U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 02/25/97 - 02/26/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 31663 31804 31843 31844 31845 31846 31847 31848 31849 31850 31851 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31663 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: VERMONT YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/27/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: VT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:00 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 01/27/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:15[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HENRIQUEZ |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/25/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PRIVIDY RDO | |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 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REACTOR CORE ISOLATION COOLING (RCIC) SYSTEM DECLARED INOPERABLE DUE TO | | BROKEN DRAIN LINE HANGER. | | | | THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED A BROKEN PIPE HANGER ON THE RCIC PUMP CASING DRAIN | | LINE DOWNSTREAM OF A SAFETY CLASS-2 ISOLATION VALVE. THIS HANGER IS NOT | | PART OF THE RCIC PRESSURE BOUNDARY, BUT IT IS A SEISMIC SUPPORT AND COULD | | AFFECT THE RCIC PRESSURE BOUNDARY. THE LICENSEE HAS DECLARED THE RCIC | | SYSTEM INOPERABLE AND HAS ENTERED A 7-DAY TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION LIMITING | | CONDITION FOR OPERATION. THE LICENSEE HAS VERIFIED THAT THE HPCI SYSTEM IS | | OPERABLE. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * 1004 02/25/97, UPDATE FROM BROOKS RECEIVED BY TROCINE * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION. ENGINEERING EVALUATION | | DETERMINED THAT THE AS-FOUND CONDITION OF DRAIN LINE BRACKET WAS ADEQUATE | | TO SUPPORT RCIC OPERATION COINCIDENT WITH A SEISMIC EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND MAY NOTIFY THE | | STATE. THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R1DO (DURR). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31804 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/18/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:26 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/18/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:12[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DONOVAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/25/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LARRY NICHOLSON 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 N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT THE INITIAL ANALYSIS FOR THE DESIGN OF THE SPENT | | FUEL POOL STORAGE RACK DID NOT USE THE CORRECT DATA. | | | | THE LICENSEE PERFORMED AN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS IN RESPONSE TO AN NRC LETTER | | CONCERNING THE IMPACT ANALYSIS FOR THE DESIGN OF THE SPENT FUEL POOL | | STORAGE RACK. DURING THIS ANALYSIS, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE WEIGHT OF | | THE FUEL GRAPPLE MAST SECTIONS (APPROXIMATELY 830 POUNDS) HAD NOT BEEN | | INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL CALCULATIONS. THE PRELIMINARY REVIEW SHOWS THAT | | THERE COULD BE SOME DAMAGE TO THE RACK DURING A FUEL DROP SCENARIO. THE | | LICENSEE WILL CONTINUE ITS EVALUATION. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED ALONG WITH THE STATE AND THE TOWN OF | | WATERFORD. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1140 ON 02/25/97, FROM McNAMARA TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CALCULATIONS REGARDING THE DROPPING OF | | FUEL GRAPPLE MAST SECTIONS ONTO REACTOR CORE COMPONENTS ARE ALSO ERRONEOUS. | | THE REACTOR IS CURRENTLY DEFUELED, SO THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE SAFETY | | SIGNIFICANCE. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. THE HOO | | NOTIFIED THE R1DO (DURR). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31843 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: ZION REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/24/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:31 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/24/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:00[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SCHULLER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/25/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WRIGHT RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |ADENSAM EO | |ADEV 50.72(b)(1)(i)(B) DEVIATION FROM T SPEC |RUBIN IRD | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S |SULLIVAN FEMA | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MINIMUM NUMBER OF RCS FLOW TRANSMITTERS NOT OPERABLE | | | | ON 02/22/97, RCS LOOP 'A' FLOW TRANSMITTERS 1FI-414, 415, AND 416 WERE | | TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR WORK ON ONE OF THE