U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 08/05/98 - 08/06/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34602 34607 34608 34609 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |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: 08/05/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |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. | | | | *** UPDATE ON 8/5/98 @ 1523 BY TODD(RHODE ISLAND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT | | AGENCY) TO GOULD *** | | | | THE ISOTOPE CONTAINED IN THE TWO 5 GALLON BUCKETS WAS I-125 NOT I-129. AN | | INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING AND NO RADIATION WAS DETECTED. | | | | NOTIFIED REG 1 RDO(MOSLAK), NMSS EO(CAMPER) AND IRD(HOGAN) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 34607 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: WESTRONICS |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/05/98 | | CITY: KINGWOOD REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:25 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: TX |EVENT DATE: 06/23/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:00[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/05/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |WILLIAM JOHNSON RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+TOM MOSLAK RDO1 | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: AGEE |VERN HODGE NRR | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |CCCC 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PART 21 REPORT - WESTRONICS OF KINGWOOD, TX REPORTED A DEFECT IN CERTAIN | | RECORDERS | | | | THE VENDOR HAS DETERMINED THAT THREE WESTRONICS SERIES 1200A COMMERCIAL | | GRADE RECORDERS EXHIBITED AN ANOMALY WHEREBY THE BAR-GRAPH DISPLAYS WENT | | BLANK OR FROZE, POTENTIALLY PRESENTING ERRONEOUS INFORMATION TO THE | | OPERATOR. THE INTERNAL "BEEPER", WHICH ANNUNCIATES KEY STROKES WHILE | | PROGRAMING, MIGHT SOUND. | | | | THIS ANOMALY IS ASSOCIATED WITH NUMEROUS REPETITIVE OPENINGS AND CLOSURES | | OF THE RECORDER DOOR, WHICH MAY CAUSE STRAIN RELATED FRACTURES IN THE | | FLAT-CONDUCTOR CABLE ROUTED TO THE DOOR-MOUNTED DISPLAY. AFTER THE | | FAILURE, THE RECORDER CONTINUES TO MEASURE AND PROCESS DATA CORRECTLY, AND | | TO ALARM ON PROCESS SIGNALS THAT HAVE EXCEEDED NORMAL BOUNDARIES. THE | | RECORDER PENS ALSO INDICATE SIGNAL LEVELS CORRECTLY. HOWEVER, THE DATA | | MEASURED AND RECORDED MAY NOT MATCH THE DATA WHICH IS DISPLAYED ON THE | | ALPHANUMERIC AND BAR-GRAPH DISPLAY. | | | | THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTED FIELD FAILURES OF THE SAFETY RELATED SERIES | | 1200 (1200AC AND 1200BC) RECORDERS; HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER IS NOTIFYING | | CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE PURCHASED THESE RECORDERS. | | | | THE 1200AC AND 1200BC RECORDERS HAVE BEEN SHIPPED TO THE FOLLOWING NUCLEAR | | FACILITIES: BEAVER VALLEY, RIVER BEND STATION AND ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34608 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WASHINGTON NUCLEAR REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/05/98 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: WA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:40 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 08/05/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:52[PDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SLACK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/05/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |WILLIAM JOHNSON RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION |BRUCE BOGER EO | |AINB 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(B) POT RHR INOP |ROSEMARY HOGAN IRD | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S |HENRY BAILEY RCT | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 66 