U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 03/13/98 - 03/16/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 33799 33891 33892 33893 33894 33895 33896 33897 33898 33899 33900 33901 33902 33903 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33799 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OYSTER CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/26/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:53 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2 |EVENT DATE: 02/26/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:00[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVE PIETRUSKI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/13/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CLIFFORD ANDERSON 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - SCRAM FUNCTION BYPASSED IN THE PAST DURING SHUTDOWN/REFUELING MODES - | | | | PLANT PROCEDURE 203.2 ALLOWS THE BYPASSING OF THE SCRAM FUNCTION WHEN | | PLACING THE MODE SWITCH IN THE SHUTDOWN POSITION. PLANT TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION TABLE 3.1.1 REQUIRES THIS FUNCTION BE OPERABLE IN THE | | SHUTDOWN AND REFUELING MODES. THIS SCRAM FUNCTION IS NOT CURRENTLY | | BYPASSED BUT HAS BEEN BYPASSED IN THE PAST WHEN THE PLANT HAS BEEN | | SHUTDOWN. THIS EVENT IS CONSIDERED TO BE REPORTABLE TO THE NRC IN | | ACCORDANCE WITH PLANT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION SECTION 2.E. THE LICENSEE IS | | REVISING PLANT PROCEDURES TO REMOVE THE STEPS ALLOWING BYPASSING THE MODE | | SWITCH SCRAM FUNCTION. THIS ITEM IS ALSO A SHIFT TURNOVER ITEM (NOT TO | | INSTALL JUMPERS). | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * *RETRACTED AT 1826 EST ON 03/13/98 BY JERE FREEMAN TO FANGIE JONES* * * | | | | BASED ON FURTHER REVIEWS OF THE PLANT'S TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AND | | LICENSING BASES DOCUMENTATION, OYSTER CREEK HAS DETERMINED THAT BYPASSING | | THE SCRAM FEATURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REACTOR MODE SWITCH POSITION IS | | ACCEPTABLE WHEN ALL CONTROL RODS ARE FULLY INSERTED. ADDITIONALLY, IT HAS | | BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE PLANT WAS ALWAYS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE | | REQUIREMENTS OF THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS. THEREFORE, EVENT | | NOTIFICATION #33799 IS BEING RETRACTED. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC | | OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R1DO (CONTE). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33891 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/13/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:11 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 03/12/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 12:30[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/13/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |GARY SHEAR RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |JOSEPHINE PICCONE EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KEITH VANDERPOOL | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |OCBC 76.120(c)(2)(iii) REDUNDANT EQUIP INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAILURE TO HAVE THE REQUIRED URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE SMOKE DETECTORS OUTSIDE | | OF TWO COMPRESSORS IN THE X-330 PROCESS BUILDING (24-HOUR REPORT) | | | | AT 1230 ON 03/12/98, ENGINEERING PERSONNEL DISCOVERED THAT OPERATIONS AT | | THE TAILS WITHDRAWAL COMPRESSOR AREA DID NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED URANIUM | | HEXAFLUORIDE SMOKE DETECTORS OUTSIDE OF TWO COMPRESSORS. THESE COMPRESSORS | | NORMALLY OPERATE BELOW ATMOSPHERE. THE TAILS WITHDRAWAL STATION IS | | CURRENTLY INOPERABLE FOR UPGRADE WORK. THE TWO COMPRESSORS IN QUESTION | | WILL REMAIN OUT OF SERVICE UNTIL APPROPRIATE INSTALLATIONS ARE COMPLETED. | | ALL OTHER PLANT WITHDRAWAL COMPRESSORS WERE INSPECTED AND CONFIRMED TO BE | | IN COMPLIANCE. THERE WAS NO LOSS OF HAZARDOUS OR RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, AND | | THERE WERE NO RADIOACTIVE OR RADIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION EXPOSURES AS A | | RESULT OF THIS EVENT. | | | | PORTSMOUTH NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY | | SITE REPRESENTATIVE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33892 