U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 08/27/97 - 08/28/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 32138 32818 32828 32829 32830 32831 32832 32833 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32138 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NINE MILE POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/11/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:37 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 04/11/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:58[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRIAN WEAVER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/27/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JAMES NOGGLE 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 LICENSEE DISCOVERED ADDITIONAL WIRING DISCREPANCIES ON THE DIVISION I | | SERVICE WATER DISCHARGE VALVE ASSOCIATED WITH THE EDG COOLER OUTLET. | | | | "DURING IMPLEMENTATION OF MODIFICATION TO 2SWP*MOV66A, WIRING DISCREPANCIES | | WERE FOUND WHICH WOULD HAVE RENDERED THE VALVE INOPERABLE UNDER DESIGN | | COMMITMENTS IN THE NMP2 UPDATED SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT APPENDIX SECTION | | 9B.8.2.3, SOLUTIONS TO CONTROL/RELAY ROOM FIRE. A SIMILAR CONDITION WAS | | PREVIOUSLY ADDRESSED IN THE EVENT REPORTED UNDER 10CFR 50.72(b)(ii)(B) ON | | 4/7/97 AT 1630EST, UNDER WHICH BOTH 2SWP*MOV66A AND 2SWP*MOV66B WERE | | SIMILARLY EFFECTED. NOTE, HOWEVER, THE FIELD WIRING DISCREPANCIES WERE | | ONLY FOUND ON THE DIVISION I VALVE 2SWP*MOV66A. THE WIRING DISCREPANCIES | | HAVE BEEN CORRECTED. | | | | NMP2 CONTINUES IN TECH SPEC LCO 3.3.7.4 ACTION b FOR THE REMOTE SHUTDOWN | | SYSTEM ENTERED 4/7/97 AT 1630 HOURS. | | | | THIS NOTIFICATION IS BEING MADE PER 10CFR50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) FOR ANY EVENT | | OR CONDITION DURING OPERATION THAT RESULTS IN THE CONDITION OF THE NUCLEAR | | POWER PLANT, INCLUDING THE PRINCIPAL SAFETY BARRIERS BEING IN A CONDITION | | THAT IS OUTSIDE THE DESIGN BASIS OF THE PLANT." | | | | THE LICENSEE IS CURRENTLY IN THE POST MAINTENANCE TESTING PHASE (PMT) OF | | THE MODIFICATION. THERE ARE NO OTHER SUSPECTED INSTANCES OF THIS NATURE. | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE ON 8/27/97 @ 1628 FROM GREGG PITTS RECEIVED BY TROCINE * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION. AFTER FURTHER | | EVALUATION, THE LICENSEE BELIEVES THAT THE DEFICIENCY WOULD NOT HAVE | | ADVERSELY AFFECTED THE OPERABILITY OF VALVE 2SWP*MOV66A. THE JUMPER WAS | | INSTALLED ON THE NEUTRAL SIDE OF THE CONTROL CIRCUIT (NEUTRAL NOT BEING | | ISOLATED FROM THE CONTROL ROOM DURING A FIRE). THE FAILURE MODES | | CONSIDERED FOR A CONTROL ROOM FIRE ARE HOT SHORTS, SHORTS TO GROUND, AND | | OPEN CIRCUITS. NONE OF THESE FAILURE MODES ARE DETRIMENTALLY EFFECTED BY A | | JUMPER ON THE NEUTRAL SIDE OF THE CONTROL CIRCUIT. THEREFORE, THE LICENSEE | | BELIEVES THAT THE DESCRIBED DEFICIENCY DID NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE | | OPERABILITY OF THE VALVE. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC | | OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R1DO (LINVILLE). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32818 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PALISADES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/26/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:56 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 08/26/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BILL ROBERTS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/27/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MIKE JORDAN RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | BOTH DIESEL GENERATORS DECLARED INOPERABLE DUE TO THE FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY | | TEST ONE RELAY CONTACT ON EACH TRAIN FOR EACH DIESEL GENERATOR | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "THIS IS A PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF [A] CONDITION POTENTIALLY REPORTABLE | | AS A CONDITION OUTSIDE THE DESIGN BASIS. DURING A REVIEW OF THE LOGIC | | CIRCUIT TESTING UNDER [GENERIC LETTER] 96-01, [TESTING OF SAFETY-RELATED | | LOGIC CIRCUITS,] ONE RELAY CONTACT IN THE LOAD SEQUENCING CIRCUITRY FOR | | EACH DIESEL GENERATOR WAS DISCOVERED NOT TO HAVE BEEN TESTED IN ACCORDANCE | | WITH TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 4.7.1b. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE RELAYS AND | | CONTACTS ARE FUNCTIONAL BASED ON OTHER SURVEILLANCE TESTS WHICH ACTUATE THE | | RELAYS AND VERIFY THE OTHER CONTACTS ON THE SAME RELAYS." | | | | "IN ACCORDANCE WITH [TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION] 4.0.3, BOTH DIESELS HAVE BEEN | | DECLARED INOPERABLE BECAUSE OF THE MISSED SURVEILLANCE, AND [TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION] 3.0.3 HAS BEEN ENTERED. UNDER [TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION] | | 4.0.3, THE PLANT HAS 24 HOURS TO TEST THESE CONTACTS BEFORE TAKING THE | | ACTIONS OF [TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION] 3.0.3. [THE LICENSEE] ANTICIPATE[S] | | [THAT] TESTING WILL [BE] COMPLETED AND THE DIESELS DECLARED OPERABLE WITHIN | | 24 HOURS WITH NO IMPACT ON CONTINUED PLANT OPERATION." | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | ***UPDATE ON 08/27/97 @ 1027 EDT FROM BILL ROBERTS TAKEN BY MACKINNON*** | | | | FOLLOWING THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF TESTING OF THE SUSPECT RELAY | | CONTACTS UNDER TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 4.0.3, THE EMERGENCY DIESEL | | GENERATORS WERE DECLARED OPERABLE. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.0.3 WAS | | EXITED AT 1911 CDT ON 08/26/97. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED OF THIS UPDATE BY THE LICENSEE. | | THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R3DO (MIKE JORDAN). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32828 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DUANE ARNOLD REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/27/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:44 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 08/26/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 23:34[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DUSS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/27/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MIKE JORDAN RDO | |HFIT 26.73 FITNESS FOR DUTY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SUPERVISOR SENT HOME AFTER EXCEEDING LICENSEE'S ALCOHOL LIMIT. | | | | A RANDOM DRUG/ALCOHOL TEST WAS ADMINISTERED TO A PLANT SUPERVISOR | | APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR AFTER HE HAD STARTED HIS SHIFT. HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL | | CONCENTRATION (BAC) WAS BELOW THE 0.04 FEDERAL LIMIT, BUT IT WAS NOT BELOW | | THE LICENSEE'S MORE STRINGENT BAC LIMITS OF 0.02 TO 0.039. THE SUPERVISOR | | WAS RELIEVED FROM HIS DUTIES (WAS NOT ALLOWED TO GO BACK INTO THE PROTECTED | | AREA) AND SENT HOME. THE SUPERVISOR'S WORK ACTIVITIES WERE REVIEWED, AND | | NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT HIS WORK WAS NOTED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |HOSPITAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 32829 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: ST. PETERS MEDICAL CENTER |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/27/97 | | CITY: NEW BRUNSWICK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:06 [ET]| | COUNTY: MIDDLESEX STATE: NJ |EVENT DATE: 11/09/95 | |LICENSE#: 29-07566-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 11:30[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/27/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JAMES LINVILLE RDO | | |DON COOL (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BOB TOKARZ | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ST. PETERS MEDICAL CENTER IN NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, REPORTED