U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 04/09/97 - 04/10/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 32063 32064 32109 32111 32112 32113 32114 32115 32116 32117 32118 32119 32120 32121 32122 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32063 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/01/97 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:44 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/01/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:00[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CORNAX |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/09/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICH BARKLEY 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | GREATER THAN 10% OF THE ALERT NOTIFICATION SIRENS ARE INOPERABLE DUE TO | | STORM INDUCED POWER OUTAGES. | | | | DUE TO STORM INDUCED OUTAGES IN THE FOUR COUNTIES AROUND THE PLANT, GREATER | | THAN 10% OF THE ALERT NOTIFICATION SYSTEM SIRENS HAVE BEEN DECLARED | | INOPERABLE. THE INOPERABLE SIRENS ARE AS FOLLOWS: 30 OF 77 IN WESTCHESTER | | COUNTY, 9 OF 50 IN ROCKLAND, 9 OF 16 IN ORANGE AND 8 OF 10 IN PUTNAM | | COUNTIES. THIS IS DUE TO LOCAL POWER OUTAGES. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT POWER | | WILL BE RESTORED TO THE SIRENS IN 8 TO 12 HOURS. ALL COUNTY EMERGENCY | | MANAGEMENT DIRECTORS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. BACKUP ROUTE ALERTING PLANS HAVE | | BEEN IMPLEMENTED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE OF THIS EVENT. | | | | * * * UPDATE ON 04/09/97 @ 0759 EDT BY SAZINO TAKEN BY MACKINNON * * * | | | | AT 0721 EDT THE LICENSEE WAS NOTIFIED THAT MORE THAN 90% OF THE ALERT | | NOTIFICATION SIRENS IN ALL FOUR SURROUNDING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO | | SERVICE. R1DO (NOGGLE) NOTIFIED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32064 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/01/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [3] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:56 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/01/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:57[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVIS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/09/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICH BARKLEY 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | POSSIBLY UP TO 30% OF THE ALERT NOTIFICATION SIRENS ARE INOPERABLE DUE TO | | STORM INDUCED POWER OUTAGES. | | | | THE CONTROL ROOM WAS NOTIFIED BY CONSOLIDATED EDISON THAT POSSIBLY UP TO | | 30% OF THEIR ALERT NOTIFICATION SIRENS WERE INOPERABLE DUE TO STORM INDUCED | | POWER OUTAGES. CONSOLIDATED EDISON IS TAKING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO RESTORE | | POWER TO THE INOPERABLE SIRENS. THE TIME WHEN ALL SIRENS WILL BE RESTORED | | TO SERVICE HAS NOT YET BEEN IDENTIFIED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE OF THIS EVENT. | | | | ***UPDATE 4/9/97 @ 1607 BY CHAUBORD TO GOULD*** | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT MORE THAN 90% OF THEIR EMERGENCY SIRENS ARE BACK | | IN SERVICE AS OF 1920 ON 4/8/97. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. THE HOO NOTIFIED R1DO JIM NOGGLE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32109 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MCGUIRE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/08/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:20 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/08/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:25[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SUSLICK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/09/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MILTON SHYMLOCK RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |JOHN ZWOLINSKI EO | | |CALDWELL FEMA | | |STUART RUBIN IRD | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE REPORTED UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY INTO THE PROTECTED AREA BY TWO | | TERMINATED VENDOR EMPLOYEES. COMPENSATORY MEASURES TAKEN WITHIN 10 MINS OF | | DISCOVERY. SEE LOG FOR DETAILS. THE NOUE WAS TERMINATED AT 1925. THE | | RESIDENT, STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES WERE NOTIFIED. | | | | HOO NOTE: SEE EVENT #32108. | | | | ***UPDATE ON 4/9/97 @ 1632 FROM CROSS TO GOULD*** | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT SINCE THE INDIVIDUALS STATED THAT | | THEY RETURNED TO THE SERVICE BUILDING LOCKER ROOM, WHICH IS IN THE | | PROTECTED AREA, TO RETRIEVE PERSONAL ITEMS. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE TO | | SUGGEST THAT THE TERMINATED(ONE FOR POOR WORK PERFORMANCE AND THE OTHER | | VOLUNTARILY QUIT) EMPLOYEES HAD ANY MALICIOUS INTENT TO HARM PLANT | | EMPLOYEES OR DAMAGE PLANT EQUIPMENT. THE INDIVIDUALS DID NOT ENTER ANY | | VITAL AREAS OF THE PLANT AND WERE REMOVED WITHIN 9 MINS BY SECURITY. THE | | RESIDENT WILL BE INFORMED. | | | | THE HOO NOTIFIED R2DO SKINNER AND NRR EO ZWOLINSKI. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 32111 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/09/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:12 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 04/09/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 02:12[EDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/09/97 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |JOHN MADERA RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |JOHN GREEVES (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOE HALCOMB | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |PAAA 95.57(b) LOSS OF CLASSIFIED INFO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MISSING CLASSIFIED CASCADE OPERATING PROCEDURE | | | | AT 0210 EDT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A WORKING COPY OF A CLASSIFIED CASCADE | | OPERATING PROCEDURE COULD NOT BE LOCATED. AN IMMEDIATE SEARCH FOR THE | | PROCEDURE WAS INITIATED AND IS CONTINUING AT THIS TIME. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE OF THIS EVENT. | | | | ***UPDATE ON 4/9/97 @ 1911 BY MAY TO GOULD*** THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING | | THIS EVENT BECAUSE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CLASSIFIED PROCEDURE IN | | QUESTION HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE APPROVED REPOSITORY. NO COMPROMISE OR | | POSSIBLE COMPROMISE OF NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION AND/OR RESTRICTED DATA | | OCCURRED. THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED. NOTIFIED THE REG RDO | | (MADERA), NNSS EO(GREEVES) AND IRD(BARRETT). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 32112 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: UNIVERSAL ENGINEERING |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/09/97 | | CITY: COCOA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:09 [ET]| | COUNTY: BREVARD STATE: FL |EVENT DATE: 04/09/97 | |LICENSE#: 1136-4 (FL) AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 07:30[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/09/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |PIERCE SKINNER RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CHARLIE ADAMS | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOST TROXLER GAUGE DURING TRANSPORT. | | | | A TROXLER DENSITY GAUGE, MODEL 3411B, CONTAINING 8 mCi Cs-137 AND 40 mCi | | Am241-Be FELL OFF THE BACK OF A TRUCK ON HIGHWAY 520 IN COCOA, FL. THE | | LICENSEE, UNIVERSAL ENGINEERING LOCATED AT 820 BREVARD AVE IN ROCKLEDGE, | | FL. 32955 NOTIFIED THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. THERE | | IS AN ACTIVE SEARCH UNDERWAY AT THIS TIME. | | | | RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER (INCIDENT REPORT | | #383059) AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA. | | | | * * * UPDATE ON 04/09/97 @ 0947EDT BY ADAMS TAKEN BY MACKINNON * * * | | | | TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE WAS FOUND ON THE CORNER OF US 1 AND ORANGE | | AVENUE IN ROCKLEDGE, FL. THE OWNER HAS TAKEN POSSESSION OF THE TROXLER | | MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE. THE STATE OF FLORIDA ITEM ORIGIN NUMBER FOR THIS | | EVENT IS FL-97-37. R2DO (PIERCE SKINNER) NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32113 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/09/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:30 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/09/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:51[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: R DONOVAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/09/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JIM NOGGLE RDO | |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 N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DURING TESTING OF THE REACTOR VESSEL WATER LEVEL CHANNELS SEVERAL | | UNEXPECTED ACTUATIONS OCCURRED. | | | | DURING TESTING OF THE REACTOR VESSEL WATER LEVEL, CHANNELS "A" & "B" | | ACTUATED ON LOW & LOW-LOW REACTOR VESSEL WATER LEVEL SIGNALS (1 OUT OF 2 | | TAKEN TWICE TO ACTUATE). THE CONTAINMENT ISOLATION VALVES FOR REACTOR WATER | | CLEANUP, SHUTDOWN COOLING (NO FUEL IN THE CORE), ATMOSPHERIC CONTROL SYSTEM | | AND THE HYDROGEN OXYGEN PRIMARY CONTAINMENT MONITOR ISOLATED. THE GAS | | TURBINE STARTED BUT THE EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR DID NOT START BECAUSE IT | | IS OUT OF SERVICE. OTHER SYSTEMS DID NOT ACTUATE BECAUSE THEY ARE EITHER | | TAGGED OUT OF SERVICE OR BYPASSED. ALL SYSTEMS THAT ACTUATED ARE BEING | | RETURNED TO THEIR NORMAL LINEUP. SPENT FUEL POOL COOLING WAS NOT AFFECTED | | BY THIS EVENT. THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THIS EVENT. THE STATE AND | | LOCAL COUNTY OFFICIALS WERE NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32114 