U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 07/14/97 - 07/15/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 31433 32619 32620 32621 32622 32623 32624 32625 32626 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31433 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OCONEE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/11/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:07 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP,[3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 12/11/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:00[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID NIX |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/14/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LEN WERT 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | | | | | 3 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE STEAM GENERATOR SHELL DRAIN BLOCK VALVE HAD DISKS INSTALLED BACKWARD | | AND THRUST SETTINGS SET TOO LOW. THE VALVE WOULD NOT HAVE SEATED INTO THE | | CLOSED POSITION IN RESPONSE TO A CONTAINMENT ISOLATION SIGNAL. THE | | LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE DISKS IN VALVE 3FDW-103 WERE INSTALLED IN THE | | NON-PREFERRED DIRECTION. THIS CONDITION EXISTED FROM 12/9/89, TO 12/4/96. | | ADDITIONALLY, THE THRUST REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE VALVE WITH THE DISKS IN BOTH | | THE PREFERRED AND NON-PREFERRED DIRECTION IS SET TOO LOW TO COMPLETELY | | CLOSE THE VALVE. THE LICENSEE HAS RESET THE THRUST SETTING TO ASSURE | | PROPER VALVE CLOSURE. THIS PROBLEM ONLY APPLIES TO THIS SPECIFIC UNIT 3 | | VALVE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1700 EDT ON 07/14/97, FROM DAVID NIX TO S.SANDIN * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION BASED ON THE FOLLOWING | | INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY FACSIMILE: | | | | "3FDW-103, THE STEAM GENERATOR 3A SHELL DRAIN BLOCK VALVE, IS A | | MOTOR-OPERATED, CONTAINMENT ISOLATION VALVE. ON NOVEMBER 12, 1996, IT WAS | | DISCOVERED THAT THE DISC IN 3FDW-103 WAS INSTALLED IN THE NON-PREFERRED | | DIRECTION. A PAST OPERABILITY EVALUATION WAS PERFORMED ON 3FDW-103 FOR THE | | PERIOD OF DECEMBER 9, 1989, SINCE THE VALVE WAS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED, TO | | DECEMBER 4, 1996. THE AS-LEFT THRUST TRIP SETTING OF 3FDW-103 WAS | | DETERMINED TO BE LESS THAN THE THRUST REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE VALVE, ASSUMING | | THAT THE DISC WAS INSTALLED IN THE NON-PREFERRED DIRECTION. THEREFORE, | | HARD SEAT (LEAK TIGHT) CONTACT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CAPABLE OF BEING | | ESTABLISHED. AS A RESULT, ON DECEMBER 11, 1996, AT 10:00 a.m., IT WAS | | CONSERVATIVELY CONCLUDED THAT THE VALVE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CAPABLE OF | | PROVIDING LEAK TIGHT CONTAINMENT ISOLATION DURING AN ENGINEERED SAFEGUARDS | | ACTUATION. THEREFORE, THE AFFECTED CONTAINMENT PENETRATION PATH WAS ALSO | | DECLARED INOPERABLE." | | | | "IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS CONDITION SHOULD BE CONSERVATIVELY REPORTED | | UNDER 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(i). AS A RESULT, A 10 CFR 50.72 REPORT WAS MADE | | ON DECEMBER 11, 1996, AT 11:10 a.m." | | | | "AFTER FURTHER ENGINEERING EVALUATION OF THE OPERABILITY REQUIREMENTS OF | | 3FDW-103, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT HARD SEAT (LEAK TIGHT) CONTACT IS NOT | | REQUIRED TO ASSURE OPERABILITY OF THE ASSOCIATED CONTAINMENT PENETRATION | | PATH. THIS CONCLUSION IS SUPPORTED BY DOCUMENTATION IN AN NRC SAFETY | | EVALUATION REPORT DATED NOVEMBER 6, 1981. THEREFORE, THIS EVENT DOES NOT | | MEET THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(i)." | | | | "A LICENSEE EVENT REPORT (LER) WAS SUBMITTED FOR THIS EVENT. THE LER ALSO | | ADDRESSED THIS SAME SCENARIO FOR VALVES 2FDW-103 AND 2FDW-104, WHICH ARE | | SIMILAR VALVES IN THE SAME TYPE OF CONTAINMENT PENETRATION PATHS. | | THEREFORE, THIS RETRACTION APPLIES TO THESE TWO VALVES IN ADDITION TO | | 3FDW-103." | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC OPERATIONS | | CENTER NOTIFIED THE R2DO (URYC). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32619 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WASHINGTON NUCLEAR REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/14/97 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: WA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 07:46 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 07/14/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 03:15[PDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JUSTIN McBRIDE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/14/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |IAN BARNES RDO | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N Y 45 POWER OPERATION | 45 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | COURTESY NOTIFICATION REGARDING THE LOSS OF THE NORMAL POWER SUPPLY TO THE | | EMERGENCY OPERATIONS FACILITY | | | | THE POWER SUPPLY FEEDER BREAKER FOR THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS FACILITY | | TRIPPED AT 0315 PDT. AS A RESULT, THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS FACILITY IS | | CURRENTLY WITHOUT NORMAL POWER. HOWEVER, THE BACKUP STANDBY POWER SUPPLY | | IS AVAILABLE. THE CAUSE OF THE BREAKER TRIP IS UNDER INVESTIGATION, AND | | THE OTHER EMERGENCY FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE IF NEEDED. | | | | THE LICENSEE CONTACTED THE BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION AND PLANS TO | | NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32620 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CALVERT CLIFFS REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/14/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: MD |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:07 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE,[2] CE |EVENT DATE: 07/14/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DOUGLAS BAUDER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/14/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |HERB WILLIAMS 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 | | 2 | N Y 99 POWER OPERATION | 99 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE NOTIFICATION TO STATE AGENCY REGARDING A HIGH COLIFORM COUNT IN | | VISITOR CENTER WATER | | | | POSITIVE COLIFORM RESULTS WERE OBTAINED AT THE CALVERT CLIFFS VISITORS | | CENTER. THE RESULTS WERE CONFIRMED. THE SYSTEM WAS CHLORINATED AND THEN | | ISOLATED. THIS ISSUE WAS REPORTABLE TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND (MARYLAND | | DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT). | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INFORM THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND | | HAS INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32621 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CALVERT CLIFFS REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/14/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: MD |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:11 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE,[2] CE |EVENT DATE: 06/06/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PETER KATZ |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/14/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |HERB WILLIAMS RDO | |CCCC 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | |VERN HODGE (VIA FAX) 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 99 POWER OPERATION | 99 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE IS MAKING A 10 CFR PART 21 NOTIFICATION. | | | | THE LICENSEE IDENTIFIED THAT THE RECENTLY INSTALLED MAIN STEAM HEADER | | RADIATION MONITORS, EXTENDED GAMMA SCINTILLATION DETECTORS SUPPLIED BY | | NUCLEAR RESEARCH CORPORATION, MODEL #MD-55E(V3), FAILED A CHECK SOURCE | | VERIFICATION UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS WITH AMBIENT TEMPERATURES | | BETWEEN 110øF AND 120øF. THE DESIGN SPECIFICATION REQUIRES OPERATION UP TO | | 170øF, WHICH IS WITHIN THE VENDOR SUPPLIED OPERATING RANGE OF -22øF TO | | 194øF. THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO THE TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION OF | | THE DETECTORS. THE DETECTORS WERE DECLARED INOPERABLE AND REMOVED FOR | | REPAIR AT THE VENDOR'S FACILITY. THIS PLACES BOTH UNITS IN TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION 3.3.3.1, ACTION STATEMENT (30), AND IN THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE | | PLAN IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURES WHICH ALLOWS AN ALTERNATE METHOD OF | | MONITORING EFFLUENT NOBLE GAS IN THE RESPECTIVE MAIN STEAM HEADER. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 32622 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/14/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:03 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 07/13/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 19:35[CDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/14/97 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |JOHN MADERA RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: W.F. CAGE | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |OCBB 76.120(c)(2)(ii) EQUIP DISABLED/FAILS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ONE-MINUTE LOSS OF AUDIBLE ALARMS FOR BUILDING C-310 CRITICALITY ACCIDENT | | ALARM SYSTEM AND UF6 RELEASE DETECTION | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM PADUCAH: | | | | "ON 07/13/97, AT 1935 CDT, ALARM AUDIBILITY OF THE