U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 01/23/98 - 01/26/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 33453 33579 33580 33581 33582 33583 33584 33585 33586 33587 33588 33589 33590 33591 33592 33593 33594 33595 33596 33597 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33453 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/24/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:23 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 12/23/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 22:03[CST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/24/98 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |PAT HILAND RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |MIKE WEBER (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: W. G. HALICKS | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NRC BULLETIN 91-01 24-HOUR NOTIFICATION | | | | SECOND INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION OF WASTE STREAMS (ABSORBENT PADS, OIL, | | FLOOR SWEEP, SCRAP METAL, ETC., USUALLY CONTAINED IN 55 GALLON CONTAINERS) | | FOR EXEMPT VERSUS POTENTIALLY FISSILE STATUS HAS NOT BEEN DOCUMENTED AS | | REQUIRED. THIS IS A LOSS OF ONE OF THE REQUIRED DOUBLE CONTINGENCIES. | | | | NCSA GEN-07, "NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY (NCS) EXEMPT MATERIAL POLICY", | | PROVIDES GUIDANCE TO WASTE GENERATORS, SAMPLERS, AND OTHER PERSONNEL TO | | DETERMINE THE APPLICABILITY OF NCS CONTROLS FOR THE MATERIALS THEY GENERATE | | AND HANDLE IN THE FIELD. NCSA GEN-07 AND ITS IMPLEMENTING PROCEDURE | | CP2-EG-NS1033, "ENRICHMENT AND EXEMPT WASTE VERIFICATION", PROVIDE DOUBLE | | CONTINGENCY AGAINST THE IMPROPER HANDLING OF A POTENTIALLY FISSILE WASTE | | STREAM AS NON-FISSILE (I.E. NCS EXEMPT). | | | | AS IDENTIFIED IN PR-SU-97-7643, INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION OF WASTE STREAMS | | FOR EXEMPT VERSUS POTENTIALLY FISSILE STATUS HAS NOT BEEN DOCUMENTED. | | REVIEW OF OTHER RECENT PROBLEM REPORTS RELATED TO THE SAME TOPIC INDICATE | | THAT TRAINING FOR CP2-EG-NS1033 HAS BEEN PERFORMED FOR ONLY VERY SMALL | | PORTION OF THE AFFECTED PLANT POPULATION. GENERAL NCS PLANT TRAINING, | | EXPERIENCE WITH OTHER FISSILE MATERIAL OPERATIONS, AND INTERVIEWS WITH | | OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, INDICATE THAT THE WASTE GENERATORS HAVE HISTORICALLY | | DEMONSTRATED KNOWLEDGE OF THE MATERIAL AND PROCESSES THAT ARE COMMONLY | | CONSIDERED POTENTIALLY FISSILE. BASED ON THIS PROCESS KNOWLEDGE, IT IS | | UNLIKELY THAT THE WASTE GENERATOR WOULD FAIL TO CONSIDER A POTENTIALLY | | FISSILE WASTE STREAM AS SUCH. THEREFORE, ALTHOUGH DOCUMENTATION OF THE | | EXEMPTION HAS NOT BEEN PERFORMED THE ACTUAL CRITERIA BEING APPLIED TO | | DETERMINE EXEMPTION STATUS HAS BEEN MAINTAINED. INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION OF | | WASTE STREAM EXEMPTION STATUS IS RELIED ON AS ONE CONTROL FOR DOUBLE | | CONTINGENCY. SINCE ADHERENCES TO INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION WAS NOT PERFORMED | | THIS LEG OF DOUBLE CONTINGENCY HAS BEEN VIOLATED. | | | | NCSA GEN-07 WASTE STREAMS INCLUDE MATERIALS SUCH AS ABSORBENT PADS, OIL, | | FLOOR SWEEP, SCRAP METAL, ETC. THESE MATERIALS TYPICALLY CONTAIN EXTREMELY | | LOW URANIUM DENSITY AND HAVE LOW URANIUM ENRICHMENT. SAR 5.2.3.1 SAYS THE | | "SAFE MASS VALUE DEPENDS ON MANY FACTORS INCLUDING THE GEOMETRY, THE U-235 | | ENRICHMENT, COMPOSITION, ETC." IT IS NOT CONCEIVABLE FOR THE ACCUMULATION | | OF THE WASTE STREAMS LISTED IN GEN-07 TABLE 3. TO ACCUMULATE IN A | | CONFIGURATION THAT EXCEEDS A SAFE MASS (AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY). BASED ON | | THESE FACTORS NO IMMEDIATE SAFETY CONCERN EXISTS. | | | | THIS EVENT IS BEING REPORTED UNDER UE2-RA-RE1030, REV. 2, APPENDIX D, | | CRITERIA A.4.a AS A 23-HOUR REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH NRC BULLETIN 91-01, | | SUPPLEMENT 1. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0341 ON 01/24/98, BY UNDERWOOD TAKEN BY WEAVER * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE ISSUED A FUNCTIONAL DIRECTIVE ON 01/02/98 WHICH CLARIFIED THAT | | GEN-07 IS USED ONLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH GEN-15 IN DETERMINING WASTE | | HANDLING REQUIREMENTS. THEREFORE, GEN-15 DOES NOT APPLY TO WASTE STREAMS | | WHICH ARE GENERATED OUTSIDE OF FISSILE MATERIAL OPERATION OR PROCESS | | UPSETS. GEN-07/GEN-15 WAS NOT VIOLATED IN THAT IT DOES NOT APPLY TO THE | | WASTE STREAMS IN QUESTION. GIVEN THIS, THE REPORTING CRITERIA WAS NOT MET, | | AND THE SUBJECT NOTIFICATION IS BEING RETRACTED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE RETRACTION. THE HOO | | NOTIFIED THE NRC R3DO (LANKSBURY). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33579 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PERRY REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/23/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: OH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:36 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 01/23/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 03:10[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TOM GOODMAN/BOB KIDDER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/23/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ROGER LANKSBURY, R3 RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |PHILLIP MCKEE, NRR EO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION |JOHN SURMEIER, NMSS EO | | |JOSEPH GIITTER, AEOD IRD | | |CHUCK BAGWELL FEMA | | |JOE CONNOLLY-DOT/EPA NRC | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - UE DECLARED DUE TO TRICHLOROETHYLENE SPILL/TOXIC GAS RELEASE FROM PLANT - | | | | AT 0310, THE LICENSEE DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT EMERGENCY DUE TO UP TO 250 | | GALLONS OF LIQUID TRICHLOROETHYLENE SPILLING FROM THE NON-SAFETY RELATED | | OFF-GAS BRINE COOLING SYSTEM (PART OF THE PLANT OFF-GAS COOLING SYSTEM) | | INTO THE OFF-GAS ROOM IN THE OFF-GAS BUILDING. THE 275-GALLON BRINE SYSTEM | | TANK IS EMPTY, AND THE CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS HAVE STOPPED THE SYSTEM PUMP. | | PLANT PERSONNEL WEARING SELF CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUSES ENTERED THE | | ROOM TO CLOSE THE SYSTEM ISOLATION VALVE BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. | | | | THERE WERE NO PLANT PERSONNEL IN THE BUILDING AT THE TIME OF THE SPILL, AND | | PLANT PERSONNEL ACCESS TO THE BUILDING HAS BEEN RESTRICTED. THERE WERE NO | | PLANT PERSONNEL INJURED OR AFFECTED BY THE SPILL. | | | | A PORTION OF THE LIQUID SPILL HAS VAPORIZED, AND THE RESULTANT TOXIC GAS IS | | BEING RELEASED BY THE OFF-GAS VENTILATION SYSTEM OFFSITE THROUGH THE PLANT | | STACK TOWARDS LAKE ERIE. THE WIND IS BLOWING FROM THE SOUTHEAST AWAY FROM | | THE PLANT TOWARDS LAKE ERIE AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES PER HOUR. THE | | OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IS 35øF. THE MATERIAL INVOLVED IS CLASSIFIED AS | | NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION AGENT 2 (MODERATE FLAMMABILITY) AND IS CONSIDERED | | TO BE MODERATELY TOXIC. | | | | THERE WAS NO DETECTED RADIOLOGICAL RELEASE FROM THE PLANT. PRIOR TO THIS | | EVENT, THE CONTROL ROOM VENTILATION SYSTEM WAS (AND STILL IS) IN THE | | RECIRCULATION MODE. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION/ENVIRONMENTAL | | PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) VIA THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER, THE OHIO STATE | | EPA, AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. THE LICENSEE ALSO PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. IN ADDITION TO THE NOTIFICATIONS REFERENCED ABOVE, THE | | NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (TOM TANNER), | | DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (RON BURGER), AND U.S. DEPARTMENT | | OF AGRICULTURE (RON GRAHAM). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1532 ON 01/23/98 FROM RUSS KERNEY RECEIVED BY TROCINE * * * | | | | AT 0737, THE LICENSEE ISOLATED AND DEPRESSURIZED THE OFF-GAS BRINE SYSTEM, | | AND THIS STOPPED THE LEAK. A LOCAL HAZMAT COMPANY WAS CONTACTED AND IS | | CURRENTLY ONSITE. THE HAZMAT COMPANY IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF | | COMPLETING THE LATTER STAGES OF THE CLEANUP EFFORT. AT APPROXIMATELY 1500, | | LIMITED ACCESS WAS RESTORED TO THE AREA IN ORDER TO SUPPORT CLEANUP | | ACTIVITIES AND REPAIR ACTIVITIES. THE LICENSEE CURRENTLY ANTICIPATES THAT | | THE OFF-GAS REFRIGERATION SYSTEM WILL BE RETURNED TO SERVICE BY MIDNIGHT | | TONIGHT. | | | | BECAUSE LIMITED ACCESS HAS BEEN RESTORED TO THE AFFECTED AREA AND BECAUSE | | LONG-TERM RECOVERY ACTIONS ARE IN PLACE, THE LICENSEE PLANS TO TERMINATE | | THE UNUSUAL EVENT AT 1600. THE LICENSEE STATED THAT ANOTHER NOTIFICATION | | WOULD BE MADE IF THIS DID NOT OCCUR. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE STATE AND LOCAL | | OFFICIALS. THE LICENSEE ALSO PLANS TO NOTIFY THE THREE SURROUNDING | | COUNTIES. THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R3DO (LANSKBURY), NRR EO | | (CHRIS GRIMES), NMSS EO (COMBS), AND AEOD IRD (GIITTER). IN ADDITION, THE | | FOLLOWING FEDERAL AGENCIES WERE NOTIFIED: FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT | | AGENCY (CHUCK DEPUY), DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (WYATT), DEPARTMENT OF | | AGRICULTURE (CONLEY), DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (WILSON), AND | | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VIA THE | | NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER (RUTHERFORD). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33580 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/23/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:14 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/23/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:38[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BILL SWARTZ |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/23/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN CARUSO 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - AUX BLDG VENT PIPING PENETRATION AREA EXHAUST DAMPER FOUND WIRED OPEN - | | | | THE AUXILIARY BUILDING VENTILATION PIPING PENETRATION AREA EXHAUST DAMPER | | #1ABS8 WAS FOUND BY THE LICENSEE TO BE WIRED IN THE OPEN POSITION WITH THE | | SPRING REMOVED. THE WIRE HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED, THE SPRING HAS BEEN | | REPLACED, AND THE CONDITION HAS BEEN CORRECTED. DAMPER #1ABS8 IS AN EXCESS | | FLOW DAMPER TAKING RETURN AIR FROM THE PENETRATION AREA TO THE AUXILIARY | | BUILDING EXHAUST PLENUM. THE DESIGN FUNCTION OF THE DAMPER IS TO CLOSE ON | | A HIGH ENERGY LINE BREAK IN THE PENETRATION AREA TO PREVENT STEAM INTAKE | | INTO THE AUXILIARY BUILDING VENTILATION EXHAUST PLENUM. DAMPER #1ABS8, | | IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER DAMPERS IN ADJACENT DUCTS, IS DESIGNED TO ISOLATE | | THE PENETRATION AREA ON A HIGH ENERGY LINE BREAK (STEAM GENERATOR BLOWDOWN | | LINE) AND DIRECT STEAM FLOW TO THE PENETRATION AREA VENTILATION PENTHOUSE | | FOR RELEASE. THIS IS DISCUSSED IN SALEM SAR SECTION 3.6.5.10. | | | | BASED ON A LICENSEE COMPONENT WORK HISTORY REVIEW, THE DAMPER WAS MOST | | LIKELY WIRED OPEN IN THE PAST WHEN HIGH ENERGY LINES WERE IN SERVICE | | IN THE PENETRATION AREA, THE SAFETY FUNCTION OF THE WIRED OPEN DAMPER WAS | | DEFEATED. WITH DAMPER #1ABS8 WIRED OPEN, A PIPE BREAK IN THE PENETRATION | | AREA COULD HAVE RESULTED IN STEAM INTAKE INTO THE AUXILIARY BUILDING | | VENTILATION SYSTEM. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN THE SATURATION OF THE | | AUXILIARY BUILDING VENTILATION ROUGHING/HEPA FILTERS, DEGRADING THEIR | | FILTRATION CAPABILITY, AND MAY HAVE IMPACTED THE CAPABILITY TO RELIEVE | | THROUGH THE PENETRATION AREA VENTILATION PENTHOUSE, AS DESIGNED. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL NOTIFY LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |HOSPITAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 33581 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/23/98 | | CITY: TULSA REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:27 [ET]| | COUNTY: TULSA STATE: OK |EVENT DATE: 01/23/98 | |LICENSE#: 35-27041-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 09:00[CST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/23/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOHN PELLET RDO | | |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+JOSEPH GIITTER, AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DR. PATRICK LESTER | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |LADM 35.33(a) MED MISADMINISTRATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | POTENTIAL MEDICAL MISADMINISTRATION AT MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER LOCATED IN | | TULSA, OKLAHOMA | | | | ON MAY 12, 1997, DURING A CATHETER LINK PROBLEM PLACEMENT ON A LUNG | | BRACHYTHERAPY PATIENT, A CATHETER CONTAINING IRIDIUM-192 WAS PLACED | | APPROXIMATELY 3 CENTIMETERS OFF OF THE PRESCRIBED LOCATION, AND THE | | PRESCRIBED DOSE WAS DELIVERED WITH A HIGH DOSE RATE MACHINE. (THE DOSE | | RATES WERE UNAVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS NOTIFICATION. HOWEVER, THE | | LICENSEE STATED THAT THIS INFORMATION HAD BEEN PROVIDED TO NRC REGION 4 | | INSPECTORS.) THE REFERRING PHYSICIAN WAS NOTIFIED AND MAY NOTIFY THE | | PATIENT AND/OR FAMILY. THE LICENSEE DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT THE PATIENT | | RECEIVED ANY ADVERSE HEALTH AFFECTS AS A RESULT OF THIS ISSUE. | | | | THE LICENSEE DOES NOT AGREE THAT THIS POTENTIAL MEDICAL MISADMINISTRATION | | IS REPORTABLE AND IS MAKING THIS NOTIFICATION BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH | | NRC REGION 4 INSPECTORS. (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR A SITE CONTACT STREET | | ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 33582 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: U.S. ARMY (ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS) |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/23/98 | | CITY: ROCK ISLAND REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:04 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: IL |EVENT DATE: 01/22/98 | |LICENSE#: 12-00722-06 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 13:59[CST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/23/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |ROGER LANKSBURY, R3 RDO | | |FREB COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+JOSEPH GIITTER, AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TIM MOHS |JOHN PELLET, R4 RDO | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |IBAC 30.50(b)(1)(i) ACCESS DENIED >24 HRS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNPLANNED CONTAMINATION INVOLVING 3.2 CURIES OF TRITIUM AT THE SCHOFIELD | | BARRACKS LOCATED NEAR WAHIAWA, HAWAII (24-HOUR REPORT) | | | | ARMAMENT AND CHEMICAL ACQUISITION AND LOGISTICS ACTIVITY (ACALA) SAFETY | | LOCATED AT THE U.S. ARMY ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL IN ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS, | | REPORTED AN UNPLANNED CONTAMINATION WHICH OCCURRED AT THE SCHOFIELD | | BARRACKS NEAR WAHIAWA, HAWAII, ON JANUARY 15, 1998. ACALA SAFETY WORKS FOR | | THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY AND IS THE ARMY'S | | LICENSE HOLDER FOR TRITIUM. ACALA SAFETY WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT AT | | 1359 CST ON JANUARY 22, 1998. | | | | ON JANUARY 15, 1998, A 16-MILLIMETER MORTAR RANGE INDICATOR CONTAINING | | APPROXIMATELY 3.2 CURIES OF TRITIUM WAS BROKEN DURING REPAIR ACTIVITY BY | | PERSONNEL FROM THE 25th INFANTRY DIVISION, 536th MAINTENANCE COMPANY. THE | | DIRECT SUPPORT PERSONNEL WERE WORKING ON THE RANGE INDICATOR IN AN ARMS | | ROOM (WHICH WAS AN INAPPROPRIATE LOCATION), AND THE AREA WAS CONTAMINATED | | WHEN THE RANGE INDICATOR BROKE. THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINATION ON THE ITEM | | (AFTER BREAKAGE) WAS DETERMINED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 4,500,000 | | DISINTEGRATIONS PER MINUTE (DPM). AREA SURVEYS TAKEN THE FOLLOWING DAY | | IDENTIFIED 60,000 DPM ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE BENCH. FURTHER WIPES | | WERE TAKEN, AND THE RESULTS ARE PENDING. THE AREA WAS SEALED OFF AS OF | | JANUARY 15, 1998, AND ACCESS HAS ONLY BEEN PERMITTED FOR INDIVIDUALS | | PERFORMING WIPE SURVEYS. BIOASSAYS WERE ALSO PERFORMED FOR THREE | | INDIVIDUALS. THE BIOASSAY RESULTS WERE LESS THE 1 MILLIREM PER PERSON. | | PREPARATIONS ARE BEING MADE TO DECONTAMINATE THE AREA. ACALA SAFETY PLANS | | SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO SCHOFIELD BARRACKS TO INVESTIGATE THIS EVENT. | | | | IN ADDITION TO THE NOTIFICATIONS REFERENCED ABOVE, THE NRC OPERATIONS | | CENTER NOTIFIED THE FOLLOWING FEDERAL AGENCIES BY FACSIMILE: FEDERAL | | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (C. STINEDURF), DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (TANNER | | AND WYATT), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (RON GRAHAM), DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH | | AND HUMAN SERVICES (WILSON*), ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (MIKE SHIEH), | | AND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VIA THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER (LT. JIM | | KOSHAR). THE NAMES IN PARENTHESES INDICATE INDIVIDUALS WHO EITHER | | ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPT OF THE FACSIMILE OR WHO WERE NOTIFIED BY TELEPHONE (*) | | THAT THE FACSIMILE WAS TRANSMITTED BUT COULD NOT VERIFY ITS RECEIPT. | | | | (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR A SITE CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 33583 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: AAR TESTING LABS |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/23/98 | | CITY: REDMOND REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:29 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: WA |EVENT DATE: 01/16/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:00[PST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/23/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOHN PELLET RDO | | |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+JOSEPH GIITTER, AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LARKINS (NRC OSP) | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AGREEMENT STATE REPORT REGARDING A STOLEN PORTABLE GAUGE IN THE STATE OF | | WASHINGTON | | | | AT 1847 ON JANUARY 22, 1998, THE STATE OF WASHINGTON (TERRY FRAZEE) | | ELECTRONICALLY MAILED AN EVENT NOTIFICATION TO THE NRC'S OFFICE OF STATE | | PROGRAMS. THIS NOTIFICATION WAS RECEIVED IN THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER VIA | | FACSIMILE FROM THE OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS (PATRICIA LARKINS) AT 