U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 08/04/98 - 08/05/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34600 34601 34602 34603 34604 34605 34606 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34600 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/04/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:53 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/03/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 21:50[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOE SULLIVAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/04/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |TOM MOSLAK RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNIT 2 UNEXPECTEDLY DEENERGIZED THE "2A" 4KV BUS DURING SURVEILLANCE | | TESTING DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE STATION POWER TRANSFORMER TO AUTO TRANSFER. | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED: | | | | "THIS IS A NOTIFICATION FOR AN EVENT THAT RESULTED IN THE ACTUATION OF AN | | ENGINEERED SAFETY FEATURE (ESF)." | | | | "DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF A '2A' 4KV BUS AUTO TRANSFER TEST (IN ACCORDANCE | | WITH S2.OP-ST.4KV-0001), THE '2A' 4KV BUS BECAME DEENERGIZED WHEN THE | | TRANSFER FROM 24 STATION POWER TRANSFORMER (SPT) TO 23 SPT FAILED. THIS | | RESULTED IN AN ESF ACTUATION SIGNAL TO START [THE] '2A' DIESEL GENERATOR | | (DG). THE '2A' DG WOULD HAVE STARTED AND LOADED HAD IT NOT BEEN CLEARED | | AND TAGGED FOR ONGOING MAINTENANCE. INVESTIGATION OF THE CAUSE OF THE | | TRANSFER FAILURE IS UNDERWAY. ALL SAFETY RELATED EQUIPMENT RESPONDED AS | | EXPECTED TO THE EVENT GIVEN PLANT CONDITIONS." | | | | THE BUS REMAINS DEENERGIZED TO ASSIST TROUBLESHOOTING EFFORTS. THERE WAS | | NO INTERRUPTION IN SHUTDOWN COOLING OR SPENT FUEL POOL COOLING AS A RESULT | | OF THIS EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM LOCAL AUTHORITIES (LAC) AND THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34601 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BYRON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/04/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:41 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/04/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 03:47[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MARK RASMUSSEN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/04/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BRUCE BURGESS RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |WILLIAM BECKNER EO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION |FRANK CONGEL IRD | | |DAN SULLIVAN FEMA | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNIT 1 DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT AT 0413CDT DUE TO A LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER | | > 15 MINUTES. | | | | THE 345KV LINE SUPPLYING SYSTEM AUXILIARY TRANSFORMERS (SATs) 142-1 AND | | 142-2 RECEIVES POWER FROM TWO SWITCHYARD AIR CIRCUIT BREAKERS (ACB) 5-6 AND | | 6-7. ACB 5-6 WAS OPEN PRIOR TO THIS EVENT DUE TO A LIGHTNING STRIKE ON THE | | OFFSITE TRANSMISSION LINES. WHEN FIELD OPERATORS ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THIS | | ACB, IT FAILED TO CLOSE AND FOR REASONS UNKNOWN GENERATED A LOCAL BREAKER | | BACKUP SIGNAL OPENING ACB 6-7, THUS ISOLATING THE POTENTIAL FAULT ON THE | | 345KV LINE. THIS DEENERGIZED BOTH SATs RESULTING IN A LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER | | TO BOTH 4160VAC ESF BUSES 141 AND 142. BOTH EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORs | | (EDGs) AUTOSTARTED AND CLOSED ONTO THEIR RESPECTIVE BUSES. UNIT 1 IS | | CURRENTLY STABLE WITH ALL ECCS EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE. UNIT 1 WILL CONTINUE | | TO OPERATE BOTH EDGs UNTIL THE 345KV SWITCHYARD PROBLEM IS RESOLVED. THE | | LICENSEE WILL TERMINATE THE UNUSUAL EVENT ONCE OFFSITE POWER IS RESTORED. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED STATE/LOCAL AGENCIES AND WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. | | | | ***UPDATE AT 1452EDT ON 8/4/98 BY D. FLOWERS TO BAILEY*** | | | | BYRON STATION UNIT 1 TERMINATED ITS UNUSUAL EVENT AT 1301 0N 8/4/98. | | OFFSITE POWER HAS BEEN RESTORED AND PLANT SYSTEMS ARE BEING RESTORED TO | | NORMAL. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND STATE AND | | LOCAL AUTHORITIES. THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R3DO (B. | | BURGESS),THE EO (J. STOLTZ), AEOD/IRD (R. HOGAN) AND FEMA (EACHES). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34602 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/04/98 | | CITY: BRISTOL REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:00 [ET]| | COUNTY: BRISTOL STATE: RI |EVENT DATE: 08/04/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 09:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/04/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |TOM MOSLAK RDO | | |DON COOL EO | +------------------------------------------------+ROSEMARY HOGAN IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TURMAN/WINTERS(NRC) | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCOVERY OF TWO 5 GALLON BUCKETS CONTAINING RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL | | | | THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE COAST GUARD MARINE | | SAFETY OFFICE PROVIDENCE THAT TWO 5 GALLON BUCKETS OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL | | WERE FOUND ON THE ROCKS IN BRISTOL, RI. HARBOR. THE TWO 5 GALLON BUCKETS | | CONTAINED I-129 AND IT IS UNKNOWN WHERE THE BUCKETS CAME FROM OR WHO IS THE | | RESPONSIBLE PARTY. THE AREA HAS BEEN ISOLATED AND AND ROADS CLOSED. THE | | MATERIAL IS CONTAINED IN THE BUCKETS AND THERE APPEARS TO BE NO