U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 10/06/97 - 10/07/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 33034 33035 33036 33037 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33034 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SEQUOYAH REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/06/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: TN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:25 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/06/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 05:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROBERT HAYES |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/06/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |EDWARD MCALPINE RDO | |AMED 50.72(b)(2)(v) OFFSITE MEDICAL | | |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 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORTED OFFSITE FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PRONOUNCED DEAD AT | | LOCAL HOSPITAL. | | | | AT 0515 EDT ON 10/6/97, A CONTAMINATED PERSON WAS TRANSPORTED FROM SEQUOYAH | | TO AN OFFSITE MEDICAL FACILITY FOR TREATMENT. THE INDIVIDUAL HAD COLLAPSED | | WHILE WORKING WITHIN A REACTOR COOLANT PUMP SEAL WATER INJECTION FILTER | | CUBICLE (A CONTAMINATION ZONE, BETWEEN 2,000 AND 30,000 DPM). DUE TO THE | | GRAVITY OF THE VICTIM'S CONDITION (NO HEARTBEAT OR RESPIRATION), HE WAS | | TRANSPORTED PRIOR TO BEING DECONTAMINATED. THE DESTINATION HOSPITAL (NORTH | | PARK, IN CHATTANOOGA) IS EQUIPPED TO TREAT CONTAMINATED PATIENTS. THE | | VICTIM'S CLOTHING WAS DETERMINED, AT THE HOSPITAL, TO BE CONTAMINATED (250 | | CPM); SEQUOYAH RADIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS, WHO WERE DISPATCHED TO THE | | HOSPITAL, ASSISTED IN MAKING THIS DETERMINATION. THE INDIVIDUAL WAS NOT | | CONTAMINATED. | | | | THE VICTIM WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL. | | | | IN ADDITION, THE SHOES AND CLOTHING WORN BY A SEQUOYAH EMERGENCY MEDICAL | | TECHNICIAN, WHO ACCOMPANIED THE VICTIM TO THE HOSPITAL, WERE ALSO | | DETERMINED TO BE CONTAMINATED (SHOES; 450 CPM, CLOTHING 200 CPM). ALL | | CONTAMINATED CLOTHING WORN BY BOTH PERSONS WAS RETURNED TO SEQUOYAH. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM LOCAL AGENCIES AND HAS INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR AND THE TENNESSEE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. THE LICENSEE | | PLANS A PRESS RELEASE IDENTIFYING A FATALITY ONSITE DUE TO A PRIOR MEDICAL | | CONDITION FOR INCLUSION IN THE OBITUARY COLUMN. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 33035 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: PYCO, INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/06/97 | | CITY: PENNDEL REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:32 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: PA |EVENT DATE: 10/06/97 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 00:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/06/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |GENE KELLY RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+VERN HODGE NRR | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WILLIAM SZARY | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |CCCC 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 10 CFR PART 21 REPORT - RTD ASSEMBLIES MANUFACTURED USING COVER MADE FROM | | ALUMINUM INSTEAD OF CAST IRON AS SPECIFIED. | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS TEXT FROM A FACSIMILE SUBMITTED BY THE VENDOR: | | | | "RTD [RESISTANCE TEMPERATURE DETECTOR] ASSEMBLIES WERE MANUFACTURED USING A | | SCREW COVER TERMINAL ENCLOSURE FABRICATED FROM ALUMINUM INSTEAD OF AN | | IDENTICAL APPEARING CAST IRON ENCLOSURE AS SPECIFIED ON THE ASSEMBLY | | DRAWING. | | | | NIAGARA MOHAWK RETURNED S/N 15007 TO PYCO FOR CALIBRATION VERIFICATION | | (RMA4040). THE NONCONFORMANCE WAS DISCOVERED DURING OUR IN-HOUSE RECEIVING | | INSPECTION OF CUSTOMER RETURNED MATERIALS ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1997. THE | | CALIBRATION VERIFICATION WAS COMPLETED ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1997 AND THE RTDs | | ARE WITHIN SPECIFICATION. VERBAL COMMUNICATION OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE | | NONCONFORMANCE WAS PROVIDED TO NIAGARA MOHAWK ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1997. SINCE | | TWO RTDs WERE MANUFACTURED IN SO#57985, PYCO INFORMED NIAGARA MOHAWK OF THE | | OTHER RTD ASSEMBLY (S/N 15006) THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED WITH AN | | ALUMINUM ENCLOSURE. PYCO REQUESTED NIAGARA MOHAWK TO INSPECT S/N 15006 AND | | ADVISE PYCO OF THEIR RESULTS FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION DEVELOPMENT, AS | | REQUIRED. | | | | BOTH THE ALUMINUM AND CAST IRON ENCLOSURES ARE APPROVED FOR USE IN NUCLEAR | | APPLICATIONS AS VERIFIED BY QUALIFICATION TESTS AND ARE ROUTINELY USED IN | | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS." | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33036 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SOUTH TEXAS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/06/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:41 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/06/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:15[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: VALAGURA |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/06/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN PELLET 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 77 POWER OPERATION | 12 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE TO MAKE PRESS RELEASE | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A FACSIMILE SUBMITTED BY THE LICENSEE: | | | | "DURING POWER ASCENSION TESTING FOLLOWING REFUELING OUTAGE 1RE07, 1 OF 6 | | MOISTURE SEPARATOR REHEATER STEAM RELIEF VALVES LIFTED WITH REACTOR POWER | | AT APPROXIMATELY 75% RATED THERMAL POWER. REACTOR POWER WAS SUBSEQUENTLY | | REDUCED TO APPROXIMATELY 12%, AT WHICH TIME THE RELIEF VALVE FULLY CLOSED. | | UNIT 1 IS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING PREPARATIONS TO REMOVE THE MAIN TURBINE | | GENERATOR FROM SERVICE TO EFFECT REPAIRS TO THE RELIEF VALVE. AT THE ONSET | | OF THE ANOMALY, ONE WORKER SLIPPED AND INJURED HIS LEG. THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS | | TRANSPORTED OFFSITE VIA SITE AMBULANCE AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. THIS | | REPORT IS BEING MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10CFR50.72(b)(2)(vi) BECAUSE A | | LOCAL RADIO STATION HAS CONTACTED THE SITE REGARDING THE EVENT, AND THE | | SITE MANAGEMENT IS PREPARING A PRESS RELEASE TO ADDRESS THE EVENT." | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33037 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: RIVER BEND REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/07/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 04:14 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 10/07/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 03:10[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GEORGE TURNER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/07/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | |BLAINE MURRAY IAT | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOST KEYS | | | | COMPENSATORY MEASURES HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY IMPLEMENTED. THE LICENSEE WILL | | NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR ADDITIONAL | | DETAILS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+