U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 08/26/98 - 08/27/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34637 34668 34679 34684 34685 34686 34687 34688 34689 34690 34691 34692 34693 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34637 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: QUAD CITIES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/13/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:28 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 08/12/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 23:57[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MacLennan |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/26/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARK RING 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HIGH PRESSURE COOLANT INJECTION (HPCI) SYSTEM DECLARED INOPERABLE | | | | HPCI WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE DUE TO AN EMERGENT ISSUE RELATED TO THE HPCI | | TURBINE TURNING GEAR. AT 1330 ON 08/12/98, UNIT 1 HPCI TURBINE WAS MANUALLY | | PLACED ON THE TURNING GEAR IN PREPARATION FOR A PLANNED SURVEILLANCE RUN. | | THE TURBINE WAS VERIFIED ON THE GEAR LOCALLY BY AN EQUIPMENT ATTENDANT. AT | | 1915, WHEN A EQUIPMENT ATTENDANT ENTERED THE ROOM IN PREPARATION FOR THE | | SURVEILLANCE, THE HPCI TURBINE WAS FOUND OFF THE TURNING GEAR. THE HPCI | | AUXILIARY OIL PUMP WAS STARTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANT PROCEDURES AND THE | | TURNING GEAR REENGAGED AUTOMATICALLY. THE SURVEILLANCE WAS PERFORMED, AND | | SUBSEQUENT TO THE HPCI TURBINE TRIP, THE TURNING GEAR AGAIN AUTOMATICALLY | | ENGAGED AND STARTED. HOWEVER, IT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME WHETHER OR NOT | | HPCI IS STILL CAPABLE OF PERFORMING ITS DESIGN FUNCTION. IT WAS THEREFORE | | DECLARED INOPERABLE AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.5.A ACTION 3 ENTERED | | WHICH CONSISTS OF A 14 DAY LIMITING CONDITION OF OPERATION. ALL OTHER | | EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEMS AND RCIC ARE FULLY OPERABLE IF NEEDED. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE OF THIS EVENT. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1444EDT ON 8/26/98 FROM M. MacLENNAN TO S. SANDIN * * * | | | | "UPDATE OF ENS CALL MADE AT 0228EDT ON 8/13/98 FOR THE U-1 HIGH PRESSURE | | COOLANT INJECTION (HPCI) SYSTEM BEING DECLARED INOPERABLE DUE TO AN | | EMERGENT ISSUE RELATED TO THE HPCI TURNING GEAR. A SUBSEQUENT | | INVESTIGATION HAS DETERMINED THAT HPCI CAME OFF THE TURNING GEAR DUE TO | | WATER MOVEMENT THROUGH THE HPCI PUMP DURING PERFORMANCE OF HPCI MONTHLY | | VENT VERIFICATION SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES. AS REPORTED PREVIOUSLY, THE | | HPCI TURNING GEAR REENGAGED WHEN THE HPCI AUXILIARY OIL PUMP WAS STARTED | | PER PLANT PROCEDURES. AN EVALUATION HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS ISSUE WITH | | THE HPCI TURNING GEAR WOULD NOT HAVE PREVENTED HPCI FROM PERFORMING ITS | | DESIGN FUNCTION AND, THEREFORE, DID NOT RENDER HPCI INOPERABLE. HOWEVER, | | FOLLOWING PERFORMANCE OF THE QUARTERLY SURVEILLANCE REPORTED IN THE 0228EDT | | ENS CALL ON 8/13/98, A STEADY STREAM OF OIL LEAK WAS IDENTIFIED FROM THE | | U-1 HPCI HIGH PRESSURE PUMP THRUST BEARING. THIS LEAK WAS DETERMINED TO BE | | OF SUFFICIENT SIZE SO AS TO RENDER HPCI INOPERABLE. THE HPCI SYSTEM WAS | | TAKEN OUT-OF-SERVICE TO REPAIR THE OIL LEAK. HPCI WAS DECLARED OPERABLE | | FOLLOWING THESE REPAIRS AND SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF POST MAINTENANCE | | TESTING. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.5.A ACTION 3, 14 DAY LIMITING CONDITION | | OF OPERATION WAS EXITED AT 0530CDT ON 8/17/98." | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. NOTIFIED R3DO(HILAND). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 34668 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: XRI TESTING |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/21/98 | | CITY: MISHAWAKA REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:17 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: IN |EVENT DATE: 08/21/98 | |LICENSE#: 21-05472-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 16:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/26/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOHN JACOBSON RDO | | |JOHN GREEVES, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL, AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SHUE |FRED COMBS NMSS | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAE1 20.2202(b)(1) PERS OVEREXPOSURE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | POTENTIAL PERSONNEL OVEREXPOSURE | | | | XRI TESTING OF OAK LAWN, IL, REPORTED THAT ONE OF THE THEIR RADIOGRAPHY | | TECHNICIANS MAY HAVE RECEIVED AN OVEREXPOSURE WHEN HE WALKED IN FRONT OF | | THE CAMERA WHILE THE SOURCE WAS NOT FULLY WITHDRAWN INTO THE CAMERA. THIS | | INCIDENT OCCURRED AT A WESTINGHOUSE PLANT IN MISHAWAKA, IN, WHERE THEY WERE | | PERFORMING RADIOGRAPHS OF PIPE WELDS. THE INDIVIDUAL'S DOSIMETER WENT OFF | | SCALE. THEY ARE RETURNING TO THEIR ILLINOIS FACILITY SO THAT THE FILM | | BADGE AND WALLET CARD CAN BE PROCESSED. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1330EDT ON 8/26/98 FROM TIM RANDLE TO S.SANDIN * * * | | | | LICENSEE IS UPDATING THIS REPORT TO INCLUDE THE RESULTS OF THE FILM BADGE | | PROCESSING. THE WHOLE BODY DOSE WAS 1.7 REM AND THE EXTREMITY DOSE TO THE | | RIGHT HAND WAS 95 REM WHICH EXCEEDS THE 10 CFR PART 20 LIMIT OF 50 REM. THE | | LICENSEE DISCUSSED THESE RESULTS WITH REGION 3(CAMERON). NOTIFIED | | R3DO(HILAND), EO(CAMPER) AND IRD(CONGEL). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34679 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BRUNSWICK REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/25/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 06:12 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 08/25/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 05:20[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: REINSBURROW |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/26/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LEN WERT RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |JOSE CALVO EO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION |DEPUY FEMA | |AEXT 50.72(b)(1)(iii) EXTERNAL THREAT | | |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 | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO A HURRICANE WARNING BEING | | ISSUED. | | | | THE LICENSEE MADE OFFSITE NOTIFICATIONS TO THE NORTH CAROLINA, BRUNSWICK | | COUNTY AND NEW HANOVER COUNTY WARNING POINTS THAT THE LICENSEE ISSUED A | | HURRICANE WARNING. PREPARATION FOR THE ARRIVAL OF HURRICANE BONNIE ARE | | UNDERWAY AT THE SITE. SITE EMERGENCY FACILITIES HAVE NOT BEEN ACTIVATED. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1256EDT ON 8/25/98 FROM M. FITZPATRICK TO S. SANDIN * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE COMMENCED A REACTOR SHUTDOWN FOR BOTH UNIT 1 AND UNIT 2 AT | | 1221EDT SO AS TO ACHIEVE COLD SHUTDOWN CONDITIONS PRIOR TO HURRICANE FORCE | | WINDS REACHING THE SITE. LICENSEE PLANS TO AUGMENT STAFF AT BOTH THE TSC | | AND EOF AT 2300EDT. THE REGION 2 IRC WILL ENTER MONITORING AT 2000EDT. THE | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. NOTIFIED R2DO(WERT) AND | | EO(STOLZ). | | | | * * * UPDATE 1500EDT ON 8/25/98 COMMISSIONER'S ASSISTANTS BRIEFING * * * | | | | A COMMISSIONER'S ASSISTANTS BRIEFING WAS CONDUCTED BY R2 REGIONAL | | ADMINISTRATOR (REYES). | | | | * * * UPDATE 1650EDT ON 8/25/98 FROM M. FITZPATRICK TO S. SANDIN * * * | | | | UNITS 1 AND 2 ARE CURRENTLY AT 24% AND 37% POWER, RESPECTIVELY. THE | | LICENSEE ANTICIPATES BOTH UNITS WILL BE OFFLINE IN ABOUT 1 HOUR AND 30 | | MINUTES. NOTIFIED R2DO (WERT), EO (STOLZ) AND IRD (CONGEL). | | | | * * * UPDATE 2030EDT ON 8/25/98 FROM REGION 2 (BOB HAAG) TO S. SANDIN * * * | | | | THE REGION II RA(REYES) PLACED THE REGION 2 INCIDENT RESPONSE CENTER IN THE | | HURRICANE MONITORING MODE AT 2000EDT. NOTIFIED CHAIRMAN JACKSON'S OFFICE | | (VIRGILIO), EDO'S STAFF REGION 2 (TSCHILTZ) AND RCT (HIMES). | | | | * * * UPDATE 2055EDT ON 8/25/98 FROM McCLENDIS TO S. SANDIN * * * | | | | UNIT 1 WAS SHUTDOWN AT 1752EDT AND COOLING DOWN. UNIT 2 