U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 11/17/97 - 11/18/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 33226 33269 33270 33271 33272 33273 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33226 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HOPE CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/06/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:21 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 11/06/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:25[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KURT KRUEGER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/17/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LEANNE HARRISON RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | |JIM WIGGINS, R1 IAT | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - PLANT SECURITY EVENT - | | | | SAFEGUARDS SYSTEM DEGRADATION RELATED TO PROTECTED AREA BOUNDARY. IMMEDIATE | | COMPENSATORY MEASURES TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR | | ADDITIONAL DETAILS. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1130 ON 11/17/97 BY FAULKNER ENTERED BY GOULD * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT BECAUSE AUTHORIZED BADGED PERSONNEL | | WERE IN THE AREA BETWEEN THE TIME THE BARRIER WAS REMOVED AND COMPENSATORY | | MEASURES PUT IN PLACE. IT WAS ALSO DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO INDICATION | | OF UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY AND THE REMOVAL OF THE GRATING DID NOT PROVIDE AN | | EXPLOITABLE OPPERTUNITY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO GAIN UNDETECTED ACCESS TO THE | | PROTECTED AREA. THEREFORE, THE LICENSEE HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS EVENT WAS | | NOT REPORTABLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE OPERATIONS | | OFFICER NOTIFIED R1DO (JACK McFADDEN). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33269 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COMANCHE PEAK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/17/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:17 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/17/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:30[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GOLDEMOND |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/17/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOSEPH TAPIA RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION |STU RICHARDS EO | | |SUE GAGNER PAO | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED OSHA AND LOCAL AGENCIES OF THE DEATH OF A CONTRACT | | EMPLOYEE UPON ARRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL. | | | | AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 CST ON 11/17/97, A CONTRACT EMPLOYEE WORKING WITH | | STATION ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL CAME IN CONTACT WITH 6.9kV POWER | | AND WAS RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS. AUTHORIZED WORK ON CLEANING NON-SAFETY BUS | | "XA1" CUBICLE 4 BREAKER "XA1-2" WAS IN PROGRESS. THIS BREAKER IS THE | | SUPPLY FROM UNIT 2 STATION SERVICE TRANSFORMER "2ST" WHICH HAD BEEN REMOVED | | FROM SERVICE ON 11/16/97 TO SUPPORT THE IN-PROGRESS UNIT 2 REFUELING | | OUTAGE. THE BREAKER WAS DE-ENERGIZED AS WAS THE BUS FEED FROM TRANSFORMER | | "2ST"; HOWEVER, THE BUS WAS STILL ENERGIZED FROM UNIT 1. THE INDIVIDUAL | | WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL IN ELLEN ROSE, TEXAS BY AMBULANCE. SHE WAS | | DECLARED DEAD SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVING AT THE HOSPITAL. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED AND THE LICENCEE WILL ISSUE A PRESS | | RELEASE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 33270 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: SHANNON AND WILSON |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/17/97 | | CITY: ST. LOUIS REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:40 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: MO |EVENT DATE: 11/17/97 | |LICENSE#: 24-18839-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 09:30[CST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/17/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOHN MADERA RDO | | |FRED COMBS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOANNA FERRARA | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NDAM DAMAGE MEASURE GAUGE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DAMAGED MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE | | | | A MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE (MAKE AND MODEL UNKNOWN) WAS DAMAGED WHEN A PIECE | | OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT BACKED OVER IT. THE SOURCE ROD WAS EXPOSED AT THE | | TIME OF THE EVENT. THE GAUGE CONTAINS TWO SOURCES (1.48 GBq [40 mCi] | | Am-241/Be AND 0.3 GBq [8 mCi] Cs-137). THE SITE RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER | | REPORTED THAT THE DOSE RATE WAS 50 mR/HR IN THE VICINITY OF THE GAUGE. THE | | LICENSEE IS CONTROLLING ACCESS TO THE AREA AROUND THE GAUGE. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS CONTRACTED T.S. WESTERN TO RECOVER THE GAUGE. THE | | CONTRACTOR IS EXPECTED TO BE ONSITE SHORTLY. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33271 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PRAIRIE ISLAND REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/17/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: MN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:57 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/17/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:04[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SMITH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/17/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN MADERA 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 Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SAFEGUARDS BUS REALIGNED TO ALTERNATE POWER SUPPLY | | | | "A SUBSTATION TRANSFORMER FAULT SIGNAL (10BANK XFMR) RESULTED IN LOSS OF | | ONE OFFSITE SOURCE TO UNIT 2. ONE SAFEGUARDS BUS (BUS 26) LOST POWER UNTIL | | THE AUTOMATIC VOLTAGE RESTORATION REPOWERED THE BUS FROM THE SECOND OFFSITE | | SOURCE. THE SAFEGUARDS BUS WAS DEENERGIZED FOR APPROXIMATELY 4 SECONDS. | | SAFEGUARDS BUS DEENERGIZING AND REENERGIZING RESULTED IN AUTO LOAD | | REJECTION/RESTORATION WHICH IS AN ESF ACTUATION. THE SAFEGUARDS DIESEL | | GENERATOR DOES NOT RECEIVE A START SIGNAL FOR THIS SHORT POWER | | INTERRUPTION. | | | | THE CAUSE OF THE TRANSFORMER FAULT SIGNAL IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. ACTIONS | | ARE IN PROGRESS TO RESTORE A SECOND OFFSITE SOURCE TO UNIT 2." | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 33272 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: NUCLEAR PHARMACY OF IDAHO |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/17/97 | | CITY: BOISE REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:22 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: ID |EVENT DATE: 11/12/97 | |LICENSE#: 112739801MD AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 19:30[MST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/17/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOSEPH TAPIA RDO | | |DON COOL, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: NED GREGORIO, RSO | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - I-131 LIQUID SPILL INSIDE A GLOVE BOX AT NUCLEAR PHARMACY OF IDAHO - | | | | AT 1930 (MST) ON 11/12/97, NED GREGORIO, RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER (RSO), | | NUCLEAR PHARMACY OF IDAHO, BOISE, IDAHO, SPILLED 30 TO 60 MILLICURIES OF | | I-131 LIQUID INSIDE A GLOVE BOX. SOME OF THE LIQUID SPILLED ONTO THE | | RSO's HANDS, ARMS, AND LAB COAT SLEEVES. THE SPILL HAS BEEN CLEANED UP, | | THE RSO's HANDS AND ARMS HAVE BEEN CLEANED, AND THE LAB COAT HAS BEEN | | DISPOSED OF PROPERLY. | | | | THE RSO HAS DISCUSSED THIS INCIDENT WITH NRC REGION 4 DICK LEONARDI. | | | | REFER TO HOO LOG FOR RSO's TELEPHONE NUMBER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33273 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/17/97 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:41 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/17/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:45[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MICHELE SAVINO |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/17/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JACK McFADDEN, R1 RDO | |CDEG 21.21(c)(3)(i) DEFECTS/NONCOMPLIANCE | | | |MILTON SHYMLOCK, R2 RDO | | |JOHN MADERA, R3 RDO | | |JOSEPH TAPIA, R4 RDO | | |VERN HODGE NRR | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - 10CFR21 REPORT OF DEFECTIVE T-DRAINS ON ENVIRONMENTALLY QUALIFIED MOVs - | | | | INDIAN POINT UNIT 2 IS IN MODE 5 (COLD SHUTDOWN) IN A MAINTENANCE OUTAGE. | | | | WHILE PREPARING TO INSTALL A SPARE MOTOR ON ENVIRONMENTALLY QUALIFIED (EQ) | | MOTOR OPERATED VALVE (MOV) #MOV-856D, THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT THE MOV | | HAD A DEFECTIVE T-DRAIN. IN ORDER FOR AN EQ MOV TO BE OPERABLE, THE VALVE | | MUST HAVE A T-DRAIN INSTALLED TO RELIEVE MOISTURE BUILDUP IN A HARSH | | ENVIRONMENT FOLLOWING A MAJOR ACCIDENT. | | | | THE T-DRAIN, SUPPLIED BY LIMITORQUE, INC, LYNCHBURG, VA, WAS NOT DRILLED | | THROUGH AND WOULD ACT AS A PIPE PLUG RATHER THAN AS A PIPE DRAIN. THE | | LICENSEE OBSERVED THIS CONDITION TO BE AN APPARENT MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. | | | | THE SPARE MOTOR HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SPARE ACTUATOR FOR #MOV-536 WHICH | | HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM SERVICE IN 1993, REBUILT, AND STORED FOR FUTURE USE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INSPECTED ALL EQ MOVs AND FOUND SEVERAL WITH A SIMILAR | | DEFECTIVE T-DRAIN. THE LICENSEE HAS REMOVED ALL DEFECTIVE T-DRAINS AND | | INSTALLED PROPERLY DRILLED T-DRAINS ON ALL EQ MOVs. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO PREPARE A WRITTEN REPORT OF THIS CONDITION AND | | SUBMIT IT TO THE NRC PER 10CFR21.21. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+