U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 10/02/98 - 10/05/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34806 34860 34863 34864 34865 34866 34867 34868 34869 34870 34871 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34806 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CLINTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/18/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:16 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 09/18/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:16[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RICH CHEAR |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/03/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MONTE PHILLIPS 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | -SEISMIC MONITORS NOT TESTED OR CALIBRATED PROPERLY DURING PLANT SHUTDOWN- | | | | DURING A REVIEW OF THE SEISMIC MONITORING SYSTEM TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION | | SURVEILLANCE FUNCTIONAL TEST AND CALIBRATION PROCEDURES, THE LICENSEE | | DETERMINED THAT THESE PROCEDURES DO NOT DEMONSTRATE THAT ALL FIVE SYSTEM | | ACCELEROMETERS ARE OPERABLE OR THAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AN OUTPUT | | SIGNAL WHEN SUBJECTED TO PHYSICAL MOTION OR VIBRATION. THE FUNCTION OF | | THESE ACCELEROMETERS IS TO TURN ON AND PROVIDE INPUT SIGNALS TO THE SEISMIC | | MONITORING SYSTEM RECORDING AND ANALYZING EQUIPMENT WHEN GROUND MOTION | | GREATER THAN 0.02 g IS EXPERIENCED. THUS, THE SEISMIC MONITORING SYSTEM | | HAD NOT BEEN OPERABLE AT ALL TIMES DUE TO INADEQUATE TESTING AND | | CALIBRATION. | | | | THIS CONDITION WAS DISCOVERED WHILE THE PLANT WAS SHUTDOWN. HAD SEISMIC | | ACTIVITIES OCCURRED AND THE SEISMIC MONITORING SYSTEM FAILED TO FUNCTION | | WHILE THE PLANT WAS AT POWER, THE PLANT WOULD HAVE BEEN PLACED IN A | | SERIOUSLY DEGRADED OR UNANALYZED CONDITION THAT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY | | COMPROMISE PLANT SAFETY. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * *RETRACTION ON 10/03/98 AT 1211 EDT FROM R. POWERS TAKEN BY MACKINNON* * | | | | 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(i) REQUIRES A 4-HOUR REPORT TO THE NRC FOR ANY EVENT | | FOUND WHILE THE REACTOR IS SHUT DOWN THAT, HAD IT BEEN FOUND WHILE THE | | REACTOR WAS IN OPERATION, WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, | | INCLUDING ITS PRINCIPAL SAFETY BARRIERS, BEING SERIOUSLY DEGRADED OR PUT IN | | AN UNANALYZED CONDITION THAT SIGNIFICANTLY COMPROMISES PLANT SAFETY. SAFETY | | SYSTEMS AT CLINTON ARE ANALYZED AND DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND THE EFFECTS OF A | | DESIGN BASIS EARTHQUAKE. THE TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETERS DO NOT CONSTITUTE A | | PRINCIPAL SAFETY BARRIER AND DO NOT MITIGATE A DESIGN BASIS ACCIDENT | | THROUGH AUTOMATIC INITIATION OF A SAFETY SYSTEM. IN ADDITION, SEVERAL | | SOURCES OF DATA EXIST OTHER THAN THE TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETERS FOR ANALYZING | | A SEISMIC EVENT. THEREFORE, THIS CONDITION IS NOT REPORTABLE UNDER THE | | PROVISIONS OF 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(i). | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT RETRACTION BY | | THE LICENSEE. THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R3DO (GARY SHEAR). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34860 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OCONEE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/01/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [3] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:28 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP,[3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/01/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:55[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAN GREENE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/02/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ANN BOLAND RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS |JOHN ZWOLINSKI, NRR EO | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S |ROSEMARY HOGAN, AEOD 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 | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 3 | N Y 45 POWER OPERATION | 45 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DURING A LARGE BREAK LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENT (LOCA) WITH NO OPERATOR | | ACTION THE REACTOR BUILDING SPRAY PUMP FLOW RATES WOULD BE EXCESSIVE FOR | | MAINTAINING AN ADEQUATE NET POSITIVE SUCTION HEAD (NPSH). | | | | AT 1855 EDT ON 10/01/98, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION WAS | | IN A CONDITION OUTSIDE THE DESIGN BASIS. IN THE EVENT OF A LARGE BREAK | | LOCA WITH NO OPERATOR ACTION, THE REACTOR BUILDING SPRAY FLOW RATES WOULD | | BE EXCESSIVE AND, THEREFORE, WOULD NOT HAVE ADEQUATE NPSH TO BE CONSIDERED | | OPERABLE. THIS PLACES ALL THREE UNITS AT OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION UNDER THE | | ACTIONS OF TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.0 (12 HOURS TO BE IN A HOT SHUTDOWN | | CONDITION). | | | | CORRECTIVE ACTION: | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO HAVE A DEDICATED PERSON TO THROTTLE THE REACTOR | | BUILDING SPRAY FLOW WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES TO WITHIN THE NPSH | | REQUIREMENTS OF THE REACTOR BUILDING SPRAY PUMPS REQUIRED FLOW RATES. THERE | | ARE TWO REACTOR BUILDING SPRAY PUMPS PER UNIT. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | *** UPDATE ON 10/02/98 AT 0154 EDT FROM GREENE TO GOULD *** | | | | DEDICATED OPERATORS ARE IN PLACE TO ASSURE PROMPT THROTTLING OF REACTOR | | BUILDING SPRAY FLOW AND SUPPORT OPERABILITY OF THE REACTOR BUILDING SPRAY | | SYSTEM ON ALL THREE UNITS. THESE COMPENSATORY ACTIONS WERE IMPLEMENTED IN | | ACCORDANCE WITH GENERIC LETTER 91-18, REVISION 1. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION | | 3.0 WAS EXITED AT 0148 EDT ON 10/02/98 ON ALL THREE UNITS. THE LICENSEE IS | | EXPEDITIOUSLY PURSUING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO RESOLVE THIS NON-CONFORMING | | CONDITION. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE. THE NRC R2DO | | (BOLAND) WAS NOTIFIED BY THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34863 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: HUFFY SPORTS |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/02/98 | | CITY: SUSSEX REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:50 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: WI |EVENT DATE: 10/02/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 14:50[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/02/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |GARY SHEAR RDO | | |JOSIE PICCONE, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+KEVIN NULL, NRC REG3 | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PAM LARSEM | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MISSING STATIC ELIMINATOR DEVICE CONTAINING 10 MILLICURIES OF POLONIUM-210 | | | | HUFFY SPORTS LOCATED IN SUSSEX, WISCONSIN, HOLDS A GENERAL LICENSE FOR A | | STATIC ELIMINATOR DEVICE LEASED FROM AMSTAT INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED LOCATED | | IN GLENVIEW, ILLINOIS. HUFFY SPORTS' LEASE FOR THE STATIC ELIMINATOR RAN | | OUT AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER. DURING THE LAST FEW DAYS, HUFFY SPORTS | | PERSONNEL LOOKED FOR THE STATIC ELIMINATOR, BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND THE | | DEVICE. THE HUFFY SPORTS CALLER DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE STATIC ELIMINATOR | | WAS LAST SEEN. THE STATIC ELIMINATOR WAS MADE BY NRD INCORPORATED LOCATED | | IN GRAND ISLAND, NEW YORK. | | | | (REFER TO THE HOO LOG BOOK FOR A CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34864 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: TURKEY POINT REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/02/98 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:57 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] W-3-LP,[4] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/02/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:25[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: G MURPHY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/02/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ANN BOLAND 