1529 ON | | JANUARY 23, 1998. THE LICENSEE INVOLVED IS AAR TESTING LABS LOCATED IN | | REDMOND, WASHINGTON. | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF THE ELECTRONIC MAIL RECEIVED FROM THE | | STATE OF WASHINGTON: | | | | "ON JANUARY 16, 1998, A TROXLER MODEL 3411B, SERIAL NUMBER 8336, CONTAINING | | 40 MILLICURIES OF AMERICIUM-241/[BERYLLIUM] AND 8 MILLICURIES OF CESIUM-137 | | WAS STOLEN FROM A WASHINGTON LICENSEE. THE GAUGE WAS TAKEN FROM THE BED OF | | A PICKUP TRUCK PARKED IN FRONT OF AN AUTHORIZED USER'S HOUSE IN TACOMA, | | WASHINGTON." | | | | "IT WAS REPORTED, BY THE LICENSEE, THAT THE GAUGE HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE | | TRUCK AND PROPERLY SECURED TO THE TRUCK BY CABLE AND LOCK, PRIOR TO WORK | | THAT MORNING. THE AUTHORIZED USER RETURNED TO THE HOUSE TO COMPLETE | | PREPARATION FOR THE WORK ASSIGNMENT. WHEN THE AUTHORIZED USER RETURNED TO | | THE TRUCK, APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES LATER, THE LOCKED GAUGE IN ITS LOCKED | | TRANSPORTATION BOX WAS MISSING. THE LOCK HAD BEEN CUT BY BOLT CUTTERS. THE | | AUTHORIZED USER PERFORMED AN IMMEDIATE SEARCH OF THE AREA BUT WAS UNABLE TO | | FIND THE DEVICE. THE AUTHORIZED USER THEN INFORMED THE COMPANY [RADIATION | | SAFETY OFFICER] WHO REPORTED THE THEFT TO THE WASHINGTON RADIATION CONTROL | | PROGRAM." | | | | "WASHINGTON STATE PORTABLE GAUGE LICENSEES ARE BEING NOTIFIED TO BE ON THE | | WATCH FOR THIS GAUGE. THEY ARE ALSO BEING ASKED TO DISCUSS THIS INCIDENT | | WITH THEIR AUTHORIZED USERS AND TO ELEVATE THEIR SECURITY MEASURES TO KEEP | | A SIMILAR OCCURRENCE FROM HAPPENING. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE | | OBTAINED FROM ARDEN C. SCROGGS, MANAGER, INDUSTRIAL LICENSING AND | | COMPLIANCE." | | | | (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR STATE OF WASHINGTON CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBERS.) | | | | IN ADDITION TO THE NOTIFICATIONS REFERENCED ABOVE, THE NRC OPERATIONS | | CENTER NOTIFIED THE FOLLOWING FEDERAL AGENCIES VIA FACSIMILE: FEDERAL | | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (DEPUY), DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (WYATT), | | DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (CONLEY*), DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN | | SERVICES (WILSON*), ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (RUTHERFORD*), AND | | DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VIA THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER | | (RUTHERFORD*). THE NAMES IN PARENTHESES INDICATE INDIVIDUALS WHO EITHER | | ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPT OF THIS FACSIMILE OR WERE NOTIFIED BY TELEPHONE (*) | | THAT THE FACSIMILE WAS TRANSMITTED BUT COULD NOT VERIFY ITS RECEIPT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |HOSPITAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 33584 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/23/98 | | CITY: DAYTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:32 [ET]| | COUNTY: MONTGOMERY STATE: OH |EVENT DATE: 01/23/98 | |LICENSE#: 34-00341-06 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 14:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/23/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |ROGER LANKSBURY, R3 RDO | | |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+JOSEPH GIITTER, AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DON RUEGSEGGER |JOHN PELLET, R4 RDO | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NONR OTHER UNSPEC REQMNT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | RECEIPT OF A PACKAGE WITH SURFACE RADIATION LEVELS WERE ABOVE THE | | 200-MILLIREM PER HOUR REPORTING LIMIT | | | | ON JANUARY 22, 1998, A PACKAGE WAS SHIPPED OVERNIGHT VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS | | FROM ALPHA-OMEGA LOCATED IN CALIFORNIA. IT WAS RECEIVED BY MIAMI VALLEY | | HOSPITAL LOCATED IN DAYTON, OHIO, ON AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 ON JANUARY 23, | | 1998. SURVEYS OF THE PACKAGE REVEALED THAT THERE WERE SURFACE RADIATION | | LEVELS IN EXCESS OF THE 200-MILLIREM PER HOUR REPORTING LIMIT. MEASURED | | RADIATION LEVELS WERE 240 MILLIREM PER HOUR. | | | | THE PACKAGE WAS NOT BREECHED, AND IT HAS SINCE BEEN PLACED IN A SHIELDED | | STORAGE AREA. THE PACKAGE CONTAINED 66 IRIDIUM-192 SEEDS WHICH ARE | | INTENDED FOR MEDICAL USE. THE ACTIVITY WAS REPORTED TO BE 0.95 MILLICURIES | | PER SEED. THE SEEDS WERE NOT DAMAGED, AND THE LICENSEE PLANS TO USE THEM | | FOR A PATIENT ON JANUARY 26, 1998. THE LICENSEE BELIEVES THAT THE HIGH | | SURFACE RADIATION LEVELS WERE THE RESULT OF A PACKAGING ERROR. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC REGION 3 OFFICE (TONY GO), THE CARRIER | | (FEDERAL EXPRESS), AND THE SHIPPER (ALPHA-OMEGA). | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THIS EVENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10 CFR 20.1906, PART D. | | THIS REQUIRES THE LICENSEE TO NOTIFY THE NRC REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR AND | | FINAL CARRIER WHEN A PACKAGE IS RECEIVED WHERE THE SURFACE EXPOSURE EXCEEDS | | THE LEVELS OF 10 CFR 71.47 WHICH IS 200 MILLIREM PER HOUR AT THE SURFACE. | | THE NRC REGION 3 OFFICE REQUESTED THE LICENSEE TO NOTIFY THE NRC OPERATIONS | | CENTER. | | | | (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR A SITE CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33585 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/23/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:09 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 01/23/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 13:30[CST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/23/98 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |ROGER LANKSBURY RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |JOHN SURMEIER, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+JOSEPH GIITTER, AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MATT MAURER | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NCFR NON CFR REPORT REQMNT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION OF AN OIL SHEEN ON KENTUCKY POLLUTION DISCHARGE | | ELIMINATION SYSTEM OUTFALL 001 | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM PADUCAH: | | | | "ON 01/23/98 AT 1330 HOURS, AN