U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 10/09/98 - 10/13/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34850 34851 34856 34876 34895 34896 34897 34898 34899 34900 34901 34902 34903 34904 34905 34906 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34850 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FERMI REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/29/98 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:16 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 09/29/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEVE MAREK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/09/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GARY SHEAR RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AN UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY INTO THE PROTECTED AREA OCCURRED BY A CONTRACT | | EMPLOYEE. IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY MEASURES WERE TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. THE | | LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR | | ADDITIONAL DETAILS. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1528 ON 10/09/98 BY JEFF GROFF TO JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE DESIRES TO RETRACT THIS EVENT BASED ON THE RATIONALE DETAILED | | IN THE HOO LOG. THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R3DO BRUCE BURGESS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 34851 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/29/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:33 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 09/29/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 01:20[CDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/12/98 | | 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: KEVIN BEASLEY | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |OCBA 76.120(c)(2)(i) ACCID MT EQUIP FAILS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 24-HOUR REPORT DUE TO INOPERABLE CRITICALITY ACCIDENT ALARM CLUSTER | | | | AT 0120 CDT, THE C-300 CENTRAL CONTROL FACILITY RECEIVED A TROUBLE ALARM ON | | THE "K" CRITICALITY ACCIDENT ALARM SYSTEM (CAAS) CLUSTER LOCATED IN THE | | C-331 CASCADE BUILDING. AN OPERATOR WAS DISPATCHED TO INVESTIGATE THE | | ALARM. THE OPERATOR REPORTED THAT THE LEFT MODULE WAS IN FAULT AND THE | | CENTER MODULE WAS READING ZERO. (A READING OF ZERO INDICATES THAT THE | | MODULE WAS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY.) WITH THE TWO MODULES NOT WORKING | | PROPERLY, THE "K" CAAS CLUSTER COULD NOT HAVE PERFORMED ITS INTENDED SAFETY | | FUNCTION. OTHER CAAS CLUSTERS LOCATED IN THE C-331 BUILDING DO NOT PROVIDE | | OVERLAPPING COVERAGE OF THE AREA COVERED BY THE "K" CAAS CLUSTER. | | APPROPRIATE ACTIONS WERE TAKEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TECHNICAL SAFETY | | REQUIREMENTS. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY PADUCAH PERSONNEL. | | | | **RETRACTION ON 10/12/98 AT 1222EDT FROM K. A. BEASLEY TAKEN BY MACKINNON** | | | | SYSTEM ENGINEERING TROUBLESHOOTING HAS CONCLUDED THAT THE FAILURE OF THE | | C-331 "K" CAAS,(CRITICALITY ACCIDENT ALARM SYSTEM), CLUSTER CENTER MODULE | | METER DID NOT AFFECT THE OUTPUT OF THE MULTIPLIER TUBE/SCINTILLATOR | | CIRCUITRY, THE CLUSTER INTERNAL COMPARATOR (FAULT) CIRCUITRY, OR THE | | MODULE'S ARTIFICIAL BACKGROUND. THE AS-FOUND CONDITIONS INDICATE THAT THE | | CENTER MODULE WAS PERFORMING WITHIN EXPECTED PARAMETERS WITH THE EXCEPTION | | OF THE LOW METER READING OBSERVED AT THE TIME OF DISCOVERY. ADDITIONALLY, | | AN IDENTICAL SET OF CONDITIONS WAS OBSERVED ON THE C-360 "S" CAAS CLUSTER | | RIGHT MODULE. TROUBLESHOOTING OF THIS MODULE REVEALED THAT THIS DETECTOR | | WAS ALSO FULLY CAPABLE OF PERFORMING ITS INTENDED SAFETY FUNCTION. | | | | | | BASED ON THE SYSTEM ENGINEER'S CONCLUSION THAT THE C-331 "K" CAAS CLUSTER | | CENTER MODULE WAS CAPABLE OF PERFORMING ITS SAFETY FUNCTION. THE RIGHT | | MODULE WAS DETERMINED TO BE FULLY FUNCTIONAL. WITH TWO OF THREE CLUSTER | | MODULES FUNCTIONAL, THE C-331 "K" CAAS CLUSTER WAS OPERABLE AND ABLE TO | | PERFORM ITS INTENDED SAFETY FUNCTION. THUS THIS NOTIFICATION IS BEING | | RETRACTED. THE RETRACTION OF THIS EVENT REPORT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE | | NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. R3DO (TOM KOZAK) & NMSS EO (JOHN SURMEIER) | | NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34856 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: THREE MILE ISLAND REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/30/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:09 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/30/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:20[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN SCHORK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/12/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN CARUSO RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | IMPROPERLY INSTALLED THERMOLAG FIRE