U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 02/26/98 - 02/27/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 32826 33607 33619 33678 33723 33790 33791 33792 33793 33794 33795 33796 33797 33798 33799 33800 33801 33802 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 32826 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: ARCO ENG. & TESTING CONSULTANTS |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/26/97 | | CITY: MIAMI REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:11 [ET]| | COUNTY: DADE STATE: FL |EVENT DATE: 08/26/97 | |LICENSE#: 1622-1 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 16:15[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/26/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |PAUL FREDRICKSON RDO | | |JOSEPHINE PICCONE EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CHARLIE ADAMS/FLORIDA BRC | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE FLORIDA BUREAU OF RADIATION CONTROL REPORTED THAT A TROXLER GAUGE OWNED | | BY ARCO ENGINEERING & TESTING CONSULTANTS WAS STOLEN FROM A CONSTRUCTION | | SITE LOCATED IN MIAMI, FLORIDA. | | | | AT APPROXIMATELY 1615, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A TROXLER GAUGE (MODEL 3411B, | | SERIAL NUMBER 15395) WAS STOLEN FROM A CONSTRUCTION SITE LOCATED IN MIAMI, | | FLORIDA. THE GAUGE WAS INSIDE ITS CASE, AND THE CASE WAS CHAINED TO A | | VEHICLE LOCATED AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. APPARENTLY, THE CHAIN WAS CUT, | | AND THE GAUGE WAS STOLEN BETWEEN 1600 AND 1615. | | | | THE METRO DADE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING THIS EVENT. | | | | THE GAUGE CONTAINED 8 MILLICURIES OF CESIUM-137 AND 40 MILLICURIES OF | | AMERICIUM-241/BERYLLIUM. | | | | (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR A FLORIDA BUREAU OF RADIATION CONTROL CONTACT | | TELEPHONE NUMBER, A LICENSEE CONTACT NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, AND THE | | CONSTRUCTION SITE STREET ADDRESS.) | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0848 ON 02/26/98 BY CHARLES ADAMS TAKEN BY MACKINNON * * * | | | | CHARLES ADAMS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA BUREAU OF RADIATION CONTROL REPORTED | | THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: | | | | THE TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE THAT WAS STOLEN FROM A TEMPORARY JOBSITE | | ON AUGUST 26, 1997 HAS BEEN RECOVERED. THE GAUGE WAS FOUND ON FEBRUARY 25, | | 1998, AT 0700 ON THE SIDE OF A ROAD OUTSIDE OF EVERGLADES RECYCLING. THE | | GAUGE WAS INTACT INSIDE ITS CARRYING CASE. A WIPE TEST INDICATES THAT IT | | WAS NOT DAMAGED. THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS TAKEN POSSESSION OF THEIR GAUGE. | | THE POLICE ARE CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION. THE GAUGE WILL BE RETURNED | | TO THE OWNER AND A LEAK TEST WILL BE PERFORMED. ANY FURTHER ACTION IS | | REFERRED TO THE RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS LICENSING SECTION. THE STATE OF | | FLORIDA INCIDENT REPORT FOR THIS EVENT IS #97-094. THE STATE OF FLORIDA | | LICENSEE NUMBER FOR THIS GAUGE IS #1622-1. THE OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED | | THE R2DO (ED McALPINE) & NMSS EO (DON COOL). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33607 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/27/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:34 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 01/27/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 11:15[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/26/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |BRUCE JORGENSEN RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |MARGARET FEDERLINE EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RICK LARSON | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NCFR NON CFR REPORT REQMNT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SAFETY SYSTEM ACTUATION - CALCINER DISCHARGE COLLECTOR PROBE DETECTOR ALARM | | | | THE #2 CALCINER WAS OPERATING IN MODE 3 WHEN DISCHARGE LEVEL PROBE LSH-1643 | | GENERATED AN ALARM. THE OPERATOR ISOLATED FEED TO THE CALCINER IN | | ACCORDANCE WITH THE ALARM PROCEDURE. THE UNIT IS CURRENTLY BEING COOLED | | DOWN IN ORDER TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF THE ALARM. THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 2043 ON 02/26/98 BY KURT SISLER ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | LICENSEE ANALYSIS OF THE ABOVE