U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 06/19/98 - 06/22/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34096 34355 34408 34409 34415 34416 34417 34418 34419 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34096 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NINE MILE POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/17/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:03 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 04/17/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:45[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: FRANK SIENCZAK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/19/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN RDO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 94 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REACTOR BUILDING VENTILATION ISOLATION VALVES DECLARED INOPERABLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE, WHILE REVIEWING ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA FOR THE REACTOR BUILDING | | HEATING, COOLING, AND VENTILATION SYSTEM ISOLATION VALVE STROKE TIMING | | TEST, DETERMINED THAT THE SPECIFICATION WAS NOT MET. THE REACTOR BUILDING | | VENTILATION ISOLATION VALVES WERE DECLARED INOPERABLE PER TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION 3.4.2.6 WHICH REQUIRES THE PLANT TO BE IN MODE 4 (COLD | | SHUTDOWN) IN 10 HOURS. PLANT SHUTDOWN WAS COMMENCED AT 1740 EDT. | | | | ENGINEERING HAS DETERMINED THAT REVISED ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA FOR THE VALVE | | STROKE TIMING HAS BEEN DEVELOPED. THE REVISED CRITERIA WOULD ELIMINATE THE | | NEED FOR A PLANT SHUTDOWN. THE REVISED CRITERIA ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE AND | | IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE PLANT SHUTDOWN WILL BE TERMINATED PRIOR TO THE TIME | | LIMIT FOR SHUTDOWN. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1926 EDT ON 4/17/98 BY J. KRONENBITTER TO F. JONES * * * | | | | THE PLANT SHUTDOWN WAS TERMINATED AT 1830 EDT UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF | | STOKE TESTING UNDER THE REVISED ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | HEADQUARTERS OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R1DO (LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1742 ON 06/19/98 BY LAURIE RAYLE TO JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS DETERMINED THAT ENTRY INTO THE PLANT SHUTDOWN LCO ON | | 04/17/98 WAS NOT REQUIRED AND THEREFORE, DESIRES TO RETRACT THIS EVENT | | NOTIFICATION. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R1DO HERB WILLIAMS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34355 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PRAIRIE ISLAND REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/05/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:30 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/05/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:58[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM HUEBNER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/19/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BRUCE JORGENSEN RDO | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | |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 | A/R Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AUTOMATIC REACTOR TRIP FROM 100% POWER AFTER A FEEDWATER HEATER RELIEF | | VALVE LIFTED FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. | | | | AT 1858 CDT ON 06/05/98, UNIT 1 EXPERIENCED AN AUTOMATIC REACTOR TRIP FROM | | 100% POWER AFTER THE #15A FEEDWATER HEATER RELIEF VALVE LIFTED FOR UNKNOWN | | REASONS. THERE WAS NO MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA OR PERSONNEL | | INJURIES INVOLVED. THE FIRST