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/13/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:20 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 03/12/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 11:31[CST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/13/98 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |GARY SHEAR RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |JOSEPHINE PICCONE EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: W. F. CAGE | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |OCBB 76.120(c)(2)(ii) EQUIP DISABLED/FAILS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MOMENTARY LOSS OF POWER TO THE C-360 CRITICALITY ACCIDENT ALARM SYSTEM | | BEACONS AND FACILITY PROCESS GAS LEAK DETECTION SYSTEM (24-HOUR REPORT) | | | | AT 1131 CST ON 03/12/98, 480-VOLT AC POWER WAS LOST TO THE C-360 BUILDING | | WHEN A CRANE SHOE (A SLIDING ELECTRICAL CONTACT) HUNG AND PULLED AN | | ELECTRICAL CABLE CAUSING A SHORT CIRCUIT. THIS POWER LOSS WAS CAUSED BY | | THE TRIPPING OF BREAKER FS12T AS A RESULT OF A FAULT ON THE C-360 BUILDING | | EAST CRANE. POWER TO THE C-360 CRITICALITY ACCIDENT ALARM SYSTEM (CAAS) | | BEACONS AND THE FACILITY PROCESS GAS LEAK DETECTION (PGLD) SYSTEM WAS | | MOMENTARILY LOST. POWER WAS IMMEDIATELY RESTORED TO THE FACILITY BY | | RECLOSING BREAKER FS12T. | | | | AUTOCLAVE #1 WAS IN A MODE WHERE THE PGLD SAFETY SYSTEM WAS REQUIRED BY | | TECHNICAL SAFETY REQUIREMENT (TSR) 2.1.4.2 TO BE AVAILABLE AND OPERABLE. | | THE C-360 BUILDING CAAS WAS REQUIRED TO BE OPERABLE PER TSR 2.1.4.5. DUE | | TO THE MOMENTARY POWER LOSS TO THE C-360 CAAS BEACONS AND PGLD SYSTEM, THIS | | INCIDENT IS REPORTABLE AS A 24-HOUR EVENT REPORT PER 10 CFR 76.120(c)(2). | | | | PADUCAH NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33893 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HARRIS REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/13/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:55 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/13/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:10[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ANDY BARBEE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/13/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARK LESSER 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS - TDAFW PUMP DOES NOT MEET AN FSAR REQUIREMENT | | | | WHILE REVIEWING A CONDITION REPORT, THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT THE | | TURBINE-DRIVEN AUXILIARY FEEDWATER (TDAFW) PUMP MAY NOT HAVE RUNOUT | | PROTECTION DURING A MAIN STEAM LINE BREAK OR FEEDWATER LINE BREAK ACCIDENT. | | THE LOW DISCHARGE PRESSURE COULD RESULT IN HIGHER THAN ALLOWABLE FLOW AND | | MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THE PUMP. THIS IS CONTRARY TO THE DESIGN BASIS OF | | THE AUXILIARY FEEDWATER (AFW) SYSTEM DESCRIBED IN FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS | | REPORT SECTION 15.2.8 WHICH STATES THAT THERE IS NO IDENTIFIED SINGLE | | FAILURE THAT RESULTS IN ONLY ONE AFW PUMP BEING AVAILABLE. | | | | WITH NO RUNOUT PROTECTION, A CONSEQUENTIAL FAILURE OF THE TDAFW PUMP IN | | COMBINATION WITH A SINGLE FAILURE OF ONE MOTOR-DRIVEN AFW PUMP COULD RESULT | | IN ONLY ONE AFW PUMP BEING AVAILABLE. | | | | THE INITIAL RESULT OF AN OPERABILITY DETERMINATION HAS SHOWN THAT THE TDAFW | | PUMP CONTINUES TO BE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING IT'S REQUIRED SAFETY FUNCTION | | FOR THE ACCIDENTS FOR WHICH IT IS REQUIRED. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |HOSPITAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 33894 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: ST BARNABUS MEDICAL CENTER |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/13/98 | | CITY: LIVINGSTON REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:35 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NJ |EVENT DATE: 03/12/98 | |LICENSE#: 2901608-03 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 15:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/13/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |RICHARD CONTE RDO | | |DON COOL/NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID STEIDLEY | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |LADM 35.33(a) MED MISADMINISTRATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A CANCER PATIENT RECEIVED