U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 07/10/97 - 07/11/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 32604 32605 32606 32607 32608 32609 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 32604 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: A.G. WASSENAAR |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/10/97 | | CITY: DENVER REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:49 [ET]| | COUNTY: DENVER STATE: CO |EVENT DATE: 07/10/97 | |LICENSE#: CO-212-01 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 08:25[MDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/10/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |IAN BARNES RDO | | |Dr COOL (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+ROBERTA WARREN (IAT) NMSS | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HACKNEY/PENTECOST |FRANK CONGEL (IRD) AEOD | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE STOLEN FROM THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK. | | | | CHARLES HACKNEY OF NRC REGION 4 OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED BY BOB QUILLIN, | | DIRECTOR OF LABORATORY & RADIATION SERVICES DIVISION (DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH | | & ENVIRONMENT) FOR THE STATE OF COLORADO OF THE FOLLOWING EVENT. THE | | HEADQUARTERS OPERATIONS OFFICER THEN CALLED MR. THOMAS PENTECOST OF THE | | STATE OF COLORADO FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. | | | | A TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE, LOCKED IN THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK, WAS | | STOLEN FROM THE TRUCK WHILE IT WAS UNATTENDED FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. THE | | DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WENT INTO A HARDWARE STORE FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND | | WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE TRUCK HE FOUND THAT THE PADLOCK TO THE CHAINED | | SHIPPING CASE HAD BEEN CUT BY A CHAIN CUTTER AND THE GAUGE WAS MISSING. THE | | GAUGE IS MODEL NUMBER #3440 AND ITS SERIAL NUMBER IS #26079. THE DENSITY | | GAUGE CONTAINED 9 mCi OF CESIUM-137 AND 44 mCi OF AMERICIUM-241/BERYLLIUM. | | THE STATE OF COLORADO PLANS TO NOTIFY LOCAL NEWS MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS THAT A | | TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE CONTAINING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS HAS BEEN | | STOLEN. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32605 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BEAVER VALLEY REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/10/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:06 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/10/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:45[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: A. W. HARTNER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/10/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PETER ESELGROTH 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THREE CONTAINMENT PENETRATIONS DO NOT MEET UNIT 1 UPDATED FINAL SAFETY | | ANALYSIS REPORT REQUIREMENTS. | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A FACSIMILE SUBMITTED BY THE LICENSEE: | | | | "DURING A REVIEW OF THE UNIT 1 CONTAINMENT ISOLATION VALVE TABLE IT WAS | | DISCOVERED THAT 3 CONTAINMENT PENETRATIONS (#42,45,47) DO NOT MEET THE UNIT | | 1 UFSAR REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTAINMENT ISOLATION VALVES. THE UNIT 1 UFSAR | | DESCRIBES THAT WEIGHT AND SPRING LOADED CHECK VALVES USED FOR CONTAINMENT | | ISOLATION ARE DESIGNED TO REQUIRE A D/P ACROSS THE VALVE IN THE NORMAL FLOW | | DIRECTION EXCEEDING THE EXPECTED POST DBA D/P BETWEEN ATMOSPHERE AND THE | | CONTAINMENT (ABOUT 1.2 psi) IN ORDER TO OPEN. AS A RESULT LEAKAGE INTO | | CONTAINMENT THROUGH INCOMING LINES WITH CHECK VALVES INSIDE CONTAINMENT | | CAUSED BY PASSIVE FAILURES OF SUCH LINES BETWEEN THE CONTAINMENT | | PENETRATION AND THE OUTSIDE ISOLATION IS PREVENTED. CHECK VALVES 1SA-15, | | 1IA-91, AND 1RC-72 ARE CONTAINMENT ISOLATION VALVES PER UFSAR TABLE 5.3-1A | | AND ARE INSTALLED IN CONTAINMENT PENETRATIONS 42, 47, AND 45 RESPECTIVELY. | | A REVIEW OF PLANT DRAWINGS FOR THESE CHECK VALVES HAS BEEN PERFORMED AND | | THIS REVIEW DETERMINED THAT THESE VALVES ARE NOT WEIGHT OR SPRING LOADED. | | THEREFORE, THESE CHECK VALVES DO NOT CONFORM TO UFSAR REQUIREMENTS FOR | | CONTAINMENT ISOLATION. | | | | IN ADDITION CHECK VALVE 1RC-72 DOES NOT MEET THE UFSAR REQUIREMENT PER PAGE | | 5.3-18 WHICH STATES 'ALL CHECK VALVES, WHEN USED AS CONTAINMENT ISOLATION | | VALVES, ARE LOADED TO CLOSE AGAINST A 2 psi POSITIVE DIFFERENTIAL | | PRESSURE.' | | | | THE PLANT IS PURSUING MODIFICATIONS TO CORRECT THIS DESIGN ISSUE. A REVIEW | | OF THE SIMILAR PENETRATIONS ON UNIT 2 FOUND NO SIMILAR DISCREPANCIES. | | FURTHER REVIEWS OF THE CONTAINMENT ISOLATION VALVE TABLES ARE CONTINUING." | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 32606 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: CONAM |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/10/97 | | CITY: ITASCA REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:20 [ET]| | COUNTY: DU PAGE STATE: IL |EVENT DATE: 02/12/76 | |LICENSE#: 12-16559-01 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 12:00[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/10/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JEFF WRIGHT RDO | | |Dr COOL (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BOB SLACK | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAD1 20.2202(a)(1) PERS OVEREXPOSURE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | RADIOGRAPHER OVEREXPOSURE | | | | THIS EVENT TOOK PLACE ON FEBRUARY 27, 1996 AND THE LICENSEE IS REPORTING IT | | AT THE REQUEST OF NRC REGION III. THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS FROM A FACSIMILE | | SUBMITTED BY THE LICENSEE: | | | | "ON FEBRUARY 27, 1996 A RADIOGRAPHER IN THE EMPLOY OF CONAM REGISTERED AN | | OFF-SCALE READING OF HIS DOSIMETER DURING RADIOGRAPHIC OPERATIONS WHILE | | UTILIZING A 94 Ci IRIDIUM-192 RADIOGRAPHIC SOURCE. HIS FILM BADGE WAS | | IMMEDIATELY PROCESSED, AND REGISTERED A READING OF 4600 MILLIROENTGENS. | | CONAM BELIEVES THAT THE EXPOSURE WAS CAUSED BY THE RADIOGRAPHIC SOURCE NOT | | BEING FULLY RETRACTED INTO THE CAMERA BEFORE THE RADIOGRAPHER ENTERED THE | | RADIOGRAPHIC AREA. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT, CONAM REITERATED ITS | | LONG -STANDING DIRECTION OF ALL RADIOGRAPHIC PERSONNEL THAT THEY MUST | | ASSURE THE SOURCE HAS BEEN PROPERLY RETURNED TO THE STORED POSITION BY | | CONAM'S OPERATING AND EMERGENCY INSTRUCTIONS AND PROCEDURES, AS WELL AS | | APPLICABLE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. CONAM IS CURRENTLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH | | ALL APPLICABLE REGULATIONS. | | | | "THERE HAVE BEEN SUBSEQUENT PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE NRC INVOLVING THIS | | INCIDENT. ON JUNE 9, 1997 THE NRC ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION (NOV) AND | | PROPOSED PENALTY IN WHICH IT TOOK THE POSITION THAT THE RADIOGRAPHER | | INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT RECEIVED A TEDE IN EXCESS OF 5 REM. CONAM | | DISAGREES WITH THIS ASSESSMENT AND BELIEVES THAT THE RADIOGRAPHER COULD NOT | | HAVE RECEIVED A DOSE OF IN EXCESS OF THAT SHOWN ON HIS FILM BADGE (i.e., | | 4,600 MILLIROENTGENS). AS A RESULT, CONAM INTENDS TO PROTEST THE NOV AND | | PROPOSED PENALTY. NEVERLESS, CONAM IS COMPLYING WITH THE NRC'S WRITTEN | | DIRECTION (LETTER FROM Mr. A. BILL BEACH, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR, TO | | MICHAEL CREECH, PRESIDENT OF CONAM DATED JUNE 9, 1997, AT p.3) THAT CONAM | | 'MUST STILL COMPLY WITH THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN 10CFR20.' | | CONAM INTERPRETS THAT DIRECTION TO REQUIRE THE SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT." | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32607 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: YANKEE ROWE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/10/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:36 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/09/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:50[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: R WILLIAMS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/10/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PETER ESELGROTH RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION DEGRADATION RELATED TO TRANSMITTAL OF SAFEGUARDS | | INFORMATION OVER UNPROTECTED LINES. IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY MEASURES TAKEN | | UPON DISCOVERY. | | | | LICENSEE WILL INFORM THEIR NRC CONTACT OF THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION. | | | | SEE HOO LOG BOOK FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32608 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: VERMONT YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/11/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: VT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:19 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 07/11/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 03:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CROKE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/11/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ESELGROTH 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PROMPT ALERT RADIO TRANSMITTER INOPERABLE FOR GREATER THAN ONE HOUR | | | | AT 0300 7/11/97, THE LICENSEE WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE NOAA AMESVILLE | | TRANSMITTER BECAME INOPERABLE AT 0143. THE LICENSEE USES THIS TRANSMITTER | | TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF EMERGENCY CONDITIONS AT THE PLANT. THE CONTRACTOR, | | JPS COMMUNICATIONS, IS CURRENTLY REPAIRING THE TRANSMITTER. THE LICENSEE | | WILL CONTACT THE STATES OF VERMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MASSACHUSETTS OF THIS | | CONDITION. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32609 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MCGUIRE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/11/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:40 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/11/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 05:16[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAMERON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/11/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |URYC RDO | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | A/R Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AUTOMATIC REACTOR TRIP DUE TO LOSS OF ONE REACTOR COOLANT PUMP | | | | AT 0516, THE '2D' REACTOR COOLANT PUMP TRIPPED DUE TO THE ACTUATION OF A | | GROUND FAULT RELAY. THIS CAUSED AN AUTOMATIC REACTOR TRIP/TURBINE TRIP DUE | | TO THE LOSS OF A REACTOR COOLANT PUMP. FOLLOWING THE TRIP, ALL CONTROL RODS | | INSERTED COMPLETELY, AND ALL SYSTEMS FUNCTIONED AS EXPECTED. THE AUXILIARY | | FEEDWATER SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY STARTED DUE TO LOW-LOW STEAM GENERATOR WATER | | LEVEL. THE UNIT IS CURRENTLY STABLE IN HOT STANDBY. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF THE GROUND FAULT RELAY | | ACTUATION. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+