TRANSMITTERS. (THE INSTRUMENTS | | SHARE A COMMON LOW PRESSURE HEADER.) THIS PLACED THE UNIT IN A LIMITING | | CONDITION FOR OPERATION (LCO) IN ACCORDANCE WITH TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION | | 3.1.3 BECAUSE THE UNIT DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM DEGREE OF REDUNDANCY FOR | | RCS LOOP 'A' NOR THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF OPERABLE CHANNELS. THE LCO PERMITTED | | THE UNIT TO REMAIN IN MODE 3 FOR 24 HOURS AND THEN PERMITTED THE UNIT TO | | PROCEED TO MODE 5 WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE UNIT HAS NOW EXCEEDED THE | | LCO TIME CLOCK. | | | | PLANT PROCEDURES REQUIRE THE DECLARATION OF AN UNUSUAL EVENT WHENEVER AN | | LCO TIME CLOCK IS EXCEEDED. THE LICENSEE IS ATTEMPTING TO RETURN THE FLOW | | TRANSMITTERS TO SERVICE. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 2236 ON 02/25/97, FROM GIERNOTH TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE UNUSUAL EVENT WAS TERMINATED AT 2122 CST WHEN THE UNIT REACHED COLD | | SHUTDOWN. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED. THE HOO NOTIFIED THE | | R3DO (WRIGHT), NRR EO (MCKEE), AND FEMA (AUSTIN). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |TRANSPORTATION EVENT | |EVENT NUMBER: 31844 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: DR. MICHAEL LALA, MD, PC |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/25/97 | | CITY: LIVONIA REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:31 [ET]| | COUNTY: WAYNE STATE: MI |EVENT DATE: 02/25/97 | |LICENSE#: 21-24380-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 10:45[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/25/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |G. WRIGHT RDO | | |D. COOL (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+R. BARRETT (IRD) AEOD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RAY CARLSON |FINKBEINER (NRC) DOT | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON |TANNER DOE | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NTRA TRANSPORTATION EVENT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CONTAMINATED PACKAGE DELIVERED TO LIVONIA INTERNAL MEDICINE FACILITY. TWO | | NRC REGIONAL INSPECTORS WERE AND ARE STILL AT THE FACILITY. | | | | THE LIVONIA INTERNAL MEDICINE FACILITY CONSULTING PHYSICIST REPORTED THE | | FOLLOWING INFORMATION: | | | | A MEDI PHYSICS, INC., (RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL) EMPLOYEE DELIVERED A PACKAGE | | CONTAINING THREE TECHNICIUM-99t VIALS. EACH VIAL WAS CONTAINED IN A LEAD | | PIG. THE DELIVERY PERSON IMMEDIATELY LEFT THE FACILITY AFTER MAKING THE | | DELIVERY. A LIVONIA INTERNAL MEDICINE TECHNICIAN TOOK A SWIPE AROUND THE | | OUTSIDE OF THE PACKAGE. THE INITIAL SWIPE CONTAMINATION LEVEL WAS 27,000 | | DPM. THE HOTTEST SWIPE TAKEN ON THE SIDE OF THE PACKAGE WAS 6,270 DPM, AND | | THE HOTTEST SWIPE TAKEN ON THE TOP OF THE PACKAGE WAS 4,681 DPM. THE | | DELIVERY PERSON DID NOT WEAR ANY GLOVES WHEN DELIVERING THE PACKAGE. THE | | CONSULTING PHYSICIST CALLED MEDI PHYSICS, INC., AND INFORMED THEM THAT THE | | PACKAGE DELIVERED TO THE FACILITY WAS CONTAMINATED ON THE OUTSIDE AND THAT | | THEIR DELIVERY MAN WAS PROBABLY CONTAMINATED. | | | | EACH TECHNICIUM-99t VIAL CONTAINED 25 mCi. THE HALF LIFE OF TECHNICIUM-99t | | IS ABOUT 6.5 HOURS, AND IT EMITS 140 keV GAMMAS. A GEIGER MUELLER DETECTOR | | WAS USED TO TAKE OUTSIDE READINGS OF THE PACKAGE. THE OUTSIDE RADIATION | | READINGS ON THE PACKAGE WERE BETWEEN 1 TO 1.5 mr/hr. (THE PACKAGE NORMALLY | | SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY OUTSIDE RADIATION READINGS.) A SURVEY OF THE INSIDE OF | | THE PACKAGE FOUND THE INSIDE TO BE CLEAN, AND EACH LEAD PIG CONTAINING A | | TECHNICIUM-99t VIAL WAS ALSO CLEAN. | | | | THE CONSULTING PHYSICIST INFORMED NRC REGION 3 OF THIS EVENT. (REFER TO THE | | HOO LOG FOR A CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 31845 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: U.S. ARMY (ROCK ISLAND ILLINOIS) |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/25/97 | | CITY: ROCK ISLAND REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:40 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: IL |EVENT DATE: 11/01/96 | |LICENSE#: 12-00722-13 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:00[CST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/25/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |G. WRIGHT RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JEFF HAVANEER | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: HENRY BAILEY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOSS OF A 250-ęCi AMERICIUM-241 SOURCE | | | | THE U.S. ARMY COMMAND CENTER IN ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS, MADE THE FOLLOWING | | NOTIFICATION: | | | | THE SECOND INFANTRY DIVISION REPORTED THE LOSS OF