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE PLANT HAD MULTIPLE CONTAINMENT ISOLATIONS AND A HALF SCRAM WHEN A VITAL | | BUS WAS DE-ENERGIZED. | | | | THE DIVISION 2 DIESEL GENERATOR (DG-2) WAS PARALLELED TO THE STARTUP | | OFFSITE POWER SOURCE FOR VOLTAGE REGULATOR TESTING. AS DG-2 LOAD WAS | | INCREASED, ITS INDICATED LOAD BEGAN OSCILLATING AND THE DIESEL TRIPPED AND | | LOCKED OUT ON AN OVERLOAD. VITAL BUS (SM-8) INPUT BREAKER ALSO TRIPPED AND | | LOCKED OUT, DE-ENERGIZING THE VITAL BUS. THIS CAUSED MULTIPLE CONTAINMENT | | ISOLATIONS AND A HALF SCRAM. THE OPERATORS IMMEDIATELY STARTED THE STANDBY | | CONTROL ROD DRIVE PUMP AND PERFORMED ACTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ABNORMAL | | OPERATING PROCEDURES. THE FOLLOWING ISOLATIONS OCCURRED: REACTOR WATER | | CLEANUP, EQUIPMENT DRAINS RADIOACTIVE, FLOOR DRAINS RADIOACTIVE, REACTOR | | RECIRC SAMPLE DUE TO THE LOSS OF REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEM BUS "B", AND | | REACTOR BUILDING VENTILATION & CONTAINMENT SAMPLING DUE TO LOSS OF | | ISOLATION VALVE POWER. RHR-P-2B & RHR-P-2C LOW PRESSURE ECCS PUMPS LOST | | POWER AND THEIR LOOPS PARTIALLY DRAINED DUE TO THE LOSS OF POWER TO THEIR | | RESPECTIVE KEEP FILL PUMPS. | | | | THE DG-2 LOCKOUT WAS RESET AND IT IMMEDIATELY RESTARTED DUE TO SENSING THE | | LOSS OF POWER ON THE VITAL BUS. THE OPERATORS RECOGNIZED THAT DG-2 WAS | | RUNNING WITHOUT COOLING WATER FLOW SO THEY TRIPPED AND LOCKED OUT THE | | DIESEL. | | | | THE CAUSE OF THE LOSS OF SM-8 WAS VERIFIED TO HAVE BEEN DUE TO HIGH DIESEL | | GENERATOR OUTPUT CURRENT AND IT WAS RE-ENERGIZED WITHIN 9 MINS FROM THE | | BACKUP TRANSFORMER. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BUS WAS RE-ENERGIZED, REACTOR | | FEEDWATER PUMP "1B" (RFW-P-1B) TRIPPED. THE REACTOR RECIRC PUMPS RAN BACK | | AS DESIGNED AND REACTOR WATER LEVEL STAYED WITHIN OPERATING LIMITS. FINAL | | REACTOR POWER WAS 66% AND FLOW WAS 58%. THE PLANT WAS VERIFIED TO BE | | OPERATING WITHIN THE UNRESTRICTED REGION OF THE POWER TO FLOW MAP. ALL | | SYSTEMS WERE RESTORED, EXCEPT FOR DG-2 AND RFW-P-1B, PER PLANT OPERATING | | PROCEDURES, AND THE HALF SCRAM WAS RESET. | | | | INVESTIGATION CONTINUES ON THE CAUSE OF THE DG-2 VOLTAGE OSCILLATIONS AND | | THE TRIP OF RFW-P-1B. THE PLANT IN CURRENTLY VERIFYING ALL PLANT | | COMPONENTS PERFORMED AS DESIGNED DURING THE PLANT TRANSIENT. | | | | WITH THE DG-2 BEING INOPERABLE, THE PLANT ENTERED A 72HR LCO ACTION | | STATEMENT. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 34609 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/06/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:00 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 08/05/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 15:45[EDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/06/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |BRUCE BURGESS RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KURT SISLER | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 24-HOUR NRC BULLETIN 91-01 REPORT | | | | A NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY APPROVAL (NCSA) REQUIREMENT WAS NOT BEING | | MAINTAINED WITHIN THE X-343 VAPORIZATION AND SAMPLING FACILITY. NUCLEAR | | CRITICALITY SAFETY (NCS) PERSONNEL FOUND THE HEPA FILTER UNIT ON THE ALWAYS | | SAFE PORTABLE SMALL UF6 GULPER SPACED SIXTEEN INCHES FROM A DRY ACTIVE | | WASTE (DAW) CONTAINER. NCSA-PLANT049.0C1 REQUIREMENT #4 REQUIRES A 24 INCH | | EDGE-TO-EDGE SPACING FROM THE GULPER'S TRAP AND HEPA FILTER ASSEMBLY TO ANY | | OTHER URANIUM BEARING MATERIALS OR EQUIPMENT. THIS CONDITION CONSTITUTES A | | LOSS OF CONTROL "A" (SPACING) FOR CONTINGENCY EVENT A/B.7.1, ALTHOUGH | | CONTROL "B" (MASS/GEOMETRY) WAS MAINTAINED. NCS PERSONNEL REESTABLISHED | | CONTROL "A" BY MOVING THE HEPA FILTER ASSEMBLY AWAY FROM THE DAW CONTAINER. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+