U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 03/12/97 - 03/13/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 31847 31931 31935 31936 31937 31938 31939 31940 31941 31942 31943 31944 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31847 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOPER REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/25/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:52 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 02/25/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:55[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GREEN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/12/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MURRAY RDO | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CONTROL ROOM EMERGENCY FILTRATION SYSTEM DECLARED INOPERABLE. | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS FROM A FACSIMILE RECEIVED BY THE LICENSEE: | | | | "TODAY AT 1355 CENTRAL TIME, THE CONTROL ROOM EMERGENCY FILTRATION SYSTEM | | (CREFS) WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE. A REVIEW OF A NEW ANALYSIS FOR THE | | INSTRUMENT ANALYTICAL LIMITS FOR THE CONTROL ROOM RADIATION MONITOR | | INDICATED THAT THE TIME AVERAGING CIRCUIT OF THE PARTICULATE CHANNEL WAS | | NOT CONSERVATIVELY SET RELATIVE TO THE CREFS EXISTING LICENSING BASIS. | | | | CREFS IS A SINGLE TRAIN SYSTEM WHOSE FUNCTIONALITY IS CREDITED WITH | | MITIGATING THE CONSEQUENCES OF AN ACCIDENT AND IS, THEREFORE, REPORTABLE | | PER 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D). FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS ARE BEING PERFORMED | | TO DETERMINE IF THE CREFS COULD STILL BE CONSIDERED CAPABLE OF PERFORMING | | ITS REQUIRED ACCIDENT MITIGATION FUNCTION WITH THE OPERABLE GASEOUS AND | | IODINE CHANNELS DESPITE THE NON-CONSERVATISM OF THIS CONDITION." | | | | THE LICENSEE STATED THAT THE CREFS IS REQUIRED TO RESPOND WITHIN ONE MINUTE | | TO PROTECT PERSONNEL IN THE CONTROL ROOM AND THAT THE MAXIMUM ACCEPTABLE | | TIME DELAY IS 42 SECONDS. THE ACTUAL TIME DELAY SETTING WAS 5 MINUTES (300 | | SECONDS). | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1541 EST ON 03/12/97, FROM TANDERUP TAKEN BY KARSCH * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION. THE LICENSEE HAS | | DETERMINED THAT AS LONG AS THE NOBLE GAS CHANNEL IS OPERABLE, THE CONTROL | | ROOM EMERGENCY FILTER SYSTEM WOULD ACTUATE AND FULFILL ITS ACCIDENT | | MITIGATION FUNCTION BECAUSE NOBLE GAS WOULD DOMINATE OTHER ISOTOPE | | ACTIVITIES FOLLOWING A BREAK. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE R4DO (YANDELL) | | WAS NOTIFIED BY THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31931 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: ZION REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/11/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:45 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/11/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:54[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WINTERS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/12/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WAYNE KROPP RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |STUART RICHARDS, NRR EO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION |BOB CALDWELL FEMA | | |STU RUBIN, IRD AEOD | | |AL CHAFFEE NRR | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DECLARATION OF AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO THE LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER TO UNIT 1, | | i.e., LOSS OF THE SYSTEM AUXILIARY TRANSFORMER AND THE SUBSEQUENT STARTING | | AND LOADING OF THE EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS (EDG) | | | | THE SYSTEM AUXILIARY TRANSFORMER [WHICH SUPPLIES POWER TO THE ENGINEERED | | SAFETY FEATURE (ESF) BUSES] TRIPPED, AND THE DELUGE SYSTEM ACTUATED FOR | | UNKNOWN REASONS. BOTH UNIT 1 EDGs ('1A' AND '1B') AND THE SHARED EDG ('0') | | STARTED AND SUPPLIED POWER TO THE UNIT 1 ESF BUSES. SHUTDOWN COOLING WAS | | LOST FOR 8 MINUTES DUE TO THE INTERRUPTION IN POWER, AND AN INCREASE IN | | REACTOR COOLANT TEMPERATURE FROM 92øF TO 112øF WAS OBSERVED. THE EDGs ARE | | STILL RUNNING AND SUPPLYING POWER FOR THE RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL (RHR) | | SYSTEM. AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT, AN UNUSUAL EVENT WAS DECLARED AT 1617 | | CST ON MARCH 11, 1997. | | | | OFFSITE POWER IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM UNIT 2; HOWEVER, THE LICENSEE HAS | | CHOSEN TO CONTINUE RUNNING THE EDGs WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING THE SYSTEM | | AUXILIARY TRANSFORMER PROBLEM. THE CRITERION FOR TERMINATING THE UNUSUAL | | EVENT IS THE RESTORATION OF RELIABLE OFFSITE POWER TO THE ESF BUSES. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | *** 1950 EST MARCH 11, 1997, UPDATE FROM WINTERS TAKEN BY KARSCH *** | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS RESTORED OFFSITE POWER TO UNIT 1 BUS '147' VIA THE UNIT 2 | | SYSTEM AUXILIARY TRANSFORMER. BOTH UNIT 1 TRAINS OF RHR ARE CURRENTLY BEING | | POWERED BY UNIT 1 BUSES '148' AND '149' WHICH ARE IN TURN BEING POWERED BY | | THE '1A' AND '1B' EDGs, RESPECTIVELY. | | | | THE OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE NRR EO (RICHARDSON) AND R3DO (KROPP). | | | | *** 0536 EST MARCH 12, 1997, UPDATE FROM RENDALL RECEIVED BY TROCINE *** | | | | THE LICENSEE PROVIDED AN UPDATE REGARDING THE STATUS OF UNIT 1. THE UNIT 1 | | SYSTEM AUXILIARY TRANSFORMER IS STILL DE-ENERGIZED. IN ADDITION, THE TWO | | ESSENTIAL BUSES ('148' AND '149') WHICH ARE SUPPLYING POWER TO RHR ARE | | STILL BEING SUPPLIED BY THE '1A' AND '1B' EDGs, AND THE REMAINING ESSENTIAL | | UNIT 1 BUS ('147') IS BEING SUPPLIED BY THE UNIT 2 SYSTEM AUXILIARY | | TRANSFORMER. THE RING BUS WAS ALSO CLOSED AT 0426 CST ON MARCH 12, 1997. | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THE FOLLOWING PRIORITIES: | | | | 1. INITIATE A RESERVE FEED FROM THE UNIT 2 SYSTEM AUXILIARY TRANSFORMER TO | | BUSES '148' AND '149,' | | 2. PROVIDE ALTERNATE POWER TO THE STATION FIRE PROTECTION CARDOX (CO2) | | TANK COMPRESSOR, | | 3. CLEAR THE UNIT 2 MAIN GENERATOR (OUT OF SERVICE TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL | | GROUND BREAKERS), | | 4. RECOVER THE UNIT 1 SYSTEM AUXILIARY TRANSFORMER, | | 5. DEVELOP RADWASTE CONTINGENCIES, | | 6. DEPRESSURIZE THE UNIT 1 GENERATOR, | | 7. IMPLEMENT ALTERNATE HEATING TO BUILDINGS, AND | | 8. DEVELOP AN ALTERNATE POWER SOURCE TO THE '1A' INSTRUMENT AIR | | COMPRESSOR. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF THE STATUS OF THE | | PLANT OR EMERGENCY CLASSIFICATION CHANGES. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR, AND THE APPLICABLE STATE | | AND LOCAL AGENCIES. THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R3DO (KROPP), | | NRR EO (RICHARDSON), AND AEOD IRD (RUBIN). | | | | HOO NOTES: THE LICENSEE'S TECHNICAL SUPPORT CENTER WAS ACTIVATED DURING | | THIS EVENT. BOTH UNITS ARE IN COLD SHUTDOWN WITH FUEL LOADED IN THE REACTOR | | VESSELS. THE UNIT 1 REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY SOLID AND | | DEPRESSURIZED. THE UNIT 2 EDGs ('2A' AND '2B') WERE NOT AFFECTED BY THIS | | EVENT. HOWEVER, THE '2B' EDG HAS BEEN OUT OF SERVICE DUE TO A PREVIOUS | | PROBLEM INVOLVING A CYLINDER LINER FAILURE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31935 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: LIMERICK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/12/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:23 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 03/11/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 22:09[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROBERT KUBO |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/12/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JENNY JOHANSEN RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REACTOR WATER CLEANUP (RWCU) SYSTEM ISOLATIONS DUE TO HIGH DIFFERENTIAL | | FLOW ISOLATION SIGNALS WHICH WERE CAUSED FOR UNKNOWN REASONS | | | | AT 2209 ON MARCH 11, 1997, THE ALARM INDICATING THE INITIATION OF AN RWCU | | SYSTEM HIGH DIFFERENTIAL FLOW ISOLATION TIMER WAS RECEIVED WHILE THE | | LICENSEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF RETURNING THE '1A' RWCU FILTER DEMINERALIZER | | TO SERVICE FOLLOWING FILTER