U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 08/29/97 - 09/02/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 32638 32840 32841 32842 32843 32844 32845 32846 32847 32848 32849 32850 32851 32852 32853 32854 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32638 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: ZION REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/16/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:11 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/16/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:30[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CURTIS BASNER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/29/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN MADERA RDO | |AINC 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(C) POT UNCNTRL RAD REL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE IDENTIFIED THAT THE TEFLON ESCAPE HATCH SHAFT PACKING MATERIAL MAY | | NOT BE ENVIRONMENTALLY QUALIFIED (EQ) FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT. | | | | "SYSTEMS ENGINEERING IDENTIFIED AN ISSUE REGARDING TEFLON SEALS USED ON THE | | CONTAINMENT ESCAPE HATCH SHAFTS. A POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR BOTH HATCH DOORS | | TO HAVE TEFLON SEALS, WHICH ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR THE EXPECTED MAXIMUM | | RADIATION FIELD DURING AN ACCIDENT." | | | | THIS COULD RESULT IN AN UNCONTROLLED RAD RELEASE FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT. | | THE LICENSEE WAS ALERTED TO THIS CONDITION AFTER REVIEWING A POINT BEACH | | FINDING (LER) AND TALKING TO A FORMER EMPLOYEE NOW WORKING AT GINNA | | STATION. THE VENDOR WHO SUPPLIED THE TEFLON PACKING MATERIAL WAS NOT | | IDENTIFIED. THE LICENSEE WILL INSPECT AND EVALUATE THIS CONDITION AND HAS | | IDENTIFIED THIS AS A STARTUP ISSUE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1415 ON 08/29/97 BY BOB GODLEY ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | TEFLON SEALS ARE USED ON ZION 1 AND 2 TO SEAL THE CONTAINMENT ESCAPE HATCH | | OPERATING SHAFTS AND AS THE SEATING MATERIAL IN THE VALVES USED TO EQUALIZE | | THE PRESSURE BETWEEN PRIMARY CONTAINMENT AND THE AIR LOCK. THIS MATERIAL | | WAS THOUGHT TO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO DEGRADATION FROM EXPOSURE TO RADIATION | | LEVELS EXPECTED DURING A DESIGN BASIS LOCA. | | | | ZION STATION EQ DOSE FOR EQUIPMENT WITHIN CONTAINMENT IS 2E8 RADS. THIS | | IS A COMBINATION OF NORMAL AND ACCIDENT DOSE CONSISTING OF 170 MEGARADS | | BETA AND 30 MEGARADS GAMMA. THE BETA DOSE IS DISCOUNTED BECAUSE THE | | TEFLON MATERIAL IS HOUSED INSIDE A METALLIC BOX WHICH WILL SHIELD OUT | | THE POST ACCIDENT BETA RADIATION. THEREFORE, ONLY THE GAMMA RADIATION | | NEED BE CONSIDERED. | | | | DEGRADATION WOULD OCCUR OVER TIME AS THE EXPOSURE INCREASED. HOWEVER, | | OVER TIME, THE CONTAINMENT PRESSURE DECREASES WHICH REDUCES THE CHALLENGE | | TO THE SEALS. THE SEALS ON THE OUTSIDE DOOR OF THE HATCH WOULD ALSO | | EXPERIENCE A LOWER DOSE THAN THE SEALS ON THE INSIDE DOOR OF THE HATCH AND | | WOULD PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL BARRIER SHOULD THE CONTAINMENT SIDE SEAL FAIL. | | | | EPRI DOCUMENT #NP-4172SP STATES THAT TEFLON LOOSES 50% OF ITS COMPRESSION | | SET AFTER A RADIATION EXPOSURE OF 6 MEGARADS. A 50% LOSS OF PHYSICAL | | PROPERTY IS TYPICALLY USED AS ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA TO DETERMINE THE | | FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITY OF A SPECIFIC MATERIAL. THE ESCAPE HATCH SEALS | | ARE STATICALLY LOADED UNDER COMPRESSION. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS CALCULATED THE EXPECTED RADIATION EXPOSURE AT THE ESCAPE | | HATCH TO BE FEWER THAN 6 MEGARADS. TEFLON UNDER COMPRESSION (SUCH AS THE | | ESCAPE HATCH SEALS) WAS TYPE TESTED UP TO 15.4 MEGARADS WITH NO LEAKAGE | | AS IDENTIFIED IN WYLE TEST REPORT #TPQ-TR-91-18. | | | | SINCE THE POSTULATED DOSE IS LESS THAN THE TYPE TESTED DOSE, MATERIAL | | UNDER COMPRESSION CAN WITHSTAND A 50% LOSS OF PHYSICAL PROPERTY AND REMAIN | | FUNCTIONAL, AND THE CHALLENGE TO THE SEALS IS REDUCED OVER TIME DURING A | | DESIGN BASIS EVENT, THE SEALS WILL PERFORM THEIR INTENDED FUNCTION. | | | | THUS, THE LICENSEE DESIRES TO RETRACT THIS EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R3DO MIKE JORDAN. