U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 11/13/97 - 11/14/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 33254 33255 33256 33257 33258 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 33254 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: ILL DEPT OF NUCLEAR SAFETY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/13/97 | | CITY: JOLIET REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:23 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: IL |EVENT DATE: 11/12/97 | |LICENSE#: IL-01673-01 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:00[CST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/13/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |MELVYN LEACH RDO | | |JOSEY PICCONE EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRUCE SANZA (IDNS) | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AGREEMENT STATE REPORT | | | | AT 1113EST THE NRC REGION III AGREEMENT STATE OFFICER (JIM LYNCH) WAS | | NOTIFIED BY THE STATE OF ILLINOIS THAT A TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE | | OWNED BY MIDWEST ENGINEERING SERVICE, INC. LOCATED IN OAK FOREST, | | ILLINOIS., WAS STOLEN ON 11/12/97 FROM THE LOCKED CAB OF A TRUCK PARKED AT | | THE EMPLOYEE'S RESIDENCE IN JOLIET, ILLINOIS. THE STOLEN GAUGE IS A | | TROXLER MODEL #3430 IDENTIFIED BY SERIAL NUMBER 24754 HAS TWO SOURCES, | | i.e., 9mCi-Cs137 AND 44mCi-Am241. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE ILLINOIS DEPT. OF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND THE LOCAL | | POLICE DEPARTMENT. | | | | REGION III IS ISSUING A PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33255 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NINE MILE POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/13/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:07 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 11/13/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:07[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRIAN WEAVER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/13/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JACK DURR 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 82 POWER OPERATION | 82 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | RCIC SYSTEM INOPERABLE DUE TO CLOSED INSTRUMENT ROOT VALVE | | | | "DURING A PLANT WALKDOWN BY A MEMBER OF THE INDEPENDENT SAFETY ENGINEERING | | GROUP, THE INSTRUMENT ROOT VALVE FOR 2ICS*PT105 WAS FOUND SHUT. THIS | | PRESSURE TRANSMITTER, IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING REACTOR CORE ISOLATION | | COOLING (RCIC) SUCTION PRESSURE AND LOW SUCTION PRESSURE ANNUNCIATION, | | PROVIDES A RCIC TURBINE TRIP SIGNAL TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO THE TURBINE OR | | TURBINE PUMP DUE TO LOSS OF COOLING WATER. RCIC WAS INOPERABLE WITH THIS | | ROOT VALVE SHUT. | | | | THE INSTRUMENT ROOT VALVE WAS LAST OPERATED ON APRIL 22, 1997 DURING | | ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON THE RCIC SYSTEM. INSTRUMENTATION ON THE SUCTION | | HEADER TO RCIC WAS VENTED AFTER THIS MAINTENANCE AND THE ROOT VALVE WAS NOT | | OPENED AS REQUIRED BY THE WORK ORDER. INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING. | | | | THE ROOT VALVE FOR 2ICS*PT105 WAS OPENED AT 0907 THIS MORNING, 11/13/97, | | AND RCIC IS PRESENTLY OPERABLE." | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33256 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/13/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:50 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 11/12/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 16:50[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/13/97 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |MELVYN LEACH RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |CHARLEY HAUGHNEY EO | +------------------------------------------------+CONGEL IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEVE MAY | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 24-HOUR REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH NRC BULLETIN 91-01 | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A FACSIMILE SUBMITTED TO THE OPERATIONS CENTER: | | | | "AT 1715 HOURS ON 11/12/97, NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY ENGINEERING | | PERSONNEL DETERMINED THAT NOT HAVING CONTAINER CAPS ON THE SMALL DIAMETER | | CONTAINERS UTILIZED TO STORE USED PIGTAIL GASKETS IN THE AUTOCLAVE AREAS OF | | THE X-340 COMPLEX CONSTITUTES THE LOSS OF ONE OF THE CONTROLS CONTAINED IN | | THE NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY APPROVAL (NCSA) PLANT025.A01, BASIS AND | | DOUBLE CONTINGENCY CONTROL MATRIX, CONTINGENCY EVENT A/B.4.2. THE SECOND | | CONTROL (UF6 ENRICHMENT OF CONTAINER CONTENTS ó10%) WAS MAINTAINED | | THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT. THIS WAS INITIALLY DISCOVERED AT 1615 HOURS ON | | 11/7/97. AT 1130 HOURS ON 11/13/97, AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, IT WAS DETERMINED | | A SIMILAR SITUATION AND A SPACING NONCOMPLIANCE (CONTINGENCY EVENT A/B.7.1) | | HAD OCCURRED IN THE X-333 LAW (LOW ASSAY WITHDRAWAL) STATION. THIS WAS | | INITIALLY DISCOVERED AT 1730 HOURS ON 10/16/97. THERE WAS NO RELEASE OF | | HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OR RADIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION EXPOSURE ASSOCIATED WITH | | THESE EVENTS. AT THE TIME OF DISCOVERY THE PROBLEMS WERE IMMEDIATELY | | CORRECTED AND DETERMINED NOT TO BE REPORTABLE, BUT AFTER FURTHER REVIEW NCS | | ENGINEERING DETERMINED THERE WAS LOSS OF ONE CONTROL. THE LOSS OF ONE | | CONTROL MAKES THIS EVENT REPORTABLE TO THE NRC VIA A 24 HOUR EVENT | | NOTIFICATION PER NUCLEAR REGULATORY EVENT REPORTING PROCEDURE | | UE2-RA-RE1030, APPENDIX D, CRITERIA A, PARAGRAPH 4(a). THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THIS EVENT." | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33257 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WATERFORD REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/13/97 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:35 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] CE |EVENT DATE: 11/13/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:00[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ODIE TUCKER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/13/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BLAINE MURRAY RDO | |AINA 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(A) POT UNABLE TO SAFE SD | | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ALL THREE CHARGING PUMPS DECLARED INOPERABLE DUE TO FAILURE TO TEST RELAY | | CONTACT (NRC GENERIC LETTER 96-01 ISSUE) | | | | "AT 1500 ON 11/13/97, WHILE OPERATING IN MODE 1 AT 100% RATED THERMAL | | POWER, TECH SPEC 3.0.3 WAS ENTERED DUE TO DECLARING ALL THREE CHARGING | | PUMPS INOPERABLE. IT WAS DISCOVERED DURING AN ENGINEERING REVIEW THAT AN | | ENGINEERED SAFETY FEATURE ACTUATE SYSTEM ACTUATED RELAY CONTACT IN EACH OF | | THE CHARGING PUMP CONTROL CIRCUITS HAD NOT BEEN TESTED AS REQUIRED BY | | GENERIC LETTER 96-01. THE NONTESTED CONTACT BYPASSES THE LOW LUBE OIL | | PRESSURE TRIP IN THE PRESENCE OF A SAFETY INJECTION ACTUATION SIGNAL. TECH | | SPEC 4.0.3 WAS INVOKED TO ALLOW TESTING. PROCEDURES ARE BEING PREPARED TO | | PERFORM THE REQUIRED TESTING. COMPLETION OF THE TESTING IS EXPECTED PRIOR | | TO EXCEEDING THE ALLOWED OUTAGE TIME." | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33258 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DUANE ARNOLD REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/13/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:50 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 11/13/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 20:22[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: NICK BROWN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/13/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MELVYN LEACH 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 Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REACTOR CORE ISOLATION COOLING SYSTEM ISOLATION | | | | AN OUTBOARD REACTOR CORE ISOLATION COOLING (RCIC) SYSTEM STEAM LINE | | ISOLATION OCCURRED DUE TO A SPURIOUS STEAM LEAK DETECTION SIGNAL (NO | | EVIDENCE OF AN ACTUAL STEAM LEAK COULD BE FOUND). THIS SIGNAL IS NORMALLY | | GENERATED BY A 50øF TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIAL IN THE RCIC PUMP ROOM. THE | | LICENSEE PLANS TO LEAVE THE RCIC SYSTEM ISOLATED PENDING AN INVESTIGATION | | OF THE EVENT AND AN OPERABILITY DETERMINATION OF THE RCIC ROOM TEMPERATURE | | MEASURING EQUIPMENT. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE | | LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+