U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 12/18/97 - 12/19/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 33359 33421 33425 33426 33427 33428 33429 33430 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33359 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DRESDEN REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/06/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:03 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1,[2] GE-3,[3] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 12/06/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:48[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRIAN SAMPSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/18/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARK RING RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | | | | | 3 | N Y 99 POWER OPERATION | 99 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | -PERIPHERAL CONTROL ROD INSERTED INTO THE CORE DURING A SURVEILLANCE TEST- | | | | DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF UNIT 3 TECH SPEC OPERATING SURVEILLANCE TEST | | #DOS-500-3, AVERAGE POWER RANGE MONITOR ROD BLOCK AND SCRAM FUNCTIONAL | | TEST, PERIPHERAL CONTROL ROD #22-03 RAPIDLY INSERTED TO THE FULL-IN | | POSITION (POSITION 00) FROM THE FULLY WITHDRAWN POSITION (POSITION #48). | | REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEM, CHANNEL B, WAS DEENERGIZED AT THE TIME AS PART | | OF THE TEST. NO CORE THERMAL LIMITS WERE EXCEEDED OR CHALLENGED. | | CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS ELECTRICALLY ISOLATED CONTROL ROD #22-03 AND | | DECLARED IT INOPERABLE PENDING COMPLETION OF A ROOT CAUSE INVESTIGATION. | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 2203 ON 12/18/97 BY DAVE THRONE ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | THE STATEMENTS OF CONSIDERATIONS FOR 10CFR50.72 & 50.73 CONSIDER AN | | "ACTUATION" TO BE MULTIPLE CHANNELS OF THE SYSTEMS COMPLETING THEIR | | ACTUATION CONTROL LOGIC TO INITIATE THE RESPECTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION. | | MULTIPLE RPS CHANNELS WERE NOT ACTUATED IN THIS EVENT. ADDITIONALLY, | | "ESF ACTUATIONS", AS SPECIFIED BY 10CFR50.72 & 50.73, DO NOT CONSIDER THE | | ACTUATION OF A SINGLE COMPONENT TO BE REPORTABLE, UNLESS THE ACTUATION OF | | A SINGLE COMPONENT FULFILLS THE SAFETY FUNCTION. THE SCRAMMING OF A SINGLE | | CONTROL ROD WOULD NOT PROVIDE THIS SAFETY FUNCTION NOR WOULD IT MITIGATE | | THE CONSEQUENCES OF A SIGNIFICANT EVENT. LICENSEE ENGINEERING PERSONNEL | | CONSIDER THIS EVENT TO BE AN ISOLATED EVENT. THEREFORE, NO GENERIC | | CONCERNS EXIST WITH OTHER INSTALLED PLANT SOLENOID PILOT VALVES. THUS, | | THE LICENSEE DESIRES TO RETRACT THIS EVENT. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED R3DO PAT HILAND. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33421 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/17/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:32 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 12/17/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 10:45[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/18/97 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |BRUCE JORGENSEN RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |DON COOL EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KURT SISLER | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4-HOUR NRC BULLETIN 91-01 REPORT. | | | | PERSONNEL IN THE X-326 BUILDING DISCOVERED THAT COMPRESSOR SEALS | | CONTAMINATED WITH HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM (HEU) WERE BEING STORED IN | | ACCORDANCE WITH NCSA-PLANT_064.A00, ALTHOUGH THIS NCSA (NUCLEAR CRITICALITY | | SAFETY ASSESSMENT) ONLY APPLIES TO URANIUM ENRICHMENTS OF ó20% (BY WEIGHT) | | U-235. NO NCSA EXISTS FOR STORAGE OF SEALS CONTAMINATED WITH URANIUM | | ENRICHED TO >20% U-235. THIS CONDITION REPRESENTS A LOSS OF ONE OF TWO | | CONTINGENCY CONTROLS, ASSAY, WITH THE OTHER BEING MODERATION, WHICH WAS | | MAINTAINED. | | | | THE CALLER REPORTED THAT THE CRITICALITY CALCULATIONS SUPPORTING | | NCSA-PLANT_064.A00 ASSUME URANIUM ENRICHED TO 100% U-235, AND THE CURRENT | | SEAL STORAGE CONFIGURATION WOULD HAVE BEEN SAFE AT THAT ENRICHMENT. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1550 ON 12/18/97 BY JOHN HUTSEBAUT TAKEN BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | DURING AN INVESTIGATION OF THIS EVENT, THE LICENSEE IDENTIFIED THAT TWO | | PREVIOUS OPPORTUNITIES EXISTED TO HAVE IDENTIFIED & CORRECTED THIS PROBLEM. | | (1) PROBLEM REPORT #PR-PTS-97-7526, 08/21/97, CONCERNED SIX COMPRESSOR | | SEALS REMOVED FROM CELL #25-7-12 AND STORED IN BUILDING X-326. THE CONCERN | | IS WITH THE QUANTITY OF HEU CONTAMINATING THE SEALS. THE LICENSEE DID NOT | | RECOGNIZE THAT NCSA-PLANT_064.A00 DID NOT APPLY OR THAT ONE OF THE REQUIRED | | CONTINGENCY CONTROLS IN NCSA-PLANT_064.A00 (ASSAY >20%) HAD BEEN LOST. | | THE LICENSEE TRANSPORTED THE SEALS TO AN ONSITE DOE MATERIAL STORAGE AREA | | (DMSA) FOR PROPER STORAGE. (2) PROBLEM REPORT #PR-PTS-97-7679, 08/28/97, | | DOCUMENTED THAT NCSA-PLANT_064.A00 DID NOT APPLY TO SEALS CONTAMINATED WITH | | HEU WITH AN ASSAY >20%. THIS PROBLEM REPORT IDENTIFIED THAT THE SEALS | | DOCUMENTED IN PR-PTS-97-7526 HAD NOT BEEN STORED UNDER A VALID NCSA PRIOR | | TO THEIR REMOVAL SINCE NCSA-PLANT_064.A00 DID NOT APPLY. | | | | THE ABOVE TWO PROBLEM REPORTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED AS REPORTABLE | | EVENTS TO THE NRC AT THE TIME THEY WERE INITIATED. THE LICENSEE PREPARED | | SIGNIFICANT CONDITION ADVERSE TO QUALITY PROBLEM REPORT #PR-PTS-97-10649 TO | | INVESTIGATE AND RESOLVE THESE DEFICIENCIES. | | | | THE CURRENT LICENSEE ACTION PLAN FOR RESTORING DOUBLE CONTINGENCY CONTROLS | | CONSISTS OF TWO ACTIONS: (1) PREPARING A NEW NCSA FOR HANDLING AND STORAGE | | OF HEU-CONTAMINATED COMPRESSOR SEALS WITH ASSAYS ò20% ENRICHMENT), AND | | (2) USING THE NEW NCSA, TRANSPORT THE SEALS TO AN ONSITE DMSA WHICH IS | | APPROVED FOR THE STORAGE OF HEU CONTAMINATED MATERIAL. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE ONSITE DOE | | REPRESENTATIVE. | | | | THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED R1DO PAT HILAND, NMSS EO SUSAN | | SHANKMAN, AND IRD RICH BARRETT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33425 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/18/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [3] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:33 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 12/18/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:45[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN DINELLI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/18/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JAMES NOGGLE RDO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS |ED GOODWIN, NRR EO | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S |RICHARD BARRETT IRD | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 60 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - UNIT 3 SHUTDOWN DUE TO STUCK CLOSED 480 VOLT RHR PUMP BREAKER - | | | | WHILE PERFORMING A TECH SPEC SURVEILLANCE TEST OF THE #32 RHR PUMP, | | THE 480 VOLT CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE #32 RHR PUMP WOULD NOT OPEN FROM THE | | CONTROL ROOM OR LOCALLY AT THE BREAKER. THE BREAKER WAS THEREFORE NOT | | CONSIDERED CAPABLE OF STRIPPING THE #32 RHR PUMP FROM ITS ASSOCIATED | | 480 VOLT BUS #6A FOLLOWING A SAFETY INJECTION OR LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER | | SIGNAL. THE UNIT 3 TECH SPECS PROVIDE NO ALLOWED OUTAGE TIME FOR A | | SAFEGUARDS BUS TO BE DEENERGIZED, SO THE LICENSEE INITIATED A SHUTDOWN | | OF UNIT 3 FROM 100% POWER IN ACCORDANCE WITH TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.0. | | THE LICENSEE DECLARED #32 RHR PUMP, ITS BREAKER AND #32 EDG (1 OF 3 EDGs) | | INOPERABLE. #31 COMPONENT COOLING WATER PUMP HAD BEEN INOPERABLE FOR | | MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES PRIOR TO THIS EVENT (NOT RELATED TO THIS EVENT). | | | | WHILE SHUTTING UNIT 3 DOWN, CONTROL ROD #F-2, CONTROL BANK 'D', DROPPED | | INTO THE CORE FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. UNIT 3 IS EXPECTED TO BE SHUTDOWN BY | | 1415 ON 12/18/97. THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE(S) OF THIS EVENT | | AND PLANS TO REPAIR/REPLACE THE BREAKER. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33426 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DAVIS BESSE REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/18/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: OH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:13 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-R-LP |EVENT DATE: 12/18/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:45[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEVE ROBERTS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/18/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PATRICK HILAND 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | -APP R SWITCH IN 'LOCAL' TO PREVENT HOT SHORT CONDITION IN #1 EDG TACK CKT- | | | | WHILE INVESTIGATING A PROBLEM IDENTIFIED ON THE FORT CALHOUN PLANT, | | THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE PRESENT DESIGN OF THE TACHOMETER CIRCUIT | | FOR 1 OF 2 EDGs (#1 EDG) PREVENTS THE APPENDIX R LOCAL/REMOTE SWITCH FROM | | BEING ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY ISOLATE A HOT SHORT CONDITION OCCURRING IN THE | | CONTROL ROOM OR THE CABLE SPREADING ROOM. THIS CONDITION PLACES THE PLANT | | OUTSIDE ITS DESIGN BASIS. | | | | CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS PLACED THE SWITCH IN THE "LOCAL" POSITION TO ISOLATE | | THIS CIRCUIT FROM THE #1 EDG WHICH WILL ELIMINATE THE HOT SHORT CONCERN AS | | AN IMMEDIATE CORRECTIVE ACTION. THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INSTALL DISCONNECT | | SLIDE LINKS TO ISOLATE THE CIRCUIT DOWNSTREAM OF THE LOCAL/REMOTE SWITCH | | AS A SHORT TERM CORRECTIVE ACTION. THE LICENSEE WILL MAKE ANY NECESSARY | | PROCEDURAL CHANGES AND IS PERFORMING AN INVESTIGATION AND WILL DETERMINE | | LONG TERM CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS CONDITION DOES NOT AFFECT ANY OTHER | | PLANT CIRCUIT AND THAT THIS CONDITION HAS NO EFFECT ON CURRENT PLANT | | OPERATIONS. BOTH EDGs REMAIN FULLY OPERABLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 33427 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CO, STRATFORD, CT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/18/97 | | CITY: STRATFORD REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:17 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: CT |EVENT DATE: 12/11/97 | |LICENSE#: 06-022-69-03 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 10:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/18/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JAMES NOGGLE RDO | | |DON COOL, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEVE MAYO | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - MISSING PAINT GUN IONIZING NOZZLE WITH A 1.2 MILLICURIES PO-210 SOURCE - | | | | ON 12/02/97, DURING AN INVENTORY INSPECTION, AN AUTO BODY ANTI-STATIC PAINT | | GUN IONIZING NOZZLE WAS DETERMINED TO BE MISSING FROM THE VH PAINT CELL IN | | THE FINISHES BUILDING AT THE SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT COMPANY HELICOPTER | | MANUFACTURING PLANT IN STRATFORD, CT. THE MODEL #P-2051AB GUN MANUFACTURED | | BY NRD, INC, GRAND ISLAND, NY, WAS SUPPLIED ON 10/02/96 BY AMSTAT | | INDUSTRIES, INC, GLENVIEW, IL, WITH A 10 MILLICURIES PO-210 SOURCE WELDED | | INTO THE NOZZLE. THE 7 OUNCE, 8 INCH LONG NOZZLE HAS RADIOACTIVE LABELS | | ON IT. THE ALPHA EMITTING SOURCE IS ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 1.2 | | MILLICURIES AT THE PRESENT TIME. | | | | AT 1000 ON 12/11/97, THE CALLER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE MISSING NOZZLE. | | THE LICENSEE IS INTERVIEWING PLANT PERSONNEL AND CONDUCTING A SEARCH FOR | | THE MISSING NOZZLE. THE LICENSEE SUSPECTS THAT THE NOZZLE WAS MISPLACED | | OR LOANED TO ANOTHER SHOP FOR THEIR USE. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT TO NRC REGION 1 WITHIN 30 DAYS. | | | | REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR CONTACT NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33428 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WATERFORD REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/18/97 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:38 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] CE |EVENT DATE: 12/05/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:30[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVE MATTHEWS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/18/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GARY SANBORN 