROM THE CAR. THE PACKAGES WERE NOT | | DAMAGED AND NO MATERIAL WAS RELEASED FROM THE PACKAGES. PACKAGE MARKINGS | | INCLUDED CHRIS CODE - NCC AND RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL - NOS. THE DRIVER WAS | | SLIGHTLY INJURED. THE LOCAL FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE ON THE SCENE | | AND CLOSED I-20 FOR ABOUT ONE HOUR. | | | | THE DOT NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER NOTIFIED THE FOLLOWING: STATE OF AL, | | DOE, EPA REGION 4, EPA OFFICE OF AIR AND RADIATION, AGCY TOXIC SUBSTANCE | | & DISEASE REGISTRY, ATSDR AL, OFFICE OF MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY, NOAA, | | NTSB HIGHWAY, AND RSPA OFFICE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. | | | | SEE HOO LOG FOR SYNCOR CONTACT NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33225 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/06/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:26 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/06/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:00[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEVE SAUER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/06/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LEANNE HARRISON 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 N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - ATWS BLOCKING SETPOINT SET NONCONSERVATIVELY - | | | | DURING A REVIEW OF THE ATWS MITIGATION SYSTEM ACTUATION CIRCUITRY (AMSAC) | | BLOCKING SETPOINT #C-20, THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE SETPOINT WAS | | NONCONSERVATIVELY SET. THE C-20 INTERLOCK SETPOINT WAS DETERMINED TO BE | | SET FOR 40% OF MAIN TURBINE IMPULSE PRESSURE CONTRARY TO THE LICENSING | | BASIS SETPOINT OF 40% OF REACTOR POWER AS STATED IN THE AMSEC SAFETY | | EVALUATION REPORT (SER). THE SETPOINT OF 40% OF MAIN TURBINE IMPULSE | | PRESSURE IS NONCONSERVATIVE COMPARED TO THE REACTOR POWER. | | | | IN WESTINGHOUSE WCAP-10858-A, ADDENDUM 1, THE VALUE OF THE C-20 INTERLOCK | | SETPOINT WAS REDUCED FROM 70% TO 40% REACTOR POWER TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF | | VOIDING IN THE REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM LOWER THAN PREDICTED AT 70% POWER. | | HOWEVER, THE WESTINGHOUSE ANALYSIS DEMONSTRATES THAT AMSAC IS NOT REQUIRED | | TO ACTUATE AT OR BELOW 70% REACTOR POWER TO LIMIT PEAK PRESSURE IN THE | | REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM (WHICH IS THE DESIGN BASIS FOR AMSAC). SINCE AMSAC | | IS ARMED BEFORE 70% REACTOR POWER, THE PLANT REMAINS WITHIN THE DESIGN | | BASIS. HOWEVER, THE SETPOINT OF 40% OF MAIN TURBINE IMPULSE PRESSURE DOES | | NOT CONFIRM TO THE LICENSING BASIS SPECIFIED IN THE SER. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS DETERMINING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND WILL NOTIFY LOCAL | | OFFICIALS. | | | | NOTE: SEE RELATED EVENTS #33132, #33205, AND 33217. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33226 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HOPE CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/06/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:21 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 11/06/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:25[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KURT KRUEGER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/06/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LEANNE HARRISON RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | |JIM WIGGINS, R1 IAT | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - PLANT SECURITY EVENT - | | | | SAFEGUARDS SYSTEM DEGRADATION RELATED TO PROTECTED AREA BOUNDARY. IMMEDIATE | | COMPENSATORY MEASURES TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR | | ADDITIONAL DETAILS. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33227 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BRAIDWOOD REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/06/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:15 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/06/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:00[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVE KRUCK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/06/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MIKE JORDAN 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 HOT STANDBY | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | -UNIT 2 COOLING DOWN DUE TO AN SI PUMP RELIEF VALVE LIFTING DURING A TEST- | | | | WITH UNIT 2 IN MODE 3 (HOT STANDBY) IN A REFUELING OUTAGE, THE LICENSEE | | WAS TESTING EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEM CHECK VALVES. DURING THIS TEST, | | A COMMON SAFETY INJECTION (SI) PUMP RELIEF VALVE (#2SI-8851) LIFTED WHILE | | RUNNING THE #2A SAFETY INJECTION PUMP. THE LICENSEE DECLARED BOTH TRAINS | | OF THE SAFETY INJECTION SYSTEM INOPERABLE. TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.0.3 | | REQUIRES THE LICENSEE TO PLACE UNIT 2 IN MODE 4 (HOT SHUTDOWN) WITHIN | | 6 HOURS WITH BOTH TRAINS OF THE SAFETY INJECTION SYSTEM INOPERABLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS COOLING UNIT 2 DOWN AND INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THIS | | EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33228 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/06/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:30 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 11/06/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 16:00[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/06/97 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |MIKE JORDAN RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |CHARLEY HAUGHNEY EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT IRB | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GREG BARCH | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | RECIRCULATING COOLING WATER (RCW) DRAINS FOUND PLUGGED UP WITH SLUDGE WHICH | | PREVENTED WATER FROM DRAINING FROM CELLS 31-3-10 AND 29-3-7. | | | | "REFERENCE PREVIOUS NRC EVENT REPORTS # 33207 AND # 33222. WHILE PERFORMING | | CONTINUING CORRECTIVE ACTION FIELD VERIFICATION ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH | | THE ABOVE REFERENCED REPORTS, X-330 CASCADE OPERATIONS IDENTIFIED CELLS | | 31-3-10 AND 29-3-7 WITH THE RCW CONDENSER DRAIN VALVE IN THE OPEN POSITION, | | BUT WITH SLUDGE BLOCKING THE CLARITY OF THE DRAIN LINE. AFTER REMOVING THE | | SLUDGE, APPROXIMATELY 0.5 GAL. OF WATER WAS DRAINED FROM 31-3-10, AND | | APPROXIMATELY 5 GAL. OF WATER WAS DRAINED FROM 29-3-7. THE R-114 COOLANT | | HAD BEEN REMOVED PRIOR TO THIS DISCOVERY. THE RCW CONDENSER DRAIN VALVE | | BLOCKAGE IS IN VIOLATION OF THE APPLICABLE NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY | | APPROVAL." | | | | THE CONCERN IS THAT RCW COULD ENTER THE R-114 COOLANT SYSTEM AND ULTIMATELY | | ALLOW A MODERATOR TO PASS INTO THE URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE SYSTEM. CONDENSER | | TUBE LEAKS AND R-114 COOLER TUBE LEAKS WOULD HAVE TO BE SIMULTANEOUSLY | | PRESENT FOR THIS FAILURE TO OCCUR. THEREFORE THE RCW CONDENSER MUST REMAIN | | DRAINED TO PREVENT A MODERATOR (RCW) FROM POSSIBLY ENTERING THE URANIUM | | HEXAFLUORIDE SYSTEM. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION | | | | NOTE: SEE RELATED EVENTS # 33207, # 33222. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+