BARRIER | | | | DURING THE REMOVAL OF THERMOLAG MATERIAL, A FIRE RESISTANT MATERIAL THAT | | WAS INSTALLED IN 1987 TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR PART 50, APPENDIX | | R, WORKERS OBSERVED THAT SEVERAL PORTIONS OF FIRE BARRIER "1 FHC-FB-06" | | LOCATED IN FIRE ZONE FH-FZ-1 IN THE 281' ELEVATION OF THE TMI-1 FUEL | | HANDLING BUILDING DID NOT HAVE REQUIRED FILLET OF TROWEL GRADE MATERIAL | | 330-1. THE THERMOLAG WAS BEING INSPECTED IN PREPARATION FOR ITS REPLACEMENT | | WITH MECATISS. | | | | THE CONTROL ROOM WAS NOTIFIED AND A FIRE WATCH WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE | | WITH THE SITE FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM PROCEDURE. REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE | | NONCONFORMING SEAMS. AT 1320, THE PLANT REVIEW GROUP CONCLUDED A REVIEW OF | | THE NONCONFORMING CONDITION AND DETERMINED THAT THE CONDITION WAS | | IMMEDIATELY REPORTABLE TO THE NRC IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10CFR50.72(b)(1)(ii) | | AS A CONDITION OUTSIDE OF THE DESIGN BASIS OF THE PLANT AND AS A SUPPLEMENT | | TO EARLIER SIMILAR NOTIFICATIONS. THE CONDITION WAS DETERMINED TO BE | | REPORTABLE BECAUSE THE FIRE BARRIER DID NOT CONFORM TO ITS DESIGN BASIS AND | | THERE WAS REASONABLE JUSTIFICATION THAT THE NONCONFORMING CONDITION WAS NOT | | THE RESULT OF AGE-RELATED DEGRADATION BUT RATHER AN INCORRECT INSTALLATION. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * UPDATE ON 10/01/98 AT 1512 ET BY JOHN SCHORK TAKEN BY MACKINNON* * * | | | | DURING THE REMOVAL OF THERMOLAG MATERIAL, A FIRE RESISTANT MATERIAL THAT | | WAS INSTALLED IN 1987 AT THREE MILE ISLAND TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT OF | | APPENDIX "R" TO 10 CFR 50, WORKERS OBSERVED THAT SEVERAL PORTIONS OF FIRE | | BARRIER IAXC-FB-05 LOCATED IN FIRE ZONE AB-FZ-04 IN THE THREE MILE ISLAND | | UNIT 1 AUXILIARY BUILDING DID NOT HAVE A REQUIRED FILLET OF TROWEL GRADE | | MATERIAL 330-1. THE THERMOLAG WAS BEING INSPECTED IN PREPARATION TO | | REPLACE IT WITH MECATISS. SPECIFICALLY, VISUAL OBSERVATION DETERMINED THAT | | TROWEL GRADE MIX WAS NOT APPLIED TO TWO (2) SEAMS WHERE THERMOLAG | | INSULATION ABUTS THE REACTOR BUILDING EXTERIOR WALL AND ONE (1) SEAM WHERE | | THERMOLAG INSULATION ABUTS AGAINST A REACTOR BUILDING PENETRATION THERMOLAG | | INSULATION BOX AT THE TIME OF INSTALLATION OF THE THERMOLAG IN 1987. IN | | ADDITION, THERMOLAG INSTALLED AROUND A UNISTRUT WAS OBSERVED TO CONTAIN | | KAOWOOL FILLER MATERIAL AND DID NOT HAVE TROWEL GRADE MIX APPLIED TO THE | | END SEAM. | | | | THE CONTROL ROOM WAS NOTIFIED AND A FIRE WATCH WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE | | WITH THREE MILE ISLAND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE 1038, THE SITE FIRE | | PROTECTION PROGRAM PROCEDURE. REPAIRS ARE BEING MADE TO THE NON-CONFORMING | | SEAMS. | | | | AT 1450 HOURS, THE THREE MILE ISLAND PLANT REVIEW GROUP CONCLUDED A REVIEW | | OF THE NON-CONFORMING CONDITION AND DETERMINED THAT THE CONDITION WAS | | IMMEDIATELY REPORTABLE TO THE NRC IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10 CFR | | 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) AS A CONDITION OUTSIDE THE DESIGN BASIS OF THE PLANT AND | | AS A SUPPLEMENT TO EARLIER SIMILAR NOTIFICATIONS IN EVENT REPORTS 34682, | | AUGUST 25, 1998; 34769, SEPTEMBER 14, 1998 AND 34853, SEPTEMBER 29, 1998. | | THE CONDITION WAS DETERMINED TO BE REPORTABLE BECAUSE THE FIRE BARRIER DID | | NOT CONFORM TO ITS DESIGN BASIS AND THERE WAS REASONABLE JUSTIFICATION THAT | | THE NON-CONFORMING CONDITION WAS NOT THE RESULT OF AGE-RELATED DEGRADATION | | BUT RATHER AN INCORRECT INSTALLATION. | | | | ALL OF THE EARLIER EVENT REPORTS REFERENCED ABOVE AND THIS EVENT ARE | | RELATED IN THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME GENERAL CAUSE, INADEQUATE INSTALLATION, | | AND THE SAME GENERAL CONSEQUENCES, A FIRE BARRIER BEING OUTSIDE ITS DESIGN | | BASIS. THEREFORE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GUIDANCE PROVIDED IN NUREG 1022 | | REV 1, EVENTS 34769, 34853 AND THIS REPORT WILL BE REPORTED IN A SUPPLEMENT | | TO LER 98-011, THAT REPORTED EVENT 34682. IN ADDITION, THERE IS SOME | | POSSIBILITY THAT ADDITIONAL SIMILAR CONDITIONS MAY BE DISCOVERED DURING THE | | COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT IN WHICH THERMOLAG IS BEING REPLACED WITH | | MECATISS. SUBSEQUENT SIMILAR EVENTS WILL BE REPORTED TO THE NRC VIA THE ENS | | SYSTEM AND BE REPORTED IN THE SUPPLEMENT TO LER 98-011 AND AS SUPPLEMENTAL | | IMMEDIATE REPORTS IN THIS EVENT REPORT 34856. THE SUPPLEMENT WILL BE ISSUED | | WHEN THE MECATISS INSTALLATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED (APPROXIMATELY MARCH 31, | | 1999). R1DO (JOHN CARUSO) NOTIFIED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS UPDATE BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1452EDT ON 10/7/98 FROM JOHN SCHORK TO S.SANDIN * * * | | | | At 1452 hours on October 7, 1998, J. Schork, TMI PRG Chairman