OUT INDICATION SHOWED A NEGATIVE FLUX-RATE | | TRIP WHICH THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING. ALL CONTROL RODS FULLY INSERTED. | | | | FOLLOWING THE TRIP, ONE OF THE TWO OPERATING MAIN FEEDWATER PUMPS (#11) | | TRIPPED, AS EXPECTED. HOWEVER, OPERATORS TRIPPED THE REMAINING MAIN | | FEEDWATER PUMP TO MINIMIZE SECONDARY INVENTORY LOSS. THIS ACTION RESULTED | | IN THE LIFTED FEEDWATER RELIEF VALVE RESEATING. DURING THIS TIME, | | OPERATORS ALSO CLOSED THE MAIN STEAM ISOLATION VALVES WHEN RCS TEMPERATURE | | REACHED 538øF TO TERMINATE THE RCS COOLDOWN. THE LOWEST RCS PRESSURE | | OBSERVED WAS 2100 PSIG (SI ACTUATION OCCURS AT 1815 PSIG). | | | | BOTH THE MOTOR (#12) AND TURBINE (#11) DRIVEN AUXILIARY FEEDWATER (AFW) | | PUMPS AUTOSTARTED AND REMAIN IN SERVICE SUPPLYING AFW TO BOTH STEAM | | GENERATORS (SGs). SG WATER LEVELS AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT WERE BETWEEN | | 6-7% NARROW RANGE (NR) INDICATION AND INCREASING TO THE NORMAL POST TRIP | | LEVEL OF 10%. THE LICENSEE IS USING THE ATMOSPHERIC STEAM DUMPS TO REMOVE | | DECAY HEAT. THERE IS NO KNOWN SG TUBE LEAKAGE WHICH WOULD RESULT IN A | | RADIOACTIVE RELEASE OFFSITE. | | | | DURING THE TRANSIENT, A NORMAL TRANSFER TO OFFSITE POWER OCCURRED. ALL | | EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS ARE AVAILABLE, IF NEEDED. | | | | UNIT 1 IS CURRENTLY STABLE IN MODE 3 (HOT STANDBY) WITH AN RCS TEMPERATURE | | OF 549øF (547øF NORMAL POST TRIP) AT 2240 PSIG. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL DETERMINE A COURSE OF ACTION BASED ON THE RESULTS OF | | THEIR INVESTIGATION. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND HAS NOT DETERMINED | | WHETHER A PRESS RELEASE WILL BE MADE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0003 ON 06/06/98 BY JIM HUEBNER TO JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | LICENSEE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE REACTOR AUTOMATICALLY TRIPPED | | BECAUSE CONTROL ROD #G-7 DROPPED INTO THE CORE WHEN A FUSE BLEW FOR UNKNOWN | | REASONS. IN ADDITION, A MAIN GENERATOR LOCKOUT DID NOT OCCUR, AS EXPECTED, | | WHEN THE MAIN TURBINE AUTOMATICALLY TRIPPED. | | | | ALSO, AT 2111 CDT ON 06/05/98, ONE OF FIVE SG MAIN STEAM SAFETY VALVES | | (#1A) ON 'A' SG LIFTED (SETPOINT IS 1075 PSIG) AND SUBSEQUENTLY RESEATED. | | SG POWER OPERATED RELIEF VALVES WERE IN MANUAL MODE AT THE TIME. 'A' SG | | INDICATED LEVEL INCREASED TO 50% (NR) AND 'B' SG INDICATED LEVEL INCREASED | | TO 45% (NR) DUE TO WATER SWELL. [PRIOR TO THE #1A SG MAIN STEAM SAFETY | | VALVE LIFTING, BOTH SG LEVELS WERE BETWEEN 35% - 37% (NR)]. SG INDICATED | | LEVELS HIGHER THAN 40.9% (NR) ARE POTENTIALLY OUTSIDE THE PLANT DESIGN | | BASIS WHEN RCS TEMPERATURE IS HIGHER THAN 350øF AT ZERO REACTOR POWER. | | | | UNIT 1 IS CURRENTLY STABLE IN MODE 3 (HOT STANDBY). THE LICENSEE INFORMED | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THIS EVENT. | | | | THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R3DO BRUCE JORGENSEN. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1527 ON 09/19/98 BY DOUG SMITH TO JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | A LICENSEE ENGINEERING EVALUATION OF THE STEAM GENERATOR LEVEL INDICATIONS | | DETERMINED THAT THE ACTUAL SG LEVELS AND CORRESPONDING LIQUID WATER MASSES | | WERE MAINTAINED AT 37% (NR) IN BOTH SGs. THEREFORE, THE EVENT NOTIFICATION | | OF STEAM GENERATOR LEVELS OUTSIDE THE PLANT DESIGN BASIS [HIGHER THAN | | 40.9% (NR)] IS HEREBY RETRACTED. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R3DO BRENT CLAYTON. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34408 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WASHINGTON NUCLEAR REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/17/98 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: WA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:34 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 06/17/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:14[PDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVE SWANK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/19/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |IAN BARNES RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |ELINOR ADENSAM, NRR EO | | |JOSEPH GIITTER, AEOD IRD | | |SULLIVAN FEMA | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO A FIRE HEADER LINE BREAK. | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "AN UNUSUAL EVENT HAS BEEN DECLARED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE EMERGENCY | | DIRECTOR. A BROKEN FIRE MAIN HAS FLOODED TWO (2) [EMERGENCY CORE COOLING | | SYSTEMS] PUMP ROOMS. [RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL] 'C' AND [LOW PRESSURE CORE | | SPRAY] ROOMS HAVE WATER ABOVE THE 6-INCH LEVEL." | | | | "NO FIRE HAS BEEN REPORTED. THE FIRE PUMPS HAVE BEEN SECURED. THE | | [TECHNICAL SUPPORT CENTER] AND [OPERATIONS SUPPORT CENTER] HAVE BEEN | | ACTIVATED. NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THE HANFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT | | IS RESPONDING." | | | | THE NRC ENTERED THE MONITORING PHASE OF NORMAL RESPONSE MODE AT 1815 ON | | 06/17/98. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED STATE/LOCAL AGENCIES AND THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | IN ADDITION TO THE NOTIFICATIONS REFERENCED ABOVE, THE NRC OPERATIONS | | CENTER ESTABLISHED A TELEPHONE CONFERENCE INVOLVING THE FOLLOWING | | PERSONNEL: AEOD IRD (BAILEY, GIITTER, MARTIN, McKENNA, AND MOHSENI); | | HQ PAO (BEECHER); CHAIRMAN JACKSON'S OFFICE (VIRGILIO); NRR (ADENSAM, | | BATEMAN, COLLINS, AND POSLUSNY); EDO (HILTZ); AND REGION 4 (ACKER, | | BARNES, BROCKMAN, GWYNN, HENDERSON, JOHNSTON, MERSCHOFF, WONG) | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 2200 ON 06/17/98 BY TROCINE * * * | | | | AN NRC COMMISSIONERS' ASSISTANTS BRIEFING WAS CONDUCTED AT 2200 ON | | 06/17/98. THE FOLLOWING NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE (* OFFICE DID NOT | | PARTICIPATE): AEOD (CONGEL AND MARTIN); IRD (GIITTER); CHAIRMAN JACKSON | | (DUNN LEE AND *VIRGILIO); COMMISSIONER DICUS (CHAN); COMMISSIONER DIAZ | | (DAVIS AND DROGGITIS); COMMISSIONER McGAFFIGAN (BEALL); EDO (LANGE AND | | *TRACY), DEDE (MITCHELL); NRR EO (ADENSAM); NRR (BATEMAN, *COOL, POSLUSNY, | | AND STOLZ); R4DO (*BARNES); HQ PAO (BEECHER); CAO (KEELING AND MADDEN); | | SECY (VIETTI-COOK); SP (BANGART); IP (UPSHAW); SRI (BOYNTON); AND BRIEFER | | (MERSCHOFF). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 2129 EDT ON 06/19/98 BY ART MOORE TO JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | AT 1815 PDT ON 06/19/98, THE LICENSEE TERMINATED THE UNUSUAL EVENT. | | CLEANUP OF THE FLOODED ROOMS AND INSPECTION OF THE INVOLVED EQUIPMENT IS | | IN PROGRESS. REPAIRS TO THE FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND PLANS TO NOTIFY THE | | NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE OF THE TERMINATION OF | | THE UNUSUAL EVENT. | | | | AT 2055 CDT ON 06/16/98, THE NRC EXITED THE MONITORING PHASE OF NORMAL | | RESPONSE MODE FOR THIS EVENT. | | | | THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R4DO IAN BARNES, NRR EO ELINOR | | ADENSAM, IRD JOE GIITTER, AND FEMA PAUL WRIGHT OF THE TERMINATION OF THE | | UNUSUAL EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34409 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FT CALHOUN REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/18/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:10 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 