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - MINIMUM HPSI FLOW NOT OBTAINED DURING A TECH SPEC SURVEILLANCE TEST - | | | | AT 0830 CST ON 12/05/97, THE LICENSEE IDENTIFIED THAT BASED ON RESULTS OF | | A REVISION TO THE CALCULATION USED TO MEET TECH SPEC 4.5.2.h, MINIMUM HIGH | | PRESSURE SAFETY INJECTION (HPSI) FLOW WAS NOT OBTAINED IN THE MOST RECENT | | TECH SPEC SURVEILLANCE TEST PERFORMED ON 05/24/97. BECAUSE OF THE REDUCED | | HPSI FLOW AS A RESULT OF THE CALCULATION CHANGE, THE LICENSEE ESTIMATES | | THAT THE PEAK FUEL CLADDING TEMPERATURE WOULD BOTH INCREASE BY MORE THAN | | 50øF AND EXCEED 2200øF. | | | | THEREFORE, THIS CONDITION IS BEING REPORTED TO THE NRC PER | | 10CFR50.72(b)(1)(i)(B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10CFR50.46(a)(3)(ii) AS A | | CONDITION OUTSIDE THE DESIGN BASIS OF THE PLANT. | | | | HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF A NEW SMALL BREAK LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENT MODEL | | RECENTLY APPROVED BY THE NRC, THIS CONDITION DOES NOT PRESENT AN | | OPERABILITY CONCERN. BASED ON THE NEW MODEL, THE HPSI FLOW OBTAINED | | DURING THE 05/24/97 TECH SPEC SURVEILLANCE TEST EXCEEDED THE MINIMUM FLOW | | REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE THE ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA OF 10CFR50.46(b) ARE MET. | | | | THIS CONDITION IS BEING DISCUSSED WITH NRC REGION 4 AND NRR PERSONNEL. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33429 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: ZION REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/18/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:02 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 12/18/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:38[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GLENN KAHT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/18/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PATRICK HILAND 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 N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | -LICENSEE NOTIFIED NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER OF LESS THAN 1 QUART OIL SPILL- | | | | THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED LESS THAN 1 QUART OF OIL IN THE PLANT FOREBAY. | | THE OIL WAS LESS THAN 1.0 PPM WHICH IS LOWER THAN BACKGROUND LEVEL. NO | | NPDES LIMIT WAS VIOLATED. A BOOM IS CONTAINING AND SOAKING UP THE OIL. ALL | | WORK IN THE AREA WAS TERMINATED. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NATIONAL | | RESPONSE CENTER AND THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33430 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: QUAD CITIES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/19/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:25 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 12/18/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 21:25[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LECHMAIER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/19/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PATRICK HILAND RDO | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 99 POWER OPERATION | 99 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | BOTH UNIT 1 AND UNIT 1/2 DIESEL GENERATORS HAVE BEEN DECLARED INOPERABLE. | | | | WHILE PERFORMING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ON THE UNIT 1 DIESEL GENERATOR, | | THE TIME DELAY RELAY FOR START FAILURE WAS FOUND TO BE OUT OF TOLERANCE. | | THIS WAS DISCOVERED AT 1400 CST ON 12/18/97 AND THE DIESEL WAS DECLARED | | INOPERABLE AT THAT TIME. THE UNIT 1/2 DIESEL GENERATOR WAS THEN TESTED TO | | DETERMINE IF ITS TIME DELAY RELAY WAS WITHIN APPROPRIATE SPECIFICATIONS. | | THE TEST WAS COMPLETED AND THE RELAY WAS ALSO DETERMINED TO BE OUT OF | | TOLERANCE(AT 2125 CST ON 12/18/97). THIS MEANS THAT BOTH THE UNIT 1 AND | | UNIT 1/2 DIESEL GENERATORS WERE BOTH OUT OF SERVICE AT THE SAME TIME. RELAY | | REPLACEMENT AND TESTING IS IN PROGRESS AT THIS TIME. THE CAUSE OF THE | | RELAY PROBLEM IS BEING INVESTIGATED. THE PLANT IS IN A LCO ACTION | | STATEMENT WHICH GIVES THEM 2 HRS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM OR BE IN HOT | | SHUTDOWN IN 12 HRS. THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+