informed Mr. | | Steve Sandin of the NRC Operations Center by telephone that the existence | | of a condition outside the design basis of the TMI-1 plant had been | | determined by the TMI Plant Review Group at 1423 hours of October 7, 1998. | | This report is being made as a supplement to Event Report 34856 made on | | September 30, 1998. | | | | During the inspection of Thermolag material, a fire resistant material that | | was installed in 1987 at TMI to meet the requirements of Appendix R to 10 | | CFR 50, workers observed that a portion of fire barrier ICCD-FB08 located | | in fire zone CB-FA-1 in the TMI-1 Control Building had an area, size | | approximately 3.5" long and 2" wide, on the radial bend armor cable circuit | | ED 5033 A where Thermolag was missing. This non-conforming condition | | appears to be an original construction deficiency. | | | | The control room was notified and the deficiency was documented in the site | | corrective action program (CAP T1998-0867). An hourly fire watch was | | instituted in accordance with the site fire protection program procedure. | | Repairs are being made to the non-conforming seams. | | | | At 1423 hours, the TMI Plant Review Group concluded a review of the | | non-conforming condition and determined that the condition was immediately | | reportable to the NRC in accordance with 10 CFR 50.72(b)(l)(ii) as a | | condition outside the design basis of the plant and as a supplement to | | earlier similar notifications in event reports 34682, August 25, 1998, | | 34769, September 14, 1998 and 34853, September 29, 1998, 34856, September | | 30, 1998. The condition was determined to be reportable because the fire | | barrier did not conform to its design basis and there was reasonable | | justification that the non--conforming condition was not the result of | | age-related degradation but rather an incorrect installation. | | | | All of the earlier event reports referenced above and this event are | | related in that they have the same general cause, inadequate installation, | | and the same general consequences, a fire barrier being outside its design | | basis. Therefore, in accordance with the guidance provided in NUREG 1022, | | Rev. 1, events 34769,34853, 34856 and this report will be reported in a | | supplement to LER 98-011, that reported event 34682. In addition, there is | | some possibility that additional similar conditions may be discovered | | during the completion of the project in which Thermolag is being replaced | | with Mecatiss. Subsequent similar events will be reported to the NRC via | | the ENS system and be reported in the supplement to LER 98-011 and as | | supplemental immediate reports to Event Report 34856. The supplement will | | be issued when the Mecatiss installation has been completed (approximately | | March 31, 1999). | | | | The licensee informed the NRC resident inspector. | | | | * * *UPDATE ON 10/12/98 AT 1109 EDT BY RANDY CAMPBELL TO FANGIE JONES* * * | | | | THE UPDATE WAS DETERMINED TO BE REPORTABLE AT 1100EDT ON 10/12/98. | | | | | | DURING THE INSPECTION OF THERMOLAG MATERIAL, A FIRE RESISTANT MATERIAL THAT | | WAS INSTALLED IN 1987 AT TMI TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF APPENDIX "R" OF 10 | | CFR50, WORKERS OBSERVED A BREACH IN THERMOLAG PROTECTING HANGER "B" FOR | | 1FHC-FB06 ELEMENT 452 LOCATED IN FIRE ZONE FH-FZ1, 281' FHB 281'ELEVATION | | SOUTH END OF NEUTRALIZER TANK ROOM OVER HIGH RAD STORAGE AREA. THE WEST | | SIDE OF THE UNISTRUT WAS NOT PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH | | THERMOLAG DESIGN CRITERIA IN THAT TWO OPENINGS EXISTED INTO THE UNISTRUT | | (ONE ABOUT 1" x 0.125" AND THE SECOND ABOUT 0.25" x 0.125") WHERE TROWEL | | GRADE MATERIAL WAS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED BETWEEN THE PIECES. THE OUTER | | SEAM WAS ALSO NOT COVERED WITH THERMOLAG TROWEL MIX FOR APPROXIMATELY 4" | | ALONG THESE JOINTS. THE CONTROL ROOM WAS NOTIFIED AND THE DEFICIENCY WAS | | DOCUMENTED IN THE SITE CORRECTIVE ACTION PROGRAM (CAP T1998-0877) | | | | REPAIRS WERE MADE WITH TROWEL GRADE MATERIAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH 1440-Y-14 | | TO PLACE THE BARRIERS BACK INTO ITS DESIGN CONFIGURATION. INSPECTION WILL | | BE PERFORMED IN 24 HOURS TO CONFIRM THE SEAMS HAVE BEEN RESTORED TO THEIR | | DESIGN BASIS CONFIGURATION. A CAMERA IS PRESENTLY IN PLACE PROVIDING ONE | | HOUR FIRE WATCH COVERAGE WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE REQUIRED COMPENSATORY | | MEASURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH AP 1038 EXHIBIT 2 SECTION 7.3.2. THIS | | NON-CONFORMING CONDITION APPEARS TO BE AN ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION DEFICIENCY. | | | | THERE IS SOME POSSIBILITY THAT ADDITIONAL SIMILAR CONDITIONS MAY BE | | DISCOVERED DURING THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT IN WHICH THERMOLAG IS BEING | | REPLACED WITH MECATISS. SUBSEQUENT SIMILAR EVENTS WILL BE REPORTED TO THE | | NRC VIA THE ENS SYSTEM