U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 07/09/98 - 07/10/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34477 34498 34499 34500 34501 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34477 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: RIVER BEND REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/06/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:09 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 07/06/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 05:13[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: G. TURNER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/09/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN PELLET 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ISOLATION OF ANNULUS PRESSURE CONTROL SYSTEM | | | | THE ANNULUS PRESSURE CONTROL SYSTEM ISOLATED, AND THE ANNULUS MIXING AND | | STANDBY GAS TREATMENT SYSTEMS AUTOMATICALLY STARTED. THE LICENSEE BELIEVES | | THAT THE ISOLATION WAS CAUSED BY A LOW FLOW SIGNAL. THE LICENSEE IS STILL | | TROUBLESHOOTING THE SYSTEM. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | *** UPDATE ON 7/9/98 @ 1401 BY CLARK TO GOULD *** RETRACTION | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT SINCE FURTHER EVALUATION HAS | | DETERMINED THAT THE ACTUATION WAS APPARENTLY CAUSED BY AN INVALID SPURIOUS | | SIGNAL, WHICH IS NOT A REPORTABLE EVENT. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. | | | | THE REG 4 RDO(PELLET) WAS NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 34498 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/09/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:28 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 07/08/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 09:58[CDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/09/98 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |RONALD GARDNER RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RANDY BOSHELL | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |OCBA 76.120(c)(2)(i) ACCID MT EQUIP FAILS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - PLANT EQUIPMENT OVERLOADED NORMETEX PUMP PGLD SYSTEM POWER SUPPLY - | | | | AT 0958 CDT ON 07/08/98, THE C-310 BUILDING NORMETEX PUMP PROCESS GAS | | LEAK DETECTOR (PGLD) SYSTEM SUPPLY POWER WAS INTERRUPTED WHEN THE CIRCUIT | | BREAKER SUPPLYING POWER TO THE PGLD SYSTEM TRIPPED. PLANT EQUIPMENT | | CONNECTED TO RECEPTACLES FED FROM THIS CIRCUIT BREAKER CAUSED THE TRIP. | | PLANT PERSONNEL DECLARED THE PGLD SAFETY SYSTEM INOPERABLE AND INITIATED | | TECHNICAL SAFETY REQUIREMENT REQUIRED ACTIONS. | | | | PLANT PERSONNEL DISCONNECTED THE PLANT EQUIPMENT FROM THE RECEPTACLES, | | RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER TO RETURN THE NORMETEX PUMP PGLD SYSTEM TO | | SERVICE, AND DECLARED THE PGLD SYSTEM OPERABLE. | | | | PLANT PERSONNEL PLACED CAUTION TAGS ON THE RECEPTACLES TO PREVENT THEM | | FROM BEING USED AND ARE DETERMINING LONG TERM CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. | | | | THIS IS A 24 HOUR NOTIFICATION. | | | | PLANT PERSONNEL NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 34499 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: INGERSOLL-DRESSER PUMP COMPANY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/09/98 | | CITY: PHILLIPSBURG REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:01 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NJ |EVENT DATE: 07/09/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 00:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/09/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |CAUDLE JULIAN RDO | | |JOHN STOLZ, NRR EO | +------------------------------------------------+NIEL DELLA GRECA RDO1 | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HENDRICKS |RONALD GARDNER RDO3 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD |JOHN PELLET RDO4 | +------------------------------------------------+VERN HODGE NRR | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |CCCC 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE INGERSOLL-DRESSER PUMP COMPANY SUBMITTED A PART 21 REPORT ON A | | POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD FROM THE POTENTIAL BREAKAGE