U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 09/25/98 - 09/28/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34749 34828 34834 34835 34836 34837 34838 34839 34840 34841 34842 34843 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34749 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WASHINGTON NUCLEAR REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/08/98 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: WA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:32 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 09/07/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:45[PDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE KELLER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/25/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |IAN BARNES RDO | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CONTROL ROOM EMERGENCY FILTRATION SYSTEMS INOPERABLE DUE TO A FAILED DAMPER | | | | AT 1945 PDT, DURING A ROUTINE PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTROL ROOM EMERGENCY | | FILTRATION (CREF) SYSTEM 'B' OPERABILITY TEST, A CONTROL ROOM VENTILATION | | DAMPER FAILED TO AUTOMATICALLY CLOSE AS REQUIRED WHEN THE CONTROL ROOM | | EMERGENCY FILTRATION FAN 'B' WAS STARTED. THIS FAILURE OF THE DAMPER TO | | CLOSE RESULTED IN A BREACH TO THE CONTROL ROOM ENVELOPE AND INOPERABILITY | | OF BOTH CONTROL ROOM EMERGENCY FILTRATION SYSTEMS. | | | | AT 2006 PDT, THE LICENSEE CLOSED THE DAMPER, RESTORED THE CONTROL ROOM | | ENVELOPE, AND DECLARED THE CREF SYSTEM OPERABLE. THE LICENSEE PLANS TO | | DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE OF THE DAMPER TO CLOSE AND TO INFORM | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * RETRACTION AT 1810 ON 09/25/98 FROM BRIAN GARDES TO STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE RESULTS OF SUBSEQUENT TESTING PERFORMED ON 09/24/98 INDICATE THAT THE | | CREF SYSTEM IS CAPABLE OF PRESSURIZING THE CONTROL ROOM UNDER ACCIDENT | | CONDITIONS TO A VALUE WHICH MEETS THE REQUIRED PARAMETERS OF SURVEILLANCE | | REQUIREMENT 3.7.3.4 WITH THE VENTILATION EXHAUST DAMPER IN THE FULL OPEN | | POSITION. THESE TEST RESULTS SHOW THAT THE CREF SYSTEM WAS ABLE TO PERFORM | | ITS REQUIRED ACCIDENT MITIGATION FUNCTION AT ALL TIMES AND THAT LCO 3.7.3 | | HAD BEEN MET AT ALL TIMES AND ENTRY INTO LCO 3.0.3 HAD NOT BEEN NECESSARY. | | THE RESULTS OF THIS TEST PROVIDE JUSTIFICATION FOR RETRACTION OF THE | | 09/07/98 REPORT. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE | | NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R4DO (ELMO COLLINS). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |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: 09/25/98 | |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 | |ADEV 50.72(b)(1)(i)(B) DEVIATION FROM T SPEC |RALPH HERSKO FEMA | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 (REFER TO EVENT #34834.) | | | | 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 LICENSE NOTIFIED APPLICABLE STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES AND PLANS TO | | NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | HOO NOTE: FOR CATEGORY 1 OR 2 HURRICANES; THE LICENSEE'S PROCEDURES | | REQUIRE UNITS OPERATING IN MODES 1, 2, OR 3 TO BE PLACED IN | | MODE 3 (HOT STANDBY) WITHIN 2 HOURS OF THE PROJECTED ONSET OF | | SUSTAINED HURRICANE FORCE WINDS (75 mph) AT THE SITE. FOR | | CATEGORY 3, 4, AND 5 HURRICANES, THE LICENSEE'S PROCEDURES | | REQUIRE UNITS OPERATING IN MODES 1, 2, OR 3 TO BE PLACED IN | | MODE 4 (HOT SHUTDOWN) WITHIN 2 HOURS OF THE PROJECTED ONSET OF | | SUSTAINED HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AT THE SITE. HURRICANE GEORGES | | IS CURRENTLY A CATEGORY 1 STORM WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 75 mph | | AND PEAK GUSTS OF 90 mph. AT THIS TIME, THIS HURRICANE IS | | EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN, BUT IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME GREATER | | THAN A CATEGORY 2 STORM PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF SUSTAINED | | HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSITE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1400 ON 09/24/98 BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | A COMMISSIONERS' ASSISTANTS BRIEFING WAS CONDUCTED AT 1400 ON 09/24/98 TO | | DISCUSS ISSUES RELATING TO HURRICANE GEORGES. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS | | WERE NOTIFIED OF THE BRIEFING (* DID NOT PARTICIPATE): AEOD (* FRANK | | CONGEL), AEOD IRD (STUART RUBIN AND TOM McKENNA), CHAIRMAN JACKSON | | (MARK MILLER), COMMISSIONER DIAZ (ROGER DAVIS AND PAT CASTLEMAN), | | COMMISSIONER McGAFFIGAN (JIM BEALL), EDO (SCOTT BARBER), DEDE (* JOCELYN | | MITCHELL), NRR EO (JOHN STOLZ), NRR PROJECTS (FRED HEBDON AND * KAHTAN | | JABBOUR), NMSS EO (FRED COMBS), R2DO (* JOHN ZEILER), REGION 2 (LEN WERT, | | et.al.), PAO (BILL BEECHER), CAO (LINDA PORTNER), SECY (ANDREW BATES), | | SP (ROSETTA VIRGILIO), AND IP (RON HAUBER). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 2043 ON 09/24/98 FROM D. HENRY TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS CURRENTLY REDUCING UNIT 4 REACTOR POWER TO 50% IN | | ANTICIPATION OF THE HURRICANE. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC OPERATIONS | | OFFICER NOTIFIED THE REGION 2 INCIDENT RESPONSE CENTER (JIM HUFHAM). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 2228 ON 09/24/98 FROM D. HENRY TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE RELAYED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT: | | | | "AS SQUALL LINES PASS THROUGH THE AREA, PERIODIC TORNADO WARNINGS ARE | | ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR VARIOUS SECTIONS OF MIAMI/DADE | | COUNTY." | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 2250 ON 09/24/98 FROM CRAIG MOWRY TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF HURRICANE GEORGES AND THE RESULTANT POTENTIAL FOR | | LIGHTNING STRIKES AND TORNADOS, SAFEGUARDS MEASURES PURSUANT TO 10CFR73.55 | | REQUIRING A PROTECTED AREA PERIMETER INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM WILL BE | | SUSPENDED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 10CFR50.54(x). SPECIFICALLY, AS SQUALLS | | PASS THROUGH THE AREA, COMPENSATORY POSTS FOR ONE OR MORE FAILED PORTIONS | | OF THE PERIMETER INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM MAY BE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED. | | AS SOON AS WEATHER PERMITS, FAILED PORTIONS WILL BE RESTORED OR POSTS | | REESTABLISHED. EACH INDIVIDUAL POST WILL BE LOGGED AS IT IS POSTED, | | REMOVED, OR REPOSTED. REMAINING PORTIONS OF THE PERIMETER WILL BE | | MONITORED BY CAMERA TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE. THIS SUSPENSION IS REPORTED | | IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10 CFR PART 73, APPENDIX G.1(c). | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC OPERATIONS | | OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R2IRC (JIM HUFHAM) AND R2DO/IAT (AL BELISLE). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1142 ON 09/25/98 FROM CRAIG MOWREY TAKEN BY TROCINE * * * | | | | THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE AREA INCLUDING THE TURKEY POINT SITE HAS BEEN | | DISCONTINUED. THEREFORE, THE UNUSUAL EVENT CLASSIFICATION AT TURKEY POINT | | WAS TERMINATED AT 1131 ON 09/25/98. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND APPLICABLE STATE AND | | LOCAL AGENCIES. THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R2DO (BELISLE), | | REGION 2 INCIDENT RESPONSE CENTER (BANKS), NRR EO (STOLZ), AEOD IRD | | (CONGEL), AND FEMA (SWEATSER). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34834 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: TURKEY POINT REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/25/98 | |UNIT: [3] [4] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:30 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] W-3-LP,[4] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/25/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:43[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CRAIG MOWRY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/25/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |AL BELISLE RDO | |AARC 50.72(b)(1)(v) OTHER ASMT/COMM INOP | | | |CHRISTINE BANKS, R2 IRC | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 50 POWER OPERATION | 50 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOSS OF OFFSITE COMMUNICATIONS (REFER TO EVENT REPORT #34828 FOR AN ONGOING | | UNUSUAL EVENT RELATED TO HURRICANE GEORGES.) | | | | THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE DATA SYSTEM (ERDS) LINK WAS OFF LINE FROM 0821 UNTIL | | 0944. THE FAILURE WAS DISCOVERED AT 0943 WHEN A COMPUTER OPERATOR FOUND | | THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE DATA ACQUISITION AND DISPLAY SYSTEM (ERDADS) TRAIN | | 'A' COMPUTER TO BE INOPERABLE. THE COMPUTER OPERATOR SWITCHED TO THE TRAIN | | 'B' COMPUTER AND IMMEDIATELY RE-ESTABLISHED THE DATA FEED TO THE ERDS LINK. | | | | THE LICENSEE STATED THAT THERE IS AN NRC TELEPHONE LINE AND A MODEM FOR | | EACH UNIT AND THAT EACH UNIT IS SUPPLIED BY EITHER THE TRAIN 'A' OR TRAIN | | 'B' COMPUTER. THEREFORE, THE TRAIN THAT FEEDS ERDADS INTERNALLY ALSO FEEDS | | ERDS TO THE NRC. THE LICENSEE ALSO STATED THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT | | CAUSE AN AUTOMATIC FAIL-OVER FROM ONE TRAIN TO THE OTHER, AND THERE ARE | | OTHER THINGS THAT DO NOT CAUSE AN AUTOMATIC FAIL-OVER. APPARENTLY, THIS | | FAILURE DID NOT INVOLVE AN AUTOMATIC FAIL-OVER. THE LICENSEE IS CURRENTLY | | INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THIS FAILURE. | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THIS INCIDENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10CFR50.72(b)(1)(v), | | LOSS OF OFFSITE COMMUNICATIONS. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 34835 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COMBUSTION ENGINEERING INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/25/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:09 [ET]| |COMMENTS: LEU CONVERSION (UF6 to UO2) |EVENT DATE: 09/24/98 | | COMMERCIAL LWR FUEL |EVENT TIME: 08:00[CDT]| | |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/25/98 | | CITY: HEMATITE REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: JEFFERSON STATE: MO |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: SNM-33 AGREEMENT: N |JAMES CREED RDO | | DOCKET: 07000036 |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: R. W. SHARKEY | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |KBAC 70.50(b)(1)(i) ACCESS DENIED >24 HRS | | |KBAD 70.50(b)(1)(ii) MATL >5X LOWEST LIMIT | | |KBAE 70.50(b)(1)(iii) ACCESS DENIED OTHER | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SITE CONTAMINATION DUE TO PROCESS OVERFLOW | | | | AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 CDT ON 09/24/98, A RESIDUE WAS NOTICED ON THE ASPHALT | | DRIVE BETWEEN BUILDINGS 230 AND 240. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE RESIDUE WAS | | FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED AND CONTAMINATION WAS ALSO FOUND IN ADJACENT | | AREAS. AT 1000 CDT, THE AFFECTED AREAS WERE RESTRICTED, AND AN | | INVESTIGATION WAS BEGUN TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE AND EXTENT OF THE | | CONTAMINATION. UPON REVIEW OF THE STACK SAMPLES, THE LICENSEE DETERMINED | | THAT FROM 1700 CDT ON 09/04/98 UNTIL 1815 CDT ON 09/11/98, AN EMISSION FROM | | STACK S-241 OCCURRED, APPARENTLY CONSISTING OF LIQUID RESULTING FROM | | OVERFLOW OF THE NITROGEN SCRUBBER USED IN THE WET RECOVERY PROCESS. THE | | EXHAUST OF THE NITROGEN OXIDE SCRUBBER IS CONNECTED TO THE VENTILATION | | SYSTEM DOWNSTREAM OF THE HEPA FILTERS TO AVOID DAMAGE TO THE FILTERS DUE TO | | ACID GASES WHICH MAY BE PRESENT IN THE GAS STREAM. | | | | THE DISCHARGE CONTAMINATED THE BUILDING 