U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 06/11/98 - 06/12/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34268 34336 34387 34388 34389 34390 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34268 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SURRY REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/20/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: VA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:42 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/20/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:24[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN MOSCOE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/11/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MILTON SHYMLOCK RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |ROBERT GALLO, NRR EO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS |JOSEPH GIITTER, AEOD IRD | | |WRIGHT FEMA | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNUSUAL EVENT - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIRED COOLDOWN DUE TO UNISOLABLE | | REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM LEAK | | | | THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED A 0.28-GPM THROUGH-WALL LEAK FROM THE BONNET OF | | VALVE 1-RC-6 (ISOLATION VALVE FOR THE 2" LOOP-'A' RELIEF LINE). THE LEAK | | CANNOT BE ISOLATED. THE UNIT ENTERED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION LIMITING | | CONDITION FOR OPERATION 3.1.C.4, WHICH REQUIRES THAT THE UNIT BE PLACED IN | | COLD SHUTDOWN WITHIN 30 HOURS. AN UNUSUAL EVENT WAS DECLARED DUE TO THE | | SHUTDOWN REQUIRED BY PLANT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (EMERGENCY ACTION LEVEL | | B.3). | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1705 ON 05/20/98 FROM GOODHOPE TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THIS EVENT AGAIN AS A 1-HOUR REPORT IN ACCORDANCE | | WITH 10 CFR 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) DUE TO A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIRED | | SHUTDOWN. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. THE NRC | | OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R2DO (SHYMLOCK). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0724 ON 05/21/98 FROM ANDREWS TO GOULD * * * | | | | THE PLANT TERMINATED THE UNUSUAL EVENT AT 0713 ON 05/21/98 WHEN THE UNIT | | REACHED COLD SHUTDOWN. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. THE R2DO | | (SHYMLOCK), NRR EO (STOLZ), AEOD IRD (GIITTER), AND FEMA (EACHES) WERE | | NOTIFIED BY THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0951 ON 06/11/98 FROM WILLIAM GOODHOPE TO TROCINE * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION. | | | | AT 1624 ON 05/20/98, WITH UNIT 1 AT HOT SHUTDOWN AND UNIT 2 AT 100% REACTOR | | POWER, THE SHIFT SUPERVISOR DECLARED A NOTIFICATION OF UNUSUAL EVENT WHEN A | | UNIT 1 COOLDOWN TO COLD SHUTDOWN COMMENCED DUE TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF A | | NON-ISOLABLE REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM LEAK WHICH REQUIRED A PLANT SHUTDOWN IN | | ACCORDANCE WITH TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.1.C. NRC NOTIFICATION WAS MADE | | AT 1642 FOR ENTRY INTO THE EMERGENCY PLAN. A 1-HOUR NON-EMERGENCY REPORT | | PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) WAS ALSO MADE AT 1705 DUE TO THE | | COMMENCEMENT OF A UNIT SHUTDOWN REQUIRED BY THE PLANT'S TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATIONS. | | | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.1.C.4 REQUIRES THE UNIT TO BE PLACED IN COLD | | SHUTDOWN AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TAKEN PRIOR TO RESUMPTION OF UNIT OPERATION | | FOR NON-ISOLABLE FAULTS WHICH HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM | | COMPONENT BODY, PIPE WELL, VESSEL WALL, OR PIPE WELD. THE LEAKAGE AT VALVE | | 1-RC-6 WAS DISCOVERED WITH UNIT 1 AT HOT SHUTDOWN FOLLOWING A FORCED | | MAINTENANCE OUTAGE. THE LEAKAGE WAS INITIALLY BELIEVED TO BE IN THE YOKE | | OF VALVE 1-RC-6; THEREFORE, IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THROUGH-WALL