OF THE CAST IRON | | SUCTION HEADS ON ONE OF THEIR PUMPS. | | | | THE PUMPS IN QUESTION ARE OF THE MODEL APKD, WHICH WERE MANUFACTURED BY | | INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY IN THE MID 1970's. THESE PUMPS ARE INSTALLED AT | | SEVEN DIFFERENT NUCLEAR SITES(SIX DOMESTIC AND ONE FOREIGN). THE SIX | | DOMESTIC FACILITIES ARE LIMERICK, HOPE CREEK, SUSQUEHANNA, HATCH, LASALLE | | AND WNP2. THE FOREIGN FACILITY IS THE CHINSHAN FACILITY IN TAIWAN. THIS | | CONDITION WAS DISCOVERED AFTER A FAILURE OF THE SUCTION HEAD ON THE "1B" | | RHR PUMP HAD OCCURRED AT THE LIMERICK UNIT 1 PLANT. IT WAS INITIALLY NOTED | | ON 5/98 WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FOUND INSIDE THE REACTOR VESSEL WAS TRACED TO | | THE "1B" RHR PUMP. A VISUAL INSPECTION(BOROSCOPE) REVEALED THAT A PORTION | | OF THE SUCTION HEAD WAS MISSING. THESE PUMPS HAVE BEEN USED IN RHR, CORE | | SPRAY, LOW PRESSURE CORE SPRAY AND HIGH PRESSURE CORE SPRAY APPLICATIONS AT | | THE VARIOUS SITES WHERE THEY ARE INSTALLED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34500 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/09/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:24 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/09/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:45[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LAWHEAD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/09/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |NIEL DELLA GRECA 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 Y 48 POWER OPERATION | 48 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE PLANT NOTIFIED THE CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION | | OF A POTENTIAL NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE NPDES PERMIT AND CONNECTICUT SPILL | | STATUTES. | | | | THIS NOTIFICATION WAS MADE DUE TO WATER CONTAINING ETA AND HYDRAZINE FROM | | MINOR EQUIPMENT LEAKS AND FROM A PREVIOUSLY UNIDENTIFIED SAMPLE PATH WENT | | INTO TURBINE BUILDING FLOOR DRAINS. THE FLOOR DRAINS ARE DIRECTED TO THE | | TURBINE BUILDING FLOOR DRAIN SUMP WHICH DISCHARGES TO THE LONG ISLAND | | SOUND. THE SUMP WAS SAMPLED AND THERE WAS NO DETECTABLE LEVEL OF ETA OR | | HYDRAZINE. THE LEAKS HAVE BEEN STOPPED AND REDIRECTED. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 34501 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/10/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:03 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 07/09/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 12:50[EDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/10/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |RONALD GARDNER RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ERIC SPAETH | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NRC BULLETIN 91-01, 24 HOUR REPORT - | | | | ON 07/09/98, PORTSMOUTH WASTE MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL DETERMINED THAT A | | NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY APPROVAL (NCSA) REQUIREMENT WAS NOT BEING | | MAINTAINED AT THE XT-847 CONSTRUCTION WAREHOUSE. | | | | PLANT PERSONNEL DISCOVERED APPROXIMATELY ONE QUART OF FREE LIQUID (OIL) | | INSIDE TWO PLASTIC BAGS OF SATURATED OILY 3M CLOTH INSIDE A DRY ACTIVE | | WASTE CONTAINER. THIS CONDITION VIOLATES REQUIREMENT #1 OF NCSA-PLANT-018 | | AND CONSTITUTES THE LOSS OF CONTROL "A" (MODERATION) IN THE DOUBLE | | CONTINGENCY MATRIX FOR CONTINGENCY EVENT B.4.1. CONTROL "B" (MASS) | | WAS MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT. | | | | PLANT PERSONNEL CORRECTED THIS CONDITION BY SPRINKLING DRY ABSORBENT ON | | THE OIL TO TURN THE LIQUID INTO SOLID DRY ACTIVE WASTE. | | | | THE SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS INCIDENT IS EXTREMELY LOW SINCE THERE | | WAS ONLY TRACE QUANTITIES OF FISSILE MATERIAL POTENTIALLY PRESENT. | | | | THERE WAS NO LOSS OF HAZARDOUS OR RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL OR RADIOLOGICAL | | CONTAMINATION EXPOSURE AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. | | | | PLANT PERSONNEL NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE SITE DOE | | REPRESENTATIVE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+