U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 09/09/97 - 09/10/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 32728 32845 32862 32890 32892 32893 32894 32895 32896 32897 32898 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |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: 09/09/97 | |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). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1656 ON 09/09/97 BY JENNIFER YUNK ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | SUBSEQUENT TO THE ABOVE EVENT, THE LICENSEE FULLY REMOVED THE SEAL ON THE | | INNER CONTROL ROOM ACCESS DOOR #36043 AND PERFORMED A NORMAL TECH SPEC | | SURVEILLANCE POSITIVE PRESSURE TEST ON THE DOOR. THE LACK OF A SEAL DID | | NOT ADVERSELY IMPACT THE ABILITY OF THE CONTROL ROOM EMERGENCY VENTILATION | | (CREV) SYSTEM TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE PRESSURE BOUNDARY GREATER THAN THE | | ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA OF THE TEST, 0.25 INCHES WATER GAUGE. | | | | IN ADDITION, THE TEST DEMONSTRATED THAT THE OUTER IN-SERIES CONTROL ROOM | | ACCESS DOOR WAS CAPABLE OF MAINTAINING THE CONTROL ROOM BOUNDARY | | REQUIREMENTS BY ITSELF WITH THE INNER DOOR OPEN. | | | | THUS, THE LICENSEE DESIRES TO RETRACT THIS EVENT FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: | | 1. THE INNER CONTROL ROOM ACCESS DOOR SEAL DOES NOT IMPACT THE ABILITY OF | | THE CREV SYSTEM TO MEET TECH SPEC REQUIREMENTS, | | 2. THE OUTER CONTROL ROOM ACCESS DOOR PROVIDES AN ADEQUATE PRESSURE | | BOUNDARY AND WAS AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES DURING THIS EVENT, | | 3. THE AS-FOUND CONDITION OF THE DOOR SEAL WOULD NOT HAVE INTERFERED WITH | | THE PROPER CLOSURE OF THE DOOR, | | 4. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ARE IN PLACE WHICH DIRECT CONTROL ROOM | | PERSONNEL TO CLOSE WHICHEVER DOORS ARE NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN POSITIVE | | PRESSURE, AND | | 5. THE CREV SYSTEM WAS OPERABLE DURING ALL PHASES OF THIS EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R4DO BLAIR SPITZBURG. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32845 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: TURKEY POINT REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/29/97 | |UNIT: [3] [4] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:28 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] W-3-LP,[4] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/29/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:45[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ANDRE DALL'AU |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/09/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PAUL FREDRICKSON RDO | |AARC 50.72(b)(1)(v) OTHER ASMT/COMM INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 4 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - LOSS OF OFFSITE SIREN SYSTEM FOR UNKNOWN REASONS - | | | | AT 1450, THE LICENSEE CONFIRMED THE LOSS OF BOTH PRIMARY AND ALTERNATE | | RADIO REPEATER TRANSMITTERS MAKING ALL OF THE OFFSITE SIRENS INOPERABLE. | | | | AT 1600, THE TRANSMITTERS WERE RESET AND DECLARED OPERABLE, AND ALL OFFSITE | | SIRENS WERE TESTED SATISFACTORILY. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE LOSS OF THE TRANSMITTERS. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1039 ON 09/09/97 BY MOWREY ENTERED BY GOULD * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT, SINCE FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOWED | | THAT THE SIREN SYSTEM WAS NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DEGRADED. REPEATER #1 WAS | | VERIFIED TO BE AVAILABLE AFTER REPEATER #2 FAILED. THEREFORE, IF EITHER | | SIREN REPEATER SYSTEMS IS ABLE TO PERFORM ITS INTENDED FUNCTION, THE SIREN | | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IS CONSIDERED OPERATIONAL. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R2DO (BILL RANKIN). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 32862 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/03/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:52 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 09/02/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 13:45[EDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/09/97 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |JAMES CREED RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KURT SISLER | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NCFR NON CFR REPORT REQMNT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AUTOCLAVE #2 SHELL HIGH STEAM PRESSURE SHUTDOWN (24-HOUR REPORT) | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM PORTSMOUTH: | | | | "ON 9/2/97 AT 1345 HOURS, THE OPERATORS AT [THE] X-342A FEED VAPORIZATION | | AND FLUORINE GENERATION FACILITY RECEIVED AN AUDIBLE AND VISUAL ALARM | | INDICATING STEAM SHUTDOWN OF AUTOCLAVE #2. THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION | | REVEALED THAT THE AUTOCLAVE SHELL HIGH STEAM PRESSURE SHUTDOWN HAD | | ACTIVATED WITH A 22.0 PSIA READING FOR INTERNAL AUTOCLAVE HIGH PRESSURE. | | THE LIMITING CONTROL SETTING FOR AUTOCLAVE SHELL HIGH STEAM SHUTDOWN IS | | 22.45 ñ 2.0 PSIA. THE AUTOCLAVE CONTAINED A UF6 CYLINDER AND WAS IN MODE | | II (HEATING)." | | | | "AUTOCLAVE #2 WAS IMMEDIATELY SHUTDOWN AND DECLARED INOPERABLE AT 1345 | | HOURS. THERE WAS NO RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OR RADIOLOGICAL | | EXPOSURES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTUATION." | | | | "THE AUTOCLAVE SHELL HIGH PRESSURE STEAM SHUTDOWN IS A 'DEFENSE-IN-DEPTH' | | SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS THE UF6 CYLINDER HIGH TEMPERATURE AUTOCLAVE STEAM | | SHUTDOWN SYSTEM. THE HIGH STEAM PRESSURE SHUTDOWN SYSTEM CONSISTS OF | | PRESSURE SENSING CHANNELS AND TWO CHANNELS OF ISOLATION VALVES." | | | | PORTSMOUTH NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY | | SITE MANAGER. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1318 ON 09/09/97 BY KURT SISLER ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE RECLASSIFIED THIS EVENT AS A 24 HOUR NON-CFR REPORT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32890 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOK REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/08/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:57 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/08/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 20:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SAM PARTIN/MARY DePUYDT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/10/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARK RING RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |CECIL THOMAS, NRR EO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS |SULLIVAN FEMA | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS |RICHARD BARRETT IRD | |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 | 57 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 85 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - UE DECLARED & TS REQD S/D ON BOTH UNITS DUE TO INOPERABLE CONTAINMENTS - | | | | AS A RESULT OF ISSUES RAISED DURING THE ONGOING ARCHITECT/ENGINEER DESIGN | | INSPECTION, THE LICENSEE WAS REVIEWING THE DESIGN ASPECTS OF THE | | CONTAINMENTS (BOTH UNITS HAVE SIMILAR CONTAINMENTS). AFTER CONSULTING WITH | | THE NUCLEAR STEAM SUPPLY SYSTEM SUPPLIER (WESTINGHOUSE) THE LICENSEE | | DETERMINED THAT CONCERNS EXISTED ABOUT WHETHER ADEQUATE COMMUNICATION | | (FLOWPATHS) EXISTS BETWEEN THE ACTIVE AND INACTIVE PORTIONS OF THE | | CONTAINMENT SUMP. | | | | DURING CERTAIN SCENARIOS, THE VOLUME OF WATER FLOW BACK TO THE CONTAINMENT | | RECIRCULATION SUMP MAY NOT BE ADEQUATE TO SUPPORT LONG TERM EMERGENCY CORE | | COOLING (ECC) SYSTEMS (RHR SYSTEM, SAFETY INJECTION SYSTEM, CHARGING | | SYSTEM) OR CONTAINMENT SPRAY PUMP OPERATION DURING THE RECIRCULATION PHASE | | OF A LARGE OR SMALL BREAK LOCA. THE CONTAINMENT DRAINAGE SYSTEM IS | | DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT WATER ENTERING THE CONTAINMENT FROM THE BREACH IN | | THE REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM, ECC SYSTEMS INJECTION, AND ICE CONDENSER MELT | | FLOWS BACK INTO THE CONTAINMENT RECIRCULATION SUMP VIA DRAINS. LICENSEE | | ANALYSIS WAS UNABLE TO CONFIRM THAT SUFFICIENT COMMUNICATION EXISTED | | BETWEEN INACTIVE AND ACTIVE VOLUMES OF THE CONTAINMENT TO ENSURE ADEQUATE | | DRAINAGE TO THE RECIRCULATION SUMP. WITHOUT ADEQUATE DRAINAGE INTO THE | | SUMP, A LOW SUMP LEVEL WILL RESULT, WHICH JEOPARDIZES LONG TERM OPERATION | | OF THE ECC SYSTEMS AND CONTAINMENT SPRAY PUMPS DUE TO VORTEXING AND AIR | | ENTRAINMENT. | | | | AS A CONSERVATIVE MEASURE BECAUSE OF THESE CONCERNS, THE LICENSEE DECLARED | | BOTH TRAINS OF THE ECC SYSTEMS AND THE CONTAINMENT SPRAY SYSTEM INOPERABLE | | FOR BOTH UNITS AND ENTERED TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.0.3 TO SHUT DOWN BOTH UNITS. | | THE LICENSEE COMMENCED SHUTTING UNIT 1 DOWN FROM 100% POWER AT 1655 AND | | UNIT 2 DOWN FROM 100% POWER AT 1728. | | | | AT 2000, THE LICENSEE DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT ON BOTH UNITS DUE TO THE | | POTENTIAL LOSS OF CONTAINMENT BARRIER ON BOTH UNITS. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO PERFORM FURTHER ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF | | THE EXISTING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE PORTIONS OF THE SUMPS AND WHETHER | | PLANT MODIFICATIONS WILL BE NECESSARY. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR OF THE DECLARATION OF THE UNUSUAL EVENT. | | | | ***UPDATE @ 0311 EDT ON 09/10/97 BY TILLY TAKEN BY MACKINNON*** | | | | UNUSUAL EVENT TERMINATED AND EXITED AT 0303 EDT WHEN UNIT 1 ENTERED MODE 5 | | (COLD SHUTDOWN). UNIT 2 ENTERED MODE 5 AT 0015 EDT (COLD SHUTDOWN). | | R3DO(RING), NRR EO(BATEMAN) & FEMA (RISHE) NOTIFIED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THIS UPDATE BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32892 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SOUTH TEXAS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/09/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:19 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/09/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:13[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOE HESSLINE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/09/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | |B. SPITZBERG, DO/IAT R4 | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - PLANT SECURITY EVENT - | | | | SAFEGUARDS SYSTEM DEGRADATION RELATED TO ALARM ON VITAL DOOR. IMMEDIATE | | COMPENSATORY MEASURES NOT TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY AND COMPENSATORY MEASURES | | NOW FULLY IMPLEMENTED. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | REFER TO HOO LOG FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32893 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DRESDEN REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/09/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:16 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1,[2] GE-3,[3] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 09/09/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:36[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TOM CISCO |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/09/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARK RING 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | | | | | 3 | N Y 98 POWER OPERATION | 98 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - HPCI SYSTEM INOPERABLE DUE TO MECHANICAL INTERLOCK OUT OF ADJUSTMENT - | | | | AT 1236 (CDT), THE LICENSEE DECLARED THE UNIT 3 HIGH PRESSURE COOLANT | | INJECTION (HPCI) SYSTEM INOPERABLE DUE TO A MECHANICAL INTERLOCK FOUND OUT | | OF ADJUSTMENT. THIS MECHANICAL INTERLOCK PREVENTS THE HPCI SYSTEM FROM | | RESETTING UNTIL THE TURBINE MOTOR SPEED CHANGER IS AT THE LOW SPEED STOP. | | WITH THE INTERLOCK OUT OF ADJUSTMENT, THE TURBINE COULD ATTEMPT TO RESTART | | WHILE THE CONTROL VALVES ARE OPEN AND POSSIBLY DAMAGE THE SYSTEM. | | | | TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.5.a REQUIRES THE LICENSEE TO RESTORE THE HPCI SYSTEM TO | | OPERABLE STATUS WITHIN 14 DAYS OR SHUT UNIT 3 DOWN. THE LICENSEE VERIFIED | | THAT THE OTHER EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEMS ARE OPERABLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS ADJUSTING THE INTERLOCK AND WILL TEST THE SYSTEM. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 32894 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: MQS INSPECTION, INC |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/09/97 | | CITY: ELKGROVE VILLAG REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:03 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: IL |EVENT DATE: 09/08/97 | |LICENSE#: 12-00622-07 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 18:25[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/09/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |MARK RING RDO | | |SUSAN SHANKMAN, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: EARL BANFIELD | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |IBBE 30.50(b)(2)(i) ACCID MIT EQUIP FAILS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - UNDAMAGED SEALED SOURCE REMOVED FROM A DAMAGED GUIDE TUBE AT A JOBSITE - | | | | EMPLOYEES OF MQS INSPECTION, INC, ELKGROVE VILLAGE, IL, WERE RADIOGRAPHING | | A STORAGE TANK AT A NORCO PIPELINE COMPANY JOBSITE IN OREGON, OHIO. | | | | A COLLIMATOR SHIELD AND A GUIDE TUBE FOR A SEALED 31.2 CURIE IR-192 GAMMA | | SOURCE WAS ATTACHED TO A SETUP POSITIONING STAND AND THE SETUP STAND WAS | | MAGNETICALLY ATTACHED TO THE TANK. THE SETUP STAND CAME LOOSE FROM THE | | TANK AND FELL ONTO THE GUIDE TUBE, CRIMPING THE TUBE AND PREVENTING THE | | RETRACTION OF THE SOURCE BACK INTO THE SHIELDED CONTAINER BY NORMAL MEANS. | | | | THREE MQS INSPECTION RADIOGRAPHERS CUT THE GUIDE TUBE, REMOVED THE SPECIAL | | FORM SEALED SOURCE, AND PLACED THE UNDAMAGED SOURCE ASSEMBLY INTO A | | SHIELDED SOURCE CHANGER. | | | | THE THREE RADIOGRAPHERS RECEIVED 35, 50, AND 55 MR TOTAL WHOLE BODY DOSES | | AS INDICATED BY THEIR DIRECT READING POCKET DOSIMETERS. | | | | THERE WERE NO PERSONNEL INJURIES, NO PERSONNEL CONTAMINATION, AND NO | | EXPOSURES TO THE PUBLIC. THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE AND | | DETERMINING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS AND PLANS TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT TO | | THE NRC WITHIN 30 DAYS. | | | | REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR TELEPHONE NUMBERS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32895 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MCGUIRE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/09/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:04 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/06/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 21:45[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HUBERT DAMERON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/09/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WILLIAM RANKIN 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 HOT STANDBY | 0 HOT STANDBY | | 2 | N N 0 HOT STANDBY | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | -ALL 3 RCS PZR PORVs WERE INOPERABLE DURING THE DUAL UNIT TRIP ON 09/06/97- | | | | DURING THE LOSS OF NON-VITAL POWER TO BOTH UNITS AND THE SIMULTANEOUS TRIP | | OF BOTH UNITS AT 2145 ON 09/06/97 (EVENT #32883), ALL THREE REACTOR COOLANT | | SYSTEM (RCS) PRESSURIZER POWER OPERATED RELIEF VALVES (PORV) WERE INCAPABLE | | OF OPENING IN THE AUTOMATIC MODE, BUT WERE CAPABLE OF BEING OPENED BY PLANT | | OPERATORS IN THE MANUAL MODE. | | | | TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.4.4 REQUIRES THAT THE LICENSEE, WITHIN ONE HOUR, CLOSE | | THE ASSOCIATED PORV BLOCK VALVES AND REMOVE POWER TO THE BLOCK VALVES WHEN | | THE PORVs ARE INOPERABLE FOR REASONS OTHER THAN EXCESSIVE LEAKAGE. THE | | PORVs WERE INOPERABLE FOR 1 HOUR AND 5 MINUTES ON 09/06/97 AND THE LICENSEE | | DID NOT COMPLY WITH TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.4.4. | | | | AT 1545 ON 09/09/97, THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THIS EVENT IS REPORTABLE | | TO THE NRC. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THIS EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32896 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/09/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [3] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:03 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/09/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:38[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN DINELLI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/09/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN ROGGE RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 3 | N Y 3 STARTUP | 3 STARTUP | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | -BOTH MFW PUMPS TRIPPED DUE TO HIGH DISCHARGE PRESSURE DURING PLANT RESTART | | | | WHILE RESTARTING UNIT 3 AT 3% POWER, BOTH MAIN FEEDWATER (MFW) PUMPS | | TRIPPED DUE TO HIGH DISCHARGE PRESSURE WHICH RESULTED IN AN AUTOMATIC | | START SIGNAL TO BOTH MOTOR DRIVEN AUXILIARY FEEDWATER (AFW) PUMPS. | | | | HOWEVER, CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS MANUALLY STARTED BOTH MOTOR DRIVEN AFW | | PUMPS BEFORE THE AUTOMATIC START SIGNAL STARTED THE PUMPS. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE HIGH DISCHARGE PRESSURE | | ON THE MAIN FEEDWATER PUMPS. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32897 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: LIMERICK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/10/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:17 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 09/10/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:19[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WILLIAM MAGUIRE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/10/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 WATER CLEANUP (RWCU) ISOLATED | | | | UNIT 1 RWCU SYSTEM ISOLATED DUE TO A HIGH DIFFERENTIAL FLOW CONDITION IN | | THE SYSTEM. AT THE TIME IF THE ISOLATION, A RWCU FILTER DEMINERALIZER WAS | | BEING RETURNED TO SERVICE FOLLOWING MAINTENANCE. THE RWCU SYSTEM REMAINS | | ISOLATED WHILE THE CAUSE OF THE ISOLATION IS BEING INVESTIGATED. THE RWCU | | ISOLATION MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A PRESSURE SPIKE WHEN THE RWCU FILTER | | DEMINERALIZER WAS BEING RETURNED TO SERVICE, CAUSING A RELIEF VALVE ON THE | | RWCU SYSTEM TO OPEN AND THEN CLOSE. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32898 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/10/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [3] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 04:02 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/10/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 03:01[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEPHEN M SMITH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/10/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN ROGGE RDO | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 3 | A/R Y 7 STARTUP | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNEXPECTED REACTOR TRIP WHEN THE MAIN TURBINE TRIPPED DURING STARTUP | | TESTING. | | | | DURING PERFORMANCE OF A SURVEILLANCE TEST, 3PT-V06, "TURBINE GENERATOR | | MECHANICAL TRIP TEST" WHILE INSTALLING THE STABS ON 86P/86BU | | (PRIMARY/BACKUP) RELAYS FOLLOWING THE THRUST BEARING OIL PRESSURE PORTION | | OF THE TEST, A REACTOR TRIP OCCURRED. ALL RODS FULLY INSERTED INTO THE | | CORE. THE PLANT WAS AT A POWER LEVEL WHERE A TURBINE TRIP SHOULD NOT HAVE | | INITIATED A REACTOR TRIP (THAT IS, LESS THAN 8.5%). DURING THE COURSE OF | | THE REACTOR TRIP AND RECOVERY ALL SYSTEMS FUNCTIONED AS REQUIRED AND THE | | PLANT WAS STABILIZED AT HOT SHUTDOWN CONDITIONS. THE CAUSE OF THE REACTOR | | TRIP IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE OF THIS EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+