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32840 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CLINTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/29/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:14 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 05/07/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:00[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROMBERG |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/29/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MIKE JORDAN RDO | |CCCC 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | |VERN HODGE NRR | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - 10CFR PART 21 REPORT - | | | | THE LICENSEE IS REPORTING A 10CFR PART 21 CONDITION INVOLVING A COMPONENT | | FOR WESTINGHOUSE MODEL 50DHP350, 4160-VOLT CIRCUIT BREAKERS. THE COMPONENT | | IS THE ARC CHUTE, MANUFACTURER PART #567F417G02. THE ARC CHUTE APPEARS TO | | BE DIFFERENT IN CONFIGURATION FROM THE ORIGINAL ARC CHUTE AND EXHIBITED AN | | INADEQUATE CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE REAR ARC HORN AND THE ARC CHUTE MOLDED | | CASE DURING INSTALLATION. THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES APPEAR TO BE THE POSITION | | AND ANGLE OF BEND FOR CONTACT. DUE TO THE INADEQUATE CLEARANCE WHICH | | OCCURS DURING INSTALLATION, EXCESSIVE FORCE WOULD BE REQUIRED ON THE LINE | | POLE UNIT TO ALLOW THE ARC CHUTE TO ATTACH TO THE FRONT ARC CHUTE SUPPORT. | | THE LICENSEE HAS 5 OF THE POTENTIALLY AFFECTED ARC CHUTES ON HAND. THE | | LICENSEE IS NOT AWARE OF OTHER FACILITIES THAT COULD BE AFFECTED BY THIS | | DEFICIENCY. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 32841 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/29/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:02 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 08/29/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 10:00[EDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/29/97 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |MIKE JORDAN RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |JOSE PICCONE, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN JORDAN | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NCFR NON CFR REPORT REQMNT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - X-616 FACILITY GROUND WATER SAMPLE EXCEEDED NPDES PERMIT LIMIT - | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY THAT | | LABORATORY ANALYSIS OF GROUND WATER SAMPLES COLLECTED AT THE PORTSMOUTH | | GDP X-616 LIQUID EFFLUENT TREATMENT FACILITY ON 08/19/97 INDICATED | | THAT THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT | | DAILY TRICHLOROETHYLENE (TCE) CONCENTRATION LIMIT OF 1 PART PER BILLION | | (MICROGRAMS TCE PER LITER OF SAMPLE) WAS EXCEEDED. THE REPORTED | | LABORATORY RESULT WAS 3 PARTS PER BILLION. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS PERFORMING AN INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF | | THE POLLUTION. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32842 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: VERMONT YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/29/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: VT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:17 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 08/29/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRYAN CROKE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/29/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JAMES LINVILLE 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - CRACKS DISCOVERED IN RAD WASTE EXHAUST DUCT LEADING TO THE PLANT STACK - | | | | A LICENSEE MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED 4 TO 6 CRACKS IN THE RAD | | WASTE EXHAUST DUCT LEADING TO THE PLANT STACK. THE CRACKS ARE LOCATED | | OUTSIDE THE RAD WASTE BUILDING APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. | | THE LARGEST CRACK IS APPROXIMATELY 1/16 INCH WIDE X 2 INCHES LONG. | | SWIPES AND AIR SAMPLES TAKEN NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE CRACKS INDICATE NO | | DETECTABLE ACTIVITY. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO COVER THE CRACKS WITH TEMPORARY BANDS, INSPECT OTHER | | PLANT DUCTWORK FOR CRACKS, AND DETERMINE PERMANENT CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32843 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOK REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/29/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:12 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/29/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RANDY PTACEK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/29/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MIKE JORDAN RDO | |AUNA 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(A) UNANALYZED COND OP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 90 POWER OPERATION | 90 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | -LAKE MICHIGAN TEMPERATURE EXCEEDED PLANT DESIGN BASIS LIMIT IN AUGUST 1988 | | | | AS A RESULT OF QUESTIONS POSED BY MEMBERS OF THE ONGOING NRC AE DESIGN | | INSPECTION TEAM, THE LICENSEE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE WATER TEMPERATURE OF | | LAKE MICHIGAN, THE PLANT'S ULTIMATE HEAT SINK, EXCEEDED THE PLANT DESIGN | | BASIS LAKE TEMPERATURE LIMIT OF 76øF FOR 22 DAYS DURING AUGUST 1988. | | | | THE CONTROL ROOM IS NORMALLY COOLED BY AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WHICH | | UTILIZES NON-SAFETY RELATED CHILLERS. THE SAFETY RELATED PORTION OF THE | | CONTROL ROOM AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM UTILIZES WATER FROM LAKE MICHIGAN AS | | THE COOLING MEDIUM. THIS WATER WOULD BE SUPPLIED DIRECTLY TO THE COOLING | | COILS FOLLOWING MANUAL REALIGNMENT. AT AN AVERAGE LAKE TEMPERATURE OF | | 81øF THAT EXISTED DURING THE 22 DAY PERIOD IN AUGUST 1988, THE TEMPERATURE | | INSIDE THE CONTROL ROOM COULD HAVE REACHED 110.4øF HAD THE NON-SAFETY | | RELATED CHILLERS NOT FUNCTIONED. AT A TEMPERATURE OF 110.4øF, THE LIFETIME | | OF SOME INSTRUMENTATION INSIDE THE CONTROL ROOM, THE SOLID STATE PROTECTION | | SYSTEM, AND THE NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION, IS ESTIMATED TO BE AT 150 HOURS | | OR 6.25 DAYS. THE IMPACT OF THIS SHORTENED INSTRUMENT LIFE SPAN ON PLANT | | OPERATION HAD NOT BEEN EVALUATED. | | | | AT THE TIME OF THIS EVENT, THE PLANT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ALLOWED | | CONTINUOUS OPERATION WITH CONTROL ROOM TEMPERATURES UP TO 120øF. THE | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS HAVE SINCE BEEN REVISED SUCH THAT CONTINUED | | OPERATION WITH CONTROL ROOM TEMPERATURES IN EXCESS OF 95øF IS NOT | | PERMITTED. | | | | OPERATION OF THE PLANT DURING THE TIME PERIOD WHEN LAKE TEMPERATURE | | EXCEEDED THE DESIGN BASIS LIMIT, WITHOUT ANALYSIS INDICATING ACCEPTABLE | | CONTROL ROOM COOLING COULD BE MAINTAINED ABOVE THIS TEMPERATURE LIMIT, | | AND WITHOUT PROCEDURES TO ALERT PERSONNEL OF THE SITUATION, IS CONSIDERED | | AS OPERATION IN AN UNANALYZED CONDITION. THE INSTRUMENTATION WAS NOT | | ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY THE HIGH LAKE TEMPERATURES AS THE NON-SAFETY RELATED | | CHILLERS CONTINUED TO FUNCTION AND MAINTAIN ACCEPTABLE CONTROL ROOM | | TEMPERATURES. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | NOTE: SEE RELATED EVENT #32740. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32844 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HARRIS REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/29/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:23 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/29/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:05[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVE CORLETT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/29/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PAUL FREDRICKSON RDO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS | | |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 | 95 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - TECH SPEC REQD PLANT SHUTDOWN DUE TO INOPERABLE TURBINE DRIVEN AFW PUMP - | | | | DURING FULL POWER OPERATION, THE TURBINE DRIVEN AUXILIARY FEEDWATER (AFW) | | PUMP FAILED A SURVEILLANCE TEST DUE TO INCREASED VIBRATION OF THE INBOARD | | PUMP BEARING. THE LICENSEE DECLARED THE PUMP INOPERABLE. | | | | TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.7.1.2.A REQUIRES THE LICENSEE TO RESTORE THE PUMP TO | | OPERABLE STATUS WITHIN 72 HOURS OR TO PLACE THE PLANT IN HOT STANDBY MODE | | WITHIN THE NEXT 6 HOURS AND HOT SHUTDOWN MODE WITHIN THE FOLLOWING 6 HOURS. | | CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS BEGAN REDUCING POWER AND THE POWER LEVEL WAS AT 95% | | AT THE TIME OF THE CALL. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32845 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: TURKEY POINT REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/29/97 | |UNIT: [3] [4] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:28 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] W-3-LP,[4] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/29/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:45[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ANDRE DALL'AU |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/29/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PAUL FREDRICKSON RDO | |AARC 50.72(b)(1)(v) OTHER ASMT/COMM INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 4 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - LOSS OF OFFSITE SIREN SYSTEM FOR UNKNOWN REASONS - | | | | AT 1450, THE LICENSEE CONFIRMED THE LOSS OF BOTH PRIMARY AND ALTERNATE | | RADIO REPEATER TRANSMITTERS MAKING ALL OF THE OFFSITE SIRENS INOPERABLE. | | | | AT 1600, THE TRANSMITTERS WERE RESET AND DECLARED OPERABLE, AND ALL OFFSITE | | SIRENS WERE TESTED SATISFACTORILY. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE LOSS OF THE TRANSMITTERS. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32846 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CLINTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/29/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:46 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 08/29/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:30[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CHEAR, HOLLAND & SETSER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/29/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MIKE JORDAN RDO | |ADAS 50.72(b)(2)(i) DEG/UNANALYZED COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - DC POWER SUPPLY FOR EDG ANNUNCIATORS DOES NOT MEET EQ CRITERIA - | | | | WITH THE PLANT IN CONDITION 4 (COLD SHUTDOWN) IN A REFUELING OUTAGE SINCE | | SEPTEMBER 1996, THE LICENSEE WAS PERFORMING A REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL | | QUALIFICATION (EQ) CRITERIA. | | | | PRIOR TO THIS EVENT, DIVISIONS 1 AND 2 EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS (EDGs) | | HAD BEEN DECLARED INOPERABLE DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH THEIR WESTINGHOUSE | | OUTPUT CIRCUIT BREAKERS. | | | | AT 1230 (CDT) ON 08/29/97, THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE DC POWER | | SUPPLY FOR THE ANNUNCIATORS IN THE EDG CONTROL PANELS DOES NOT MEET THE | | EQ CRITERIA OF 140øF MAXIMUM AMBIENT TEMPERATURE FOR DIVISION 1, 2 & 3 EDGs | | AND SEISMIC QUALIFICATION FOR DIVISION 1 & 2 EDGs. | | | | THE LICENSEE REMOVED THE CONTROL PANEL DOORS IN ORDER TO DECREASE THE | | TEMPERATURE INSIDE THE CONTROL PANEL CABINETS AS AN INTERIM MEASURE. | | | | DURING A SEISMIC EVENT, THE DC POWER SUPPLY FOR THE ANNUNCIATORS COULD | | DEVELOP A SHORT CIRCUIT WHICH COULD CAUSE THE DC CONTROL POWER CIRCUIT | | BREAKER TO THE ASSOCIATED EDG TO TRIP. | | | | THIS SITUATION PLACES THE PLANT IN AN UNANALYZED CONDITION. HAD THIS | | CONDITION OCCURRED WHILE THE PLANT WAS OPERATING AT POWER, THE PLANT WOULD | | HAVE BEEN IN A CONDITION THAT SIGNIFICANTLY COMPROMISED PLANT SAFETY. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS DETERMINING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS AND WILL RESOLVE THIS ISSUE | | PRIOR TO PLANT STARTUP. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32847 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FT CALHOUN REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/29/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:29 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 08/29/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:22[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LARRY LEES |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/29/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JEFF SHACKELFORD RDO | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY |JOSE CALVO, NRR EO | | |CHRIS SAVAGE, NR CTR DOT | | |JOSEPH GIITTER IRD | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - A PROPANE GAS LEAK