U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 07/10/98 - 07/13/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34427 34501 34502 34503 34504 34505 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34427 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOK REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/23/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:19 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/23/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:07[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MARK KELLY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/10/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MIKE JORDAN RDO | |ADAS 50.72(b)(2)(i) DEG/UNANALYZED COND | | |CCCC 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH |VERN HODGE NRR | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ICE CONDENSER BASKETS FOUND IN UNANALYZED CONDITION | | | | THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED, DURING AN INSPECTION OF UNIT ONE ICE CONDENSER, | | MISSING AND OR DEFECTIVE WELDS ON THE BOTTOM CROSSBAR AND BOTTOM BASKET | | GRIDS OF THE ICE CONDENSER BASKETS. THE LICENSEE EXPECTS TO FIND SIMILAR | | CONDITIONS IN THE UNIT TWO ICE CONDENSER. THIS CONDITION IS UNANALYZED AND | | AN INVESTIGATION WILL CONTINUE INTO THE CAUSE OF THESE CONDITIONS. THE | | CONDITION IS BEING REVIEWED FOR REPORTABILITY UNDER 10CFR PART 21. | | | | THE DEFECTIVE ICE BASKET BOTTOM RIMS WILL BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED AS | | APPROPRIATE BEFORE ENTERING PLANT STARTUP. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | *** UPDATE ON 7/10/98 @ 1704 BY KELLY TO GOULD *** | | | | THE LICENSEE IS CONSIDERING THIS CONDITION TO BE A PART 21 REPORT SINCE | | THEY DETERMINED THE REPORTED ICE CONDENSER DAMAGE IS MORE OF A | | MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAN DAMAGE. IT IS EXPECTED THAT SIMILAR CONDITIONS | | WILL BE FOUND ON UNIT 2. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED. | | | | THE REG 3 RDO(GARDNER) WAS NOTIFIED. | | | | VERN HODGE(NRR) WAS 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. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 34502 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: COGEMA MINING, INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/10/98 | | CITY: REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:11 [ET]| | COUNTY: JOHNSON COUNTY STATE: WY |EVENT DATE: 07/08/98 | |LICENSE#: SUA-1341 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 09:55[MDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/10/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOHN PELLET RDO | | |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+DANIEL GILLEN NMSS | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN VASELIN, RAD SAF OFF | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NCFR NON CFR REPORT REQMNT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | -28,000 GALLONS OF WATER CONTAINING LOW LEVEL OF U3O8 SPILLED ONTO GROUND- | | | | FROM 0955 TO 2045 MDT ON 07/08/98, APPROXIMATELY 28,213 GALLONS OF | | WATER CONTAINING 2 MILLIGRAMS/LITER U3O8 (DRINKING WATER STANDARD IS | | 5 MILLIGRAMS/LITER U3O8) SPILLED ONTO THE GROUND AT THE COGEMA CHRISTENSEN | | MINE UNIT #5 IN CAMPBELL COUNTY, WYOMING. APPROXIMATELY 43.4 GPM SPILLED | | FROM A TWO INCH RUBBER HOSE WHICH CAME LOOSE FROM A WELL HEAD PIPE ON | | INJECTION WELL #5AU55-1. THE MINE IS AN IN-SITU NATURAL URANIUM MINE USING | | "BARREN LIXIVIANT" MINING SOLUTION. THE LICENSEE STOPPED THE SPILL AND | | REPLACED THE HOSE AND CLAMPS. THE SPILL DID NOT MOVE OFFSITE OR REACH A | | DRAINAGE AREA, STREAM, OR RIVER. THE LICENSEE HAS SENT A SAMPLE OF THE | | SOIL OFFSITE TO BE ANALYZED AND IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE. | | | | THE LICENSEE AND NRC ASSESSED THIS EVENT AND DETERMINED THAT THIS EVENT | | POSES LITTLE OR NO APPARENT RISK OR ADVERSE IMPACT TO PEOPLE, ANIMALS, | | WILDLIFE OR THE ENVIRONMENT AND THAT NO NRC RESPONSE IS REQUIRED. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND | | PLANS TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT TO THE NRC WITHIN 7 DAYS IN ACCORDANCE | | WITH THE LICENSE CONDITION SECTION 12.4. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34503 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/10/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:35 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/10/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:22[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRODSKY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/10/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |NIEL DELLA GRECA RDO | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | | | | | 3 | N Y 50 POWER OPERATION | 50 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE ESF BUILDING SUMP PUMPS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN | | ABLE TO FULFILL THEIR SUPPORT FUNCTION. | | | | THE ESF SUMP SUBSYSTEM SUPPORTS OPERABILITY OF THE RECIRCULATION SPRAY | | SYSTEM(RSS) PUMPS SINCE THEY ARE IN THE SAME CUBICLES. IT WAS DETERMINED | | THAT GROUND WATER INTRUSION AFTER MANY DAYS COULD ALSO IMPOSE HYDROSTATIC | | FORCES ON THE CONTAINMENT LINER, POTENTIALLY AFFECTING THE CONTAINMENT | | OPERABILITY. | | | | QUALIFICATION PERFORMANCE TESTING INDICATED THAT THE ALUMINUM AIR ROTORS | | WHICH HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN THE ESF BUILDING SUMP PUMPS WERE UNACCEPTABLE | | AND REQUIRED REPLACEMENT IN ORDER FOR THE PUMPS TO MEET THEIR DESIGN | | REQUIREMENT THAT THEY REMAIN FUNCTIONAL FOR ONE YEAR POST-LOCA. DURING | | OFFSITE PERFORMANCE TESTING, PUMP FAILURES WERE OBSERVED WITH THE ALUMINUM | | AIR ROTOR INSTALLED. | | | | AN EVALUATION OF THE LIMITED TIME/CONDITIONS OF THE SPECIAL PLANT TESTS | | PERFORMED VERSUS THE OFFSITE TESTING, RESULTS IN THE CONCLUSION THAT THESE | | SUMP PUMPS INSTALLED IN THE PLANT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FULFILL THEIR | | SUPPORT FUNCTION. THEREFORE, THERE IS A REASONABLE EXPECTATION THAT THE | | RSS LONG TERM COOLING SAFETY FUNCTION WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FULFILLED. THIS | | CONDITION IS IDENTIFIED TO CAPTURE AN "...EVENT WHERE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN | | A FAILURE OF A SAFETY SYSTEM TO PROPERLY COMPLETE A SAFETY FUNCTION, | | REGARDLESS OF WHEN THE FAILURES WERE DISCOVERED OR WHETHER THE SYSTEM WAS | | NEEDED AT THE TIME." | | | | THIS IS A HISTORICAL REPORT AND THE CONDITION HAS SINCE BEEN CORRECTED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR, STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 34504 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: ISOMETRIX OPERATIONS INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/12/98 | | CITY: WHITTANY REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:17 [ET]| | COUNTY: MORRIS STATE: NJ |EVENT DATE: 07/12/98 | |LICENSE#: 29-19769-03 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 03:42[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/12/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |NIEL DELLA GRECA RDO | | |SUSAN SHANKMAN, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LARRY WINTERS | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |MAAD 36.83(a)(4) FAILED CABLE/DRIVE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SOURCE RACK # 1 DID NOT LEAVE THE UP (IRRADIATOR) POSITION WHEN IT WAS | | SUPPOSED TO BE LOWERED TO ITS SAFE POSITION (POOL). | | | | 24 HOUR NOTIFICATION UNDER PART 36.83 | | | | ISOMETIX OPERATIONS, INC. HAS A CATEGORY IV IRRADIATOR (PANORAMIC, WET | | SOURCE STORAGE IRRADIATOR) WHICH IS MAINLY USED TO STERILIZE MEDICAL | | SUPPLIES. THE IRRADIATOR HAS TWO SOURCE RACKS AND EACH SOURCE RACK CONTAINS | | APPROXIMATELY 2 MILLION CURIES OF COBALT-60. | | | | AT 0342 ET ON 07/12/98, THE CONTROL PANEL SHUT THE UNIT DOWN AT THE END OF | | A BATCH ON A TIMER SHUTDOWN. SOURCE RACK # 1 DID NOT LEAVE THE UP POSITION. | | SOURCE RACK # 2 DID RETURN TO THE POOL (SAFE POSITION). TWO RSO's WERE | | CALLED AND THEY IMMEDIATELY TRAVELLED TO THE PLANT. THE SOURCE WAS LOWERED | | TO THE SAFE POSITION AT 0622 ET. THERE WAS NO DANGER TO PERSONNEL. | | | | IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT COMPRESSED AIR WAS TRAPPED IN THE HOIST CYLINDER AND | | PIPING, ON THE CYLINDER SIDE OF THE PNEUMATIC VALVES, WHICH SWITCHED TO | | EXHAUST THE AIR AND LOWER THE SOURCE. THE PIPING WAS DISCONNECTED WHICH | | ALLOWED THE SOURCE TO DROP. THE METAL SPOOL VALVES WERE CLEANED AND | | REBUILT. THE RSO THINKS THAT A COAGULATION BUILDUP OF GREASE ON THE SPOOL | | VALVE CAUSED THE TOLERANCE OF THE SPOOL VALVE TO GET SO SMALL THAT THE | | SPOOL VALVE FAILED TO OPERATE. THE SOURCE MOVEMENT WAS TESTED AND VERIFIED | | TO BE OPERABLE. | | | | THE UNIT WAS RETURNED TO NORMAL PRODUCTION AT 0930 ET ON 07/12/98. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34505 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: RANCHO SECO REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/12/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:39 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/11/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 20:30[PDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GRAY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/12/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN PELLET 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 DECOMMISSIONED | 0 DECOMMISSIONED | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MINIMUM SECURITY PERSONNEL STAFFING REQUIREMENTS NOT MET. | | | | COMPENSATORY MEASURES WERE PUT INTO EFFECT. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED REG 4 (SCHAEFER). | | | | SEE HOO LOG FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+