AN M43A1 CHEMICAL AGENT | | DETECTOR WHILE ON A FIELD EXERCISE IN SOUTH KOREA DURING NOVEMBER 1996. THE | | DETECTOR CONTAINED A 250-ęCi Am-241 SOURCE. DIVISION PERSONNEL DO NOT KNOW | | EXACTLY WHEN OR WHERE THE DETECTOR WAS LOST. THE ARMY ALSO PLANS TO CONTACT | | NRC REGION 3 REGARDING THIS EVENT. (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR A CONTACT | | TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31846 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: TROJAN REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/25/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: OR |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:25 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/25/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 07:50[PST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LAWSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/25/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MURRAY RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE OREGON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY | | (DEQ) REGARDING A VIOLATION OF THE NPDES PERMIT. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE OREGON DEQ REGARDING A VIOLATION OF THE NPDES | | PERMIT. THE pH OF THE DISCHARGE AND DILUTION STRUCTURE (D&DS) DECREASED | | BELOW THE NPDES LIMIT OF 6.0 (MINIMUM ACTUAL pH OF 5.87) FROM 0750 TO 0800. | | AFTER THE LICENSEE FILLED A SODIUM BISULFITE TANK FROM A BARREL PUMP, THE | | PUMP DISCHARGE HOSE WAS DROPPED ALLOWING APPROXIMATELY TWO GALLONS OF | | SODIUM BISULFITE TO DRAIN INTO THE D&DS. THE EVENT WAS CONTINUOUSLY | | MONITORED BY A CHEMIST AT THE SCENE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31847 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOPER REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/25/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:52 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 02/25/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:55[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GREEN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/25/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MURRAY RDO | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CONTROL ROOM EMERGENCY FILTRATION SYSTEM DECLARED INOPERABLE. | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS FROM A FACSIMILE RECEIVED BY THE LICENSEE: | | | | "TODAY AT 1355 CENTRAL TIME, THE CONTROL ROOM EMERGENCY FILTRATION SYSTEM | | (CREFS) WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE. A REVIEW OF A NEW ANALYSIS FOR THE | | INSTRUMENT ANALYTICAL LIMITS FOR THE CONTROL ROOM RADIATION MONITOR | | INDICATED THAT THE TIME AVERAGING CIRCUIT OF THE PARTICULATE CHANNEL WAS | | NOT CONSERVATIVELY SET RELATIVE TO THE CREFS EXISTING LICENSING BASIS. | | | | CREFS IS A SINGLE TRAIN SYSTEM WHOSE FUNCTIONALITY IS CREDITED WITH | | MITIGATING THE CONSEQUENCES OF AN ACCIDENT AND IS, THEREFORE, REPORTABLE | | PER 10CFR50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D). FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS ARE BEING PERFORMED TO | | DETERMINE IF THE CREFS COULD STILL BE CONSIDERED CAPABLE OF PERFORMING ITS | | REQUIRED ACCIDENT MITIGATION FUNCTION WITH THE OPERABLE GASEOUS AND IODINE | | CHANNELS DESPITE THE NON-CONSERVATISM OF THIS CONDITION." | | | | THE LICENSEE STATED THAT THE CREFS IS REQUIRED TO RESPOND WITHIN ONE MINUTE | | TO PROTECT PERSONNEL IN THE CONTROL AND THAT THE MAXIMUM ACCEPTABLE TIME | | DELAY IS 42 SECONDS. THE ACTUAL TIME DELAY SETTING WAS 5 MINUTES (300 | | SECONDS). | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |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: 02/25/97 | |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. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |IRRETRIEVABLE WELL LOGGING SOURCE | |EVENT NUMBER: 31849 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/25/97 | | CITY: REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:28 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: LA |EVENT DATE: 02/25/97 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:00[CST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/25/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |MURRAY RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KEN TURNER | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |EIRR 39.77(c) WELL LOGGING SOURCE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REQUEST FOR NRC PERMISSION TO ABANDON STUCK WELL LOGGING SOURCES | | | | NAME OF WELL OWNER: OXY U.S.A., INC. | | | | LOCATION OF WELL: SOUTH MARSH ISLAND FIELD, LA | | | | WELL IDENTIFICATION: OCS-G-2887, WELL NUMBER A-18 | | | | RADIOACTIVE SOURCES: 1.7 Ci Cs-137 STUCK AT 6,421 FEET | | 16 Ci Am-241/Be STUCK AT 6,404 FEET | | | | THE DRILL BECAME STUCK ON 02/19/97. (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR A CONTACT | | TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 31850 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/25/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:28 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 02/25/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 13:50[CST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/25/97 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |WRIGHT RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |PIERSON EO | +------------------------------------------------+CONGEL IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CAGE | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM INSTALLATION DEFICIENCIES | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS A TEXT OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "AT 1323 ON 02/25/97, FIRE SPRINKLER PIPING SYSTEMS C-10, D-7, D-10, B-9, | | AND B-16 IN [THE] C-333 PROCESS BUILDING GROUND FLOOR WERE FOUND TO HAVE | | DEFICIENCIES. SYSTEM D-10 WAS FOUND TO HAVE 1/2-INCH PIPE SUPPLYING ONE | | SPRINKLER HEAD. NFPA 13 REQUIRES 1-INCH MINIMUM PIPE SIZE FOR SPRINKLER | | SYSTEMS SUCH AS THESE. IN ADDITION, SPRINKLER HEAD POSITIONS WERE | | IDENTIFIED ON SYSTEMS C-10, D-7, D-10, B-9, AND B-16 WHICH DO NOT AGREE | | WITH THE DESIGN DRAWINGS. THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM AND EQUIPMENT PROTECTED ARE | | AS FOLLOWS: SYSTEM C-10, MATERIAL STORAGE AREA; SYSTEM D-7, ELECTRICAL | | CONTROL CENTER; SYSTEM D-10, OPEN FLOOR AREA; SYSTEM B-9, OPEN FLOOR AREA; | | AND SYSTEM B-16, ELECTRICAL CONTROL CENTER AND VENTILATION DUCT. THE | | SUBJECT SPRINKLERS ARE REQUIRED TO BE OPERABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH TSR | | 2.4.4.5. LCO ACTION 2.4.4.5.B1, HOURLY FIRE PATROL OF AFFECTED AREA, WAS | | INITIATED BY 1507 ON 02/25/97. LCO ACTION 2.4.4.5.B2 [TO] CONFIRM ONE | | HYDRANT ADJACENT TO AFFECTED BUILDING OPERABLE WAS COMPLETED AT 1423 ON | | 02/25/97. THIS DEFICIENCY IS REPORTABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10 CFR | | 76.120(c)(2)(i), 24-HOUR REPORT." | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31851 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SUSQUEHANNA REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/25/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:17 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 02/25/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:23[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: FERNSLER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/25/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |DURR 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 | M/R Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MANUAL REACTOR SCRAM FROM 64% POWER DUE TO LOSS OF CONDENSER VACUUM | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "AT 1723, UNIT 1 WAS MANUALLY SCRAMMED FROM 64% POWER DUE TO A LOSS OF | | CONDENSER VACUUM. WATER LEVEL DROPPED BELOW THE SCRAM INITIATION SETPOINT | | OF 13 INCHES AS EXPECTED TO A MINIMUM OF 8 INCHES. SCRAM [PROCEDURES] | | ON-100-001 AND EO-100-102 WERE ENTERED DUE TO THE ENTRY LEVEL OF +13 | | INCHES. ALL LEVEL 3 (+13") ISOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND THERE WERE NO | | INDICATIONS OF FAILED ESF ACTUATIONS OR ISOLATIONS. THERE WERE NO MSRV | | LIFTS. CONTAINMENT PARAMETERS REMAINED STABLE. DURING THE RECOVERY FROM THE | | LEVEL TRANSIENT, REACTOR LEVEL INCREASED TO +56 INCHES CAUSING THE REACTOR | | FEEDWATER PUMPS TO TRIP AND HIGH PRESSURE COOLANT INJECTION (HPCI) AND | | REACTOR CORE ISOLATION COOLING (RCIC) SYSTEMS TO ISOLATE ON A LEVEL 8 | | (+54") SIGNAL. ONE REACTOR FEEDWATER PUMP WAS RESTORED TO PROVIDE LEVEL | | CONTROL, AND HPCI AND RCIC WERE RESET ONCE THE TRIP SIGNAL CLEARED. | | | | THE CAUSE OF THE LOSS OF VACUUM WAS AN OFFGAS RECOMBINER ISOLATION SIGNAL | | AS A RESULT OF A FALSE HIGH-HIGH HYDROGEN SIGNAL. INITIAL INVESTIGATION | | DETERMINED THAT WATER INTRUSION INTO THE HYDROGEN ANALYZER PANEL FROM AN | | ADJACENT CORE BORING OPERATION HAD CAUSED AN ELECTRICAL SHORT TO CAUSE THE | | FALSE SIGNAL. WITH THE LOSS OF THE OFFGAS RECOMBINER, CONDENSER VACUUM WAS | | LOST. ATTEMPTS TO RESTORE THE SYSTEM WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. WITH CONDENSER | | VACUUM AT 7 INCHES Hg AND DECREASING, THE REACTOR WAS MANUALLY SCRAMMED | | PRIOR TO REACHING THE 8.2 INCH Hg MAIN TURBINE TRIP SETPOINT WHICH WOULD | | HAVE RESULTED IN AN AUTO-SCRAM. | | | | PLANS ARE TO REMAIN SHUTDOWN FOR APPROXIMATELY 7 DAYS TO PROPERLY CHECK OUT | | THE HYDROGEN ANALYZER PANEL AND OFFGAS RECOMBINER SYSTEM. IN ADDITION, | | OTHER FORCED OUTAGE MAINTENANCE WILL BE COMPLETED." | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS ISSUED A PRESS RELEASE. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS | | BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+