U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 04/17/97 - 04/18/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 32073 32159 32168 32169 32170 32171 32172 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32073 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FERMI REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/02/97 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:41 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 04/02/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KIEL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/17/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RON GARDNER 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | POWER AND CONTROL CABLES NOT PROTECTED FROM HIGH ENERGY LINE BREAKS | | | | EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT COOLING WATER VALVES (DIVISION 1 PRIMARY CONTAINMENT | | INBOARD RETURN ISOLATION VALVE, #P44-F616 AND DIVISION 2 PRIMARY | | CONTAINMENT INBOARD RETURN ISOLATION VALVE, #P44-F615) HAVE BEEN DETERMINED | | TO HAVE POWER AND CONTROL CABLES WHICH COULD BE AFFECTED BY JET | | IMPINGEMENT. THE CABLES ARE IN THE IMPINGEMENT CONE FOR A HIGH ENERGY LINE | | BREAK. THE UPDATED FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT SECTION 3.6 STATES THAT ESF | | SYSTEMS WILL BE PROTECTED FROM HIGH ENERGY LINE BREAKS. THEREFORE, THE | | DESIGN OF THE CABLING FOR #P44-F616 AND #P44-F615 ARE OUTSIDE THEIR DESIGN | | BASIS. A TEAM WILL BE ASSEMBLED TO DETERMINE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE OF THIS EVENT. | | | | * * * RETRACTION ON 04/17/97 @ 1025 BY BASS TAKEN BY MacKINNON * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT NONE OF THE CONTAINMENT ISOLATION VALVES | | IDENTIFIED ABOVE AS BEING POTENTIALLY AFFECTED BY HIGH ENERGY LINE BREAKS | | INSIDE CONTAINMENT ARE ACTUALLY AFFECTED. CONSEQUENTLY, THE LICENSEE | | DESIRES TO RETRACT THIS EVENT. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. THE HOO NOTIFIED R3DO BRUCE BURGESS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32159 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MONTICELLO REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/15/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:17 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 04/15/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:40[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WITSCHEN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/17/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BRUCE BURGESS RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE NET POSITIVE SUCTION HEAD (NPSH) | | AVAILABLE TO CORE SPRAY PUMPS MAY NOT MEET THE REQUIRED NPSH UNDER ALL | | ACCIDENT CONDITIONS. | | | | DURING A REVIEW OF ECCS PUMP NPSH REQUIREMENTS, A NEW HIGHER HEAD LOSS WAS | | CALCULATED FOR ECCS SUCTION STRAINERS. ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT THE NPSH | | AVAILABLE TO CORE SPRAY PUMPS MAY NOT MEET REQUIRED NPSH UNDER ALL ACCIDENT | | CONDITIONS. THE SPECIFIC CONDITION OF CONCERN INVOLVES A FAILURE OF LPCI | | TO SELECT THE INTACT REACTOR RECIRCULATION LOOP. THIS CONDITION MINIMIZES | | PRIMARY CONTAINMENT PRESSURE WHILE MAXIMIZING SUCTION STRAINER FLOW LOSES. | | PROMPT OPERABILITY EVALUATIONS HAVE DETERMINED THAT UNDER THIS CONDITION | | CORE SPRAY WILL BE ABLE TO MEET FLOW REQUIREMENTS DURING THE PERIOD OF THE | | TIME REQUIRED BY PLANT ANALYSIS AND EOPs. THE LICENSEE IS CONTINUING TO | | EVALUATE THIS CONDITION. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1948 EDT ON 04/17/97 BY DUANE BISTODEAU TO S. SANDIN * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS UPDATING THIS REPORT TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: | | | | "RHR PUMPS MAY NOT MEET MINIMUM NPSH REQUIRED IN THE SAME ACCIDENT | | CONDITION AS THE CORE SPRAY PUMPS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. PROMPT OPERABILITY | | OF THE RHR PUMPS HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PUMPS ARE OPERABLE. EVALUATION IS | | CONTINUING." | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE HOO NOTIFIED R3DO | | BRUCE BURGESS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 32168 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/17/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:40 [ET]| |COMMENTS: LEU CONVERSION (UF6 to UO2) |EVENT DATE: 04/17/97 | | COMMERCIAL LWR FUEL |EVENT TIME: 08:15[EDT]| | |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/17/97 | | CITY: COLUMBIA REGION: 2 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: RICHLAND STATE: SC |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: SNM-1107 AGREEMENT: Y |KEN BARR RDO | | DOCKET: 07001151 |FRED COMBS (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+PHIL TING NMSS | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM FICI |LOREN BUSH (NRR) IAT | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON |JOHN DAVIDSON (NMSS) IAT | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |PAAB 74.11(a) LOST/STOLEN SNM | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TWO UNIRRADIATED FUEL RODS WERE FOUND MISSING ON 03/20/97. | | | | ON 03/20/97, THE LICENSEE BECAME AWARE THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW THE LOCATION | | OF TWO UNIRRADIATED FUEL RODS. | | | | ON 03/20-21/97, AN INITIAL SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE | | LOCATION OF THE FUEL RODS WAS NOT ESTABLISHED. | | | | ON 03/26/97, THE COLUMBIA PLANT REGULATORY AFFAIRS MANAGER AND THE PLANT | | MANAGER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE TWO MISSING FUEL RODS. A FORMAL INVESTIGATION | | TEAM WAS FORMED AND AN IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATION WAS STARTED. | | | | ON 04/05/97, INFORMATION WAS GATHERED THAT INDICATED THAT THE FUELS RODS | | MAY HAVE BEEN PLACED INTO A POPULATION OF LEAD-FILLED RODS THAT WERE USED | | TO MAKE TWO REPLICA FUEL ASSEMBLIES FOR THE TEMELIN POWER PLANT LOCATED IN | | THE CZECH REPUBLIC. THIS INFORMATION WAS GATHERED FROM THE FUEL ROD | | COMPUTER TRACEABILITY SYSTEM. | | | | ON 04/05-09/97, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS GATHERED THAT SUPPORTED THE | | SCENARIO THAT THE FUEL RODS MAY HAVE GOTTEN INTO A POPULATION OF | | LEAD-FILLED RODS THAT WERE USED TO MAKE TWO REPLICA FUEL ASSEMBLIES FOR | | TEMELIN, AND THAT THE REPLICA ASSEMBLIES WERE AT THE TEMELIN SITE IN THE | | NEW FUEL RECEIPT AREA. | | | | ON 04/10/97, THE CZECH REPUBLIC UTILITY CUSTOMER, CEZ, WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS | | SCENARIO. | | | | ON 04/15/97, PERSONNEL FROM THE COLUMBIA PLANT ARRIVED AT THE TEMELIN SITE | | TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE FUEL RODS WERE IN ONE OR BOTH OF THE REPLICA FUEL | | ASSEMBLIES. | | | | ON 04/17/97, COLUMBIA PLANT PERSONNEL AT THE TEMELIN SITE LOCATED ONE OF | | THE FUEL RODS IN ONE OF THE REPLICA ASSEMBLIES. EFFORTS ARE CONTINUING TO | | LOCATE THE SECOND FUEL ROD. | | | | TO PREVENT RECURRENCE, THE COLUMBIA PLANT MANUFACTURING MANAGER INFORMED | | THE APPROPRIATE PLANT PERSONNEL THAT NO REPLICA FUEL ASSEMBLIES WILL BE | | MANUFACTURED UNTIL A TRACEABILITY PROCEDURE IS ESTABLISHED THAT ENSURES | | THAT NO FUEL RODS ARE LOADED INTO REPLICA FUEL ASSEMBLIES. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0553 ON 04/18/97 BY JIM FICI ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | AT 0531 ON 04/18/97, JIM FICI WAS NOTIFIED THAT WESTINGHOUSE-COLUMBIA | | REPRESENTATIVES LOCATED THE SECOND UNIRRADIATED URANIUM BEARING FUEL ROD | | INSIDE THE SAME REPLICA FUEL ASSEMBLY THAT CONTAINS THE FIRST FUEL ROD AT | | THE TEMELIN POWER PLANT IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE | | FUEL RODS OR THE FUEL ASSEMBLY AND NO PERSONNEL WERE CONTAMINATED OR | | INJURED. | | | | THE HOO NOTIFIED R2DO KEN BARR, NMSS EO FRED COMBS, NMSS PHIL TING, NMSS | | IAT MEMBER JOHN DAVIDSON, AND NRR IAT MEMBER LOREN BUSH. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32169 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OCONEE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/17/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [3] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:24 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP,[3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/17/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVE NIX |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/17/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |KENNETH BARR 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 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 SECOND TRAIN OF THE LOW TEMPERATURE OVERPRESSURE PROTECTION SYSTEM WAS | | FOUND TO BE INOPERABLE IN THE PAST. | | | | THE LOW TEMPERATURE OVERPRESSURE PROTECTION (LTOP) SYSTEM PROTECTS THE | | REACTOR VESSEL FROM EXCESSIVE PRESSURE AT LOW TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS. | | THE FIRST TRAIN OF THE LTOP SYSTEM CONSISTS OF THE PRESSURIZER POWER | | OPERATED RELIEF VALVE WITH A LOWERED LIFT SETPOINT BASED ON LOW TEMPERATURE | | PRESSURE LIMITS, ALONG WITH ITS FLOWPATH. THE SECOND TRAIN OF THE LTOP | | SYSTEM CONSISTS OF OPERATOR ACTION, ASSISTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS, | | ALARMS, AND AN OPERATING PHILOSOPHY THAT MAINTAINS A STEAM BUBBLE IN THE | | PRESSURIZER DURING ALL MODES OF OPERATION (EXCEPT FOR INSERVICE HYDROSTATIC | | TESTING). THE SECOND LTOP SYSTEM TRAIN RELIES ON OPERATOR ACTION (AFTER AN | | ASSUMED 10 MINUTE DELAY) TO MITIGATE A LOW TEMPERATURE OVERPRESSURE EVENT. | | | | AT 0900 ON 04/17/97, THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT, IN THE PAST, OPERATOR | | ACTION MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CAPABLE OF MITIGATING CERTAIN LTOP EVENTS SINCE | | LESS THAN A 10 MINUTE DELAY PERIOD WOULD HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE BEFORE THE | | OPERATOR WAS REQUIRED TO TAKE MITIGATIVE ACTIONS. THE SCENARIO EVALUATED | | WAS THE POSTULATED FAILURE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE INJECTION MAKEUP VALVE | | (HP-120) TO THE FULL OPEN POSITION AND THE FAILURE OF THE FIRST TRAIN OF | | THE LTOP SYSTEM. IN THIS SCENARIO, TO ENSURE THAT 10 MINUTES ARE AVAILABLE | | FOR OPERATOR ACTION TO MITIGATE AN LTOP EVENT, HIGH PRESSURE INJECTION | | MAKEUP FLOW TO THE REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM IS RESTRICTED THROUGH VALVE | | HP-120 BY THE USE OF TRAVEL STOPS ON THIS VALVE. LICENSEE ENGINEERING | | ANALYSIS DETERMINED THAT THE TRAVEL STOPS ON VALVE HP-120 MAY NOT HAVE BEEN | | SET IN THE PAST TO ADEQUATELY RESTRICT MAKEUP FLOW THROUGH THIS VALVE AND | | PROVIDE 10 MINUTES FOR OPERATOR ACTIONS. | | | | THIS EVENT HAS NO EFFECT ON PRESENT PLANT OPERATIONS FOR UNITS 1, 2, AND 3. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS DETERMINING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS AND PLANS TO SUBMIT A | | LICENSEE EVENT REPORT OF THIS EVENT TO THE NRC WHICH WILL INCLUDE DETAILS | | OF THE ROOT CAUSE AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TAKEN. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 32170 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/17/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:43 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 04/16/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 12:05[CDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/17/97 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |BRUCE BURGESS RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |FRED COMBS (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: W.G HALICKS | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |OCBB 76.120(c)(2)(ii) EQUIP DISABLED/FAILS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN PADUCAH PROCESS BUILDINGS C-331 AND C-337 ARE | | NOT CONNECTED TO THE BUILDING FIRE WATER SUPPLY. | | | | ON 04/16/97, THE LICENSEE CONDUCTED ADDITIONAL INSPECTIONS OF SPRINKLER | | PIPING SYSTEMS IN ALL MAJOR PROCESS BUILDINGS AT PADUCAH. SEVEN SYSTEMS | | WERE IDENTIFIED IN PROCESS BUILDINGS C-331 AND C-337 THAT WERE NOT | | CONNECTED TO THE BUILDING FIRE WATER SUPPLY. THESE SYSTEMS ARE IN ADDITION | | TO THE SYSTEMS IDENTIFIED IN EVENTS #32148 AND #32162. THE SYSTEMS INVOLVED | | ARE BRANCHES, EACH WITH 3 TO 5 SPRINKLER HEADS, WHICH SUPPLY FIRE | | PROTECTION TO EXHAUST FANS. THESE EXHAUST FANS WERE INSTALLED DURING | | BUILDING VENTILATION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS IN 1975 AND ARE LOCATED AT THE | | OUTERMOST PERIMETER OF THE BUILDINGS. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF THE | | AFFECTED SPRINKLER SYSTEMS: | | | | BUILDING SPRINKLER SYSTEM BUILDING COLUMN NUMBER | | C-331 31 J-33 | | C-331 3 V-2 | | C-337 A-1 B-4 | | C-337 A-5 B-12 | | C-337 A-9 B-16 | | C-337 A-13 B-20 | | C-337 A-13 B-24 | | THE AFFECTED SYSTEMS WERE DECLARED INOPERABLE AND HOURLY FIRE PATROLS WERE | | ESTABLISHED AS REQUIRED BY TSR 2.4.4.5. AS AN ADDITIONAL COMPENSATORY | | MEASURE, PERIMETER FIRE PATROLS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN THE AFFECTED | | BUILDINGS TO ENSURE COVERAGE OF ANY DEFICIENT SYSTEMS NOT CURRENTLY | | IDENTIFIED. THE REASON FOR THESE BRANCHES NOT BEING CONNECTED IS UNKNOWN. | | AN INVESTIGATION AND FURTHER INSPECTION ARE ONGOING AT THIS TIME. THE | | LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32171 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PILGRIM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/17/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:08 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 04/17/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: VINNY FALLACARA |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/17/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN KINNEMAN RDO | |AINB 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(B) POT RHR INOP | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 18 POWER OPERATION | 18 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REACTOR CORE ISOLATION COOLING (RCIC) SYSTEM DECLARED INOPERABLE. | | | | DURING PERFORMANCE OF QUARTERLY SURVEILLANCE 8.5.5.1 (RCIC OPERABILITY), | | THE GOVERNOR VALVE REMAINED IN THE FULL OPEN POSITION CAUSING RCIC TO TRIP | | AT 125% RATED SPEED (OVERSPEED). THE RCIC SYSTEM WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE | | PLACING THE UNIT IN TS LCO A/S 3.5.D.2. THIS LCO REQUIRES THAT THE RCIC | | SYSTEM BE RESTORED TO OPERABILITY WITHIN 14 DAYS OR REDUCE REACTOR PRESSURE | | TO LESS THAN 150 PSIG AT WHICH POINT THE RCIC SYSTEM IS NOT REQUIRED. A | | PRIORITY ONE MAINTENANCE REQUEST WAS ISSUED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE | | RCIC TURBINE WAS SUCCESSFULLY RUN ON 04/14/97 FOR THE 150 PSIG TEST. THE | | UNIT IS CURRENTLY HOLDING POWER AT 18% OFFLINE WHILE COMPLETING TESTING ON | | THE MAIN TRANSFORMER. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |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: 04/17/97 | |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)." | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+