U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 03/21/97 - 03/24/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 31848 31942 31959 31977 31989 31990 31991 31992 31993 31994 31995 31996 31997 31998 31999 32000 32001 32002 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31848 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WATERFORD REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/25/97 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:59 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] CE |EVENT DATE: 02/25/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:00[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SCOTT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/21/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MURRAY RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 DISCOVERED THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WITH UNESCORTED ACCESS HAD A | | CRIMINAL FELONY CHARGE PENDING. THE INDIVIDUAL'S ACCESS HAS BEEN | | TERMINATED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | | | | *** RETRACTION ON 03/21/97, @ 1359 EST BY GREG SCOTT TAKEN BY MACKINNON *** | | | | A REVIEW OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE EVENT INDICATED THAT THE INDIVIDUAL | | DID NOT FALSIFY HIS APPLICATION FOR UNESCORTED ACCESS. CONSEQUENTLY, THIS | | REPORT IS BEING RETRACTED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. THE | | R4DO (SPITZBERG) WAS NOTIFIED BY THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31942 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WATERFORD REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/12/97 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:49 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] CE |EVENT DATE: 03/12/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:50[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GREG SCOTT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/21/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LARRY YANDELL RDO | |HFIT 26.73 FITNESS FOR DUTY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION | | THAT A CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE FALSIFIED CRIMINAL RECORD INFORMATION ON HIS | | APPLICATION. THE INDIVIDUAL HAD BEEN GRANTED UNESCORTED PROTECTED AREA | | ACCESS PENDING RECEIPT OF HIS RECORDS. THE INDIVIDUAL WAS REMOVED FROM THE | | PROTECTED AREA, AND HIS ACCESS WAS TERMINATED. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | *** RETRACTION ON 03/21/97, @ 1359 EST BY GREG SCOTT TAKEN BY MACKINNON *** | | | | A REVIEW OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE EVENT INDICATE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL DID | | NOT KNOWINGLY PROVIDE INCORRECT INFORMATION ON HIS APPLICATION FOR | | UNESCORTED ACCESS. CONSEQUENTLY, THIS REPORT IS BEING RETRACTED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. THE | | R4DO (SPITZBERG) WAS NOTIFIED BY THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31959 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOPER REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/15/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:32 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 03/15/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:00[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DOUG HITZELL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/21/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN PELLET RDO | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 92 POWER OPERATION | 92 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE 24-HOUR REPORT RELATED TO INOPERABLE FIRE PUMPS | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "ON MARCH 1, 1997, AT 1900 HOURS, THE ELECTRIC FIRE PUMP (FP-P-E) WAS MADE | | INOPERABLE DUE TO A BEARING FAILURE. INITIALLY, IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THE | | BEARING FAILED DUE TO OVERHEATING OF THE PUMP DURING LOW FLOW OPERATION. | | THE BEARING FAILED DUE TO WATER INTRUSION FROM EXCESSIVE PACKAGE LEAKAGE. | | THE OVERHEATING OF THE PUMP OCCURRED DUE TO THE SETPOINT FOR THE MINIMUM | | FLOW RELIEF VALVE BEING TOO HIGH. THIS REQUIRED ENTRY INTO TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION 3.15.B. ON MARCH 15, 1997, AT 1200 HOURS, THE DIESEL FIRE | | PUMP WAS MADE INOPERABLE DUE TO LOSS OF VOLTAGE IN BOTH BANKS OF STARTING | | BATTERIES. THIS REQUIRED ENTRY INTO TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.15.C WHICH | | REQUIRES THAT BACKUP FIRE SUPPRESSION BE PROVIDED AND A