EVENT DETERMINED THAT THE ACTUATION WAS NOT | | DUE TO AN ACCUMULATION OF URANIUM OXIDE IN THE UNFAVORABLE GEOMETRY | | DISCHARGE CHUTE, BUT WAS DUE TO STEAM COLLECTING ON THE LEVEL PROBE DURING | | A SYSTEM UPSET WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF VENTILATION INSIDE THE CALCINER. | | THUS, THIS SAFETY SYSTEM ACTUATION IS DETERMINED TO BE INVALID AND THIS | | EVENT IS DETERMINED NOT TO BE REPORTABLE TO THE NRC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE | | SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT, SECTION 6.9, TABLE 6.9-1.J(2) AND THE LICENSEE | | DESIRES TO RETRACT THIS EVENT. THE LICENSEE PLANS TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN | | REPORT ON THIS EVENT TO THE NRC AND WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R3DO JEFF WRIGHT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33619 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/28/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:33 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 01/28/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 15:25[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/26/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |BRUCE JORGENSEN RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |MARGARET FEDERLINE EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LARSON | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4-HOUR NRC BULLETIN 91-01 REPORT. | | | | A DEFICIENT NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY ANALYSIS (NCSA) EVALUATION HAS BEEN | | IDENTIFIED. THE NCSA FAILS TO IDENTIFY THE CONTROLS/PARAMETERS NEEDED TO | | CONTROL WET AIR EVACUATION USING AN AIR JET/AIR EJECTOR. USE OF THIS NCSA | | HAS BEEN SUSPENDED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 2044 ON 02/26/98 BY KURT SISLER ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | DUE TO THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE LICENSEE ENGINEERING EVALUATION | | COMPLETED ON 02/04/98, THE LICENSEE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE ABOVE DESCRIBED | | OPERATION IS NOT A FISSILE MATERIAL OPERATION AS DEFINED BY TECHNICAL | | SAFETY REQUIREMENT 3.1.1.2 AND SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT SECTION 5.2.2.2. | | THEREFORE, THIS EVENT IS NOT REPORTABLE TO THE NRC AND THE LICENSEE DESIRES | | TO RETRACT THIS EVENT. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. | | | | THE OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R3DO JEFF WRIGHT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33678 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PERRY REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/09/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: OH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 01:32 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 02/09/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:15[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRIAN BEAUMONT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/26/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BRENT CLAYTON RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |BOB CAPRA, NRR EO | | |CHUCK DePUY 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 AND TERMINATED DUE TO A LOSS OF ALL OFFSITE | | COMMUNICATIONS FOR GREATER THAN 15 MINUTES. | | | | THE LICENSEE WAS NOTIFIED BY THEIR LOCAL TELEPHONE COMPANY, ALLTEL, THAT | | ALL COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE PLANT WAS LOST FROM 0022 EST UNTIL | | 0047 EST (25 MINUTES). A FIBER CUT WAS IN PROGRESS IN AUSTINBURG, AND THE | | TELEPHONE COMPANY CIRCUITS FAILED TO AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFER TO THE BACKUP | | CIRCUITS. ALLTEL NOTIFIED THE LICENSEE THAT ALL OFFSITE COMMUNICATIONS TO | | THE PLANT HAD BEEN LOST FOR 25 MINUTES. THE LICENSEE WAS UNAWARE OF THE | | LOSS OF ALL OFFSITE COMMUNICATIONS UNTIL ALLTEL INFORMED THEM. THE | | LICENSEE ENTERED AND EXITED EAL KU2 (SIGNIFICANT DEGRADATION OF OFFSITE | | COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITY) AND DECLARED/TERMINATED AN UNUSUAL EVENT AT | | 0115 EST. THE LICENSEE SAID THAT DURING THE TIME PERIOD THE PHONE LINES | | WERE DOWN THEY COULD NOT HAVE CALLED THE NRC OPERATION CENTER. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * UPDATE ON 02/26/98 AT 1412 BY MIKE McFARLAND TAKEN BY MACKINNON * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS UNUSUAL EVENT. | | | | SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION BY BOTH ALLTEL AND PNPP PERSONNEL IDENTIFIED THAT | | ALLTEL WAS PERFORMING A SOFTWARE UPGRADE TO THIS SYSTEM. ONLY ONE OF SIX | | MEANS OF OFFSITE COMMUNICATIONS WAS INOPERABLE, THAT BEING THE LONG | | DISTANCE CARRIER TO ALLTEL'S PERRY CENTRAL OFFICE. | | | | THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATIONS CIRCUITS WERE NOT AFFECTED: | | | | * NRC ENS CIRCUIT | | * STATE/COUNTY | | * OFF PREMISE EXCHANGE (OPX) "ANALOG" MICROWAVE SYSTEM | | * PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE (PBX) ACCESS TO LONG DISTANCE CALLING VIA THE | | "DIGITAL" MICROWAVE SYSTEM | | * PBX ACCESS TO ONSITE AND LOCAL CALLING | | | | CONSEQUENTLY, THE EMERGENCY ACTION LEVEL FOR ENTERING AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE | | TO A "SIGNIFICANT DEGRADATION OF OFFSITE COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITY" WAS NOT | | MET. THE ENS CIRCUIT WAS NOT LOST, NOR WERE OTHER CIRCUITS WHICH RESULTED | | IN A MAJOR LOSS OF EMERGENCY ASSESSMENT CAPABILITY, OFFSITE RESPONSE | | CAPABILITY, OR COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITY. ADDITIONALLY, COMMUNICATIONS | | WITH THE LOAD DISPATCHER HAD NOT BEEN LOST. ALTHOUGH AN UNUSUAL EVENT WAS | | DECLARED, THIS ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION HAS IDENTIFIED THAT ENTERING THE | | EMERGENCY PLAN HAD NOT BEEN NECESSARY. CONSEQUENTLY, THE NOTIFICATION IN | | ACCORDANCE WITH 10CFR50.72(a)(i) IS CLARIFIED THAT ALTHOUGH THE UNUSUAL | | EVENT HAD BEEN DECLARED, THE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE CONDITIONS | | FOR ENTERING THE EMERGENCY PLAN HAD NOT BEEN MET AND NO UNUSUAL EVENT | | ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE. THUS, THE NOTIFICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH | | 10CFR50.72(b)(1)(v) IS RETRACTED. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R3DO (JEFF WRIGHT). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33723 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BYRON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/16/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:04 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/16/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:00[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: D. NYMAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/26/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |THOMAS KOZAK RDO | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSED POWER LIMIT EXCEEDED BY 0.1%. | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "A STEAM GENERATOR BLOWDOWN FLOW INSTRUMENT DISCREPANCY HAS BEEN DETECTED | | WHICH HAS AFFECTED THE ACCURACY OF THE THERMAL POWER CALORIMETRIC | | CALCULATION. THE AFFECT OF THIS INSTRUMENT DISCREPANCY IS TO INCREASE | | THE CALCULATED POWER LEVEL BY O.1% RATED THERMAL POWER. PER BYRON | | REPORTABILITY MANUAL, SECTION SAF 6.1, AVERAGE POWER LEVEL OVER ANY | | EIGHT-HOUR PERIOD SHOULD NOT EXCEED FULL STEADY STATE LICENSED POWER LEVEL. | | THIS IS ALSO DESCRIBED IN OPERATING LICENSE, SECTION C.1. A SEARCH OF | | UNIT 2 POWER HISTORY SHOWS ONE EIGHT-HOUR AVERAGE POWER LEVEL TO EXCEED | | 100% RATED THERMAL POWER WHEN ADJUSTED DUE TO THIS INSTRUMENT DISCREPANCY. | | IT IS LIKELY THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN OTHER OCCURRENCES DURING PAST | | OPERATING HISTORY. THIS DISCREPANCY HAS BEEN TRACED BACK TO INITIAL | | LICENSING." | | | | THE CALIBRATION OF THE STEAM GENERATOR BLOWDOWN INSTRUMENT WAS IN ERROR IN | | THAT THE CALIBRATION WAS DONE OVER A RANGE OF 0-400 GPM, BUT THE FLOW | | RESTRICTION SHOULD ONLY HAVE BEEN USED FOR FLOWS UP TO 360 GPM. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE ON 02/26/98 AT 1429 BY DAVE BOWMAN TAKEN BY MACKINNON * * * | | | | THE ABOVE MENTIONED PROBLEM ALSO AFFECTED UNIT 1. UNIT 1 HAS BEEN IN A | | REFUELING OUTAGE SINCE NOVEMBER, 1997. | | | | BYRON UNIT 1 HAS BEEN DERATED FOR SEVERAL YEARS DUE TO STEAM GENERATOR | | TUBE PLUGGING CONCERNS. BASED UPON FURTHER REVIEW OF THE UNIT 2 ISSUE, | | IT IS HIGHLY LIKELY THAT UNIT 1 HAS ALSO EXCEEDED AN 8 HOUR AVERAGE POWER | | LEVEL OF 100% SOMETIME DURING THE YEARS PRECEDING THE TUBE PLUGGING | | PROBLEMS. THE WORK INVOLVED IN RECORD RETRIEVAL AND REVIEW TO POSITIVELY | | CONFIRM THIS CONCLUSION WOULD PROVIDE NO ADDITIONAL BENEFIT TO THE | | CORRECTIVE ACTIONS FOR THIS ISSUE AND IS NOT BEING PURSUED. THEREFORE, | | BYRON IS CONSERVATIVELY REPORTING THAT UNIT 1 HAS ALSO EXCEEDED THE 8 HOUR | | AVERAGE LEVEL OF 100% AT SOMETIME IN THE PAST. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R3DO (JEFF WRIGHT). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33790 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/26/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:23 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 02/25/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 08:15[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/26/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |GEOFFREY WRIGHT RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |JOE HOLONICH, MNSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WILLIAMSON | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 24 HOUR 91-01 BULLETIN REPORT. | | | | IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY APPROVAL (NCSA) | | REQUIREMENT WAS NOT BEING MET IN A POLYBOTTLE STORAGE AREA WITHIN THE | | "X-333" PROCESS BUILDING. NCSA-PLANTO25, PART "B", REQUIREMENT #11 STATES; | | "A MINIMUM SPACING OF 23 INCHES CENTER-TO-CENTER SHALL BE MAINTAINED | | BETWEEN SMALL DIAMETER CONTAINERS WITHIN A STORAGE AREA". TWO POLYBOTTLES | | WERE LEANING TOWARDS EACH OTHER VIOLATING THE 23 INCH CENTER-TO-CENTER | | SPACING REQUIREMENT. | | | | THE LOSS OF SPACING CONSTITUTES A LOSS OF ONE CONTROL (CONTROL "A") IN | | THE DOUBLE CONTINGENCY MATRIX FOR CONTINGENCY EVENT A/B.7.2. CONTROL "B" | | (GEOMETRY AND ENRICHMENT) WAS MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT. THE | | DEFICIENCY (LOSS OF CONTROL "A") WAS IMMEDIATELY CORRECTED. THERE WAS | | NO LOSS OF HAZARDOUS/RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL OR RADIOACTIVE/RADIOLOGICAL | | CONTAMINATION EXPOSURE AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND WILL NOTIFY THE DOE | | SITE REPRESENTATIVE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 33791 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/26/98 | | CITY: REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:38 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NC |EVENT DATE: 02/26/98 | |LICENSE#: NC 0410935-1 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/26/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |EDWARD MCALPINE RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SHAWN JEFFRIES | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AGREEMENT STATE REPORT. | | | | THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA REPORTED THAT ONE OF THEIR LICENSEES, RAYTEK, | | HAS REPORTED THE THEFT OF THREE CHECK SOURCES. THE SOURCES WERE | | MANUFACTURED IN 1989-90. THE ISOTOPES AND ORIGINAL ACTIVITIES ARE: | | | | Cs-137 188.4 ęCi | | Ba-133 270 ęCi | | Co-57 5840 ęCi | | | | THE CALLER STATED THAT AN INSPECTION OF THIS LICENSEE HAD BEEN SCHEDULED | | FOR DECEMBER 1997, BUT THE LICENSEE HAD POSTPONED WHILE SEARCHING FOR THE | | MISSING SOURCES. THE LICENSEE FINALLY REPORTED THEM STOLEN DURING THE PAST | | SEVERAL WEEKS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 33792 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/26/98 | | CITY: ARLINGTON REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:23 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: VA |EVENT DATE: 02/06/98 | |LICENSE#: 45-23645-01NA AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 00:01[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/26/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |EDWARD MCALPINE RDO | | |DON COOL, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: POMERVILLE | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - TWO NAVY FIGHTERS CARRYING LTD PODS WITH AM-241 SOURCES CRASHED AT SEA - | | | | TWO F/A-18C AIRCRAFT, EACH CARRYING A LASER TARGET DESIGNATOR (LTD) POD, | | WERE CONDUCTING INTERDICTION OPERATIONS IN THE NORTH ARABIAN GULF WHEN | | THEY COLLIDED ON 02/06/98. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE LOST AT SEA. THE CRASH | | SITE IS LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 29 DEGREES 13 MINUTES NORTH LATITUDE AND | | 49 DEGREES 17 MINUTES EAST LONGITUDE. | | | | EACH LTD POD (SERIAL #SVG-412 AND #RTP-251) CONTAINS TWO AMERSHAM MODEL | | AMM1001H FOIL SOURCES EACH CONTAINING 4.5 ęCi OF AM-241 TOTALING 9 ęCi OF | | AM-241 PER AIRCRAFT. A TOTAL OF 18 ęCi WAS LOST IN THIS COLLISION. | | | | THERE IS LITTLE OR NO POTENTIAL FOR PERSONNEL EXPOSURE FROM THESE | | DESIGNATORS. | | | | RECOVERY EFFORTS FOR THESE AIRCRAFT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED. | | | | NOTE: REFER TO EVENT #33793 FOR A SIMILAR EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 33793 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/26/98 | | CITY: ARLINGTON REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:23 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: VA |EVENT DATE: 02/08/98 | |LICENSE#: 45-23645-01NA AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 00:01[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/26/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |EDWARD MCALPINE RDO | | |DON COOL, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: POMERVILLE | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - A NAVY FIGHTER CARRYING AN LTD POD WITH AM-241 SOURCES CRASHED AT SEA - | | | | AN F/A-18 AIRCRAFT, CARRYING A LASER TARGET DESIGNATOR (LTD) POD CRASHED | | FOLLOWING A CATAPULT LAUNCH FROM THE USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER AIRCRAFT | | CARRIER IN THE PUERTO RICAN OPERATING AREA. THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF | | THE CRASH SITE IS 16 DEGREES 20 MINUTES 30 SECONDS NORTH LATITUDE AND | | 65 DEGREES 32 MINUTES 6 SECONDS WEST LONGITUDE. | | | | THE LTD POD (SERIAL #RTP-243) CONTAINED TWO AMERSHAM MODEL AMM1001H FOIL | | SOURCES. EACH FOIL SOURCE CONTAINED 4.5 ęCi OF AM-241 FOR A TOTAL OF 9 ęCi | | OF AM-241 BEING LOST IN THE CRASH. THERE IS NO POTENTIAL FOR PERSONNEL | | EXPOSURE AND NO RECOVERY EFFORT IS PLANNED AT THIS TIME. | | | | NOTE: REFER TO EVENT #33792 FOR A SIMILAR EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33794 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OYSTER CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/26/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:05 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2 |EVENT DATE: 02/24/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: D PIETRUSKI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/26/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CLIFF ANDERSON RDO | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | RELIEF VALVE CONTROLLERS MAY HAVE BEEN BYPASSED MORE THAN THE REQUIRED | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION LIMIT OF 3 HOURS IN A 30 DAY PERIOD. | | | | BASED ON PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF CONTROL ROOM RECORDS, OYSTER CREEK HAS | | DETERMINED THEY MIGHT HAVE EXCEEDED THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ALLOWED | | BYPASS TIME FOR THE RELIEF VALVE CONTROLLERS, THE LICENSEE IS REVIEWING | | THEIR COMPUTER RECORDS TO CONFIRM THIS OCCURRENCE. | | | | THESE CONTROLLERS ARE BYPASSED MONTHLY TO PERMIT SURVEILLANCE TESTING. | | DUE TO THE LICENSEE'S SCHEDULING PROCESS, THE SURVEILLANCE IS PERFORMED | | AT REDUCED FREQUENCY OF 28 DAYS VERSUS 30 DAYS. SINCE THE TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION LIMIT BYPASSING THESE CONTROLLERS TO 3 HOURS IN A 30 DAY | | PERIOD, THE LICENSEE CONCLUDED THAT THEY MOST LIKELY EXCEEDED THIS TIME | | PERIOD. PRIOR TO THE NEXT PERFORMANCE OF THIS SURVEILLANCE, THE | | SURVEILLANCE PROCEDURE AND PROGRAM WILL BE REVISED TO CAPTURE THIS | | REQUIREMENT. | | | | ALTHOUGH BYPASSING THESE CONTROLLERS (PLACING CONTROL SWITCH IN THE OFF | | POSITION) FOR THIS DURATION ISN'T PERMITTED, THE SAFETY FUNCTION IS NOT | | DISABLED WHILE IN THIS MODE. SINCE THIS OCCURRENCE IS PROHIBITED BY THE | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (EXCEEDING 3 HOURS), IT IS CONSIDERED REPORTABLE | | UNDER SECTION 2.E OF THE OYSTER CREEK TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33795 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/26/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:55 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 02/25/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 15:45[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/26/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |GEOFFREY WRIGHT RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |STEVE BAGGETT, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KURT SISLER | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | -NRC BULLETIN 91-01, 24 HOUR REPORT, MINIMUM SPACING REQUIREMENT VIOLATION- | | | | AT 1545 ON 02/25/98, X-333 PLANT PERSONNEL DISCOVERED THAT NUCLEAR | | CRITICALITY SAFETY APPROVAL #NCSA-PLANT-018.A01, CONTROL 'A' (SPACING), | | REQUIREMENT #5, WHICH REQUIRES THAT DRY ACTIVE WASTE (DAW) BE SPACED | | TWO FEET FROM OTHER URANIUM-BEARING MATERIAL, WAS NOT BEING MAINTAINED. | | PLANT PERSONNEL DISCOVERED THAT A DAW