AN UNINTENDED EXPOSURE DUE TO A DISLODGED SOURCE. | | | | FOLLOWING A REVIEW OF NRC INTERNET INFORMATION BY THE RADIATION OFFICER, A | | REVIEW OF A DISLODGED SOURCE THAT OCCURRED ON 04/15/97 IS NOW A POSSIBLE | | MISADMINISTRATION DUE TO EXPOSURE TO THE WRONG BODY PART. A SOURCE USED | | FOR UTERINE CANCER TREATMENT WAS DISLODGED FROM THE PROPER EXPOSURE POINT | | AND WAS HELD BY THE T-BINDER AGAINST THE THIGH FOR A PERIOD OF 1 MINUTE TO | | 3 HOURS. THE REVIEW BY THE RADIATION SAFETY TEAM AT THE TIME OF THE | | EXPOSURE, DETERMINED THAT THE DECREASE IN THE PLANNED EXPOSURE WAS LESS | | THAN 20 PERCENT BELOW THE PLANNED EXPOSURE AND WAS NOT REPORTABLE AS A | | MEDICAL MISADMINISTRATION. THE POSSIBLE DOSAGE TO THE THIGH IS BEING | | CALCULATED, BUT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE EXPOSURE WILL NOT POSE ANY MEDICAL | | RISK TO THE PATIENT. THE PATIENT'S PHYSICIAN HAS BEEN CONTACTED, BUT THE | | PATIENT HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR A | | CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33895 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: POINT BEACH REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/13/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:41 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/13/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:50[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOAN McMULLUM |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/13/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PHYSICAL SECURITY EVENT | | | | THERE WAS A DISCOVERY OF A LOSS OF SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION. IMMEDIATE | | COMPENSATORY MEASURES WERE TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR | | ADDITIONAL DETAILS.) | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33896 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CLINTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/13/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:11 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 03/12/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:00[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: R. S. FRANTZ |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/13/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GARY SHEAR RDO | |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 | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 10-CFR-PART-21 NOTIFICATION | | | | ON MARCH 12, 1998, ILLINOIS POWER (IP) CONCLUDED THAT THE DRYWELL AND | | CONTAINMENT HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN ANALYZERS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED INOPERABLE. | | THIS IS BASED ON EVALUATION OF ISSUES OF COMMERCIAL GRADE PARTS VERSUS | | SAFETY GRADE PARTS INSTALLED IN THE DRYWELL AND CONTAINMENT HYDROGEN AND | | OXYGEN ANALYZERS BY SENTRY EQUIPMENT. | | | | CONDITION REPORT 1-97-12-289 (12/18/97) WAS INITIALLY ISSUED TO TRACK THE | | ADEQUACY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SENTRY QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM. IP | | IDENTIFIED THAT SENTRY DID NOT HAVE DOCUMENTED PROCEDURES FOR CONTROLLING | | THEIR COMMERCIAL GRADE DEDICATION PROCESS. AS A RESULT, SENTRY IS UNABLE | | TO FURNISH SUFFICIENT OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE THAT ITEMS SUPPLIED TO IP HAVE | | BEEN PROCURED OR TESTED TO INTENDED SAFETY FUNCTIONS. AN ADDITIONAL | | ASSESSMENT AT THE SENTRY FACILITY ON 02/26/98 TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF | | THIS ISSUE, IDENTIFIED THAT SENTRY WAS NOT AWARE OF CHANGES IN THE | | 10-CFR-PART-21 RULE CONCERNING COMMERCIAL GRADE DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS. | | | | IP CONCLUDED THAT THIS IS REPORTABLE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 10 CFR PART 21 | | IN THAT SENTRY FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF 10 CFR PART 21 | | RELATING TO DEDICATION OF COMMERCIAL GRADE ITEMS FOR USE AS BASIC | | COMPONENTS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33897 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: POINT BEACH REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/13/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:42 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/13/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:48[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KURT