U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 01/20/98 - 01/21/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 33489 33532 33561 33562 33563 33564 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |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: 01/20/98 | |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 UPDATED FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT | | (UFSAR). SPECIFICALLY, THE FLOW RATES FROM THE LOWER CONTAINMENT | | COMPARTMENTS AND THE MAIN FAN INTAKE WERE LOWER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED IN | | THE UFSAR. | | | | 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 UFSAR, | | AS WELL AS TO TEST THE #2 FAN. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. | | | | [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 UFSAR. 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% 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 STRUCTURE 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 LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | THE HOO NOTIFIED THE R3DO (SHEAR). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1821 ON 1/20/98 BY PTACEK TO GOULD * * * | | | | FLOW TESTING OF UNIT 2 #2 HYDROGEN SKIMMER FAN WAS PERFORMED. THE INITIAL | | RESULTS INDICATED THAT THE FLOW RATE ASSOCIATED WITH THE #1 & #4 STEAM | | GENERATOR DOGHOUSE STRUCTURE, PRESSURIZER DOGHOUSE STRUCTURE, INSTRUMENT | | ROOM AND THE CONTAINMENT DOME WERE BELOW THE UFSAR CHAPTER 5, CONTAINMENT | | SYSTEM, DESIGN FLOW RATES. 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 CHAPTER 5 OF THE UFSAR. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE HOO NOTIFIED THE R3DO (LANKSBURY). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33532 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MCGUIRE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/14/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:40 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/14/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:42[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: AL YODER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/20/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CAUDLE JULIAN RDO | |AUNA 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(A) UNANALYZED COND OP | | |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 | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - 3.0.3 SD LCO ENTERED WHEN A TEST PROCEDURE WAS DROPPED ON A TEST SWITCH - | | | | THE LICENSEE DECLARED BOTH TRAINS OF THE CONTROL ROOM VENTILATION SYSTEM | | INOPERABLE WHEN A CONTROL ROOM OPERATOR DROPPED A TEST PROCEDURE (SEVERAL | | 8-1/2 X 11 SHEETS OF PAPER STAPLED TOGETHER) ON A CONTROL ROOM TEST SWITCH. | | THE LICENSEE ENTERED TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.0.3. CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS | | RESTARTED ONE TRAIN OF THE CONTROL ROOM VENTILATION SYSTEM WITHOUT | | INCIDENT AFTER THE SWITCH WAS REPOSITIONED. TWELVE MINUTES LATER, THE | | LICENSEE EXITED TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.0.3. NO POWER REDUCTION OCCURRED. | | THE LICENSEE IS DETERMINING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1038 ON 1/20/98 BY JOE HUSSEY TAKEN BY FANGIE JONES * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS NOTIFICATION. AFTER FURTHER REVIEW OF THE | | DESIGN BASIS DOCUMENTATION AND OPERATIONS PROCEDURES, THIS CONFIGURATION | | WAS ANALYZED AND DETERMINED TO BE WITHIN THE DESIGN BASIS OF THE SYSTEM. | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE OPERATIONS OFFICER | | NOTIFIED THE R2DO (AL BELISLE). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33561 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: KEWAUNEE REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/20/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:10 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/20/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:10[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROY SCOTT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/20/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | |JAMES CREED IAT | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 98 POWER OPERATION | 98 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PLANT SECURITY EVENT - | | | | DISCOVERY OF UNAPPROVED STORAGE OF SAFEGUARDS DOCUMENTS. IMMEDIATE | | COMPENSATORY MEASURES TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | SEE HOO LOG BOOK FOR FURTHER DETAILS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33562 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HARRIS REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/20/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:23 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/20/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:50[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHNNY DILLS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/20/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |AL BELISLE 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 | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NORTH CAROLINA STATE NOTIFIED OF SEWAGE DISCHARGE. | | | | A NOTIFICATION WAS MADE TO THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA'S WATER QUALITY | | DIVISION OF A SEWAGE OVERFLOW OF APPROXIMATELY 800 TO 1000 GALLONS AT THE | | HARRIS ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY CENTER (HEEC). THE HEEC SEWAGE TREATMENT | | PLANT IS NOT ON THE HARRIS NUCLEAR PLANT (HNP) SITE. HOWEVER, THIS SYSTEM | | IS GOVERNED BY THE HNP NPDES PERMIT. THE SEWAGE OVERFLOW WAS IDENTIFIED AT | | 1430 ON 01/19/98, FROM A BURIED, BROKEN 4 INCH PVC PIPE LOCATED ABOUT | | 250 FEET FROM THE SHORE OF HARRIS LAKE. THERE WERE INDICATIONS THAT | | UNTREATED SEWAGE ENTERED HARRIS LAKE, WHICH REQUIRES A REPORT TO THE STATE. | | REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED AT 0000 ON 01/20/98. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33563 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CLINTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/20/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:50 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 01/20/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:00[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STOOKEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/20/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ROGER LANKSBURY RDO | |CCCC 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | |VERN HODGE NRR | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 10CFR PART 21 REPORT - | | | | THE BASIC COMPONENT INVOLVED IN THIS REPORT IS THE FAILURE TO INSTALL | | THE SHUTDOWN COOLING WATER PUMP ROOM COOLING FAN MOTOR SHAFT KEY FOR THE | | DIVISION II SHUTDOWN SERVICE SERVICE WATER PUMP ROOM COOLER FAN. THIS | | COOLER WAS SUPPLIED BY BUFFALO FORGE COMPANY. AS DISCUSSED IN THE LER, | | THE NATURE OF THE CONDITION IS THE FAILURE TO INSTALL A MOTOR SHAFT KEY ON | | THE DIVISION II SHUTDOWN SERVICE WATER PUMP ROOM COOLER FAN. FAILURE TO | | INSTALL THE MOTOR SHAFT KEY ON THE DIVISION II SHUTDOWN SERVICE WATER PUMP | | ROOM COOLER COULD ALLOW THE TEMPERATURE IN THE PUMP ROOM TO EXCEED THE | | DESIGN BASIS TEMPERATURE REQUIRED FOR THE OPERATION OF THE SHUTDOWN SERVICE | | WATER PUMP. THE LICENSEE IDENTIFIED THE SHUTDOWN SERVICE WATER PUMP ROOM | | COOLING FAN MISSING MOTOR SHAFT KEY MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF | | THE MANUFACTURE TO INSTALL IT WHEN THE UNIT WAS ASSEMBLED AT THE FACTORY | | AND THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THIS ISSUE WAS POTENTIALLY REPORTABLE UNDER | | 10CFR PART 21. | | | | SEE RELATED EVENT #33446. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33564 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/20/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:14 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 01/20/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 16:12[CST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/20/98 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |ROGER LANKSBURY RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |JOHN SURMEIER EO | +------------------------------------------------+JOSEPH GIITTER IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CAGE | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NCFR NON CFR REPORT REQMNT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NOTIFICATION OF AN OIL SPILL TO A STATE AGENCY. | | | | THE PLANT HAD AN ELECTRICAL FAULT OCCUR IN THE "C-633" PUMPHOUSE | | TRANSFORMER "3PH6B" RESULTING IN THE SPILL ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 50 TO | | 100 GALLONS OF TRANSFORMER OIL ONTO THE GROUND. THIS INCIDENT WAS REPORTED | | TO THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SINCE THE AMOUNT | | OF OIL SPILLED EXCEEDED THE STATE REPORTABLE QUANTITY OF 25 GALLONS. THE | | TRANSFORMER CONTAINED PCB CONTAMINATED OIL, HOWEVER, THE QUANTITY SPILLED | | DID NOT EXCEED THE PCB REPORTABLE QUANTITY OF MORE THAN 1 POUND. THE SPILL | | HAS BEEN ISOLATED AND CLEANUP IS IN PROGRESS. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+