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 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, BUREAU | | OF RADIATION CONTROL, WHEN CONTAMINATION WAS FOUND IN A WELDING MACHINE | | THAT WAS TO BE USED IN THE CURRENT REFUELING OUTAGE. | | | | WHILE SURVEYING WELDING EQUIPMENT ARRIVING ON SITE FOR THE CURRENT UNIT 3 | | REFUELING OUTAGE, TURKEY POINT HEALTH PHYSICS PERSONNEL DISCOVERED LOW | | LEVELS OF CONTAMINATION. THE OWNER OF THE EQUIPMENT IS NOT LICENSED TO | | RECEIVE BYPRODUCT MATERIAL. FIXED CONTAMINATION DISCOVERED SO FAR VARIES | | FROM 100 TO 250 IN CORRECTED COUNTS PER MINUTE. SMEARABLE CONTAMINATION | | WAS DISCOVERED ON THE FLUID RESERVOIR INSIDE THE WELDING MACHINE, AT ABOUT | | 300 TO 600 DISINTEGRATIONS PER MINUTE PER 100 SQUARE CENTIMETERS (COUNTED | | WITH AN MDA SCALAR). NO SMEARABLE CONTAMINATION HAS BEEN FOUND ON EXTERNAL | | SURFACES OR ON THE PALLETS CARRYING THE MATERIAL. THE MATERIAL WAS | | TRANSPORTED TO TURKEY POINT INSIDE A STANDARD CLOSED SHIPPING VAN. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, BUREAU OF | | RADIATION CONTROL, OF THE DISCOVERY. THE LICENSEE HAS ALSO NOTIFIED THE | | OWNER OF THE MATERIAL AND THE THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34865 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: KAY-RAY/SENSALL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/02/98 | | CITY: MEDFORD REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:15 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: OK |EVENT DATE: 10/01/98 | |LICENSE#: 21-11184-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 08:15[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/02/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JEFF SHACKELFORD RDO | | |JOSIE PICCONE, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ROSEMARY HOGAN, AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: M. ALLRED | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAD1 20.2202(a)(1) PERS OVEREXPOSURE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PERSONNEL EXPOSURE TO A 100-MILLICURIE CESIUM-137 SOURCE. | | | | DEVICE AFFECTED: 7062BP/7700-SOURCE HOUSING WITH A 100-MILLICURIE | | CESIUM-137 SOURCE, CAPSULE SERIAL #18137V, MEASUREMENT DATE 08/86 SHIPPED | | IN 1986 (MADE BY KAY-RAY). | | | | ON OCTOBER 1, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 0815 CDT, A KAY-RAY FIELD SERVICEMAN | | WAS AT CONOCO IN MEDFORD, OKLAHOMA. WHEN THE FIELD SERVICEMAN ARRIVED AT | | THE JOB SITE AND INSPECTED THE SOURCE HOUSING TO BE MOVED, HE NOTICED THAT | | THE EXTERNAL PORTION OF THE HANDLE TO THE SOURCE HOUSING SHUTTER WAS | | MISSING. (THE SHUTTER WAS SHUT.) BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH INVESTIGATING THE | | MISSING HANDLE, THE FIELD SERVICEMAN DID A SURVEY OF THE HOUSING WITH HIS | | LUDLUM SURVEY METER (WHICH WAS CALIBRATED ON 09/10/98) AT APPROXIMATELY 8 | | INCHES AWAY FROM THE HOUSING, AND THE SURVEY READING WAS 3 mR/hour. HE | | ALSO CONDUCTED A WIPE TEST INSIDE THE SHUTTER BLOCK/SOURCE CAPSULE AREA VIA | | THE HANDLE ACCESS HOLE. HE MEASURED NO CONTAMINATION ON THE WIPE. THE | | EXTERNAL READINGS WERE TYPICAL FOR A 7062B HOUSING WITH A 100-MILLICURIE | | SOURCE. | | | | THE FIELD SERVICEMAN REMOVED THE SOURCE HOUSING FROM, THE PIPE MOUNTING | | BRACKET AND PLACED IT ON A WORK TABLE IN THE CUSTOMERS SHOP AREA. HE THEN | | REMOVED THE DUST COVER TO INVESTIGATE WHAT PARTS HE WOULD NEED TO OBTAIN TO | | REPAIR THE HANDLE ASSEMBLY. AT THIS TIME, THERE WERE TWO CONOCO EMPLOYEES | | IN THE REPAIR AREA, 8' TO 15' AWAY FROM THE FIELD SERVICEMAN. | | | | THE FIELD SERVICEMAN OPENED THE DUST COVER AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS ABOUT | | 0.5" OF DUST AROUND THE SHUTTER BLOCK. HE REMOVED THE SHUTTER BLOCK AND | | FLIPPED THE HOUSING OVER ON THE TABLE TO REMOVE THE DUST FROM INSIDE THE | | HOUSING. AT THAT POINT THE SOURCE CAPSULE FELL OUT OF THE HOUSING ALONG | | WITH THE DUST. | | | | THE FIELD SERVICEMAN IMMEDIATELY INSTRUCTED THE TWO CONOCO EMPLOYEES TO | | LEAVE THE AREA. HE THEN PICKED UP THE SOURCE CAPSULE WITH HIS GLOVED HANDS | | AND PLACED IT BACK INTO THE SOURCE HOUSING. HE PLACED A 0.375"x 2.5" BOLT | | INTO THE SOURCE BEAM HOLE TO SECURE THE SOURCE