U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 03/19/97 - 03/20/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 31900 31956 31963 31969 31970 31971 31972 31973 31974 31975 31976 31977 31978 31979 31980 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31900 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOK REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/06/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 04:52 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/06/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 04:10[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CHA |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/19/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WRIGHT RDO | |ADEV 50.72(b)(1)(i)(B) DEVIATION FROM T SPEC | | |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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | BOTH CONTROL ROOM PRESSURIZATION FANS INOPERABLE | | | | "UNIT 2 ENTERED TECH SPEC 3.0.3 ACTION STATEMENT WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED | | THAT BOTH CONTROL ROOM PRESSURIZATION FANS WERE INOPERABLE DUE TO THEIR | | INABILITY TO DELIVER THE DESIGN AIR FLOW. THE CONDITION WAS DISCOVERED WHEN | | A PLEXIGLAS BASIN, PLACED UNDER CONTROL ROOM PRESSURIZATION FAN INLET | | LOUVER FROM CONTROL ROOM, WOULD BLOCK THE DUCT LOUVER AREA WHEN CONTROL | | ROOM PRESSURIZATION FANS WERE PLACED IN SERVICE. NOT THE ENTIRE DUCT LOUVER | | INLET AREA WAS BLOCKED. HOWEVER, THE ABILITY FOR BOTH FANS TO DELIVER | | DESIGN FLOW WAS JEOPARDIZED DUE TO OBSTRUCTION." | | | | THE T.S. ACTION STATEMENT WAS EXITED WHEN THE BASIN WAS REMOVED. THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1532 3/19/97 FROM DEPUYDT TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS NOTIFICATION AFTER PERFORMING A TEST TO | | CONFIRM THE OPERABILITY OF THE CONTROL ROOM PRESSURIZATION FANS IN THE | | ABOVEMENTIONED CONDITION. THE FOLLOWING IS TEXT EXCERPTED FROM A LICENSEE | | FACSIMILE: | | | | "DURING THE SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION AND EVALUATION OF THE EVENT, TESTING | | WAS PERFORMED TO MEASURE THE AIRFLOWS WITH THE BASIN IN A POSITION THAT | | SIMULATED THE BLOCKAGE DURING THE INITIAL EVENT. DURING THE TEST, WHICH | | OCCURRED ON MARCH 13, 1997, SYSTEM RECIRCULATION FLOW THROUGH THE LOUVER | | AREA WAS SOMEWHAT REDUCED, BUT WAS COMPENSATED FOR BY INCREASED MAKE-UP | | FLOW FROM THE OUTSIDE AIR INTAKE, AND THE REQUIRED SYSTEM DESIGN FLOW WAS | | OBTAINED. INLEAKAGE FLOW FROM THE OUTSIDE, WHILE INCREASED, FELL WITHIN THE | | LIMITS ESTABLISHED BY THE CONTROL ROOM DOSE ANALYSIS. THE SYSTEM ALSO MET | | THE REQUIRED PERFORMANCE CRITERIA RELATIVE TO CONTROL ROOM PRESSURIZATION. | | IT WAS THEREFORE CONCLUDED THAT THE CONTROL ROOM PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM IN | | UNIT 2 WAS NEVER INOPERABLE, AND THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN NECESSARY TO ENTER | | T/S 3.0.3 ON MARCH 6, 1997." THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED | | BY THE LICENSEE. NOTIFIED R3DO (HILAND). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31956 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DIABLO CANYON REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/14/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: CA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:48 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/14/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:01[PST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BOB MACGRUDER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/19/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN PELLET 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 | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED A CONDITION INVOLVING EACH UNIT'S REFUELING WATER | | STORAGE TANK LEVEL CHANNELS WHICH WOULD PLACE EACH UNIT OUTSIDE ITS DESIGN | | BASIS FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT ASSUMING ONE LEVEL CHANNEL OUT-OF-SERVICE AND | | AN ACTIVE FAILURE ON A SECOND LEVEL CHANNEL. | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION (TS) 3.3.3.6 REGARDING POST-ACCIDENT MONITORING | | INSTRUMENTATION REQUIRES THE OPERABILITY OF TWO REFUELING WATER STORAGE | | TANK (RWST) CHANNELS. | | | | ON MARCH 6, 