U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 05/16/97 - 05/19/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 32172 32311 32339 32340 32341 32342 32343 32344 32345 32346 32347 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32172 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PALO VERDE REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/17/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [3] STATE: AZ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:00 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE,[2] CE,[3] CE |EVENT DATE: 04/17/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:00[MST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RUSSEL STROUD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/16/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BILL JONES RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH |ED GOODWIN EO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION |JOHN DAVIDSON, NMSS IAT | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 | | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE IS CONDUCTING A WORK REVIEW OF AN EMPLOYEE ARRESTED OFFSITE | | FOR SUSPECTED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. | | | | "PALO VERDE MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN MADE AWARE THAT A CONTRACT EMPLOYEE HAS | | BEEN ARRESTED FOR THE HOMICIDE OF ANOTHER CONTRACT EMPLOYEE BY THE MARICOPA | | COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (MCSO). THE DEATH OCCURRED OFFSITE AND THE | | INDIVIDUAL CHARGED IS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE MCSO, WHOSE INVESTIGATION OF | | THE HOMICIDE IS ONGOING. | | | | THE CONTRACT EMPLOYEE'S ACAD (SECURITY ACCESS) HAS BEEN TERMINATED AND AN | | INVESTIGATION INTO THE CONTRACT EMPLOYEE'S WORK ACTIVITIES AT PALO VERDE | | HAS BEEN INITIATED. NOTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE NRC SENIOR | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR, NRC REGION IV AND THE NRC PROJECT MANAGER (PALO | | VERDE)." | | | | * * RETRACTION ON 05/16/97 @ 2005 EDT BY DAN MARKS TAKEN BY MACKINNON * * | | | | SUBSEQUENT REVIEWS HAVE REVEALED THAT THE CRIMINAL ACT DID NOT INVOLVE OR | | ADVERSELY AFFECT THE PUBLIC (AT LARGE). THEREFORE, EVEN THOUGH THE | | INDIVIDUAL WAS INVOLVED WITH SAFETY RELATED WORK ACTIVITIES AS DESCRIBED IN | | REGULATORY GUIDE 5.62, THERE WAS NO THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AS A | | RESULT OF THESE ACTIVITIES. | | | | INVESTIGATION OF THIS EVENT HAS REVEALED THAT THE ALLEGED PERPETRATOR DID | | NOT ATTEMPT, COMMIT OR CAUSE: (a) THEFT OR UNLAWFUL DIVERSION OF SPECIAL | | NUCLEAR MATERIAL, (b) PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING | | STATION, OR (c) INTERRUPTION OF THE NORMAL OPERATION OF PALO VERDE NUCLEAR | | GENERATING STATION. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE NO UNAUTHORIZED ENTRIES INTO | | THE PROTECTED AREA; NO FAILURE, DEGRADATION OF DISCOVERED VULNERABILITY IN | | A SAFEGUARDS SYSTEM; NOR ANY ATTEMPTED OR ACTUAL INTRODUCTION OF CONTRABAND | | INTO THE PROTECTED AREA. THEREFORE, THIS EVENT DID NOT MEET THE REPORTING | | CRITERIA OF 10CFR73.71 OR 10CFR73 APPENDIX G AND IS BEING RETRACTED. | | R4DO (CHRIS VANDENBURGH) NOTIFIED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS RETRACTION REPORTED BY THE | | LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32311 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOK REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/10/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:23 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/10/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MUTZ |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/16/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MIKE JORDAN RDO | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | A N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REACTOR TRIP SIGNAL ON UNIT 2 WHILE IN COLD SHUTDOWN DURING A STARTUP TEST | | | | WHILE PERFORMING