THE LOSS | | AND SUBSEQUENT RECOVERY OF A 14.7-MILLICURIE CESIUM-137 SOURCE IN 1995. | | | | ON NOVEMBER 9, 1995, ANOTHER MEDICAL FACILITY WAS MEASURING THE ACTIVITY OF | | ST. PETERS MEDICAL CENTER'S SOURCES USING A PORTABLE DOSE CALIBRATOR AS | | PART OF A BRACHYTHERAPY PROGRAM REVIEW AT ST. PETERS MEDICAL CENTER. AS | | PART OF THIS REVIEW, A 14.7-MILLICURIE CESIUM-137 SEALED SOURCE WAS | | MEASURED, BUT IT WAS NOT RETURNED TO THE INVENTORY AT ST. PETERS MEDICAL | | CENTER. IT WAS MISTAKENLY LEFT INSIDE THE PORTABLE DOSE CALIBRATOR, AND | | THE CALIBRATOR WAS REMOVED FROM THE SITE WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL PERFORMING THE | | WORK LEFT FOR THE DAY. THE CALIBRATOR WAS IN THE INDIVIDUAL'S POSSESSION | | UNTIL IT WAS SECURED FOR THE NIGHT AT ANOTHER FACILITY. THE SOURCE WAS | | DISCOVERED INSIDE THE PORTABLE DOSE CALIBRATOR ON THE FOLLOWING MORNING. | | ST. PETERS MEDICAL CENTER WAS INFORMED AND SUBSEQUENTLY RECOVERED THE | | SOURCE. | | | | THIS ISSUE WAS REVIEWED DURING A PREVIOUS NRC REGION 1 INSPECTION. (REFER | | TO THE HOO LOG FOR A SITE CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |HOSPITAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 32830 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: WEST LOS ANGELES MEDICAL CENTER |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/27/97 | | CITY: LOS ANGELES REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:20 [ET]| | COUNTY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA |EVENT DATE: 08/26/97 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 11:00[PDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/27/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JEFF SHACKELFORD RDO | | |JOSEPHINE PICCONE EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRAD KRUTOFF | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |LADM 35.33(a) MED MISADMINISTRATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | POTENTIAL MEDICAL MISADMINISTRATION AT WEST LOS ANGELES MEDICAL CENTER IN | | LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA | | | | BETWEEN 1000 AND 1100 PDT ON AUGUST 26, 1997, THE LICENSEE PERFORMED A | | 300-CENTIGRAY SPINAL CORD TELETHERAPY TREATMENT USING A 4,250 CURIE COBALT | | TELETHERAPY SOURCE. DURING THIS TREATMENT, THE PHYSICIAN USED THE | | INAPPROPRIATE TATTOO FOR THE CENTER AXIS OF THE FIELD. A TATTOO FOR THE | | EDGE OF THE FIELD WAS USED AS THE CENTER AXIS FOR THE FIELD. AS A RESULT, | | ONE HALF OF THE AREA INTENDED FOR TREATMENT WAS TREATED IN ADDITION TO A | | SMALL AREA OUTSIDE THE DEFINED FIELD. THIS POTENTIAL MEDICAL | | MISADMINISTRATION WAS DISCOVERED AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 PDT ON AUGUST 27, | | 1997, AND A SECOND TREATMENT WAS PERFORMED. | | | | AT THE TIME OF THE NOTIFICATION, IT WAS NOT KNOWN IF THE PATIENT HAD BEEN | | INFORMED. HOWEVER, NO ADVERSE HEALTH AFFECTS ARE EXPECTED. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC REGION 4 OFFICE (JIM MONTGOMERY). (REFER TO | | THE HOO LOG FOR SITE CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBERS.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 32831 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: LAW ENGINEERING |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/27/97 | | CITY: CHANTILLY REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:29 [ET]| | COUNTY: FAIRFAX STATE: VA |EVENT DATE: 08/27/97 | |LICENSE#: 45-21498-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 15:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/27/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |PAUL FREDRICKSON, R2 RDO | | |JOSEPHINE PICCONE EO | +------------------------------------------------+JAMES LINVILLE, R1 RDO | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROBERT ALVEREZ | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LAW ENGINEERING OF CHANTILLY, VIRGINIA, REPORTED A LOSS OF A TROXLER | | NUCLEAR DENSITY GAUGE IN SILVER SPRINGS, MARYLAND. | | | | AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 