LEAKAGE | | AND NON-ISOLABLE AS DEFINED BY TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.1.C.4. | | | | UNIT 1 WAS PLACED IN COLD SHUTDOWN, AND VALVE 1-RC-6 WAS REPLACED. FURTHER | | ANALYSIS OF THE FAILURE OF THE VALVE DETERMINED THAT THE LEAKAGE WAS NOT | | THROUGH THE VALVE YOKE. INSTEAD, THE LEAKAGE WAS THROUGH THE THREADED | | CONNECTION BETWEEN THE VALVE YOKE AND THE VALVE BODY AND THEN OUT THROUGH A | | NON-PRESSURE RETENTION SEAL WELD. INITIATION OF THE SHUTDOWN WAS NOT | | REQUIRED BY TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.1.C; THEREFORE, ENTRY INTO THE | | EMERGENCY PLAN AND REPORTING PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) WAS NOT | | REQUIRED. THE LICENSEE BELIEVES THAT THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE STATION WERE | | PRUDENT AND REPRESENTED A CONSERVATIVE DECISION BY THE STATION. HOWEVER, | | THE LICENSEE BELIEVES THAT THESE ACTIONS WERE NOT REQUIRED BY TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATIONS. THEREFORE, THIS UPDATE NOTIFICATION WAS MADE TO RETRACT | | THE REPORTS THAT WERE MADE ON 05/20/98. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE STATE. THE | | NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R2DO (KELLOGG), NRR EO (DENNIG), AND | | AEOD IRD (BARRETT). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34336 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MCGUIRE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/03/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:27 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/03/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:52[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BECKY HASTY/JOEL HOWARD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/11/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHRIS CHRISTENSEN RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |JOHN ZWOLINSKI, NRR EO | | |STINEDURF FEMA | | |FRANK CONGEL, AEOD IRD | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED DUE TO AN EXPLOSION OF A 230-VOLT SWITCHYARD CIRCUIT | | BREAKER AND THE RESULTING LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER ON UNIT 1 | | | | PRIOR TO THE EVENT, UNIT 1 WAS SHUTDOWN IN A REFUELING OUTAGE WITH ONE OF | | TWO OFFSITE POWER SOURCES AVAILABLE. UNIT 2 WAS AT 100% AND WAS SUPPLYING | | POWER TO THE UNIT 1 EMERGENCY BUSES. | | | | AT 1552, A 230-VOLT SWITCHYARD CIRCUIT BREAKER (#PCB-12) EXPLODED CAUSING | | THE LOSS OF THE AVAILABLE OFFSITE POWER SOURCE. THERE WERE NO PERSONNEL | | INJURIES. THE LICENSEE DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO THE LOSS OF | | OFFSITE POWER TO UNIT 1. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS DETERMINING THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR OF THE DECLARATION OF THE UNUSUAL EVENT. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1710 ON 06/03/98 FROM STEVE MOONEYHAN TO JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | AT 1644, THE LICENSEE TERMINATED THE UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO RE-ESTABLISHING | | ONE OFFSITE POWER SOURCE TO UNIT 1. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR OF THE TERMINATION OF THE UNUSUAL EVENT. THE OPERATIONS OFFICER | | NOTIFIED THE R2DO (CHRIS CHRISTENSEN), NRR EO (JOHN ZWOLINSKI), AEOD IRD | | (CONGEL), AND FEMA (STINEDURF) OF THE TERMINATION OF THE UNUSUAL EVENT. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1452 ON 06/11/98 FROM JIMMY DIAL TAKEN BY MACKINNON * * * | | | | ON 06/03/98, MCGUIRE UNIT 1, WHILE IN MODE 5 (COLD SHUTDOWN), EXPERIENCED A | | LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER DUE TO A FAILED CURRENT TRANSFORMER (CT) IN THE | | 230-KV SWITCHYARD. THE FAILED CT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OFFSITE POWER | | CONNECTION (BUS LINE '1B'). THE OTHER SITE CONNECTION (BUS LINE '1A') WAS | | OUT OF SERVICE FOR PLANNED OUTAGE MAINTENANCE. OFFSITE POWER WAS LOST TO | | THE NON-ESSENTIAL UNIT LOAD CENTERS AND THE SHARED LOAD CENTERS THAT WERE | | ALIGNED TO UNIT 1 FROM BUS LINE '1B.' BOTH UNIT 1 ESSENTIAL TRAINS OF | | POWER HAD BEEN ALIGNED TO