A STARTUP SURVEILLANCE CALIBRATION TEST OF THE N-36 | | INTERMEDIATE RANGE NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS, A REACTOR TRIP SIGNAL WAS | | GENERATED. THIS SIGNAL WAS GENERATED BY A BLOWN CONTROL POWER FUSE, WHICH | | IN TURN CAUSED A FAILURE OF THE ASSOCIATED INSTRUMENT DRAWER. CONTROL RODS | | WERE ALREADY COMPLETELY INSERTED INTO THE CORE, AND THE REACTOR TRIP | | BREAKERS WERE OPEN AND TAGGED PRIOR TO THIS EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE DOES NOT PRESENTLY ATTRIBUTE THE CAUSE OF THIS EVENT TO | | PERSONNEL OR PROCEDURAL ERROR, AND THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE ROOT | | CAUSE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0025 ON 05/11/97, FROM CHERBA ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | AT 2305 ON 05/10/97, WHILE AGAIN PERFORMING A STARTUP SURVEILLANCE | | CALIBRATION TEST OF THE N-36 INTERMEDIATE RANGE NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS, | | ANOTHER REACTOR TRIP SIGNAL WAS GENERATED. THIS SIGNAL WAS GENERATED BY A | | BLOWN CONTROL POWER FUSE, WHICH IN TURN DEENERGIZED THE BISTABLE INPUTS TO | | THE REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEM. THE FUSE BLEW AS AN INSTRUMENTATION AND | | CONTROL TECHNICIAN WAS CHANGING THE POSITION OF THE 'OPERATION SELECTOR' | | SWITCH ON THE INSTRUMENT AS A NORMAL PART OF THE CALIBRATION TEST. THIS | | BLOWN FUSE WAS A DIFFERENT FUSE THAN THE ONE MENTIONED ABOVE. | | | | PRIOR TO THIS EVENT, THE CONTROL RODS WERE ALREADY COMPLETELY INSERTED INTO | | THE CORE, THE REACTOR TRIP BREAKERS WERE OPEN AND TAGGED, AND THE CONTROL | | ROD DRIVE MOTOR-GENERATOR SETS WERE INOPERABLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE DOES NOT PRESENTLY ATTRIBUTE THE CAUSE OF THIS EVENT TO | | PERSONNEL OR PROCEDURAL ERROR, AND THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE ROOT | | CAUSE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC OPERATIONS | | CENTER NOTIFIED THE R3DO (MIKE JORDAN). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0900 ON 05/16/97, FROM PTACEK RECEIVED BY TROCINE * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION. AFTER FURTHER REVIEW | | OF THESE EVENTS AND THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, THE LICENSEE DETERMINED | | THAT THESE EVENTS WERE NOT REPORTABLE BASED UPON THE FOLLOWING TWO REASONS: | | THE GENERATOR REACTOR TRIP SIGNAL WAS NOT A VALID SIGNAL; AND THE REACTOR | | TRIP SYSTEM/ROD WITHDRAWAL SYSTEM WAS PROPERLY REMOVED FROM SERVICE, i.e., | | THE CONTROL RODS WERE INSERTED AND INCAPABLE OF BEING WITHDRAWN. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC OPERATIONS | | CENTER NOTIFIED THE R3DO (JIM McCORMICK-BARGER). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32339 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CRYSTAL RIVER REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/16/97 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:08 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/15/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:53[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: G SUTTER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/16/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |TOM PEEBLES RDO | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ALL THREE FIRE PUMPS INOPERABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY TIME DURING SURVEILLANCE | | TESTING. | | | | IN THE LAST 30 DAYS THE LICENSEE'S FIRE PROTECTION PLAN HAS BEEN REVISED. | | THE NEW REVISION REQUIRES THAT THE NRC OPERATION CENTER BE NOTIFIED ANY | | TIME THEY HAVE TWO OR MORE (THERE ARE THREE TOTAL) HIGH PRESSURE FIRE PUMPS | | INOPERABLE. THEIR FIRE PROTECTION PLAN REQUIREMENT STATES THAT "AT ALL | | TIMES, AT LEAST TWO HIGH PRESSURE FIRE PUMPS, EACH WITH A CAPACITY OF 2000 | | GPM AND WITH THEIR DISCHARGE ALIGNED TO THE FIRE MAIN HEADER, MUST BE | | OPERABLE". | | | | DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF A SURVEILLANCE PROCEDURE, IN ORDER TO RETURN A | | FIRE PUMP TO SERVICE, ALL PUMPS (THREE) ARE RENDERED INOPERABLE. THIS | | CONDITION EXISTED FOR 97 MINUTES. WHEN THE CONDITION WAS RECOGNIZED, THE | | SURVEILLANCE WAS STOPPED AND TWO OF THE FIRE PUMPS RETURNED TO OPERABLE | | STATUS. DURING THE SURVEILLANCE TWO OPERATORS REMAINED IN THE AREA AND | | WERE AVAILABLE TO RESTORE THE SYSTEM IF REQUIRED TO PERFORM FIRE FIGHTING | | SERVICES. THE SYSTEM IS NOW IN STANDBY WITH TWO FIRE PUMPS OPERABLE. THE | | SURVEILLANCE PROCEDURE WHICH RESULTED IN THIS INCIDENT HAS BEEN PLACED ON | | ADMINISTRATIVE HOLD TO PREVENT A REOCCURRENCE UNTIL CORRECTIONS CAN BE MADE | | TO THE PROCEDURE. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY | | THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 32340 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: COGEMA MINING COMPANY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/16/97 | | CITY: CASPER REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:27 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: WY |EVENT DATE: 05/16/97 | |LICENSE#: SUA-1341 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 11:00[MDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/16/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |LARRY YANDELL RDO | | |JOE HOLONICH (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN VASELIN | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TWO PERIMETER MONITORING WELLS AT CHRISTENSEN MINE ARE IN EXCURSION STATUS. | | | | COGEMA MINING COMPANY, LOCATED 90 MILES NORTHEAST OF CASPER, WYOMING, | | REPORTED THAT, BASED UPON BIWEEKLY SAMPLES TAKEN ON 5/15/97 AND 5/16/97, | | WELLS #MW64 & #MW89 ARE CURRENTLY IN AN EXCURSION STATUS. WELL #MW64 IS | | LOCATED AT THE SOUTH END OF MINE UNIT #3 AND WELL #MW89 IS LOCATED AT THE | | SOUTH END OF MINE UNIT #2. THE MEASURED PARAMETERS AND THE UPPER LIMITS | | ARE AS FOLLOWS: | | | | WELL #MW64 UPPER LIMIT WELL READING | | | | CHLORIDES (mg/l) 13.4 14.7 | | ALKALINITY (mg/l) 129.7 129.5 | | CONDUCTIVITY (æmho/cm) 777.0 782.0 | | | | WELL #MW89 | | | | CHLORIDES (mg/l) 13.6 34.0 | | ALKALINITY (mg/l) 121.3 127.0 | | CONDUCTIVITY (æmho/cm) 823.0 809.0 | | | | THE URANIUM LIMITS FOR BOTH WELLS WERE WITHIN THEIR PROPER SPECIFICATION. | | THE LICENSEE INTENDS TO BRING THE WELLS OUT OF EXCURSION STATUS. A WRITTEN | | REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE NRC REGION 4 OFFICE WITHIN 7 DAYS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32341 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: VOGTLE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/16/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: GA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:36 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/16/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:55[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JAMES ROBINSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/16/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |TOM PEEBLES RDO | |AHIN 50.72(b)(1)(vi) OTHER HIND TO SAFE OP | | | |FRANK CONGEL IRD | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A LOOSE PART HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE REACTOR VESSEL. | | | | IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATORY GUIDE 1.133 SECTION C.6, THIS NOTIFICATION IS | | TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A LOOSE PART IN THE LOWER PORTION OF THE UNIT 2 | | REACTOR VESSEL. ANALYSIS OF THE DIGITAL IMPACT METAL MONITOR TAPES BY | | WESTINGHOUSE INDICATES THAT A PART WITH LOW MASS IS CAUSING LOW ENERGY | | IMPACTS IN THE LOWER REACTOR VESSEL. A WESTINGHOUSE EVALUATION HAS | | DETERMINED THAT THE IMPACTS ARE NOT OF SUFFICIENT ENERGY TO CAUSE ANY | | DAMAGE TO THE REACTOR (FUEL RODS), NOR ARE THEY OF SUFFICIENT ENERGY TO | | CAUSE ANY ALARMS ON THE DIGITAL IMPACT METAL MONITOR. | | | | THE NOISE WAS INITIALLY DETECTED ON EITHER 05/12/97 OR 05/13/97 ON THE | | DIGITAL IMPACT METAL MONITOR. THE TAPES OF THE DIGITAL IMPACT METAL | | MONITOR WERE SENT TO WESTINGHOUSE FOR EVALUATION. THE NEXT SCHEDULED | | REFUELING OUTAGE FOR UNIT 2 IS IN THE SPRING OF 1998. AS FAR AS THE | | LICENSEE KNOWS AT THIS TIME THE LOOSE PART HAS NEVER PASSED UP THROUGH THE | | CORE. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 32342 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: PECO CONTROL CORP, ST LOUIS, MO |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/16/97 | | CITY: ST LOUIS REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:00 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: MO |EVENT DATE: 05/16/97 | |LICENSE#: 3823-43GL AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 12:00[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/17/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JEFF WRIGHT RDO | | |JOSEPHINE PICCONE EO | +------------------------------------------------+STU RUBIN IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BOB WESTER/CHAD FISHER | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TWO 100mCi AMERICIUM-241 LEVEL DETECTORS WERE ACCIDENTALLY THROWN AWAY AS | | SCRAP. ONE HAS BEEN RECOVERED. | | | | THE RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER FOR ANHEUSER BUSCH CO. AND THE CONSULTANT FOR | | ANHEUSER BUSCH CO (R.M. WESTER & ASSOCIATES) GAVE THE FOLLOWING | | INFORMATION: | | | | TWO 100mCi AMERICIUM-241 (Am-241) ENCAPSULATED SOURCES, USED TO MEASURE | | FLUID LEVEL, WERE ACCIDENTALLY DISCARDED AS SCRAP METAL AT THE RIMCO | | SCRAPYARD LOCATED IN ST. LOUIS, MO. THE TWO Am-241 LEVEL DETECTORS WERE | | USED ON THE BOTTLING LINE TO MEASURE THE LEVEL IN BOTTLES AT THE ANHEUSER | | BUSCH FACILITY LOCATED AT 1 BUSCH PLACE, ST LOUIS, MO. THE BOTTLING LINE | | HAS BEEN ABANDONED FOR SEVERAL YEARS (IT IS LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE | | FACILITY WHICH IS STILL OPERATING). THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT RECENTLY | | REMODELED THE AREA WHERE THESE TWO Am-241 LEVEL DETECTORS WERE LOCATED, AND | | THEY WERE THROWN AWAY AS SCRAP METAL BETWEEN MAY 5th AND 6th OF THIS YEAR. | | THE SCRAP METAL WAS TAKEN TO RIMCO SCRAPYARD. AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 CDT | | TODAY, THE RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER (FOR ANHEUSER BUSCH) DISCOVERED THAT | | THE LEVEL DETECTORS WERE MISSING AND DISCOVERED THAT THE DETECTORS HAD BEEN | | TAKEN AS SCRAP METAL. THE SOURCES ARE TRIPLE ENCAPSULATED AND ARE ABOUT THE | | SIZE OF A FIST. THE SOURCES ARE EACH CONTAINED IN A LEVEL UNIT CONTAINER | | WHICH IS 10"x8"x4" IN SIZE. THE SOURCES WERE MANUFACTURED IN 1984. | | | | R.M. WESTER & ASSOCIATES (CONSULTANTS FOR ANHEUSER BUSCH) WENT TO RIMCO | | SCRAPYARD THIS AFTERNOON AND FOUND ONE OF THE LEVEL DETECTORS (INTACT) AND | | THEY ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR THE OTHER ONE. THE LEVEL DETECTORS ARE | | LICENSED TO PECO CONTROLS, LOCATED AT 450 MONTIGUE PARKWAY, MILPITAS, CA. | | THE SOURCES ARE LICENSED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA (LICENSE NUMBER | | 3823-43GL). | | | | R.M. WESTER & ASSOCIATES HAVE HEALTH PHYSICISTS AT RIMCO SCRAPYARD USING | | LUDLUM MODEL # 2350 WITH 4410 2 BY 2 SODIUM IODIDE SCINTILLATORS LOOKING | | FOR THE OTHER MISSING SOURCE. THE CONSULTANT SAID THEY WILL TAKE RADIATION | | READINGS ON THE SHREDDER, SCRAP PILE, ETC., AND HOPE TO FIND THE MISSING | | SOURCE. | | | | NRC REGION 3 JOHN JONES AND BOB HAYES WERE NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY R.M. | | WESTER & ASSOCIATES. | | | | * * * UPDATE BY BOB WESTER ON 05/17/97 @ 1712 ET TAKEN BY MACKINNON * * * | | | | BOB WESTER STATED THEY ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE MISSING SOURCE AT THE | | RIMCO SCRAPYARD AND WILL COMPLETE SURVEYING THE SCRAPYARD SOMETIME TONIGHT. | | | | MR. WESTER WAS INFORMED TODAY (5/17/97) THAT ANOTHER SOURCE WAS FOUND | | BURIED IN THE GROUND NEXT TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS AT THE RIMCO SCRAPYARD. | | THE SOURCE IS APPROXIMATELY 1" IN DIAMETER AND