SPECIAL REPORT TO | | THE NRC BE SUBMITTED BY TELEPHONE WITHIN 24 HOURS AND IN WRITING NO LATER | | THAN ONE WORKING DAY FOLLOWING THE EVENT OUTLINING THE ACTION TAKEN, THE | | CAUSE OF THE INOPERABILITY, AND THE PLANS AND SCHEDULE FOR RESTORING THE | | SYSTEM TO OPERABLE STATUS. THE BACKUP FIRE PUMP FP-P-C WAS IN SERVICE | | DURING THIS TIME. THE CAUSE OF THE INOPERABILITY IS DESCRIBED ABOVE. THE | | ELECTRIC FIRE PUMP HAS BEEN RESTORED TO AVAILABLE STATUS AS OF 1538 HOURS | | ON MARCH 15, 1997, BUT REQUIRES THE RELIEF VALVE TO BE RESET PRIOR TO BEING | | DECLARED OPERABLE. THIS IS ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETED BY MARCH 19, 1997. | | THE DIESEL FIRE PUMP REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF BOTH BANKS OF STARTING | | BATTERIES AND REPLACEMENT OF THE BATTERY CHARGER CONTROL CARD. THE | | BATTERIES WILL BE REPLACED BY THE EVENING OF MARCH 15, 1997. IT IS | | ESTIMATED THAT THE REPLACEMENT BATTERY CHARGER CONTROL CARD WILL BE | | REPLACED BY MARCH 19, 1997, AND THE PUMP RETURNED TO OPERABLE STATUS AT | | THAT TIME. | | | | THIS NOTIFICATION IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.15.C.2.a | | SUBMITTAL OF SPECIAL REPORT BY TELEPHONE WITHIN 24 HOURS. THIS WILL BE | | FOLLOWED BY A WRITTEN REPORT PER TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.15.C.2.b ON THE | | FIRST WORKING DAY FOLLOWING THE EVENT." | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | *** UPDATE ON 03/21/97, @ 1502 EST FROM PEASE TAKEN BY MACKINNON *** | | | | DIESEL-DRIVEN FIRE PUMP FP-P-D WAS DECLARED OPERABLE FOLLOWING INSTALLATION | | OF A TEMPORARY MODIFICATION AND THE SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE OF THE MONTHLY | | SURVEILLANCE TEST. THEREFORE, COOPER NUCLEAR STATION IS NO LONGER IN A | | LIMITING CONDITION (LCO) FOR OPERATION 3.15.C. HOWEVER, ELECTRIC-DRIVEN | | FIRE PUMP FP-P-E IS STILL INOPERABLE, AND LCO 3.15.B IS APPLICABLE. THIS | | LCO REQUIRES THE LICENSEE TO SUBMIT A SPECIAL REPORT TO THE NRC WITHIN 30 | | DAYS AFTER THE PUMP IS DECLARED INOPERABLE. THE PUMP WAS DECLARED | | INOPERABLE ON MARCH 1, 1997. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE OF THIS EVENT. | | THE R4DO (SPITZBERG) WAS NOTIFIED BY THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |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: 03/21/97 | | 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 03/19/97, 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. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0945 EST ON 03/21/97, FROM MAURER TAKEN BY KARSCH * * * | | THE TOOL BOX WAS BEING MOVED BY PLANT PERSONNEL IN LIEU OF CONTRACTOR | | PERSONNEL. THE R3DO (HILAND) WAS NOTIFIED BY THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31989 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WASHINGTON NUCLEAR REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/20/97 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: WA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:33 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 03/20/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:40[PST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN SIMS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/21/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BLAIR SPITZBERG RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |BILL BATEMAN (NRR) EO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS |CEGIELSKI FEMA | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S |RICH BARRETT (IRD) AEOD | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 72 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.0.3 ENTRY AND PLANT SHUTDOWN AFTER PLANT STAFF | | CONCLUDED THAT SEVERAL SYSTEMS WERE NOT DEMONSTRATED TO MEET THEIR RESPONSE | | TIME REQUIREMENTS. | | | | ON MARCH 20, 1997, THE NRC INFORMED THE SUPPLY SYSTEM BY LETTER THAT WNP-2 | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION SURVEILLANCE RESPONSE TIME REQUIREMENTS WERE NOT | | BEING MET FOR CERTAIN INSTRUMENTATION. IT WAS CONCLUDED BY THE STAFF THAT | | THE REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEM, PRIMARY CONTAINMENT ISOLATION SYSTEM, AND | | EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEM INSTRUMENT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION | | SURVEILLANCES WERE NOT DEMONSTRATED TO MEET RESPONSE TIME REQUIREMENTS. | | | | RESPONSE TIME LIMITS WERE NOT DEMONSTRATED BECAUSE SENSOR RESPONSE WAS NOT | | INCLUDED IN THE RESPONSE TIME MEASUREMENTS FOR ALL REQUIRED INSTRUMENT | | FUNCTIONS