U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 03/16/98 - 03/17/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 33904 33905 33906 33907 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33904 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SAN ONOFRE REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/16/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [3] STATE: CA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:27 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] CE,[3] CE |EVENT DATE: 03/16/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:30[PST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: G. L. PLUMLEE III |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/16/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LAWRENCE YANDELL 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 | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 3 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | INADVERTENT UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY INTO THE PROTECTED AREA [1-HOUR REPORT IN | | ACCORDANCE WITH 10 CFR PART 73, APPENDIX G.I(b)] | | | | AT 1330 PST ON 03/16/98, THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN | | INADVERTENT ENTRY OF AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON INTO THE PROTECTED AREA BETWEEN | | 0644 PST AND 0937 PST ON 03/10/98. THE ENTRY WAS MADE BY A CONTRACTOR WHO | | HAD BEEN BADGED BEFORE ACCEPTABLE DRUG SCREEN TEST RESULTS WERE RECEIVED, | | AND THE DRUG TEST RESULTS WERE LATER DETERMINED TO BE POSITIVE. IMMEDIATE | | COMPENSATORY MEASURES WERE TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR | | EVENT DETAILS AND A SITE CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33905 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FERMI REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/16/98 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:14 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 03/16/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:06[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JEFF GROFF |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/17/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MELVYN LEACH 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N Y 96 POWER OPERATION | 96 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAILURE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE COOLANT INJECTION (HPCI) EXHAUST VACUUM | | BREAKER INBOARD ISOLATION VALVE TO CLOSE DURING TESTING DUE TO A FAILED | | PUSH BUTTON CONTACT | | | | AT 1706 ON 03/16/98, DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURE 24.202.07, "HPCI | | VACUUM BREAKER CHECK VALVE TEST," THE HPCI EXHAUST VACUUM BREAKER INBOARD | | ISOLATION VALVE (VALVE E4150-F079) DID NOT CLOSE WHEN GIVEN A CLOSED SIGNAL | | WITH THE MANUAL PUSH BUTTON FROM THE CONTROL ROOM. HPCI WAS DECLARED | | INOPERABLE AT THE TIME. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE | | CLOSED PUSH BUTTON CONTACT FAILED. | | | | THE UNIT ENTERED A 14-DAY LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATION (LCO) WHEN THE | | HPCI SYSTEM WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE. THE LICENSEE PLANS TO EXIT THIS LCO | | WHEN THE PUSH BUTTON CONTACT IS REPAIRED. THE UNIT ALSO ENTERED A 4-HOUR | | LCO DUE TO THE LOSS OF THE REMOTE MANUAL OPERATION CAPABILITY OF A PRIMARY | | CONTAINMENT ISOLATION VALVE. THE LICENSEE PLANS TO EXIT THIS 4-HOUR LCO | | WHEN THE APPLICABLE VALVE IS CLOSED AND DE-ENERGIZED. | | | | THE AUTOMATIC PRIMARY CONTAINMENT ISOLATION FUNCTION WAS NOT LOST. ALL | | OTHER EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEMS ARE CURRENTLY OPERABLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND PLANS TO ISSUE A PRESS | | RELEASE. | | | | * * * UPDATE 0508EST 3/17/98 FROM STEVE MAREK TO S.SANDIN * * * | | | | THE CLOSE PUSH BUTTON FOR THE "E4150-F079" VALVE WAS REPLACED AND POST | | MAINTENANCE TESTING COMPLETED. CONSEQUENTLY, HPCI WAS DECLARED OPERABLE AT | | 0333EST ON 3/17/98 AND THE LCO EXITED. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. NOTIFIED R3DO(LEACH). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33906 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: GE NUCLEAR ENERGY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/16/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:05 [ET]| |COMMENTS: LEU CONVERSION (UF6 TO UO2) |EVENT DATE: 03/16/98 | | LEU FABRICATION |EVENT TIME: 19:52[EST]| | LWR COMMERICAL FUEL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/16/98 | | CITY: WILMINGTON REGION: 2 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: NEW HANOVER STATE: NC |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: SNM-1097 AGREEMENT: Y |MARK LESSER RDO | | DOCKET: 07001113 |ROBERT PIERSON, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+STUART RUBIN, AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CHARLES VAUGHAN |LUIS REYES REG2 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE |CHUCK HOSEY REG2 | +------------------------------------------------+THOMAS MCKENNA RCT | |EMERGENCY CLASS: ALERT | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DECLARATION OF AN ALERT DUE TO A FIRE IN A DUMPSTER LOCATED OUTSIDE THE | | FUELS MANUFACTURING BUILDING | | | | A FIRE IN A LARGE DUMPSTER LOCATED OUTSIDE (ON THE NORTH SIDE) OF THE FUELS | | MANUFACTURING BUILDING, AND THE FIRE ALARM WAS SOUNDED AT 1935. AS A | | RESULT, THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND RESPONDED TO THE SITE. THE | | BUILDING WAS ALSO EVACUATED, AND AN ALERT WAS DECLARED AT 1952. | | | | DURING THE EVENT NOTIFICATION CALL, THE LICENSEE STATED THAT THE FIRE HAD | | RECENTLY BEEN EXTINGUISHED. (THE EXACT TIME WAS NOT KNOWN.) THE LICENSEE | | STATED THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE, THERE WERE NO INJURIES, AND THERE WAS NO | | SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL INVOLVED. APPARENTLY, THE DUMPSTER WAS BEING USED | | BY A CONTRACTOR THAT WAS HIRED TO PERFORM REPAIR WORK ON THE ROOF OF THE | | FUELS MANUFACTURING BUILDING, AND THE DUMPSTER CONTAINED ROOFING MATERIALS. | | | | THE LICENSEE TERMINATED THE ALERT AT 2113. | | | | IN ADDITION TO THE NOTIFICATIONS REFERENCED ABOVE, THE NRC OPERATIONS | | CENTER MADE THE FOLLOWING INTERNAL NOTIFICATIONS: AEOD (MARTIN), EDO | | (CALLAN), CHAIRMAN JACKSON'S OFFICE (VIRGILIO), OPA (BEECHER). THE NRC | | OPERATIONS CENTER ALSO NOTIFIED THE FOLLOWING FEDERAL AGENCIES: FEDERAL | | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (STINEDURF), DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (ZACHMAN), | | DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (BICKERTON), DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN | | SERVICES (GRAY), ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY VIA THE NATIONAL RESPONSE | | CENTER (RUTHERFORD), AND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (VIA FACSIMILE ONLY). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33907 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/16/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:26 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 03/16/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 08:25[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/16/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |MELVYN LEACH RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |ROBERT PIERSON, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+STUART RUBIN, AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KEITH VANDERPOOL | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NRC BULLETIN 91-01 RESPONSE (24-HOUR REPORT) - LOSS OF ONE CRITICALITY | | CONTROL (MODERATION) IN THE DOUBLE CONTINGENCY CONTROL MATRIX | | | | AT 0825 ON 03/16/98, FACILITY OPERATIONS PERSONNEL DISCOVERED THAT A | | NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY APPROVAL (NCSA) REQUIREMENT WAS NOT BEING | | MAINTAINED IN THE HIGH BAY AREA OF THE X-705 DECONTAMINATION FACILITY. | | NCSA-PLANT018.A01, PART 'B,' REQUIREMENT #10, STATES THAT DRY ACTIVE WASTE | | DRUMS/BARRELS THAT DO NOT HAVE A FIXED LID SHALL BE COVERED WITH A RIGID | | LID WHEN UNATTENDED. AN UNATTENDED DRY ACTIVE WASTE DRUM WAS DISCOVERED | | WITH THE LID PARTIALLY COVERING THE DRUM OPENING. (APPARENTLY, SOMEONE HAD | | BUMPED THE LID, AND IT HAD A GAP OF ABOUT 1-1/2 INCHES.) THIS VIOLATED | | REQUIREMENT #10 AND CONSTITUTED A LOSS OF ONE CONTROL (CONTROL 'A'- | | MODERATION) IN THE DOUBLE CONTINGENCY CONTROL MATRIX FOR CONTINGENCY EVENT | | B.6.2. CONTROL 'B' (MASS) WAS MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT. | | | | WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY REPRESENTATIVE, THE LID | | WAS RE-SECURED OVER THE DRUM OPENING THEREBY RE-ESTABLISHING CONTROL 'A.' | | THERE WAS NO LOSS OF HAZARDOUS OR RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, AND THERE WERE NO | | RADIOACTIVE/RADIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION EXPOSURES AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. | | | | PORTSMOUTH NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY | | SITE REPRESENTATIVE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+