U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 09/18/97 - 09/19/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 32930 32955 32956 32957 32958 32959 32960 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32930 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/15/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [3] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:47 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/15/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:29[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN JORDAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/18/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN ROGGE RDO | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 3 | A/R Y 30 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REACTOR TRIPPED FOR UNKNOWN REASON DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF PRESSURIZER | | PRESSURE ANALOG TEST. | | | | DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF 3PT-Q95 SURVEILLANCE TEST (PRESSURIZER PRESSURE | | ANALOG TEST), THE REACTOR/TURBINE TRIPPED WHEN THE CHANNEL 1 LOW PRESSURE | | BISTABLE WAS PLACED IN ITS TRIPPED POSITION. ALL RODS FULLY INSERTED INTO | | THE CORE. BOTH MOTOR-DRIVEN AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMPS AUTOMATICALLY STARTED | | ON A FEEDWATER ISOLATION SIGNAL WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE REACTOR TRIP | | COINCIDENT WITH LOW Tave AND ARE MAINTAINING STEAM GENERATOR WATER LEVEL. | | SINCE THERE WAS LITTLE DECAY HEAT IN THE CORE, THE MAIN STEAM ISOLATION | | VALVES WERE CLOSED TO PREVENT COOLDOWN OF THE REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM. Tave | | IS BEING MAINTAINED VIA THE STEAM GENERATOR ATMOSPHERIC VALVES. THE | | LICENSEE SAID THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY LEAKING STEAM GENERATOR U-TUBES. | | ALL EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEMS AND THE EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR ARE | | FULLY OPERABLE IF NEEDED. THE OFFSITE ELECTRICAL GRID IS STABLE. THE | | LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING WHY THE REACTOR TRIPPED DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF | | THE SURVEILLANCE TEST. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | ***UPDATE ON 09/18/97 @ 1503 BY PRUSSMAN TO GOULD*** THE LICENSEE IS | | REPORTING, FOLLOWING A FURTHER EVALUATION, THAT THE REACTOR TRIP OCCURRED | | WHEN A CHANNEL IV PRESSURIZER LOW PRESSURE RELAY CONTACT WAS MADE UP BUT | | NOT INDICATED ON THE BISTABLE PANEL OR IN THE CONTROL ROOM, BECAUSE THERE | | WAS A HIGH CONTACT RESISTANCE SIMULATING AN OPEN CONTACT. WHEN THE | | BISTABLE IN CHANNEL I WAS TRIPPED AS PART OF THE TEST, THE 2 OUT OF 4 TRIP | | LOGIC WAS ESTABLISHED AND THE REACTOR TRIP BREAKER "B" OPENED AS DESIGNED. | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. THE HOO NOTIFIED R1DO DELLA GRECA. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32955 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: THREE MILE ISLAND REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/18/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:53 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/18/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:25[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MAX NELSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/18/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |NIEL DELLA GRECA RDO | |AMED 50.72(b)(2)(v) OFFSITE MEDICAL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - POTENTIALLY INJURED CONTRACTOR TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITAL - | | | | A POTENTIALLY INJURED, POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED CONTRACTOR WHO HAD FALLEN | | INSIDE THE PLANT FROM A HEIGHT OF 15 FEET WAS TRANSPORTED BY LICENSEE | | AMBULANCE TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. AFTER ARRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL, A LICENSEE | | HEALTH PHYSICS TECHNICIAN ACCOMPANYING THE AMBULANCE DETERMINED THAT THE | | CONTRACTOR WAS NOT CONTAMINATED. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 32956 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: BILL MILLER, INC, HENRYETTA, OK |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/18/97 | | CITY: HENRYETTA REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:40 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: OK |EVENT DATE: 09/18/97 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 10:00[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/18/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |WILLIAM JOHNSON RDO | | |MICHAEL WEBER, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+KATHLEEN SCHNEIDER OSP | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BILL MILLER |JOSEPH GIITTER IRD | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - TRUCK CONTAINING INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY CAMERA STOLEN FROM OWNER - | | | | SOMETIME BETWEEN 1000 (CDT) ON 09/17/97 AND 0600 (CDT) ON 09/18/97, | | A TRUCK WAS STOLEN FROM THE PROPERTY OF BILL MILLER, INC, HENRYETTA, OK. | | INSIDE THE TRUCK WAS AN INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY CAMERA; MANUFACTURER: | | INDUSTRIAL NUCLEAR COMPANY, MODEL NUMBER: IR-100, SERIAL NUMBER: 4194, | | SOURCE: 16 CURIES I-192, SERIAL NUMBER: 6782. THE TRUCK/CAMERA OWNER | | REPORTED THE THEFT TO THE TULSA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND NRC | | REGION 4. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32957 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/18/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:37 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/18/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BARRON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/18/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |NIEL DELLA GRECA 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 LICENSEE REPORTED A POSTULATED EVENT INVOLVING A HIGH ENERGY LINE BREAK | | COULD AFFECT AUXILIARY FEEDWATER SYSTEM PIPING. | | | | IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A POSTULATED HIGH ENERGY LINE BREAK OF THE MAIN FEED | | SUCTION LINE COULD CAUSE THE LOSS OF ALL AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP SUCTION. | | THEY ARE CURRENTLY EVALUATING THIS CONDITION TO DETERMINE THE CORRECTIVE | | ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN. THIS CONDITION DOES NOT PUT THE PLANT IN A LCO ACTION | | STATEMENT WHILE IN ITS CURRENT MODE. STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES HAVE BEEN | | INFORMED AND THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 32958 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/18/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:14 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 09/18/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 14:48[CDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/18/97 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y | | | DOCKET: 0707001 |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+JIM CREED, REG 3 IAT | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MAURAR | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |PAAA 95.57(b) LOSS OF CLASSIFIED INFO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PLANT SECURITY EVENT - | | | | PLANT DISCOVERED COMPROMISE OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. SOME OF DOCUMENTS MAY | | HAVE BEEN ALREADY DECLASSIFIED. THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |HOSPITAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 32959 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/18/97 | | CITY: PITTSBURGH REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:07 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: PA |EVENT DATE: 09/18/97 | |LICENSE#: SNM-1484 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 14:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/18/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |NIEL DELLA GRECA RDO | | |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOE OCH | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NCAR CARDIAC PACEMAKER | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL WAS DOING A FOLLOWUP ON A PATIENT WHO HAD A CORA | | ATOMIC MODEL 101P PU-238 PACEMAKER IMPLANT. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE | | PATIENT HAD THE PACEMAKER REMOVED AT JEFFERSON HOSPITAL IN PITTSBURGH, PA. | | ON MARCH 25, 1997. JEFFERSON HOSPITAL DID NOT KNOW THAT THE PACEMAKER | | CONTAINED RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL AND THEY DISPOSED OF IT AS BIOLOGICAL WASTE | | AND DID NOT RETURN IT TO THE MANUFACTURER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32960 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SUSQUEHANNA REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/18/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:08 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 09/18/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 21:20[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROLAND |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/18/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |NIEL DELLA GRECA RDO | |ADEG 50.72(b)(1)(ii) DEGRAD COND DURING OP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A THROUGH WALL CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE 3/4 INCH "B" REACTOR RECIRCULATION | | DISCHARGE VALVE BONNET VENT LINE. | | | | UNIT 2 SHUT DOWN ON 09/17/97 (SEE EVENT #32942) DUE TO AN INCREASE IN | | UNIDENTIFIED DRYWELL LEAKAGE. THE LEAKAGE WAS QUANTIFIED AT 2 GPM AND HAD | | BEEN INCREASING STEADILY SINCE 09/12/97. COLD SHUTDOWN WAS ACHIEVED ON | | 09/17/97 AND PREPARATIONS WERE MADE TO DE-INERT AND ENTER THE DRYWELL TO | | SEARCH FOR THE LEAKAGE. | | | | AT 2120 ON 09/18/97, THE CONTROL ROOM WAS NOTIFIED THAT A 180 DEGREE | | THROUGH-WALL CRACK WAS LOCATED ON THE "B" REACTOR RECIRCULATION DISCHARGE | | VALVE BONNET VENT LINE, IMMEDIATELY UPSTREAM OF THE FIRST VENT VALVE. | | THIS IS A 3/4 INCH LINE AND THE CRACK IS IN THE WELD TRANSITION BETWEEN THE | | PIPE AND VALVE BODY REDUCER. SINCE THE REACTOR RECIRCULATION DISCHARGE | | VALVE IS CLOSED, THE LEAK HAS BEEN ISOLATED. THIS VENT LINE WAS REPLACED | | DURING THE LAST REFUELING OUTAGE IN SPRING OF 1997. PRELIMINARY EVALUATION | | SUSPECTS THE FAILURE MECHANISM TO BE FATIGUE DUE TO A WELD DEFECT. | | INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND REPAIR PLANS ARE IN PROGRESS. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+