IN THE HOUSING AND USED | | SILICONE SEALANT ON THE BOLT. HE THEN PLACED RAGS IN THE HOUSING TO FILL | | THE REMAINING VOLUME AND BOLTED A TOTAL OF THREE 0.5" STEEL PLATES IN PLACE | | OF THE DUST COVER. | | | | THE FIELD SERVICEMAN THEN SURVEYED THE DUST FROM THE SOURCE HOUSING WITH | | HIS SURVEY METER; ONCE WITH THE WINDOW ON HIS PROBE OPEN AND AGAIN WITH THE | | PROBE WINDOW CLOSED TO DETECT ALPHA, BETA, AND GAMMA. HE FOUND NO | | CONTAMINATION ON THE WORK SURFACE AREA OR IN THE DUST. | | | | THE FIELD SERVICEMAN THEN RE-SURVEYED THE SOURCE HEAD. READINGS OBTAINED | | ON THE THREE 0.5" STEEL PLATES HE USED AS SHIELDING MEASURED 22 mR/hour. A | | TYPICAL FIELD WOULD BE 28 mR/hour WITH A MAXIMUM LIMIT OF 50 mR/hour. | | | | THE FIELD SERVICEMAN AND CONOCO PERSONNEL THEN CONTACTED THE NRC REGION 4 | | OFFICE (ELMO COLLINS) FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS, ETC. | | | | TN TECHNOLOGIES HAS BEEN CONTACTED TO PICK UP THE SOURCE HOUSING ON | | 10/02/98 FOR DISPOSAL. THEY ALSO WILL REANALYZE THE FIELD SERVICEMAN'S | | WIPE TEST SAMPLE WITH MORE SENSITIVE TEST EQUIPMENT. | | | | THE FIELD SERVICEMAN HAS BEEN ISSUED A NEW FILM BADGE AND WILL HAVE HIS | | BADGE ANALYZED AS SOON AS IT CAN BE PROCESSED. | | | | CALCULATIONS WERE PERFORMED AS FOLLOWS TO DETERMINE EXPOSURE FOR PERSONNEL | | IN THE AREA: | | | | FIELD SERVICEMAN: 5-MINUTE FULL BODY EXPOSURE TO THE 100-MILLICURIE | | SOURCE AT 1' AWAY = 12.9 mR | | 3-SECOND EXTREMITY EXPOSURE (GLOVED FINGERS) TO THE | | 100-MILLICURIE SOURCE = 29.3 mR | | BASED ON 0.25" FROM SOURCE CENTER AT 74% OF THE | | ORIGINAL 100-MILLICURIE VALUE | | | | CONOCO WORKER #1: 2-MINUTE EXPOSURE TO A 100-MILLICURIE SOURCE AT 8' TO | | 10'AWAY = 0.14 mR | | | | CONOCO WORKER #2: 2-MINUTE EXPOSURE TO A 100-MILLICURIE SOURCE AT 8' TO | | 15' AWAY = 0.14 mR | | | | THIS MODEL 7062BP WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1986. AT THAT TIME, THE SOURCE | | CAPSULES WERE LOADED INTO AN ALUMINUM SOURCE HOLDER. AT THIS POINT IN | | TIME, IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE BRINE VAPORS AND/OR THE DUST FOUND IN THE | | AREA CAUSED THE ALUMINUM SOURCE HOLDER TO BE DAMAGED. | | | | THIS SOURCE HOLDER IS NOW MADE OF STAINLESS STEEL. THE SHUTTER BLOCK AT | | THAT TIME WAS HELD IN PLACE WITH A STEEL BRACKET. THIS BRACKET IS ALSO NOW | | MADE OF STAINLESS STEEL. | | | | (REFER TO THE HOO LOG BOOK FOR CONTACT NAMES AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34866 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: U.S. ARMY, ROCK ISLAND, IL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/02/98 | | CITY: REGION: 0 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:27 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: |EVENT DATE: 08/25/98 | |LICENSE#: 12-00722-06 AGREEMENT: |EVENT TIME: 12:00[ZT ]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/02/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |GARY SHEAR RDO | | |JOSIE PICCONE, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HAVENNER | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MISSING CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR | | | | AN M43A1 (CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR) CONTAINING 250 MICROCURIES OF | | AMERICIUM-241 HAS BEEN MISSING AT A U.S. ARMY TRAINING AREA LOCATED IN | | GRAFENWOEHR, GERMANY, SINCE AUGUST 25, 1998. IT IS THOUGHT THAT THE | | CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR WAS LOST DURING A FIELD EXERCISE AT THE WEIDEN | | TRAINING AREA (LOCATED IN GERMANY). RANGE AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED, | | AND A SEARCH OF THE AREA IS ON GOING. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34867 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PERRY REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/02/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: OH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:05 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 06/15/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 23:59[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HEISHMAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/02/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GARY SHEAR RDO | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MISSED SURVEILLANCE TEST | | | | IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT FIVE HYDROGEN IGNITERS HAD BEEN INOPERABLE SINCE | | 03/15/98. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENT 3.6.3.2.1 DETAILS THE | | TESTING REQUIREMENTS AND TEST FREQUENCY FOR HYDROGEN IGNITERS. THE NORMAL | | TEST FREQUENCY IS ONCE PER 184 DAYS. HOWEVER, IF FOUR OR MORE IGNITERS IN | | ONE DIVISION ARE INOPERABLE, THE TEST FREQUENCY IS INCREASED TO ONCE PER 92 | | DAYS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENT (SR) 3.6.3.2.2. | | | | SURVEILLANCE TEST SVI-M56-T5417 SHOULD HAVE BEEN PERFORMED (ON INCREASING | | FREQUENCY) ON 06/15/98. NO RECORD OF THIS TEST COULD BE FOUND. IT IS | | BELIEVED THAT THIS TEST WAS NOT PERFORMED AS REQUIRED BY SR 3.6.2.2.2. | | | | SURVEILLANCE TEST SVI-M56-T5417 WAS COMPLETED SATISFACTORILY ON 10/01/98. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34868 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PILGRIM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/02/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:20 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 10/02/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:50[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: K WALZ |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/02/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN CARUSO RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNEXPECTED EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR START DURING PERFORMANCE OF A LOGIC | | SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL TEST ON THE CORE SPRAY SYSTEM | | | | A LOGIC SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL TEST ON THE CORE SPRAY 'A' SYSTEM WAS IN | | PROGRESS. DURING THE TEST, INSULATED BOOTS ARE PLACED ON CONTACTS TO | | PREVENT THE EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR FROM STARTING WHEN THE RELAY IS | | ACTUATED DURING THE LOGIC SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL TEST FOR THE 'A' CORE SPRAY | | SYSTEM. WHEN THE CONTACTS WERE BEING BOOTED, A TECHNICIAN ACCIDENTALLY | | PLACED A JUMPER ACROSS CONTACTS 1 AND 7 ON RELAY #14A-K17A WHICH ACTUATED | | THE 'A' EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR. EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR 'A' RAN | | UNLOADED, AND IT WAS SECURED PROPERLY. EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR 'A' IS | | NOW CONSIDERED FULLY OPERABLE. | | | | EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR 'B' REMAINED FULLY OPERABLE. THE UNEXPECTED | | STARTING OF EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR 'A' IS CONSIDERED TO BE AN | | ENGINEERED SAFETY FEATURE ACTUATION. THE LICENSEE WAS PERFORMING | | SURVEILLANCE TEST 8.M.2-2.10.1-4, ATTACHMENT 1, STEP (12) (b) - IN WHICH | | CONTACTS 1 AND 7 OF RELAY #14A-K17A ARE BOOTED (INSULATED). | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34869 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SUSQUEHANNA REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/03/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:11 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 10/03/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:24[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GRANT J. FERNSLER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/03/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN CARUSO RDO | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | A/R Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | BACKUP MAIN GENERATOR LOCKOUT RELAYS TRIPPED CAUSING AN AUTOMATIC REACTOR | | SCRAM. | | | | THE REACTOR SCRAMMED FROM 100% POWER. THE BACKUP MAIN GENERATOR LOCKOUT | | RELAYS TRIPPED CAUSING A REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEM ACTUATION FROM THE | | RESULTING TURBINE STOP/CONTROL VALVE FAST CLOSURE SIGNAL. ALL RODS FULLY | | INSERTED INTO THE CORE. PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS ARE THAT THREE | | SAFETY/RELIEF VALVES LIFTED (FOR A FEW SECONDS) AND RESEATED. REACTOR | | LEVEL DROPPED BELOW LEVEL 3 (+13"), AND ALL REQUIRED ISOLATIONS