U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 11/26/97 - 11/28/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 33179 33304 33305 33311 33314 33315 33316 33317 33318 33319 33320 33321 33322 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33179 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/29/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:44 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/29/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:15[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEVE SAUER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/26/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN KINNEMAN RDO | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FUEL DESIGN CRITERIA MAY NOT BE MET FOR WESTINGHOUSE TWICE BURNED IFBA | | FUEL. | | | | "ON OCTOBER 28, 1997 WESTINGHOUSE PROVIDED INFORMATION TO PSE&G INDICATING | | THAT REVISED FUEL DESIGN MODELING (PAD CODE) ADJUSTED TO ACCOUNT FOR FIELD | | EXPERIENCE (OXIDATION AND FUEL PIN PRESSURE) PREDICTS THAT THERE IS A | | POTENTIAL TO EXCEED 10CFR50.46 ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA OF 17% FOR CLADDING | | OXIDATION. IN ADDITION, THE FUEL DESIGN CRITERIA OF CLAD TO FUEL PELLET | | GAP REOPENING MAY ALSO BE EXCEEDED. THIS CONCERN APPLIES TO TWICE BURNED | | ZIRCALOY-4 FUEL WITH INTEGRAL FUEL BURNABLE ABSORBER (IFBA) AND IS | | APPLICABLE TO SALEM UNITS 1 & 2. | | | | "PSE&G UNDERSTANDS THAT WESTINGHOUSE HAS DISCUSSED THIS GENERICALLY WITH | | THE NRC. WESTINGHOUSE HAS ALSO PREPARED A GENERIC BOUNDING JUSTIFICATION | | FOR CONTINUED OPERATION (JCO) FOR AFFECTED PLANTS AND HAS CONCLUDED THAT A | | SUBSTANTIAL SAFETY HAZARD DOES NOT EXIST. THE BASIS FOR THIS DETERMINATION | | IS THAT SHUTDOWN CAPABILITY WILL NOT BE HINDERED, COOLABLE GEOMETRY WILL BE | | MAINTAINED TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED IN ALL DESIGN BASIS ACCIDENTS, AND THE | | RADIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE DESIGN BASIS ACCIDENTS WILL NOT EXCEED | | 10CFR100 LIMITS. | | | | "NO PLANT SPECIFIC ANALYSIS FOR THE SALEM UNITS HAS BEEN PERFORMED. PSE&G | | UNDERSTANDS THAT WESTINGHOUSE WILL FURTHER REFINE THE EVALUATION MODEL TO | | RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. THIS ISSUE IS BEING REPORTED TO THE NRC AS A VOLUNTARY | | REPORT DUE TO POTENTIAL NRC MANAGEMENT INTEREST IN THIS ISSUE." | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED LOCAL AUTHORITIES (LOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK TOWNSHIP) AND | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1807 ON 11/26/97 BY JONES TAKEN BY WEAVER * * * | | | | SUBSEQUENT EVALUATIONS PERFORMED BY WESTINGHOUSE HAVE PROVIDED EVIDENCE | | THAT THREE (OR MORE) CYCLE CORE RELOAD DESIGNS, SUCH AS UTILIZED AT BOTH | | SALEM UNITS 1 AND 2, HAVE MUCH LESS AGGRESSIVE FUEL DUTY WITH SIGNIFICANTLY | | MORE MARGIN TO A NO GAP REOPENING CRITERION THAN THE TWO CYCLE FUEL | | ASSEMBLIES. SALEM UNITS 1 AND 2 ARE NOT SUSCEPTIBLE TO CLADDING GAP | | REOPENING OR EXCEEDING OXIDATION LIMITS. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R1DO JENNY JOHANSEN. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33304 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOK REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/23/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:29 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/23/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:05[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: S. CZUK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/26/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN MADERA RDO | |AINC 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(C) POT UNCNTRL RAD REL | | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | VIOLATION OF CONTAINMENT INTEGRITY DURING REFUELING | | | | AN APPARENT VIOLATION OF CONTAINMENT INTEGRITY OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY | | 1400 (THE EXACT TIME IS UNKNOWN). AT 1605, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT WORK WAS | | BEING PERFORMED TO REMOVE THE SPOOL PIECE USED FOR ADDING ICE TO THE ICE | | CONDENSERS IN CONTAINMENT. IT IS REMOVED AND TWO BLANK FLANGES HAVE BEEN | | INSTALLED TO REESTABLISH CONTAINMENT INTEGRITY. ICE ADDITION HAD BEEN | | COMPLETED FOR THE PRESENT REFUELING OUTAGE AND THE PENETRATIONS WERE BEING | | ALIGNED FOR THEIR AT-POWER CONFIGURATION. | | | | REFUELING OPERATIONS WERE IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AND CONTAINMENT PENETRATION | | ALIGNMENT WAS VERIFIED. REFUELING RESUMED AT 1640. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1441 ON 11/26/97 BY DEPUYDT TAKEN BY WEAVER * * * | | | | UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE WORKERS HAD | | REMOVED THE SPOOL PIECES AT 1400 AND COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF THE | | REQUIRED BLANK FLANGES AT 1425. THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT DURING THIS | | TIME PERIOD, THE ICE AND AIR LINES HAD BEEN ISOLATED FROM THE CONTAINMENT | | ATMOSPHERE VIA INSTALLED, CLOSED VALVES LOCATED INSIDE CONTAINMENT. | | THEREFORE, THE CONTAINMENT HAD NOT BEEN OPEN TO THE OUTSIDE ATMOSPHERE | | WHILE THE SPOOL PIECES WERE REMOVED. THEREFORE, THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING | | THIS EVENT. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R3DO BRUCE BURGESS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33305 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HADDAM NECK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/24/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:51 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/24/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:10[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LAURA RYAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/26/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JENNY JOHANSEN 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION - THREE CONTAMINATED CONCRETE BLOCKS RETURNED TO SITE | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL | | PROTECTION THAT 3 CONCRETE BLOCKS RELEASED FROM THE SITE FOR USE IN AN | | EMPLOYEE'S HOME PROJECT WERE FOUND TO BE SLIGHTLY CONTAMINATED. THE BLOCKS | | WERE SURPLUS CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL THAT HAD BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO | | EMPLOYEES IN THE LATE 1970's AND HAD THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE AN EXPOSURE | | RATE OF APPROXIMATELY 1 mR/YR. THE LICENSEE PLANS TO MAKE A PRESS RELEASE | | LATER TODAY (11/24/97). | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1941 ON 11/26/97 BY WILLIS TAKEN BY WEAVER * * * | | | | ADDITIONAL CONTAMINATED BLOCKS WERE FOUND AT TWO HOMES. MAXIMUM DOSE RATES | | FOUND WERE IN THE RANGE OF 3-5 mR/YR. THE LICENSEE WILL ISSUE A PRESS | | RELEASE WITH THE UPDATED INFORMATION AND NOTIFIED THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT | | AND THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R1DO JENNY JOHANSEN. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33311 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/25/97 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:47 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/25/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:00[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE VASELY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/26/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JENNY JOHANSEN RDO | |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 N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION - TOOLS WITH FIXED CONTAMINATION ALLOWED OFFSITE. | | | | THE LICENSEE MAY MAKE A PRESS RELEASE REGARDING THREE HAND DRILLS AND | | A BAND SAW THAT HAD BEEN SENT TO A LOCAL SHOP FOR OVERHAUL. THE TOOLS | | WERE FOUND TO HAVE FIXED CONTAMINATION IN THE RANGE OF 300 TO 2000 CPM. | | THE TOOLS WERE ORIGINALLY STORED IN A CONTROLLED AREA AND THE LICENSEE | | IS INVESTIGATING HOW THE TOOLS FOUND THEIR WAY TO AN UNCONTROLLED AREA. | | THE CONTAMINATED DRILLS WERE DISCOVERED IN AN UNCONTROLLED AREA AFTER | | THEIR RETURN FROM THE SHOP. A SUBSEQUENT SURVEY OF THE SHOP DISCOVERED | | THE CONTAMINATED BAND SAW. NO LOOSE CONTAMINATION WAS FOUND IN THE SHOP. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1212 ON 11/26/97 BY CORNAX TAKEN BY WEAVER * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE AT 1300 ON 11/26/97. | | | | THE OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R1DO JENNY JOHANSEN. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33314 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PILGRIM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/26/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:03 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 11/26/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:45[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE JACOBS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/26/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JENNY JOHANSEN 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 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - TEMP POWER CABLES & EXTENSION CORDS IN VIOLATION OF SEPARATION CRITERIA - | | | | DURING A PLANT WALKDOWN ON 10/28/97 WITH THE PLANT AT 100% POWER, THE | | LICENSEE DISCOVERED TEMPORARY POWER CABLES AND ELECTRICAL EXTENSION CORDS | | DRAPED OVER OR TIE WRAPPED TO CLASS 1E CONDUITS IN THE REACTOR BUILDING | | IN VIOLATION OF ELECTRICAL SEPARATION CRITERIA. EXAMPLES INCLUDED CABLES | | FROM THE POWER PACK FOR TORUS TEMPORARY LIGHTING, EXTENSION CORDS FROM | | THIS SAME POWER PACK FOR THE STEAM TUNNEL, AND AN EXTENSION CORD PLUGGED | | INTO AN OUTLET FOR USE IN THE REACTOR WATER CLEANUP SYSTEM PUMP ROOM. | | | | THE PLANT WALKDOWN WAS PROMPTED BY A RECENT NRC VIOLATION ISSUED TO | | GRAND GULF FOR FAILURE TO CONTROL ELECTRICAL SEPARATION DURING THE USE | | OF EXTENSION CORDS IN THE VICINITY OF CLASS 1E ELECTRICAL RACEWAYS. | | | | THE LICENSEE REMOVED, REROUTED, AND DEENERGIZED POWER PACKS AND TOOK | | COMPENSATORY MEASURES FOR THOSE TEMPORARY POWER SUPPLIES THAT WOULD BE | | NEEDED ON A PERIODIC BASIS. WHEN THESE TEMPORARY POWER SUPPLIES ARE | | REQUIRED TO BE ENERGIZED, FIRE WATCHES WILL BE STATIONED IN THE VICINITY | | TO MONITOR THE ENERGIZED TEMPORARY POWER SUPPLIES. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO ISSUE A POLICY STATEMENT TO STATION PERSONNEL | | REGARDING THE USE OF TEMPORARY POWER SUPPLIES AND REQUIRED ELECTRICAL | | SEPARATION CONSIDERATIONS AND TO REVISE APPROPRIATE PLANT PROCEDURES TO | | INCORPORATE NECESSARY GUIDANCE REGARDING ELECTRICAL SEPARATION WITH RESPECT | | TO THE USE OF TEMPORARY POWER CABLES AND EXTENSION CORDS. | | | | THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THIS EVENT TO BE REPORTABLE TO THE NRC AT 1045 | | ON 11/26/97. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33315 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PILGRIM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/26/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:07 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 11/26/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:45[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE JACOBS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/26/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JENNY JOHANSEN 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 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | -2 RADWASTE BLDG DOORS SHUT IN VIOLATION OF DESIGN BASIS TORNADO CRITERIA- | | | | THE TORNADO DESIGN BASIS OF THE PLANT IS THAT ALL STRUCTURES AND EQUIPMENT | | NECESSARY TO INITIATE AND MAINTAIN A SAFE PLANT SHUTDOWN ARE DESIGNED TO | | WITHSTAND SHORT TERM LOADING AS A RESULT OF A TORNADO. THE DESIGN BASIS | | TORNADO CRITERIA INCLUDES A THREE PSID PRESSURE DROP THAT IS MITIGATED | | BY VENTING THROUGH LARGE OPENINGS IN THE STRUCTURE SUCH AS THE RADWASTE | | BUILDING TRUCKLOCK DOOR. | | | | ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, THE METAL ROLLUP TRUCKLOCK DOOR