U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 01/16/98 - 01/20/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 33489 33547 33550 33551 33552 33553 33554 33555 33556 33557 33558 33559 33560 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33489 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOK REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/05/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:40 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/04/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 22:50[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAN ETHERIDGE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/19/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JIM GAVULA 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HYDROGEN SKIMMER FAN FLOW RATE LOWER THAN DESIGN BASIS | | | | INITIAL RESULTS FROM FLOW TESTING OF THE #1 HYDROGEN SKIMMER FAN INDICATE | | THAT FLOW RATES FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF CONTAINMENT WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER | | THAN THE VALUES SPECIFIED IN THE FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT (FSAR). | | SPECIFICALLY, THE FLOW RATES FROM THE LOWER CONTAINMENT COMPARTMENTS AND | | THE MAIN FAN INTAKE WERE LOWER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED IN THE FSAR. | | | | HYDROGEN SKIMMER FAN FLOW TESTING IS NOT PERFORMED DURING EACH REFUELING | | OUTAGE, AND THIS CONDITION COULD HAVE EXISTED FOR SEVERAL OPERATING CYCLES. | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO RESTORE FLOW RATES TO THOSE SPECIFIED IN THE FSAR, AS | | WELL AS TO TEST THE #2 FAN. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | | | | [ALSO SEE RELATED UNIT 2 EN #33329] | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1900 ON 1/5/98, BY PTACEK TAKEN BY WEAVER * * * | | | | THE #2 HYDROGEN SKIMMER FAN HAS BEEN TESTED. THE INITIAL TEST RESULTS FOR | | THE #2 FAN INDICATE THAT THE FLOW RATES FROM THE VARIOUS COMPARTMENTS ARE | | LOWER THAN THE VALUES LISTED IN THE FSAR. THE TEST METHODOLOGY IS UNDER | | REVIEW FOR BOTH TRAINS TO ENSURE THE ACCURACY OF THE RESULTS. IN ADDITION, | | INVESTIGATION INTO THE #1 FAN LOW FLOW CONDITION HAS REVEALED THAT | | 1-VMO-101, THE #1 FAN INLET SHUTOFF BUTTERFLY VALVE, IS NOT ORIENTED | | CORRECTLY IN THAT IT IS APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT OPEN WHEN IT SHOULD BE | | FULL OPEN OR FULL CLOSED. THIS CREATES AN ICE CONDENSER BYPASS PATH AND | | EXPLAINS PART OF THE LOW FLOW CONDITION OBSERVED WITH THE #1 FAN. THE | | IMPACT OF 1-VMO-101 BEING MISPOSITIONED IS CURRENTLY BEING EVALUATED. | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE HOO NOTIFIED THE | | R3DO (JACOBSON). | | | | ***UPDATE AT 1310 ON 1/19/98 BY PTACEK TO GOULD*** FOLLOWING UNIT 1 SKIMMER | | SYSTEM TESTING, UNIT 2 TESTING WAS INITIATED. ON 1/18/98 WHILE UNIT 2 WAS | | IN MODE 5, THE FLOW TESTING FOR THE UNIT 2 #1 HYDROGEN SKIMMER FAN WAS | | PERFORMED. THE INITIAL TEST RESULTS INDICATED THAT THE FLOW RATE | | ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRESSURIZER DOGHOUSE IS OUTSIDE THE DESIGN FLOW GIVEN | | IN CHAPTER 5, CONTAINMENT SYSTEM, OF THE UFSAR, BUT ABOVE THOSE ASSUMED IN | | THE CHAPTER 14 ACCIDENT ANALYSIS. THE LOW FLOW IS SUSPECTED TO BE THE | | RESULT OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM LINEUP. THE POST-ACCIDENT FLOW PATH FOR THIS | | SYSTEM IS THROUGH THE ICE CONDENSER, AND THAT PATH IS NOT AVAILABLE. | | ANALYSES ARE UNDERWAY TO CONFIRM THAT POST-ACCIDENT FLOW RATES WOULD MEET | | OR EXCEED THOSE CONTAINED IN THE CHAPTER 5 OF THE UFSAR. THE RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED. REG 3 RDO (SHEAR) WAS NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33547 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/15/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:28 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 01/15/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 00:00[CST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/16/98 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |GARY SHEAR RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |LARRY CAMPER EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE UNDERWOOD | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4-HOUR NRC BULLETIN 91-01 REPORT | | | | UPON FURTHER REVIEW OF NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS (NDA) DATA REGARDING AN NCSA | | ISSUE WITH THE MAINTENANCE OF ONE OF THE C-335 P&E PUMPS (EN #33539), AN | | ERROR WAS DISCOVERED. AFTER RECALCULATION OF THE MASS OF URANIUM PRESENT | | USING THE CORRECTED VALUE, THE #2 P&E PUMP COOLER WAS DETERMINED TO CONTAIN | | MORE THAN THE SAFE MASS OF URANIUM. | | | | ACCESS TO THE AREA HAS BEEN RESTRICTED, AND A DRY AIR BUFFER HAS BEEN | | APPLIED TO THE SYSTEM. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0402 ON 1/16/98, BY MAURER TAKEN BY WEAVER * * * | | THIS REPORT WAS BASED ON THE RESULT OF HISTORICAL NON-DESTRUCTIVE ASSAY | | (NDA) MEASUREMENTS WHICH INDICATED THAT MORE THAN A SAFE MASS OF | | FISSIONABLE MATERIAL WAS CONTAINED IN THE C-335 No. 1 AND No. 2 P&E PUMP | | COOLERS. ON 1/15/98 AT 2200, THE RESULTS OF TWO ADDITIONAL INDEPENDENT NDA | | MEASUREMENTS CONDUCTED FROM A MORE ACCURATE OVERHEAD LOCATION INDICATED | | THAT THE No. 2 P&E COOLER CONTAINS LESS THAN THE SAFE MASS OF FISSIONABLE | | MATERIAL, THEREFORE THIS EVENT REPORT IS RETRACTED. THE LICENSEE INFORMED | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR THE HOO INFORMED THE R3DO(SHEAR). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33550 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/16/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:35 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 01/15/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 17:00[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/16/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |GARY SHEAR RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |FRED COMBS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KIETH VANDERPOOL | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 24-HOUR NRC BULLETIN 91-01 REPORT | | | | A NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY APPROVAL (NCSA) REQUIREMENT WAS NOT MET IN AN | | AREA OF THE X-326 PROCESS BUILDING. NCSA PLANT048.A00, PART B, REQUIREMENT | | 10B REQUIRES THAT 2-FOOT EDGE TO EDGE SPACING (BOTH HORIZONTAL AND | | VERTICAL) BE MAINTAINED BETWEEN CONTAMINATED ITEMS IN STORAGE. FOUR VALVE | | SUBASSEMBLIES WERE DISCOVERED TO BE STORED NEXT TO A G17 VALVE, VIOLATING | | THE MINIMUM SPACING REQUIREMENT. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN | | INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |HOSPITAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 33551 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CTR |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/16/98 | | CITY: ST. LOUIS REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:24 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: MO |EVENT DATE: 01/15/98 | |LICENSE#: 24-00167-11 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 15:30[CST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/16/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |GARY SHEAR RDO | | |FRED COMBS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN EICHLING | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |LADM 35.33(a) MED MISADMINISTRATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MEDICAL MISADMINISTRATION | | | | A PATIENT RECEIVING TREATMENT USING AN EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE RECEIVED A | | LARGER THAN EXPECTED DOSE TO UNWANTED BODY AREAS DUE TO DIFFICULTY IN | | REMOVING THE IMPLANTED SOURCES. TWELVE PELLETS OF STRONTIUM-90 (TOTAL | | ACTIVITY OF 35 mCi) WERE INSERTED TO A PREDETERMINED LOCATION IN THE | | PATIENT'S BODY VIA A LONG (150 CM) CATHETER. AT THE END OF THE PRESCRIBED | | TREATMENT, THE PELLETS BECAME STUCK IN THE CATHETER, AND COULD NOT BE | | REMOVED. THE ENTIRE CATHETER WAS THEN IMMEDIATELY REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT | | AND PLACED INTO A SHIELDED CONTAINER. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE TIME NEEDED TO | | REMOVE THE CATHETER (20 TO 60 SECONDS), THE PATIENT RECEIVED A LARGER | | TRANSIT DOSE THAN EXPECTED, AS THE NORMAL TIME TO REMOVE THE SOURCES IS 3 | | TO 5 SECONDS. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER OF THE DEVICE REGARDING THIS | | EVENT. NRC REGION 3 HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33552 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BEAVER VALLEY REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/16/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:38 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/16/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:00[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HARTNER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/16/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |HAROLD GRAY 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | POTENTIAL FOR INCORRECT SYSTEM OPERATION IF SI SIGNAL RECEIVED WHILE | | TESTING SUCTION TRANSFER LOGIC | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS IDENTIFIED A CONCERN REGARDING THE METHOD USED FOR TESTING | | THE AUTOMATIC SAFETY INJECTION (SI) SYSTEM TRANSFER FROM INJECTION TO | | RECIRCULATION MODES. THIS TEST IS PERFORMED MONTHLY AS REQUIRED BY PLANT | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS, TAKING APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THE | | PORTION IN QUESTION. | | | | THE TEST METHOD TRIPS 2 OF 4 REFUELING WATER STORAGE TANK (RWST) LEVEL | | CHANNELS TO BOTH TRAINS OF THE SOLID STATE PROTECTION SYSTEM (SSPS). THE | | METHOD OF TRIPPING THE CHANNELS CAUSES 2 OF 4 RWST LEVEL CHANNELS TO BE OUT | | OF SERVICE AT THE SAME TIME. THE TEST SWITCHES FOR THE LOOPS ARE OPENED, | | CAUSING THE LOOP TO FAIL LOW, WHICH ENERGIZES THE OUTPUT OF THE LOW LEVEL | | COMPARATOR (RWST LEVEL LOW/SI TRANSFER TO RECIRCULATION IS AN ENERGIZE TO | | ACTUATE FUNCTION). IF AN SI SIGNAL SHOULD OCCUR WHILE THESE CHANNELS ARE | | TRIPPED, A TRANSFER TO RECIRCULATION MODE WOULD OCCUR, CAUSING A LOSS OF | | SUCTION FROM THE RWST TO ALL HIGH HEAD AND LOW HEAD SAFETY INJECTION PUMPS. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS CURRENTLY EVALUATING ALTERNATE TEST METHODS. UNIT 2 IS NOT | | AFFECTED BY THIS CONDITION. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33553 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/16/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:48 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 01/15/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 15:20[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/16/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |GARY SHEAR RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |LARRY CAMPER EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KIETH VANDERPOOL | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 24-HOUR NRC BULLETIN 91-01 REPORT | | | | A NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY APPROVAL (NCSA) REQUIREMENT WAS NOT MET IN THE | | NORTH STORAGE AREA CONTAMINATION CONTROL ZONE OF THE X-344 BUILDING. NCSA | | PLANT018.A01, PART B, REQUIREMENT 5 REQUIRES A 2-FOOT EDGE TO EDGE SPACING | | FROM ANY URANIUM BEARING EQUIPMENT OR MATERIAL FOR DRY ACTIVE WASTE (DAW) | | CONTAINERS WITH A CAPACITY OF 55 GALLONS OR LESS. THREE BAGS OF DAW WERE | | FOUND TO BE STORED NEXT TO 1S SAMPLE CONTAINERS, VIOLATING THE MINIMUM | | SPACING REQUIREMENT. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33554 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DUANE ARNOLD REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/16/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:51 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 01/16/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:52[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEVE CATRON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/16/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | |JIM CREED IAT | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SAFEGUARDS SYSTEM DEGRADATION RELATED TO MONITORING OF PROTECTED AREA | | PERIMETER. IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY MEASURES NOT TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY BUT ARE | | NOW FULLY IMPLEMENTED. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. REFER | | TO THE HOO LOG FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 33555 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: USAF RADIOISOTOPE COMMITTEE |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/16/98 | | CITY: LACKLAND AFB REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:58 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: TX |EVENT DATE: 12/22/97 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 09:30[CST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/16/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |ELMO COLLINS RDO | | |LARRY CAMPER EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KIRSTIN SWENSON | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOST CONTAINER OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE | | | | TWO BOXES OF RADIOACTIVE BIOMEDICAL WASTE WERE INADVERTENTLY DISCARDED BY | | THE HOUSEKEEPING STAFF OF THE WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER AT LACKLAND AIR | | FORCE BASE. THE BOXES WERE PICKED UP BY THE BIOMEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL | | CONTRACTOR (AMERICAN 3CI) AND TRANSPORTED TO A WASTE TRANSFER STATION IN | | FRESNO, TX. | | | | ONE OF THE BOXES WAS RECOVERED AT THAT LOCATION, BUT THE OTHER, WHICH | | CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 13ęCi OF I-125, COULD NOT BE LOCATED USING | | RADIATION SURVEY INSTRUMENTATION. THE LICENSEE BELIEVES THAT THIS WASTE HAS | | SINCE BEEN INCINERATED BY THE WASTE CONTRACTOR. NRC REGION 4 HAS BEEN | | CONTACTED REGARDING THIS EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33556 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CLINTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/16/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:47 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 01/16/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:00[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MacFARLAND |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/16/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |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 REPORT REGARDING USE OF INCORRECT CABLE RESISTANCE IN DESIGN | | CALCULATIONS | | | | INCORRECT CABLE RESISTANCE VALUES WERE USED TO DETERMINE CABLE TRAY LOADING | | AND VOLTAGE DROP OF CABLES RATED FOR LESS THAN 5 kV. SARGENT & LUNDY | | STANDARD ESA-102 DID NOT CORRECTLY REFLECT RESISTANCE VALUES FOR TIN-COATED | | COPPER CONDUCTOR CABLES USED AT CLINTON. (TIN-COATED CABLES HAVE A HIGHER | | RESISTANCE THAN UNCOATED COPPER CABLES.) THE LICENSEE HAS IDENTIFIED THAT | | INCORRECT RESISTANCE VALUES WERE USED IN AT LEAST FIVE ELECTRICAL VOLTAGE | | CALCULATIONS FOR THE AC AND DC ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33557 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OCONEE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/17/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [3] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 01:22 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP,[3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/16/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAN GREENE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/17/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CAUDLE JULIAN RDO | |NMAT MATL IN UNCNTRL AREA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CONTAMINATED PACKAGES ON TRUCK LOAD OF NON-RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL. | | | | THE LICENSEE RECEIVED A TRUCK CONTAINING NON-RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL FROM THE | | CATAWBA NUCLEAR SITE ON 1/2/98. SOME MATERIALS WERE OFF LOADED TO ASSIST | | IN THE CURRENT UNIT 1 STEAM GENERATOR TUBE LEAK OUTAGE. ON 1/16/98 AT 1530 | | THE TRUCK WAS BEING SURVEYED FOR RELEASE WHEN TWO PACKAGES, THAT HAD NOT | | BEEN OFF LOADED AT OCONEE NUCLEAR SITE, WERE FOUND CONTAMINATED WITH FIXED | | CONTAMINATION. ONE PACKAGE HAD A HOT PARTICLE AT 4000 COUNTS PER MINUTE | | CONTAINING ISOTOPES CHROMIUM-51, COBALT-58 AND 60, AND IRON-59. THE SECOND | | PACKAGE REGISTERED 250 COUNTS PER MINUTE. THE PACKAGES WERE DECONTAMINATED | | AND RELEASED. NO OTHER CONTAMINATION WAS FOUND. THIS REPORT IS MADE UNDER | | 10CFR20.1906(d)(1 & 2). | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33558 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PRAIRIE ISLAND REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/17/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: MN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:36 