THE UNIT 2 OFFSITE PREFERRED POWER SOURCE FOR THE | | OUTAGE. THEREFORE, THE ESSENTIAL BUSES DID NOT EXPERIENCE A BLACKOUT, AND | | THERE WAS NO EFFECT ON DECAY HEAT REMOVAL. UNIT 2 REMAINED ON LINE NEAR | | FULL POWER DURING THE EVENT. | | | | THERE WAS NO PCB EXPLOSION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED OF THIS UPDATE BY THE LICENSEE. | | THE R2DO (KELLOGG) WAS NOTIFIED BY THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34387 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SEABROOK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/11/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:58 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/11/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:32[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LANCE FRITZ |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/11/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD BARKLEY 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 90 POWER OPERATION | 90 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIRED SHUTDOWN DUE TO A LOSS OF CONTROL BUILDING | | AIR CONDITIONING (BOTH TRAINS) | | | | WITH THE 'B' TRAIN CONTROL BUILDING AIR HANDLING UNIT OUT OF SERVICE | | FOLLOWING A FAILED RETEST, OIL PRESSURE IN THE 'A' TRAIN CONTROL BUILDING | | AIR HANDLING UNIT DROPPED TO 27 POUNDS, AND THE 'A' TRAIN CONTROL BUILDING | | AIR HANDLING UNIT WAS ALSO DECLARED INOPERABLE. THIS PLACED THE UNIT IN | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.0.3 WHICH REQUIRED A UNIT SHUTDOWN. THE LICENSEE | | STATED THAT THERE HAD BEEN PREVIOUS COMPRESSOR PROBLEMS, AND CURRENT PLANS | | ARE TO PLACE THE UNIT IN COLD SHUTDOWN. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND PLANS TO ISSUE A PRESS | | RELEASE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 2357 ON 06/11/98 FROM LANCE FRITZ RECEIVED BY TROCINE * * * | | | | AT 2310 ON 06/11/98, TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.0.3 WAS EXITED WHEN MODE 5 | | (COLD SHUTDOWN) WAS ENTERED. THE STATION REMAINS IN TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION 3.7.6.2.B BECAUSE BOTH CONTROL BUILDING AIR HANDLING UNIT | | TRAINS ARE STILL INOPERABLE. THE ACTION STATEMENT FOR THIS TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION DOES NOT PERMIT ANY POSITIVE REACTIVITY ADDITIONS. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC | | OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R1DO (BARKLEY). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34388 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/11/98 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:19 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/11/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: M VASELY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/11/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICH BARKLEY RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | |FEMA, DOE, USDA, HHS FAX | | |EPA, DOT (VIA NRC) FAX | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL AGENCIES WERE NOTIFIED THAT SOME OIL ENTERED THE | | HUDSON RIVER FROM THE DISCHARGE CANAL. | | | | THE POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INDIAN POINT UNIT 3) NOTIFIED | | INDIAN POINT UNIT 2 THAT THERE WAS AN OIL SHEEN SEEN IN THE DISCHARGE CANAL | | (BOTH UNITS SHARE THE SAME CANAL). INDIAN POINT UNIT 2 PLACED BOOMS IN THE | | DISCHARGE CANAL TO STOP THE OIL SHEEN FROM ENTERING THE HUDSON RIVER. | | INDIAN POINT UNIT 2 CONSERVATIVELY ESTIMATED THAT ONE GALLON OF OIL ENTERED | | THE HUDSON RIVER. THE LICENSEE COULD NOT LOCATE THE SOURCE OF THE OIL. | | THE LICENSEE THINKS THAT THE OIL MAY HAVE COME FROM THE BILGE OF A BOAT AND | | THAT THE PLANTS CIRCULATING WATER PUMPS MOVED THE OIL TO THE DISCHARGE | | CANAL WHICH ENTERS THE HUDSON RIVER. | | | | INDIAN POINT UNIT 2 NOTIFIED THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES OF THE OIL SPILL TO THE | | HUDSON RIVER: THE U.S. COAST GUARD (NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER), NEW YORK | | STATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, INTERSTATE SANITARY