AND IN THE SUPPLEMENT TO LER 98-011 AND AS | | SUPPLEMENTAL IMMEDIATE REPORTS TO EVENT REPORT NUMBER (34856). THE | | SUPPLEMENT WILL BE ISSUED WHEN THE MECATISS INSTALLATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED | | (APPROXIMATELY 03/31/99). R1DO (JIM LINVILLE) NOTIFIED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE OF THIS UPDATE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34876 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOPER REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/05/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:31 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 10/05/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:44[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN OSWALD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/11/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |TOM STETKA RDO | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | A N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE UNIT EXPERIENCED SEVERAL REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEM ACTUATIONS. | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "AT 1443 CDT, [INTERMEDIATE-RANGE MONITOR (IRM)] 'E' SPIKED HIGH AND CAUSED | | AN 'A' CHANNEL AUTOMATIC SCRAM. [THE] 'B' CHANNEL SCRAM WAS ALREADY IN DUE | | TO INOPERABLE IRMs ON CHANNEL 'B.' AT THE TIME, WORK ON [SOURCE-RANGE | | MONITORS] AND IRMs WAS IN PROGRESS, AND THE SPIKE APPEARS TO BE MAINTENANCE | | RELATED." | | | | "AT 1444 CDT, A LICENSED CONTROL ROOM OPERATOR RESET THE SCRAM MOMENTARILY | | AND ANOTHER 'A' CHANNEL AUTOMATIC SCRAM OCCURRED DUE TO SCRAM DISCHARGE | | INSTRUMENT VOLUME (SDIV) HIGH WATER LEVEL. WHEN THE FIRST SCRAM WAS RESET, | | THE SDIV HIGH WATER LEVEL TRIP WAS CLEAR. SHORTLY AFTER RESETTING THE | | FIRST SCRAM, THE SDIV TRIP OCCURRED. THE OPERATOR BYPASSED THE SDIV HIGH | | WATER LEVEL TRIP IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATION PROCEDURE, AND THE 'A' CHANNEL | | SCRAM WAS RESET AT 1445 CDT." | | | | "ALL AUTOMATIC ACTIONS OCCURRED AS EXPECTED. THE PLANT WAS, AND IS, SHUT | | DOWN IN MODE 5 FOR A REFUELING OUTAGE WITH THE VESSEL HEAD ON AND | | DETENSIONED." | | | | THERE WAS NO CONTROL ROD MOTION. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1910 ON 10/11/98 BY JOHN MEYERS TO JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | THE PLANT IS IN OPERATIONAL CONDITION 5 IN A REFUELING OUTAGE WITH FUEL IN | | THE CORE. | | | | THE INITIAL REPORT OF THIS EVENT ON 10/05/98 INDICATED THAT ALL EQUIPMENT | | FUNCTIONED AS EXPECTED. | | | | HOWEVER, DURING A SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION, THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT | | THE SCRAM DISCHARGE VOLUME (SDV) HIGH LEVEL CHANNEL A2 REACTOR PROTECTION | | SYSTEM (RPS) TRIP SIGNAL (NORTH SDV) AND THE SDV HIGH LEVEL CHANNEL A2 | | RPS TRIP SIGNAL (SOUTH SDV) DID NOT ACTUATE, AS EXPECTED. THE SIGNALS FOR | | THE SDV HIGH LEVEL RPS TRIP ARE PROVIDED BY AN ALARM MODULE ON EACH SDV. | | THE LOGIC FOR THE RPS TRIP SIGNAL IS ARRANGED IN A ONE-OUT-OF-TWO TAKEN | | TWICE ARRANGEMENT (CHANNELS A1, A2, B1, AND B2). THE CONTACTS FOR THE | | TWO ALARM MODULES ARE IN THE A2 CHANNEL. A SDV HIGH LEVEL PRS TRIP SIGNAL | | WAS RECEIVED ON THE A1 CHANNEL AND BOTH B1 AND B2 CHANNELS, RESULTING IN | | A VALID SDV HIGH LEVEL RPS TRIP SIGNAL. | | | | THIS RPS TRIP SIGNAL IS REQUIRED TO BE OPERABLE IN THE PRESENT PLANT | | OPERATIONAL CONDITION. TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.3.1.1, FUNCTION 7A PROHIBITS | | WITHDRAWAL OF CONTROL RODS IN THE PRESENT PLANT OPERATIONAL CONDITION. | | | | PLANT I&C TECHNICIANS AND ENGINEERING PERSONNEL ARE IN THE PROCESS OF | | TROUBLESHOOTING THE ALARM MODULES AND ASSOCIATED TRANSMITTERS. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R4DO TOM STETKA. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 34895 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/09/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:34 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 10/09/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 15:10[CDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/09/98 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |THOMAS KOZAK RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |JOHN SURMEIER, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+STUART RUBIN IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: UNDERWOOD/HALICKS | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - 4 HOUR NRC BULLETIN 91-01 REPORT - IMPROPER PRESSURE MEASUREMENT METHOD - | | | | AT 1510 CDT ON 10/09/98, PLANT PERSONNEL IDENTIFIED A NUCLEAR CRITICALITY | | SAFETY (NCS) PROGRAMMATIC DEFICIENCY AFFECTING PLANT ACTIVITIES. THE | | NCS EVALUATION FOR REMOVAL AND HANDLING OF CONTAMINATED EQUIPMENT FROM A | | CASCADE REQUIRES THE SYSTEM PRESSURE TO BE WITHIN 1.0 PSI OF ATMOSPHERIC | | PRESSURE PRIOR TO OPENING THE SYSTEM TO ATMOSPHERE IN ORDER TO LIMIT WET | | AIR FROM ENTERING THE SYSTEM AND