MANUALLY SCRAMMED | | IN THE PAST FEW MINUTES AND IS IN HOT SHUTDOWN. BOTH UNITS SHOULD REACH | | COLD SHUTDOWN AT 0100EDT (UNIT 1) AND 0230EDT (UNIT 2) ON 8/26/98. NOTIFIED | | R2IRC (VIAS), RCT (HIMES) AND EO (THOMAS). | | | | * * * UPDATE 2129EDT ON 8/25/98 FROM D. JESTER TO S. SANDIN * * * | | | | VARIOUS EXPECTED ESF ACTUATIONS OCCURRED ON BOTH UNITS DURING SHUTDOWN DUE | | TO MANUAL SCRAM INSERTION AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL POWER LEVEL. | | | | "ON AUGUST 25, 1998 AT 1752EDT PRIMARY CONTAINMENT GROUPS 2, 6 AND 8 | | ISOLATIONS WERE RECEIVED FOLLOWING A MANUAL REACTOR SCRAM. THE REACTOR | | SCRAM WAS INSERTED ON UNIT 1 AS PART OF THE HURRICANE BONNIE ARRIVAL | | PREPARATIONS. A SCRAM AUTOMATICALLY RESETS THE REACTOR WATER LEVEL SET | | POINT TO 170 INCHES. REACTOR WATER LEVEL LOWERED TO 161 INCHES. THIS IS | | BELOW THE REACTOR WATER LEVEL LOW LEVEL ONE SETPOINT OF 166 INCHES. THIS IS | | A NORMAL LEVEL TRANSIENT FOLLOWING A REACTOR SCRAM AND WAS ANTICIPATED BY | | THE OPERATING CREW. ALL REQUIRED ISOLATIONS OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE | | REACTOR WATER LEVEL LOW LEVEL ONE INITIATION SIGNAL. REACTOR WATER LEVEL | | IMMEDIATELY SWELLED ABOVE THE LOW LEVEL ONE SETPOINT. GROUP 2 ISOLATION | | VALVES INCLUDE DRYWELL EQUIPMENT AND FLOOR DRAINS, TRAVERSING INCORE PROBE, | | RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL (RHR) DISCHARGE ISOLATION TO RADWASTE AND RHR PROCESS | | SAMPLING VALVES. GROUP 6 ISOLATION VALVES INCLUDE CONTAINMENT ATMOSPHERE | | CONTROL SYSTEM AND POST ACCIDENT VALVES. GROUP 8 ISOLATION VALVES INCLUDE | | RHR SYSTEM SHUTDOWN COOLING ISOLATION VALVES [THESE VALVES WERE CLOSED | | PRIOR TO THE ISOLATION SIGNAL]. AT 2049EDT PRIMARY CONTAINMENT GROUPS 2, 6 | | AND 8 WERE RECEIVED ON UNIT 2 FOLLOWING A MANUAL REACTOR SCRAM AS PART OF | | THE HURRICANE ARRIVAL PREPARATIONS. THE ACTIONS WERE IDENTICAL TO WHAT WAS | | EXPERIENCED ON UNIT 1. POWER ON UNIT 2 WAS 22% PRIOR TO THE SCRAM. | | | | "[THE] INITIAL SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE [IS] MINIMAL [IN THAT] ALL SYSTEMS | | RESPONDED AS DESIGNED FROM THE REACTOR WATER LEVEL LOW LEVEL ONE INITIATION | | SIGNAL. | | | | "[SINCE THE] ISOLATIONS OCCURRED AS DESIGNED, NO CORRECTIVE ACTIONS [ARE] | | REQUIRED. THE REACTORS WILL REMAIN SHUTDOWN UNTIL AFTER HURRICANE BONNIE | | PASSES." | | | | DURING A NORMAL REACTOR SHUTDOWN FOR AN OUTAGE REACTOR POWER IS REDUCED TO | | ABOUT 15% PRIOR TO INSERTING A SCRAM. ALL ISOLATIONS HAVE BEEN RESET. THE | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. NOTIFIED R2IRC(HAAG). | | | | * * * UPDATE 2350EDT ON 8/25/98 FROM GREGG LUDLAM TO FANGIE JONES * * * | | | | AS OF 2340EDT, THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT CENTER (TSC) HAS TAKEN OVER | | COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE NRC. THE TSC, OPERATIONS SUPPORT CENTER (OSC), AND | | THE EMERGENCY OFFSITE FACILITY (EOF) ARE FULLY MANNED AND WILL REMAIN SO | | UNTIL THE EVENT IS OVER. NOTIFIED R2IRC (HAAG). | | | | * * * UPDATE 0350 8/26/98 FROM MILLER TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | UNIT 1 REACHED COLD SHUTDOWN AT 0132; UNIT 2 AT 0335. NOTIFIED R2IRC | | (MORRISSEY). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34684 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BRUNSWICK REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/26/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 07:44 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 08/26/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 06:55[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JESTER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/26/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LEN WERT RDO | |AESS 50.72(b)(1)(v) EMERGENCY SIREN INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE PLANT HAS 13 OF 35 OF THEIR EMERGENCY SIRENS OUT OF SERVICE. | | | | THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED INITIALLY (0655) THERE WERE SEVEN OFF-SITE | | EMERGENCY SIRENS INOPERABLE, BUT AT 0722, SIX ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY SIRENS | | WERE DETERMINED TO BE INOPERABLE. THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL TO 13 SIRENS | | INOPERABLE OUT OF THIRTY FIVE. RESTORATION OF THE AFFECTED SIRENS WILL BE | | ADDRESSED AS PART OF HURRICANE RESTORATION ACTIVITIES. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34685 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BRUNSWICK REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/26/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:46 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 08/26/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 06:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SCHALL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/26/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LEN WERT 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 N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE | | SITE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT | | REQUIREMENTS. | | | | THE BYPASS VALVES FROM THE SITE'S STORM DRAIN BASIN TO THE CIRCULATING | | WATER DISCHARGE CANAL WERE OPENED TO PREVENT FLOODING FROM HURRICANE | | BONNIE, WHICH COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT EQUIPMENT DAMAGE AND ENDANGER | | PERSONNEL SAFETY. THE VALVES WERE OPENED PRIOR TO HURRICANE FORCE WINDS | | REACHING THE SITE TO AVOID EXPOSING PERSONNEL TO THE HURRICANE. OPENING | | THESE VALVES IS REPORTABLE TO THE STATE AS PER THE NPDES PERMIT. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34686 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: WHITNEY IMAGING CENTER |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/26/98 | | CITY: HAMDEN REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:42 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: CT |EVENT DATE: 08/26/98 | |LICENSE#: 06-30432-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 04:45[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/26/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN RDO | | |SUSAN SHANKMAN EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAYTON RICH | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: HENRY BAILEY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |LADM 35.33(a) MED MISADMINISTRATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MEDICAL MISADMINISTRATION | | | | ON 8/20/98 WHITNEY IMAGING ORDERED 10 mCi OF GALLIUM-67 FROM THEIR SUPPLIER | | IN WEST HAVEN, CT. A SHIPMENT LABELED GALLIUM CITRATE WAS RECEIVED AND | | CHECKED IN THE DOSE CALIBRATOR AT 10.13 mCi. THIS DOSE WAS ADMINISTERED TO | | A PATIENT ON 8/21/98. WHEN THE PATIENT RETURNED FOR THE 72 HOUR SCAN, IT | | WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PATIENT ACTUALLY RECEIVED 5 mCi OF THALLIUM RATHER | | THAN THE INTENDED DOSE OF 10 mCi OF GALLIUM-67. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 34687 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/26/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:45 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 08/26/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 10:00[EDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/26/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |PATRICK HILAND RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |LARRY CAMPER EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RICK LARSON | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4-HOUR NRC 91-01 BULLETIN NOTIFICATION INVOLVING LACK OF CONTROLS. | | | | "AT 1000 HOURS ON 8/26/98 NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY PERSONNEL IDENTIFIED A | | POTENTIAL FISSILE MATERIAL OPERATION THAT IS NOT COVERED BY A NUCLEAR | | CRITICALITY SAFETY ANALYSIS (NCSA). GROUPINGS OF U-TUBE SAMPLES OF UF6, | | WHILE IN THE CASCADE BUILDINGS, AND WHILE IN TRANSPORT TO X-710 ARE NOT | | COVERED BY AN NCSA. UPON REACHING THE X-710, THE U-TUBE SAMPLES ARE | | ADEQUATELY COVERED BY EXISTING NCSAs FOR THIS BUILDING. | | | | "THERE WAS NO LOSS OF HAZARDOUS/RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL OR | | RADIOACTIVE/RADIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION EXPOSURE AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT." | | | | PLANT PERSONNEL HAVE IMPLEMENTED ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES TO PRECLUDE THE | | NEED FOR AN NCSA. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND WILL INFORM THE DOE | | SITE REPRESENTATIVE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |HOSPITAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34688 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/26/98 | | CITY: WASHINGTON REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:44 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: DC |EVENT DATE: 08/26/98 | |LICENSE#: 08-03075-07 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 14:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/26/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN RDO | | |LARRY CAMPER EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GREGORY TALLEY | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | IODINE 131 SOURCE FOUND AT A TRANSFER STATION | | | | HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REPORTED THE RECOVERY OF 1.2 mCi OF I-131 FROM A | | WASTE TRANSFER STATION LOCATED ON BRENTWOOD ROAD IN NE WASHINGTON, DC. | | THE SOURCE HAD BEEN ACCIDENTLY THROWN IN THE TRASH SOMETIME YESTERDAY, | | 8/25/98. THE SOURCE WAS RECOVERED UNDAMAGED, AND ON CONTACT RADIATION | | READINGS WERE APPROXIMATELY 4 mR/Hr. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE WASHINGTON, DC DIVISION OF RADIATION HEALTH. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34689 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HATCH REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/26/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: GA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:10 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 08/26/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:22[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRUCE BUTLER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/26/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LEN WERT RDO | |AARC 50.72(b)(1)(v) OTHER ASMT/COMM INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 Y 97 POWER OPERATION | 97 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL LOSSES OF THE NOAA COMMUNICATION LINK TO | | JACKSONVILLE, FL. BETWEEN 1522EDT AND 1535EDT. | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE: | | | | "[THE CONTROL ROOM] WAS NOTIFIED BY SECURITY THAT COMMUNICATIONS (PRIMARY | | AND BACKUP) WERE LOST AT THE FOLLOWING TIMES: | | | | LOST-1522EDT, BACK-1524EDT | | LOST-1531EDT, BACK-1533EDT | | LOST FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS AT 1541EDT | | | | FOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. PERSONNEL IN JACKSONVILLE, FL. WERE WORKING ON A | | RADIO PROBLEM AND CAUSED THE LOSS OF COMMUNICATIONS. THE RADIO PROBLEM | | (DISCONNECTED MICROPHONE) WAS IDENTIFIED AND [THE] PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED | | RESTORING PRIMARY AND ALTERNATE (BACKUP) COMMUNICATIONS." | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34690 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PRAIRIE ISLAND REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/26/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: MN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:49 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/26/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:00[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DOUG SMITH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/26/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PATRICK HILAND 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 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE IDENTIFIED ELECTRICAL CABLES IN TWO FIRE AREAS OF THE AUXILIARY | | BUILDING THAT ARE NOT PROTECTED BY 1-HOUR FIRE BARRIERS. | | | | "IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT NOT ALL CABLES IN FIRE AREAS 58 AND 73 IN THE | | AUXILIARY BUILDING 695 FT LEVEL, HAD BEEN PROTECTED BY 1-HOUR BARRIER AS | | REQUIRED BY AN EXEMPTION (TO 10CFR50 APPENDIX R) GRANTED FOR THESE AREAS. | | | | "CORRECTIVE ACTIONS [INCLUDE]: | | | | 1. COMPLIANCE WITH