U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 05/22/98 - 05/26/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34121 34123 34203 34276 34277 34278 34279 34280 34281 34282 34283 34284 34285 34286 34287 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34121 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WOLF CREEK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/23/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: KS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:09 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/23/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:40[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: EDWARD RAY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/22/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ELMO COLLINS RDO | |ADEG 50.72(b)(1)(ii) DEGRAD COND DURING OP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 LICENSEE IDENTIFIED A CONDITION INVOLVING OPERABILITY OF THE | | ATMOSPHERIC RELIEF VALVES (ARV) WHERE THE UPDATED SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT | | (USAR) IS MORE LIMITING THAN THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "THE LIMITING STEAM GENERATOR TUBE RUPTURE ANALYSIS ASSUMES THAT AT LEAST 2 | | ARVs ON INTACT STEAM GENERATORS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REQUIRED | | POST TRANSIENT COOLDOWN. THE LIMITING USAR ANALYSIS ASSUMES A SINGLE | | FAILURE IN THE [AUXILIARY FEEDWATER (AFW)] CONTROLLER SUCH THAT EXCESSIVE | | AFW IS FED TO THE FAULTED STEAM GENERATOR. THIS ANALYSIS RESULTS IN | | OVERFILL OF THE RUPTURED STEAM GENERATOR, WATER FLOW THROUGH A SAFETY | | VALVE, AND A CONSEQUENTIAL FAILURE OF THE SAFETY VALVE TO RECLOSE (ASSUMED | | TO STICK OPEN 5 PERCENT). FOR THIS CASE, 2 ARVs ON INTACT LOOPS WOULD BE | | AVAILABLE FOR COOLDOWN." | | | | "HOWEVER, WITH ONE ARV OUT-OF-SERVICE AS CURRENTLY ALLOWED BY TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION 3.7.1.6, AND ASSUMING THE ANALYSIS SINGLE FAILURE OF 1 ARV ON | | AN INTACT LOOP (IN PLACE OF THE FAILURE IN THE AFW CONTROLLER), ONLY 1 ARV | | IS LEFT ON AN INTACT LOOP TO PERFORM THE POST TRANSIENT COOLDOWN (i.e., THE | | 4th ARV IS ON THE RUPTURED STEAM GENERATOR). HAVING ONLY 1 ARV USED FOR | | THE COOLDOWN SIGNIFICANTLY LENGTHENS THE TIME TO REACH [RESIDUAL HEAT | | REMOVAL (RHR)] CUT-IN CONDITIONS AND TO TERMINATE THE TRANSIENT. THE | | RESULT OF THE DELAY BEFORE REACHING RHR CUT-IN CONDITIONS, AND THEREBY | | TERMINATING THE TRANSIENT, IS AN INCREASE IN RADIOLOGICAL DOSE." | | | | "FOR THIS SCENARIO, THE CURRENT USAR ANALYSIS OF RADIOLOGICAL DOSES MAY NOT | | BE BOUNDING. THIS CONDITION MUST BE EVALUATED." | | | | "THE CURRENT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.7.1.6 STATES, 'AT LEAST 3 STEAM | | GENERATOR ARVs SHALL BE OPERABLE.' THEREFORE, FOR 1 ARV OUT-OF-SERVICE, NO | | ACTION IS REQUIRED. FOR 2 ARVs OUT-OF-SERVICE, THE [LIMITING CONDITION FOR | | OPERATION (LCO)] REQUIRES THAT AT LEAST 1 OF THE 2 INOPERABLE VALVES BE | | RESTORED TO SERVICE WITHIN 7 DAYS. WITH 3 ARVs OUT-OF-SERVICE, THE LCO | | REQUIRES THAT 1 INOPERABLE ARV BE RESTORED TO SERVICE WITHIN 24 HOURS." | | | | "CURRENTLY, ALL 4 STEAM GENERATOR ARVs ARE OPERABLE. IN THIS CONDITION THE | | USAR ANALYSIS BOUNDS CURRENT PLANT OPERATING CONDITIONS SINCE AT LEAST 2 | | ARVs WOULD BE AVAILABLE ON INTACT STEAM GENERATORS TO PERFORM THE POST | | TRANSIENT COOLDOWN FOLLOWING A STEAM GENERATOR TUBE RUPTURE EVENT." | | | | "AS AN INTERIM MEASURE, OPERATIONS HAS IMPLEMENTED ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS | | THROUGH AN OPERATIONS ESSENTIAL READING TO INDICATE THAT TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION LCO 3.7.1.6 BE MET BY HAVING 4 OPERABLE ARVs (VERSUS 3 | | REQUIRED BY THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION) AND, THEREBY, THAT THE APPROPRIATE | | ACTIONS WOULD BE ENTERED FOR ANY ARV BEING INOPERABLE." | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | HOO NOTE: SEE EVENT #34123. | | | | * * * RETRACTED AT 1402 ON 05/22/98 BY DIANE HOOPER TO FANGIE JONES * * * | | | | FURTHER EVALUATION BY ENGINEERING PERSONNEL DETERMINED THAT DURING THE | | PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THE CONDITION COULD HAVE OCCURRED, THE CALCULATED | | RADIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES WOULD NOT HAVE EXCEEDED THE 10 CFR PART 100 | | LIMITS. THEREFORE, THE PLANT WAS NOT OUTSIDE THE DESIGN BASES. THE | | CONDITION IS BEING CONTROLLED ADMINISTRATIVELY BY REQUIRING ALL 4 ARVs TO | | BE OPERABLE UNTIL PERMANENT CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE COMPLETED. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE HEADQUARTERS | | OPERATIONS CENTER INFORMED THE R4DO (JOHN PELLET). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34123 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CALLAWAY REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/23/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MO |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:50 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/23/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 21:52[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ANTHONY HOLMES |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/22/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ELMO COLLINS 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 N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE IDENTIFIED A CONDITION INVOLVING OPERABILITY OF THE | | ATMOSPHERIC STEAM DUMP VALVES WHERE THE FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT (FSAR) | | IS MORE LIMITING THAN THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION (TS) REQUIREMENTS. | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "CALLAWAY'S FSAR ASSUMES 2 STEAM GENERATOR ATMOSPHERIC DUMP (ASD) VALVES | | WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE REQUIRED POST TRANSIENT COOLDOWN. HOWEVER, | | WITH 1 ASD OUT-OF-SERVICE AS CURRENTLY ALLOWED BY TS 3.7.1.7 ON AN INTACT | | LOOP AND A SINGLE FAILURE OF ANOTHER ASD ON AN INTACT LOOP WITH A STEAM | | GENERATOR TUBE RUPTURE, THERE WOULD BE ONLY 1 ASD AVAILABLE FOR COOLDOWN. | | THIS WOULD BE OUTSIDE CALLAWAY'S DESIGN BASIS. ON THREE KNOWN OCCASIONS | | (03/21/93, 02/07/94, AND 02/20/94), AN ASD WAS OUT OF SERVICE FOR GREATER | | THAN 7 DAYS. CALLAWAY IS SUBMITTING THIS NOTIFICATION [IN ACCORDANCE WITH] | | 10 CFR 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) AS A CONDITION THAT WAS OUTSIDE THE DESIGN BASIS | | OF THE PLANT. A TS CHANGE REQUEST WAS SUBMITTED TO TS 3.7.1.7 LIMITING | | CONDITION OF OPERATION (LCO) AND OPERATING LICENSE AMENDMENT #1177 | | CONVERSION TO THE IMPROVED TSs TO CHANGE THE REQUIREMENT OF OPERABLE ASDs | | FROM 3 TO 4. WE ARE ADMINISTRATIVELY CONTROLLING 4 OPERABLE ASDs UNTIL TS | | 3.7.1.7 IS CHANGED. CALLAWAY IS CURRENTLY IN MODE 6 IN A REFUELING OUTAGE, | | AND THE APPLICABILITY OF TS 3.7.1.7 IS MODES 1 THROUGH 3." | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | HOO NOTE: SEE EVENT #34121. | | | | * * * RETRACTED AT 1323 ON 05/22/98 BY JOHN BECK TO FANGIE JONES * * * | | | | SUBSEQUENT EVALUATION BY UTILITY ENGINEERS CONCLUDED THAT THE DOSE | | CONSEQUENCES PRESENTED IN THE FSAR WOULD HAVE BOUNDED A STEAM GENERATOR | | TUBE RUPTURE EVENT HAD ONE OCCURRED DURING THE THREE OCCASIONS WHEN ONE ASD | | WAS INOPERABLE FOR MORE THAN 7 DAYS. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PLANT WAS NEVER IN | | AN ACTUAL CONDITION THAT WAS OUTSIDE THE DESIGN BASIS OF THE PLANT, AND | | THUS, THIS EVENT REPORT IS NOT REPORTABLE UNDER 10 CFR 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B). | | THIS CONSTITUTES THE BASIS FOR RETRACTING THIS NOTIFICATION. THE LICENSEE | | IS SUBMITTING A CHANGE TO THE TS 3.7.1.7 LCO TO CHANGE THE REQUIREMENT OF | | OPERABLE ASDs FROM THREE TO FOUR, AND IN THE MEAN TIME, THE LICENSEE IS | | ADMINISTRATIVELY MAINTAINING FOUR ASDs OPERABLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE HEADQUARTERS | | OPERATIONS CENTER INFORMED THE R4DO (JOHN PELLET). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34203 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NINE MILE POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/11/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 07:13 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 05/11/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 05:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DONALD NEWMAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/25/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JACK MCFADDEN 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 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SLIP JOINT ON JET PUMP OUT OF JOINT BY 1/4 INCH. (JET PUMP TO RAMS HEAD | | LEAKAGE) | | | | DURING DRAIN DOWN OF THE 'A' REACTOR RECIRCULATION LOOP FOR MAINTENANCE, | | BUBBLES WERE NOTED COMING FROM THE REACTOR ANNULUS AT THE 90ø AZIMUTH. A | | CAMERA WAS LOWERED, AND THE SLIP JOINT ON THE 5-6 JET PUMP RISER WAS FOUND | | TO BE OUT OF THE JOINT ABOUT 1/4 INCH. AIR IS BLEEDING OUT OF THE SLIP | | JOINT. THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS TO DETERMINE THE | | CAUSE AND DEVELOP A REPAIR PLAN. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1630 ON 05/18/98 FROM PITTS TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS COMPLETED INSPECTIONS OF ALL JET PUMPS AND HAS DISCOVERED | | LEAKAGE ON TWO ADDITIONAL JET PUMP SLIP JOINTS (#12 AND #19). AN EVALUATION | | OF THE EFFECTS OF THE LEAKAGE IS IN PROGRESS. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. THE NRC | | OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R1DO (WHITE). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1653 ON 05/25/98 FROM GREGG PITTS RECEIVED BY TROCINE * * * | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF THE LEAKAGE NOTED WAS PERFORMED FOR REACTOR | | SAFETY, THERMAL HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE, LONG-TERM DEGRADATION, AND PLANT | | OPERATIONAL ECONOMICS. THIS ANALYSIS CONCLUDED THAT THE LEAKAGE OBSERVED | | IS NOT SIGNIFICANT, THAT PLANT SAFETY IS UNAFFECTED BY THE LEAKAGE, THAT | | LEAKAGE CAN BE COMPENSATED FOR WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE | | RECIRCULATION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, THAT LONG-TERM DEGRADATION (IF ANY) CAN | | BE MONITORED AND CHARACTERIZED BY PERIODIC MEASUREMENTS TO ESTABLISH THE | | LEAKAGE TREND, AND THAT CURRENT LEAKAGE WILL HAVE NO EFFECT ON PLANT | | ECONOMICS." | | | | "FURTHER INSPECTIONS OF THE JET PUMPS TO RAMS HEAD SLIP JOINTS HAVE PROVEN | | THAT THE ORIGINAL REPORT OF 1/4[-INCH] SEPARATION ON JET PUMP 5-6 SLIP | | JOINT WAS FALSE. ADDITIONAL CAMERA INSPECTIONS SHOW THAT THE PERCEIVED | | MISALIGNMENT WAS DUE TO SHADOWS." | | | | "BASED ON THE ABOVE, NINE MILE POINT UNIT 2 IS RETRACTING THE NOTIFICATIONS | | MADE ON 05/11/98 AND 05/18/98 ASSOCIATED WITH JET PUMP LEAKAGE." | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE R1DO (KELLY) | | WAS NOTIFIED BY THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |HOSPITAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34276 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: FORSYTHE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/22/98 | | CITY: REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:37 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NC |EVENT DATE: 04/22/98 | |LICENSE#: 034-0878-1 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: : [EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/22/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |MILTON SHYMLOCK RDO | | |STEVE BAGGETT, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+JOSEPH GIITTER, AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DECKER (REG 2) | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FORSYTHE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL REPORTED THE LOSS OF A 0.4-MILLICURIE IODINE-125 | | SEED TO THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL | | RESOURCES, DIVISION OF RADIATION PROTECTION (DPR). | | | | A REQUEST TO AMERSHAM WAS MADE FOR 78 SOURCES AND DOCUMENTATION INDICATES | | THAT 78 WERE SHIPPED. ON 04/22/98, THE SEEDS WERE RECEIVED AND COUNTED | | INDEPENDENTLY BY TWO MEDICAL PHYSICISTS. THE RESULTANT COUNT FOR EACH WAS | | 77. THE MEDICAL PHYSICISTS IMMEDIATELY CONDUCTED SURVEYS OF THE AREA WHERE | | THE SOURCES WERE COUNTED, BUT THE SOURCE COULD NOT BE LOCATED. THE | | LICENSEE HAS CONTACTED AMERSHAM TO DETERMINE IF THEY SHIPPED THE WRONG | | NUMBER OF SEEDS (AS WAS A SIMILAR SITUATION EARLIER THIS YEAR), BUT | | AMERSHAM'S RESPONSE WAS TO SUBMIT THEIR DISTRIBUTION PROCEDURES. THE | | LICENSEE IS CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION. THE DRP WAS NOTIFIED ON | | 05/21/98. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 34277 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/22/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:08 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 05/21/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 16:24[CDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/22/98 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |MONTE PHILLIPS RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |FRED COMBS/NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+JOSEPH GIITTER/AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: UNDERWOOD | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |OCBA 76.120(c)(2)(i) ACCID MT EQUIP FAILS | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PARTIAL FAILURE OF PLANT AIR SYSTEM RESULTED IN CRITICALITY ACCIDENT ALARM | | SYSTEM (CAAS) BEING INOPERABLE FOR AUDIBILITY. (24-HOUR REPORT) | | | | SEVERE THUNDER STORMS IN THE AREA CAUSED A SURGE IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | | OF ONE AIR COMPRESSOR IN THE "C-335" AIR PLANT. THIS RESULTED IN THE | | UNLOADING OF THE AIR COMPRESSOR WHICH CAUSED A TEMPORARY LOSS OF AIR | | PRESSURE AND AVAILABLE SYSTEM CAPACITY. THE SURGE PROTECTION WAS RESET, | | AND THE COMPRESSOR WAS RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION. THIS LOSS OF | | AVAILABLE SYSTEM CAPACITY, HOWEVER, CAUSED THE PLANT CAAS TO BECOME | | INOPERABLE FOR AUDIBILITY DUE TO AN INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF COMPRESSED AIR | | BEING AVAILABLE TO THE CAAS ALARM HORNS. ALL FACILITIES WITH CAAS ALARM | | HORNS SUPPLIED BY COMPRESSED AIR WERE POTENTIALLY AFFECTED. THE | | DETECTABILITY FUNCTION OF THE CAAS WAS NOT AFFECTED IN ANY FACILITY. | | OPERABILITY OF THE AUDIBILITY FUNCTION OF THE CAAS WAS FULLY RESTORED AT | | 1630 ON 05/21/98. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |HOSPITAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34278 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: WARRICK HOSP. DIAGNOSTIC HEALTH SVC |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/22/98 | | CITY: BOONEVILLE REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:37 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: IN |EVENT DATE: 05/22/98 | |LICENSE#: 12-13568-02 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 07:30[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/22/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |MONTE PHILLIPS RDO | | |FRED COMBS/NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROGER WHEAT | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |LADM 35.33(a) MED MISADMINISTRATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MEDICAL MISADMINISTRATION AT WARRICK HOSPITAL DIAGNOSTIC HEALTH SERVICE IN | | BOONEVILLE, INDIANA | | | | THE WARRICK HOSPITAL DIAGNOSTIC HEALTH SERVICE REPORTED THAT A MEDICAL | | MISADMINISTRATION HAD OCCURRED WHEN THE TECHNICIAN GAVE TWO PATIENTS | | TECHNETIUM-99 CARDIOLITE (25 MILLICURIES) INSTEAD OF TECHNETIUM-99 HDP (25 | | MILLICURIES). THE TECHNICIAN DID NOT CROSS REFERENCE THE DOSES PRIOR TO | | ADMINISTERING THEM TO THE PATIENTS. UPON THE COMPLETION OF TREATMENT, THE | | MISTAKES WERE DISCOVERED WHILE HE WAS DOING THE PAPER WORK FOR THE | | TREATMENT. THE PATIENTS, ATTENDING PHYSICIAN, AND RADIOLOGIST WERE | | NOTIFIED. THERE WERE NO ADVERSE AFFECTS TO THE PATIENTS. | | | | * * * RETRACTED AT 1236 ON 05/22/98 BY ROGER WHEAT TO FANGIE JONES * * * | | | | AFTER DISCUSSION WITH DARREL WIEDERMAN OF NRC REGION 3 DNMS, THE LICENSEE | | HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS REPORTED MISADMINISTRATION IS NOT REPORTABLE UNDER | | 10 CFR 35(2)(6)(ii). THE EVENT IS A LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT AND WILL | | BE KEPT ON FILE. THIS EVENT IS BEING RETRACTED AS IT IS NOT REPORTABLE. | | | | THE HEADQUARTERS OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R3DO (MONTE PHILLIPS) AND | | NMSS/EO (FRED COMBS). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 34279 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: AIR FORCE RADIOISOTOPE COMMITTEE |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/22/98 | | CITY: WHITE SANDS MIS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:03 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NM |EVENT DATE: 04/23/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 10:00[MDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/22/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOHN PELLET RDO | | |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+FEMA, DOE, USDA, HHS FAX | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MAJOR JAMES HICKS |EPA, DOT (VIA NRC) FAX | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE U.S. AIR FORCE REPORTED THE LOSS OF A POD CONTAINING 8 MICROCURIES OF | | AMERICIUM-241 | | | | ON APRIL 23, 1998, AN F-16 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF | | THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE LOCATED ABOUT 60 MILES NORTH OF ALAMOGORDO, | | NEW MEXICO. THE F-16 WAS CARRYING A LOW ALTITUDE NAVIGATION TARGETING | | INFRARED FOR NIGHT (LANTIRN) POD THAT CONTAINED TWO AMERICIUM-241 SEALED | | SOURCES WITH A TOTAL ACTIVITY OF 8 MICROCURIES. | | | | THE CRASH WAS SO HARD THAT IT VAPORIZED MANY PARTS OF THE AIRCRAFT IN THE | | RESULTING FIREBALL. THE POD COULD NOT BE LOCATED, AND ALL RECOVERED PARTS | | WERE SURVEYED FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL WITH NONE DETECTED. IT IS ASSUMED | | THAT THE POD WAS DESTROYED. THE AREA OF THE CRASH IS OFF-LIMITS TO THE | | PUBLIC AND CAN ONLY BE REACHED WITH SPECIAL ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES. | | | | THIS REPORT IS LATE DUE TO AN ERROR MADE WHEN LOOKING AT 10 CFR PART 20, | | APPENDIX 'C.' THE LINE FOR AMERICIUM-240 WAS READ IN LIEU OF THE LINE FOR | | AMERICIUM-241, AND THIS LEAD TO A 30-DAY REPORT VERSUS AN IMMEDIATE REPORT. | | TO ENSURE THIS ERROR IS NOT REPEATED, A MEMO WILL BE PLACED IN THE LANTIRN | | READ FILE STATING THE CORRECT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS TYPE OF | | INCIDENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 34280 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: AIR FORCE RADIOISOTOPE COMMITTEE |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/22/98 | | CITY: SAN ANTONIO REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:03 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: TX |EVENT DATE: 05/04/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 10:00[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/22/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOHN PELLET RDO | | |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+FEMA, DOE, USDA, HHS FAX | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MAJOR JAMES HICKS |EPA, DOT (VIA NRC) FAX | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE U.S. AIR FORCE HAS RECOVERED 34 GEAR CASES FROM A SALVAGE YARD THAT | | CONTAINED 40 MICROCURIES EACH OF NATURAL THORIUM. | | | | ON MAY 1, 1998, THE NEWELL SALVAGE COMPANY IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, WAS | | RECEIVING A LOAD OF SCRAP WHEN THEIR RADIATION ALARM WAS SET OFF. UPON | | INVESTIGATION, THE SCRAP INCLUDED 34 TRANSFER GEAR CASES FROM HUEY-2B | | HELICOPTERS WITH 40 MICROCURIES OF NATURAL THORIUM EACH. INITIALLY, THE | | SCRAP WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE COME FROM THE RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, BUT AFTER | | INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT PROBABLY CAME FROM THE CORPUS | | CHRISTI NAVAL BASE. THE HUEY-2B HELICOPTERS ARE TYPICALLY USED BY THE NAVY | | OR ARMY. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO TRACK THE SCRAP AS ONE OF THE SCRAP DEALERS | | WHO HAD POSSESSION IS DEAD. THE AIR FORCE SURVEYED ALL AREAS WHERE THE | | CASES HAD BEEN AND FOUND NO CONTAMINATION. THE AIR FORCE HAS TAKEN | | POSSESSION OF THE CASES AND HAS PUT THEM INTO LOCKED STORAGE AT RANDOLPH | | AIR FORCE BASE. THE AIR FORCE PLANS TO TAKE CARE OF PROPER DISPOSAL. | | | | A FINAL REPORT WILL BE GENERATED AND SENT TO NRC REGION 4. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 34281 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: COOPER ENERGY SERVICES |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/22/98 | | CITY: GROVE CITY REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:10 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: PA |EVENT DATE: 05/22/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: : [EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/22/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |GENE KELLY/REG 1 RDO | | |STUART RICHARDS/NRR EO | +------------------------------------------------+AL BELISLE/REG 2 RDO | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PETER DeFRONZO |JOHN PELLET/REG 4 RDO | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES |VERN HODGE NRR | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |CCCC 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 10-CFR-PART-21 NOTIFICATION - ENTERPRISE DSR-4 AND DSRV-4 EMERGENCY DIESEL | | | | AN APPLICATION PROBLEM HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE 701 DIGITAL SPEED | | CONTROL (REVISION 'G' CONTROLLER DESIGN) INSTALLED AT PLANTS VOGTLE AND | | COMANCHE PEAK. THE SPEED CONTROLS ARE MANUFACTURED BY WOODWARD GOVERNOR | | COMPANY AND SOLD BY COOPER ENERGY SERVICES AS PART NUMBER 2-02G-110-001. | | REVISION 'G' IS THE ONLY REVISION OF THE SUBJECT PART THAT HAS THE | | POTENTIAL PROBLEM, AND IT WAS RECENTLY INTRODUCED TO ADDRESS AN ANOMALY OF | | PREVIOUS CONTROLLERS. EVALUATIONS OF THE ANOMALY INDICATED NO CREDIBLE | | PROBLEM IN NUCLEAR SERVICE. THE ORIGINAL CONTROLLERS WERE STILL BEING | | REPLACED WITH THE LATER REVISION (REVISION 'G') TO SATISFY WOODWARD | | CONCERNS. | | | | POST-INSTALLATION TESTING OF THE NEW CONTROLLERS REVEALED THAT HIGH EMI/RFI | | LEVELS AFFECTED THE NEW CONTROLLERS, WHEREAS THE ORIGINAL CONTROLLERS WERE | | UNAFFECTED. WORK IS PROGRESSING TO IDENTIFY THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM | | AND TO DETERMINE A SOLUTION. IN THE INTERIM, THE TWO UTILITIES HAVE PLACED | | THE ORIGINAL CONTROLLERS BACK INTO SERVICE TO KEEP THEIR EMERGENCY DIESEL | | GENERATORS OPERATIONAL. | | | | A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED NO LATER THAN JULY 31, 1998. | | | | COOPER ENERGY HAS NOTIFIED ALL THE AFFECTED SITES INCLUDING SOUTHERN | | NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY (VOGTLE PROJECT), TU ELECTRIC COMPANY (COMANCHE | | PEAK), AND STP NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY (SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT) OF THIS | | 10-CFR-PART-21 REPORT. THE NOTIFICATION AS RECEIVED DID NOT INDICATE THAT | | THE COMPONENTS WERE INSTALLED AT SOUTH TEXAS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34282 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PILGRIM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/22/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:52 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 05/22/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:28[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WILLIAM DICROCE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/22/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GENE KELLY RDO | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | IE BULLETIN 80-14 REPORT | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THE INOPERABILITY OF A SCRAM DISCHARGE VENT AND DRAIN | | VALVE PER IE BULLETIN 80-14, PAGE 2, ITEM A.3. WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING | | SOLENOIDS VALVES THAT FEED AIR TO INSTRUMENT VOLUME VALVES, THE SCRAM | | DISCHARGE VALVE WAS RENDERED INOPERABLE FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES. THE SCRAM | | DISCHARGE VALVE WAS RETURNED TO OPERABLE STATUS. DURING THIS TIME, | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.3.g.2 WAS ENTERED (24 HOURS TO COLD SHUTDOWN). | | ALL SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO NORMAL. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34283 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/22/98 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:47 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/22/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 22:23[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MICHELE SAVINO |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/22/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GENE KELLY 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | INOPERABLE BLACKOUT GAS TURBINE GENERATOR (REFER TO EVENT #34285 FOR | | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.) | | | | THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT GAS TURBINE GENERATOR #3 IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE | | DEAD BUS PICKUP CAPABILITY, THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM. THE | | GAS TURBINE GENERATOR WAS OUT OF SERVICE FOR MODIFICATION TO THE AUTOMATIC | | SYNCHRONIZATION RELAY. WHILE TESTING TO VERIFY OPERATION OF THE AUTOMATIC | | SYNCHRONIZATION RELAY, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE GAS TURBINE WAS | | INOPERABLE. THIS IS ONE OF THREE GAS TURBINES USED FOR STATION BLACKOUT | | RECOVERY. ONLY ONE IS REQUIRED TO BE OPERABLE IN THE PRESENT PLANT | | CONDITION. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34284 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WATTS BAR REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/23/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: TN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:46 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/23/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 04:52[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: R. L. KIMBROUGH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/23/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | WAREHOUSE FIRE OUTSIDE THE PROTECTED AREA (APPROXIMATELY 0.75 MILES FROM | | UNIT 1) - OFFSITE NOTIFICATION OF THE FIRE WAS MADE TO THE TENNESSEE | | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (TEMA). | | | | AT 0452 EDT, MAIN CONTROL ROOM PERSONNEL WERE NOTIFIED OF A FIRE IN AN | | ONSITE WAREHOUSE (#26) LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 0.75 MILES FROM THE UNIT 1 | | REACTOR BUILDING OUTSIDE THE PROTECTED AREA. THE LICENSEE ENTERED ABNORMAL | | OPERATING INSTRUCTION #30 (GENERAL FIRE). OPERATION OF THE PLANT WAS NOT | | HAMPERED BY THE FIRE. | | | | THE FIRE LASTED 45 MINUTES UNTIL IT WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH FIRE PROTECTION | | PERSONNEL STILL ON THE SCENE PERFORMING OVERHAUL AND INVESTIGATING THE | | CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSISTED THE LICENSEE IN | | EXTINGUISHING THE FIRE. AT NO TIME WAS THE SAFETY OF UNIT 1 OPERATION OR | | THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC OR ONSITE PERSONNEL ADVERSELY AFFECTED, | | AND NO PERSONNEL INJURIES RESULTED FROM THE FIRE. WAREHOUSE #26 IS USED TO | | STORE SPARE REPLACEMENT PARTS (PUMPS, VALVES, GASKETS, ETC.), AND IT WAS | | ESSENTIALLY DESTROYED WITH AN ESTIMATED LOSS OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS. | | | | A NOTIFICATION TO TEMA WAS MADE FOR A 'NON-EMERGENCY EVENT' UNDER THE | | CLASSIFICATION, 'INCIDENT WHICH COULD ATTRACT ATTENTION FROM THE IMMEDIATE | | LOCAL RESIDENTS.' THE LICENSEE SAID THAT THIS WAS A VOLUNTARY REPORT BUT | | THEY HAD MADE AN OFFSITE NOTIFICATION. | | | | THE FIRE DID NOT POSE ANY THREAT TO THE LICENSEE'S ELECTRICAL SWITCHYARD OR | | ELECTRICAL GRID. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34285 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/23/98 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:41 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/23/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DENNIS CORNAX |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/23/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GENE KELLY 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | INOPERABLE BLACKOUT GAS TURBINE GENERATOR (REFER TO EVENT #34283 FOR | | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.) | | | | THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT GAS TURBINE GENERATOR #2 IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE | | DEAD BUS PICKUP CAPABILITY, THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM. | | AFTER MAINTENANCE ON GAS TURBINE GENERATOR #3 AND ITS RESTORATION TO | | OPERATIONAL STATUS (SEE EVENT #34283), GAS TURBINE GENERATOR #2 WAS WORKED | | ON. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INDICATES IT HAS THE SAME WIRING AS #3 | | LEADING TO INABILITY TO PROVIDE DEAD BUS PICKUP CAPABILITY. | | | | GAS TURBINE GENERATOR #1 HAS DIFFERENT WIRING AND IS NOT SUSPECTED TO HAVE | | THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE OTHER TWO GAS TURBINE GENERATORS. ONLY ONE IS | | REQUIRED FOR PRESENT PLANT CONDITIONS. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34286 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: VERMONT YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/23/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: VT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:44 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 05/23/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 20:52[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DENNIS MAY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/23/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GENE KELLY 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 N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE UNIT EXPERIENCED VARIOUS ENGINEERED SAFEGUARDS FEATURES ACTUATIONS DUE | | TO A SUSPECTED ELECTRICAL GROUND. | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "[THE UNIT] RECEIVED [A] HALF-SCRAM, GROUP III ISOLATION AND STANDBY GAS | | TREATMENT (SBGT) START DUE TO [A] LOSS OF POWER TO [THE] 'B' REACTOR | | PROTECTION SYSTEM (RPS). [A] SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT [THE] | | 'B' RPS MOTOR GENERATOR REMAINED FUNCTIONING. RE-ENERGIZATION [OF THE 'B' | | RPS] AFTER FUSE REPLACEMENT RESULTED IN A REPEAT OF THE POWER LOSS AFTER | | ONLY A COUPLE OF SECONDS OF OPERATION." | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM. THERE | | WAS NO MAINTENANCE OR TESTING IN PROGRESS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE FUSE | | OPENING. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34287 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SEABROOK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/25/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:37 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/25/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:50[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MICHAEL KILEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/25/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GENE KELLY RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ON-DUTY SHIFT MANAGER TRANSPORTED OFFSITE BY AMBULANCE TO LOCAL HOSPITAL. | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "AT 2115 EDT ON 05/24/98, THE ON-DUTY SHIFT MANAGER WAS TRANSPORTED BY | | AMBULANCE TO EXETER HOSPITAL FOR SYMPTOMS OF A HEART ATTACK." | | | | "AT 2214 EDT ON 05/24/98, THE DUTY SHIFT MANAGER POSITION WAS MANNED TO | | MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION [6.2.2, TABLE 6.2-1]." | | | | "AT 0050 EDT ON 05/25/98, THE STATION WAS NOTIFIED BY THE TRANSPORTED SHIFT | | MANAGER'S WIFE THAT HE HAD PASSED AWAY WHILE UNDER MEDICAL CARE AT EXETER | | HOSPITAL [EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE]." | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND PLANS TO ISSUE A PRESS | | RELEASE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+