REGENERATION. THE 45 SECOND TIMER TIMED OUT, | | AND AN INBOARD RWCU SYSTEM ISOLATION SIGNAL WAS RECEIVED. THIS SIGNAL | | CAUSED VALVE HV-044-1F001 TO CLOSE. THE SYSTEM RESPONDED TO THIS SIGNAL AS | | EXPECTED. HOWEVER, THE CAUSE OF THE SIGNAL WAS UNKNOWN. | | | | THE SYSTEM WAS SECURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SYSTEM OPERATING PROCEDURE, | | AND AN INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ISOLATION. | | THE ISOLATION SIGNAL WAS RESET IN ACCORDANCE WITH A GENERAL PLANT OPERATING | | PROCEDURE. HOWEVER, DURING AN ATTEMPT TO RESTORE THE SYSTEM TO SERVICE PER | | THE SYSTEM OPERATING PROCEDURE, ANOTHER HIGH DIFFERENTIAL FLOW ISOLATION | | SIGNAL CAUSED BOTH INBOARD AND OUTBOARD RWCU SYSTEM ISOLATIONS (CLOSURE OF | | VALVES HV-044-1F001 AND HV-044-1F004). THE SYSTEM WAS SECURED IN ACCORDANCE | | WITH THE SYSTEM SHUTDOWN PROCEDURE, AND AN INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE THE | | CAUSE OF THE ISOLATION SIGNALS CONTINUES. | | | | BECAUSE THERE IS NO CONDUCTIVITY MONITOR DUE TO THE CURRENT SYSTEM | | CONFIGURATION, THE UNIT IS CURRENTLY IN A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION LIMITING | | CONDITION FOR OPERATION. PER THIS LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATION, | | CHEMISTRY PERSONNEL PLAN TO TAKE GRAB SAMPLES EVERY EIGHT HOURS. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31936 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SUSQUEHANNA REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/12/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:36 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 03/12/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 06:14[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DON ROLAND |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/12/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JENNY JOHANSEN RDO | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | M/R Y 0 STARTUP | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - UNIT 1 SHUTDOWN TO REPAIR THE MAIN TURBINE BYPASS VALVE SYSTEM - | | | | ON 03/09/97, UNIT 1 WAS CRITICAL AT LESS THAN 1% POWER IN CONDITION 2 | | (STARTUP) WITH A PLANT STARTUP IN PROGRESS. REACTOR PRESSURE WAS 292 PSIG, | | AND THE PRESSURE SET WAS BEING INCREASED IN ORDER TO INCREASE PRESSURE TO | | 500 PSIG. | | | | TWO MAIN TURBINE BYPASS VALVES UNEXPECTEDLY WENT FULL OPEN AND THEN | | CLOSED OVER A TWO-SECOND PERIOD. REACTOR VESSEL WATER LEVEL INCREASED | | FROM 35 TO 42 INCHES AND THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL DUE TO THE BRIEF DECREASE | | IN REACTOR PRESSURE. PLANT STARTUP ACTIVITIES WERE PLACED ON HOLD, AND I&C | | TECHNICIANS BEGAN TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE. | | | | AT 0312 ON 03/12/97, HAVING NOT DETERMINED THE CAUSE, CONTROL ROOM | | OPERATORS BEGAN A CONTROLLED PLANT SHUTDOWN BY INSERTING CONTROL RODS IN | | ORDER TO FACILITATE INVESTIGATION AND REPAIRS TO THE MAIN TURBINE BYPASS | | VALVE SYSTEM. AT 0603, ALL CONTROL RODS WERE FULLY INSERTED, AND THE | | REACTOR WAS CONFIRMED TO BE SUBCRITICAL. AT 0614, THE REACTOR MODE SWITCH | | WAS TAKEN TO SHUTDOWN, PLACING UNIT 1 IN CONDITION 3 (HOT SHUTDOWN). | | | | UNIT 2 IS AT 87% POWER COASTING DOWN TO A REFUELING OUTAGE AND IS | | UNAFFECTED BY THIS EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS REPORTING THIS EVENT AS AN INFORMATION CALL. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 31937 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: WHITING CORPORATION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/12/97 | | CITY: HARVEY REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:44 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: IL |EVENT DATE: 03/11/97 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 12:00[CST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/12/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JENNY JOHANSEN, R1 RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+VERN HODGE NRR | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MARK KWASNY |AL BELISLE, R2 RDO | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE |WAYNE KROPP, R3 RDO | +------------------------------------------------+JOHN PELLET, R4 RDO | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |CCCC 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - 10 CFR PART 21 REPORT ON OVER-STRESSED CRANE AUXILIARY HOIST CONDITION - | | | | WHITING CORPORATION IN HARVEY, ILLINOIS, HAS NOTIFIED CERTAIN NUCLEAR | | CUSTOMERS OF AN OVER-STRESSED CONDITION ON THE AUXILIARY HOIST OF ONE OF | | ITS CRANES. WHITING IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE AUXILIARY HOIST BE TAKEN OUT | | OF SERVICE OR DERATED TO 40% OF THE ORIGINAL RATED CAPACITY UNTIL FURTHER | | EVALUATION AND CORRECTIONS CAN BE MADE BEFORE USE. THE MAIN HOIST IS NOT | | AFFECTED BY THIS CONDITION AND CAN CONTINUE TO BE USED WITHOUT RESTRICTION. | | | | THE FOLLOWING NUCLEAR PLANTS MAY BE AFFECTED BY THIS CONDITION: SUMMER, | | SOUTH TEXAS, ZION, SALEM, COOK, OYSTER CREEK, THREE MILE ISLAND, SEABROOK, | | INDIAN POINT-2, INDIAN POINT-3, HATCH, FARLEY, AND VOGTLE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 31938 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: CT DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/12/97 | | CITY: BRIDGEPORT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:49 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: CT |EVENT DATE: 03/10/97 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 11:30[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/12/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JENNY JOHANSEN RDO | | |FREDERICK COMBS/NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+PETTY OFFICER PEKAR EPA | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GARY McCAHILL | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - DISCOVERY OF LOW LEVEL RADWASTE (CLOTH BED SHEET) IN A LOAD OF MUNICIPAL | | GARBAGE - | | | | AT 1130 ON 03/10/97, A TRUCK HAULING MUNICIPAL GARBAGE FROM THE SULLIVAN | | TRANSFER COMPANY IN HOLTSVILLE, NEW YORK, SET OFF A PORTAL RADIATION | | MONITOR AS IT ATTEMPTED TO ENTER THE BRIDGEPORT RECYCLING COMPANY | | INCINERATOR IN BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT. ONE SIDE OF THE TRUCK READ 1 MR | | PER HOUR. THE TRUCK HAS RETURNED TO THE SULLIVAN FACILITY WHERE THE LOAD | | WAS DUMPED AND SEGREGATED. THE SOURCE OF THE RADIATION WAS IODINE-131 | | COMING FROM A CLOTH BED SHEET. THE BED SHEET WILL BE HANDLED AS LOW LEVEL | | RADIOACTIVE WASTE. | | | | MR. McCAHILL OF THE CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION | | NOTIFIED THE NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, RADIATION DIVISION (CLAYTON | | BRYANT); CONNECTICUT STATE POLICE (SGT DULEY); PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF | | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (JIM YUSKO); NRC REGION 1 (DAVE CHAWAGA); AND NEW | | ENGLAND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31939 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SAINT LUCIE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/12/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:58 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE,[2] CE |EVENT DATE: 03/07/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:00[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: FRANK ERLACH (ENERTECH) |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/12/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |AL BELISLE RDO | |CDEG 21.21(c)(3)(i) DEFECTS/NONCOMPLIANCE | | | | | | |VERN HODGE NRR | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ENERTECH PROVIDED NOTIFICATION REGARDING A SPRING PROBLEM IN A BETTIS | | ACTUATOR LOCATED AT ST. LUCIE. | | | | A SPRING USED IN BETTIS ACTUATOR MODEL NT312-SR4-M3-S HAS SPRINGS SUPPLIED | | BY ENERTECH THAT MAY FAIL PREMATURELY. THE LICENSEE HAS BEEN ADVISED TO | | REPLACE THE SUSPECT SPRINGS AT THE NEXT SCHEDULED REFURBISHMENT CYCLE WHICH | | IS DUE IN 1998. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31940 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/12/97 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:41 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/12/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:35[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN LIJOI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/12/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JENNY JOHANSEN RDO | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N N 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM DEGRADED FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. | | | | A MAINTENANCE MECHANIC BACKED A FORK LIFT INTO A FIRE HYDRANT ON THE INTAKE | | STRUCTURE. REPAIR TO THE HYDRANT REQUIRED ISOLATION OF A PART OF THE FIRE | | PROTECTION HEADER WHICH WAS USED FOR SAFE SHUTDOWN EQUIPMENT AREAS. HOSES | | WERE RUN AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. THE BROKEN HYDRANT HAS BEEN ISOLATED, | | AND THE HEADER HAS BEEN REPRESSURIZED. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31941 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/12/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:46 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/12/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:00[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: FRANK SOENS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/12/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JENNY JOHANSEN RDO | |HFIT 26.73 FITNESS FOR DUTY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A CONTRACTOR SUPERVISOR TESTED POSITIVE FOR ALCOHOL DURING A RANDOM DRUG | | AND ALCOHOL TEST. THE LICENSEE WITHDREW THE INDIVIDUAL'S SITE ACCESS | | AUTHORIZATION AND PLANS TO REVIEW HIS WORK ACTIVITIES. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31942 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WATERFORD REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/12/97 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:49 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] CE |EVENT DATE: 03/12/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:50[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GREG SCOTT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/12/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LARRY YANDELL RDO | |HFIT 26.73 FITNESS FOR DUTY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION | | THAT A CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE FALSIFIED CRIMINAL RECORD INFORMATION ON HIS | | APPLICATION. THE INDIVIDUAL HAD BEEN GRANTED UNESCORTED PROTECTED AREA | | ACCESS PENDING RECEIPT OF HIS RECORDS. THE INDIVIDUAL WAS REMOVED FROM THE | | PROTECTED AREA, AND HIS ACCESS WAS TERMINATED. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31943 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/12/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:23 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/12/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:00[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JAMES BAUER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/12/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JENNY JOHANSEN 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 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | GRATINGS IN THE EMERGENCY GAS TURBINE GENERATOR ENGINE CUBICLE ARE NOT | | SEISMICALLY RESTRAINED AND COULD CAUSE ENGINE FAILURE. THE GRATINGS HAVE | | BEEN REMOVED. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31944 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FT CALHOUN REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/12/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:38 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 03/12/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:20[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ERICK MATZEK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/12/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN PELLET 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 Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE HAS FOUND THAT THE TORNADO VENTING FOR THE CONTROL AND CABLE | | SPREADING ROOMS IS NOT WITHIN THE DESIGN BASES FOR THE PLANT. THE LICENSEE | | THINKS THAT THE ROOMS ARE OPERABLE BUT PLANS TO CONDUCT AN ENGINEERING | | EVALUATION TO CONFIRM THIS. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. (REFER TO RELATED EVENT | | #30635.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+