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/17/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:30[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DUANE JOHNSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/17/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GARY SHEAR 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CONTROL ROOM STEAM EXCLUSION DAMPERS COULD HAVE LEAKED AT A GREATER VALUE | | THAN THAT ASSUMED IN ACCIDENT ANALYSIS. | | | | THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED, DURING LEAK RATE TESTING, THAT THE CONTROL ROOM | | STEAM EXCLUSION DAMPERS COULD HAVE LEAKED AT GREATER THAN THE ASSUMED VALUE | | IN AN ACCIDENT. THE DAMPERS ARE PROVIDED IN THE VENTILATION DUCTWORK TO | | PROTECT THE CONTROL ROOM FROM STEAM INTRUSION DURING A HIGH ENERGY LINE | | BREAK. REDUNDANT ISOLATION DAMPERS WERE TESTED AND INDIVIDUALLY FOUND TO | | EXCEED THE VALUE ASSUMED IN THE ANALYSIS. ONE DAMPER WAS REPAIRED AND | | CLOSED WITHIN THE TECH SPEC TIME LIMIT UNDER TS-3.4 LCO TIME LIMIT OF 4 | | HOURS. WITH ONE DAMPER CLOSED, FURTHER PLANT OPERATION IS NOT RESTRICTED. | | REPAIR WORK CONTINUES ON THE SECOND DAMPER. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33559 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BYRON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/19/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:36 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/19/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:15[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ED LAMKEN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/19/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GARY SHEAR RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |CECIL THOMAS EO | |AMED 50.72(b)(2)(v) OFFSITE MEDICAL |BERNICE CARR FEMA | | |FRANK CONGEL IRD | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED INDIVIDUAL HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED OFFSITE. | | | | A CONTRACTOR, WORKING IN THE CONTAINMENT, HURT HIS BACK WHILE CLIMBING AND | | HAD TO BE IMMOBILIZED AND TRANSPORTED OFFSITE TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. THE | | CONTRACTOR WAS POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED AND WILL BE CHECKED FOR | | CONTAMINATION AT THE HOSPITAL. THE MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION OF A POTENTIALLY | | CONTAMINATED PERSON IS THE BASIS FOR THE UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARATION. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR, AS WELL AS STATE AND | | LOCAL OFFICIALS. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1132 EST ON 1/19/98 BY ED LAMKEN TAKEN BY FANGIE JONES* * * | | | | THE UNUSUAL EVENT WAS TERMINATED AT 1015 CST, WHEN THE CONTRACTOR WAS FOUND | | NOT CONTAMINATED, AFTER BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE ROCKFORD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | | FOR TREATMENT. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE | | STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. THE OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R3DO (GARY | | SHEAR), NRR EO (CECIL THOMAS), IRD (FRANK CONGEL), AND FEMA (BERNICE CARR). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33560 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PILGRIM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/19/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:51 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 01/19/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PERRY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/19/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |HAROLD GRAY 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE PLANT DECLARED THE HPCI SYSTEM INOPERABLE AND ENTERED A 14 LCO ACTION | | STATEMENT. | | | | WHILE PERFORMING A HPCI SURVEILLANCE, THE PLANT DISCOVERED THE TIME DELAY | | RELAY IN THE SUCTION PATH SWAP FOR THE HPCI SYSTEM WAS OUT OF TOLERANCE AND | | COULD NOT BE ADJUSTED. THIS CONDITION DOES NOT ALLOW THE AUTOMATIC HPCI | | SUCTION PATH SWAP FROM THE CONDENSATE STORAGE TANKS TO THE SUPRESSION POOL, | | THEREFORE MAKING HPCI INOPERABLE. THEY ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE | | FOR THE RELAY FAILURE. ALL OTHER ECCS EQUIPMENT IS OPERABLE. THE RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+