BAG WAS LOCATED LESS THAN TWO FEET | | FROM A URANIUM-BEARING PIPE IN THE X-333 BUILDING. THIS CONDITION | | CONSTITUTES A LOSS OF ONE CONTROL (SPACING) PER THE DOUBLE CONTINGENCY | | MATRIX FOR CONTINGENCY EVENT B.4.1. | | | | CONTROL 'B' (MODERATION) WHICH INCLUDES CONTAINERS CONTAINING NO VISIBLE | | URANIUM, NO LIQUID OR SLUDGE, AND LESS THAN 350 GRAMS U-235 PER CONTAINER, | | WAS CONTROLLED THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT. | | | | PLANT PERSONNEL IMMEDIATELY MOVED THE DAW BAG GREATER THAN TWO FEET AWAY | | FROM THE URANIUM-BEARING PIPE. PLANT SUPERVISORS BRIEFED SHIFT PERSONNEL | | ON THE NCSA REQUIREMENTS. | | | | THERE WAS NO LOSS OF HAZARDOUS OR RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL OR RADIOLOGICAL OR | | RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION EXPOSURE AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. | | | | PLANT PERSONNEL NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE SITE DOE | | REPRESENTATIVE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33796 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/26/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:00 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 02/25/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 16:45[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/26/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |GEOFFREY WRIGHT RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |STEVE BAGGETT, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KURT SISLER | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - NRC BULLETIN 91-01, 24 HOUR REPORT, VOLUME REQUIREMENT VIOLATION - | | | | AT 1645 ON 02/25/98, X-333 PLANT PERSONNEL DISCOVERED THAT NUCLEAR | | CRITICALITY SAFETY APPROVAL #NCSA-0333-016.A01, CONTROL 'A' (VOLUME), | | REQUIREMENT #7, WHICH ALLOWS ONLY ONE CONTAINER TO BE PRESENT IN THE | | X-333 SEAL EXHAUST AREA, WAS VIOLATED. PLANT PERSONNEL DISCOVERED THAT | | A BAG OF DRY ACTIVE WASTE (DAW) WAS INSIDE THE X-333 SEAL EXHAUST AREA. | | THIS CONDITION CONSTITUTES A LOSS OF ONE CONTROL (VOLUME) PER THE DOUBLE | | CONTINGENCY MATRIX FOR CONTINGENCY EVENT A/B.3.1. | | | | CONTROL 'B' (MASS) WAS CONTROLLED THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT. | | | | PLANT PERSONNEL IMMEDIATELY MOVED THE DAW BAG FROM INSIDE THE X-333 SEAL | | EXHAUST AREA. PLANT SUPERVISORS BRIEFED SHIFT PERSONNEL ON THE NCSA | | REQUIREMENTS. | | | | THERE WAS NO LOSS OF HAZARDOUS OR RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL OR RADIOLOGICAL OR | | RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION EXPOSURE AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. | | | | PLANT PERSONNEL NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE SITE DOE | | REPRESENTATIVE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33797 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/26/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:04 [ET]| |COMMENTS: HEU CONVERSION & SCRAP RECOVERY |EVENT DATE: 02/25/98 | | NAVAL REACTOR FUEL CYCLE |EVENT TIME: 13:00[EST]| | LEU SCRAP RECOVERY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/26/98 | | CITY: ERWIN REGION: 2 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: UNICOI STATE: TN |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: SNM-124 AGREEMENT: Y |EDWARD MCALPINE RDO | | DOCKET: 07000143 |STEVE BAGGETT, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT AEOD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TOM BAER | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - NRC BULLETIN 91-01, GEOMETRY CRITICALITY CONTROL PARAMETER VIOLATED - | | | | AT 1300 ON 02/24/98, PLANT PERSONNEL DISCOVERED THAT PORTIONS OF THE DIKED | | AREA AROUND TWO WASTE WATER STORAGE TANKS IN BUILDING 233 WAS BETWEEN 2 AND | | 3-13/16 INCHES DEEP. THIS CONDITION EXCEEDS THE NRC BULLETIN 91-01 | | CRITICALITY CONTROL PARAMETER (GEOMETRY) OF 2 INCHES MAXIMUM DIKE DEPTH AND | | A LEVEL FLOOR WITHIN THE DIKED AREA SPECIFIED IN PLANT CRITICALITY SAFETY | | ANALYSIS #54T-97-014. | | | | PLANT PERSONNEL PLAN TO FILL IN THE PORTIONS OF THE DIKE THAT ARE GREATER | | THAN 1.5 INCHES AND THEN RESURFACE THE DIKE AREA. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33798 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: POINT BEACH REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/26/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:52 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/26/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:55[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TODD MIELKE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/26/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GEOFFREY WRIGHT RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | -CCW LINE SEVERANCE MAY NOT SATISFY POSTULATED DESIGN BASIS LOCA CRITERIA- | | | | THE UFSAR STATES THAT A COMPONENT COOLING WATER (CCW) LINE SEVERANCE INSIDE | | CONTAINMENT CAN BE ACCOMMODATED BY THE VOLUME IN THE CCW SURGE TANK AND THE | | MAKEUP CAPABILITY, THUS PROVIDING AMPLE TIME TO MANUALLY ISOLATE THE LEAK | | BEFORE COOLING IS LOST TO ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS IN THE COMPONENT COOLING | | LOOP. NO LICENSEE SUPPORTING ANALYSES COULD BE FOUND FOR THESE STATEMENTS. | | | | CONTRARY TO THIS STATEMENT, A RECENT ESTIMATE CONCLUDED THAT LESS THAN | | TEN MINUTES WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE SEVERANCE. A COMBINATION | | OF POINT BEACH UFSAR AND LICENSEE UNDOCKETED DESIGN BASIS INFORMATION | | SUGGESTS THAT A CCW LINE SEVERANCE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A CREDIBLE | | CONSEQUENCE OF A POSTULATED LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENT (LOCA). IF THIS | | COMBINATION OF EVENTS MUST BE POSTULATED, THE CCW SYSTEM AND EMERGENCY | | CORE COOLING SYSTEMS MAY NOT SATISFY THEIR DESIGN BASES. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF THIS EVENT ON THE OPERABILITY OF | | UNIT 1 (REFUELING OUTAGE) AND UNIT 2 (100%). | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33799 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OYSTER CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/26/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:53 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2 |EVENT DATE: 02/26/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:00[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVE PIETRUSKI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/26/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CLIFF ANDERSON RDO | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - SCRAM FUNCTION BYPASSED IN THE PAST DURING SHUTDOWN/REFUELING MODES - | | | | PLANT PROCEDURE #203.2 ALLOWS THE BYPASSING OF THE SCRAM FUNCTION WHEN | | PLACING THE MODE SWITCH IN THE SHUTDOWN POSITION. PLANT TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION, TABLE 3.1.1, REQUIRES THIS FUNCTION BE OPERABLE IN THE | | SHUTDOWN AND REFUELING MODES. | | | | THIS SCRAM FUNCTION IS NOT CURRENTLY BYPASSED BUT HAS BEEN BYPASSED IN THE | | PAST WHEN THE PLANT HAS BEEN SHUTDOWN. THIS EVENT IS CONSIDERED TO BE | | REPORTABLE TO THE NRC IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION, | | SECTION 2.E. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS REVISING PLANT PROCEDURES TO REMOVE THE STEPS ALLOWING | | BYPASSING THE MODE SWITCH SCRAM FUNCTION. THIS ITEM IS ALSO A SHIFT | | TURNOVER ITEM (NOT TO INSTALL JUMPERS). | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33800 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CLINTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/26/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:18 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 02/26/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:18[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: R. FRANTZ |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/26/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JEFF WRIGHT RDO | |CDEG 21.21(c)(3)(i) DEFECTS/NONCOMPLIANCE | | | |VERN HODGE (PCEB) NRR | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 10CFR PART 21 REPORT - DIVISION 2 NUCLEAR SYSTEMS PROTECTION SYSTEM | | INVERTER NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANT'S DESIGN BASIS DUE TO VARIOUS | | DEFICIENCIES. | | | | WITH THE PLANT IN COLD SHUTDOWN, PLANT TECHNICIANS IDENTIFIED VARIOUS | | DEFICIENCIES IN THE INSTALLED SILICON CONTROLLED RECTIFIERS (SCR) AND POWER | | DIODES OF THE DIVISION 2 NUCLEAR SYSTEMS PROTECTION SYSTEM (NSPS) INVERTER. | | THE COMPRESSIVE FORCE APPLIED TO THE HEAT SINK CLAMP HARDWARE FOR SCRs AND | | POWER DIODES HAD BEEN APPLIED AND VERIFIED INCORRECTLY, CAUSING LOOSE | | CONNECTIONS. THEREFORE, THE INVERTER LIKELY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CAPABLE OF | | PERFORMING ITS SAFETY FUNCTION DURING A SEISMIC EVENT. MISCALIBRATION OF | | THE INVERTER LOCK-UP DETECTOR ASSEMBLY RESULTED IN A LOSS OF THE SIMULATED | | INVERTER LOADS