RATHGABERT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/13/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GARY SHEAR 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 OPEN COMPONENT COOLING WATER CHECK VALVE WITH NO FLOW | | | | DURING RADIOGRAPHICAL EXAMINATION OF COMPONENT COOLING WATER (CCW) | | CONTAINMENT RETURN CHECK VALVE (CC-745) IN PREPARATION FOR RETURNING IT TO | | THE INSERVICE TEST PROGRAM, THE VALVE WAS FOUND OPEN WITH NO FLOW. THE | | VALVE WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE AT 1748 CST. THE VALVE PROVIDES A REDUNDANT | | MEANS FOR PREVENTING LOSS OF CCW FLUID IN THE EVENT OF A FAILURE OF A CCW | | PIPE INSIDE CONTAINMENT. IF THE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED AT POWER, THE ABILITY | | TO REMOVE DECAY HEAT IN A POST-LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENT ENVIRONMENT IS | | UNANALYZED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE IS UNKNOWN. | | | | THE VALVE FAILURE IS NOT A SAFETY CONCERN IN THE PRESENT MODE OF OPERATION; | | HOWEVER, THE VALVE WILL BE RESTORED TO OPERABILITY PRIOR TO LEAVING COLD | | SHUTDOWN. THE CORRESPONDING VALVE ON UNIT 1 WAS VERIFIED OPERABLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 33898 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: BEST INDUSTRIES |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/14/98 | | CITY: SPRINGFIELD REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:38 [ET]| | COUNTY: FAIRFAX STATE: VA |EVENT DATE: 03/14/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 08:30[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/14/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |MARK LESSER RDO | | |ROBERT PIERSON, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+STUART RUBIN, AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVE SELLERS/HAZ MAT TEAM |FLETCHER DOT | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE |REGGIE JOHNSON DOE | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE UNIT FOR FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA, | | REPORTED THAT A PACKAGE CONTAINING IRIDIUM-192 SEEDS WAS ACCIDENTALLY | | OPENED AT A FEDERAL EXPRESS DISTRIBUTION CENTER LOCATED IN SPRINGFIELD, | | VIRGINIA. | | | | AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 ON 03/14/98, A WORKER AT A FEDERAL EXPRESS | | DISTRIBUTION CENTER (LOCATED IN SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA) TIPPED OVER A | | SHIPPING CONTAINER MARKED RADIOACTIVE, AND THE CONTAINER'S LID POPPED OFF. | | THE WORKER RIGHTED THE CONTAINER, PUT THE LID BACK ON, AND CONTACTED THE | | HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE UNIT FOR FAIRFAX COUNTY. IT WAS REPORTED THAT | | NOTHING CAME OUT OF THE CONTAINER. | | | | THE SHIPPING CONTAINER WAS DESCRIBED AS A 5-GALLON DRUM (SIMILAR TO A PAINT | | CAN), AND THE LABEL INDICATED THAT IT CONTAINED IRIDIUM-192 SEEDS IN A | | NYLON MESH. THE SEEDS WERE LOCATED INSIDE A LEAD CONTAINER WHICH WAS | | LOCATED INSIDE THE SHIPPING CONTAINER. THE INNER LEAD CONTAINER WAS NOT | | BREACHED. SURVEYS OF THE AREA WERE PERFORMED BY THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS | | RESPONSE UNIT, AND IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO CONTAMINATION AS A | | RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. | | | | APPARENTLY, THE CONTAINER WAS BEING SHIPPED FROM MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, TO | | BEST INDUSTRIES LOCATED IN SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA. THE IDENTITY OF THE | | SHIPPER WAS NOT KNOWN. BEST INDUSTRIES WAS CONTACTED, AND A BEST | | REPRESENTATIVE (DR. RAMASWAMY) RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. | | | | NRC ASSISTANCE WAS NOT REQUESTED. (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR CONTACT | | TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND THE STREET ADDRESS FOR THE FEDERAL EXPRESS | | DISTRIBUTION CENTER.) | | | | THE FOLLOWING FEDERAL AGENCIES WERE NOTIFIED OF THIS INCIDENT VIA | | FACSIMILE: FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, | | DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, | | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, AND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (VIA THE | | NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 33899 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: CORYDON CRUSHED STONE COMPANY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/14/98 | | CITY: CORYDON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:17 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: IN |EVENT DATE: 03/14/98 | |LICENSE#: 13-2664401 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 12:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/14/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |GARY SHEAR RDO | | |ROBERT PIERSON/NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JAMES HORTON | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NDAM DAMAGE MEASURE GAUGE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A TROXLER DENSITY GAUGE WAS DAMAGED BY A BUILDING FIRE. | | | | THE STORAGE BUILDING CONTAINING A MODEL NUMBER 3440 TROXLER DENSITY GAUGE | | BURNED. THE PLASTIC PARTS OF THE GAUGE HAVE MELTED, BUT THE METAL PARTS, | | INCLUDING THE BASE PLATE AND SHIELD, ARE INTACT. A SURVEY OF THE AREA | | INDICATES NO LEAKAGE FROM THE SOURCE. THE "REMAINS" WILL BE STORED IN A | | SECURE LOCATION, WHILE WAITING FOR DISPOSAL PROCEDURES FROM TROXLER. | | CORYDON IS IN CONTACT WITH TROXLER TO ARRANGE FOR FURTHER LEAK TESTING AND | | TRANSFER TO FINAL DISPOSITION. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33900 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: GINNA REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/14/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:54 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/14/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:21[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WADE WEBER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/14/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |RICHARD CONTE RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ESF ACTIVATION (CONTAINMENT VENTILATION ISOLATION) DUE TO SPURIOUS ALARM. | | | | A SPURIOUS ALARM FROM RADIATION MONITOR R-11 (CONTAINMENT PARTICULATE) | | CAUSED A CONTAINMENT VENTILATION ISOLATION (ESF). THE POWER SUPPLY FOR THE | | MONITOR WAS CYCLED PER THE ALARM RESPONSE PROCEDURE AND THEN MONITORED FOR | | ONE HOUR. THE MONITOR WAS THEN TESTED FOR OPERABILITY AND RETURNED TO | | OPERATION. FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS BEING CONDUCTED. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33901 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BIG ROCK POINT REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/15/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 07:00 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1 |EVENT DATE: 03/15/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 06:20[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOE HORON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/15/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GARY SHEAR RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |LEDYARD (TAD) MARSH EO | | |STUART RUBIN IRD | | |BERNICE CARR FEMA | | |DOE, DOA, HHS, EPA FAX | | |DOT (NRC) FAX | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 DECOMMISSIONED | 0 DECOMMISSIONED | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | EMERGENCY DECLARED DUE TO RADIOACTIVE LIQUID EFFLUENT RELEASE EXCEEDING 2X | | MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION (MPC). | | | | AT APPROXIMATELY 0200EST A RADIATION EFFLUENT DETECTOR (SCINTILLATION | | COUNTER - NaI) MONITORING THE DISCHARGE CANAL SPIKED AND ALARMED HIGH | | (SETPOINT 650 CPM, NORMAL BACKGROUND 450 CPM). IMMEDIATE GRAB SAMPLES WERE | | TAKEN WHICH CONFIRMED AT 0220EST THAT THE ALARM WAS VALID. PLANT PERSONNEL | | RESPONDED BY ISOLATING THE RADWASTE SYSTEM AND REMOVING ONE OF THE TWO | | OPERATING ENCLOSURE COOLING WATER SYSTEMS FROM SERVICE. ADDITIONAL SAMPLES | | WERE TAKEN WHICH VERIFIED THAT THE RELEASE WAS TERMINATED IN LESS THAN 1 | | HOUR. CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL PERFORMED A DETAILED ISOTOPIC | | ANALYSIS AND CALCULATED THAT THE RELEASE INVOLVED TWO ISOTOPES; Co-60 | | (8.6E-6ęCi/ml) AND Mn-54 (4.86E-6ęCi/ml). THIS ACTIVITY REPRESENTS A | | COMBINED 3.03 MPC RELEASE; i.e., 2.87 MPC Co-60 (1 MPC=3E-6ęCi/ml) AND 0.16 | | MPC Mn-54 (1 MPC=3E-5ęCi/ml). AT 0620EST THE LICENSEE DECLARED AND | | TERMINATED AN UNUSUAL EVENT BASED ON THE EFFLUENT RADIOACTIVE LIQUID | | RELEASE EXCEEDING 2X MPC. THE LICENSEE IS CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION | | TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE RELEASE AND HAS INCREASED THE SAMPLING | | FREQUENCY OF THE DISCHARGE CANAL FROM DAILY TO EVERY 2 HOURS. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED STATE/LOCAL AGENCIES AND THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE 0805EST 3/15/98 FROM HORON TO S.SANDIN * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE COMPLETED SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS OF THE SERVICE WATER INLET AND | | CONCLUDED THAT THE SOURCE OF THE ACTIVITY WAS FROM SEDIMENTS IN LAKE | | MICHIGAN CONTAINING RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL FROM PREVIOUS DISCHARGES. THE | | LICENSEE IS REVIEWING THEIR EMERGENCY PLAN REQUIREMENTS TO DETERMINE AN | | APPROPRIATE METHOD OF IDENTIFYING CURRENT RADIOACTIVE RELEASES. THE | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. NOTIFIED R3DO(SHEAR), | | EO(MARSH) AND IRD(RUBIN). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33902 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/15/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:26 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 03/14/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 22:00[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/15/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |GARY SHEAR RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |ROBERT PIERSON EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KEITH VANDERPOOL | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |OCBB 76.120(c)(2)(ii) EQUIP DISABLED/FAILS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAILURE TO DECLARE FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM INOPERABLE IN X-333 PROCESS | | BUILDING AS REQUIRED BY TSR DUE TO PERSONNEL ERROR. | | | | "ON MARCH 14, 1998 AT 2200 HOURS, FIRE PROTECTION PERSONNEL DISCOVERED THAT | | A TECHNICAL SAFETY REQUIREMENT (TSR) LIMITING CONDITION OF OPERATIONS (LCO) | | ACTION HAD NOT BEEN ENTERED AS REQUIRED ON SPRINKLER SYSTEM #163. THE | | SUPERVISORY ALARM ACTUATED AT 1039 HOURS, BUT IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1615 HOURS | | WHEN THE SYSTEM WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE AND THE LCO ACTIONS WERE | | IMPLEMENTED. THIS ALARM AFFECTED SYSTEMS #151 THRU #163. THE SYSTEMS | | SHOULD HAVE BEEN DECLARED INOPERABLE AT THE TIME OF THE ALARM ACTUATION AND | | THE LCO ENTERED. THIS TSR NON-COMPLIANCE IS REPORTABLE PER 10CFR76. THERE | | WAS NO LOSS OF HAZARDOUS/RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL OR RADIOACTIVE/RADIOLOGICAL | | CONTAMINATION EXPOSURE AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT." | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE DOE SITE | | REPRESENTATIVE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33903 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NORTH ANNA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/15/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: VA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:46 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/15/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:05[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JEFF MOSHER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/15/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARK LESSER 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 92 POWER OPERATION | 92 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LIMIT FOR EXTERNAL LEAKAGE FROM ECCS COMPONENT DURING POST LOCA | | RECIRCULATION EXCEEDED. | | | | LEAKAGE FROM CHARGING PUMP, 2-CH-P-1B, AS MEASURED FROM THE PUMP DRAIN | | VALVES, WITH THE PUMP SUCTION AND DISCHARGE VALVES SHUT, MEASURED 1827 | | CC/HR WHICH EXCEEDS THE LIMIT OF 900 CC/HR. THE MEASUREMENT WAS MADE WHILE | | THE PUMP WAS BEING PREPARED FOR SEAL MAINTENANCE FOR A LEAKING INBOARD PUMP | | SEAL. CALCULATIONS SHOW CONTROL ROOM DOSES COULD BE EXCEEDED DURING THE | | RECIRCULATION MODE AFTER A DESIGN BASIS LOCA. HOWEVER, OFFSITE DOSES WOULD | | REMAIN WELL WITHIN 10CFR100 LIMITS. BLANK FLANGES ARE CURRENTLY BEING | | INSTALLED TO STOP LEAKAGE AND MAINTENANCE WILL CONTINUE ON THE SEAL | | PACKAGE. | | | | THE PLANT HAS 3 CHARGING PUMPS AND REQUIRES ONLY 2 FOR FULL OPERABILITY OF | | THE ECCS AND BORON INJECTION SYSTEMS. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+