OR BECAUSE PORTIONS OF THE INSTRUMENTATION WERE ONLY | | QUALITATIVELY VERIFIED TO RESPOND TO AN INPUT. THIS DETERMINATION WAS MADE | | FOLLOWING NRC REVIEW OF SUPPLY SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION OF BWROG LICENSING | | TOPICAL REPORT NEDO-32291, "SYSTEM ANALYSIS FOR ELIMINATION OF SELECTED | | RESPONSE TIME TESTING REQUIREMENTS," AND ASSOCIATED 10 CFR 50.59 | | IMPLEMENTATION. | | | | THE LICENSEE ENTERED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.0.3 AND COMMENCED A PLANT | | SHUTDOWN. A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIRED PLANT SHUTDOWN AUTOMATICALLY | | PLACES THE LICENSEE IN AN UNUSUAL EVENT. | | | | THE STAFF'S DETERMINATION OF THE FAILURE TO PERFORM RESPONSE TIME TESTING | | RESULTED IN A SITUATION WHERE THE FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITY OF THE REACTOR | | PROTECTION SYSTEM, PRIMARY CONTAINMENT ISOLATION SYSTEM, AND EMERGENCY CORE | | COOLING SYSTEM CANNOT BE ASSURED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIRED | | TESTING METHODOLOGY. HOWEVER, THIS CONDITION IS LIMITED TO A PROCESS | | IMPLEMENTATION PROBLEM, AND THE LICENSEE BELIEVES IT IS NOT A SAFETY | | CONCERN. QUALITATIVE TESTING HAS DEMONSTRATED COMPONENT FUNCTIONAL AND | | RESPONSE CAPABILITIES. A NOTICE OF ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION IS BEING | | REQUESTED. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS NOTIFIED STATE AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF THE UNUSUAL EVENT. | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0142 EST ON MARCH 21, 1997, FROM SIMS TAKEN BY KARSCH * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE TERMINATED THE UNUSUAL EVENT AT 2200 PST ON MARCH 20, 1997. | | THE LICENSEE WAS GRANTED ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION, AND THE PLANT SHUTDOWN WAS | | TERMINATED. THE LOWEST POWER REACHED WAS 40%. POWER WILL BE INCREASED TO | | 55%. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND PLANS TO ISSUE A PRESS | | RELEASE. THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R4DO (SPITZBERG). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31990 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/21/97 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:23 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/21/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 03:00[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RUTKOSKE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/21/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD BARKLEY 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE BOUNDARY DOOR BETWEEN THE PIPING PENETRATION ROOM AND THE ELECTRICAL | | PENETRATION ROOM WAS FOUND IN THE OPEN POSITION. THE DOOR MAY HAVE BEEN | | LEFT OPEN FOR 20 MINUTES. WITH THE DOOR IN THE OPEN POSITION, A HIGH | | ENERGY LINE BREAK IN THE PIPING PENETRATION ROOM WOULD SUBMIT THE | | ELECTRICAL PENETRATION ROOM TO A HARSH ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS OUTSIDE ITS | | DESIGN BASIS. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 31991 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: U.S. ARMY (ROCK ISLAND ILLINOIS) |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/21/97 | | CITY: FORT DEVONS REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:41 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: MA |EVENT DATE: 03/21/97 | |LICENSE#: 12-00722-06 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 09:30[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/21/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | | | | |PICCONE EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MOHS(ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL) |KIRK COWGILL REG1 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD |GARY SHEAR REG3 | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | |BAD2 20.2202(a)(2) EXCESSIVE RELEASE | | |IBAC 30.50(b)(1)(i) ACCESS DENIED >24 HRS | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE U.S.ARMY AT ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL IN ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS, REPORTED THE | | POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF A WORKER AT FORT DEVONS, MASSACHUSETTS | | | | THIS SITUATION MAY HAVE STARTED IN NOVEMBER 1996, WHEN AN "M-17" FIRE | | CONTROL DEVICE (USED AS A SIGHTING DEVICE ON WEAPONS) CONTAINING TRITIUM | | WAS BROUGHT INTO THE FORT DEVONS MAINTENANCE FACILITY BY THE RHODE ISLAND | | NATIONAL GUARD. AFTER TAKING AN INITIAL LOOK AT THE