COMMISSION, AND | | WESTCHESTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34389 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BEAVER VALLEY REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/11/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:04 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/11/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN M THOMAS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/11/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICH BARKLEY RDO | |ADAS 50.72(b)(2)(i) DEG/UNANALYZED COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCOVERY OF AN IMPROPERLY SEALED FIRE BARRIER PENETRATION | | | | LICENSEE EVENT REPORT (LER) 97-038 IDENTIFIED AN IMPROPERLY SEALED FIRE | | BARRIER PENETRATION BETWEEN THE MAIN STEAM VALVE ROOM AND THE AUXILIARY | | FEEDWATER PUMP ROOM. SUBSEQUENT ENGINEERING ANALYSIS IDENTIFIED THAT THE | | AFFECTED PENETRATION WAS ALSO REQUIRED TO FUNCTION AS A FLOOD SEAL TO | | PROTECT THE AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMPS FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF A | | MAIN FEEDWATER PIPE BREAK IN THE MAIN STEAM VALVE ROOM. A CORRECTIVE | | ACTION FOR THAT LER INCLUDED ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INSPECTION PROCEDURE FOR | | FLOOD SEALS. AN INSPECTION OF OTHER SEALS IN THE MAIN STEAM VALVE ROOM AT | | THAT TIME DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY DISCREPANCIES. | | | | TODAY, DURING THE FIRST PERFORMANCE OF THE NEW FLOOD SEAL INSPECTION | | PROCEDURE (1BVT-1.33.7), AN INADEQUATELY SEALED SLEEVE PENETRATION | | (#MSV-752-60) BETWEEN THE MAIN STEAM VALVE ROOM AND THE AUXILIARY FEEDWATER | | PUMP ROOM WAS IDENTIFIED. THE FIVE-INCH DIAMETER PENETRATION IS NOT | | GROUTED AS REQUIRED. (THE HOLE IS FILLED WITH A FIBER MATERIAL.) IN THIS | | CONDITION, THE PENETRATION SEAL IS CONSIDERED INADEQUATE AS A FIRE OR FLOOD | | SEAL. WHILE AN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS OF THIS CONDITION HAS NOT YET BEEN | | PERFORMED, THE SIZE OF THE INADEQUATELY SEALED PENETRATION IS ASSUMED TO BE | | LARGE ENOUGH TO POTENTIALLY DISABLE THE AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMPS DURING A | | FEEDWATER LINE BREAK IN THE MAIN STEAM VALVE ROOM. THIS SCENARIO IS | | CONSIDERED TO BE AN UNANALYZED CONDITION. | | | | A FIRE TOUR WAS ESTABLISHED WITHIN 1 HOUR PER BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION | | ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES. INSPECTION OF PLANT FLOOD SEALS IS CONTINUING. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34390 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CATAWBA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/11/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:26 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/11/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:53[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LARRY WHITE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/11/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PAUL KELLOGG RDO | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MISSED HOURLY FIRE WATCH ROUNDS | | | | A FIRE WATCH TOUR OF THE UNIT 2 ELECTRICAL PENETRATION ROOM AT THE 560-FOOT | | ELEVATION, WHICH WAS DUE AT 1753, WAS NOT PERFORMED UNTIL 1801. THE NEXT | | FIRE WATCH TOUR, WHICH WAS DUE AT 1853, WAS NOT PERFORMED. THE FIRE WATCH | | TOUR DUE AT 1953 AS WELL AS ALL SUBSEQUENT FIRE WATCH TOURS WERE PERFORMED | | ON TIME AS REQUIRED. THE FIRE WATCH TOURS WERE BEING PERFORMED ON AN | | HOURLY BASIS AS A RESULT OF INOPERABLE FIRE BOUNDARY SEALS IN THE 560-FOOT | | ELEVATION ELECTRICAL PENETRATION ROOM ON UNIT 2. | | | | THE SECURITY OFFICER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FIRE WATCH TOURS MISTAKENLY | | PERFORMED THE 1753 AND 1853 FIRE WATCH TOURS ON UNIT 1, BUT THE OFFICER HAD | | OCCASION TO TOUR THE UNIT 2 AREA AT 1801. THEREFORE, THE 1753 TOUR WAS 8 | | MINUTES LATE, AND THE 1853 FIRE WATCH TOUR WAS MISSED ALTOGETHER. A | | PROBLEM INVESTIGATION PROCESS WAS INITIATED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+