U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 09/23/98 - 09/24/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34691 34824 34825 34826 34827 34828 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34691 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BRUNSWICK REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/26/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:00 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 08/26/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVE JESTER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/23/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LEN WERT 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TWO GROUP 6 SOLENOID-OPERATED ISOLATION VALVES CLOSED DUE TO A VOLTAGE | | TRANSIENT WITHOUT ESF LOGIC ACTUATION. | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "ON 08/26/98 AT 1630 EDT, VOLTAGE FLUCTUATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE | | BONNIE RESULTED IN [THE] INADVERTENT CLOSURES OF TWO GROUP 6 ISOLATION | | VALVES ON UNIT 1, THE CAC-AT-4409 DRYWELL SAMPLE INLET REACTOR | | INSTRUMENTATION PENETRATION (RIP) VALVE (1-CAC-SV-1209B) AND THE | | CAC-AT-4409 SUPPRESSION POOL SAMPLE INLET RIP VALVE (1-CAC-SV-1213A). THE | | ISOLATION LOGIC NEVER ACTUATED. THE VALVES WERE REOPENED WITHOUT RESETTING | | THE LOGIC." | | | | "[THE INITIAL SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE IS] MINIMAL [IN THAT] NO SIGNIFICANT | | IMPACT [OCCURRED] AND SYSTEM CONFIGURATION HAS BEEN RESTORED." | | | | "[SINCE THE] VALVE CLOSURES OCCURRED DUE TO SIGNIFICANT VOLTAGE | | FLUCTUATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HURRICANE, NO CORRECTIVE ACTIONS [ARE] | | REQUIRED. THE REACTOR WILL REMAIN SHUTDOWN UNTIL AFTER HURRICANE BONNIE | | PASSES." | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * *RETRACTED AT 1221 EDT ON 09/23/98 BY STEVE TABOR TO FANGIE JONES* * * | | | | AFTER FURTHER REVIEW AND REFERRAL TO NUREG 1022 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, | | THERE WAS NOT AN ENGINEERED SAFETY FEATURES (ESF) ACTUATION. THE VALVES | | CLOSED ON A 'DROP VALVE VOLTAGE' SIGNAL, SINGLE COMPONENT ACTUATION, NOT AN | | ESF SIGNAL. THEREFORE, THIS EVENT REPORT IS RETRACTED. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC HEADQUARTERS | | OPERATIONS OFFICER INFORMED THE R2DO (JOHN ZEILER). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34824 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/23/98 | | CITY: ANN ARBOR REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:29 [ET]| | COUNTY: WASHTENAW STATE: MI |EVENT DATE: 09/22/98 | |LICENSE#: 21-00215-04 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 09:30[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/23/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JAMES CREED RDO | | |JOSEPHINE PICCONE EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL, AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MARK DRISCOLL | | |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 AT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN'S PHOENIX MEMORIAL | | LABORATORY (AN IODINATION FACILITY) LOCATED IN ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN | | | | AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 ON 09/22/98, AN UNPLANNED CONTAMINATION INVOLVING | | 125-150 MILLICURIES OF IODINE-131 IN A SODIUM IODIDE FORM (FREE IODINE) | | OCCURRED IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN'S IODINATION PHOENIX MEMORIAL | | LABORATORY (AN IODINATION FACILITY USED FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF | | RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS FOR USE IN HUMANS). THE LICENSEE ESTIMATED THAT | | APPROXIMATELY 2-3 MILLILITERS OF THIS LIQUID DRIPPED ONTO THE FLOOR OF THE | | LABORATORY DURING SYNTHESIS OF THERAPY MIBG (METAIODOBENZYLGUANIDINE | | SULFATE), AND IT WAS TRACKED INTO AN ADJACENT HALLWAY. | | | | AT THIS TIME, THE CAUSE APPEARS TO BE A FAILURE OF THE SYNTHESIS APPARATUS. | | HOWEVER, THE LICENSEE STATED THAT THE EXACT CAUSE IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED | | AND IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION. | | | | THREE