U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 09/30/97 - 10/01/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 32906 32909 32967 32994 33010 33011 33012 33013 33014 33015 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 32906 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/10/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:28 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 09/10/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 10:36[CDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/30/97 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |BRENT CLAYTON RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |SUSAN SHANKMAN, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MATT MAURER | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |OCBB 76.120(c)(2)(ii) EQUIP DISABLED/FAILS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - THREE-WAY RECIRCULATING WATER (RCW) FREEZER-SUBLIMER VALVE FAILED - | | | | AT 1036 ON 09/10/97, THE THREE-WAY RCW VALVE ON THE C-337 PROCESS BUILDING | | UNIT 4 CELL 8 FREEZER-SUBLIMER FAILED WHEN THE FREEZER-SUBLIMER WAS | | OPERATED FROM THE COLD STANDBY MODE (MODE F/S-3) TO THE SUBLIME MODE | | (MODE F/S-2). | | | | THE THREE-WAY RCW VALVE IS A SAFETY-RELATED COMPONENT THAT IS REQUIRED | | BY TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENT (TSR) 2.4.3.1 TO BE AVAILABLE AND | | OPERABLE WHEN THE FREEZER-SUBLIMER IS IN MODE F/S-3. THE FREEZER-SUBLIMER | | WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE AND PLACED OUT OF SERVICE (MODE F/S-6) IN | | ACCORDANCE WITH TSR 2.4.3.1. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INVESTIGATE THIS EVENT AND PLANS TO REPAIR/REPLACE | | AND TEST THE VALVE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1538 EDT ON 9/30/97 FROM HALICKS BY JONES * * * | | | | THIS NOTICE IS RETRACTED BASED ON AN INSPECTION OF THE THREE-WAY VALVE BY | | THE SYSTEM ENGINEER AND INSTRUMENT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL. IT WAS | | DISCOVERED THAT THE VALVE WAS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, BUT THE RCW | | PUMP-TO-MOTOR COUPLING HAD FAILED AND THE PUMP WAS NOT RUNNING. GIVEN THIS | | INFORMATION, AND THE CONCLUSION THE RCW PUMP IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE | | FREEZER-SUBLIMER HIGH-HIGH WEIGHT TRIP SAFETY SYSTEM TO PERFORM ITS | | INTENDED SAFETY FUNCTION, THE EVENT IS BEING RETRACTED. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | NOTIFIED R3DO JOHN JACOBSON. | | NOTIFIED NMSS EO FRED COMBS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 32909 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/11/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:18 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 09/11/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 03:00[CDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/30/97 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |BRENT CLAYTON RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: W. F. CAGE | | |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FREEZER SUBLIMER DECLARED INOPERABLE DUE TO TRIPPED RCW PUMP. | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM PADUCAH: | | | | "ON 9/11/97 AT 0300 CDT, THE RECIRCULATING WATER (RCW) PUMP FOR THE C-333 | | UNIT 2, CELL 2 FREEZER-SUBLIMER WAS DISCOVERED TRIPPED DURING | | TROUBLESHOOTING OF AN RCW TEMPERATURE ALARM. THIS WAS DISCOVERED WHEN THE | | FREEZER SUBLIMER WAS IN MODE F/S 3 (COLD STANDBY). THE RCW PUMP IS | | REQUIRED BY TSR 2.4.3.1 TO BE AVAILABLE AND OPERABLE WHEN THE FREEZER | | SUBLIMER IS IN MODE F/S 3. THE FREEZER SUBLIMER WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE | | AND PLACED OUT OF SERVICE (MODE F/S 6) IN ACCORDANCE WITH TSR 2.4.3.1." | | | | "THIS EVENT IS REPORTABLE PER PROCEDURE UE2-RA-RE1030, APPENDIX D, CRITERIA | | J.1, SAFETY EQUIPMENT FAILURE." | | | | THE FREEZER SUBLIMER ALLOWS FOR REDUCTION/ADDITION OF PROCESS STREAM BY | | REMOVAL OF UF6 WITH A CHANGE OF STATE. THE RCW PUMP IS DEDICATED TO A | | PARTICULAR FREEZER SUBLIMER UNIT AND DOES NOT AFFECT ANY OTHER PLANT | | EQUIPMENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1538 EDT 9/30/97 FROM HALICKS BY JONES * * * | | | | THIS NOTICE IS RETRACTED BASED ON THE CONCLUSION THE RCW PUMPS' | | INOPERABILITY IN MODES 1 THRU 6 DOES NOT DEGRADE THE FREEZER-SUBLIMER | | HIGH-HIGH WEIGHT TRIP SAFETY SYSTEM'S ABILITY TO PERFORM ITS INTENDED | | SAFETY FUNCTION. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | NOTIFIED R3DO JOHN JACOBSON. | | NOTIFIED NMSS EO FRED COMBS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 32967 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/20/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:14 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 09/19/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 13:42[CDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/30/97 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |BRUCE JORGENSEN RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |MICHAEL WEBER, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HALICKS | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |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 | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE HAS DECLARED ALL 32 FREEZER-SUBLIMERS INOPERABLE IN BUILDINGS | | C-331, C-333, C-335, AND C-337. (24-HOUR REPORT) | | | | ON 9/19/97 AT 1342 CDT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RECIRCULATING COOLING | | WATER (RCW) PUMPS ON THE FREEZER-SUBLIMERS COULD NOT BE VERIFIED TO BE | | RUNNING IN MODES WHERE THEY WERE REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THE OPERABILITY OF THE | | HIGH-HIGH WEIGHT TRIP SAFETY SYSTEM (TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENT | | 2.4.3.1). THIS SAFETY SYSTEM IS USED TO PREVENT TOO MUCH UF6 MATERIAL FROM | | BEING ADDED TO THE FREEZER-SUBLIMERS, WHICH ARE VESSELS USED TO STORE THIS | | MATERIAL. AS A RESULT OF THE INVESTIGATION OF AN EARLIER EVENT (REFER TO | | EVENT #32909 DATED 9/11/97), A VISUAL CHECK WAS CONDUCTED OF EACH | | FREEZER-SUBLIMER RCW PUMP TO VERIFY OPERATION OF THE PUMP. BASED ON THIS | | CHECK, THREE ADDITIONAL RCW PUMPS WERE FOUND NOT TO BE RUNNING WHEN | | REQUIRED. WHEN THIS WAS DISCOVERED, IT APPEARED THAT PADUCAH MAY HAVE A | | GENERIC PROBLEM. AS A RESULT, ALL 32 FREEZER-SUBLIMERS WERE DECLARED | | INOPERABLE AT 1705 CDT AT 9/19/97, AND PADUCAH PLACED THE SYSTEMS IN A SAFE | | MODE PENDING ENGINEERING EVALUATION. THE PLANT IS STILL OPERATING IN THIS | | CONDITION. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1538 EDT 9/30/97 FROM HALICKS BY JONES * * * | | | | THIS NOTICE IS RETRACTED BASED ON THE CONCLUSION THAT THE RCW PUMPS' | | INOPERABILITY IN MODES 1 THRU 6 DOES NOT DEGRADE THE FREEZER-SUBLIMER | | HIGH-HIGH WEIGHT TRIP SAFETY SYSTEM'S ABILITY TO PERFORM ITS INTENDED | | SAFETY FUNCTION. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | NOTIFIED R3DO JOHN JACOBSON | | NOTIFIED NMSS EO FRED COMBS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32994 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: QUAD CITIES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/26/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:28 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 09/26/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:28[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RAY VENCI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/30/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MONTE PHILLIPS RDO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS | | |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 | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | INADEQUATE PLANT SAFE SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES IN THE EVENT OF A POSTULATED FIRE | | | | THE LICENSEE'S REVIEW OF SAFE SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES REVEALED THAT, IN MANY | | INSTANCES, OPERATORS WERE NOT DIRECTED TO SHED NON-SAFE SHUTDOWN LOADS. | | SPECIFICALLY, THE PROCEDURES FAILED TO DIRECT THE TRIPPING OF LOADS FROM | | 480 VAC, 250 VDC AND 125 VDC BUSES IN THE EVENT OF AN APPENDIX R POSTULATED | | FIRE. THIS ACTION IS REQUIRED BY THE PLANT SAFE SHUTDOWN ANALYSIS TO | | ENSURE OPERATION OF SAFE SHUTDOWN EQUIPMENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS DECLARED ALL SAFE SHUTDOWN PATHS INOPERABLE, AND BOTH | | UNITS HAVE ENTERED A 67 DAY LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATION ACTION | | STATEMENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 2145 ON 09/26/97 FROM MacLENNAN TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | AS A RESULT OF THE ISSUE ORIGINALLY REPORTED, THE LICENSEE HAS CHOSEN TO | | TAKE UNIT 2 TO CONDITION 4 (COLD SHUTDOWN). ADDITIONALLY, SAFE SHUTDOWN | | PROCEDURES FOR UNIT 1 ARE BEING REVIEWED AND REVISED, AND A DEDICATED FIRE | | BRIGADE IS BEING STAFFED. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R3DO MONTE PHILLIPS. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1830 ON 09/27/97 FROM SMITH TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | UNIT 2 IS CURRENTLY IN CONDITION 3 (HOT SHUTDOWN). THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS | | HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED BY THE LICENSEE: AN ENHANCED FIRE WATCH PROGRAM HAS | | BEEN ESTABLISHED IN ALL HIGH VULNERABILITY AREAS, AND CONTINUOUS FIRE | | WATCHES ARE BEING POSTED DURING ALL CUTTING, WELDING AND GRINDING | | ACTIVITIES. AN ENHANCED TRANSIENT COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL PROGRAM HAS BEEN | | IMPLEMENTED THAT INCLUDES CONTINUOUS MONITORING IN HIGH VULNERABILITY | | AREAS. ENHANCED FIRE FIGHTING RESPONSE CAPABILITIES HAVE ALSO BEEN | | IMPLEMENTED, INCLUDING A QUICK RESPONSE TEAM AND PRESTAGED FIRE FIGHTING | | EQUIPMENT. A FIRE WALL IS BEING CONSTRUCTED ON THE TURBINE FLOOR. AN | | INDEPENDENT SYSTEM FOR LOW PRESSURE INJECTION TO THE REACTOR VESSEL HAS | | BEEN INSTALLED IN BOTH UNITS. | | | | THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS ARE PLANNED OR ARE IN PROGRESS: UNIT 2 IS BEING | | TAKEN TO CONDITION 4 (COLD SHUTDOWN), SAFE SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES ARE BEING | | REVIEWED AND REVISED TO ENSURE THAT UNIT 1 CAN BE PLACED IN A SAFE SHUTDOWN | | CONDITION WHILE MAINTAINING UNIT 2 STABLE IN A SAFE SHUTDOWN CONDITION | | DURING AN APPENDIX R FIRE. THE LICENSEE PLANS TO COMPLETE THESE ACTIONS | | BY 10/06/97. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R3DO MONTE PHILLIPS. | | | | ***UPDATE ON 09/30/97 @ 1223 BY LECHMAIER TO GOULD*** THE LICENSEE IS | | SUBMITTING THIS UPDATE BASED ON REVIEW FINDINGS ADDRESSING THE FOLLOWING | | CONCERNS: ONE PROCEDURE REQUIRES OPERATOR ACTIONS WITHIN THE AREA WHICH | | HAS THE FIRE. THESE ACTIONS CONSIST OF OPENING BREAKERS ON TWO 125VDC | | BUSES IN THE AREA OF THE FIRE WITHIN THE FIRST 10 MINUTES. THERE COULD BE | | A SITUATION WHERE THIS COULD NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED. ENGINEERING IS | | EVALUATING THE PROCEDURE. ANOTHER PROCEDURE DOES NOT CONTAIN ADEQUATE | | STEPS FOR SHUTTING THE UNIT DOWN IF THE OPPOSITE UNIT IS ALREADY IN COLD | | SHUTDOWN, SINCE IT REFERS TO STEPS WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN THE | | SHUTDOWN UNIT'S PROCEDURES IF THE UNIT HAD BEEN OPERATING. THEY ARE STILL | | EVALUATING A POSSIBLE PROCEDURE CHANGE. UNIT 1, WHICH IS AT 100% POWER, IS | | IN A 10 DAY LCO ACTION STATEMENT WITH A DEDICATED FIRE BRIGADE ESTABLISHED. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED AND THE REG 3 RDO(RING) WAS | | NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 33010 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: ALP LIGHTING, INC, PENNSAUKEN, NJ |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/30/97 | | CITY: PENNSAUKEN REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:08 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NJ |EVENT DATE: 08/04/97 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 10:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/30/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |GENE KELLY RDO | | |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MATT GOJMERAC | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |FFFF 20.402 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - MISSING NUCLEAR IONIZING GUN WITH 1.4 MILLICURIE POLONIUM-210 SOURCE - | | | | ON 08/04/97, A REPRESENTATIVE OF ALP LIGHTING, INC, DISCOVERED THAT A | | HAND HELD NUCLEAR IONIZING GUN USED TO REDUCE STATIC CHARGES FROM PLASTIC | | COMPONENTS WAS MISSING FROM THE ALP LIGHTING PLANT IN PENNSAUKEN, NJ. | | THE GUN, MODEL #P-2051, SERIAL #86346, CONTAINED A SOLID 10 MILLICURIE | | (51.8 MBq) PO-210 SEALED SOURCE ESTIMATED TO HAVE DECAYED TO | | 1.4 MILLICURIES. THE GUN WAS LEASED FROM THE LICENSEE, NRD, INC, | | GRAND ISLAND, NY, AND WAS MISSING FOR 1 TO 3 MONTHS. IT IS ASSUMED | | THAT THE GUN HAS BEEN MISPLACED OR ACCIDENTLY THROWN IN THE