IN THE RADWASTE | | BUILDING STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION. TWO NEW WOODEN SWING DOORS WERE | | INSTALLED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ROLLUP DOOR OPENING UNTIL THE METAL ROLLUP | | DOOR COULD BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED. THE WOODEN DOORS SATISFIED THE SAME | | DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS AS THE METAL ROLLUP DOOR. LONG TERM CORRECTIVE | | ACTIONS WERE TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THE METAL ROLLUP DOOR AND TO REMOVE | | THE THE WOODEN SWING DOORS AFTER THE METAL ROLLUP DOOR WAS REPAIRED OR | | REPLACED. | | | | ON 10/31/97 WITH THE PLANT AT 100% POWER, THE LICENSEE OBSERVED BOTH | | THE METAL ROLLUP DOOR AND THE WOODEN SWING DOORS IN THE CLOSED POSITION. | | THE LICENSEE OPENED AND TAGGED THE METAL ROLLUP DOOR AS INOPERABLE AND | | IS DETERMINING PERMANENT CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. | | | | THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THIS EVENT TO BE REPORTABLE TO THE NRC AT 1045 | | ON 11/26/97. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33316 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/26/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:20 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/26/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:50[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BOB BARON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/26/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JENNY JOHANSEN 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SERVICE WATER PVC COATING CAN PEEL OFF AND BLOCK SYSTEM HEAT EXCHANGERS. | | | | A PIECE OF PVC COATING PEELED FROM THE INSIDE LINING OF THE SERVICE WATER | | PIPING AND LODGED IN AN EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR STRAINER. THE PIECE OF | | PVC MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES X 10 INCHES. BASED ON THE PORTIONS OF | | THE SERVICE WATER PIPING THAT CONTAIN THIS COATING, THE REACTOR BUILDING | | COMPONENT COOLING WATER (RBCCW) HEAT EXCHANGERS COULD ALSO BE AFFECTED BY | | THIS PHENOMENON. | | | | THE EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS (EDGs) AND RBCCW HEAT EXCHANGERS HAVE BEEN | | DECLARED INOPERABLE, BUT REMAIN FUNCTIONAL. THE EDG TECH SPEC REQUIRES ONE | | EDG TO BE OPERABLE IN MODES 5 AND 6. SINCE THIS REQUIREMENT HAS NOT BEEN | | MET, ALL CORE ALTERATIONS MUST BE SUSPENDED (NONE WERE IN PROGRESS OR | | PLANNED). | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR OF THIS EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33317 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CLINTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/26/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:36 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 11/26/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:00[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TIM HOLLAND |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/26/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BRUCE BURGESS 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 N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ABB COMPANY SOLID STATE TRIP DEVICES USED IN K-LINE CIRCUIT BREAKERS DO NOT | | MEET EQ REQUIREMENTS. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS IDENTIFIED FOUR 480 VOLT SAFETY RELATED SUBSTATIONS WHICH | | CONTAIN K-LINE CIRCUIT BREAKERS. THESE DEVICES WERE ORIGINALLY QUALIFIED | | FOR RADIATION EXPOSURE UP TO 100,000 RAD. FURTHER TESTING INDICATED THAT | | EXPOSURE AS LOW AS 1000 RAD COULD LEAD TO ACTUATION OF THE TRIP DEVICES. | | THE SUBSTATIONS OF CONCERN ARE LOCATED IN THE AUXILIARY BUILDING ON THE | | 781 FEET ELEVATION. | | | | ABB COMPANY ISSUED A 10CFR21 REPORT IN JULY, 1994 WHICH COVERED THIS TOPIC. | | THE PART 21 REPORT WAS NOT SENT TO THIS LICENSEE. THE SEARCH FOR OTHER | | K-LINE DEVICES CONTINUES. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33318 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/26/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:40 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 11/25/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 16:10[CST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/26/97 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |BRUCE BURGESS RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BILL HALICKS | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LAUNDRY CART LEFT IN A FISSILE CONTROL AREA. | | | | AT 1610 ON 11/25/97, A LAUNDRY CART WAS DISCOVERED IN A FISSILE CONTROL | | AREA (FCA) IN BUILDING #C-400. THE VOLUME OF THE LAUNDRY CART EXCEEDED | | THE 5.5 GALLON LIMIT ESTABLISHED IN NCSA GEN-15, CONTROL 18, WHICH STATES | | "PORTABLE CONTAINERS USED WITHIN AN FCA SHALL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM 5.5 | | GALLON CAPACITY DRUM UNLESS OTHERWISE APPROVED BY NCS." THE LAUNDRY CART | | WAS USED TO TRANSPORT SANDBAGS THROUGH THE FCA AND WAS MISTAKENLY LEFT | | TEMPORARILY STORED IN THE FCA. | | | | THE VOLUME CONTROL ESTABLISHED IN NCSA GEN-15 WAS VIOLATED IN THIS EVENT. | | ACCUMULATION OF AN UNSAFE MASS IN THE LAUNDRY CART WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED | | TO SUPPORT A CRITICALITY. THIS DID NOT OCCUR, BUT ONE CONTROL FOR DOUBLE | | CONTINGENCY WAS VIOLATED LEAVING ONLY A SINGLE CONTROL IN PLACE. THIS | | EVENT IS REPORTABLE UNDER NRC BULLETIN 91-01, SUPPLEMENT 1 "FOR VIOLATIONS | | INVOLVING OPERATIONS THAT COMPLY WITH THE DOUBLE CONTINGENCY PRINCIPLE AND | | DO NOT MEET THE ABOVE MENTIONED CRITERIA, BUT STILL RESULT IN A VIOLATION | | OF THE DOUBLE CONTINGENCY PRINCIPLE, SUCH AS EVENTS WHERE THE DOUBLE | | CONTINGENCY PRINCIPLE IS VIOLATED BUT CONTROL IS IMMEDIATELY | | REESTABLISHED." | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 33319 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/26/97 | | CITY: DENVER REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:19 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: CO |EVENT DATE: 11/26/97 | |LICENSE#: 05-01399-08 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 12:00[MST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/26/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |CHARLES CAIN RDO | | |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TIM DEBEY | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A 15 mCi Ni-63 RADIOACTIVE SOURCE INADVERTENTLY SENT TO A LOCAL LANDFILL. | | | | THE LICENSEE RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT A 15 mCi Ni-63 RADIOACTIVE SOURCE | | THAT WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO ITS MANUFACTURER WAS ACTUALLY | | SENT TO A LOCAL LANDFILL ALONG WITH A GAS CHROMATOGRAPH MANUFACTURED BY | | HEWLETT PACKARD. THE LICENSEE HAD ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE SOURCE CAPSULE | | IN 1994, BUT HAD ACTUALLY REMOVED ANOTHER COMPONENT NOT CONTAINING THE | | SOURCE. THIS MISTAKE WAS DISCOVERED RECENTLY WHEN THE COMPONENT WAS | | RETURNED TO HEWLETT PACKARD. HEWLETT PACKARD NOTIFIED THE AGENCY THAT | | NO RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL WAS CONTAINED IN THE COMPONENT SHIPPED TO THEM. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 33320 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: TERRACON CONSULTANTS WESTERN, INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/26/97 | | CITY: FORT COLLINS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:37 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: CO |EVENT DATE: 11/26/97 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 12:00[MST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/26/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |CHARLES CAIN RDO | | |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TOM PENTECOST | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | STOLEN TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE. | | | | TERRACON CONSULTANTS WESTERN, INC, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, REPORTED THAT A | | TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE WAS STOLEN ON 11/22/97. THE GAUGE HAD BEEN | | CHAINED TO THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK. THE GAUGE IS A MODEL 3430A SERIAL | | NUMBER 21720 AND CONTAINS 9 mCi OF Cs-137 AND 44 mCi OF Am-Be. THE LOCAL | | POLICE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE THEFT AND THE STATE HAS NOTIFIED THE LOCAL | | MEDIA. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33321 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DRESDEN REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/26/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [3] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:47 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1,[2] GE-3,[3] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 11/26/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:30[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRIAN SAMPSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/26/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BRUCE BURGESS RDO | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 99 POWER OPERATION | 99 POWER OPERATION | | 3 | N Y 99 POWER OPERATION | 99 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HPCI SYSTEM INOPERABILITY COULD CREATE VORTEX IN CONDENSATE STORAGE TANK. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR THE CREATION | | OF A VORTEX IN THE CONDENSATE STORAGE TANK (CST) DURING HIGH PRESSURE | | COOLANT INJECTION (HPCI) SYSTEM OPERATION. UNITS 2 AND 3 HPCI SYSTEMS WERE | | DECLARED INOPERABLE AFTER PERFORMING AN OPERABILITY EVALUATION REGARDING | | POTENTIAL HPCI SUCTION VORTEXING. THE CONCERN IS WITH HPCI SUCTION FROM | | THE CST WHICH IS THE NORMAL SUPPLY. AN ENGINEERING EVALUATION HAS | | DETERMINED THAT DURING HPCI SYSTEM OPERATION, A VORTEX MAY FORM AT | | THE HPCI SUCTION IN THE CST, RESULTING IN AIR INTRUSION INTO THE SYSTEM. | | THIS AIR INTRUSION COULD RESULT IN DEGRADED SYSTEM PERFORMANCE OR EQUIPMENT | | DAMAGE. UNITS 2 AND 3 HPCI SYSTEMS ARE CONSIDERED AVAILABLE FOR USE, IF | | NEEDED. THE LICENSEE IS IN A 14 DAY LCO FOR EACH UNIT. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBILITY OF OPERATING WITH BOTH CSTs | | CROSS CONNECTED TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33322 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BEAVER VALLEY REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/27/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:00 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/27/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 06:02[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAN MURRAY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/27/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JENNY JOHANSEN 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 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - OFFSITE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS FACILITY HALON SYSTEM ACTUATED; NO FIRE - | | | | AT 0600, THE LICENSEE HOURLY FIRE PATROL NOTIFIED THE UNIT 1 CONTROL ROOM | | OF THE PRESENCE OF SMOKE DETECTOR FIRE ALARMS AND DENSE HAZE IN THE | | ATMOSPHERE IN THE OFFSITE EMERGENCY RESPONSE FACILITY (ERF) BUILDING. | | | | AT 0602, CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS NOTIFIED THE OFFSITE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT. | | | | THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED AND DETERMINED THAT THE HALON SYSTEM IN THE | | EMERGENCY OPERATIONS FACILITY ROOM IN THE ERF BUILDING HAD DISCHARGED. | | THERE WAS NO FIRE OR EQUIPMENT DAMAGE. NO PERSONNEL WERE IN THE ERF | | BUILDING AT THE TIME OF THE HALON SYSTEM ACTUATION. THE ERF BUILDING | | REMAINS OPERABLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE RESET THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM AND WILL RECHARGE THE HALON | | SYSTEM. THE HOURLY FIRE PATROL REMAINS IN EFFECT. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND IS INVESTIGATING THE | | CAUSE OF THE HALON SYSTEM ACTUATION. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+