OIL SHEEN WAS DISCOVERED DOWNSTREAM OF THE | | KENTUCKY POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM SYSTEM OUTFALL 001. THIS | | OUTFALL FLOWS INTO BIG BAYOU CREEK AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE PLANT | | SITE. OUTFALL 001 IS A PERMITTED DISCHARGE POINT FOR THE PLANT STORM SEWER | | SYSTEM. UPON DISCOVERY, OIL ABSORBENT BOOMS AND PADS WERE PLACED ON THE | | STREAM SURFACE TO CAPTURE THE OIL AND TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF DISCHARGE | | TO BIG BAYOU CREEK. AN INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE THE POINT OF OIL | | DISCHARGE IS PRESENTLY ONGOING." | | | | "THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER WAS NOTIFIED | | AT 1430 HOURS (REPORT #421064). THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL | | PROTECTION WAS NOTIFIED AT 1435 HOURS (REPORT #B7180). THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED AT 1515 HOURS." | | | | "THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION IS A NON-CFR REQUIRED 4-HOUR NOTIFICATION REQUIRED | | BY PROCEDURE UE2-RA-RE1030." | | | | IN ADDITION TO THE NOTIFICATIONS REFERENCED ABOVE, THE NRC OPERATIONS | | CENTER NOTIFIED THE FOLLOWING FEDERAL AGENCIES VIA FACSIMILE: FEDERAL | | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (DEPUY), DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (WYATT), | | DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (CONLEY*), DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN | | SERVICES (WILSON*), ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (RUTHERFORD*), AND | | DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VIA THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER | | (RUTHERFORD*). THE NAMES IN PARENTHESES INDICATE INDIVIDUALS WHO EITHER | | ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPT OF THIS FACSIMILE OR WERE NOTIFIED BY TELEPHONE (*) | | THAT THE FACSIMILE WAS TRANSMITTED BUT COULD NOT VERIFY ITS RECEIPT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 33586 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: TERRACON CONSULTANTS |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/23/98 | | CITY: TULSA REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:49 [ET]| | COUNTY: TULSA STATE: OK |EVENT DATE: 01/23/98 | |LICENSE#: 501761059 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 12:30[CST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/23/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOHN PELLET RDO | | |JOHN SURMEIER, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+JOSEPH GIITTER, AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DENNIS JOHNSON | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE STOLEN FROM TERRACON CONSULTANTS LOCATED IN TULSA, | | OKLAHOMA | | | | TERRACON CONSULTANTS LOCATED IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA, REPORTED THAT A CAMPBELL | | PACIFIC NUCLEAR (CPN) MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE WAS STOLEN FROM THE A | | MCDONALD'S PARKING LOT. THE GAUGE (SERIAL NUMBER MD20300761, MODEL NUMBER | | CPN-MC1DR) CONTAINED 10 MILLICURIES OF CESIUM-137 AND 50 MILLICURIES OF | | AMERICIUM-241, AND THE SOURCES WERE REPORTED TO BE IN THE SHIELDED | | POSITION. THE GAUGE WAS INSIDE A BOX WHICH WAS CHAINED TO THE BED OF A | | TRUCK WITH A LOCK. THE BOX HAD A HINGED LID WITH ANOTHER LOCK WHICH WAS IN | | PLACE BUT NOT LOCKED. IT APPEARS THAT SOMEONE REMOVED THE LOCK ON THE | | HINGED BOX LID AND STOLE THE GAUGE. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE POLICE OF THE THEFT. (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR A | | SITE CONTACT ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | | | | IN ADDITION TO THE NOTIFICATIONS REFERENCED ABOVE, THE NRC OPERATIONS | | CENTER NOTIFIED THE FOLLOWING FEDERAL AGENCIES VIA FACSIMILE: FEDERAL | | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (DEPUY), DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (WYATT), | | DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (CONLEY*), DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN | | SERVICES (WILSON*), ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (RUTHERFORD*), AND | | DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VIA THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER | | (RUTHERFORD*). THE NAMES IN PARENTHESES INDICATE INDIVIDUALS WHO EITHER | | ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPT OF THIS FACSIMILE OR WERE NOTIFIED BY TELEPHONE (*) | | THAT THE FACSIMILE WAS TRANSMITTED BUT COULD NOT VERIFY ITS RECEIPT. | | | | HOO NOTE: THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE PRESS ON JANUARY 24, 1998. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33587 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: POINT BEACH REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/23/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:29 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/23/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:20[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RICK WOOD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/23/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ROGER LANKSBURY RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 90 POWER OPERATION | 90 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCOVERY OF AN INCOMPLETE SOLDER CONNECTION ON THE UNIT 1 TURBINE-DRIVEN | | AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP LOW SUCTION PRESSURE TRIP CIRCUIT | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "ON JANUARY 23, 1998, AT POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT (PBNP), WITH UNIT 1 AT | | 90% POWER AND UNIT 2 IN A SHUT DOWN CONDITION WITH [REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM] | | TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE AT 100øF AND 15 PSIG; I&C TECHNICIANS DETERMINED | | THAT THE TIME DELAY RELAY FOR THE UNIT 1 TURBINE-DRIVEN AUXILIARY | | FEED[WATER] PUMP LOW SUCTION PRESSURE TRIP CIRCUIT HAD AN INCOMPLETE SOLDER | | CONNECTION. THE INSPECTION WAS DONE BASED ON A 10 CFR PART 21 REPORT. THE | | PUMP [(]1P29[)] WAS DECLARED OUT OF SERVICE AT 1408, [AND THE UNIT] | | ENTER[ED] A 72-HOUR LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATION. THE RELAY WAS | | REPLACED, AND THE 1P29 [PUMP] WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AT 1646. WORK | | CONTINUES TO INSPECT THE TIME DELAY RELAYS FOR THE MOTOR-DRIVEN PUMPS P38A | | AND [P38]B. A RECENT MODIFICATION TO THE 1P29 PUMP INSTALLED THE DEGRADED | | TIME DELAY RELAY. THE 1P29 PUMP WORKED SATISFACTORILY DURING POST | | MODIFICATION TESTING ON JANUARY 16, 1998. DURING THE PERIOD THE TIME DELAY | | RELAY WAS INSTALLED, THE MOTOR-DRIVEN PUMPS WERE TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE A | | TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES [FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF SURVEILLANCE TESTING]. THE | | CONDITION OF THE 1P29 [PUMP] INOPERABLE WITH EITHER OF THE MOTOR-DRIVEN | | PUMPS OUT OF SERVICE IS A CONDITION THAT IS OUTSIDE THE DESIGN BASIS." | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT THE TIME DELAY RELAYS FOR THE UNIT 2 | | TURBINE-DRIVEN AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP AND THE 'A' MOTOR-DRIVEN AUXILIARY | | FEEDWATER PUMP HAVE BEEN INSPECTED SATISFACTORILY. INSPECTION OF THE TIME | | DELAY RELAY FOR THE 'B' MOTOR-DRIVEN AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP IS ONGOING. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33588 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CLINTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/23/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:38 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 01/23/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:05[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MARSHALL P. FUNKHOUSER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/23/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ROGER LANKSBURY 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 | M N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MANUAL REACTOR SCRAM WITH NO ROD MOTION WHILE THE UNIT WAS IN MODE 4 | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "THIS NOTIFICATION IS BEING MADE BASED ON 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(ii). THIS | | SECTION OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS REQUIRES THAT ANY EVENT OR | | CONDITION THAT RESULTS IN MANUAL OR AUTOMATIC ACTUATION OF ANY ENGINEERED | | SAFETY FEATURE (ESF), INCLUDING THE REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEM (RPS), EXCEPT | | WHEN (A) THE ACTUATION RESULTS FROM AND IS PART OF A PRE-PLANNED SEQUENCE | | DURING TESTING OR REACTOR OPERATION TO HAVE A 4-HOUR NON-EMERGENCY | | NOTIFICATION." | | | | "CLINTON POWER STATION PERSONNEL INITIATED AN UNPLANNED SCRAM DUE TO THE | | LOSS OF THE STATION SERVICE AND INSTRUMENT AIR SYSTEM. THE PLANT'S SERVICE | | AIR COMPRESSOR AUTOMATICALLY TRIPPED BECAUSE OF HIGH OIL TEMPERATURES. THE | | BACKUP AIR COMPRESSOR HAD TRIPPED 48 MINUTES EARLIER AND WAS NOT AVAILABLE. | | THIS RESULTED IN THE MANUAL INITIATION OF THE RPS. ALL PLANT SYSTEMS | | RESPONDED ACCORDINGLY TO THE LOSS OF AIR AND ARE PRESENTLY RESTORED TO | | THEIR NORMAL OPERATION." | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33589 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/23/98 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:32 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/23/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:50[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MICHELLE SAVINO |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/23/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN CARUSO RDO | |AESS 50.72(b)(1)(v) EMERGENCY SIREN INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOSS OF OFFSITE RESPONSE CAPABILITY DUE TO THE SOUNDING OF SIRENS IN PUTNAM | | COUNTY | | | | THE LICENSEE RECEIVED A REPORT FROM THE PUTNAM COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT | | THAT SEVERAL SIRENS ARE GOING OFF IN PUTNAM COUNTY. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED | | THEIR WESTCHESTER EMERGENCY OPERATOR NUMBER 9, AND THEY WILL ATTEND TO THE | | SIRENS. | | | | THERE ARE 10 SIRENS LOCATED IN PUTNAM COUNTY, AND A LOSS OF TWO OR MORE | | SIRENS IS CONSIDERED TO BE A LOSS OF OFFSITE RESPONSE CAPABILITY. AT THIS | | TIME, THE LICENSEE DOES NOT KNOW THE NUMBER OF SIRENS THAT HAVE SOUNDED. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33590 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PALO VERDE REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/24/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: AZ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:52 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE,[2] CE,[3] CE |EVENT DATE: 01/23/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:15[MST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAN MARKS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/24/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN PELLET RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION |USDA (VIA FAX) EO | | |VIA FAX FEMA | | |VIA FAX DOE | | |VIA FAX HHS | | |VIA FAX DOT | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SULFURIC ACID SPILL IN THE TURBINE BUILDING | | | | AT APPROXIMATELY 1915 MST, PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION (PVNGS) | | NOTIFIED THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER THAT THE PVNGS | | HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND WASTE CONTINGENCY PLAN/EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN HAD | | BEEN IMPLEMENTED AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 DUE TO A SULFURIC ACID SPILL WITH | | POTENTIAL IMPACT TO THE HEALTH AND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY OF ON-SITE PERSONNEL. | | SUBSEQUENT NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLAN TO THE | | ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, MARICOPA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF | | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE ARIZONA EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTER. NO | | INJURIES OCCURRED AND NO ASSISTANCE WAS REQUESTED FROM OFFSITE AGENCIES. | | THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY WAS TERMINATED AT 1903 MST. | | | | THE AREA IMPACTED BY THE SPILL DID NOT AFFECT CONTROL ROOM PERSONNEL OR | | ACCESS TO OPERATE ANY SAFETY RELATED EQUIPMENT. THE HAZARD WAS LIMITED TO | | THE IMMEDIATE AREA SURROUNDING A SUMP IN THE TURBINE