DEVICE, THE | | MAINTENANCE FACILITY INFORMED THE NATIONAL GUARD THAT THE SOURCE WAS | | BROKEN. IT WAS BAGGED UP AND RETURNED TO THE NATIONAL GUARD WHO RETURNED | | IT TO THEIR UNIT. FORT DEVONS PERFORMED A WIPE TEST IN THE MAINTENANCE | | AREA AND DETERMINED THAT TRITIUM LEVELS WERE 850 DPM ON THE DEVICE (2,000 | | DPM ALLOWABLE) AND 370 DPM ON THE WORK TABLE (400 DPM ALLOWABLE). THE AREA | | WAS DECONTAMINATED. | | | | A ROUTINE WIPE SURVEY PERFORMED IN THE SAME AREA IN JANUARY 1997 REVEALED | | ELEVATED READINGS OF 380 DPM AND 300 DPM. THE AREA WAS DECONTAMINATED | | AGAIN. | | | | IN MARCH 1997, THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WORKS IN THIS AREA WENT FOR A ROUTINE | | PHYSICAL, AND HE MENTIONED TO THE NURSE THAT HE HAD SOME CONCERNS SINCE HE | | WORKED WITH RADIOACTIVE COMPONENTS AND WAS RECENTLY IN AREAS WITH ELEVATED | | READINGS. THE NURSE CALLED THE RADIATION PROTECTION OFFICER AT FORT | | DEVONS, AND ANOTHER WIPE SURVEY WAS PERFORMED. THIS WIPE SURVEY TURNED UP | | READINGS OF 1,600 AND 1,200 DPM ON THE FLOOR IN A CONTROLLED AREA. | | | | REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE | | MEDICINE (CHPPM) VISITED THE FORT DEVONS FACILITY TO TAKE ADDITIONAL WIPES. | | THE CHPPM WIPES MEASURED >3,000,000 DPM ON THE FLOOR UNDER THE WORK BENCH. | | THE AIR CONDITIONER INTAKE WIPE MEASURED 20,000 DPM, AND THE WORK BENCH | | WIPE MEASURED 929 DPM. | | | | THE INDIVIDUAL'S THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETER (TLD) FOR THE PERIOD OF | | JANUARY 19 TO FEBRUARY 15, 1997, INDICATED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A | | 148-MILLIREM WHOLE BODY DOSE. (THIS DOSE IS SUSPECT.) THE TLD READINGS | | WILL BE INVESTIGATED. THE RESULTS FROM THE INDIVIDUAL'S BIOASSAY HAD NOT | | BEEN RECEIVED AT THE TIME OF THIS NOTIFICATION. | | | | THE FORT DEVONS FACILITY STILL HAS VARIOUS TRITIUM DEVICES SUCH AS THE | | "M-17," "M-38," TWO "M-1A2s," "M-1A1," AND "M-137." ALL OF THESE DEVICES | | ARE SIGHTING DEVICES. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31992 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PILGRIM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/21/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:30 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 03/21/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:36[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KENNEDY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/21/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CURT COWGILL RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOSS OF SHUTDOWN COOLING (SDC) TO THE REACTOR VESSEL FOR 24 MINUTES | | | | THE LICENSEE WAS TROUBLESHOOTING A GROUND IN THE 120-VDC SYSTEM AND OPENED | | THE DC BREAKER WHICH FEEDS THE LOGIC TO THE SDC ISOLATION LOGIC WHILE | | LOOKING FOR THE GROUND. UPON RE-CLOSING THE BREAKER, A DC RELAY THAT | | ENERGIZED AND SUBSEQUENTLY CLOSED THE SDC SUCTION VALVE FROM THE REACTOR. | | THE ISOLATION OF THIS VALVE CAUSED THE OPERATING SDC PUMP (RESIDUAL HEAT | | REMOVAL PUMP "B") TO TRIP. SDC WAS RESTORED TO SERVICE AT 1400 EST. THE | | LICENSEE STATED THAT THERE WAS NO NOTICEABLE TEMPERATURE INCREASE IN THE | | RELOADED REACTOR VESSEL. RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL PUMP "D" WAS AVAILABLE TO | | BE PLACED IN SERVICE IF RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL PUMP "B" COULD NOT HAVE BEEN | | PLACED BACK IN SERVICE. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31993 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/21/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:30 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/21/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: W SPAHN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/21/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CURT COWGILL RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A SPURIOUS HIGH RADIATION SIGNAL CAUSED ONE PRIMARY CONTAINMENT ATMOSPHERIC | | CONTROL VALVE TO CLOSE. | | | | A SPURIOUS HIGH RADIATION SIGNAL WAS GENERATED BY A CONTAINMENT HIGH RANGE | | RADIATION MONITOR (#1825). THE SETPOINT FOR THE RADIATION MONITOR IS 40 R. | | THE LICENSEE THINKS THAT WELDING OR MOVING ELECTRICAL CABLES IN THE CABLE | | TRAYS CAUSED THE SPURIOUS SIGNAL TO BE GENERATED. HEALTH PHYSICS PERFORMED | | RADIATION SURVEYS IN THE AREA OF THE RADIATION MONITOR, AND THE SURVEYS | | INDICATED NORMAL RADIATION READINGS. THE HIGH RADIATION SIGNAL CAUSED ONE | | PRIMARY CONTAINMENT ATMOSPHERIC CONTROL VALVE TO CLOSE. THE LICENSEE | | PLACED BOTH CONTAINMENT HIGH RANGE RADIATION MONITORS (#1825 AND #1826) IN | | BYPASS. NOBODY WAS EVACUATED FROM THE DRYWELL WHEN THE SPURIOUS HIGH | | RADIATION SIGNAL WAS GENERATED. A TROUBLE RECORD FOR THIS EVENT WILL BE | | GENERATED. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE STATE AND THE LOCAL COUNTIES OF THIS EVENT. THE | | NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS ALSO NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 31994 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: ENERTECH |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/21/97 | | CITY: BREA REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:40 [ET]| | COUNTY: ORANGE COUNTY STATE: CA |EVENT DATE: 03/21/97 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:00[PST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/21/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |BRUNO URYC RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+VERN HODGE (RVIB) NRR | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: John DeKleine | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |CCCC 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | POTENTIAL REPORTABLE DEFECT IN BW/IP ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC ACTUATORS (MODEL | | NUMBER 88500) TO PROPERLY OPERATE ON DEMAND AT THE MCGUIRE STATION. | | | | ENERTECH LOCATED AT 2950 BIRCH STREET, BREA, CA., SUBMITTED THE FOLLOWING | | INFORMATION VIA A FACSIMILE: | | | | "MCGUIRE IS PERFORMING A ROOT CAUSE INVESTIGATION AND IS COMMUNICATING WITH | | THE HYDRAULIC FLUID MANUFACTURER FOR ASSISTANCE. ENERTECH HAS PERSONNEL | | ON-SITE ASSISTING THE MCGUIRE PERSONNEL AND IS IN CONTACT WITH THE ACTUATOR | | MANUFACTURER. BW/IP (THE ACTUATOR MANUFACTURER) IS IN THE PROCESS OF | | EVALUATING THIS EVENT UNDER ITS 10 CFR PART 21 PROGRAM. | | | | IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THE HYDRAULIC FLUID TEMPERATURE INSIDE THE PLUNGER OF | | THE SOLENOID VALVE EXCEEDED THE MANUFACTURERS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR | | CONTINUOUS OPERATION AND AFFECTED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ACTUATOR." | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31995 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: POINT BEACH REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/21/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:00 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/21/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:45[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RANDY KING |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/21/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PAT HILAND 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 | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE ELECTRIC AUXILIARY FEEDWATER (EAFW) PUMPS COULD TRIP ON OVERCURRENT IF | | INSTRUMENT AIR IS LOST TO THE EAFW PUMP DISCHARGE PRESSURE CONTROL VALVES. | | | | IF INSTRUMENT AIR IS LOST TO THE EAFW PUMP DISCHARGE PRESSURE CONTROL | | VALVES THE VALVES WOULD FULLY OPEN. WITH THE EAFW PUMP DISCHARGE PRESSURE | | CONTROL VALVES FULL OPEN, EACH EAFW PUMP COULD POTENTIALLY TRIP ON | | OVERCURRENT DUE TO THE INCREASED FLOW FROM EACH EAFW PUMP. THE HIGHER THE | | FLOW FROM EACH EAFW PUMP; THE GREATER THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT TO OPERATE | | EACH EAFW PUMP. IF STEAM GENERATOR PRESSURE IS ABOVE A CERTAIN VALUE, THE | | EAFW PUMP WOULD NOT TRIP ON AN OVERCURRENT CONDITION DUE TO REDUCED EAFW | | FLOW TO THE STEAM GENERATOR. | | | | A CONSERVATIVE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE TO DECLARE BOTH EAFW PUMPS OUT OF | | SERVICE UNTIL THIS SITUATION CAN BE FULLY EVALUATED. FAILURE OF BOTH EAFW | | PUMPS TO OPERATE DURING ACCIDENT CONDITIONS WOULD BE OUTSIDE THE DESIGN | | BASIS OF THE PLANTS' FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31996 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: QUAD CITIES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/21/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:52 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 03/21/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:30[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MACLENNAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/21/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PAT HILAND 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 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | "2B" CORE SPRAY PUMP DECLARED INOPERABLE DUE TO FOULING