C-310 BUILDING | | CRITICALITY ACCIDENT ALARM SYSTEM (CAAS), HIGH AND LOW VOLTAGE UF6 RELEASE | | DETECTION SYSTEMS, AND NORMETEX HIGH VOLTAGE UF6 RELEASE DETECTION SYSTEM | | WAS LOST FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE. AN ALARM WAS RECEIVED IN THE C-331 | | AREA CONTROL ROOM [(ACR)] INDICATING 'C-310 ANNUNCIATOR DC POWER FAILURE.' | | THE C-310 CONTROL ROOM OPERATOR WAS IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED AND PROCEEDED TO | | TEST THE C-310 ALARM LIGHTS AND CONFIRMED THAT THE ALARM CAPABILITY HAD | | BEEN LOST. THE C-310 OPERATOR OPENED THE 480-VAC BREAKER THAT FEEDS THE | | C-310 RECTIFIERS AND ALLOWED THE DC POWER TO THROW OVER TO THE BATTERY | | BACKUP SYSTEM. THIS TRANSFER TO BATTERIES WAS COMPLETED AT 1936 CDT. IN | | ADDITION TO THE C-310 ACR ALARMS, THE DC RECTIFIER NORMALLY SUPPLIES POWER | | TO THE SOLENOID VALVES WHICH OPERATE THE CAAS ALARM HORNS. THE [TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENTS (TSR)] REQUIRE THE CAAS TO BE OPERABLE FOR BOTH | | DETECTION AND AUDIBILITY. FOR THE ONE MINUTE [THAT] POWER WAS LOST, THE | | CAAS AUDIBILITY WAS INOPERABLE. THE DETECTION FUNCTION WAS NOT AFFECTED. | | IN ADDITION TO TSR SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS THAT THE UF6 DETECTION SYSTEMS BE | | OPERABLE, DURING THE ONE MINUTE, THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED UF6 RELEASE | | DETECTION ALARMS WERE INOPERABLE. TROUBLESHOOTING AND CORRECTIVE | | MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES ARE IN PROGRESS." | | | | PADUCAH INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 32623 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: POROCEL CORPORATION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/14/97 | | CITY: LITTLE ROCK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:17 [ET]| | COUNTY: PULASKI STATE: AR |EVENT DATE: 07/14/97 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:00[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/14/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |ELMO COLLINS RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: D. SNELLINGS (AR PH SVC) | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AGREEMENT STATE NOTIFICATION FROM ARKANSAS REGARDING MISSING CESIUM-137 | | SOURCE | | | | THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DIVISION OF RADIATION CONTROL AND | | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WAS NOTIFIED BY POROCEL CORPORATION, AN ORE | | PROCESSING COMPANY LOCATED IN THE LITTLE ROCK AREA, THAT A LEVEL GAUGE WAS | | MISSING. THE LEVEL GAUGE IS A MODEL 5192 MANUFACTURED BY TEXAS NUCLEAR | | GAUGE, AND IT CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 20 mCi OF CESIUM-137. THE STATE PLANS | | TO DISPATCH INSPECTORS TO THE SITE TOMORROW TO INTERVIEW PLANT MANAGEMENT | | AND CONDUCT A SITE SURVEY. BASED ON THE SURVEY RESULTS, THE DEPARTMENT OF | | HEALTH MAY ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE. | | | | STATE OFFICIALS QUANTIFIED THE RISK OF MISHANDLING THIS SOURCE AS FOLLOWS: | | WITH THE SHUTTER OPEN, AN INDIVIDUAL STANDING IN FRONT OF THE SOURCE WOULD | | RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY 100 mR/HOUR. WITH THE SHUTTER CLOSED, AN INDIVIDUAL | | STANDING BEHIND THE SOURCE WOULD RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY 10 mR/HR. STATE | | RECORDS SHOW THAT THE SOURCE WAS LEAK TESTED DURING APRIL 1994 AND | | INSPECTED DURING NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER 1995. DURING SEPTEMBER 1996, THE | | RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER FOR POROCEL NOTED THAT THE SOURCE WAS NOT THERE. | | DURING MARCH 1997, PLANT MODIFICATIONS AND REPAIR WERE PERFORMED DUE TO | | DAMAGE SUSTAINED DURING A TORNADO. | | | | (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND A CONTACT ADDRESS.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |HOSPITAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 32624 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: BLUEFIELD MEDICAL CENTER |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/14/97 | | CITY: BLUEFIELD REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:38 [ET]| | COUNTY: MERCER STATE: WV |EVENT DATE: 07/14/97 | |LICENSE#: 74-19142-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 00:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/14/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |BRUNO URYC RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: YUENIAN (NEAL) ZHANG | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |LADM 35.33(a) MED MISADMINISTRATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THREE PATIENTS RECEIVED LESS THAN THE PRESCRIBED DOSE USING A STRONTIUM-90 | | EYE APPLICATOR DUE TO A CALIBRATION ERROR AS DISCUSSED BY INFORMATION | | NOTICE 96-66. | | | | THE LICENSEE