U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 07/17/98 - 07/20/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34528 34529 34530 34531 34532 34533 34534 34535 34536 34537 34538 34539 34540 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34528 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/17/98 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:45 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/17/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:11[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MICHELE SAVINO |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/17/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PETER ESELGROTH RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNPLANNED ENGINEERED SAFETY FEATURE ACTUATION | | | | INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL (I&C) PERSONNEL WERE PERFORMING TESTING OF THE | | #23 FAN COOLER UNIT IN ORDER TO TEST THE INCIDENT LOW FLOW CENTRAL CONTROL | | ROOM ALARM. CONTROL OPERATORS WERE REQUESTED TO PLACE THE #23 FAN COOLER | | UNIT IN ITS VENT MODE, AND THIS WAS PERFORMED. WHEN THE REQUIRED RELAYS | | WERE OPERATED PER THE TEST, THE OTHER FOUR FAN COOLER UNITS SWAPPED TO THE | | INCIDENT MODE. THE NORMAL OUTLET VALVES CLOSED, AND THE CHARCOAL INLET AND | | OUTLET VALVES OPENED. THIS WAS AN UNEXPECTED RESPONSE AND AN UNPLANNED | | ENGINEERED SAFETY FEATURE ACTUATION. | | | | A TEMPORARY PROCEDURE CHANGE IS BEING GENERATED TO SWAP FAN COOLING UNITS | | BACK TO THE NORMAL OPERATING MODE, AND I&C PERSONNEL ARE ACTIVELY | | INVESTIGATING THIS UNEXPECTED OCCURRENCE. THE LICENSEE STATED THAT THIS | | PROCEDURE IS NORMALLY PERFORMED ON ALL FIVE FAN COOLING UNITS; AND DURING | | THIS EVENT, IT WAS ONLY BEING PERFORMED ON ONE. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34529 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SAINT LUCIE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/17/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:25 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE,[2] CE |EVENT DATE: 07/17/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:58[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEVE MERRILL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/17/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |THOMAS DECKER RDO | |NONR OTHER UNSPEC REQMNT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FOUR ENDANGERED BIRDS FOUND DEAD ONSITE | | | | THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED FOUR DEAD LEAST TERNS ON OR NEAR THE ROOF OF THE | | NUCLEAR TRAINING CENTER. THE BIRDS HAD APPARENTLY BEEN KILLED BY HEAVY | | RAINS THAT OCCURRED EARLIER IN THE WEEK. THE LICENSEE HAS NOTIFIED THE | | FLORIDA WILDLIFE ASSOCIATION REGARDING THIS EVENT. THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34530 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SAN ONOFRE REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/17/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [3] STATE: CA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:08 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] CE,[3] CE |EVENT DATE: 07/17/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:00[PDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: C. WILLIAMS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/17/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JEFF SHACKELFORD 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 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MAIN CONDENSER AIR EJECTOR EFFLUENT PARTICULATE RADIATION MONITOR DOES NOT | | MEET SAMPLING REQUIREMENTS | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE RADIATION MONITOR FOR THE MAIN | | CONDENSER AIR EJECTOR EFFLUENT PATHWAY DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF | | ANSI STANDARD N13.1 FOR ISOKINETIC SAMPLING OF PARTICULATES AND | | RADIOIODINE. SPECIFICALLY, SAMPLE NOZZLES FOR THE PARTICULATE MONITOR | | CANNOT SUPPORT ISOKINETIC FLOW RATES DURING NORMAL EFFLUENT FLOW | | CONDITIONS. NOBLE GAS DETECTION CAPABILITY IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS | | DISCOVERY AND REMAINS ACCEPTABLE. SECTION 11.5.1.2 OF THE UPDATED FINAL | | SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT STATES THAT THE PLANT EFFLUENT MONITORING SYSTEM | | WILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF NRC REGULATORY GUIDE 1.21, REVISION 1, WHICH | | INCORPORATES THE ANSI STANDARD BY REFERENCE. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS DECLARED THE PARTICULATE AND RADIOIODINE MONITORS | | INOPERABLE AND HAS IMPLEMENTED COMPENSATORY SAMPLING IN ACCORDANCE WITH | | OFFSITE DOSE CALCULATION MANUAL (ODCM) ACTION 40. THE NOBLE GAS MONITORS | | REMAIN OPERABLE. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE | | LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 34531 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: NEW YORK CITY BUREAU OF RAD HEALTH |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/17/98 | | CITY: NEW YORK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:35 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NY |EVENT DATE: 07/17/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/17/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |PETER ESELGROTH RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RICHARD BORRI | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AGREEMENT STATE REPORT | | | | A TRUCKLOAD OF TRASH SET OFF THE PORTAL MONITOR AT AN INCINERATOR FACILITY | | NEAR PHILADELPHIA. THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA HAS ISSUED AN EMERGENCY | | TRANSPORTATION CERTIFICATE TO ENABLE THE TRUCK TO RETURN TO NEW YORK CITY | | WITH ITS CONTENTS. THE BUREAU OF RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH WILL INSPECT THE | | CONTENTS OF THE TRUCK UPON ITS RETURN. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34532 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/17/98 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:55 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/17/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:17[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MICHELE SAVINO |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/17/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PETER ESELGROTH 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | RPS AND ESF LOGIC TESTS DID NOT ENCOMPASS ALL PARTS OF LOGIC CIRCUITRY | | | | BASED UPON AN ENGINEERING ANALYSES PERFORMED IN SUPPORT OF PLANT DESIGN | | REVIEWS, THE LICENSEE HAS DETERMINED THAT SEVERAL SURVEILLANCE TEST | | PROCEDURES FOR REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEM (RPS) AND ENGINEERED SAFEGUARD | | FEATURES (ESF) LOGIC CIRCUITRY DID NOT ENCOMPASS ALL PARTS OF THE LOGIC | | CIRCUITRY. SPECIFICALLY, THE MAIN TURBINE LOW AUTO-STOP OIL PRESSURE TRIP | | INPUT TO THE RPS HAS NOT BEEN FULLY TESTED. PARALLEL PORTIONS OF THE | | FEEDWATER ISOLATION AND CONTAINMENT VENTILATION LOGIC CIRCUITRY WERE ALSO | | INADEQUATELY TESTED. | | | | THE LICENSEE'S RESPONSE TO NRC GENERIC LETTER 96-01 DID NOT IDENTIFY THESE | | ITEMS. REQUIRED TESTING WILL BE PERFORMED, AND THE LICENSEE IS REVIEWING | | THEIR RESPONSE TO GL 96-01 TO DETERMINE WHETHER OTHER ITEMS HAVE BEEN | | OMITTED. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 34533 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/17/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:21 [ET]| |COMMENTS: LEU CONVERSION (UF6 to UO2) |EVENT DATE: 07/16/98 | | COMMERCIAL LWR FUEL |EVENT TIME: 19:00[EDT]| | |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/17/98 | | CITY: COLUMBIA REGION: 2 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: RICHLAND STATE: SC |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: SNM-1107 AGREEMENT: Y |THOMAS DECKER RDO | | DOCKET: 07001151 |JOHN AUSTIN EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WILBUR GOODWIN | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NRC BULLETIN 91-01 24-HOUR REPORT | | | | WHILE PERFORMING THE 30-DAY OPERATOR MAINTENANCE CHECK TO CONFIRM PROPER | | OPERATION OF THE LINE #3 UF6 CYLINDER STEAM CHEST LEVEL PROBES, OPERATORS | | NOTICED THAT THE WATER BEING ADDED TO THE VAPORIZER FOR THE TEST WAS NOT | | DRAINING PROPERLY. THE VAPORIZER DRAINS TO THE CONDENSATE REMOVAL SYSTEM | | VIA TWO DRAIN LINES, ONE 1" AND ONE 2" IN DIAMETER. BOTH LINES CONNECT TO | | THE ADJACENT LEVEL PROBE POT. THE OPERATORS DETERMINED THAT THE 1" DRAIN | | WAS PARTIALLY PLUGGED AND THAT THE 2" DRAIN HAD AN ACCUMULATION OF DEBRIS | | ON ITS SCREEN WHICH SLOWED ITS ABILITY TO DRAIN. THEREFORE, LICENSEE WAS | | UNSURE THAT THE CONDENSATE REMOVAL SYSTEM WAS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. | | | | DOUBLE CONTINGENCY PROTECTION FOR THE STEAM CHEST CONSISTS OF MASS CONTROL | | (ENSURING THAT NO SNM ACCUMULATES FROM THE UF6 CYLINDER) AND MODERATOR | | CONTROL (ENSURING THAT THE CONDENSATE DRAINS FREELY FROM THE STEAM CHEST). | | IN ACCORDANCE WITH WESTINGHOUSE OPERATING LICENSE REVISION 5, PARAGRAPH | | 3.7.3(c.5), THIS EVENT SATISFIES THE CRITERIA FOR A 24-HOUR NOTIFICATION. | | THE LICENSEE CLEARED THE CONDENSATE DRAINS AND VERIFIED PROPER OPERATION. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34534 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: USAF RADIOISOTOPE COMMITTEE |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/18/98 | | CITY: EDWARDS AFB REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:09 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: CA |EVENT DATE: 07/18/98 | |LICENSE#: 42-23539-01AF AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 11:30[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/18/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JEFF SHACKELFORD RDO | | |JOHN AUSTIN EO | +------------------------------------------------+LINDA HOWELL R4 | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JAMES HICKS |CHARLES HACKNEY R4 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAE2 20.2202(b)(2) EXCESSIVE RELEASE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | BIOENGINEERING LABORATORY CONTAMINATED AT EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE | | | | ON 7/17/98, EDWARDS AFB PERSONNEL WERE NOTIFIED THAT RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL | | HAD BEEN DISCOVERED IN SCRAP MATERIAL SENT FOR RECYCLING. THE SCRAP | | MATERIAL WAS COLLECTED BY A RECYCLING COMPANY IN ROSAMOND, CA, AND THEN | | SENT TO A PROCESSING FACILITY IN LONG BEACH, CA. THE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL | | WAS DISCOVERED WHEN A RADIATION MONITOR ALARMED AT THE RECYCLING FACILITY | | IN LONG BEACH. THE RECYCLER IN ROSAMOND CLAIMS THAT THE RADIOACTIVE | | MATERIAL WAS FOUND IN SCRAP FROM THE PHILLIPS LABORATORY AT EDWARDS AFB, | | ALTHOUGH BASE PERSONNEL WERE UNABLE TO VERIFY THE CLAIM. THE MATERIAL WAS | | RETURNED TO THE PHILLIPS LAB, WHO CONTACTED THE BASE BIOENVIRONMENTAL | | ENGINEER (BEE). THE BEE TOOK POSSESSION OF THE ITEM AND TRANSFERRED IT TO | | THE BIOENGINEERING LABORATORY FOR ANALYSIS. | | | | THE RADIOACTIVE ITEM IS A METAL ROD 6" LONG x 1/2" DIAMETER, WITH A HOLE | | DRILLED INTO ONE END. THE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL IS PACKED INTO THE HOLE. | | TECHNICIANS AT THE BIOENGINEERING LABORATORY PERFORMED A SWIPE TEST TO LOOK | | FOR REMOVABLE CONTAMINATION. ANALYSIS OF THE SWIPES IDENTIFIED THAT THE | | CONTAMINATION WAS REMOVABLE (IT FLAKES OFF READILY). THE LICENSEE REPORTED | | THAT RADIATION READINGS WERE APPROXIMATELY 2mR/HR AT 4" FROM THE ROD, AND | | THE SWIPES CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 300mCi OF Ra-226. EDWARDS AFB PERSONNEL | | HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE ORIGIN OR PURPOSE OF THE SOURCE. THE ITEM | | WAS PLACED INTO A SEALED PIPE FOR DISPOSAL. | | | | WHILE PERFORMING A SURVEY OF THE WORK AREA, TECHNICIANS IDENTIFIED | | EXTENSIVE SURFACE CONTAMINATION WITHIN THE LABORATORY, AS WELL AS SOME | | CONTAMINATION IN CARPETING IN THE BUILDING HOUSING THE LAB. THE LABORATORY | | HAS BEEN CLOSED, AND THE AIR FORCE RADIATION RESPONSE TEAM IS RESPONDING TO | | THE FACILITY. THE TWO TECHNICIANS WHO HANDLED THE SOURCE WILL PROVIDE URINE | | SAMPLES TO IDENTIFY ANY POSSIBLE UPTAKE. | | | | THE AIR FORCE HAS CONTACTED THE LOCAL RECYCLER IN ROSAMOND, AND IS | | CURRENTLY ATTEMPTING TO ARRANGE A JOINT VISIT OF USAF AND STATE OF | | CALIFORNIA PERSONNEL TO THE RECYCLING FACILITIES TO SEARCH FOR POTENTIAL | | CONTAMINATION AT THOSE LOCATIONS. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1454 7/18/98 ENTERED BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | A CONFERENCE CALL WAS HELD BETWEEN CAPT. KURT LEE (EDWARDS AFB), L. HOWELL | | (REGION 4) AND C. HACKNEY (REGION 4) REGARDING THIS EVENT. CAPT. LEE | | CORRECTED AND PROVIDED SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE INITIAL REPORT, | | AND WAS PROVIDED WITH CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34535 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COMANCHE PEAK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/18/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:07 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/18/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:21[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: D. McGAUHEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/18/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JEFF SHACKELFORD RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 80 POWER OPERATION | 80 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE OF TEXAS REGARDING LARGE FISH KILL | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE TEXAS STATE PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT | | REGARDING THE DISCOVERY OF APPROXIMATELY 2,000 DEAD FISH, PRIMARILY THREAD | | FIN SHAD, FLOATING ALONG THE BANKS OF THE CIRCULATING WATER INTAKE | | STRUCTURE. THE LICENSEE'S INITIAL ASSESSMENT IS THAT THE FISH KILL IS DUE | | TO DISSOLVED OXYGEN DEPLETION CAUSED BY AMBIENT CONDITIONS, AND THE | | ACCUMULATION OF FISH NEAR THE INTAKE STRUCTURE IS DUE TO WATER CURRENTS. | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34536 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: POINT BEACH REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/18/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:38 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/18/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:41[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HENNIG |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/18/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN MADERA 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 | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CIRCULATING WATER PUMPHOUSE MAY NOT MEET DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR TORNADO | | | | AT 1734CDT ON 7/16/1998, A CONDITION REPORT WAS SUBMITTED QUESTIONING THE | | ABILITY OF THE CIRCULATING WATER PUMPHOUSE (WHICH CONTAINS SAFETY-RELATED | | SERVICE WATER PUMPS) TO MEET DESIGN CRITERIA FOR STRUCTURAL ADEQUACY DURING | | TORNADO LOADING. WIND SPEEDS OF 300 MPH WERE USED IN THE ANALYSIS INSTEAD | | OF THE 360 MPH DESIGN BASIS WIND SPEED. THE CONDITION REPORT WAS SUBMITTED | | BECAUSE THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT THE EXISTING TORNADO WIND LOADING | | ANALYSIS FOR THE CIRCULATING WATER PUMPHOUSE DID NOT ADDRESS ROOF UPLIFT | | FORCES CAUSED BY TORNADO WINDS. | | | | THE LICENSEE'S PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS, INCLUDING LOADS CAUSED BY ROOF UPLIFT, | | OF THE ROOF SLAB INDICATES THAT LOADS ON THE REINFORCING STEEL AT THE EDGE | | OF THE SLAB ARE ABOVE DESIGN ALLOWABLE, AND THE REINFORCING STEEL WOULD | | YIELD. THIS CONDITION IS OUTSIDE OF THE DESIGN BASIS REQUIREMENT FOR CLASS | | I STRUCTURES AT POINT BEACH, WHICH REQUIRES THE STEEL TO BE AT LESS THAN | | 90% OF YIELD DUE TO TORNADO WIND LOADING. THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT, EVEN | | THOUGH THE ANALYSIS PREDICTS THAT THE REINFORCING STEEL WOULD BE ABOVE | | YIELD STRESS, THE ROOF HAS NOT BEEN SHOWN TO FAIL. THEREFORE, THIS | | CONDITION DOES NOT AFFECT THE FUNCTION OF THE SERVICE WATER SYSTEM. THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 34537 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/19/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:40 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 07/19/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 13:50[EDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/19/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |JOHN MADERA RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |JOHN AUSTIN EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ERIC SPAETH | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NCFR NON CFR REPORT REQMNT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | STATE OF OHIO NOTIFIED REGARDING POTENTIAL EXCEEDANCE OF NPDES LIMIT | | | | AT 1350, THE OHIO STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WAS NOTIFIED | | REGARDING A POTENTIAL EFFLUENT EXCEEDANCE AT THE PLANT SEWAGE TREATMENT | | OUTFALL. AT 2300 ON 7/18/98, THE TREATMENT CAPACITY OF THE SEWAGE TREATMENT | | SYSTEM WAS EXCEEDED FOR APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES DUE TO HEAVY