OF ITS ROOM COOLER. | | | | THE "2B" CORE SPRAY PUMP WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE DUE TO SIGNIFICANT FOULING | | OF ITS ROOM COOLER. THIS FOULING WAS DISCOVERED DURING AN INTERNAL | | INSPECTION. THE FOULING MATERIAL FOUND INSIDE THE ROOM COOLER IS SILT AND | | CORROSION PRODUCTS. UPON REVIEW OF TRENDED DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE FOR THE | | ROOM COOLER, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS CONDITION MAY HAVE EXISTED AS FAR | | BACK AS JUNE 1996. DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, THE 1/2 DIESEL GENERATOR HAD | | BEEN MADE INOPERABLE FOR PLANNED MAINTENANCE UNDER A 7-DAY LIMITING | | CONDITION FOR OPERATION. AS THE 1/2 DIESEL GENERATOR IS THE EMERGENCY | | POWER SUPPLY FOR THE "2A" CORE SPRAY PUMP, BOTH CORE SPRAY PUMPS WERE | | INOPERABLE FOR A PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY 6 DAYS, UNKNOWN TO THE STATION. | | | | THE LICENSEE DID NOT KNOW IF THE "2A" CORE SPRAY PUMP ROOM COOLER HAS BEEN | | INSPECTED, AND THE LICENSEE DID NOT KNOW IF THEY PLAN TO INCREASE THE | | INSPECTION FREQUENCY OF THE ROOM COOLERS. THE SOURCE OF WATER FOR THE ROOM | | COOLER IS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 31997 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/21/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:15 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 03/21/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 14:30[CST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/21/97 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |PAT HILAND RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |FRED COMBS (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+WALT SCHWINK NMSS | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: M UNDERWOOD | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCOVERY THAT A NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY EVALUATION HAD NOT BEEN | | PERFORMED {THE SYSTEM IS SAFE BY DESIGN (CORRECT GEOMETRY), BUT NUCLEAR | | CRITICALITY SAFETY HAD NOT BEEN EVALUATED FOR IT.} | | | | DURING A WALKDOWN OF THE C-400 BUILDING (A CHEMICAL FACILITY), IT WAS | | DISCOVERED THAT A NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY EVALUATION HAD NOT BEEN | | PERFORMED ON AN AIR CAPTURE SYSTEM WHICH IS USED AS A NEGATIVE AIR MACHINE | | FOR MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES. THE AIR CAPTURE SYSTEM IS SAFE BY DESIGN | | (GEOMETRICALLY SAFE), AND IT IS NOT AN IMMEDIATE SAFETY CONCERN. THERE WAS | | NO FISSILE MATERIAL INVOLVED. THE SYSTEM WAS POSTED AND SECURED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31998 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HOPE CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/22/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:55 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 03/22/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 05:04[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ARCHIE FAULKNER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/22/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CURTIS COWGILL RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | |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 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNEXPECTED CLOSURE OF A HIGH PRESSURE COOLANT INJECTION (HPCI) STEAM SUPPLY | | PRIMARY CONTAINMENT ISOLATION VALVE DURING A SCHEDULED FUNCTIONAL TEST | | | | HPCI STEAM SUPPLY PRIMARY ISOLATION VALVE FDHVF003 CLOSED ON AN ISOLATION | | SIGNAL RECEIVED DURING A SCHEDULED FUNCTIONAL TEST. THIS WAS NOT AN | | EXPECTED RESPONSE. THERE WAS NO OTHER WORK RELATED TO THE HPCI SYSTEM IN | | PROGRESS AT THE TIME OF THE ISOLATION. THE HPCI SYSTEM WAS DECLARED | | INOPERABLE AT 0504, AND A 14-DAY TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION LIMITING CONDITION | | FOR OPERATION WAS ENTERED. THE CAUSE OF THIS EVENT IS CURRENTLY UNDER | | INVESTIGATION. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE LOWER | | ALLOWAYS CREEK TOWNSHIP. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 31999 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: FREDERICK CANCER RESRCH & DEVEL FAC |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/22/97 | | CITY: FREDERICK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 07:55 [ET]| | COUNTY: FREDERICK STATE: MD |EVENT DATE: 03/21/97 | |LICENSE#: 19-21091-01 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 15:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/22/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |CURTIS COWGILL RDO | | |FREDERICK COMBS/NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT/IRD AEOD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM FRIEL | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A FIRE DESTROYED A LABORATORY BUILDING AT THE FREDERICK CANCER RESEARCH AND | | DEVELOPMENT FACILITY LOCATED IN FREDERICK, MARYLAND. THE LICENSEE BELIEVES | | THAT THERE WAS NO LOSS OR RELEASE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL. | | | | THE FREDERICK CANCER AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITY LOCATED IN FREDERICK, | | MARYLAND, HAS A BROAD SCOPE LICENSE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. | | THIS FACILITY IS PRIMARILY AN ANIMAL HOLDING FACILITY FOR BIOLOGICAL AND | | CHEMICAL RESEARCH. HOWEVER, A SMALL PORTION OF THE LABORATORY IS USED FOR | | SHARED SERVICE RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS WORK INCLUDING TRANSCRIPTASE USING LOW | | ACTIVITY TRITIUM AND PROTEIN IRRADIATIONS USING FREE IODINE-125. | | | | AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 ON MARCH 21, 1997, A FIRE STARTED IN A BUILDING THAT | | HOUSED RESEARCH ANIMALS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED, EXTINGUISHED THE | | FIRE, AND REMAINED AT THE SCENE UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 2300. | | | | THE FACILITY'S INVENTORY LISTED 24 mCi OF TRITIUM. APPARENTLY, 5 mCi HAD | | BEEN USED FROM PARTIAL LOTS, AND THE REMAINING 19 mCi WERE LOCKED INSIDE A | | -75øF REVCO FREEZER LOCATED IN AN AREA WHERE THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING | | COLLAPSED. THE FREEZER MAY HAVE THAWED OUT, BUT THE MATERIAL IS STILL | | BELIEVED TO BE LOCKED INSIDE THE FREEZER. THE LICENSEE PLANS TO RECOVER | | THIS MATERIAL AS SOON AS CONSTRUCTION CREWS ARE PERMITTED INTO THE AREA TO | | CLEAR THE DEBRIS WHERE THE ROOF COLLAPSED. | | | | THE ROOF DID NOT COLLAPSE OVER ANOTHER SECTION OF THE BUILDING WHICH | | CONTAINED A LABORATORY WHERE THE PROTEIN IODINATIONS OCCURRED. THE LICENSEE | | SURVEYED THIS AREA LAST NIGHT AFTER THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED AND REMOVED | | EVERYTHING THAT WAS RELATED TO RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS USAGE. THE LICENSEE | | PLANS TO PERFORM ANOTHER SURVEY OF THE HOOD TODAY. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO | | STOCK IODINE-125 LOCATED IN THE BUILDING, THERE WAS A BAG FROM AN | | IODINATION THAT CONTAINED 300 MICROCURIES OF IODINE-125 WASTE. THIS BAG | | REMAINED INTACT AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REMOVED. A SURVEY OF THE BAG INDICATED | | THAT THERE WAS NO CONTAMINATION. | | | | IN ADDITION, THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A LIQUID CARBOY THAT | | CONTAINED A FEW HUNDRED MICROCURIES OF TRITIATED WASTE. THIS MATERIAL ALSO | | REMAINED INTACT INSIDE ITS STAINLESS STEEL HOUSING CONTAINER. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO PERFORM A SURVEY OF A 12-FOOT PIECE OF DUCT WORK THAT | | LEADS FROM A CHEMICAL FUME HOOD THROUGH HEPA AND CHARCOAL FILTERS. IF THIS | | DUCT WORK IS FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED, THE LICENSEE PLANS TO TREAT IT AS | | RADIOACTIVE WASTE. IF NOT, THE LICENSEE PLANS TO TREAT IT AS CONSTRUCTION | | DEBRIS. | | | | THE LICENSEE BELIEVES THAT THERE WAS NO LOSS OR RELEASE OF RADIOACTIVE | | MATERIAL AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE. ALL STOCK AND WASTE MATERIALS HAVE BEEN | | ACCOUNTED. THE LICENSEE ALSO BELIEVES THAT THERE WERE NO CONTAMINATIONS AS | | A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. THE SITUATION IS CURRENTLY STABLE, AND THE FIRE | | DEPARTMENT HAS SEALED OFF THE BUILDING SO THAT AN INVESTIGATION CAN BE | | CONDUCTED. | | | | THE REGION 1 AGREEMENT STATES OFFICER PLANS TO NOTIFY THE STATE. (REFER TO | | THE HOO LOG FOR A SITE CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32000 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SUSQUEHANNA REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/22/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:29 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 03/22/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JERRY RADISHOFSKI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/22/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CURT COWGILL 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 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MAIN STEAM LINE ISOLATION VALVES FAILED LOCAL LEAK RATE TEST. | | | | THE RESULTS OF THE MAIN STEAM LINE VALVE PENETRATION LOCAL LEAK TEST | | REVEALED THAT THE MAXIMUM PATHWAY LEAKAGE WAS GREATER THAN THE PRIMARY | | CONTAINMENT INTEGRITY TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.6.1.1 MAXIMUM LIMIT OF 300 | | scfh. THE AS-FOUND VALUE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED DUE TO THE INABILITY | | TO PRESSURIZE THE "B" INBOARD AND "C" OUTBOARD MAIN STEAM LINE ISOLATION | | VALVES. THE ESTIMATED MAXIMUM PATHWAY LEAKAGE IS IN EXCESS OF THE 300 scfh | | LIMIT. THE AS-LEFT LEAKAGE IS TO BE DETERMINED FOLLOWING REWORK OF THE "B" | | INBOARD AND "C" OUTBOARD MAIN STEAM LINE ISOLATION VALVES. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32001 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PERRY REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/22/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: OH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:27 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 03/22/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:38[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: R STROHL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/22/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PAT HILAND RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ONE OF TWO ELECTRICAL PROTECTION ASSEMBLIES (EPA) THAT SUPPLY REACTOR | | PROTECTION SYSTEM (RPS) BUS "B" OPENED. THIS CAUSED THE LOSS OF RPS BUS | | "B", RESULTING IN SEVERAL ACTUATIONS. | | | | ONE OF TWO EPA BREAKERS TO RPS BUS "B" OPENED, CAUSING A LOSS OF THE BUS, | | AND RESULTING IN A CHANNEL "B" 1/2 SCRAM, REACTOR WATER CLEANUP SYSTEM | | ISOLATION, MAIN STEAM LINE DRAIN INBOARD ISOLATION, CONTAINMENT VESSEL | | CHILL WATER ISOLATION, SUPPRESSION POOL COOLING AND CLEANUP ISOLATION, AND | | ISOLATION OF THE FUEL POOL COOLING AND CLEANING SYSTEM. | | | | RPS BUS "B" WAS PLACED ON ITS ALTERNATE POWER SUPPLY. THE ALTERNATE POWER | | SUPPLY USES DIFFERENT EPA BREAKERS TO SUPPLY POWER TO THE BUS. THE | | FOLLOWING SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN RESET: CHANNEL "B" 1/2 SCRAM, MAIN STEAM LINE | | DRAIN INBOARD ISOLATION, AND CONTAINMENT VESSEL CHILL WATER ISOLATION. THE | | LICENSEE IS IN THE PROCESS OF RESTORING THE OTHER SYSTEMS TO THEIR NORMAL | | LINEUP. | | | | THERE WAS NO TESTING OR WORK IN PROGRESS WHEN ONE OF RPS BUS "B" EPA | | BREAKERS OPENED. THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THIS EVENT. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 32002 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/22/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:52 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 03/22/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 15:40[CST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/22/97 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |PAT HILAND RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |FRED COMBS (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: UNDERWOOD | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |OCBB 76.120(c)(2)(ii) EQUIP DISABLED/FAILS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCOVERED HIGH PRESSURE FIRE WATER SPRINKLER SYSTEMS #21 AND #29 HAD | | OBSTRUCTIONS AND HEADS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY | | | | DURING A WALKDOWN OF HIGH PRESSURE FIRE WATER (HPFW) SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN | | THE C-331 BUILDING (PROCESS BUILDING), IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT HPFW | | SPRINKLER SYSTEMS #21 AND #29 HAD OBSTRUCTIONS AND HEADS INSTALLED | | INCORRECTLY. SPECIFICALLY, HPFW SYSTEM #21 HAS 3 HEADS BETWEEN BUILDING | | COLUMNS EE-17 AND EE-18 ORIENTED 45 DEGREES FROM VERTICAL. ONE OF THESE | | HEADS IS ALSO OBSTRUCTED BY AN INSTALLED LIGHT FIXTURE. THE SUBJECT | | SECTION OF HPFW SYSTEM #21 PROVIDES FIRE PROTECTION FOR DUCT WORK LOCATED | | ON THE GROUND FLOOR. HPFW SYSTEM #29 HAS 1 HEAD LOCATED BETWEEN BUILDING | | COLUMNS CC-25 AND C-26 THAT IS OBSTRUCTED BY UTILITY SYSTEM PIPING. THE | | SUBJECT SECTION OF HPFW SYSTEM #29 PROVIDES FIRE PROTECTION FOR DUCT WORK | | LOCATED ON THE GROUND FLOOR. THE NOTED DEFICIENCIES PREVENT THE HPFW | | SYSTEM PIPING FROM DEVELOPING THE PROPER SPRAY PATTERN IN THE AFFECTED | | AREAS. THE SYSTEMS WERE DECLARED INOPERABLE AT 1540 CST ON 03/22/97, AND | | THE INITIAL HOURLY FIRE PATROLS REQUIRED BY TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION | | REQUIREMENT 2.4.4.5 WERE INITIATED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+