1997, PG&E DETERMINED THAT THE TS 3.3.3.6 INSTRUMENT #8 DOES | | NOT ADEQUATELY ENSURE AVAILABILITY OF THE RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL (RHR) PUMP | | TRIP LOGIC WHICH USES THREE RWST LEVEL CHANNELS TO GET TWO LOW LEVEL | | READINGS AND SUBSEQUENT RHR PUMP TRIP. WITH ONE OF THE THREE LEVEL | | CHANNELS OUT-OF-SERVICE (OOS) AND A SINGLE MODE FAILURE IN ANOTHER LEVEL | | CHANNEL, THE RHR PUMP TRIP CIRCUIT WOULD BE DISABLED AND COULD ALLOW THE | | RWST LEVEL TO FALL BELOW DESIGN BASIS LOW LEVEL PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF COLD | | LEG RECIRCULATION SWITCHOVER. | | | | ON MARCH 14, 1997, PG&E DISCOVERED THAT ON SEVERAL PREVIOUS OCCASIONS, A | | RWST LEVEL CHANNEL WAS PLACED IN AN OOS CONDITION. WITHOUT AN AUTOMATIC | | RHR TRIP FUNCTION, THE OPERATOR RESPONSE MAY BE INSUFFICIENT TO PREVENT | | RWST LEVEL FROM DROPPING BELOW THE DESIGN BASIS LEVEL. THE PLANT IS | | CURRENTLY OPERATING WITHIN DESIGN BASIS WITH ALL THREE RWST LEVEL CHANNELS | | IN SERVICE. | | | | PG&E HAS COMPLETED AN INTERPRETATION OF TS 3.3.3.6 INSTRUMENT #8 REGARDING | | ACTION WHEN A RWST LEVEL CHANNEL IS DECLARED INOPERABLE. THE TS | | INTERPRETATION EXPLICITLY DIRECTS OPERATORS TO PLACE THE INOPERABLE RWST | | LEVEL CHANNEL IN "CUTOUT" WITHIN 6 HOURS OF DECLARING THE LEVEL CHANNEL OOS | | AND IF, AFTER 72 HOURS THE CHANNEL IS NOT RETURNED TO SERVICE, THE | | OPERATORS MUST PLACE THE PLANT IN MODE 3 (HOT STANDBY) WITHIN 6 HOURS. THE | | PLANT MUST BE PLACED IN MODE 5 (COLD SHUTDOWN) WITHIN THE NEXT 30 HOURS. | | | | PG&E IS CONSERVATIVELY REPORTING THIS EVENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10 CFR | | 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) AS A CONDITION OUTSIDE THE DESIGN BASIS OF THE PLANT | | SINCE BASED ON PRELIMINARY EVALUATIONS, THE OPERATOR RESPONSE MAY BE | | INSUFFICIENT TO PREVENT RWST LEVEL FROM DROPPING BELOW THE DESIGN BASIS | | LEVEL. | | | | PG&E WILL BE SUBMITTING A REVISION TO TSs TO MORE APPROPRIATELY CONTROL | | OPERATION OF RWST LEVEL CHANNELS." | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1600 3/19/97 FROM PATTY TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS DISCOVERED A SCENARIO SIMILAR TO THE ONE MENTIONED ABOVE | | IN WHICH THE RHR PUMPS WOULD FAIL TO START. THE FOLLOWING IS TEXT EXCERPTED | | FROM A LICENSEE FACSIMILE: | | | | "DURING THE REPORT ON MARCH 14, 1997, PG&E ALSO STATED THAT THEY WERE | | INVESTIGATING ANOTHER POTENTIAL SCENARIO WHERE A CONDITION COULD HAVE | | EXISTED IN THE PAST WHERE A SINGLE [RWST LEVEL] CHANNEL WAS OUT OF SERVICE | | IN THE TRIPPED (LOW LEVEL) CONDITION. UNDER THIS SCENARIO, AN ASSUMED | | FAILURE OF ANOTHER CHANNEL IN THE TRIPPED CONDITION WOULD PREVENT THE RHR | | PUMPS FROM STARTING ON THE RECEIPT OF A SAFETY INJECTION SIGNAL AND WOULD | | REQUIRE OPERATOR ACTION TO RESTART THE PUMPS. ON MARCH 19, 1997, PG&E | | CONFIRMED THAT ON AT LEAST ONE OCCASION IN THE PAST, ONE RWST LEVEL CHANNEL | | ON UNIT 2 HAD FAILED AND WAS IN THE TRIPPED CONDITION FOR A PERIOD OF | | APPROXIMATELY 12 DAYS. DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME, THIS CONDITION WOULD BE | | OUTSIDE OF THE DESIGN BASIS FOR THE ECCS SYSTEMS." | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. NOTIFIED R4DO | | (SPITZBERG). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31963 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SUSQUEHANNA REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/17/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:59 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 03/17/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:18[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROLAND |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/19/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |COWGILL 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 8 STARTUP | 8 STARTUP | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HIGH PRESSURE COOLANT INJECTION (HPCI) SYSTEM FAILED SURVEILLANCE TEST | | | | DURING PERFORMANCE OF THE HPCI SURVEILLANCE TEST, THE SYSTEM REACHED A FLOW | | RATE OF 5,000 GPM 30.3 SECONDS AFTER SYSTEM INITIATION AS RECORDED BY A | | STOPWATCH IN THE CONTROL ROOM. THE ACCEPTANCE CRITERION FOR THIS TEST IS | | 29.5 SECONDS. THE LICENSEE STATED THAT, DUE TO A MISCOMMUNICATION, THE | | NORMAL PLANT DATA RECORDING EQUIPMENT, GENERAL ELECTRIC TESTING AND | | RECORDING SYSTEM (GETARS), WAS NOT AVAILABLE DURING THE TEST. THE LICENSEE | | HAS HALTED POWER ASCENSION UNTIL THE HPCI SURVEILLANCE CAN BE RUN AGAIN | | WITH THE GETARS OPERATING. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1606 3/19/97 FROM FERNSLER TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION. THE FOLLOWING IS TEXT | | EXCERPTED FROM A FACSIMILE SUBMITTED BY THE LICENSEE: | | | | "AN EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF OPERATOR ACTIONS AND SYSTEM PERFORMANCE BY | | ENGINEERING HAS DETERMINED THAT THE SURVEILLANCE WAS AN INVALID TEST. THE | | TIMED RESPONSE TO THE SYSTEM INITIATION WAS OBTAINED VIA A STOPWATCH. THE | | INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE FOR TIMING MISOPERATED THE STOPWATCH, WHICH RESULTED | | IN AN ERRONEOUS RESPONSE TIME. THE FLOW SURVEILLANCE WAS REPERFORMED | | FOLLOWING THIS REVIEW WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS. FLOW OF 5000 GPM WAS | | ESTABLISHED WITHIN 23.4 SECONDS OF INITIATION. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE | | HPCI SYSTEM WAS NEVER IN AN INOPERABLE CONDITION." | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31969 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NINE MILE POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/19/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 07:55 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 03/19/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 07:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DOUG LECUYER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/19/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD BARKLEY 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THREE OF FOUR SPRING LATCHES USED TO SECURE CORE SHROUD WEDGE SUPPORTS WERE | | FAILED OR DEGRADED. | | | | FOUR CORE SHROUD LOWER WEDGES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN CONTACT WITH THE INNER | | SURFACE OF THE REACTOR VESSEL, AND HELD IN PLACE WITH SPRING LATCHES. THE | | PURPOSE OF THE WEDGES IS TO RESTRAIN THE SHROUD LATERALLY DURING A SEISMIC | | EVENT. ONE SPRING LATCH HAD FAILED AND TWO WERE DEGRADED. THE LICENSEE IS | | NOT SURE THAT THE UPPER SHROUD SUPPORTS WOULD WITHSTAND A SEISMIC EVENT | | WITH THE WEDGES IMPROPERLY SECURED. THIS COULD RESULT IN THROUGH WALL | | CRACKING OF HORIZONTAL WELDS BELOW THE CORE PLATE. THE LICENSEE STATED | | THAT THESE WEDGES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESTRAIN FLOW INDUCED VIBRATION. THE | | DEVICES WERE INSTALLED DURING THE 1995 REFUELING OUTAGE. LICENSEE INFORMED | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31970 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BEAVER VALLEY REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/19/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:24 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/19/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 06:06[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM STAUBER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/19/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD BARKLEY RDO | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | A/R Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | A/R Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | BOTH UNITS TRIPPED DUE TO LOAD REJECTION WHEN THE SWITCHYARD CIRCUIT | | BREAKERS OPENED, POSSIBLY DUE TO FLUCTUATIONS IN THE 345KV ELECTRICAL GRID. | | | | UNIT 1 TRIPPED AND UNIT 2 TRIPPED ONE MINUTE LATER WHEN THE 345KV GENERATOR | | OUTPUT BREAKERS IN THE SWITCHYARD OPENED. THE FIRST-OUT ANNUNCIATOR FOR | | UNIT 1 INDICATED A 345KV LINE PROBLEM. THE FIRST-OUT ANNUNCIATOR FOR UNIT | | 2 INDICATED THREE PROBLEMS, A 345KV BREAKER FAILURE/GENERATOR TRIP, A | | TURBINE TRIP DUE TO REACTOR TRIP, AND A REACTOR TRIP ON TURBINE TRIP. ALL | | CONTROL RODS ON BOTH UNITS INSERTED FULLY FOLLOWING THE TRIP. ALL THREE | | AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMPS FOR BOTH UNITS STARTED DUE TO SHRINK IN THE STEAM | | GENERATORS. | | | | OFF-SITE POWER REMAINED AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. AUXILIARY | | FEEDWATER HAS BEEN SECURED, AND NORMAL FEED VIA A MAIN FEEDWATER PUMP HAS | | BEEN RESTORED FOR BOTH UNITS. DECAY HEAT REMOVAL IS VIA THE MAIN CONDENSER | | FOR BOTH UNITS. THE UNIT 1 EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR (EDG) "1" STARTED | | FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. EDG "1" DID NOT LOAD. THE EDG HAS BEEN SECURED. THE | | LICENSEE IS REVIEWING THE SWITCHYARD FAULT RECORDERS TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE | | OF THE TRIPS. THEY WILL ALSO INVESTIGATE WHY THE UNIT 1 EDG STARTED AND | | WHY THEY RECEIVED THREE VERSUS ONE FIRST-OUT ANNUNCIATORS FOR UNIT 2. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1305 3/19/97 FROM STOROLIS TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | UNIT 2 IS BEING TAKEN TO COLD SHUTDOWN IN ACCORDANCE WITH TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION 3.7.1.2 AFTER POST TRIP REVIEW DISCOVERED THAT AFW FLOW TO | | THE '21B' STEAM GENERATOR WAS LOWER THAN EXPECTED. THE UNIT COOLDOWN WAS | | COMMENCED AT 1256. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. NOTIFIED | | R1DO (BARKLEY). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 31971 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: ABBOTT LABS |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/19/97 | | CITY: VEGA ALTA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:52 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: PR |EVENT DATE: 02/12/97 | |LICENSE#: 52-24994-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 03:00[AT ]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/19/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |HOSEY RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DEBRA HILLMAN | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PANORAMIC IRRADIATOR FACILITY LOCATED IN VEGA ALTA, PUERTO RICO | | | | THE IRRADIATOR WAS OPERATED FROM 0300 TO 0600 ON 2/12/97, BY TWO | | INDIVIDUALS NEITHER OF WHOM WERE LICENSED. THE IRRADIATOR OPERATED | | NORMALLY AND WITHOUT INCIDENT DURING THIS TIME. THE LICENSEE IS COMPLETING | | THE SALE OF THIS FACILITY TODAY AND HAS INFORMED THE NEW OWNER, ISOMEDIX, | | ABOUT THIS EVENT. ABBOTT LABS HAS TAKEN CORRECTIVE ACTION TO TRY TO ASSURE | | THAT FUTURE SHIFT TURNOVERS WILL ONLY BE MADE TO QUALIFIED OPERATORS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 31972 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/19/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:06 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 03/18/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 14:00[CST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/19/97 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |HILAND RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 | | +------------------------------------------------+BARRETT IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: W. HALICKS | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |OCBB 76.120(c)(2)(ii) EQUIP DISABLED/FAILS | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 24 HOUR REPORT - FIRE SPRINKLERS OBSTRUCTED BY BUILDING MATERIALS | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A FACSIMILE: | | | | "DURING A WALKDOWN OF SPRINKLER SYSTEM NO. C-2 IN C-337 BY THE SYSTEM | | ENGINEER, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT TWO SPRINKLER HEADS WERE OBSTRUCTED BY | | BUILDING STRUCTURAL STEEL BEAMS WHICH MAY PREVENT THEM FROM PROVIDING | | ADEQUATE WATER SPRAY TO THE AREA THEY WERE DESIGNED TO COVER. THE CONDITION | | WAS REPORTED TO THE PLANT SHIFT SUPERINTENDENT WHO IMMEDIATELY DECLARED THE | | SYSTEM INOPERABLE AND INITIATED THE LCO ACTION REQUIRED BY TSR 2.4.4.5, | | 'FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM - BUILDING SPRINKLER SYSTEM.' THE LCO REQUIRES THE | | SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN PROCESS BUILDINGS TO BE OPERABLE. THE LCO ACTION TAKEN | | WAS B.1, CONDUCT A FIRE PATROL FOR THE AFFECTED AREA OF THE AFFECTED | | BUILDING, TO BE INITIATED WITHIN 2 HOURS AND EVERY HOUR THEREAFTER. THE | | SYSTEM WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE AND THE FIRST FIRE PATROL WAS COMPLETED AT | | 1620, WITH SUBSEQUENT FIRE PATROLS BEING PERFORMED ON A CONTINUING BASIS | | EVERY HOUR." | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THIS NOTIFICATION. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31973 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COMANCHE PEAK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/19/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:43 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/19/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:30[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HARVEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/19/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BLAIR SPITZBERG 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 | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED A CONDITION WHERE THE REFUELING WATER STORAGE | | TANK'S LEVEL SETPOINT CALCULATIONS CONTAINED AN INVALID ASSUMPTION. | | | | THIS INVALID ASSUMPTION WAS USED IN THE RWST SETPOINT CALCULATIONS WHICH | | DETERMINED THE TIME ALLOWED FOR SWITCHOVER OF THE CONTAINMENT SPRAY PUMP | | SUCTION FROM THE RWST TO THE CONTAINMENT RECIRC SUMP (ONE MINUTE). | | CONSERVATIVELY, THEY BELIEVE THE PUMPS TO BE OPERABLE BECAUSE THE | | CALCULATIONS SHOW THAT SUMP SUCTION WOULD NOT BE LOST. THE REASON FOR BEING | | OUTSIDE THE DESIGN BASIS IS DUE TO THE CALCULATIONS BEING OUTSIDE | | ASSUMPTIONS OF THE FSAR. THEY ARE CONTINUING THE EVALUATION OF THE | | CALCULATIONS. THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 31974 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: U.S. ARMY (ROCK ISLAND ILLINOIS) |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/19/97 | | CITY: ROCK ISLAND REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:01 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: IL |EVENT DATE: 03/13/97 | |LICENSE#: 12-00722-13 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:00[CST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/19/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |HILAND RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JEFF HAVENNER | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOSS OF 250ęCi AMERICIUM-241 SOURCE | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A FACSIMILE SUBMITTED BY THE LICENSEE: | | | | "A UNIT AT FORT LEWIS WASHINGTON MISPLACED AN M43A1 CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR | | CONTAINING 250ęCi OF Am-241 IN THE AREA OF THE COMPANY SUPPLY ROOM. THE | | INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD SIGNED FOR THE DEVICE COULD NOT GET INTO THE NORMAL | | STORAGE AREA TO RETURN IT TO ITS PROPER LOCATION. THE INDIVIDUAL INSTEAD | | GAVE IT TO A SUPPLY ROOM SERGEANT WITHOUT OBTAINING ANY HAND RECEIPT. THE | | SUPPLY ROOM SERGEANT APPARENTLY LOST TRACK OF THE DEVICE AND IT IS | | CURRENTLY MISSING. THE COMPANY PERSONNEL ARE STILL SEARCHING. MILITARY | | POLICE AND THE LOCAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. | | SINCE THE DETECTOR WAS LOST IN A GARRISON ENVIRONMENT, THERE SEEMS TO BE A | | HIGH PROBABILITY THAT THE DEVICE WILL BE RECOVERED." | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO CONTACT NRC REGION 3 REGARDING THIS EVENT. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 31975 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SIEMENS POWER CORPORATION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/19/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:14 [ET]| |COMMENTS: LEU CONVERSION (UF6 to UO2) |EVENT DATE: 03/19/97 | | FABRICATION & SCRAP RECOVERY |EVENT TIME: 12:35[PST]| | COMMERICAL LWR FUEL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/19/97 | | CITY: RICHLAND REGION: 4 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: BENTON STATE: WA |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: SNM-1227 AGREEMENT: Y |SPITZBERG RDO | | DOCKET: 07001257 | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LOREN MAAS | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | INFORMATION ONLY REPORT REGARDING ELECTRICAL FIRE ON LICENSEE PROPERTY. | | | | "A FAILURE IN TWO ELECTRICAL CONDUIT ELBOWS IN AN UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL | | VAULT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 1235 PST ON MARCH 19, 1997, CAUSING AN | | ELECTRICAL INSULATION FIRE IN AN UNDERGROUND VAULT. THE VAULT IS OWNED, | | OPERATED, AND MAINTAINED BY THE CITY OF RICHLAND, BUT LOCATED ON SPC | | PROPERTY. THE FIRE RESULTED IN AN ELECTRICAL OUTAGE TO OFFICE BUILDING NOS. | | 5 AND 8, THE AMMONIA RECOVERY FACILITY (ARF), THE UF6 STORAGE PAD SCALE | | HOUSE, AND THE UNH WAREHOUSE. THE CITY OF RICHLAND ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE | | CREW RESPONDED TO THE SCENE WITHIN NINE MINUTES AND IMMEDIATELY DEENERGIZED | | THE ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE VAULT. THE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED ON | | SCENE WITHIN TWELVE MINUTES AND DECLARED THE FIRE OUT AT 1249 PST. NO | | RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS OR INVENTORIES OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS WERE THREATENED | | AND NO RELEASES OF RADIOACTIVE OR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OCCURRED. NO | | PERSONNEL INJURIES OR EXPOSURES RESULTED. REPAIRS TO THE VAULT AND | | RESTORATION TO FULL SERVICE WERE COMPLETED BY 14OO PST. | | | | AN NRC REGION IV INSPECTOR WAS ONSITE AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT IN | | PREPARATION FOR THE 1430 PST ARRIVAL OF NRC CHAIRMAN SHIRLEY JACKSON FOR A | | SITE FAMILIARIZATION VISIT. THE INSPECTOR MADE AN INFORMATION CALL TO NRC | | MANAGEMENT IN THE NRC REGION IV WALNUT CREEK FIELD OFFICE. ALTHOUGH THIS | | EVENT DOES NOT FALL WITHIN APPLICABLE NRC EVENT NOTIFICATION CRITERIA AND | | DID NOT TRIGGER NOTIFICATION UNDER SPC'S EMERGENCY PLAN, THIS NOTIFICATION | | IS BEING MADE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY." | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31976 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SOUTH TEXAS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/19/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:08 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/19/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:54[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HESSLING |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/19/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |SPITZBERG RDO | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | A/R Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AUTOMATIC TURBINE TRIP/REACTOR TRIP DURING TURBINE TESTING | | | | AT 1554 CST ON 3/19/97, WHILE PERFORMING POST-MAINTENANCE TESTING ON THE | | MAIN TURBINE ELECTRONIC TRIP CIRCUITRY, A MAIN TURBINE TRIP OCCURRED, | | FOLLOWED BY AN AUTOMATIC REACTOR TRIP. ALL CONTROL RODS FULLY INSERTED INTO | | THE CORE. THE AUXILIARY FEEDWATER SYSTEM ACTUATED ON LOW-LOW STEAM | | GENERATOR LEVEL, AND A FEEDWATER ISOLATION OCCURRED, ALL AS EXPECTED ON A | | TRIP FROM 100% POWER. ALL 4 REACTOR COOLANT PUMPS REMAINED IN OPERATION, | | AND DECAY HEAT IS CURRENTLY BEING REMOVED VIA MAIN FEEDWATER AND STEAM | | DUMPS TO THE MAIN CONDENSER. | | | | IT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME WHAT ACTUALLY CAUSED THE MAIN TURBINE TO TRIP, | | SINCE ONLY ONE CHANNEL WAS BEING TESTED, AND THE LOGIC REQUIRES 2 OF 2 | | CHANNELS TO TRIP TO CAUSE A TURBINE TRIP. INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 31977 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/19/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:25 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 03/19/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 12:40[CST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/19/97 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |HILAND RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |COMBS EO | +------------------------------------------------+BARRETT IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CAGE | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |OCBB 76.120(c)(2)(ii) EQUIP DISABLED/FAILS | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 24 HOUR REPORT DUE TO INOPERABLE FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED IN THE OPERATIONS CENTER: | | | | "AT APPROXIMATELY 1240 ON 3/19/97, SUBCONTRACTOR PERSONNEL WERE MOVING A | | TOOL BOX ON THE CELL FLOOR OF THE C-335 PROCESS BUILDING, WHEN THEY STRUCK | | A PIPE ON SPRINKLER SYSTEM NO. 27 AT COLUMN NO. FF-21. THE IMPACT RESULTED | | IN A CRACK IN THE PIPE WHERE IT COUPLES TO THE INSPECTOR TEST VALVE (ITV). | | THE RESULTING LEAK CAUSED A WATER FLOW ALARM ON THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IN | | THE CENTRAL CONTROL FACILITY (CCF). THE PLANT SHIFT SUPERINTENDENT | | INITIATED A RESPONSE BY FIRE SERVICES PERSONNEL WHO CLOSED