RAINS, | | CAUSING UNTREATED SEWAGE TO BE DISCHARGED. THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED AN | | EXCEEDANCE OF THE EFFLUENT LIMITS OF THE PLANT NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE | | ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN | | INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34538 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CATAWBA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/19/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:04 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/19/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 03:09[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BILL RUDD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/19/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |THOMAS DECKER 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 | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 24 HOUR REPORT REQUIRED BY PLANT OPERATING LICENSE | | | | AT 0309, A ROVING FIRE WATCH REQUIRED AS A COMPENSATORY MEASURE FOR A | | COMMITTED FIRE BARRIER WAS PERFORMED SEVEN MINUTES LATE. THE LICENSEE HAS | | DETERMINED THAT THIS CONDITION IS A VIOLATION OF OPERATING LICENSE | | CONDITION 2.[C], AND IS THEREFORE REPORTABLE TO THE NRC. PENDING FURTHER | | REVIEW, THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION MAY BE RETRACTED. THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34539 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOK REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/19/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:20 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/19/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEVE CZUK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/19/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN MADERA 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 | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ESSENTIAL SERVICE WATER SYSTEM MAXIMUM DESIGN TEMPERATURE EXCEEDED | | | | THE MAXIMUM PROCEDURAL DESIGN TEMPERATURE OF 76øF FOR THE ESSENTIAL SERVICE | | WATER (ESW) SYSTEM WAS EXCEEDED DUE TO HIGH LAKE TEMPERATURE. ACCORDING TO | | PLANT PROCEDURES, THE MAXIMUM ACCEPTABLE INDICATED TEMPERATURE FOR THE | | SYSTEM IS 75.5øF, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR INSTRUMENT INACCURACIES. THE HIGHEST | | INDICATED TEMPERATURE OBSERVED BY THE LICENSEE WAS 75.6øF. | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT AN ESW SYSTEM SAFETY EVALUATION, WHICH HAS NOT | | YET BEEN INCORPORATED INTO PLANT PROCEDURES, DETERMINED THAT A MAXIMUM ESW | | TEMPERATURE OF 87.5øF IS ACCEPTABLE FOR PLANT OPERATION IN MODES 5 AND 6. | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS INCREASED TEMPERATURE LIMIT IS | | ALSO ACCEPTABLE FOR OPERATION IN MODES 1 THROUGH 4. THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34540 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FERMI REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/19/98 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:01 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 07/19/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:28[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SANJEEY ARAB |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/19/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN MADERA RDO | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | M/R Y 62 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MANUAL REACTOR SCRAM DUE TO REACTOR PRESSURE/POWER PERTURBATION | | | | DURING A CONTROL ROD PATTERN ADJUSTMENT, OPERATORS NOTICED A PERTURBATION | | IN MAIN STEAM FLOW TO THE WEST MAIN STEAM REHEATER, REACTOR PRESSURE, AND | | IN REACTOR POWER. REACTOR POWER WAS INITIALLY AT APPROXIMATELY 62% BEFORE | | THE EVENT, BUT INCREASED TO 75% AND THEN DECREASED TO 50% BEFORE OPERATORS | | MANUALLY SCRAMMED THE UNIT BY PLACING THE MODE SWITCH IN THE SHUTDOWN | | POSITION. ALL CONTROL RODS INSERTED PROPERLY FOLLOWING THE SCRAM, AND ALL | | SYSTEMS FUNCTIONED AS EXPECTED. NO SAFETY/RELIEF VALVES OPENED AND NO ECCS | | SYSTEM INITIATED. THE UNIT IS CURRENTLY STABLE IN CONDITION 3. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS EVALUATING THE CAUSE OF THE STEAM FLOW/PRESSURE | | PERTURBATION. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+