EXEMPTION HAS BEEN OR WILL BE ESTABLISHED FOR SOME OF | | THE DISCREPANCIES. | | | | 2. OTHER DISCREPANCIES ARE BEING REVIEWED TO DETERMINE IF COMPLIANCE WITH | | 10CFR50 APPENDIX R IS MET IN ANOTHER MANNER THAN SPECIFIED IN THE | | EXEMPTION. | | | | 3. COMPENSATORY MEASURES FOR THE DISCREPANCIES INCLUDE SELECTED | | INSTALLATION OF 1-HOUR BARRIERS WHILE ASSESSING THE DISCREPANCIES, AN | | HOURLY FIRE WATCH FOR THESE AREAS, AND PROCEDURALIZING REQUIRED MANUAL | | ACTIONS." | | | | THESE DISCREPANCIES HAVE EXISTED AS EARLY AS 1983 IN SOME CASES. THE TWO | | FIRE AREAS REFERENCED CONTAIN CHARGING, SAFETY INJECTION, AND CONTAINMENT | | SPRAY PUMPS. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |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: 08/26/98 | |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. | | | | "ON 8/26/98 AT 1630EDT, 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. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34692 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SAN ONOFRE REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/26/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [3] STATE: CA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:37 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] CE,[3] CE |EVENT DATE: 08/26/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:38[PDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: FRED GERSHKOFF |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/26/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BILL JONES RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE FBI REGARDING AN UNATTENDED SUITCASE LEFT NEAR THE | | PROTECTED AREA BOUNDARY. | | | | "THIS REPORT IS TO NOTIFY THE NRC OF A NOTIFICATION OF AN OFFSITE AGENCY AS | | REQUIRED BY 10CFR50.72(b)(2)(vi). AT 1638PDT ON 8/26/98 SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR | | GENERATING STATION (SONGS) SECURITY DECLARED A PRECAUTIONARY SECON ORANGE | | AFTER FINDING AN UNATTENDED SUITCASE NEXT TO A DUMPSTER APPROXIMATELY 50 | | YARDS OUTSIDE THE PROTECTED AREA. AT 1655PDT THE FBI WAS NOTIFIED OF THE | | HEIGHTENED SECURITY STATUS AT SONGS. AN INVESTIGATION IDENTIFIED SHORTLY | | AFTERWARDS THAT THE SUITCASE WAS THE PROPERTY OF A JANITOR WHO FREELY | | OPENED IT WITH SECURITY IN ATTENDANCE. THERE WAS NO CONTRABAND IN THE | | SUITCASE. THE HEIGHTENED STATE OF SECURITY WAS SECURED AND NORMAL SECURITY | | CONDITIONS RESTORED AT APPROXIMATELY 1703PDT." | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 34693 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/27/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:37 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 08/27/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 02:05[CDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/27/98 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |PATRICK HILAND RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HALICKS | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE EXCEEDED TSR SAFETY LIMIT, SL 2.3.2.1. | | | | THE C-315 # 2 NORMETEX PUMP TRIPPED WHILE RUNNING ON STREAM. A DISCHARGE | | PRESSURE OF 46 PSIA WAS OBSERVED. THIS IS GREATER THAN THE TSR SAFETY | | LIMIT, SL 2.3.2.1, WHICH WAS 45 PSIA. THE APPARENT REASON FOR THE PUMP | | TRIP, WAS THE CLOSING OF THE DISCHARGE VALVE. THERE IS A NON-SAFETY | | INTERLOCK DESIGNED TO SHUT DOWN THE PUMP IF THE DISCHARGE VALVE CLOSES. THE | | PUMP WAS SHUT DOWN AND ISOLATED BY AUTOMATIC ACTIONS AND WAS DECLARED | | INOPERABLE PENDING INVESTIGATION AND A TECHNICAL EVALUATION IN COMPLIANCE | | WITH TSR 1.6.1.2c. THE AUTOMATIC CLOSURE OF THE PUMP SUCTION AND DISCHARGE | | BLOCK VALVES LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF UF6 THAT CAN BE RELEASED. THE PUMP, WHEN | | ISOLATED, DOES NOT CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF UF6 AND THERE WAS NO | | RELEASE OF UF6. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE TO THE PUMP OR THE | | DISCHARGE EXPANSION EXPANSION JOINT. ACTIONS ARE BEING TAKEN IN ACCORDANCE | | WITH 10CFR76.87 TO ENSURE CONTINUED SAFE OPERATION. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+