LEAKAGE. | | A TEAM WILL BE DISPATCHED FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE CONTAINERS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34603 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: METRO LITAN SOILS |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/04/98 | | CITY: SAN JUAN REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:03 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: PR |EVENT DATE: 08/04/98 | |LICENSE#: 52-18059-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 08:45[AT ]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/04/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |MIKE ERNSTES RDO | | |FREDERICK COMBS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: IBRAHIM RIVRA | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: HENRY BAILEY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NDAM DAMAGE MEASURE GAUGE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DAMAGED MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE | | | | THE LICENSEE, METRO LITAN SOILS, REPORTED THAT A MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE, | | MODEL MC1, WAS DAMAGED BY A BACKHOE AT A JOB SITE AT SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO. | | THE GAUGE CONTAINED A 50 mCi AMERICIUM-241 SOURCE AND A 10 mCi CESIUM-137 | | SOURCE. THE EPA AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES WERE NOTIFIED. INDUCHEM CHEMICAL WAS | | ALSO CALLED AND CAME TO THE SITE AND PUT THE GAUGE INTO A BARREL WITH | | BARRIERS INSTALLED. THE GAUGE READ 300 mR/HOUR ON CONTACT. NO ONE WAS | | CONTAMINATED. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34604 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NINE MILE POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/04/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:58 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 08/04/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM KRONENBITTER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/04/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: HENRY BAILEY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |TOM MOSLAK 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 Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | BREACH OF PRIMARY CONTAINMENT INTEGRITY | | | | DURING PLANNED MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES ON CONTAINMENT SPRAY SYSTEM "121", A | | BREACH OF PRIMARY CONTAINMENT INTEGRITY WAS DISCOVERED. THE LEAKAGE PATH | | WAS ESTABLISHED THROUGH OPEN CONTAINMENT SPRAY HEAT EXCHANGER VENTS TO THE | | TORUS AND A DISASSEMBLED STRAINER IN THE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT. IMMEDIATE | | CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO CLOSE THE CONTAINMENT SPRAY HEAT EXCHANGER VENT TO | | THE TORUS VENT VALVES WERE TAKEN. THIS REESTABLISHED PRIMARY CONTAINMENT | | INTEGRITY. AN EVALUATION OF THIS MATTER IS CONTINUING. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34605 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: GRAND GULF REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/04/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:00 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 08/04/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:15[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HOLCOMBE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/04/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WILLIAM JOHNSON RDO | |ADEG 50.72(b)(1)(ii) DEGRAD COND DURING OP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THIS REPORT IS TO CORRECT AN ERROR IN A PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED LER. | | | | DURING THE REVIEW OF A WORK ORDER, THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT TWO 3/4" | | VALVES ON A LINE THAT PENETRATES CONTAINMENT HAD BEEN OPEN AT THE SAME | | TIME. THIS CONDITION OCCURRED WHEN THEY DRAINED THE SYSTEM TO PERFORM | | MAINTENANCE ON A CHECK VALVE. WHEN BOTH THE VENT LINE ON ONE SIDE OF | | CONTAINMENT AND THE DRAIN LINE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CONTAINMENT WERE | | OPENED, A PATHWAY WAS ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE LEAKING CHECK VALVE. THIS | | WORK ORDER WAS PART OF AN EVENT REPORTED TO THE NRC AS LER 98-004 DATED | | ABOUT 7/24/98. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ORIGINAL LER WAS INCOMPLETE AND | | SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPORTED UNDER 10CFR50.72(b)(1)ii AND 10CFR50.73(a)(2)ii | | AS WELL AS 10CFR50.73(a)(2)i AS ORIGINALLY REPORTED. THIS NOTIFICATION IS | | BEING MADE TO COMPLY WITH THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. THE ORIGINAL LER | | WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED TO PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34606 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HATCH REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/04/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: GA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:14 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 08/04/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:19[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BUTLER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/04/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MIKE ERNSTES 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE SITE LOST ITS NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION(NOAA) | | COMMUNICATIONS. | | | | THE SITE LOST BOTH THEIR PRIMARY AND BACKUP COMMUNICATIONS TO NOAA DUE TO A | | TRANSMITTER FAILURE. THE TRANSMITTER WAS CHANGED AND AT 1831 BOTH THE | | PRIMARY AND BACKUP HAD BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+