LOOKS LIKE A THIN DISK WITH | | A RAISED CENTER. IT WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE R.M. WESTER & ASSOCIATES LAB AND | | A SPECTROPHOTOMETRY WAS TAKEN OF THE OBJECT. THE DISK IS EMITTING LOW | | ENERGY GAMMAS WITH TWO PEAKS SHOWING UP ON THE SPECTROPHOTOMETER. ONE OF | | THE ENERGY PEAKS IS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70keV RANGE AND THE OTHER ENERGY | | PEAK IS BETWEEN 100-110keV. THE DISK ALSO HAS REMOVABLE ALPHA ON IT (AROUND | | 2000 dpm). R3DO (JIM McCORMICK-BARGER) & NMSS EO (JOSEPHINE PICCONE), R3 | | MATERIALS (JOHN MADERA), & STU RUBIN (MGR) IRD NOTIFIED. | | | | * * * UPDATE BY BOB WESTER ON 05/17/97 @ 1938 ET TAKEN BY MACKINNON * * * | | | | A MISTAKE WAS MADE ON THE INITIAL DEMENSIONS REPORTED, AND THE CORRECT SIZE | | OF THE THIN CIRCULAR RADIOACTIVE DISK IS 2.5" IN DIAMETER WITH A RAISED 1" | | DIAMETER CENTER PIECE. AFTER FURTHER EVALUATION OF THE DISK, R.M. WESTER | | ASSOCIATES THINKS THE RADIOACTIVE DISK CONTAINS Am-241, BUT IS NOT THE ONE | | FOR WHICH THEY WERE INITIALLY LOOKING. THE IDENTIFICATIN NUMBER ON THE | | RADIOACTIVE DISK IS 3-191867. WRITING ON THE EDGE OF THE DISK STATES | | "RADIOACTIVE", "ATTENTION", & "ACHTUNG". R.M. WESTER & ASSOCIATES WILL | | CONTACT A GERMAN COMPANY INVOLVED IN RADIOACTIVE SOURCES ON MONDAY | | (5/19/97) TO SEE IF THEY CAN DETERMINE WHO MADE THIS DISK AND ITS LAST | | OWNERS. | | | | R.M. WESTER & ASSOCIATES HAVE CHECKED OTHER SCRAPYARDS IN THE ST. LOUIS | | AREA WHICH RECEIVED SCRAP METAL FROM RIMCO IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WITHOUT | | ANY SUCCESS. MR. WESTER CALLED NUCOR-YAMATO STEEL MILL LOCATED IN | | BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS AND ASKED THEM TO RECHECK SCRAP METAL SENT TO THEM | | FROM RIMCO IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. THE NUCOR-YAMATO STEEL MILL SAID THAT | | THEY HAD CHECKED FOR RADIOACTIVITY AND FOUND NOTHING. MR. WESTER WILL | | CONTACT NRC REGION 3 (JOHN MADERA) AND INFORM HIM OF THE ABOVE UPDATE. R3DO | | (JIM McCORMICK-BARGER), & NMSS EO (JOSIE PICCONE) NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32343 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: POINT BEACH REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/16/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:58 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/16/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:15[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROSSEAU |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/16/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JIM MCCORMICKBARGER RDO | |ADAS 50.72(b)(2)(i) DEG/UNANALYZED COND | | |AINB 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(B) POT RHR INOP | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A STAND USED TO SUPPORT REACTOR COOLANT PUMP IMPELLERS DURING OUTAGES WAS | | FOUND TO BE STORED IMPROPERLY INSIDE CONTAINMENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS IDENTIFIED THAT A STAND, WHICH IS USED DURING OUTAGES TO | | SUPPORT REACTOR COOLANT PUMP IMPELLERS, IS NOT STORED PROPERLY. THE STAND | | IS STORED INSIDE THE UNIT 1 CONTAINMENT ON A FAN PLATFORM. THE STAND, | | WHICH WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 9600 POUNDS, IS MECHANICALLY SECURED TO THE FAN | | PLATFORM WITH CHAINS. HOWEVER, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE LOADING AND | | RESULTING STRESSES ON THE SUPPORTING FRAME DUE TO A DESIGN BASIS EARTHQUAKE | | COULD EXCEED DESIGN CRITERIA. | | | | THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT, IN THE EVENT OF A DESIGN BASIS EARTHQUAKE, | | THE STAND COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY DAMAGED THE RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL | | EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEMS PIPING. AS OF 1900 HOURS CDT ON 5/16/97, | | THE STAND HAS BEEN MOVED TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION INSIDE CONTAINMENT, SUCH | | THAT IT IS SECURED PROPERLY. THE