TRASH. | | | | ON 09/29/97, THIS EVENT WAS REPORTED TO REGION 1. PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION | | #PNO-I-97-064 HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THIS EVENT. REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR CALL | | BACK TELEPHONE NUMBERS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33011 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PRAIRIE ISLAND REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/30/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:31 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/30/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:39[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEVE SCHMIDT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/30/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN JACOBSON 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 97 POWER OPERATION | 97 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION (TS) REQUIRED SHUTDOWN DUE TO EMERGENCY DIESEL | | GENERATORS (EDGS) BEING INOPERATIVE FOR 2 HOURS. | | | | BOTH EDGS HAVE BEEN DECLARED INOPERABLE DUE TO LUBE OIL SYSTEM LEAKS. | | PRAIRIE ISLAND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ALLOW 2 HOURS FOR BOTH EDGS TO BE | | INOPERABLE PRIOR TO COMMENCING A SHUTDOWN TO HOT SHUTDOWN IN 6 HOURS AND | | COLD SHUTDOWN IN 30 HOURS. EDG #2 IS EXPECTED TO BE BACK IN SERVICE BY 1345 | | EDT AND THE NEED FOR SHUTDOWN TO BE EXITED. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1353 EDT ON 09/30/97 FROM SCHMIDT TAKEN BY JONES * * * | | | | EDG #2 HAS BEEN PLACED BACK IN SERVICE, PLANT HAS EXITED THE TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION REQUIRED SHUTDOWN. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | NOTIFIED R3DO JOHN JACOBSON | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33012 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: GRAND GULF REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/30/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:05 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 09/30/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:45[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TOM MCINTYRE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/30/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BILL JONES RDO | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | POSSIBLE INOPERABILITY OF BOTH CONTAINMENT AIRLOCK DOORS. | | | | DURING A REVIEW OF A DEFICIENCY DOCUMENT, A PRIOR EVENT WAS FOUND THAT IS | | CONSERVATIVELY BEING CALLED A 4-HOUR REPORT. ON 9/10/97, THE INNER-AIRLOCK | | DOOR SEAL SYSTEM FAILED A PRESSURE DROP TEST. AIR WAS FOUND LEAKING FROM | | THE "FOUR-WAY" VALVE. AFTER REPAIRS TO THE VALVE WERE COMPLETED, AN | | ADDITIONAL LEAK WAS FOUND ON THE TUBING TO THE PRESSURE SWITCH. A REVIEW | | OF AIRLOCK WORK HISTORY DETERMINED THAT THE PRESSURE SWITCH HAD BEEN | | REPLACED ON 12/30/96, AND THAT A RETEST FOR AIR SEAL PRESSURE DROP WAS NOT | | PERFORMED. BECAUSE THERE WERE TWO SOURCES OF AIR LEAKAGE FOUND ON 9/10/97, | | AND BOTH LEAKS WERE REPAIRED WITHOUT AN INTERMEDIATE TEST, IT IS NOT | | POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE IF THE TUBING LEAK WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FAILURE | | OF THE DOOR SEAL TO MEET ITS DESIGN FUNCTION. THE OUTER DOOR, BASED ON A | | QUICK REVIEW, HAS BEEN OPERABLE THE ENTIRE PERIOD, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF | | ABOUT 24 HOURS DURING REQUIRED TESTING OF THE OUTER DOOR. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33013 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: RIVER BEND REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/30/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:32 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 09/30/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:45[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CLARK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/30/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BILL JONES RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | |MURRAY IAT | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED A CRIMINAL ACT INVOLVING A CONTRACT EMPLOYEE WHO | | HAD ACCESS TO THE SITE. COMPENSATORY MEASURES TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. THE | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED. SEE HOO LOG BOOK FOR ADDITIONAL | | DETAILS. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |TRANSPORTATION EVENT | |EVENT NUMBER: 33014 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: COTTER CORPORATION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/30/97 | | CITY: GOLDEN REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:54 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: CO |EVENT DATE: 09/30/97 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 14:30[MDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/30/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |BILL JONES RDO | | |MIKE BELL EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: EBNER(NAT RESPONSE CTR) |SHANKMAN NMSS | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD |PAPERIELLO NMSS | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NTRA TRANSPORTATION EVENT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A TRACTOR TRAILER, OWNED BY CARESTIA TRUCKING COMPANY OF FLORENCE, CO., | | REPORTEDLY CARRYING LOW GRADE URANIUM ORE FROM THE SCHWARTZWALDER MINE IN | | GOLDEN CO., WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON I-25 NORTHBOUND, IN COLORADO | | SPRINGS, CO. THE LOAD WAS REPORTED AS BEING SPILLED ALL OVER THE ROAD AND | | ALL LANES OF THE INTERSTATE ARE SHUTDOWN. NO EVACUATION OF THE SURROUNDING | | AREA IS PLANNED SINCE THIS LOW GRADE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL ONLY POSES A | | SAFETY HAZARD UPON DIRECT CONTACT. THE ONLY INJURY AND CONTAMINATION | | REPORTED WAS TO THE TRUCK DRIVER, WHO WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. | | COLORADO SPRINGS FIRE DEPT HAZMAT TEAM RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND HAS | | CONTAINED ALL OF THE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL. THE INCIDENT IS UNDER CONTROL | | AND THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE PUBLIC SAFETY HAZARD. THE NATIONAL RESPONSE | | CENTER WILL NOTIFY NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD(DOT), DOE, CDC, AND | | EPA. | | | | ***UPDATE ON 9/30/97 AT 2104 FROM QUILLIN(COLORADO DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | | AND ENVIRONMENT) TO GOULD*** THE DRIVER WAS NOT CONTAMINATED AND THE | | AMBULANCE WAS NOT CONTAMINATED. THE TRUCK CONTAINED 50,000 LBS OF URANIUM | | ORE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 33015 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: BAXTER HEALTH CARE |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/01/97 | | CITY: AIBONITA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:00 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: PR |EVENT DATE: 09/30/97 | |LICENSE#: 52-21175-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 21:31[AT ]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/01/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |EDWARD MCALPINE RDO | | |MIKE BELL EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: OSCAR CAMACHO/JUAN RIVERA | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |MAAE 36.83(a)(5) INOP ACCESS CTRL SYS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | INOPERABLE SAFETY DEVICE (FLOOR MAT) AT AN IRRADIATOR FACILITY (BAXTER | | HEALTH CARE) IN ABONITA, PUERTO RICO. | | | | AT 2131 AT ON 9/30/97, A CARRIER CONTAINER DROPPED, STRIKING THE FLOOR MAT | | WHICH IS UTILIZED AS PART OF A SAFETY SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT ANY | | UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ENTRY WILL RESULT IN LOWERING AND SHIELDING OF THE | | COBALT-60 SOURCE. THE ELECTRICAL CABLING FROM THE MAT TO THE CONTROL | | CONSOLE WAS DISCONNECTED BY THE DROPPED CARRIER CONTAINER RENDERING THE MAT | | SAFETY SYSTEM INOPERABLE. THE BACKUP ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM WAS UNAFFECTED. | | THE SOURCE IS NOT EXPOSED AND THERE WERE NO PERSONNEL EXPOSURES ASSOCIATED | | WITH THIS EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS REQUIRED BY THEIR LICENSE TO HAVE WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION | | PRIOR TO PERFORMING REPAIRS. THEY PLAN ON RESUMING OPERATIONS AFTER | | RECONNECTING AND TESTING THE MAT SAFETY SYSTEM. | | | | HOO NOTE: SEE EVENT #31333 FOR REPORT INVOLVING MAT SAFETY SYSTEM. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+