THE SYSTEM POST | | INDICATING VALVE (PIV) ISOLATING THE SYSTEM AND STOPPING THE LEAK. THE | | SPRINKLER SYSTEM WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE AT 1255. TSR 2.4.4.5 'FIRE | | PROTECTION SYSTEM - BUILDING SPRINKLER SYSTEM' LCO REQUIRES THE SPRINKLER | | SYSTEMS IN PROCESS BUILDINGS TO BE OPERABLE. THE PLANT SHIFT SUPERINTENDENT | | DIRECTED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE APPROPRIATE LCO ACTIONS WHICH INCLUDED | | B.1 CONDUCT A FIRE PATROL FOR THE AFFECTED AREA OF THE AFFECTED BUILDING, | | TO BE INITIATED WITHIN TWO HOURS AND CONDUCTED EVERY HOUR THEREAFTER, AND | | B.2 CONFIRM AT LEAST ONE HPFW HYDRANT ADJACENT TO THE AFFECTED BUILDING IS | | OPERABLE, WITHIN 4 HOURS. THE FIRST FIRE PATROL WAS COMPLETED AT 1330, WITH | | SUBSEQUENT FIRE PATROLS BEING PERFORMED ON A CONTINUING BASIS EVERY HOUR. | | THE HPFW HYDRANT WAS CONFIRMED OPERABLE AT 1355." | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31978 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: QUAD CITIES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/20/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:40 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 03/19/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 22:00[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID SCHMIDT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/20/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |AINA 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(A) POT UNABLE TO SAFE SD | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 79 POWER OPERATION | 79 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE DECLARED HPCI INOPERABLE FOR 1.25 HOURS DUE TO A SUSPECTED | | DAMAGED POWER CABLE FOR THE HPCI GLAND LEAKOFF BLOWER. HPCI IS A SINGLE | | TRAIN SAFETY SYSTEM. THEY SUBSEQUENTLY DETERMINED THAT THE CABLE WAS | | ABANDONED BUT NOT MARKED. HPCI WAS RETURNED TO OPERABLE STATUS. THE | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31979 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WATERFORD REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/20/97 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:25 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] CE |EVENT DATE: 03/20/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:03[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LYMAN ELLZEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/20/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: ALERT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BLAIR SPITZBERG RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |WILLIAM BATEMAN EO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION |CIBOCH FEMA | | |RICHARD BARRETT AEOD | | |BLANCHARD EPA | | |TANNER DOE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE DECLARED AN ALERT AT 0103 CST WHEN THEY RECEIVED NOTIFICATION | | THAT A RELEASE OF TOXIC GASEOUS AMMONIA WAS IN PROGRESS AT A CHEMICAL PLANT | | LESS THAN A MILE FROM THE SITE. THE WIND WAS BLOWING THE GAS AWAY FROM THE | | PLANT. PERSONNEL ON SITE WERE SHELTERED AND THE CONTROL ROOM ENVIRONMENT | | WAS SHIFTED TO THE ISOLATED MODE. | | | | THE RELEASE OCCURRED WHEN A RUNAWAY BARGE STRUCK A PIPE RELEASING A BURST | | OF AMMONIA. THE LEAK WAS ISOLATED AND THE LICENSEE TERMINATED THE ALERT AT | | 0142 CST. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THAT | | THEY HAD DECLARED AN ALERT. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. | | | | THE US NRC ALSO NOTIFIED HHS (WILSON) AND USDA (). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31980 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WASHINGTON NUCLEAR REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/20/97 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: WA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:33 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 03/19/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 23:50[PST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SCHRECKENGAST |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/20/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE US COAST GUARD THAT THREE RUNAWAY BARGES HIT A | | STRUCTURE THAT PROTECTS THE PLANT INTAKE. THE INTAKE WAS NOT DAMAGED. THE | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+