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: QUAD CITIES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/09/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:37 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 04/09/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:30[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KEVEN CRAVENS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/09/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN MADERA RDO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS |ED GOODWIN EO | |AINB 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(B) POT RHR INOP |RICH 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 | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - CRACKED AUX SWITCHES ON 4-KV RHR SERVICE WATER PUMP CIRCUIT BREAKERS - | | | | THE LICENSEE IS REPLACING AT LEAST 12 4-KV CIRCUIT BREAKERS DUE TO CRACKED | | ASSOCIATED AUXILIARY SWITCHES ON UNIT 2 WHICH IS DEFUELED IN A REFUELING | | OUTAGE. THESE SWITCHES WILL BE REPLACED PRIOR TO UNIT 2 RESTART PRESENTLY | | SCHEDULED FOR 05/01/97. | | | | BECAUSE OF THIS SITUATION, THE LICENSEE INSPECTED SIMILAR CIRCUIT BREAKERS | | ON UNIT 1 WHICH IS PRESENTLY OPERATING AT 100% POWER. THE LICENSEE | | DISCOVERED THAT THE ASSOCIATED AUXILIARY SWITCHES ON THE 4-KV AMHG CIRCUIT | | BREAKERS INSTALLED ON BUSES #13 AND #14, WHICH INCLUDE ALL FOUR RHR SERVICE | | WATER PUMP CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND OFFSITE POWER DISTRIBUTION CIRCUIT | | BREAKERS, ALSO CONTAIN CRACKS. THUS, THE LICENSEE ADMINISTRATIVELY | | DECLARED BOTH RHR SERVICE WATER SUBSYSTEMS INOPERABLE, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE | | FUNCTIONAL. | | | | TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.8.A, ACTION 1.d REQUIRES THE LICENSEE TO SHUT UNIT 1 | | DOWN WITH BOTH RHR SERVICE WATER SUBSYSTEMS INOPERABLE. CONTROL ROOM | | OPERATORS ARE SHUTTING UNIT 1 DOWN FROM 100% POWER TO COLD SHUTDOWN | | CONDITION IN ORDER TO REPLACE THE BREAKERS. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32115 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/09/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:49 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/09/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:20[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DON JACKSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/09/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JAMES NOGGLE 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 | | 2 | N N 0 | 0 | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FIRE PROTECTION DAMPER CONTROL RELAYS MAY FAIL DURING DESIGN BASIS EVENT | | | | ON 04/09/97, THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT THE SWITCHGEAR VENTILATION SYSTEM | | CO-2 FIRE PROTECTION DAMPER CONTROL RELAYS MAY FAIL NON-CONSERVATIVELY | | DURING A DESIGN BASIS EVENT. DURING CERTAIN DESIGN BASIS ACCIDENT | | SCENARIOS, POWER WOULD BE LOST TO THE RELAYS CAUSING THE DAMPERS TO CLOSE. | | CLOSURE OF THE DAMPERS WOULD CAUSE A LOSS OF VENTILATION EXHAUST FROM | | THE 64 FOOT AND 84 FOOT SWITCHGEAR ELEVATIONS, AND COULD CAUSE AREA | | TEMPERATURES TO EXCEED DESIGN LIMITS. THIS WOULD PRESENT A COMMON MODE | | FAILURE MECHANISM SINCE ALL VITAL SWITCHGEAR FOR THE RESPECTIVE UNIT IS | | LOCATED IN THESE AREAS. | | | | THIS EVENT IS BEING REPORTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10CFR50.72(B)(2)(i) AS AN | | EVENT FOUND WHILE THE REACTOR WAS SHUT DOWN THAT, HAD IT BEEN FOUND WHILE | | THE REACTOR WAS IN OPERATION, WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN THE NUCLEAR PLANT, | | INCLUDING ITS PRINCIPAL SAFETY BARRIERS, BEING SERIOUSLY DEGRADED OR BEING | | IN AN UNANALYZED CONDITION THAT SIGNIFICANTLY COMPROMISED PLANT SAFETY. | | | | UNIT 2 IS CURRENTLY IN MODE 5 AND THE SWITCHGEAR VENTILATION SYSTEM IS | | CONSIDERED OPERABLE BUT DEGRADED. UNIT 1 IS DEFUELED AND THE SWITCHGEAR | | VENTILATION SYSTEM IS INOPERABLE. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE CURRENTLY BEING | | TAKEN TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE PRIOR TO RESTART OF EITHER UNIT. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND LOCAL (LAC | | TOWNSHIP) OFFICIALS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32116 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DUANE ARNOLD REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/09/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:58 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 04/09/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:53[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: EDOM |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/09/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN MADERA 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 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE STATE OF IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | | THAT