U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 01/27/97 - 01/28/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 31531 31660 31662 31663 31664 31665 31666 31667 31668 31669 31670 31671 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31531 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: VERMONT YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/02/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: VT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:31 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 01/02/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:50[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ANDREW WISNIEWSKI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/27/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN ROGGE RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAILURE TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE GUIDANCE TO ASSURE THAT ACTIONS TO SEPARATE | | FROM THE GRID (UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS) ARE CARRIED OUT WITHIN THE | | COMMITTED TIME FRAME | | | | AS PART OF THE ONGOING DESIGN BASIS DOCUMENT REVIEW PROGRAM, AN OPEN ITEM | | WAS IDENTIFIED IN THAT A COMMITMENT MADE IN LETTER NVY-86-66 TO CONTAIN | | SPECIFIC ACTIONS UPON RECEIPT OF A DEGRADED VOLTAGE ALARM WAS NOT PROPERLY | | IMPLEMENTED. SPECIFICALLY, THE ALARM RESPONSE PROCEDURE FOR ANNUNCIATOR | | 8-J-9, SAFETY BUS VOLTAGE LOW, WAS TO INCLUDED ACTIONS TO SEPARATE FROM THE | | GRID IF BUS VOLTAGE REMAINED BELOW 3,700 ñ 40 VOLTS FOR 15 MINUTES. WHILE | | THESE ACTIONS ARE CONTAINED IN PROCEDURE ON-3155, LOSS OF AUTO TRANSFORMER, | | THERE IS NO ASSURANCE THAT THESE ACTIONS WOULD BE CARRIED OUT WITHIN THE | | COMMITTED TIME FRAME. THIS COMMITMENT WAS PART OF THE TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION BASIS FOR THE ALARM SETPOINT. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS CURRENTLY TAKING MEASURES TO CHANGE THE ALARM RESPONSE | | SHEET TO CONTAIN APPROPRIATE GUIDANCE. THE UNIT IS NOT IN A TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION ACTION STATEMENT AS A RESULT OF THIS ISSUE BECAUSE THE | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ALARM SETPOINT IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND PLANS TO NOTIFY | | THE STATE. | | | | *** RETRACTION @ 1457 ON 01/27/97 BY RICK HENRIQUEZ TAKEN BY MACKINNON *** | | | | OPERATION OF THE PLANT WITHOUT THE CITED OPERATING PROCEDURES WAS | | INCONSISTENT WITH PLANT LICENSING COMMITMENTS. WERE VERMONT YANKEE TO HAVE | | OPERATED IN A DEGRADED VOLTAGE CONDITION WHICH DEGRADED CLASS 1E EQUIPMENT, | | CONTINUED OPERATION WOULD HAVE CONSTITUTED OPERATION OUTSIDE OF THE DESIGN | | BASIS OF THE PLANT. SINCE THIS DID NOT OCCUR, THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING | | THIS NOTIFICATION. R1DO (GENE KELLY) NOTIFIED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |TRANSPORTATION EVENT | |EVENT NUMBER: 31660 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/26/97 | | CITY: ALLENTOWN REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:38 [ET]| | COUNTY: LEHIGH STATE: PA |EVENT DATE: 01/26/97 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 19:25[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/27/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |THOMAS MOSLAK, REG 1 RDO | | |JOE HOLONICH, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL, IRD AEOD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LEN INSALACO |WAYNE KROPP, REG 3 RDO | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE |KEVIN MOORE DOE | +------------------------------------------------+MOORHOUSE, NAT RES C DOT | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NTRA TRANSPORTATION EVENT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AT 1925, CONRAIL (RAY GLOEDE) IN MT. LAUREL, NEW JERSEY, NOTIFIED THE | | PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN WILKES-BARRE, | | PENNSYLVANIA, OF A TRANSPORTATION EVENT INVOLVING AN OPEN DOOR ON A | | SHIPPING CONTAINER IN ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. [HOO NOTE: SEE RELATED EN | | 31661] | | | | A SHIPMENT OF USED STAINLESS STEEL TURBINE DIAPHRAGMS WAS BEING TRANSPORTED | | FROM THE MONTICELLO NUCLEAR PLANT LOCATED NEAR MINNEAPOLIS, MN, TO ALLERON | | IN KOPPEL, PA. THE DOOR OF ONE OF TWO 20-FOOT LONG C-VANS CONTAINING THESE | | DIAPHRAGMS WAS FOUND TO BE OPEN IN THE CONRAIL RAIL YARD IN ALLENTOWN, PA. | | THE C-VAN CONTAINERS WERE LOCATED ON A RAIL CAR, AND