MODERATING A URANIUM DEPOSIT. THE NCS | | EVALUATION REQUIRES TWO INDEPENDENT VERIFICATIONS OF THE PRESSURE LIMIT | | USING TWO SEPARATE PRESSURE MONITORING DEVICES IN ORDER TO MEET THE DOUBLE | | CONTINGENCY CONTROL. | | | | HOWEVER, THE ASSOCIATED NCS APPROVAL AND THE IMPLEMENTING OPERATING | | PROCEDURE SIMPLY REQUIRE THE SYSTEM PRESSURE TO BE INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED. | | THIS WAS DESCRIBED IN THE PROCEDURE AS HAVING A SECOND PERSON VERIFY THE | | PRESSURE READING FROM A SINGLE METER. THIS PRACTICE RESULTED IN THE LOSS | | OF ONE CRITICALITY CONTROL PARAMETER REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN DOUBLE | | CONTINGENCY CONTROL. THERE HAS BEEN NO INDICATION THAT DOUBLE CONTINGENCY | | CONTROL WAS LOST AT ANY TIME IN THE PAST WHILE PERFORMING THIS OPERATION. | | | | PLANT PERSONNEL PLACED THE OPERATING PROCEDURE IMPLEMENTING THESE CONTROLS | | ON HOLD PENDING RESOLUTION OF THIS ISSUE. | | | | PLANT PERSONNEL NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34896 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BRUNSWICK REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/09/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:34 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 10/09/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:29[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVE JESTER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/09/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHRIS CHRISTENSEN RDO | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | |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 | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | -STANDBY LIQUID CONTROL SYSTEM INOPERABLE DUE TO LEAKING DRAIN LINE END CAP | | | | AN END CAP ON THE DRAIN LINE FROM THE INOPERABLE UNIT 1 STANDBY LIQUID | | CONTROL (SBLC) SYSTEM DRAIN VALVE #1-C41-F015 HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN INSTALLED | | TO PREVENT LEAKAGE. | | | | MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE CUTTING INTO THE DRAIN LINE IN ORDER TO REPLACE | | THE LEAKING END CAP. UPON CUTTING THE PIPE, WATER FLOWED OUT FROM THE CUT | | AND SHORTED OUT THE CUTTING DEVICE. PLANT PERSONNEL CLOSED THE SBLC | | STORAGE TANK SUPPLY VALVE #1-C41-F001 IN ORDER TO ISOLATE THE LEAK TO | | COMPLETE THE END CAP REPLACEMENT. THIS ACTION DISABLED BOTH TRAINS OF | | THE SBLC SYSTEM DUE TO A COMMON CAUSE FAILURE. | | | | AT 1648 ON 10/09/98, THE LICENSEE DECLARED THE SBLC SYSTEM INOPERABLE. | | TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.1.7 REQUIRES THE LICENSEE TO RESTORE THE SBLC SYSTEM | | TO OPERABLE STATUS WITHIN 8 HOURS. | | | | AN EVALUATION OF THE SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS EVENT IS THAT THE SBLC | | SYSTEM WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CAPABLE OF PERFORMING ITS INTENDED SAFETY | | FUNCTION TO MITIGATE THE CONSEQUENCES OF AN ACCIDENT, i.e., TO SHUT THE | | REACTOR DOWN DURING AN ANTICIPATED TRANSIENT WITHOUT SCRAM. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS REMOVED AND REPLACED THE OLD END CAP AND PRESENTLY IS IN | | THE PROCESS OF FILLING, VENTING AND PRESSURE TESTING THE SBLC SYSTEM. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |TRANSPORTATION EVENT | |EVENT NUMBER: 34897 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: LANDSTAR-LIGON INC, MADISONVILLE,KY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/09/98 | | CITY: MADISONVILLE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:41 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: KY |EVENT DATE: 09/30/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 12:25[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/09/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |TOM STETKA RDO | | |JOHN SURMEIER, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+STUART RUBIN IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: K. WINTERS, NAT RES CTR |DOE (FAX) | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NTRA TRANSPORTATION EVENT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ACIDIC LIQUID SPILLED FROM A PACKAGE BEING TRANSPORTED BY A TRACTOR TRAILER | | | | AT 1814 ON 10/09/98, CURA EMERGENCY SERVICES, DALLAS, TX, REPORTED TO | | DOT/EPA NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER, THAT AT 1225 CDT ON 09/30/98, | | APPROXIMATELY 12 OUNCES OF SOME TYPE OF ACIDIC LIQUID HAD SPILLED FROM A | | PACKAGE INSIDE A TRACTOR TRAILER LOCATED AT THE US DOE FACILITY, STEVENS | | DRIVE, RICHLAND, WS. THE TRACTOR TRAILER IS OWNED BY LANDSTAR-LIGON, INC, | | MADISONVILLE, KY (REP - DENISE SMITH). | | | | THE US DOE ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR CLEANUP OF THE SPILL. | | | | THE DELAY IN REPORTING THE SPILL TO THE DOT/EPA NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER | | WAS DUE TO THE CURA SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE'S ASSUMPTION THAT DOE WOULD | | REPORT THE SPILL TO THE DOT/EPA NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER ONCE THEY ASSUMED | | RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CLEANUP. | | | | THE DOT/EPA NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER ALSO NOTIFIED THE WASHINGTON AND | | OREGON STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34898 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HOPE CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/09/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:03 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 10/09/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HARLAN HANSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/09/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JAMES LINVILLE RDO | |AARC 50.72(b)(1)(v) OTHER ASMT/COMM INOP | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 98 POWER OPERATION | 98 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - SOUTH PLANT VENT RAD MONITOR INOPERABLE DUE TO FAILED TECH SPEC TEST - | | | | AT 1130 ON 10/09/98, THE SOUTH PLANT VENT RAD MONITOR FAILED A TECH SPEC | | SURVEILLANCE TEST RENDERING THE SYSTEM INOPERABLE. THE HOPE CREEK | | EMERGENCY CLASSIFICATION GUIDE (LICENSEE ADMINISTRATIVE TIME LIMIT) | | REQUIRES THE LICENSEE TO RESTORE THE RAD MONITOR TO OPERABLE STATUS | | WITHIN 8 HOURS. AT 1930 ON 10/09/98, THIS TIME LIMIT EXPIRED. | | | | TECH SPEC LCO A/Ss 3.3.7.5-12, ACTION 81 AND 3.3.7.11.1-3, ACTIONS 122, | | 123, & 125 REQUIRE THE LICENSEE TO ESTIMATE THE AIR FLOW RATE GOING THROUGH | | THE STACK EVERY 4 HOURS, PROVIDE CONTINUOUS SAMPLING OF THE STACK EFFLUENT, | | AND ANALYZE A SAMPLE OF THIS EFFLUENT EVERY 8 HOURS WHILE THE RAD MONITOR | | IS INOPERABLE. | | | | THE LOSS OF THIS EFFLUENT RAD MONITOR LIMITS THE LICENSEE'S ABILITY TO | | PREDICT RADIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS DURING AN EMERGENCY. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS REPAIRING THE INOPERABLE RAD MONITOR. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34899 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SEABROOK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/10/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:53 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/10/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LANCE FRITZ |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/10/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JAMES LINVILLE 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A DEAD SEAL WAS DISCOVERED AFTER A SCREEN WASHING EVOLUTION. | | | | THIS EVENT IS A 24 HOUR NOTIFICATION MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 4.1 OF | | THE PLANT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PLAN, APPENDIX 'B', OF THE PLANT | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE ON | | TUESDAY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT. THE LICENSEE | | INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34900 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FERMI REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/10/98 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:24 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 10/10/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:27[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE PHILIPPON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/10/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |THOMAS KOZAK RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |JACK STROSNIDER, NRR EO | | |DAN SULLIVAN FEMA | | |STUART RUBIN IRD | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED DUE TO A FIRE LASTING LONGER THAN 15 MINUTES - | | | | FERMI 2 IS IN CONDITION 5 IN A REFUELING OUTAGE WITH THE CORE LOADED. | | | | AT 1312 ON 10/10/98, A CONTRACTOR ELECTRICIAN SHORTED A SCREWDRIVER ACROSS | | ENERGIZED ELECTRICAL CONTACTS IN A NON-ESSENTIAL 480 VOLT MOTOR CONTROL | | CENTER IN THE RAD WASTE SYSTEM. THIS RESULTED IN A FLASHOVER THAT INJURED | | THE ELECTRICIAN. THE LICENSEE TRANSPORTED THE NON-CONTAMINATED INJURED | | CONTRACTOR ELECTRICIAN BY HELICOPTER TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. | | | | AT 1327, THE LICENSEE DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO THE INABILITY TO | | DETERMINE IF THERE WAS AN ACTIVE FIRE IN THE LOCAL AREA DUE TO HEAVY SMOKE. | | THE LICENSEE DEENERGIZED THE NON-ESSENTIAL BUS TO ENSURE THAT THE FIRE WAS | | EXTINGUISHED. THE UNUSUAL EVENT WAS CLASSIFIED AS A FIRE WITHIN THE PLANT | | PROTECTED AREA BOUNDARY NOT EXTINGUISHED WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF DETECTION. | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR, STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS | | AND THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO REGARDING THE DECLARATION OF THE UNUSUAL EVENT. | | | | AT 1330, THE PLANT FIRE BRIGADE CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NO ACTIVE FIRE | | IN THE LOCAL AREA, ONLY HEAVY SMOKE. THERE WERE NO ESF ACTUATIONS, LOSS OF | | SHUTDOWN COOLING, OR REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM TEMPERATURE INCREASE. | | THE PLANT REMAINS STABLE IN CONDITION 5 (REFUELING). | | | | AT 1351, THE LICENSEE TERMINATED THE UNUSUAL EVENT AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF | | NOTIFYING THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR, STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS, AND | | THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO REGARDING THE TERMINATION OF THE UNUSUAL EVENT. | | | | NOTE: REFER TO RELATED EVENT #34889. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34901 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CRYSTAL RIVER REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/11/98 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:12 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/11/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WILLIAM KISNER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/11/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHRIS CHRISTENSEN 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 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION REGARDING DEAD SEA TURTLE FOUND IN PLANT INTAKE. | | (REFER TO EVENT NUMBER 33988) | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION | | THAT A DEAD SEA TURTLE WAS FOUND IN THE PLANT INTAKE COOLING WATER SYSTEM. | | THE TURTLE WAS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE AN ENDANGERED SPECIES, BUT WAS | | LATER DETERMINED NOT TO BE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34902 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WOLF CREEK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/11/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: KS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:28 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/11/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:40[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RANDY THONPSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/11/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |TOM STETKA RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PLANT SECURITY EVENT INVOLVING A COMPROMISE OF PLANT SECURITY DOCUMENTS. | | IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY SECURITY MEASURES WERE TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. THE | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR | | ADDITIONAL DETAILS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 34903 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: U.S. STEEL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/12/98 | | CITY: GARY REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 07:27 [ET]| | COUNTY: LAKE STATE: IN |EVENT DATE: 10/12/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 01:55[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/12/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |THOMAS KOZAK RDO | | |JOHN SURMEIER EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DEAN LARSON | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NDAM DAMAGE MEASURE GAUGE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DAMAGED INDUSTRIAL THICKNESS GAUGE | | | | AN NDS MODEL 200 THICKNESS GAUGE, CONTAINING 2.001 Ci OF Am-241, WAS | | DAMAGED WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY A DAMAGED STRIP BEING PASSED THROUGH THE | | THICKNESS GAUGE MEASURING AREA. THE GAUGE IS USED TO MEASURE THE THICKNESS | | OF GALVANIZED COATING APPLIED TO ROLLED STEEL ON THE #6 EAST GALVANIZING | | LINE. THE GAUGE WAS KNOCKED FROM ITS MOUNTING AND SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. | | THE GAUGE WAS SURVEYED WITH AN EBERLINE E-520 (CALIBRATED 10/6/98) AND THE | | HIGHEST READING FOUND WAS 7mR/HR IN FRONT OF THE CLOSED SHUTTER (NORMAL | | READING IS 2.5 mR/HR). OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE, WITH THE PROPER LICENSE, IS | | BEING CALLED IN TO MOVE THE GAUGE AND DETERMINE ACTUAL DAMAGE. THE GAUGE | | IS LOCATED IN AN AREA WHERE THE POSSIBILITY OF PERSONNEL EXPOSURE IS NOT | | LIKELY AND NO PERSONNEL EXPOSURE HAS OCCURRED. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT WITHIN 5 DAYS TO HEADQUARTERS | | AND REGION 3 REGARDING THIS EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34904 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BEAVER VALLEY REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/12/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:50 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/12/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:10[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: C. P. HEIN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/12/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JAMES LINVILLE RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION MADE TO THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL | | PROTECTION (PADEP) THAT OIL CONTAMINATED SOIL WAS DISCOVERED ON THEIR SITE. | | | | UPON EXCAVATION OF THE FUEL OIL DIKE FOR THE