STAND INSIDE UNIT 2 CONTAINMENT IS | | PROPERLY SECURED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32344 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: QUAD CITIES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/17/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:05 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 05/16/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:45[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HILL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/17/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JIM MCCORMICKBARGER RDO | |AINB 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(B) POT RHR INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE PLANT HAD BOTH EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS (EDGs) INOPERABLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE PERFORMED AN OPERABILITY EVALUATION ON THE 1/2 EDG AIR START | | MOTORS (INGERSOL RAND #88) IN ORDER TO ADDRESS A POTENTIAL GENERIC CONCERN | | WITH THE PINION GEAR TO FLYWHEEL ALIGNMENT. THE 1/2 EDG WAS DETERMINED | | INOPERABLE FOLLOWING THIS EVALUATION. THE UNIT 2 EDG HAD BEEN DECLARED | | INOPERABLE EARLIER DUE TO THE SAME ALIGNMENT ISSUE. THE UNIT 1 EDG WAS NOT | | AFFECTED AND IS STILL OPERABLE SINCE IT DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME MODEL (#89) | | AIR START MOTORS. THE UNIT 2 EDG CONDITION HAS BEEN CORRECTED AS OF 2126 | | CDT, BY REALIGNMENT, TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE, BUT THE LICENSEE IS STILL | | AWAITING THE OPERABILITY REVIEW. REPAIRS TO THE 1/2 EDG ARE PENDING. THE | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32345 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MCGUIRE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/17/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:24 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/17/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 03:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HOYLE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/17/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |THOMAS PEEBLES 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 HOT STANDBY | 0 HOT STANDBY | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PLANT SECURITY REPORTED UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY INTO THE PROTECTED AREA. | | IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY MEASURES TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. THE RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED. REFER TO HOO LOG FOR DETAILS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32346 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PRAIRIE ISLAND REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/17/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: MN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:25 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/17/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:01[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAMMANN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/17/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JIM MCCORMICKBARGER RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE #22 TURBINE DRIVEN AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP (TDAFW) STARTED WHEN POWER | | WAS DEENERGIZED TO # 21 & # 22 NON-SAFEGUARDS BUSES. THE DEENERGIZATION OF | | THE NON-SAFEGUARDS BUSES WAS A PLANNED EVOLUTION. | | | | DURING THE LAST FEW DAYS THE REACTOR COOLANT DRAIN TANK LEVEL HAD BEEN | | SLOWLY INCREASING IN LEVEL (LEAK RATE WAS LESS THAN TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION | | LIMIT) SO THE LICENSEE DECIDED TO SHUT DOWN UNIT 2. REACTOR COOLANT LOOP | | "B" DRAIN VALVES (2RC18-1 & 2RC18-2) WERE LEAKING. THE LICENSEE THINKS | | THAT THEY HAVE STOPPED THE LEAK FROM THE VALVES. | | | | WHEN THE UNIT WAS SHUTDOWN THE ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCE FOR UNIT 2 AUXILIARY | | LOADS