U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 05/21/98 - 05/22/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34264 34267 34268 34270 34271 34272 34273 34274 34275 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34264 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CLINTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/20/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:12 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 05/20/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 07:30[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: FUNKHOUSER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/21/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MONTE PHILLIPS RDO | |AENS 50.72(b)(1)(v) ENS INOPERABLE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE DOES NOT HAVE PAGING CAPABILITIES. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS LOST PAGING CAPABILITIES TO CONTACT EMERGENCY PERSONNEL | | THAT ARE AWAY FROM THEIR TELEPHONES. THE LICENSEE STILL HAS THE CAPABILITY | | OF THE DIRECT DIALING SYSTEM WHICH CAN AUTOMATICALLY CONTACT EMERGENCY | | PERSONNEL AT HOME. THE LOSS OF THE PAGING CAPABILITIES IS DUE TO THE LOSS | | OF THE GALAXY 4 SATELLITE. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * UPDATED AT 1945 ON 05/21/98 FROM MICHAEL HUDSON TO FANGIE JONES * * * | | | | THE CLINTON POWER STATION'S PAGING SERVICE HAS BEEN REROUTED THROUGH AN | | ALTERNATE SATELLITE SUCH THAT THE PLANT EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM | | PAGING SERVICE HAS BEEN RESTORED. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC OPERATIONS | | CENTER NOTIFIED THE R3DO (MONTE PHILLIPS). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34267 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FT CALHOUN REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/20/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:04 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 05/20/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:31[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVE BANNISTER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/21/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN PELLET RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |ROBERT GALLO, NRR EO | |AINT 50.72(b)(1)(vi) INTERNAL THREAT |JOSEPH GIITTER, AEOD IRD | | |WRIGHT FEMA | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO A TRANSFORMER EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER | | | | AT APPROXIMATELY 1411 CDT, SECURITY REPORTED TO THE CONTROL ROOM THAT A | | TRANSFORMER EXPLOSION HAD OCCURRED INSIDE THE PROTECTED AREA. THE EXPLOSION | | CAUSED A LOSS OF THE 161kV OFFSITE SUPPLY SOURCE RESULTING IN A LOSS OF | | POWER TO VITAL ELECTRICAL BUSES 1A3 AND 1A4. THE EMERGENCY DIESEL | | GENERATORS (EDG) FOR BOTH BUSES AUTOMATICALLY STARTED AND LOADED RESTORING | | VITAL POWER. THE TRANSFORMER DELUGE SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY STARTED DUE TO THE | | EXPLOSION AND RESULTING FIREBALL. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. | | | | SHUTDOWN COOLING WAS INTERRUPTED FOR SEVERAL SECONDS WHILE VITAL POWER | | TRANSFERRED FROM THE OFFSITE SOURCE TO THE EDGs. THE UNIT HAS BEEN SHUT | | DOWN SINCE 03/31/98, AND THE LICENSEE ESTIMATE THE TIME TO BOILING IN THE | | REACTOR VESSEL AT 2 HOURS WITHOUT SHUTDOWN COOLING. NO REACTOR COOLANT | | SYSTEM HEATUP WAS OBSERVED. | | | | A NOTICE OF UNUSUAL EVENT WAS DECLARED AT 1431 CDT. THE LICENSEE REPORTED | | THAT THE CRITERION FOR DECLARATION OF AN "ALERT" WAS MET FOR APPROXIMATELY | | 10-15 SECONDS WHILE THE EDGs WERE STARTING AND LOADING TO THE VITAL BUSES | | (EAL 4.3 - LOSS OF POWER TO BUSES 1A3/1A4 FOR <15 MINUTES); HOWEVER, NO | | "ALERT" WAS DECLARED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1703 ON 05/20/98 FROM BANNISTER TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE UNUSUAL EVENT WAS TERMINATED AT 1557 CDT. OFFSITE POWER TO VITAL BUSES | | 1A3 AND 1A4 WAS RESTORED THROUGH THE 345kV MAIN TRANSFORMER. THE LICENSEE | | REPORTED THAT MARKS ON THE INSULATORS NEAR THE TOP OF THE 161kV TRANSFORMER | | INDICATE THAT A SMALL ANIMAL MAY HAVE CAUSED A FAULT BETWEEN THE 'B' AND | | 'C' PHASES OF THE TRANSFORMER. NO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ON THE TRANSFORMER. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. THE NRC | | OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R4DO (PELLET), NRR EO (GALLO), AEOD IRD | | (GIITTER), AND FEMA (WRIGHT). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1817 ON 05/21/98 FROM ERICK MATZKE TO FANGIE JONES * * * | | | | THE TRANSFORMER FAILURE AND LOSS OF POWER EVENT WAS NOT THE RESULT OF A | | TRANSFORMER EXPLOSION OR FIRE. TRANSFORMER T1A-3 HAD AN EXTERNAL FAULT | | THAT RESULTED IN THE INPUT AND OUTPUT BREAKERS TO THE TRANSFORMER OPENING. | | FURTHER INVESTIGATION INDICATES THAT THERE WAS A PHASE 'B' TO GROUND FAULT | | AT THE TRANSFORMER BUSHING FOLLOWED BY A PHASE 'B' TO 'C' FAULT AT THE | | BUSHINGS. THE FAULTS CLEARED IN LESS THAN FOUR TENTHS OF A SECOND. WHILE | | THE TRANSFORMER DELUGE SYSTEM WAS FOUND IN OPERATION DURING THIS EVENT, THE | | ROOT CAUSE OF THE TRANSFORMER FAULTS IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC OPERATIONS | | CENTER NOTIFIED THE R4DO (JOHN PELLET). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34268 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SURRY REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/20/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: VA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:42 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/20/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:24[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN MOSCOE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/21/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MILTON SHYMLOCK RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |ROBERT GALLO, NRR EO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS |JOSEPH GIITTER, AEOD IRD | | |WRIGHT FEMA | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNUSUAL EVENT - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIRED COOLDOWN DUE TO UNISOLABLE | | REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM LEAK | | | | THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED A 0.28 gpm THROUGH-WALL LEAK FROM THE BONNET OF | | VALVE 1-RC-6 (ISOLATION VALVE FOR THE 2" LOOP 'A' RELIEF LINE). THE LEAK | | CANNOT BE ISOLATED. THE UNIT ENTERED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION LIMITING | | CONDITION FOR OPERATION 3.1.C.4, WHICH REQUIRES THAT THE UNIT BE PLACED IN | | COLD SHUTDOWN WITHIN 30 HOURS. AN UNUSUAL EVENT WAS DECLARED DUE TO THE | | SHUTDOWN REQUIRED BY PLANT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (EMERGENCY ACTION LEVEL | | B.3). | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1705 ON 05/20/98 FROM GOODHOPE TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THIS EVENT AGAIN AS A 1-HOUR REPORT IN ACCORDANCE | | WITH 10 CFR 50.72b(1)(i)(A) DUE TO A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIRED | | SHUTDOWN. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. THE NRC | | OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R2DO (SHYMLOCK). | | | | *** UPDATE ON 05/21/98 AT 0724 FROM ANDREWS TO GOULD *** | | | | THE PLANT TERMINATED THE UNUSUAL EVENT AT 0713 ON 05/21/98 WHEN THE UNIT | | REACHED COLD SHUTDOWN. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. THE R2DO | | (SHYMLOCK), NRR EO (STOLZ), AEOD IRD (GIITTER), AND FEMA (EACHES) WERE | | NOTIFIED BY THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34270 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HATCH REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/21/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: GA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:24 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 05/20/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 23:42[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GORLEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/21/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MILTON SHYMLOCK RDO | |AENS 50.72(b)(1)(v) ENS INOPERABLE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 LOST ITS NOAA WEATHER RADIO SYSTEM. | | | | THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO SYSTEM WAS LOST DUE TO A TRANSMITTER FAILURE IN | | JACKSONVILLE. THE LICENSEE SWAPPED PHONE LINES AND RESTORED THE NOAA | | SYSTEM TO OPERATIONAL CONDITION AT 0015. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34271 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: KTI CONSTRUCTION SERVICES |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/21/98 | | CITY: KANSAS CITY REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:53 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: MO |EVENT DATE: 04/11/98 | |LICENSE#: 22-B659-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 09:30[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/21/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |MONTE PHILLIPS, REG3 RDO | | |DON COOL, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+JOHN PELLET, REG4 RDO | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TOM CONLEY (STATE) |JOSEPH GIITTER, AEOD IRD | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PORTABLE MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE DAMAGED IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. | | | | THE STATE OF KANSAS REPORTED THAT A PORTABLE MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE | | BELONGING TO KTI CONSTRUCTION SERVICES (LOCATED IN MERRIAM, KANSAS) WAS RUN | | OVER AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE (LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF 34th STREET AND | | PROSPECT AVENUE IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI) AT 0930 CDT ON 04/11/98. THE | | TROXLER GAUGE WAS DAMAGED, AND THE SOURCE ROD WAS BROKEN OFF. HOWEVER, | | SUBSEQUENT LEAK TESTS VERIFIED THAT THERE WAS NO LEAKAGE AND THAT THE | | SOURCES WERE IN THE SAFE POSITION. THE GAUGE (MODEL #3430, SERIAL #25053 | | OR #25054) CONTAINED 8 MILLICURIES OF CESIUM-137 AND 40 MILLICURIES OF | | AMERICIUM/BERYLLIUM. THERE WERE NO INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT. | | | | THE STATE OF KANSAS ALSO REPORTED THAT THE INDIVIDUAL USING THE GAUGE ON | | 04/11/98 WAS NOT AN AUTHORIZED USER. APPARENTLY, THE INDIVIDUAL HAD WORKED | | WITH THE GAUGES UNDER SUPERVISION PRIOR TO THE DAY OF THE EVENT. HOWEVER, | | THE EVENT OCCURRED ON A SATURDAY, AND THE LICENSEE COULD NOT FIND ANYONE | | ELSE THAT WAS WILLING TO WORK. | | | | AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT, KTI CONSTRUCTION SERVICES IMMEDIATELY CALLED | | THE STATE OF KANSAS. THE LICENSEE ALSO PROVIDED THE STATE OF KANSAS WITH A | | WRITTEN REPORT CONTAINING THE LEAK TEST RESULTS. THE STATE OF KANSAS SENT | | AN INSPECTOR TO INVESTIGATE THIS INCIDENT. | | | | (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR A STATE CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 34272 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: INTEGRATED RESOURCES, INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/21/98 | | CITY: NEBRASKA CITY REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:44 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NE |EVENT DATE: 05/21/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 12:00[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/21/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+VERN HODGE NRR | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN BROSENER | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |CCCC 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION BY INTEGRATED RESOURCES OF A 10 CFR PART 21 | | NOTIFICATION | | | | INTEGRATED RESOURCES,INC. CALLED TO MAKE A PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF | | INTENT TO ISSUE A 10 CFR PART 21 NOTIFICATION ON THEMSELVES. A WRITTEN | | NOTIFICATION WILL FOLLOW BY MAY 29, 1998. INTEGRATED RESOURCES HAS | | DISCOVERED THAT ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED BACKWARDS IN AT | | LEAST THREE OF THREE THOUSAND UNITS. THERE HAVE BEEN NO FAILURES OF THESE | | DEVICES DURING TESTING OR OPERATION IN THE EQUIPMENT. THE TIME PERIOD OF | | AFFECTED EQUIPMENT COVERS FROM 1993 THROUGH MAY 1, 1998. INTEGRATED | | RESOURCES PLANS TO CONTACT ALL AFFECTED CLIENTS BY MODEL AND SERIAL NUMBER | | OF EQUIPMENT THAT COULD BE AFFECTED. | | | | AS OF MAY 1, 1998, INTEGRATED RESOURCES INSTITUTED AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW TO | | ENSURE THAT COMPONENTS ARE INSTALLED PROPERLY. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34273 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NINE MILE POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/21/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:34 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 05/21/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:45[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAN BIERBRAUER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/21/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GENE KELLY 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 N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAILURE OF PROCEDURE TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO REOPEN DAMPERS AFTER CLOSURE | | DUE TO LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER | | | | THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT THE DAMPERS INSTALLED IN THE SUPPLY AND RETURN | | DUCTS TO THE AUXILIARY CONTROL ROOM WOULD FAIL CLOSED AS A RESULT OF A LOSS | | OF OFFSITE POWER. THIS WAS DETERMINED WHILE REVIEWING DESIGN ISSUES | | RELATED TO IMPACTS OF SINGLE FAILURES ON THE CONTROL ROOM VENTILATION | | SYSTEM. IT WAS FURTHER DETERMINED THAT THE SPECIAL OPERATION PROCEDURE | | (SOP-5) DID NOT PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO REOPEN THE DAMPERS WHEN POWER IS | | RESTORED. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND A MODIFICATION HAS | | BEEN INITIATED TO AUTOMATICALLY REOPEN THE DAMPERS UPON RESTORATION OF | | POWER. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34274 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FT CALHOUN REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/21/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:41 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 05/21/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:45[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ERICK MATZKE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/21/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN PELLET 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SURVEILLANCE PROCEDURE NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DESIGN BASIS OF THE PLANT | | | | THE LICENSEE, WHILE REVIEWING TESTING CONFIGURATIONS, DISCOVERED THAT A | | TESTING CONFIGURATION OF A SURVEILLANCE WAS NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE | | DESIGN BASIS OF THE UPDATED SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT (USAR). THE TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATIONS (TS) DO NOT REQUIRE THE EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEMS | | (ECCS) TO BE OPERABLE UNLESS THE REACTOR IS CRITICAL. ONE OF THE TS | | SURVEILLANCES DIRECTS THAT ONE TRAIN OF ECCS BE ISOLATED AS PART OF THE | | PROCEDURE. THE DESIGN BASIS FROM USAR SECTION 14.15.7.1 REQUIRES BOTH | | TRAINS BE ALIGNED FOR AUTOMATIC ACTUATION WHEN THE PLANT IS ABOVE 1,700 | | PSIG. THIS PROCEDURE HAS BEEN PERFORMED WITH PLANT PRESSURE GREATER THAN | | 1,700 PSIG. WHILE THE TESTING IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANT'S TSs, IT IS | | NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DESIGN BASIS OF THE PLANT'S USAR. THE CONDITION | | IS BEING REVIEWED, AND THE PROCEDURE WILL BE MODIFIED TO BE IN ACCORDANCE | | WITH THE USAR PRIOR TO PLANT STARTUP. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34275 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BEAVER VALLEY REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/21/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:56 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/21/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:55[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DANIEL MURRAY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/21/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GENE KELLY 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 N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCOVERY OF CONDITION THAT COULD RESULT IN A SAFETY FUNCTION NOT BEING | | FULFILLED | | | | THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED, DURING A UPDATED SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT REVIEW, | | THAT THE ELECTRIC STRIP HEATERS IN THE EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS (EDG) | | ARE NOT SEISMICALLY QUALIFIED AND ARE POWERED FROM THE SAME NONCLASS 1E | | POWER SUPPLY. THE NONCLASS 1E PANEL ALSO SUPPLIES POWER TO DIESEL SUPPORT | | EQUIPMENT THROUGH CONTACTS IN THE CLASS 1E MOTOR CONTROL CENTERS. THESE | | ARE IN VIOLATION OF IEEE STANDARDS 279, 308, AND 244 AND RESULT IN A | | CONDITION THAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE FULFILLMENT OF THE SAFETY FUNCTION | | OF THE EDGs. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+