WAS ALERTED TO A POTENTIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND | | TECHNOLOGY (NIST) CALIBRATION ERROR FOR Sr-90 SOURCES AS DISCUSSED BY | | INFORMATION NOTICE 96-66. THE LICENSEE FORWARDED THEIR Sr-90 EYE | | APPLICATOR SOURCE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN IN MADISON FOR A | | CALIBRATION CHECK WHICH MEASURED AN AVERAGE EXPOSURE OF 11 RADS/SEC. THIS | | DID NOT AGREE WITH THE CALCULATED EXPOSURE OF APPROXIMATELY 20 RADS/SEC | | BASED ON THE 05/84 NIST CALIBRATION OF 28 RADS/SEC (TAKING INTO ACCOUNT | | DECAY). THE LICENSEE DISCUSSED THIS ISSUE WITH ITS INHOUSE PHYSICIST AND | | REGION 2, AND THE LICENSEE WAS INFORMED THAT ONLY PATIENTS TREATED AFTER | | 07/01/94 NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED. THREE PATIENTS RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY | | 46-47% LESS DOSE THAN PRESCRIBED. THE REFERRING PHYSICIAN HAS BEEN | | INFORMED AND PLANS TO DETERMINE AN APPROPRIATE TREATMENT PLAN, IF | | NECESSARY. | | | | REGION 2 PLANS TO DISCUSS THIS EVENT DURING A PLANNED INSPECTION NEXT WEEK. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32625 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/14/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [3] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:33 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/14/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:20[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEVE BRIDGES |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/14/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |HERB WILLIAMS 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 N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION | | OF A 6 LB R-22 FREON RELEASE. | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "ON JULY 14, 1997, AT 1420 HOURS, INDIAN POINT [UNIT] 3 NOTIFIED THE [NEW | | YORK STATE] DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION OF A FREON (R-22) | | LEAK. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE LEAK WAS 6 LBS. THE LEAK OCCURRED BETWEEN | | JULY 11, 1997, AND JULY 14, 1997. THE LEAK WAS ON [THE] '32' CONTROL ROOM | | AIR CONDITIONER UNIT. THE REMAINING R-22 HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SYSTEM. | | THERE WERE NO PERSONNEL HAZARDS AS A RESULT OF THIS SPILL." | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32626 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BYRON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/15/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:20 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/15/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:18[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID RETZLAFF |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/15/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN MADERA RDO | |AENS 50.72(b)(1)(v) ENS INOPERABLE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 97 POWER OPERATION | 97 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOSS OF THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM (ENS) TELEPHONE LINE AND LONG | | DISTANCE COMMERCIAL TELEPHONE CAPABILITY | | | | BYRON STATION DISCOVERED THAT ITS ENS LINE AND LONG DISTANCE COMMERCIAL | | TELEPHONE CAPABILITY HAD BEEN LOST FOR BOTH INCOMING AND OUTGOING CALLS. | | LOCAL CAPABILITY IS STILL AVAILABLE, AND THE SITE CAN CONTACT THE TOWN OF | | BYRON. THE SITE CAN ALSO CONTACT COMMONWEALTH EDISON BULK POWER OPERATIONS | | IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, VIA A HOTLINE. A BULK POWER OPERATIONS | | REPRESENTATIVE (RETZLAFF) IN TURN NOTIFIED THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER. | | | | THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN AND IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. IT WAS REPORTED THAT | | SPECIALISTS ARE WORKING ON THE PROBLEM. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT PLANT | | CONDITIONS ARE CURRENTLY STABLE AND THAT IN-PLANT COMMUNICATIONS HAVE NOT | | BEEN AFFECTED. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. (REFER TO THE HOO | | LOG FOR A BULK POWER OPERATIONS CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | | | | * * * 0316 JULY 15, 1997, UPDATE FROM SCOTT FRUIN RECEIVED BY TROCINE * * * | | | | THE SITE REPORTED THAT IT CAN SUCCESSFULLY COMMUNICATE VIA A CELLULAR | | TELEPHONE. (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR A CELLULAR TELEPHONE CONTACT NUMBER.) | | IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE LOSS OF TELEPHONE CAPABILITY MAY | | BE A SWITCHING PROBLEM WITH GTE. AT THE TIME OF THIS EVENT UPDATE, THE | | LICENSEE HAD NOT IDENTIFIED ANY FTS-2000 LINES (OTHER THAN THE ENS LINE) | | THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THIS PROBLEM. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+