INDIVIDUALS WHO WORKED IN THE LABORATORY WERE CONTAMINATED. UPON | | DISCOVERY, THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE IMMEDIATELY DECONTAMINATED BY THE | | LICENSEE'S HEALTH PHYSICS STAFF. HOWEVER, DECONTAMINATION EFFORTS WERE NOT | | 100% SUCCESSFUL. FOLLOWING THE DECONTAMINATION SHOWERS, MINOR | | CONTAMINATION WAS CONFINED TO THE INDIVIDUALS' BODY, CHEST, AND HEAD HAIR | | (12,000 cpm/15.3 cmý AT 8% EFFICIENCY - 2,575 dpm/cmý). IN ADDITION, THERE | | WAS MINOR FIXED SKIN CONTAMINATION ON ONE INDIVIDUAL, PRIMARILY ON THE BACK | | SIDE OF BOTH WRISTS AND ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S RIGHT FOOT (450 cpm/cmý AT 14% | | EFFICIENCY - 3,200 dpm/cmý) | | | | THE LICENSEE STATED THAT NO CONTAMINATION HAD SPREAD BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE | | LABORATORY AND HALLWAY AREA. THE FACILITY HALLWAY WAS SUCCESSFULLY | | DECONTAMINATED, AND THE PHOENIX MEMORIAL LABORATORY FACILITY WAS SECURED | | UNTIL THERE WAS ASSURANCE THAT THE HALLWAY CONTAMINATION WAS SUCCESSFULLY | | DECONTAMINATED. THE CONTAMINATED LABORATORY REMAINS SECURED AT THIS TIME. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC REGION 3 OFFICE. (REFER TO THE HOO | | LOG FOR A SITE CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34825 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: KEWAUNEE REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/23/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:05 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/23/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:15[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROY SCOTT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/23/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JAMES CREED 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 96 POWER OPERATION | 96 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CONTROL ROOM POST-ACCIDENT RECIRCULATION SYSTEM INOPERABLE FOR 2 MINUTES. | | | | THE LICENSEE DETERMINED, AT 1015 CDT ON 09/23/98, THAT THE CONTROL ROOM | | POST-ACCIDENT RECIRCULATION SYSTEM (CRPAR) WAS INOPERABLE FROM 2226 CDT TO | | 2228 CDT ON 09/22/98. THE EVENT OCCURRED WHEN THE 'B' TRAIN OF CONTROL | | ROOM VENTILATION TRIPPED AND THE 'A' TRAIN WAS OUT OF SERVICE. AT LEAST | | ONE TRAIN OF CONTROL ROOM VENTILATION IS REQUIRED TO OPERATE THE CRPAR | | SYSTEM WHEN THE CONTROL SWITCH FOR CRPAR IS IN RUN. TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATIONS REQUIRE AT LEAST ONE TRAIN OF CRPAR TO BE OPERABLE. THE | | CRPAR WAS RESTORED BY PLACING THE CONTROL SWITCH TO AUTOMATIC. THE CONTROL | | ROOM VENTILATION WAS RESTARTED AFTER RESETTING THE FREEZE-STAT SETPOINT. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 34826 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: GTS-DURATEK |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/23/98 | | CITY: OAK RIDGE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:30 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: TN |EVENT DATE: 09/12/98 | |LICENSE#: R-73008 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 13:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/23/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOHN ZEILER RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DEBRA SHULTS-TN DRH | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | STATE OF TENNESSEE REPORTED AN INCIDENT AT GTS-DURATEK, OAK RIDGE, TN. | | (TENNESSEE INCIDENT #98-141) | | | | IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE GF-1 OVEN DRYER DOORS WERE DAMAGED. THE OVEN | | DRYERS ARE LOCATED IN THE LIQUID RADWASTE VOLUME REDUCTION FACILITY. THE | | DOORS WERE FOUND OPEN WITH OBVIOUS LATCH FAILURE. THERE WERE NO ALARMS | | INDICATED, AND IT APPEARED THAT THE INCIDENT OCCURRED SOME TIME DURING THE | | NIGHT WHEN NO EMPLOYEES WERE IN THE AREA. GROSS SWIPES TAKEN OUTSIDE THE | | OVEN DOORWAY RESULTED IN 5,000 TO 12,000 DPM BETA/GAMMA WITH NO DETECTABLE | | ALPHA CONTAMINATION. | | | | A STOP-WORK ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE USE OF THE DRUM DRYING OVENS WHILE | | AN INVESTIGATION IS CONDUCTED. IN ADDITION, BEFORE ANY DRUM DRYING | | OPERATIONS MAY RESUME, THE OVEN SAFETY CHAIN MUST BE UPGRADED TO A LOAD | | CAPACITY OF AT LEAST 750 POUNDS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DOOR RESTRAINT, AND | | THE AREA IN FRONT OF THE OVENS MUST BE IDENTIFIED AS AN EXCLUSION AREA | | WHILE THE OVENS ARE IN OPERATION. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34827 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: ARKANSAS NUCLEAR REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/23/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: AR |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:36 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] CE |EVENT DATE: 09/23/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:32[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: A. J. GALLEGOS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/23/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ELMO COLLINS 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | EMERGENCY FEEDWATER SYSTEM INITIATED UNINTENTIONALLY DURING TESTING | | | | WHILE PERFORMING THE MONTHLY SURVEILLANCE TEST OF EMERGENCY FEEDWATER | | INITIATION CONTROL (EFIC) SYSTEM CHANNEL 'B,' THE EFIC SYSTEM ACTUATED | | EMERGENCY FEEDWATER (EFW) SYSTEM PUMP P-7A. THE TEST REQUIRED A TRIP-2 | | SIGNAL WHEN A TRIP-1 SIGNAL WAS UNINTENTIONALLY ACTUATED; AND BEFORE | | RESETTING THE TRIP-1 SIGNAL, A TRIP 2 SIGNAL WAS INSERTED COMPLETING THE | | COINCIDENCE REQUIRED FOR ACTUATION. THE EFIC SYSTEM PERFORMED AS DESIGNED | | AND ACTUATED THE EFW SYSTEM. PUMP P-7A STARTED, BUT BECAUSE OF CURRENT | | PLANT SYSTEM PARAMETERS (STEAM GENERATOR INVENTORY), NO WATER FLOW WAS SENT | | TO THE STEAM GENERATORS. THE EFW SYSTEM WAS TAKEN TO MANUAL, THE EFIC | | SIGNAL WAS REMOVED, AND THE EFIC AND EFW SYSTEMS WERE RESTORED TO | | AUTOMATIC. TESTING IS ON HOLD UNTIL A REVIEW OF THE EVENT IS COMPLETED. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34828 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: TURKEY POINT REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/24/98 | |UNIT: [3] [4] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:26 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] W-3-LP,[4] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/24/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 05:06[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: FRED PARKS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/24/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN ZEILER RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |CECIL THOMAS, NRR EO | |AEXT 50.72(b)(1)(iii) EXTERNAL THREAT |FRANK CONGEL, AEOD IRD | | |RALPH HERSKO FEMA | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 3 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | 4 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DECLARATION OF AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO ISSUANCE OF A HURRICANE WARNING BY | | THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "TURKEY POINT UNITS 3 AND 4 HAVE DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO A | | HURRICANE WARNING BEING ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER [LOCATED] | | IN MIAMI, FLORIDA. UNIT 3 SHUT DOWN ON MONDAY, SEPT. 21, FOR A REFUELING | | OUTAGE AND IS CURRENTLY IN MODE 5. OUTAGE WORK HAS BEEN STOPPED, AND | | PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY FOR THE POTENTIAL ARRIVAL OF HURRICANE GEORGES. | | UNIT 4 IS IN MODE 1 AS THE SITE CONTINUES TO MONITOR THE TRACK OF THE | | STORM. SITE EMERGENCY FACILITIES HAVE NOT YET BEEN ACTIVATED; HOWEVER, | | PLANS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED FOR THE MANNING OF THESE FACILITIES. | | NOTIFICATION TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS BEEN COMPLETED." | | | | THE LICENSEE STATED THAT THE SITE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUANCE OF THE | | HURRICANE WARNING AT APPROXIMATELY 0505, AND THE UNUSUAL EVENT WAS DECLARED | | AT 0506. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED APPLICABLE STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES AND PLANS TO | | NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+