WAS TRANSFERRED FROM THE MAIN TRANSFORMER TO THE RESERVE TRANSFORMER. | | WHEN THE ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCE TRANSFER WAS MADE AN ELECTRICAL ARC WAS | | SEEN ON EITHER SIDE OF THE DISCONNECTS OF THE 2RSX BREAKER. THE 2RSX | | BREAKER SUPPLIES ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE 2RX (13.8/4.16KV) RESERVE | | TRANSFORMER. THE 2RX RESERVE TRANSFORMER SUPPLIES ELECTRICAL POWER TO | | NON-SAFEGUARDS BUSES #21 & #22. THE LICENSEE HAD TO SECURE ALL LOADS | | COMING OFF OF BUSES #21 & #22 (SUPPLIES POWER TO THE REACTOR COOLANT PUMPS, | | MAIN FEEDWATER PUMPS, etc.) SO WORK COULD BE PERFORMED ON THE 2RSX BREAKER. | | | | THE REACTOR COOLANT PUMPS WERE SECURED BEFORE DE-ENERGIZING NON-SAFEGUARDS | | BUSES #21 & #22. | | | | WHEN ELECTRICAL POWER TO NON-SAFEGUARDS BUSES #21 & #22 WAS SECURED THE | | TURBINE DRIVEN AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP STARTED. THE LICENSEE DID NOT SEE | | ANY CHANGES IN Tave DUE TO THE COLD WATER THAT WAS FED TO THE STEAM | | GENERATORS FROM THE TDAFW PUMP. THE LICENSEE THOUGHT THAT SINCE THEY WERE | | IN SHUTDOWN AND THE TDAFW PUMP WAS IN AUTO THE TDAFW PUMP WOULD NOT START | | ON AN ANTICIPATORY LOSS OF MAIN FEEDWATER START SIGNAL (UNDERVOLTAGE) WHEN | | BOTH NON-SAFEGUARDS BUSES #21 & #22 WERE DEENERGIZED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32347 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: POINT BEACH REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/18/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:46 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/18/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:49[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KURT RATHGABER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/18/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JIM MCCORMICKBARGER RDO | |ADAS 50.72(b)(2)(i) DEG/UNANALYZED COND | | |AINB 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(B) POT RHR INOP | | |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 N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - UNIT 2 TURBINE DRIVEN AFW PUMP RELAY OPERATED TOO SLOWLY DURING A TEST - | | | | DURING A REVIEW OF PLANT TEST PROCEDURES, THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT | | TESTS OF AUXILIARY FEEDWATER (AFW) SYSTEM COMPONENTS DID NOT VERIFY THAT | | AFW SYSTEM TIME DELAY RELAYS OPERATE WITHIN THEIR DESIGN TIME REQUIREMENTS. | | THE LICENSEE PREPARED A SPECIAL TEST PROCEDURE TO TIME TEST THESE AFW | | SYSTEM TIME DELAY RELAYS. | | | | DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS SPECIAL TEST, ONE OF THE UNIT 2 AFW SYSTEM | | TIME DELAY RELAYS FAILED TO OPERATE WITHIN ITS DESIGN TIME REQUIREMENT. | | THE ACCEPTANCE BAND FOR THIS RELAY IS 180 +/- 10 SECONDS; THE RELAY TEST | | OPERATED AT 198 SECONDS. THE LICENSEE WILL ADJUST AND RETEST THE RELAY. | | | | THIS RELAY IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW CLOSURE OF THE UNIT 2 TURBINE DRIVEN AFW | | PUMP MINI RECIRC FLOW VALVE AFTER THREE MINUTES OF OPERATION. FAILURE OF | | THIS RELAY TO OPERATE WITHIN ITS DESIGN TIME REQUIREMENTS NEGATIVELY | | IMPACTS THE ABILITY OF THE AFW SYSTEM TO PROVIDE FULL REQUIRED FLOW WITHIN | | THE ORIGINAL DESIGN TIME REQUIREMENTS. | | | | THE LICENSEE PREVIOUSLY TESTED THE UNIT 1 TURBINE DRIVEN AFW PUMP SYSTEM | | WITH ACCEPTABLE RESULTS. UNIT 1 IS IN MODE 5 (COLD SHUTDOWN). | | | | THE LICENSEE IS PRESENTLY TESTING THE TWO MOTOR DRIVEN AFW PUMP SYSTEMS | | WHICH ARE SHARED BY UNITS 1 AND 2. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1733 BY KURT RATHGABER ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE ADJUSTED THE ABOVE RELAY AND SATISFACTORILY RETESTED THE | | UNIT 2 TURBINE DRIVEN AFW PUMP SYSTEM AND THE TWO UNIT 1/2 MOTOR DRIVEN AFW | | PUMP SYSTEMS. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE OPERATIONS | | OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R3DO JIM McCORMICK-BARGER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+