WENT TO | | COMPLETION. (NORMAL REACTOR VESSEL WATER LEVEL IS +35", AND THE TOP OF THE | | ACTIVE FUEL IS -161".) THERE WERE NO EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEM (ECCS) | | INJECTIONS, AND LEVEL WAS RECOVERED WITH REACTOR FEEDWATER. CONTAINMENT | | AND RADIATION PARAMETERS REMAINED NORMAL. | | | | AT THIS TIME, THE OPERATORS ARE PROCEEDING WITH A CONTROLLED SHUTDOWN TO | | MODE 4 (COLD SHUTDOWN). ALL EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEMS AND THE | | EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS ARE FULLY OPERABLE IF NEEDED. IN ADDITION, THE | | ELECTRICAL GRID IS STABLE. THE CAUSE OF THE REACTOR SCRAM IS BEING | | INVESTIGATED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34870 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CLINTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/03/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:32 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 10/03/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:00[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: R POWERS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/03/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GARY SHEAR RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AN UNEXPECTED ENGINEERED SAFETY FEATURE ACTUATION OCCURRED WHEN A MAIN | | STEAM ISOLATION VALVE ABOVE-SEAT DRAIN CLOSED. | | | | DURING AN EVOLUTION TO TEMPORARILY LIFT A TAGOUT ON A PORTION OF THE MAIN | | STEAM SYSTEM FOR PERFORMANCE OF A LOCAL LEAK RATE TEST ON THE SYSTEM, THE | | 1B21-F067A VALVE (THE OUTBOARD MAIN STEAM ISOLATION VALVE ABOVE SEAT DRAIN) | | WENT CLOSED WHEN THE BREAKER WAS TURNED ON. LOCAL POSITION INDICATION OF | | THE 1B21-F067A VALVE IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE DUE TO THE TYPE OF MOTOR | | OPERATOR. THE OPERATOR PERFORMING THE TEMPORARY LIFT BELIEVED THE | | 1B21-F067A VALVE TO BE CLOSED AND REMOVED THE DANGER TAG AFTER WHICH THE | | 1B21-F067A VALVE WENT CLOSED. THE CLOSURE OF THE 1B21-F067A VALVE WAS | | CAUSED BY A GROUP-1 CONTAINMENT AND REACTOR VESSEL CONTROL SYSTEM ISOLATION | | DUE TO LOW CONDENSER VACUUM. THE CONDENSER VACUUM SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY OUT | | OF SERVICE DUE TO CURRENT PLANT CONDITIONS. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 34871 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/04/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:06 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 10/03/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 17:15[CDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/04/98 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |GARY SHEAR RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |ROBERT PIERSON, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: J. M. (MIKE) UNDERWOOD | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NCFR NON CFR REPORT REQMNT | | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SAFETY SYSTEM (WATER INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEM) ACTIVATION ON A SAMPLING | | AUTOCLAVE DUE TO A VALID SIGNAL | | | | AT 1715 CDT ON 10/03/98, A WATER INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEM ACTIVATION | | OCCURRED ON THE C-360 POSITION-1 AUTOCLAVE DURING A CYLINDER HEAT CYCLE | | WHEN HIGH LEVEL DRAIN SECONDARY AND PRIMARY ALARMS WERE RECEIVED. (THE | | PRIMARY ALARM WAS RECEIVED 10 MINUTES AFTER THE SECONDARY ALARM, AND THE | | DRAIN INVOLVED COLLECTED CONDENSATE FROM THE STEAM HEATING SYSTEM.) THE | | HIGH LEVEL DRAIN ALARMS PLACED THE AUTOCLAVE IN CONTAINMENT BY ISOLATING | | THE STEAM SUPPLY AND CLOSING A THERMAL VENT VALVE. THE SAFETY SYSTEM | | ACTUATED AS REQUIRED TO PREVENT CRITICALITY CONCERNS REGARDING TOO MUCH | | WATER IN THE AUTOCLAVE IN THE EVENT OF A RELEASE. THE CAUSE OF THE ALARMS | | AND SAFETY SYSTEM ACTIVATION IS BEING INVESTIGATED. | | | | THIS EVENT IS REPORTABLE TO THE NRC AS A 24-HOUR EVENT NOTIFICATION IN | | ACCORDANCE WITH SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT, SECTION 6.9, TABLE 1, CRITERION | | J.2, SAFETY SYSTEM ACTUATION DUE TO A VALID SIGNAL. | | | | PADUCAH PERSONNEL NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+