THEY EACH CONTAINED | | APPROXIMATELY 40,000 POUNDS OF USED STAINLESS STEEL TURBINE DIAPHRAGMS WITH | | LOW LEVEL SURFACE CONTAMINATION (SEVERAL THOUSAND DPM/100 CM^2 SMEARABLE, | | OR APPROXIMATELY 1 mREM/HR) (CLASS-7 2913-PLACARD MATERIAL). THE HIGHEST | | DOSE RATE ON CONTACT WITH THE C-VAN WAS 0.8 mREM/HR. EACH DIAPHRAGM WAS | | WRAPPED IN PLASTIC, AND THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS DAMAGE TO THE WRAPPING. A | | LICENSEE REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT THERE WAS NO EXPOSURE DANGER IF THE | | PLASTIC WRAPPING WAS NOT BREACHED. THE RIGHT DOOR (LOOKING FROM THE REAR) | | WAS FOUND TO BE OPEN APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET, AND THE WOOD LOCKING AND BRACING | | WAS VISIBLE INSIDE THE CONTAINER NEAR THE DOOR. THERE WERE NO PARTS FOUND | | OUTSIDE OF THE CONTAINER, AND THE DOOR WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE OPENED DUE TO | | SHIFTING OF THE CONTENTS AGAINST THE DOOR AT THE ALLENTOWN RAIL YARD. A | | MONTICELLO REPRESENTATIVE (DECKER) STATED THAT THE EVENT WAS IDENTIFIED AT | | APPROXIMATELY 1630 CST. | | | | THERE IS SOME CONFUSION REGARDING THE SHIPPING PAPERS AND HOW THE RAIL CAR | | IN QUESTION ARRIVED IN ALLENTOWN, PA. THE PA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL | | PROTECTION REPORTED THAT SHIPMENT ENTERED THE CONRAIL SYSTEM ON JANUARY 19, | | 1997, AND WAS MISTAKENLY TRANSPORTED TO THE MAHER TERMINAL LOCATED IN | | DOCKSIDE, NJ. THE ERROR WAS DISCOVERED, AND THE SHIPMENT WAS FORWARDED TO | | KOPPEL, PA. HOWEVER, THE INFORMATION IN THE CONRAIL COMPUTER INDICATED THAT | | THE RAIL CAR HAD BEEN EMPTIED, EVEN THOUGH IT HAD NEVER BEEN UNLOADED. | | | | THE RAIL CAR HAS BEEN ISOLATED. CONRAIL CURRENTLY HAS A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS | | REPRESENTATIVE ONSITE AND HAS CONTRACTED REACT TO ENSURE THAT THE LOAD WILL | | BE ADEQUATELY SECURED PRIOR TO ANY FURTHER SHIPMENT. THE PA DEPARTMENT OF | | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAS NOTIFIED THE PA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY | | AND HAS DISPATCHED A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SITE. A RADIATION PROTECTION | | SUPERVISOR FROM MONTICELLO HAS ALSO BEEN DISPATCHED TO THE RAIL YARD AND IS | | EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TOMORROW MORNING. IN ADDITION, MONTICELLO REQUESTED | | LIMERICK (LOCATED NEAR PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA) TO SEND A HEALTH PHYSICS | | REPRESENTATIVE TO THE RAIL YARD TO HELP ASSESS THE STATUS. THE LIMERICK | | REPRESENTATIVE IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT THE RAIL YARD BY 2230 TONIGHT AND | | PLANS TO REPORT THE STATUS OF THE SHIPMENT TO MONTICELLO. MONTICELLO PLANS | | TO INFORM THE NRC OF THIS STATUS WHEN THE REPORT FROM LIMERICK HAS BEEN | | RECEIVED. | | | | A TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL WAS CONDUCTED WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE PA | | DEP (INSALACO); CONRAIL (GLOEDE, RICKTER, AND UNDERWOOD); MONTICELLO | | (WINDSCHILL); AND NRC REGION 1 (HEHL, WHITE, AND MOSLAK); REGION 3 (KROPP); | | AEOD IRD (CONGEL); AND THE NMSS EO (HOLONICH). THE NATIONAL RESPONSE | | CENTER HAS NOTIFIED US EPA REGION 3 (STEUTEVILLE). [SEE HOO LOG FOR PA DEP, | | CONRAIL, AND MONTICELLO CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBERS.] | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0018 ON 01/27/97 BY WINDSCHILL (MONTICELLO) TO GOULD * * * | | | | CONFERENCED WINDSCHILL WITH WHITE (REG 1) TO INFORM NRC THAT A SURVEY HAD | | BEEN COMPLETED AND NO LEAKAGE WAS FOUND OR SPREAD OF CONTAMINATION | | OCCURRED. IT APPEARS THAT SOME SHORING HAD FORCED THE DOOR OPEN. THEY WERE | | ABLE TO GET THE DOOR PARTIALLY CLOSED, BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE DOOR MAY BE | | BENT, PROHIBITING IT FROM BEING CLOSED COMPLETELY. THEY WILL COMPLETELY | | CLOSE THE DOOR PRIOR TO THE SHIPMENT BEING SENT TO ITS FINAL DESTINATION. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31662 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: QUAD CITIES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/27/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:11 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 01/27/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:52[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DUCK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/27/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WAYNE KROPP RDO | |AENS 50.72(b)(1)(v) ENS INOPERABLE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE PLANT REPORTED FAILURE OF THE ENS (FTS 2000) PHONE SYSTEM ALONG WITH | | FAILURE OF THEIR NARS AND LOCAL COMMERCIAL PHONE SYSTEMS. | | | | THE LICENSEE WAS MADE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WHEN NOTIFIED BY NRC OPERATIONS | | CENTER VIA LICENSEE'S BULK POWER OPERATIONS(DISPATCHER), THAT THE FTS | | 2000(ENS) SYSTEM WAS OUT OF SERVICE. THE LICENSEE CURRENTLY HAS THE DIXON | | MICROWAVE SYSTEM AND BULK POWER OPERATIONS PHONE AVAILABLE FOR SERVICE. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE STATE WILL BE NOTIFIED. | | | | ***UPDATE AT 0525 FROM REED TO GOULD*** | | | | THE PHONE PROBLEM WAS FOUND TO BE CAUSED BY A BREAKER WHICH TRIPPED DURING | | A POWER TRANSFER THAT OCCURRED ON SUNDAY. IT WAS RESET AT 0415CST AND IT | | APPEARS THAT THE TELEPHONES ARE OPERABLE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |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: 01/27/97 | |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 31664 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: NAVAL RADIATION SAFETY COMMITTEE |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/27/97 | | CITY: ARLINGTON REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:13 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: VA |EVENT DATE: 01/21/97 | |LICENSE#: 45-23645-01NA AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 00:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/27/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |YANDELL (REG 4) RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+PAUL FREDRICKSON REG2 | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: POMERVILLE | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE U.S. NAVAL RADIATION SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORTED THE LOSS OF A LASER | | TARGET DESIGNATOR POD FROM A F/A-18 AIRCRAFT. | | | | THE EQUIPMENT INVOLVED WAS A LASER TARGET DESIGNATOR (LTD) POD, MOUNTED ON | | AN F/A-18 AIRCRAFT. THE LTD POD CONTAINS TWO FOIL SOURCES, AMERSHAM MODEL | | AMM1001H. EACH SOURCE CONTAINS 4.5æCi OF Am-241 FOR A TOTAL OF 9æCi IN THE | | LTD. THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH WAS ON A ROUTINE NIGHT TRAINING MISSION, COLLIDED | | WITH A SECOND AIRCRAFT ON 1/17/96 AT AN ALTITUDE OF 17,000 FEET, BROKE INTO | | THREE MAJOR PIECES AND EXPLODED. THE DEBRIS IMPACTED THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN | | AT AN ALTITUDE OF 7,000 FEET. THE LOCATION OF THE WRECKAGE IS 50 MILES N.E. | | OF FALLON, NV (39ø29'39" NORTH AND 117ø34'52" WEST). THE LTD POD WAS NOT | | FOUND DURING THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, EVEN THOUGH A THOROUGH SITE SURVEY | | AND CLEANUP WAS CONDUCTED. THERE APPEARS TO BE LITTLE OR NO POTENTIAL FOR | | EXPOSURE TO PERSONNEL FROM THE DEVICE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 31665 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: LIMITORQUE CORPORATION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/27/97 | | CITY: LYNCHBURG REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:35 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: VA |EVENT DATE: 01/27/97 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 00:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/27/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+VERN HODGE NRR | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HYLTON | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LIMITORQUE WAS ALERTED TO THE EXISTENCE OF A COUNTERFEIT COMPONENT | | INSTALLED IN A LIMITORQUE ACTUATOR AT A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. | | | | THE UNIDENTIFIED COMPONENT IS CONSIDERED "CRITICAL" BY LIMITORQUE | | CORPORATION. THE COMPONENT, WHICH HAD FAILED, WAS SENT TO LIMITORQUE FOR | | ROOT CAUSE FAILURE ANALYSIS. THE ANALYSIS REVEALED THAT THE FAILED | | COMPONENT WAS NOT MANUFACTURED BY LIMITORQUE AND WAS DEFICIENT. LIMITORQUE | | REPORTED THAT THIS COMPONENT WAS NOT INSTALLED IN AN ACTUATOR REQUIRED TO | | PERFORM A SAFETY RELATED FUNCTION. THE COMPONENT WAS APPARENTLY PURCHASED | | FROM THE "SURPLUS" RESALE MARKET. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31666 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MONTICELLO REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/27/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:43 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 01/27/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:45[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM RHODES |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/27/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WAYNE KROPP RDO | |ADEG 50.72(b)(1)(ii) DEGRAD COND DURING OP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - TWO CHECK VALVES FAILED THEIR TECH SPEC SURVEILLANCE OPERABILITY TEST - | | | | DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE #14 ESSENTIAL SERVICE WATER PUMP AND VALVE | | TECH SPEC SURVEILLANCE OPERABILITY TEST, IN-SERIES CHECK VALVES #13 AND #14 | | LEAKED IN EXCESS OF TEST ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA. THE LICENSEE CLOSED A MANUAL | | VALVE IN SERIES WITH THE TWO CHECK VALVES. CLOSING THIS MANUAL VALVE DOES | | NOT AFFECT THE OPERABILITY OF THE ESSENTIAL SERVICE WATER SYSTEM. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS EVALUATING THIS CONDITION AND WILL RETEST THE CHECK VALVES. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 31667 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: FLORIDA OFFICE OF RAD PROTECTION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/27/97 | | CITY: TAMPA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:49 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: FL |EVENT DATE: 01/27/97 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 09:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/27/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |VERRELLI RDO | | |COOL, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+FINKBEINER DOT | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TOM DECKER (NRC REG 2) |SHIEH DOE | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD |EVANS FAA | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NTRA TRANSPORTATION EVENT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NRC REGION 2 WAS NOTIFIED BY THE FLORIDA OFFICE OF RADIATION PROTECTION | | REGARDING THE CRASH OF A LIGHT AIRCRAFT INTO THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER IN | | TAMPA, FLORIDA. | | | | THIS AIRCRAFT WAS CARRYING RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS, WHICH WERE RECOVERED FROM | | THE WRECKAGE INTACT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE PACKAGING, AND NO APPARENT | | LEAKAGE WAS DETECTED. THIS EVENT WAS REPORTED TO THE NRC BECAUSE A PRESS | | RELEASE WILL BE ISSUED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31668 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WOLF CREEK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/27/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: KS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:02 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/27/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:00[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DONNA JACOBS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/27/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |IAN BARNES RDO | |AINA 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(A) POT UNABLE TO SAFE SD | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - BROKEN CLASS 1E AIR CONDITIONER THERMO EXPANSION VALVE CAPILLARY TUBE - | | | | THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT A CAPILLARY TUBE FOR ONE OF THE THERMOSTATIC | | EXPANSION VALVES ASSOCIATED WITH THE 'A' CLASS 1E AIR CONDITIONER (#SGKO5A) | | WAS BROKEN. THE LICENSEE IS REPLACING THE TUBE. | | | | WITH THIS CAPILLARY TUBE BROKEN, THE POTENTIAL EXISTS THAT THE PLANT MAY | | NOT BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A SAFE SHUTDOWN CONDITION. THE LICENSEE IS | | INVESTIGATING THIS SITUATION. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31669 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: QUAD CITIES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/27/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:12 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 01/27/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:35[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RAY VENCI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/27/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WAYNE KROPP 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 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - HPCI SYSTEM STOP VALVE OPENED TOO FAST DURING A TS SURVEILLANCE TEST - | | | | WHILE REVIEWING TEST DATA FROM A TECH SPEC SURVEILLANCE TEST PERFORMED ON | | 01/22/97, THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT A HPCI SYSTEM STOP VALVE OPENED | | FASTER THAN THE TEST ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA ALLOWED. THE LICENSEE DECLARED | | THE HPCI SYSTEM INOPERABLE. | | | | TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.5.A.3 REQUIRES THE LICENSEE TO RESTORE THE HPCI SYSTEM | | TO OPERABLE STATUS WITHIN 14 DAYS OR TO PLACE UNIT 2 IN AT LEAST A HOT | | SHUTDOWN CONDITION WITHIN THE FOLLOWING 12 HOURS. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO RETEST THE VALVE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31670 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DRESDEN REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/27/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [3] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:43 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1,[2] GE-3,[3] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 01/27/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:10[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LARRY COYLE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/27/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WAYNE KROPP 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 | | 3 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - SEVERAL PIPING SYSTEMS ARE OUTSIDE CODE ALLOWABLES PER NRC GL 96-06 - | | | | PRELIMINARY LICENSEE EVALUATIONS INDICATE THAT THE FOLLOWING PIPING SYSTEMS | | WILL EXCEED ASME BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE ALLOWABLES WHEN EVALUATED | | AGAINST NRC GENERIC LETTER 96-06: | | | | -CONTROL ROD DRIVE SYSTEM PIPE LINES @ UNIT 2 PENETRATION #X-139B AND | | UNIT 3 PENETRATION #X-139C (BOTH DRAINED) | | | | -CONTROL ROD DRIVE SYSTEM RETURN LINE @ UNIT 2 PENETRATION #X-144 (DRAINED) | | -DEMINERALIZED WATER LINE @ UNITS 2 & 3 PENETRATION #X-119 (UNIT 3 DRAINED) | | -ISOLATION CONDENSER SYSTEM CONDENSATE RETURN LINE @ UNIT 2 PENETRATION | | #X-109B AND UNIT 3 PENETRATION X-109A | | | | -DRYWELL FLOOR DRAIN SUMP PUMP DISCHARGE PIPE @ UNITS 2 & 3 PENETRATION | | #X-117 | | | | -DRYWELL EQUIPMENT DRAIN SUMP PUMP DISCHARGE PIPE @ UNITS 2 & 3 PENETRATION | | #X-118 | | | | -REACTOR RECIRCULATION SYSTEM SAMPLE LINES @ UNITS 2 & 3 PENETRATION #X-122 | | | | -REACTOR WATER CLEANUP PIPE LINE @ UNITS 2 & 3 PENETRATION #X-113 | | | | -SHUTDOWN COOLING SUPPLY UNITS 2 & 3 PENETRATIONS #X-111A & X-111B | | | | -REACTOR BUILDING CLOSED COOLING WATER SUPPLY TO UNITS 2 & 3 PENETRATION | | #X-123 | | | | -REACTOR BUILDING CLOSED COOLING WATER RETURN TO UNITS 2 & 3 PENETRATION | | #X-124. | | | | BASED ON THE LICENSEE'S PRELIMINARY OPERABILITY DETERMINATION, THE ABOVE | | SYSTEMS ARE OPERABLE AND SYSTEM FUNCTIONS REMAIN INTACT. THE LICENSEE IS | | ELECTING TO REPORT THIS EVENT PER 10CFR50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B), OUTSIDE DESIGN | | BASIS. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31671 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: QUAD CITIES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/27/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:32 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 01/27/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 21:00[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: NICK DUCK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/27/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WAYNE KROPP RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | -SEVERAL PIPING SECTIONS ARE OUTSIDE UFSAR DESIGN ALLOWABLES PER GL 96-06- | | | | INITIAL LICENSEE ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS PERFORMED IN RESPONSE TO NRC | | GENERIC LETTER 96-06 INDICATE THAT SEVERAL ISOLABLE PIPING SECTIONS MAY | | EXPERIENCE STRESSES ABOVE UFSAR DESIGN ALLOWABLES DUE TO POST-LOCA THERMAL | | PRESSURIZATION. | | | | THE AFFECTED PIPING SECTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: | | - REACTOR BUILDING CLOSED COOLING WATER OUTLET PIPING FROM THE DRYWELL | | - RECIRCULATION SYSTEM SAMPLE PIPING | | - RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL SHUTDOWN COOLING SUCTION PIPING | | - REACTOR WATER CLEANUP SUCTION PIPING | | - CLEAN DEMINERALIZER PIPING TO THE DRYWELL. | | | | A LICENSEE ENGINEERING REVIEW FOR IMPACT OF THE AFFECTED PIPING HAS | | DETERMINED THAT THE ASSOCIATED PIPING AND PENETRATIONS WILL REMAIN | | OPERABLE IN THE EVENT OF A DESIGN BASIS ACCIDENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+