06/18/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 06:40[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: COOK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/19/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |IAN BARNES RDO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ENTERED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION SHUTDOWN DUE TO CONTROL ROOM AIR | | CONDITIONING UNIT VA-46B BEING DECLARED INOPERABLE. | | | | AT 0640 CT ON 6/18/98, CONTROL ROOM A/C UNIT VA-46B WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE | | DUE TO FAILURE TO COOL THE CONTROL ROOM. THE UNIT'S COMPRESSOR OPERATES | | PROPERLY BUT IT IS NOT PRODUCING COLD AIR. DIESEL GENERATOR # 1 WAS DANGER | | TAGGED OUT FOR MAINTENANCE AT THE TIME. CONTROL ROOM HVAC IS CONSIDERED TO | | BE SAFEGUARDS EQUIPMENT. VA-46B IS POWERED FROM DIESEL GENERATOR # 2. | | TECHNICAL SPEC ALLOWS ONE DIESEL GENERATOR TO BE INOPERABLE AS LONG AS ALL | | REQUIRED SAFEGUARDS EQUIPMENT ON THE OPPOSITE DIESEL IS OPERABLE. THE | | LICENSEE ENTERED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 2.0.1 (6 HOURS TO HOT SHUTDOWN). | | THE LICENSEE IS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING TAGS ON DIESEL GENERATOR # 1 SO | | THAT AIR CONDITIONING UNIT VA-46A CAN BE CONSIDERED OPERATED. THE LICENSEE | | IS MAKING PREPARATIONS TO SHUT DOWN THE UNIT. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | ***UPDATE AT 0952 ET ON 6/18/98 BY COOK TAKEN BY MACKINNON*** | | | | TECH SPEC REQUIRED SHUTDOWN (2.0.1) WAS EXITED AT 0828 CT AFTER DIESEL | | GENERATOR # 1 WAS STARTED TO PROVE OPERABILITY. R4DO (IAN BARNES) | | NOTIFIED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT UPDATE BY THE | | LICENSEE. | | | | ***UPDATE AT 1150 ET ON 06/19/98 BY COOK TAKEN BY MACKINNON*** | | | | THE LICENSEE CALLED AND CHANGED THE WORDING TO THE ABOVE EVENT | | NOTIFICATION. PER TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION THE BACKUP POWER SUPPLY TO | | CONTROL ROOM A/C UNIT AN-46A HAS TO BE OPERABLE. DIESEL GENERATOR # 1 WHICH | | IS THE BACKUP POWER SUPPLY FOR CONTROL ROOM A/C UNIT AN-46A WAS DANGER | | TAGGED OUT FOR MAINTENANCE. WITH AN-46A IN SERVICE AND ITS BACK UP POWER | | SUPPLY (DIESEL GENERATOR # 1) DANGER TAGGED OUT, THE LICENSEE ENTERED | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 2.0.1 (TECH SPEC REQUIRED SHUTDOWN). DIESEL | | GENERATOR # 1 DANGER TAGS WERE REMOVED AND A OPERABILITY CHECK OF DIESEL | | GENERATOR # 1 WAS PERFORMED. DIESEL GENERATOR # 1 WAS DECLARED FULLY | | OPERABLE AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 2.0.1 WAS EXITED. R4DO (IAN BARNES) | | NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 34415 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPANY OF NYC |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/19/98 | | CITY: BROOKLYN REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:13 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NY |EVENT DATE: 06/18/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 12:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/19/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |HERB WILLIAMS RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+EPA, HHS, DOE, USDA FAX | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DICK BORRI-NYC HEALTH DEP |FEMA, DOT (NRC) FAX | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TRASH TRUCK FROM NEW YORK CITY REFUSED ENTRY INTO PENNSYLVANIA INCINERATOR | | | | A REPRESENTATIVE OF PENNSYLVANIA BUREAU OF RADIATION PROTECTION | | (NON-AGREEMENT STATE) NOTIFIED MR DICK BORRI, NEW YORK CITY (NYC) HEALTH | | DEPARTMENT (AGREEMENT STATE/CITY), WHO REPORTED TO THE NRC THAT A TRUCK | | CARRYING TRASH FROM NYC WAS REFUSED ENTRY INTO AN INCINERATOR IN | | PENNSYLVANIA. READINGS OF 1.5 MR/HR AND 1.3 MR/HR WERE OBTAINED ON THE | | OUTSIDE SURFACE OF THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK RETURNED TO WASTE MANAGEMENT | | COMPANY OF NYC, BROOKLYN, NY. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34416 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: LIMERICK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/19/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:24 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 04/04/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 06:48[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TYRONE TONKINSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/19/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |HERB WILLIAMS 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - THREE PREVIOUS REACTOR WATER CLEANUP SYSTEM ISOLATIONS (ESF ACTUATIONS) - | | | | THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION CONCERNS THREE UNIT 1 REACTOR WATER CLEANUP (RWCU) | | SYSTEM ISOLATIONS (ESF ACTUATIONS) THAT OCCURRED SINCE 01/98. THESE THREE | | ISOLATIONS OCCURRED ON 01/28/98, 03/28/98 AND 04/04/98 WHILE THE SYSTEM | | WAS BEING PLACED IN SERVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE SYSTEM PLANT | | OPERATING PROCEDURES. ALL THREE ISOLATIONS WERE CAUSED BY A DYNAMIC | | DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE CONDITION IN THE SYSTEM PIPING THAT CAUSED THE HIGH | | DIFFERENTIAL FLOW INSTRUMENTATION TO ACTUATE. THE HIGH DIFFERENTIAL FLOW | | INSTRUMENTATION IS PROVIDED TO MITIGATE THE CONSEQUENCES OF A RWCU SYSTEM | | PIPE RUPTURE. | | | | AT THE TIME OF EACH ISOLATION, THE LICENSEE EVALUATED EACH EVENT FOR | | REPORTABILITY USING THE LICENSEE INTERNAL NUCLEAR GUIDANCE THAT CONSTITUTED | | A "PREPLANNED" EVOLUTION. IN ALL THREE CASES, THE LICENSEE CONSIDERED | | THE ISOLATIONS TO BE "PREPLANNED" EVOLUTIONS, AND THEREFORE, THE LICENSEE | | DETERMINED EACH EVENT NOT TO BE REPORTABLE TO THE NRC. THIS DETERMINATION | | WAS BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF A RWCU SYSTEM ISOLATION | | OCCURRING DURING SYSTEM PRESSURIZATION WAS PREVIOUSLY RECOGNIZED AND | | EXPLICITLY DESCRIBED IN PLANT OPERATING PROCEDURES. IN ADDITION, THE | | OPERATING SHIFT WAS AWARE OF THE POSSIBLE ISOLATION AND THE PLANNED ACTIONS | | TO TAKE IF AN ISOLATION OCCURRED, AND THERE WERE NO OTHER ACTUATIONS OR | | COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ISOLATIONS THAT WERE NOT EXPECTED. | | | | UPON REVIEW OF THE REPORTABILITY GUIDANCE PROVIDED IN NUREG 1022, REV 1, | | JAN 98, THE LICENSEE CONCLUDED THAT THESE THREE EVENTS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN | | CONSIDERED TO BE "PREPLANNED." THE NUREG REV GUIDANCE MAKES A CLEAR | | DISTINCTION BETWEEN "COULD OCCUR" AND "WILL OCCUR." THEREFORE, THE | | LICENSEE IS REPORTING THESE RWCU SYSTEM ISOLATIONS AS ESF ACTUATIONS IN | | ACCORDANCE WITH 10CFR50.72(b)(2)(ii). LICENSEE FAILURE TO MAKE THESE | | NOTIFICATIONS PREVIOUSLY WAS DUE TO UNTIMELY INCORPORATION OF THE REVISED | | REPORTABILITY GUIDANCE ISSUED BY THE NRC IN NUREG 1022, REV 1, JAN 98, | | INTO THE LICENSEE INTERNAL NUCLEAR REPORTABILITY GUIDANCE. THE LICENSEE | | HAS REVISED ITS INTERNAL NUCLEAR DOCUMENTATION AND PROVIDED COPIES TO | | APPROPRIATE OPERATIONS PERSONNEL. | | | | THIS CONDITION DOES NOT EXIST ON UNIT 2. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34417 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MAINE YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/19/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: ME |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:41 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 06/19/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVE DARGIS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/19/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |HERB WILLIAMS RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | |EPA, HHS, DOE, USDA FAX | | |FEMA, 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - MAINE STATE DEP NOTIFIED OF 1 GALLON SPILL OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE - | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE MAINE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL | | PROTECTION (DEP) THAT APPROXIMATELY ONE GALLON OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE HAD | | SPILLED ONTO THE GROUND INSIDE THE PLANT PROTECTED AREA. THE LICENSEE HAS | | STOPPED THE SPILL AND PLANS TO CLEAN UP THE EXPOSED AREA. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34418 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DRESDEN REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/20/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:56 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1,[2] GE-3,[3] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 06/20/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:06[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GLEN MORROW |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/20/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BRENT CLAYTON 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 | A/R Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | -AUTO Rx SCRAM FROM 100% POWER DUE TO MAIN TURBINE TRIP FOR UNKNOWN REASONS | | | | AT 1206 CDT ON 06/20/98, THE REACTOR AUTO SCRAMMED FROM 100% POWER DUE TO | | A MAIN TURBINE TRIP FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING | | THE CAUSE. ALL CONTROL RODS INSERTED COMPLETELY. STEAM IS BEING DUMPED | | TO THE MAIN CONDENSER. THE MAIN FEEDWATER SYSTEM IS SUPPLYING WATER TO | | THE REACTOR VESSEL. NO SAFETY/RELIEF VALVES LIFTED. | | | | PRIMARY CONTAINMENT ISOLATION SYSTEM GROUP 2 (CONTAINMENT VENTILATION | | SYSTEM AND STANDBY GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM) AND GROUP 3 (SHUTDOWN COOLING | | SYSTEM AND REACTOR WATER CLEANUP SYSTEM) ACTUATED, AS EXPECTED. | | | | UNIT 2 IS STABLE IN OPERATIONAL CONDITION 3 (HOT SHUTDOWN). | | | | UNIT 3 IS STABLE AT 100% POWER AND IS UNAFFECTED BY THIS EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34419 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/20/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:01 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/20/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:08[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEVE SAUER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/20/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |HERB WILLIAMS RDO | |AARC 50.72(b)(1)(v) OTHER ASMT/COMM INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - SAFETY PARAMETER DISPLAY SYSTEM INOPERABLE DUE TO 3 FAILED STATUS TREES - | | | | AT 0610 ON 06/20/98, WITH UNIT 2 STABLE AT 100% POWER, THE LICENSEE | | DECLARED THE UNIT 2 SAFETY PARAMETER DISPLAY (SPD) SYSTEM INOPERABLE DUE | | TO MORE THAN TWO CRITICAL SAFETY FUNCTION STATUS TREES INDICATING FAILED. | | THESE FAILED TREES ARE CORE COOLING, COOLANT INVENTORY, AND RADIATION | | MONITORING. | | | | AT 1341, THE LICENSEE REPAIRED THE TREES AND RESTORED THE SPD SYSTEM TO | | OPERABLE STATUS. | | | | AT 1443, THE LICENSEE DECLARED THE SPD SYSTEM INOPERABLE DUE TO THE SAME | | TREES FAILING AGAIN. MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS ARE TROUBLESHOOTING THE | | SYSTEM. THIS IS THE SAME SYSTEM THAT SUPPLIES INPUT TO THE EMERGENCY | | RESPONSE DATA SYSTEM. | | | | UNIT 1 IS STABLE AT 100% POWER AND IS UNAFFECTED BY THIS EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+