PREVIOUSLY REMOVED FUEL OIL | | TANK, AS-TK-4, OIL CONTAMINATED SOIL WAS DISCOVERED (PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE | | OF 120 CUBIC YARDS). PA. CODE 25 -245.305(a) REQUIRES REGIONAL | | NOTIFICATION OF THE PADEP WITHIN 2 HOURS OF CONFIRMATION THAT A RELEASE | | OCCURRED FROM A REGULATED TANK(PA. ABOVE GROUND TANK 04-13281 #007A) INTO | | THE ENVIRONMENT. UPON CONFIRMATION ONSITE BY DUQUESNE LIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL | | SERVICES GROUP, PADEP WAS NOTIFIED BY THE DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY | | ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS UNIT DIRECTOR OF COMPLIANCE AT 1010 HOURS. | | | | NOTE: AS-TK-4 WAS REMOVED FROM THE SITE IN DECEMBER, 1993. PROBABLE CAUSE | | OF THE CONTAMINATION IS FUEL OIL LEAKAGE FROM AS-TK-4. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34905 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PERRY REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/12/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: OH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:39 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 10/12/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:44[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOE SLIKE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/12/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |TOM KOZAK RDO | |HFIT 26.73 FITNESS FOR DUTY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CONTRACTOR SUPERVISOR TESTED FOR ALCOHOL | | | | A SUPERVISOR EMPLOYEE (CONTRACTOR) WAS CONSERVATIVELY DETERMINED UNFIT FOR | | DUTY AS A RESULT OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION. THE INDIVIDUAL TESTED < 0.04% | | BAC, BUT WAS SENT HOME AS A RESULT OF DETECTABLE BAC. HIS SITE ACCESS WAS | | PULLED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE HAD NOT PERFORMED ANY WORK THAT DAY. | | | | REFER TO THE HOO LOG BOOK FOR FURTHER DETAILS. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34906 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: STATE OF PA BUR OF RAD PROTECTION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/12/98 | | CITY: KARTHAUS REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:15 [ET]| | COUNTY: CLEARFIELD STATE: PA |EVENT DATE: 10/12/98 | |LICENSE#: 37-17860-02 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 08:15[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/12/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JIN LINVILLE RDO | | |JOHN SURMEIER EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRED COMBS NMSS | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: Dr WILLIAM KIRK |RON BELLAMY, REG 1 NRC | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | RELEASE DURING DECONTAMINATION OPERATIONS | | | | THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS RELAYED BY THE CHIEF OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL | | SURVEILLANCE SECTION FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA BUREAU OF RADIATION PROTECTION. | | | | AT 1045 EDT HE WAS INFORMED BY THE PERMA GRAIN PRODUCTS, INC., LOCATED 14 | | MILES FROM KARTHAUS, PA. (IN THE QUEHANNA WILD LIFE AREA) THAT A RELEASE OF | | CONTAMINATION HAD OCCURRED INSIDE THE PERMA GRAIN PRODUCTS, INC. BUILDING | | AT APPROXIMATELY 0815 EDT. THERE WAS NO RELEASE OUTSIDE THE BUILDING. | | | | NES CONTRACTORS, WEARING DECONTAMINATION CLOTHING, CLEANING UP THE | | CONTAMINATION IN THE PERMA GRAIN PRODUCTS BUILDING WERE WORKING IN A HOT | | CELL WITH A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHEN THEY EXPERIENCED A RELEASE. THE PIECE | | OF EQUIPMENT WAS DOUBLE WRAPPED AT THE TIME OF THE RELEASE AND WAS INSIDE | | THE HOT CELL. THE HOT CELL WAS AT A NEGATIVE PRESSURE WHEN THE RELEASE | | OCCURRED. CONTAMINATION (STRONTIUM-90 BETA) LEVELS WERE APPROXIMATELY 1000 | | DPM/100 cmý IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREA, 10,000 DPM/100 cmý IN THE OPERATION | | AREA, AND 10,000 TO 100,000 DPM/100 cmý IN THE SERVICE AREA (LOCATED BEHIND | | THE HOT CELLS). THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREA AND OPERATION AREA HAVE BEEN | | DECONTAMINATED. TOMORROW THE SERVICE AREA WILL BE DECONTAMINATED. THERE WAS | | NO RELEASE FROM THE BUILDING TO THE OUTSIDE INDICATED BY THE BUILDING STACK | | MONITOR. | | | | ONE PERSON HAD UPTAKE AND HAS BEEN PLACED ON BIOASSAY PROTOCOL (MEASURABLE | | ACTIVITY IN HIS NOSE). ONE OTHER PERSON SUSPECTED OF HAVING UPTAKE WAS | | PLACED ON BIOASSAY PROTOCOL ALSO. | | | | AT THIS TIME IT IS UNKNOWN HOW THE RELEASE OCCURRED. THE SUSPECTED PIECE OF | | EQUIPMENT INVOLVED IN THE RELEASE IS DOUBLED WRAPPED AND IS LOCATED IN THE | | CHEM LAB. THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 60 RADS/HR BETA AND | | SEVERAL RADS/HR GAMMA. | | | | Dr WILLIAM KIRK LEFT A PHONE MESSAGE ON STEVE SHAFFER'S OFFICE PHONE IN NRC | | REGION 1 ABOUT THE ABOVE INCIDENT. | | | | SEE HOO LOG BOOK FOR PHONE NUMBER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+