THEY WERE OUTSIDE THEIR pH LIMITS FOR DISCHARGE INTO THE CEDAR RIVER. | | | | THEY HAD A PROBLEM WITH THEIR ACID FEED SYSTEM, WHICH IS USED TO NEUTRALIZE | | THE RIVER WATER FOR MAKEUP, TO THEIR CIRC WATER SYSTEM. THE AMOUNT OF ACID | | FED INTO THE SYSTEM WAS GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN | | ADDED, AND THAT RESULTED IN A LOW pH(4.09) CONDITION. THE NORMAL pH IS | | APPROXIMATELY 7 WITH THE LIMITS RANGING BETWEEN 6-9. THEY CURRENTLY DO NOT | | KNOW THE AMOUNT THAT WAS DISCHARGED TO THE CEDAR RIVER. THE RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32117 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: KEWAUNEE REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/09/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:35 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/09/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:10[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JAY DRESSEN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/09/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN MADERA 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 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - UNANALYZED CONDITION WHILE FILLING SAFETY INJECTION ACCUMULATORS - | | | | AT 1410 (CDT), WITH THE PLANT SHUTDOWN IN A REFUELING OUTAGE, THE LICENSEE | | DISCOVERED THAT AN UNANALYZED CONDITION EXISTS DURING SAFETY INJECTION | | ACCUMULATOR FILLING OPERATIONS WHEN THE SAFETY INJECTION SYSTEM IS REQUIRED | | TO BE OPERABLE. | | | | WHEN APPLYING SINGLE FAILURE CRITERIA ASSUMPTIONS DURING A LARGE BREAK LOSS | | OF COOLANT ACCIDENT COINCIDENT WITH ACCUMULATOR FILLING, A SINGLE SAFETY | | INJECTION PUMP WILL GO TO RUNOUT CONDITIONS. THIS COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT | | IN A LOSS OF THE ONLY AVAILABLE SAFETY INJECTION PUMP. | | | | THIS CONDITION WILL BE EVALUATED AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED | | PRIOR TO THE SYSTEM REQUIRED TO BE OPERABLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32118 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/09/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:38 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/09/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HURSEY/OLSEN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/09/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JAMES NOGGLE 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE REPORTED A CONDITION INVOLVING BREAKER COORDINATION PROBLEMS | | ON THE 125VDC SYSTEM. | | | | ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS REVEALED SEVERAL BREAKER TO BREAKER | | MIS-COORDINATIONS. ONE CONCERN IS THE MIS-COORDINATION BETWEEN BREAKERS | | "101A-30"(NORMAL) OR "101B-29"(EMERGENCY) AND THE PANEL "11-A" BREAKERS. | | ALSO, "101A-31"(NORMAL) OR "101B-30"(EMERGENCY) AND PANEL "11A-2 BREAKERS | | MAY NOT COORDINATE. BOTH OF THESE PANELS SUPPLY SAFETY AND NON-SAFETY | | RELATED LOADS. THEREFORE, THE FAILURE OF ONE NON-SAFETY RELATED COMPONENT | | ON EACH BUS COULD TRIP THE UPSTREAM SAFETY RELATED FEEDER BREAKER. THIS | | WOULD PREVENT MANY SAFETY RELATED LOADS ON PANELS "11A-1" AND "11A-2" FROM | | PERFORMING THEIR SAFETY RELATED FUNCTION, WHICH IS A HIGHLY UNDESIRABLE | | CONDITION. THE OTHER MIS-COORDINATIONS DEAL EXCLUSIVELY WITH NON-QA | | CIRCUITS. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 32119 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/09/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:11 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 04/09/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 10:45[EDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/09/97 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |JOHN MADERA RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |JOHN GREEVES EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MAY | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |OCBB 76.120(c)(2)(ii) EQUIP DISABLED/FAILS | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE HIGH | | PRESSURE FIRE WATER SYSTEMS HAD NOT BEEN MET. | | | | ON 4/9/97 @ 1045 IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TSR SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS | | FOR THE HIGH PRESSURE FIRE WATER SYSTEMS IN THE X-326, X-330 AND X-333 | | FACILITIES HAD NOT BEEN MET. THESE DEFICIENCIES HAD BEEN ONGOING SINCE | | 3/3/97. SINCE THAT TIME THESE FACILITIES HAD BEEN OPERATED IN MODES WHICH | | REQUIRE THE HIGH PRESSURE FIRE WATER SYSTEM TO BE OPERABLE. THE REQUIRED | | ACTIONS UNDER THE HIGH PRESSURE FIRE WATER SYSTEM LIMITING CONDITIONS FOR | | OPERATIONS WERE NOT TAKEN UNTIL 4/9/97. THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN RESTORED TO | | OPERABLE CONDITION. THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 32120 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/09/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:11 