FIVE MILES FROM THE PLANT - | | | | A WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE NOTIFIED THE PLANT | | THAT A TREE DIGGER HAD RUPTURED A PROPANE GAS LINE AT STATE HIGHWAY 30 AND | | INDUSTRIAL PARK ROAD IN BLAIR, NE, APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTH OF THE | | PLANT. THE WINDS WERE BLOWING NORTHBOUND, AWAY FROM THE PLANT AT 12 MPH. | | GAS COMPANY PERSONNEL ARE ISOLATING THE LINE TO STOP THE LEAK. THE | | LICENSEE WAS REQUESTED TO SEND A PLANT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE LEAK SITE. | | | | THE ONLY LICENSEE PERSONNEL ONSITE ARE SHIFT WORKERS. CONTROL ROOM | | OPERATORS PLACED THE CONTROL ROOM VENTILATION SYSTEM IN THE RECIRCULATION | | MODE AS A PRECAUTION. OTHER PLANT PERSONNEL WERE TOLD TO REMAIN INDOORS | | WITH THE WINDOWS & DOORS CLOSED & THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM TURNED OFF. | | | | THIS EVENT MAY ATTRACT MEDIA ATTENTION. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 2321 BY JIM COOK ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | THE GAS COMPANY HAS ISOLATED THE LEAK AND IGNITED THE RESIDUAL GAS AROUND | | THE LEAK. IT WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY 20 HOURS TO DEPRESSURIZE THE LINE. | | A GAS CLOUD NEVER REACHED THE PLANT. THE LICENSEE RESTORED ALL SYSTEMS | | AND OPERATIONS TO NORMAL MODE. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R4DO JEFF SHACKELFORD. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 32848 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: SYNCOR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/29/97 | | CITY: BLOOMSBURG REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:56 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: PA |EVENT DATE: 08/29/97 | |LICENSE#: 04-26507-01MD AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 10:30[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/29/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JAMES LINVILLE, R1 RDO | | |JOSE PICCONE, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+JEFF SHACKELFORD, R4 RDO | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVE PELLICCIARINI | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |IBBF 30.50(b)(2)(ii) EQUIP DISABLED/FAILS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - PHARMACY FUME HOOD EXHAUST FAN NOT OPERATING DUE TO A BROKEN FAN BELT - | | | | SYNCOR INTERNATIONAL CORP PHARMACISTS PREPARE CAPSULES CONTAINING LIQUID | | IODINE-131 FOR USE DURING THERAPEUTIC AND DIAGNOSTIC TREATMENTS AT THEIR | | NUCLEAR PHARMACY IN BLOOMSBURG, PA. | | | | ON 08/22/97, SYNCOR EMPLOYEES INSPECTED THE EXHAUST FANS OF THE MAIN AND | | SECONDARY FUME HOODS IN THEIR BLOOMSBURG PHARMACY AND DETERMINED THAT THEY | | WERE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. | | | | ON 08/27/97, SYNCOR EMPLOYEES EXAMINED ROUTINE AIR SAMPLES FROM THE | | PHARMACY AND DETECTED A SLIGHT RISE IN RADIOACTIVE CONCENTRATIONS. | | | | BIOASSAY EXAMINATIONS OF THE TWO BLOOMSBURG PHARMACISTS WERE MADE WITH | | SATISFACTORY RESULTS. | | | | AT 1030 ON 08/29/97, SYNCOR EMPLOYEES DISCOVERED THAT THE EXHAUST FAN OF | | THE MAIN FUME HOOD WAS NOT OPERATING AND THE EXHAUST HOOD ON THE SECONDARY | | FUME HOOD WAS OPERATING PROPERLY. THE BELT BETWEEN THE MAIN EXHAUST MOTOR | | AND THE MAIN EXHAUST FAN WAS BROKEN. | | | | AT 1130 ON 08/29/97, SYNCOR EMPLOYEES REPLACED THE BROKEN BELT. | | | | SYNCOR PLANS TO MAKE ANOTHER BIOASSAY EXAMINATION OF THE TWO PHARMACISTS ON | | 09/02/97. SYNCOR REPORTED THIS EVENT TO REGION 4 JIM MONTGOMERY. | | | | REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR CALL BACK TELEPHONE NUMBER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32849 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOPER REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/29/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:23 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 08/29/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:25[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ZANE EASLEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/29/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | |BLANE MURRAY, R4 IAT | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 99 POWER OPERATION | 99 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - PLANT SECURITY EVENT - | | | | UNACCOUNTED FOR PLANT SECURITY WEAPON AMMUNITION. COMPENSATORY MEASURES | | ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32850 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/30/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:58 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/30/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HARRY WILLIAMSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/30/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JAMES LINVILLE RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | |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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - BOTH EDGs INOP; SPENT FUEL POOL RAD MONITORS & VENTILATION SYSTEM INOP - | | | | UNIT 2 HAS BEEN IN A REFUELING OUTAGE WITH THE FUEL IN THE SPENT FUEL POOL | | SINCE FEBRUARY, 1996. | | | | PRIOR TO THIS EVENT, THE LICENSEE HAD DECLARED THE SPENT FUEL POOL | | VENTILATION SYSTEM INOPERABLE BECAUSE THE SYSTEM COULD NOT BE PLACED IN | | THE RECIRC MODE DUE TO THE HEPA FILTERS AND OTHER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT BEING | | INOPERABLE. HOWEVER, THE SPENT FUEL POOL VENTILATION SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONAL | | IN THE NORMAL MODE USING THE NORMAL OFFSITE POWER SUPPLY. TECH SPEC LCO | | A/S 3.9.1.5 RESTRICTS THE MOVEMENT OF ANY FUEL (WHICH THERE IS NONE) AND | | RESTRICTS THE MOVEMENT OF ANY LOADS ABOVE THE SPENT FUEL POOL (WHICH | | THERE IS NONE) WITH THE SPENT FUEL POOL VENTILATION SYSTEM INOPERABLE. | | | | PRIOR TO THIS EVENT, THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED, BY VISUAL INSPECTION, A LEAK | | IN THE LUBE OIL SYSTEM FOR ONE OF TWO UNIT 2 EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS | | (EDGs) (#12U). THE LICENSEE DECLARED THE #12U EDG INOPERABLE, REPLACED | | LUBE OIL PIPING TO REPAIR THE LEAK, TESTED THE SYSTEM SATISFACTORILY, AND | | DECLARED #12U EDG OPERABLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE FURTHER VISUALLY INSPECTED OTHER UNIT 2 EDG SUPPORT SYSTEMS. | | AT 1130 ON 08/30/97, THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT THE WELDS ON THE LUBE | | OIL SYSTEM AND THE JACKET WATER COOLING SYSTEM FOR TWO OF TWO UNIT 2 EDGs | | (#12U AND #13U) ARE NOT FULL-PENETRATION WELDS AND THUS DO NOT MEET SEISMIC | | REQUIREMENTS. THE LICENSEE DECLARED BOTH UNIT 2 EDGs INOPERABLE EVEN | | THOUGH THEY ARE CONSIDERED FUNCTIONAL. THE LICENSEE IS DEVELOPING A | | REPAIR PLAN TO REPAIR THESE EDG SUPPORT SYSTEMS. | | | | THESE EDG SUPPORT SYSTEMS WERE SUPPLIED ALONG WITH THE EDGs BY THE EDG | | SUPPLIER, FAIRBANKS-MORSE. THIS CONDITION HAS EXISTED SINCE COMMERCIAL | | OPERATION IN 1975. | | | | THE LICENSEE DECLARED FOUR OF FOUR SPENT FUEL POOL RADIATION MONITORS | | INOPERABLE DUE TO THEIR BACKUP EMERGENCY POWER SUPPLY (BOTH EDGs) BEING | | INOPERABLE. HOWEVER, ALL FOUR SPENT FUEL POOL RADIATION MONITORS ARE | | FUNCTIONAL USING THEIR NORMAL OFFSITE POWER SUPPLY. TECH SPEC LCO A/Ss | | 3.3.3.1.B AND 3.9.1.3 RESTRICT THE MOVEMENT OF ANY FUEL (WHICH THERE IS | | NONE) AND RESTRICT THE MOVEMENT OF ANY LOADS ABOVE THE SPENT FUEL POOL | | (WHICH THERE IS NONE) WITH ALL FOUR SPENT FUEL POOL RADIATION MONITORS | | INOPERABLE. | | | | OFFSITE POWER IS AVAILABLE AND NO ADVERSE WEATHER IS PREDICTED IN THE | | IMMEDIATE FUTURE. UNIT 2 IS CAPABLE OF CROSSTIEING TO UNIT 1 EDG, IF | | NECESSARY. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS INSPECTING THE UNIT 1 AND UNIT 3 EDG SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR | | POSSIBLE SIMILAR DISCREPANCIES. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32851 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FT CALHOUN REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/31/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:24 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 08/31/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 06:45[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GARNET DEMPSEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/31/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | |BLAINE MURRAY, R4 IAT | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - PLANT SECURITY EVENT - | | | | SAFEGUARDS SYSTEM DEGRADATION RELATED TO PERIMETER ALARM. IMMEDIATE | | COMPENSATORY MEASURES NOT TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. COMPENSATORY MEASURES NOW | | FULLY IMPLEMENTED. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 32852 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/01/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:33 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 08/31/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 22:50[CDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/01/97 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |MIKE JORDAN RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |JOSEPHINE PICCONE EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: W. G. HALICKS | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |OCBA 76.120(c)(2)(i) ACCID MT EQUIP FAILS | | |OCBB 76.120(c)(2)(ii) EQUIP DISABLED/FAILS | | |OCBC 76.120(c)(2)(iii) REDUNDANT EQUIP INOP | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | STEAM LEAK ON AUTOCLAVE DURING UF6 FEED CYLINDER HEATING | | | | "ON 8/31/97 AT 2245CDT, OPERATORS IN THE C-333A FEED FACILITY OBSERVED | | STEAM LEAKING FROM THE AUTOCLAVE HEAD-TO-SHELL GASKET AREA ON POSITION NO. | | 2 SOUTH. THE AUTOCLAVE HAD BEEN HEATING A FEED CYLINDER FOR APPROXIMATELY | | 30 MINUTES (IN MODE 5) WHEN THE LEAK WAS DISCOVERED. THE AUTOCLAVE WAS | | PLACED IN MODE 2 (AUTOCLAVE OPEN) AT 2250CDT IN ACCORDANCE WITH TSR LCO | | 2.2.3.1.C. PER TSR LCO 2.2.4.11.A, THE OPERATING CYCLE WAS TERMINATED, | | HEAT WAS REMOVED FROM THE AUTOCLAVE, THE CYLINDER WILL BE COOLED FOR FIVE | | DAYS PRIOR TO MOVING, AND WILL NOT BE HEATED FOR AN ADDITIONAL 40 DAYS. THE | | CYLINDER WAS CAUTION TAGGED AND WILL BE ADMINISTRATIVELY CONTROLLED DURING | | THIS 45-DAY PERIOD. AN INVESTIGATION OF THIS EVENT HAS BEEN INITIATED." | | | | "THIS EVENT IS REPORTABLE PER PROCEDURE UE2-RA-RE1030, APPENDIX D, CRITERIA | | J.1 SAFETY EQUIPMENT FAILURE." | | | | THE STEAM LEAK WAS DISCOVERED BY AN OPERATOR DURING ROUTINE ROUNDS. THE | | LICENSEE NOTED THAT THIS WAS NOT A COMMON FAILURE SINCE IMPLEMENTING | | QUARTERLY AND ANNUAL SURVEILLANCES AS PART OF PREVIOUS CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. | | AFTER REMOVING THE CYLINDER, THE 5 FT. DIAMETER GASKET WILL BE REPLACED. | | THERE ARE CURRENTLY FIVE OTHER AUTOCLAVES AVAILABLE FOR USE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 32853 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/01/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:18 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 09/01/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 17:22[EDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/01/97 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N | | | DOCKET: 0707002 |JOSE PICCONE (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+JIM CREED (R3) IAT | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GREG BARCH | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |PAAA 95.57(b) LOSS OF CLASSIFIED INFO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCOVERY OF COMPROMISE OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS/SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION. | | IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY MEASURES TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR OF THIS EVENT. | | | | SEE HOO LOG BOOK FOR FURTHER DETAILS | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32854 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/01/97 | |UNIT: [ ] [3] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:49 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/01/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:10[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID MOHRE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/01/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JIM LINVILLE RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 3 | N N 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION MADE TO THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL | | CONSERVATION. | | | | AT 1810 EDT THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION WAS | | CONTACTED TO REPORT A 6 GALLON OIL SPILL INTO THE FACILITY DISCHARGE CANAL. | | THE SPILL WAS DISCOVERED ON 09/01/97 AT 1638 EDT AT THE COMPLETION OF AN | | AIR LEAKAGE TEST ON THE # 31 CIRCULATION WATER PUMP MOTOR. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+