DURING TESTING UNDER INVERTER FULL LOAD CONDITIONS, WHEREBY | | LOSS OF THE SIMULATED BYPASS POWER TEST SOURCE RESULTED IN A REVERSE | | TRANSFER OF THE INVERTER TO THE MISSING BYPASS POWER TEST SOURCE, AND A | | LOSS OF POWER TO THE SIMULATED INVERTER LOAD BANK. THESE CONDITIONS ARE | | NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANT'S DESIGN BASIS. A CAUSE EVALUATION FOR | | THIS EVENT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN | | IDENTIFIED. HOWEVER, THE DIVISION 2 NSPS INVERTER SCR AND POWER DIODE | | INSTALLATION HAVE BEEN CORRECTED AND OTHER INVERTERS WILL BE INSPECTED FOR | | SIMILAR DEFICIENCIES AND CORRECTED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 33801 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: US ARMY TANK, AUTO & MUNITIONS COM |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/26/98 | | CITY: CAMP LEJEUNE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:35 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NC |EVENT DATE: 02/26/98 | |LICENSE#: 12-00722-6 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 05:30[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/26/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |EDWARD MCALPINE, R2 RDO | | |JOE HOLONICH, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+GEOFFREY WRIGHT, R3 RDO | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GAVIN ZIGLER |RICHARD BARRETT IRD | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |IBBF 30.50(b)(2)(ii) EQUIP DISABLED/FAILS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - VIAL CONTAINING 800 MILLICURIES OF TRITIUM BROKE AT CAMP LeJEUNE, NC - | | | | GAVIN ZIGLER, US ARMY TANK, AUTOMOTIVE, AND MUNITIONS COMMAND, ROCK ISLAND, | | ILLINOIS, REPORTED THAT A VIAL FROM AN M-224 MORTAR GUN CONTAINING 800 | | MILLICURIES OF TRITIUM BROKE IN AN OPTICAL SHOP AT CAMP LeJEUNE, NORTH | | CAROLINA. FIVE INDIVIDUALS WERE DECONTAMINATED AND THEIR BIOASSAYS | | ARE BEING EVALUATED. THE IMMEDIATE AREA WAS CORDONED OFF AND IS BEING | | DECONTAMINATED. WIPE TESTS WERE TAKEN AND RESULTS ARE BEING DETERMINED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33802 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OYSTER CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/26/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:42 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2 |EVENT DATE: 02/26/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:44[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GLENN HUTTON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/26/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CLIFFORD ANDERSON 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | -PRESS RELEASE REGARDING LOW LEVELS OF TRITIUM RELEASED TO THE ATMOSPHERE- | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS ISSUED A PRESS RELEASE WHICH STATES THAT PLANT OFFICIALS | | ARE INVESTIGATING THE RELEASE OF MINUTE TRACES OF TRITIUM INTO THE | | ATMOSPHERE. | | | | THESE LOW LEVELS OF TRITIUM, WHICH POSE NO THREAT TO RESIDENTS OR THE | | ENVIRONMENT, ARE RELEASED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE FROM OCCASIONAL WISPS OF | | STEAM THAT EXIT THE PLANT REACTOR BUILDING FROM THE ISOLATION CONDENSERS. | | THE LICENSEE CALCULATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 30 CURIES OF TRITIUM HAVE BEEN | | RELEASED FROM THE PLANT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE DURING 1997 AS REPORTED IN THE | | LICENSEE 1997 ANNUAL EFFLUENT REPORT AND THAT THE MAXIMUM RADIATION DOSE AN | | INDIVIDUAL WOULD HAVE RECEIVED IN 1997 FROM THIS RELEASE IS APPROXIMATELY | | 0.04 MILLIREM, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO SPENDING LESS THAN A DAY AT THE | | BEACH. THE PLANT'S RADIATION DOSE REMAINS ABOUT THE SAME AS IN PAST YEARS. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS DISCUSSED THIS MATTER WITH THE OFFICIALS FROM THE NRC | | AND THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR OF THE PRESS RELEASE. | | | | NOTE: A COMMISSIONERS ASSISTANTS' BRIEFING WAS CONDUCTED ON 02/27/98 @ | | 0945. THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE PARTICIPATED; BARRETT(IRD), RICHARDS(NRR EO), | | BEECHER(PAO), BANGART(SP), MCCABE(EDO), THOMAS(NRR), CALLAHAN(CAO), | | HOLIAN(CHAIRMAN JACKSON), HOLDON(COMM. DICUS), HSIA(COMM. DIAZ), | | BEALL(MCGAFFIGAN) AND WIGGINS(BRIEFER). | | | | OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES NOTIFIED BY FACSIMILE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+