U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 09/10/98 - 09/11/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34627 34717 34757 34758 34759 34760 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34627 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OCONEE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/11/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:08 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP,[3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/11/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:20[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MICHAEL DUNTON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/10/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |EDWARD MCALPINE RDO | |ADEV 50.72(b)(1)(i)(B) DEVIATION FROM T SPEC | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DEVIATION FROM PLANT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS | | | | AT 1825 ON 8/10/98, THE "2A" HIGH PRESSURE INJECTION (HPI) PUMP WAS | | DECLARED OPERABLE WITHOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF REQUIRED ADMINISTRATIVE | | REVIEWS FOLLOWING IMPLEMENTATION OF A MINOR MODIFICATION TO CHANGE A RELAY | | SETPOINT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE "2B" HPI PUMP WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE AT 0427 | | ON 8/11/98 FOR MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES. | | | | AT 1320 ON 8/11/98, THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE "2A" HPI PUMP WAS NOT | | CONSIDERED OPERABLE DUE TO THE FAILURE TO PERFORM THE ADMINISTRATIVE | | REVIEWS. WITH THE "2B" HPI PUMP ALSO INOPERABLE, THE UNIT 2 HPI SYSTEM WAS | | OUTSIDE THE BOUNDS OF TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.3.1. THE LICENSEE HAS | | COMPLETED THE REQUIRED ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEWS, AND BOTH THE "2A" AND "2B" | | HPI PUMPS WERE DECLARED OPERABLE AT 1350 ON 8/11/98. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | | | | * * * RETRACTED ON 9/10/98 AT 1742 EDT BY RANDY TODD TO FANGIE JONES * * * | | | | FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL REVIEW, DUKE POWER HAS DETERMINED THAT THE FAILURE TO | | PERFORM ADMINISTRATIVE STEPS IN THE REVIEW OF THE COMPLETED MODIFICATION | | PACKAGE DID NOT IMPACT THE PHYSICAL/TECHNICAL OPERABILITY OF THE COMPONENT. | | ALL REQUIRED POST-MODIFICATION TESTING AND STEPS TO PHYSICALLY RETURN THE | | 2A HPI PUMP TO SERVICE HAD BEEN TAKEN. THEREFORE, THE 2A HPI PUMP WAS ABLE | | TO PERFORM ITS INTENDED SAFETY FUNCTION AND WAS OPERABLE AT THE TIME OF | | THIS EVENT. ALTHOUGH A CONSERVATIVE ACTION AT THE TIME, IT WAS NOT | | NECESSARY AND THE EVENT NOTIFICATION IS BEING RETRACTED. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE NRC OPERATIONS | | CENTER INFORMED THE R2DO (JOHN ZEILER). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34717 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: UNITED TESTING OF PA, INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/31/98 | | CITY: JIM THORPE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:58 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: PA |EVENT DATE: 08/31/98 | |LICENSE#: 37-30053-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 12:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/10/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |DAVID LEW RDO | | |DR. COOL EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BERNARD SCHWEIBINZ - RSO | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: HENRY BAILEY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MISSING MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED A MISSING TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE. THE GAUGE | | WAS IN THE POSSESSION OF AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAS NOT REPORTED TO WORK SINCE | | JULY 3, 1998. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN BANGAR, PA, ABOUT 45 MILES FROM | | THE LICENSEE'S OFFICES IN JIM THORPE, PA. THE MODEL NUMBER IS 3411B. THE | | SERIAL NUMBER IS 13557. THE GAUGE CONTAINS 8 mCi OF CS137 AND 40 mCi OF | | AM241/BE. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE LOCAL POLICE AND ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE. | | | | | | **UPDATE ON 09/10/98 AT 0850 ET BY BERNARD SCHWEIBINZ TAKEN BY MACKINNON** | | | | THE MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE MENTIONED ABOVE HAS BEEN RETURNED TO AN EMPLOYEE | | OF UNITED TESTING OF PA., INC. THE GAUGE WAS LOCKED IN THE BACK OF A | | VEHICLE DURING THE TIME PERIOD THAT IT WAS REPORTED MISSING AND IT WAS NOT | | TAMPERED WITH. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM NRC REGION 1 THAT THE MOISTURE | | DENSITY GAUGE HAS BEEN RECOVERED. R1DO (FRANK COSTELLO) AND NMSS EO (FRED | | COMBS) NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34757 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PALO VERDE REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/10/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: AZ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 07:38 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE,[2] CE,[3] CE |EVENT DATE: 09/10/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 02:46[MST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRIAN HEATHMAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/10/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOE TAPIA RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |BOB DENNIG EO | | |HERSKO FEMA | | |STU RUBIN MGR | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNUSUAL EVENT ENTERED AND EXITED IMMEDIATELY DUE TO RUPTURE OF THE ACID DAY | | TANK CONTAINING 320 GALLONS OF SULFURIC ACID. | | | | UNIT 1 EXPERIENCED A RUPTURE OF THE ACID DAY TANK (SCNTO1) FOR THE | | SECONDARY CYCLE POLISHING DEMINERALIZER. THE RUPTURE RESULTED IN | | DEFORMATION OF THE TANK AND THE UPPER FLANGED MANWAY COVER BEING RIPPED | | OPEN. THE VOLUME OF SULFURIC ACID IN THE TANK WAS APPROXIMATELY 320 | | GALLONS. THE ACID SPILLED WAS CONTAINED WITHIN THE TURBINE AREA. THE LOCAL | | AREA WAS SPRAYED WITH ACID. THE LOCAL BERM SURROUNDING THE TANK CONTAINED | | THE MAJORITY OF THE SPILL. THE ACID DAY TANK IS LOCATED AT THE 100' | | ELEVATION IN THE TURBINE BUILDING. | | | | NO PERSONNEL WERE INJURED. THE ONSITE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAZARD MATERIAL TEAM | | RESPONDED AND IS CURRENTLY ASSESSING/CONTAINING THE SPILL. AT THE PRESENT, | | THE EVENT CONDITIONS ARE STABLE. THE EQUIPMENT THAT WAS SPRAYED WITH ACID | | WAS NON-SAFETY RELATED COMPONENTS. | | | | NO ESF ACTUATIONS WERE EXPERIENCED OR REQUIRED. | | | | AT THIS TIME, THE CAUSE OF THE RUPTURE IS NOT KNOWN AND FOLLOW UP | | INVESTIGATION WILL BE PERFORMED. | | | | THE UNUSUAL EVENT WAS BASED UPON EAL V-106 (EXPLOSION WITH POTENTIAL DAMAGE | | TO SURROUNDING EQUIPMENT) AND EXITED IMMEDIATELY. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THIS EVENT. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34758 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/10/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:56 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/10/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:07[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LOU PALONE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/10/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |FRANK COSTELLO RDO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | | | | | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 84 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | BOTH TRAINS OF SERVICE WATER DECLARED INOPERABLE | | | | THE LICENSEE DECLARED BOTH TRAINS OF SERVICE WATER INOPERABLE DUE TO FAILED | | SURVEILLANCE TESTS OF HYPOCHLORITE CHECK VALVES IN THE SYSTEM. ENTRY INTO | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.0.3 REQUIRED THE PLANT TO BE IN HOT STANDBY | | WITHIN SIX HOURS. THE CAUSE(S) OF THE FAILURES IS UNKNOWN, BUT MAINTENANCE | | IS INVESTIGATING. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AS WELL AS THE STATE AND | | LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1327 EDT 9/10/98 BY LOU PALONE TO FANGIE JONES * * * | | | | MAINTENANCE HAS RESTORED ONE OF THE HYPOCHLORITE CHECK VALVES AND THE | | LICENSEE HAS EXITED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.0.3. THEY ARE PRESENTLY IN | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.7.4 WITH A 72 HOUR PLANT SHUTDOWN REQUIRED, WHICH | | WILL EXPIRE ON 9/12/98 AT 1212 EDT. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE NRC OPERATIONS | | CENTER INFORMED THE R3DO (FRANK COSTELLO). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34759 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: TURKEY POINT REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/10/98 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:13 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] W-3-LP,[4] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/10/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 22:25[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MATUSZEWSKI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/10/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN ZEILER 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NOTIFICATION OF COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | | | | AT 2015 EDT A MECHANIC NOTIFIED THE CONTROL ROOM THAT THE NORTH ASH PIT WAS | | OVERFLOWING; THE ASH PITS ARE FOR FOSSIL UNITS 1 AND 2, BUT THEY ARE | | LOCATED ON THE NUCLEAR SIDE. THE EFFLUENT FROM THE FOSSIL UNITS WAS | | REALIGNED TO THE SOUTH ASH PIT AND THE OVERFLOW FROM THE NORTH ASH PIT WAS | | STOPPED AT 2035 EDT. THE OVERFLOW WAS DETERMINED TO BE AN UNCONTROLLED | | RELEASE WITH pH OUT OF SPECIFICATION AT 2225 EDT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF | | ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WAS NOTIFIED. THE pH WAS 5.8 WHICH WAS | | OUT OF THE SPECIFICATION RANGE OF 6.0 TO 8.5. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34760 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WATERFORD REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/10/98 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:44 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] CE |EVENT DATE: 09/10/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 22:28[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: P. DAVILLIER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/11/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOE TAPIA RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |ELINOR ADENSAM EO | | |CANUPP FEMA | | |STU RUBIN (MGR) IRD | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 3 | N Y 30 POWER OPERATION | 30 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED DUE TO STRONG NATURAL GAS ODOR COMING FROM OFFSITE. | | | | THE LICENSEE DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO DETECTION OF STRONG NATURAL | | GAS ODORS COMING FROM SOMEWHERE OFFSITE. THE WIND DIRECTION AT THIS TIME IS | | FROM THE ESE. NO PROTECTIVE ACTIONS ARE BEING TAKEN BY THE LICENSEE AT THIS | | TIME. WHEN THE PLANT'S TOXIC GAS MONITOR ALARMED, CONTROL ROOM VENTILATION | | WAS SWITCHED TO ITS RECIRCULATION MODE OF OPERATION. THE LICENSEE SAID THAT | | THEY HAVE MANY CHEMICAL PLANTS IN THEIR AREA AND THE NATURAL GAS ODOR IS | | MOST PROBABLY COMING FROM ONE OF THE MANY CHEMICAL PLANTS IN THEIR AREA. | | THE UNUSUAL EVENT WAS DECLARED PER THEIR TOXIC CHEMICAL PROCEDURE AND THEY | | ARE NOT IN ANY EMERGENCY ACTION LEVEL PROCEDURE. STATE AND LOCAL | | AUTHORITIES WERE NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | *** UPDATE ON 09/11/98 @ 0116ET BY DAVILLIER TAKEN BY MACKINNON *** | | | | THE UNUSUAL EVENT WAS EXITED AT 2336 CT ON 09/10/98 WHEN ALL TOXIC GAS | | CHANNELS RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE AND LOCAL | | OFFICIALS OF THE TERMINATION OF THE UNUSUAL EVENT CLASSIFICATION. | | | | AT 2356 CT ON 09/10/98 THE LICENSEE REENTERED AN UNUSUAL EVENT | | CLASSIFICATION WHEN THE TOXIC GAS MONITOR ALARMED AND SAINT CHARLES PARISH | | NOTIFIED THEM THAT A NEARBY CHEMICAL PLANT (UNION CARBIDE) HAD GONE INTO AN | | ALERT CLASSIFICATION BECAUSE A CHEMICAL TANK AT THE UNION CARBIDE SITE HAD | | A SUNKEN ROOF AND NAPHTHA FUMES WERE ESCAPING FROM THE TANK. THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED. R4DO (JOE TAPIA) AND NRR EO (ELINOR | | ADENSAM) NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+