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 04/09/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 14:30[EDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/09/97 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |JOHN MADERA RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |JOHN GREEVES EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MAY | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ON 4/8/97 @ 1454 A CONDENSATE HIGH LEVEL ALARM ACTUATED ON AUTOCLAVE #3, | | LEVEL PROBE "A", IN THE X-344 FACILITY. THE ALARM CLEARED WITHOUT OPERATOR | | ACTION AND THE REDUNDANT CHANNEL, PROBE "B", DID NOT ACTUATE. THE ALARM | | WAS DETERMINED TO BE DUE TO FAILURE OF PROBE "A". PROBE "A" WAS DECLARED | | INOPERABLE AND SINGLE CHANNEL OPERATIONS OF THE AUTOCLAVE CONTINUED IN MODE | | IV IN ACCORDANCE WITH TSR 2.1.3.7. UPON COMPLETION OF THIS OPERATION CYCLE | | THE AUTOCLAVE WAS SHUTDOWN. THEY VERIFIED THE OPERABILITY OF THE PROBES | | AND ON 4/9/97 @ 1430 IT WAS DETERMINED THAT PROBE "A" HAD NOT FAILED | | BECAUSE A VALID SAFETY SYSTEM ACTUATION HAD BEEN CAUSED BY A PARTIALLY | | PLUGGED CONDENSATE LINE. THE STRAINER IN THE CONDENSATE LINE HAS BEEN | | CLEANED. THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 32121 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/10/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:37 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 04/09/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 17:36[CDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/10/97 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |JOHN MADERA RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |GREEVES (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICH BARRETT (IRD) AEOD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: W. G. HALICKS | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |OCBB 76.120(c)(2)(ii) EQUIP DISABLED/FAILS | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SIX FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS DECLARED INOPERABLE. ROVING FIRE WATCHES | | INITIATED. | | | | DURING WALKDOWNS OF SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN C-331 AND C-333 (PROCESS | | BUILDINGS) ON 04/09/97, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT SIX SYSTEMS (C-331 SYSTEMS | | 13 AND 17; C-333 SYSTEMS A-2, B-1, B-13, AND C-5) DID NOT HAVE FLOW | | RESTRICTING ORIFICES INSTALLED IN THE INSPECTOR TEST VALVE (ITV) | | CONNECTIONS AS REQUIRED BY NFPA (NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION) | | 13-1989, SECTION 3-4.1.1. THIS FLOW RESTRICTION IS USED TO SIMULATE FLOW | | THROUGH A SINGLE SPRINKLER HEAD DURING THE SYSTEM'S ANNUAL TSR | | SURVEILLANCE. WITH WATER FLOW THROUGH THE ITV CONNECTION, A FLOW ALARM IS | | REQUIRED TO BE RECEIVED WITHIN 90 SECONDS IN THE CENTRAL CONTROL FACILITY | | (CCF). THE ANNUAL TSR SURVEILLANCES PERFORMED ON THESE SYSTEMS WERE | | DETERMINED TO BE INVALID SINCE THE FLOW RESTRICTION WAS NOT INSTALLED IN | | THE ITV CONNECTIONS. THE SYSTEMS WERE DECLARED INOPERABLE AND THE REQUIRED | | TSR LCO ACTIONS INITIATED (HOURLY ROVING FIRE WATCHES). FLOW RESTRICTIONS | | WILL BE INSTALLED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32122 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BROWNS FERRY REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/10/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: AL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:16 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4,[3] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 04/10/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:00[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: R NACOSTE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/10/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PIERCE SKINNER RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | |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 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HIGH PRESSURE COOLANT INJECTION (HPCI) DECLARED INOPERABLE FOR 12 MINUTES. | | | | AT 0100 CDT THE HPCI SYSTEM ISOLATED INADVERTENTLY DURING THE PERFORMANCE | | OF ITS SURVEILLANCE TEST (3-SI-4.2.BFT - HPCI SYSTEM STEAM SUPPLY PRESSURE | | LOW FLOW TEST). THE ISOLATION CONSISTED OF CLOSURE OF 3-FCV-73-2, HPCI | | STEAM LINE INBOARD ISOLATION VALVE AND 3-FCV-73-3, HPCI STEAM LINE OUTBOARD | | ISOLATION VALVE. HPCI WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE FOR 12 MINUTES AND DURING | | THIS TIME PERIOD TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.5.e (7 DAYS TO RETURN TO | | SERVICE) WAS ENTERED. ALL OTHER EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEMS AND THE | | EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS WERE FULLY OPERABLE. | | THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING WHY HPCI STEAM LINE INBOARD AND OUTBOARD | | ISOLATION VALVES CLOSED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+