240-2 ROOF AND THE WALKWAY BETWEEN | | BUILDINGS 240-2 AND 230 IN A RADIUS OF APPROXIMATELY 50 TO 100 FEET FROM | | THE STACK. SOME LIQUID LEAKED FROM THE STACK S-241 FILTER BANK AND | | CONTAMINATED THE FLOOR AND SURROUNDING EQUIPMENT IN THE FILTER HOUSING ROOM | | WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE CONTAMINATED AREA OF BUILDING 240. THE LICENSEE | | ESTIMATES THAT APPROXIMATELY 10ęCi OF <5% (BY WEIGHT) U-235 WAS INVOLVED IN | | THE CHEMICAL FORM OF URANYL NITRATE WITH SOME ENTRAINED URANIUM | | PARTICULATE. THE MAJORITY OF THE CONTAMINATION HAS BEEN REMOVED, ALTHOUGH | | SEVERAL HOT SPOTS REMAIN AND DECONTAMINATION EFFORTS CONTINUE. THE PROCESS | | OPERATION THAT RESULTED IN THIS RELEASE HAS BEEN STOPPED PENDING FURTHER | | REVIEW. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34836 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/25/98 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:19 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/25/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SANTINI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/25/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MOHAMED SHANBAKY RDO | |CCCC 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | |VERN HODGE (VIA FAX) NRR | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 10 CFR PART 21 REPORT REGARDING WESTINGHOUSE DB-75 CIRCUIT BREAKERS | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A FACSIMILE SUBMITTED BY THE LICENSEE: | | | | "ON 07/21/98, DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR | | (EDG) LOAD TEST, THE WESTINGHOUSE MODEL DB-75 OUTPUT BREAKER EDG-2053-005 | | (SERIAL #880.715-3), WHICH CONNECTS THE EDG TO ITS 480 VAC BUS, WOULD NOT | | CLOSE. A SECOND ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO CLOSE THE BREAKER, AND AGAIN THE | | BREAKER DID NOT CLOSE. THE BREAKER WAS REMOVED AND THEREAFTER EXAMINED | | USING HIGH-SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY. IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE TRIP BAR OPERATION | | WAS HANGING UP. THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE TRIP BAR MALFUNCTION WAS NOT | | INITIALLY IDENTIFIED SO THE MECHANISM WAS REMOVED. DURING FURTHER | | INVESTIGATION, THE TRIP BAR LATCH AND TRIGGER WERE FOUND TO BIND ON | | OCCASION DUE TO ROUGH EDGES ON THE FACES. COMPARISONS WERE MADE TO OTHER | | BREAKER MECHANISMS, AND THESE MECHANISMS COULD NOT BE MADE TO HANG UP IN | | THIS AREA." | | | | "DURING THE INSPECTIONS OF THE REMAINING DB-75 BREAKERS, ONE ADDITIONAL | | BREAKER WAS FOUND TO EXHIBIT THE SAME BINDING PROBLEM. THIS WAS EDG | | BREAKER 2053-006 (SERIAL #880.715-1). THIS BREAKER WAS OF THE SAME SERIES | | AS THE OTHER BREAKER, WHICH MAY INDICATE A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. ANOTHER | | BREAKER IN THE SAME SERIES WAS EXAMINED BUT DID NOT EXHIBIT THE SAME | | PROBLEM." | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34837 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PALISADES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/25/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:35 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 09/25/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:09[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JAMES WICKS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/25/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JAMES CREED RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |CECIL THOMAS, NRR EO | | |BUTCH STEINDURF FEMA | | |FRANK CONGEL IRD | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED DUE TO EARTHQUAKE FELT ONSITE | | | | AT APPROXIMATELY 1600, CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS WERE NOTIFIED THAT PERSONNEL | | IN THE SWITCHYARD AND WAREHOUSE REPORTED FEELING AN EARTHQUAKE. THE | | LICENSEE DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT AT 1609 AFTER CONTACTING THE NATIONAL | | EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER AND CONFIRMING THAT AN EARTHQUAKE HAD | | OCCURRED. SEISMIC ALARMS DID NOT ACTIVATE, AND THE PLANT CONTINUED TO | | OPERATE AT 100% POWER. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO PERFORM SYSTEM WALKDOWNS TO VERIFY THAT NO DAMAGE | | OCCURRED, AND THEN WILL TERMINATE THE UNUSUAL EVENT. THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTORS WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | HOO NOTE: THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY REPORTED THAT AN | | EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 5.2R OCCURRED AT 1553 EDT AND WAS CENTERED | | APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES NORTH OF SHARON, PA. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1731 ON 09/25/98 FROM WICKS TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE UNUSUAL EVENT WAS TERMINATED AFTER PLANT PERSONNEL PERFORMED A PLANT | | WALKDOWN AND VERIFIED THAT NO DAMAGE HAD OCCURRED. THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTORS WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER | | NOTIFIED R3DO (JIM CREED), NRR EO (CECIL THOMAS), AND FEMA (BUTCH | | STEINDURF). | | | | HOO NOTE: SEE RELATED EVENT #34838 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34838 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PERRY REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/25/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: OH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:45 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 09/25/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:55[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RUSS KEARNEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/25/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JAMES CREED 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION REGARDING EARTHQUAKE IN REGION | | | | THE LICENSEE WAS CONTACTED BY THE OHIO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AFTER | | AN EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED ALONG THE PENNSYLVANIA/OHIO BORDER. THE LICENSEE | | REPORTED THAT THE EARTHQUAKE WAS FELT ONSITE, BUT SEISMIC MONITORS DID NOT | | ALARM AND PLANT OPERATIONS WERE NOT AFFECTED. THE LICENSEE ENTERED AN | | OFF-NORMAL PROCEDURE DUE TO THE EARTHQUAKE BUT DID NOT DECLARE AN UNUSUAL | | EVENT. THE LICENSEE PLANS TO CONDUCT PLANT WALKDOWNS IN ACCORDANCE WITH | | THEIR EARTHQUAKE PROCEDURE. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED, | | AND THE LICENSEE PLANS TO MAKE A PRESS RELEASE REGARDING THIS EVENT. | | | | HOO NOTE: SEE RELATED EVENT #34837. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34839 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: HONOLULU RESOURCE RECOVERY VENTURE |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/25/98 | | CITY: HONOLULU REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:00 [ET]| | COUNTY: HONOLULU STATE: HI |EVENT DATE: 09/25/98 | |LICENSE#: 53-23291-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 00:00[AH ]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/25/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |ELMO COLLINS RDO | | |CHARLEY HAUGHNEY EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GLENN MURATA | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NDAM DAMAGE MEASURE GAUGE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DAMAGED MEASURING GAUGE | | | | THE SHUTTER ON AN OMART MODEL-4F6S GAUGE CONTAINING A 128ęCi Cs-137 SOURCE | | IS STUCK CLOSED. THE LICENSEE IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE | | PROBLEM, BUT MAY NEED TO CONTACT THE VENDOR FOR REPAIR ASSISTANCE. THE | | GAUGE IS USED AS A LEVEL SENSOR ON A SURGE BIN. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34840 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/25/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:59 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/25/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:51[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOE RUTTAR |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/25/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MOHAMED SHANBAKY RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | | | | | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION DUE TO EFFLUENT RELEASE IN VIOLATION OF NPDES PERMIT | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL | | PROTECTION REGARDING A VIOLATION OF THE SITE NPDES PERMIT. ON 09/23/98, | | WATER FROM THE SECONDARY SYSTEM WAS BEING DRAINED INTO TWO 55-GALLON DRUMS, | | WHEN IT OVERFLOWED THE DRUMS, ENTERED THE TURBINE BUILDING WASTE WATER | | DRAIN, AND WAS RELEASED TO THE LONG ISLAND SOUND. THIS RELEASE IS A | | VIOLATION OF THE SITE NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM | | (NPDES) PERMIT. THE LICENSEE ESTIMATES THAT 50 TO 100 GALLONS OF WATER | | WERE RELEASED. THE WATER WAS NOT RADIOLOGICALLY CONTAMINATED BUT CONTAINED | | SOME ETA AND HYDRAZINE. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY | | THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34841 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WATERFORD REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/26/98 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:19 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] CE |EVENT DATE: 09/26/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:20[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TIM MENDOZA |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/27/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ELMO COLLINS RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |CECIL THOMAS, NRR EO | |NOCM COMM ASST BRIEF |LARRY BELCHER FEMA | | |FRANK CONGEL IRD | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 3 | N N 0 HOT STANDBY | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED DUE TO ISSUANCE OF HURRICANE WARNING | | | | AT 1120 CDT, THE LICENSEE DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO THE ISSUANCE OF | | A HURRICANE WARNING FOR SAINT CHARLES PARISH. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR | | HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 2000 ON 09/26/98 BY TROCINE * * * | | | | A COMMISSIONERS' ASSISTANTS BRIEFING WAS CONDUCTED AT 2000 ON 09/26/98 TO | | DISCUSS ISSUES RELATING TO HURRICANE GEORGES. THE FOLLOWING NOTIFICATIONS | | WERE MADE (* OFFICE DID NOT PARTICIPATE): AEOD (MARTIN), AEOD IRD | | (*CONGEL), CHAIRMAN JACKSON (*MILLER), COMMISSIONER DIAZ (HSIA), | | COMMISSIONER McGAFFIGAN (SHARKEY), EDO (LANGE), DEDE (TRAVERS), NRR EO | | (THOMAS), NMSS EO (CAMPER), NRR (*HANNON, *PATEL, AND *STOLZ), R4DO | | (*COLLINS), REGION 4 (HACKNEY) PAO (GAGNER), CAO (MADDEN), SECY (*HART), | | SP (*BANGART), IP (UPSHAW), AND BRIEFER (GWYNN). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1042 ON 09/27/98 BY RON CUMMINS TO JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | AT 0942 CDT ON 09/27/98, THE LICENSEE ACTIVATED THE SITE EMERGENCY RESPONSE | | DATA SYSTEM. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1600 ON 09/27/98 BY S. SANDIN * * * | | | | A COMMISSIONERS' ASSISTANTS BRIEFING WAS CONDUCTED AT 1600 ON 09/27/98 TO | | DISCUSS NRC RESPONSE TO HURRICANE GEORGES. THE FOLLOWING NOTIFICATIONS | | WERE MADE (* OFFICE DID NOT PARTICIPATE): AEOD (MARTIN), AEOD IRD | | (CONGEL), CHAIRMAN JACKSON (MILLER), COMMISSIONER DIAZ (HSIA), COMMISSIONER | | McGAFFIGAN (SHARKEY), EDO (HILTZ), DEDE (MITCHELL), NRR EO (THOMAS), | | NMSS (COMBS), NRR (HANNON), REGION 4 (HACKNEY, ANDREWS), PAO (GILLILAND), | | CAO (*MADDEN), SECY (BATES), SP (*BANGART), IP (UPSHAW, HAUBER), AND | | BRIEFER (GWYNN). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1700 ON 09/27/98 BY S. SANDIN * * * | | | | AT 1700 ON 09/27/98, THE NRC ENTERED THE MONITORING PHASE OF NORMAL | | RESPONSE MODE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34842 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CATAWBA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/27/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:56 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/27/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE FERGUSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/27/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ 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 | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE NOTIFIED FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES OF MINOR OIL SPILL. | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "AT 0815, DURING THE START OF THE 'A' MAIN FIRE WATER PUMP, APPROXIMATELY | | ONE TEASPOON OF OIL THAT HAD COLLECTED AROUND THE PUMP HOUSING/STRUCTURE | | WAS DISPLACED INTO WATERS OF LAKE WYLIE BENEATH THE PUMP STRUCTURE. | | DISPLACEMENT OF THIS OIL RESULTED IN AN OIL SHEEN THAT COVERED AN AREA OF | | FOUR INCHES BY FOUR FEET. OIL WAS EFFECTIVELY CONTAINED WITHIN THE | | IN-PLACE OIL BOOMS." | | | | "THE OIL SHEEN DISPERSED WITHIN 1 HOUR OF THE INITIAL SPILL. THERE IS NO | | ACTIVE OIL LEAK AT THIS TIME." | | | | "THIS NOTIFICATION IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO 10CFR50.72(b)(2)(vi) DUE TO | | NOTIFICATION TO SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL | | CONTROL AND THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER (REPORT #457312) BY CATAWBA | | NUCLEAR STATION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT." | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 34843 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: MATERIALS TESTING AND INSPECTION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/27/98 | | CITY: IDAHO FALLS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:00 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: ID |EVENT DATE: 09/27/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 13:34[MDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/27/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |ELMO COLLINS RDO | | |CHARLEY HAUGHNEY EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRED COMBS NMSS | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RICHARD DICKSON |LINDA HOWELL REG4 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN |FRANK CONGEL IRD | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DOE INEL RESPONDED TO REQUEST FOR RADIOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE OF | | IDAHO. | | | | AT 1334 MDT ON 09/27/98, THE IDAHO FALLS CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT CONTACTED THE | | IDAHO EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (EOC) REQUESTING RADIOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE. | | THE EOC DISPATCHED A RADIOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE TEAM FROM DOE INEL AT 1500 MDT | | TO A PRIVATE RESIDENCE WHERE MATERIAL WITH RADIOACTIVE MARKINGS WAS FOUND | | IN THE GARAGE. AT 1515 MDT, THE TEAM ARRIVED AT THE SCENE AND IDENTIFIED | | TWO LARGE UNLOCKED TYPE DOT-7A CONTAINERS WITH TROXLER DENSITOMETERS | | INSIDE. THE TROXLER GAUGES CONTAINED BOTH CESIUM-137 AND AMERICIUM-241- | | BERYLLIUM SOURCES (10 mCi, 8 mCi Cs-137 AND 50mCi, 40 mCi Am-241-Be). | | CONTACT RAD SURVEYS SHOWED 7mR/HR AND 10mR/HR. AN INDIVIDUAL AFFILIATED | | WITH MATERIALS TESTING AND INSPECTION LOCATED AT 1230 NORTH SKYLINE DRIVE | | IN IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, ARRIVED AT THE RESIDENCE CLAIMING POSSESSION. THE | | TEAM WAS RELEASED AT 1601 MDT BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. LOCAL POLICE AND | | FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL REMAINED AT THE SCENE AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF | | THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE IDAHO STATE OVERSIGHT ORGANIZATION. CAMERA | | CREWS FROM LOCAL TV CHANNELS 3 AND 8 COVERED THE EVENT. | | | | SEE HOO LOG FOR CONTACT INFORMATION. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+