U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 08/13/97 - 08/14/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 32752 32753 32754 32755 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32752 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: THREE MILE ISLAND REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/13/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:59 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/13/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MAX NELSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/13/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |HAROLD GRAY RDO | |HFIT 26.73 FITNESS FOR DUTY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | POSITIVE DRUG TEST | | | | A CONTRACT SUPERVISOR TESTED POSITIVE FOR A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. THE | | RESULTS WERE CONFIRMED BY THE MEDICAL REVIEW OFFICER AT 0900 ON 08/13/97. | | THE INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN ESCORTED OFFSITE. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |HOSPITAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 32753 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: MIDDLETOWN REGIONAL HOSPITAL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/13/97 | | CITY: MIDDLETOWN REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:25 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: OH |EVENT DATE: 08/13/97 | |LICENSE#: 34-08279-02 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 12:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/13/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |ROGER LANKSBURY RDO | | |JOHN AUSTIN, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KAREN FRANK | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |IBAC 30.50(b)(1)(i) ACCESS DENIED >24 HRS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CONTAMINATION LIMITS ACCESS TO A ROOM FOR GREATER THAN 24 HOURS | | | | HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES DISCOVERED CONTAMINATION ON THE EXTERIOR OF A TOILET ON | | THE ORDER OF 50,000 DPM PER 100 CMý. THE TOILET HAD BEEN USED BY A PATIENT | | THAT HAD BEEN ADMINISTERED 200 mCi OF I-131. THE HOSPITAL ROOM HAS BEEN | | ISOLATED, AND DECONTAMINATION EFFORTS ARE IN PROGRESS. THE HOSPITAL | | EXPECTS THAT ACCESS TO THE ROOM WILL BE PREVENTED FOR GREATER THAN 24 | | HOURS. | | | | CONTACT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IN THE HOO LOG. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32754 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WATERFORD REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/13/97 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:30 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] CE |EVENT DATE: 08/13/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:05[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID WHIDDON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/13/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOSEPH TAPIA RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION - pH LIMIT EXCEEDED | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "OUTFALL 002, THE OIL SEPARATOR DISCHARGE, WEEKLY SAMPLE EXCEEDED THE NPDES | | (NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM) PERMIT DISCHARGE | | LIMITATIONS FOR pH. SPECIFICALLY, THE pH WAS 9.45, WHICH EXCEEDED THE | | UPPER pH LIMIT OF 9.0 STANDARD pH UNITS. THE pH WAS WITHIN SPECIFICATION | | PRIOR TO THE WATER LEAVING THE SITE. SINCE THE pH EXCEEDED THE LIMIT AT | | THE OIL SEPARATOR DISCHARGE, THIS OUT-OF-SPECIFICATION [RELEASE] IS A | | 24-HOUR REPORTABLE EVENT TO [THE] LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL | | QUALITY. THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WAS INFORMED OF | | THE EVENT AT 1605. THE SOURCE OF THE ELEVATED pH IS BELIEVED TO BE TURBINE | | COMPONENT COOLING WATER. THE TURBINE COMPONENT COOLING WATER pH HAS BEEN | | TRENDING UP DUE TO BIOLOGICS. [TURBINE COMPONENT COOLING WATER] WAS | | DISCHARGED TO THE SUMP FROM WHICH THE OUT-OF-SPECIFICATION RELEASE | | OCCURRED. THE SUMP pH IS 10.03. THIS pH WILL BE NEUTRALIZED PRIOR TO | | RELEASE." | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32755 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/13/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [3] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:56 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/13/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:20[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID MOHRE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/13/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |HAROLD GRAY 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 3 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OVERPRESSURE PROTECTION SYSTEM RENDERED INOPERABLE | | | | WHILE RAISING PLANT PRESSURE, OPERATORS NOTED THAT SEVERAL INDICATORS WERE | | NOT RESPONDING AS EXPECTED. UPON INVESTIGATING, THEY DISCOVERED THAT THREE | | PRESSURE INSTRUMENTS WERE ISOLATED. THESE INSTRUMENTS HAD BEEN ISOLATED TO | | SUPPORT WORK ON THE REACTOR COOLANT SAMPLING SYSTEM AND HAD NOT BEEN | | UNISOLATED AFTER THE WORK HAD BEEN COMPLETED. PLANT PRESSURE HAD INCREASED | | TO 90 PSIG WHEN THIS ERROR WAS DISCOVERED. | | | | TWO OF THE ISOLATED INSTRUMENTS SUPPLIED INPUTS TO THE OVERPRESSURE | | PROTECTION SYSTEM. SINCE THIS SYSTEM OPERATES ON A TWO-OUT-OF-THREE LOGIC, | | IT WAS RENDERED INOPERABLE BY THE ISOLATED PRESSURE INSTRUMENTS. THE | | REMAINING PRESSURE INSTRUMENT PROVIDED AN INPUT TO THE RESIDUAL HEAT | | REMOVAL LOOP SUCTION VALVE ISOLATION LOGIC. RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL WAS IN | | SERVICE FOR DECAY HEAT REMOVAL AT THE TIME OF THIS EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+