BUILDING. NO | | AUTOMATIC OR MANUAL REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEM OR ENGINEERED SAFETY FEATURES | | OCCURRED AND NON WERE REQUIRED. THE EVENT DID NOT RESULT IN ANY CHALLENGES | | TO THE FISSION PRODUCT BARRIER OR RESULT IN ANY RELEASES OF RADIOACTIVE | | MATERIALS. THE EVENT DID NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE SAFE OPERATION OF THE | | PLANT OR HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC. | | | | AT APPROXIMATELY 1340 MST ON 1/23/98, WHILE DRAINING SULFURIC ACID INTO A | | FLOOR DRAIN IN THE UNIT 2 TURBINE BUILDING, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ALL OR | | SOME OF THE FLOW WAS GOING INTO A SUMP NOT DESIGNED TO RECEIVE ACID. AT | | THIS TIME PERSONNEL NOTICED AN ODOR AND CALLED THE PVNGS EMERGENCY NUMBER | | AND THE UNIT 2 CONTROL ROOM. AS SOON AS IT WAS SUSPECTED THE FLOW WAS | | GOING INTO THE WRONG SUMP, THE EVOLUTION WAS TERMINATED. APPROXIMATELY 600 | | GALLONS OF 96% SULFURIC ACID WAS DRAINED INTO THE SUMP BEFORE TERMINATION. | | THE STATION FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED, SECURED THE AREA AND ENSURED THAT | | THE AFFECTED AREA WAS EVACUATED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THAT A | | POTENTIAL INDUSTRIAL SAFETY CONCERN EXISTED AND IMPLEMENTED THE HAZARDOUS | | MATERIAL AND WASTE CONTINGENCY PLAN AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 MST. AT 1431 | | MST, AIR SAMPLES TAKEN LOCALLY AT THE SUMP INDICATED 45 PPM HYDROGEN | | SULFIDE AND 1% LOWER EXPLOSIVE LIMIT. GENERAL TURBINE BUILDING AIR SAMPLES | | WERE NORMAL. AT 1523 MST, AIR SAMPLES TAKEN LOCALLY AT THE SUMP AND IN THE | | GENERAL AREA WERE NORMAL. THE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL EMERGENCY WAS TERMINATED | | AT 1903 MST, ALTHOUGH CLEANUP CONTINUES. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33591 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/24/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:41 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 01/23/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 10:00[CST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/24/98 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |ROGER LANKSBURY RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |JOHN SURMEIER, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+JOSEPH GIITTER IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: J.M. UNDERWOOD | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |OCBB 76.120(c)(2)(ii) EQUIP DISABLED/FAILS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CRITICALITY ACCIDENT ALARM SYSTEM INOPERABLE | | | | ON 01/23/98 AT 1000, THE C-333 CELL FLOOR HOWLER ACTUATED AND COULD NOT BE | | SILENCED. THE ACTUATION LASTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 25 MINUTES. THE | | ACTUATION OF THE BUILDING HORN RENDERED THE C-333 CRITICALITY ACCIDENT | | ALARM SYSTEM (CAAS) INOPERABLE DUE TO INAUDIBILITY. THE CAAS IS REQUIRED | | TO BE OPERABLE UNDER DETECTABILITY AND AUDIBILITY ACCORDING TO THE | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENT (TSR). LIMITING CONDITION FOR | | OPERATION (LCO) ACTIONS REQUIRED BY THE TSR DUE TO INOPERABILITY OF THE | | CAAS WERE IMMEDIATELY INITIATED. AFTER THE BUILDING HOWLER WAS SILENCED, | | THE CAAS WAS DECLARED OPERABLE AND ASSOCIATED LCO ACTIONS WERE TERMINATED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33592 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: LIMERICK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/24/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:48 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 01/24/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:19[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: C PEAKS JR. |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/24/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN CARUSO 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ESF ACTUATION - INADVERTENT HPCI INITIATION | | | | UNIT 1 HIGH PRESSURE CORE INJECTION (HPCI) SYSTEM INADVERTENTLY INITIATED | | AND RAN ON MINIMUM FLOW. THERE WAS NO INJECTION INTO THE REACTOR VESSEL. | | SIMULTANEOUSLY, I&C TECHNICIANS WERE REMOVING BANANA JACKS IN A PANEL THAT | | CONTAINS RELAYS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HPCI SYSTEM. THE EXACT CAUSE OF THIS | | INADVERTENT ACTUATION IS UNKNOWN AND UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE HPCI SYSTEM | | HAS BEEN RESET AND IS CONSIDERED OPERABLE. | | | | THE BANANA JACKS WERE BEING USED AS PART OF TROUBLESHOOTING EFFORTS RELATED | | TO THE 1B RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL (RHR) MINIMUM FLOW VALVE. THE RHR 1B PUMP | | IS CONSIDERED INOPERABLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33593 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/24/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:15 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 01/23/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 17:40[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/24/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |ROGER LANKSBURY RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |JOHN SURMEIER, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+JOSEPH GIITTER, AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KEITH WILLIAMSON | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CRITICALITY CONTROL - BULLETIN 91-01 RESPONSE (24-HOUR REPORT) | | | | AT 1740 HOURS ON 01/23/98, OPERATIONS PERSONNEL DISCOVERED A POTENTIAL | | NONCOMPLIANCE WITH NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY APPROVAL NCSA-PLANT057.001 | | WHEN TWO GAS SAMPLING CARTS WERE FOUND THAT APPEARED TO BE LESS THAN THE | | REQUIRED TWO FEET FROM ONE ANOTHER. THE SAMPLE CARTS WERE IMMEDIATELY | | MOVED FURTHER APART TO ASSURE THAT TWO-FEET EDGE-TO-EDGE SPACING WAS | | MAINTAINED. HOWEVER, NO MEASUREMENT WAS MADE BETWEEN THE CARTS PRIOR TO | | OPERATIONS PERSONNEL INCREASING THE SPACING. SINCE NO MEASUREMENTS WERE | | TAKEN OF THE AS-FOUND CONDITION, PORTSMOUTH IS REPORTING THIS DISCOVERY AS | | A VIOLATION OF NCSA-PLANT057-001, CONTINGENCY EVENT A/B.7.1, CONTROL A, | | REQUIREMENT #2, LOSS OF ONE CONTROL (SPACING). THE SECOND CONTROL (CART | | CONFIGURATION) WAS MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT. | | | | PORTSMOUTH NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33594 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/24/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:18 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 01/23/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 09:40[CST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/24/98 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |ROGER LANKSBURY RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |JOHN SURMEIER, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+JOSEPH GIITTER, AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MATT MAURER | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |PAAA 95.57(b) LOSS OF CLASSIFIED INFO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SAFEGUARDS SYSTEM DEGRADATION RELATED TO AN AREA BOUNDARY | | | | THE DEGRADATION WAS CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY UPON DISCOVERY. DETAILS OF THE | | EVENT ARE CONTAINED IN THE HOO LOG. PADUCAH INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33595 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SUMMER REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/24/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:03 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/24/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:03[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BILL CHARLESTON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/24/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: | | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | |DAVID THOMPSON, REG2 IAT | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNINTENTIONAL ATTEMPTED INTRODUCTION OF CONTRABAND (A WEAPON) INTO THE | | PROTECTED AREA (1-HOUR REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10 CFR 73.71, APPENDIX G, | | ITEM (i)(d)(18) AND NUREG 1304) | | | | A PISTOL WAS DISCOVERED IN A HAND-CARRIED BAY DURING AN X-RAY SEARCH WHILE | | AN OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE PROTECTED AREA. THE | | OPERATOR DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE PISTOL WAS IN THE BAG. IMMEDIATE | | COMPENSATORY MEASURES WERE TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33596 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BEAVER VALLEY REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/25/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 07:54 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/25/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 07:02[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CHRISTOPHER P. HYNES |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/25/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN CARUSO RDO | |AESS 50.72(b)(1)(v) EMERGENCY SIREN INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 75 POWER OPERATION | 75 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | BEAVER COUNTY EMERGENCY SIRENS ARE INOPERABLE. THE BEAVER COUNTY 911 | | EMERGENCY DISPATCH NOTIFIED THE LICENSEE THAT THE SIREN SYSTEM HAD AN | | AUTOMATIC TEST FAILURE. A REPAIR CREW WAS DISPATCHED AT 0728 TO | | INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33597 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOPER REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/25/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:58 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 01/25/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:58[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: FRED SCHIZAS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/25/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN PELLET 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 | 90 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIRED SHUTDOWN DUE TO REACTOR EQUIPMENT COOLING | | WATER LEAKAGE | | | | AT 0030 CDT ON JANUARY 25, 1998, STATION OPERATORS REPORTED THAT REACTOR | | EQUIPMENT COOLING (REC) SURGE TANK LEVEL HAD LOWERED 3/8" SINCE ASSUMING | | WATCH AT 1830 CST ON THE PREVIOUS EVENING. INITIAL DATA INDICATED THAT THE | | LEAKAGE RATE WAS BEYOND THE CAPABILITY OF THE SYSTEM'S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN | | OPERABILITY IN THE 30-DAY POST-LOSS OF COOLING ACCIDENT (LOCA) ENVIRONMENT. | | (REC IS REQUIRED TO SUPPORT POST-LOCA EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEM | | EQUIPMENT.) | | | | THE REC SYSTEM WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE AT 0315 CST ON JANUARY 25, 1998, AND | | THIS PLACED THE UNIT IN A 24-HOUR SHUTDOWN LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATION | | (LCO) PER TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.12.B.4. EVALUATION CONTINUED, AND AT | | APPROXIMATELY 0945 CST, ENGINEERING PERSONNEL PRESENTED DATA INDICATING | | THAT COMPENSATORY ACTIONS COULD BE TAKEN TO MAINTAIN REC SYSTEM OPERABILITY | | AT THE PRESENT LEAKAGE RATE. HOWEVER, DOCUMENTATION WAS NEEDED, AND THE | | UNIT SHUTDOWN WAS UNABLE TO BE POSTPONED. AS A RESULT, THE REDUCTION FROM | | 100% POWER WAS COMMENCED AT APPROXIMATELY 0958 CST. | | | | BASED ON ENGINEERING'S INPUT THAT PROVIDED REASONABLE ASSURANCE OF THE REC | | SYSTEM'S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN LONG-TERM POST-LOCA OPERABILITY, THE POWER | | REDUCTION WAS SUSPENDED AT 1009 CST WITH REACTOR AT 90% POWER. PENDING | | DELIVERY OF THE WRITTEN OPERABILITY ASSESSMENT, THE PLANT IS SCHEDULED TO | | RETURN TO FULL POWER BY 1200 CST ON JANUARY 25, 1998. | | | | COMPENSATORY ACTIONS CONSIST OF MAINTAINING REC SURGE TANK LEVEL AT A | | HIGHER POINT THAN THE LOW LEVEL AUTOMATIC FILL POINT SUCH THAT SUFFICIENT | | INVENTORY TO ASSURE OPERABILITY OF REC IN THE POST-LOCA ENVIRONMENT IS | | MAINTAINED AT THE PRESENT LEAK RATE. (ROUGH CALCULATIONS ESTIMATE THE | | CURRENT LEAK RATE TO BE BETWEEN 11 AND 13 GALLONS PER DAY.) | | | | THE SOURCE OF THE LEAKAGE HAS NOT BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED. THE 'A' REC | | HEAT EXCHANGER, REC TO THE 'A' AND 'C' AIR COMPRESSORS, AND 'A' AUGMENTED | | OFFGAS +34 GLYCOL COOLERS HAVE BEEN ISOLATED IN ATTEMPTS TO DETERMINE THE | | LEAKAGE SOURCE. IDENTIFICATION EFFORTS ARE ONGOING. AFTER EXITING THE | | 24-HOUR SHUTDOWN LCO, THE UNIT WILL REMAIN IN A 30-DAY LCO FOR THE 'A' REC | | HEAT EXCHANGER. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+