ON AUGUST 27, 1997, A TROXLER NUCLEAR DENSITY GAUGE | | (MODEL 3411, SERIAL NUMBER 15637) CONTAINING 8 MILLICURIES OF CESIUM-137 | | AND 40 MILLICURIES OF AMERICIUM-241/BERYLLIUM WAS DISCOVERED TO BE MISSING. | | WHEN LAST SEEN, IT WAS LOCATED IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK AT A JOB SITE ON EAST | | RANDOLF ROAD NEAR NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE, AND AN INDIVIDUAL DROVE THE TRUCK | | APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE ALONG EAST RANDOLF ROAD TO A CONTRACTOR STAGING | | TRAILER WITH THE TRUCK'S TAILGATE DOWN. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE GAUGE FELL | | OUT OF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK SOMEWHERE ALONG THIS ONE-MILE SECTION OF EAST | | RANDOLF ROAD. LICENSEE PERSONNEL SEARCHED FOR THE GAUGE, BUT IT WAS NOT | | FOUND. | | | | AT THE TIME, THE SOURCES WERE IN THE SAFE POSITION, AND THE GAUGE WAS | | INSIDE ITS CASE. IT WAS NOT KNOWN WHETHER OR NOT THE CASE WAS LOCKED. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE LOCAL POLICE | | DEPARTMENT. (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR A SITE CONTACT PAGER NUMBER.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32832 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DRESDEN REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/28/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [3] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:23 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1,[2] GE-3,[3] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 08/27/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 20:25[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SALGADO |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/28/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 3 | N Y 99 POWER OPERATION | 99 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE PLANT HAS DECLARED THE 2/3 EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR(EDG) INOPERABLE. | | | | DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF DIESEL GENERATOR SURVEILLANCE, DOS 6600-01, TO | | RETURN THE 2/3 EDG TO OPERABLE STATUS, THE EDG TRIPPED DUE TO A LOW ENGINE | | WATER PRESSURE SIGNAL. THE TRIP WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RESET LOCALLY BY AN | | OPERATOR, BUT THE EDG RESTARTED DUE TO THE CONTROL SWITCH REMAINING IN THE | | START POSITION. IT TRIPPED AGAIN ON THE LOW ENGINE WATER PRESSURE SIGNAL | | AND THIS TIME THE CONTROL SWITCH WAS PLACED TO THE STOP POSITION. THE | | CAUSE OF THE LOW ENGINE WATER PRESSURE TRIP IS CURRENTLY BEING | | INVESTIGATED. THEY ARE IN A 7 DAY LCO ACTION STATEMENT AND THE 2/3 EDG IS | | STILL INOPERABLE. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32833 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: VERMONT YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/28/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: VT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 04:55 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 08/28/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 04:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WISNIEWSKI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/28/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JAMES LINVILLE RDO | |ADEG 50.72(b)(1)(ii) DEGRAD COND DURING OP | | |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE DECLARED TWO RECIRCULATION SYSTEM PRIMARY CONTAINMENT | | ISOLATION SAMPLE VALVES INOPERABLE. | | | | DURING A SURVEILLANCE OF THE TWO SAMPLE VALVES, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE | | VALVES FAILED TO ISOLATE FLOW AS WAS INDICATED AT THE CHEMISTRY SAMPLE | | SINK. THE VALVES WERE DECLARED INOPERABLE AND THE PLANT ENTERED A 24 HOUR | | LCO ACTION STATEMENT TO BE IN COLD SHUTDOWN. THE PROBLEM IS BEING | | INVESTIGATED. THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED AND THE STATE WILL | | BE NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+