U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 02/27/98 - 03/02/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 33619 33794 33803 33804 33805 33806 33807 33808 33809 33810 33811 33812 33813 33814 33815 33816 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |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: 02/27/98 | | 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. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1400 ON 02/27/98 BY SPEATH TAKEN BY MACKINNON * * * | | | | OPERATIONS PERSONNEL REVIEWED THE ENGINEERING EVALUATION OF THIS EVENT AND | | DETERMINED THAT FISSILE MATERIAL WAS, IN FACT, USED IN THE OPERATION AND | | THAT AN NCSA WAS NEEDED TO CONTROL WET AIR EVACUATION USING AN AIR | | JET/EJECTOR. THUS, THE LICENSEE DESIRES TO WITHDRAW THE RETRACTION OF THIS | | EVENT. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R3DO (JEFF WRIGHT), NMSS EO (DON COOL), | | AND IRD (RICH BARRETT). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |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: 02/27/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CLIFFORD 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. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1909 ON 02/27/98 BY GLENN HUTTON ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | BASED ON A REVIEW OF COMPUTER RECORDS, THE LICENSEE HAS DETERMINED THAT | | THEY DID NOT EXCEED THE TECH SPEC ALLOWED BYPASS TIME FOR THE RELIEF VALVE | | CONTROLLERS. INITIALLY THE LICENSEE USED THE CONTROL ROOM LOGS ENTRIES | | WHICH REFLECTED THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE SURVEILLANCE INTERVAL RATHER | | THAN THE TIME PERIOD THAT THE CONTROLLERS WERE ACTUALLY BYPASSED. | | | | THE LICENSEE STILL PLANS TO REVISE THE SURVEILLANCE PROCEDURE TO INCLUDE A | | METHOD OF TRACKING THE BYPASS TIME FOR THE RELIEF VALVE CONTROLLERS. | | | | THUS, THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THIS OCCURRENCE WAS NOT REPORTABLE TO | | THE NRC AND HEREBY DESIRES TO RETRACT THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R1DO CLIFF ANDERSON. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33803 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/27/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:28 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 02/26/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 09:25[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/27/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |GEOFFREY WRIGHT RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |DON COOL, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ERIC SPAETH | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NRC BULLETIN 91-01, 24 HOUR REPORT - SPACING CONTINGENCY CONTROL LOST. | | | | DURING SELF ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES ON 02/26/98 AT 0925, OPERATIONS | | PERSONNEL DISCOVERED THAT A NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY APPROVAL (NCSA) | | REQUIREMENT WAS NOT BEING MAINTAINED IN A POLYBOTTLE STORAGE AREA WITHIN | | THE X-330 PROCESS BUILDING. NCSA-PLANT025, 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". THE SIZE OF | | POLYBOTTLE HOLDER SLEEVES ALLOWED POLYBOTTLES TO MOVE INSIDE THE RACK AND | | SOME POLYBOTTLES WERE FOUND TO BE LESS THAN THE REQUIRED CENTER-TO-CENTER | | SPACING. | | | | 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 CERTIFICATE HOLDER NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND WILL NOTIFY | | THE DOE SITE REPRESENTATIVE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33804 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/27/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:28 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 02/26/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 10:30[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/27/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |GEOFFREY WRIGHT RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |DON COOL, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ERIC SPAETH | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NRC BULLETIN 91-01, 24 HOUR REPORT - SPACING CONTINGENCY CONTROL LOST. | | | | DURING SELF ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES ON 02/26/98 AT 1030, MAINTENANCE | | PERSONNEL DISCOVERED THAT A NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY APPROVAL (NCSA) | | REQUIREMENT WAS NOT BEING MAINTAINED IN A MAINTENANCE AREA OF THE X-343 | | FEED VAPORIZATION AND SAMPLING FACILITY. NCSA-PLANTO45.A01 PART B, | | REQUIREMENT #5 STATES, "CONTAINERS SHALL BE SPACED TWO FEET EDGE-TO-EDGE | | FROM EACH OTHER AND FROM ALL OTHER URANIUM BEARING EQUIPMENT AND | | CONTAINERS." THREE PARTIALLY FILLED ONE GALLON BUCKETS OF CLEANING SOLVENT | | WERE DISCOVERED IN A FIRE CABINET WITH LESS THAN THE REQUIRED SPACING. | | | | THE LOSS OF SPACING CONSTITUTES A LOSS OF ONE CONTROL (CONTROL "A") IN THE | | DOUBLE CONTINGENCY EVENT A/B.7.1, CONTROL "B" (VOLUME/ENRICHMENT) WAS | | MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT. THE DEFICIENCY (LOSS OF CONTROL "A") WAS | | IMMEDIATELY CORRECTED. THERE AS NO LOSS OF HAZARDOUS/RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL | | OR RADIOACTIVE/RADIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION EXPOSURE AS A RESULT OF THIS | | EVENT. | | | | THE CERTIFICATE HOLDER NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND WILL NOTIFY | | THE DOE SITE REPRESENTATIVE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33805 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/27/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:28 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 02/26/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 13:30[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/27/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |GEOFFREY WRIGHT RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |DON COOL, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ERIC SPAETH | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NRC BULLETIN 91-01, 24 HOUR REPORT - SPACING CONTINGENCY CONTROL LOST. | | | | DURING A SELF ASSESSMENT, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A NUCLEAR CRITICALITY | | SAFETY APPROVAL (NCSA) REQUIREMENT WAS NOT BEING MAINTAINED IN A POLYBOTTLE | | STORAGE AREA WITHIN THE X-326 PROCESS BUILDING. NCSA-PLANT025, 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". A DAMAGED POLYBOTTLE HOLDER ALLOWED A POLYBOTTLE TO LEAN | | TO ONE SIDE 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 CERTIFICATE HOLDER NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND WILL NOTIFY | | THE DOE SITE REPRESENTATIVE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33806 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/27/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:28 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 02/26/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 13:30[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/27/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |GEOFFREY WRIGHT RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |DON COOL, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SPAETH | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NRC BULLETIN 91-01, 24 HOUR REPORT - SPACING CONTINGENCY CONTROL LOST. | | | | DURING SELF ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A NUCLEAR | | CRITICALITY SAFETY APPROVAL (NCSA) REQUIREMENT WAS NOT BEING MAINTAINED IN | | A MAINTENANCE WORK AREA OF THE X-333 PROCESS BUILDING. TWO FEET | | EDGE-TO-EDGE SPACING IS REQUIRED IN NCSA PLANT016.A01, "DRY ACTIVE WASTE | | (CONTAMINATED BURNABLES) IN WASTE GENERATION AREAS AND IN INTERIM STORAGE" | | PART "B", REQUIREMENT #5, AND IN NCSA PLANT048.A02 "CONTAINMENT METAL" PART | | "B", REQUIREMENT #6. A DRY ACTIVE WASTE (DAW) DRUM, AND A CONTAMINATED | | METALS DRUM WERE FOUND AT COLUMN P16, 18 INCHES APART (LESS THAN THE | | REQUIRED TWO FOOT EDGE-TO-EDGE SPACING). | | | | THE LOSS OF SPACING CONSTITUTES A LOSS OF ONE CONTROL (CONTROL "A") IN THE | | DOUBLE CONTINGENCY MATRIX FOR NCSA PLANT018.A01 CONTINGENCY EVENT B.4.1 | | WITH CONTROL "B" (MASS) MAINTAINED AND NCSA-PLANT048.A02 CONTINGENCY EVENT | | A/B.7.1 WITH CONTROL "B" (MASS/MODERATION) 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 CERTIFICATE HOLDER NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND WILL NOTIFY | | THE SITE DOE REPRESENTATIVE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33807 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: GRAND GULF REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/27/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:07 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 02/27/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:25[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: T McINTYRE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/27/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHUCK CAIN RDO | |AESS 50.72(b)(1)(v) EMERGENCY SIREN INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 98 POWER OPERATION | 98 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 17 OF 30 EMERGENCY SIRENS INOPERABLE. | | | | AT 0925 CST, CLAIBORNE COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE NOTIFIED THE LICENSEE THAT 17 | | OF 30 EMERGENCY SIRENS IN CLAIBORNE COUNTY WERE INOPERABLE. SEVERE STORMS | | PASSING THROUGH CLAIBORNE COUNTY CAUSED THE EMERGENCY SIRENS TO BECOME | | INOPERABLE. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE CLAIBORNE COUNTY SHERIFF'S | | DEPARTMENT AND THE PORT GIBSON POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE INOPERABLE SIRENS. | | THE INOPERABLE SIRENS ARE BEING REPAIRED. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33808 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: VERMONT YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/27/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: VT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:05 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 02/27/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:45[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVE HALLONQUIST |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/27/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CLIFFORD ANDERSON 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 91 POWER OPERATION | 91 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - POWER CABLE IS ROUTED THRU CONTROL POWER & INSTRUMENTATION CABLE TRAYS - | | | | AT 1245 ON 02/27/98, THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED DURING A PLANT WALKDOWN THAT | | NON-NUCLEAR SAFETY POWER CABLE #11322U IS ROUTED THROUGH BOTH 300 SERIES | | (CONTROL POWER) AND 400 SERIES (INSTRUMENTATION) NON-NUCLEAR SAFETY CABLE | | TRAYS. THIS ROUTING CONFIGURATION IS PROHIBITED BY UFSAR SECTION 8.4.6 | | AND PLANT DOCUMENT VYS-027, CABLE SEPARATION CRITERIA. CABLE #11322U | | PROVIDES POWER TO THE ALTERNATE SHUTDOWN TRANSFER SWITCH REFLASH | | ANNUNCIATORS IN CONTROL ROOM PANEL #CRP 9-21. CABLE #11322U WAS INSTALLED | | DURING A PLANT MODIFICATION (#EDCR 82-10/11/12) IN THE EARLY 1980s. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THIS CONDITION AND DETERMINING CORRECTIVE | | ACTIONS. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33809 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/27/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:00 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 02/27/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 09:10[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/27/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |GEOFFREY WRIGHT RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |DON COOL, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SPAETH | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NRC BULLETIN 91-01, 24 HOUR REPORT - SPACING CONTINGENCY CONTROL LOST. | | | | DURING SELF ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES ON 02/27/98 AT 0910, OPERATIONS PERSONNEL | | DISCOVERED THAT A NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY APPROVAL (NCSA) REQUIREMENT | | WAS NOT BEING MAINTAINED IN A POLYBOTTLE STORAGE AREA WITHIN THE X-705 | | DECONTAMINATION BUILDING. NCSA-PLANT006, PART "B", REQUIREMENT #18 STATES: | | "A MINIMUM SPACING OF 23 INCHES CENTER-TO-CENTER SHALL BE MAINTAINED | | BETWEEN SMALL DIAMETER CONTAINERS WITHIN A STORAGE AREA". THE SIZE OF THE | | POLYBOTTLE HOLDER SLEEVES ALLOWED POLYBOTTLES TO MOVE INSIDE THE RACK AND | | SOME POLYBOTTLES WERE FOUND TO BE LESS THAN THE 23 INCHES CENTER-TO-CENTER | | SPACING. | | | | 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 CERTIFICATE HOLDER NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND WILL NOTIFY | | THE SITE DOE REPRESENTATIVE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 33810 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: NEW JERSEY DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/27/98 | | CITY: MARLBORO REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:01 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NJ |EVENT DATE: 02/27/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 09:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/27/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |CLIFFORD ANDERSON RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: VINCE GIAMPEITRO | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - 3 EXIT SIGNS CONTAINING TRITIUM SOURCES MISSING FROM HOSPITAL BUILDING - | | | | PLANT STAFF MEMBERS AT MARLBORO PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, MARLBORO, NEW JERSEY, | | DISCOVERED THAT THREE BUILDING EXIT SIGNS CONTAINING TRITIUM SOURCES WERE | | MISSING FROM A LOCKED VACANT BUILDING ON HOSPITAL GROUNDS. THE HOSPITAL | | POLICE FORCE IS INVESTIGATING THIS SITUATION. | | | | THIS EVENT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH REGION 1 (JUDY JOUSTRA). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33811 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PALISADES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/27/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:19 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 02/27/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:50[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TOM BORDINE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/27/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GEOFFREY WRIGHT RDO | |HFIT 26.73 FITNESS FOR DUTY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - FITNESS FOR DUTY REPORT - | | | | A NON-LICENSED PLANT EMPLOYEE SUPERVISOR WHO DOES NOT DIRECTLY PERFORM WORK | | ON SAFETY RELATED SYSTEMS TESTED CONFIRMED POSITIVE DURING A "FOR CAUSE" | | DRUG TEST. THE LICENSEE REVOKED THE INDIVIDUAL'S PLANT ACCESS | | AUTHORIZATION AND PLANS TO REVIEW HIS PAST YEAR'S WORK ACTIVITIES. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |TRANSPORTATION EVENT | |EVENT NUMBER: 33812 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: CLAYTON LABORATORY SERVICES, INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/27/98 | | CITY: NOVI REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:19 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: MI |EVENT DATE: 01/30/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 12:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/27/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |GEOFFREY WRIGHT RDO | | |JOE HOLONICH, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT/AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TOM GEYER |TED DUNCAN DOE | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE |AL RUTHERFORD DOT | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NTRA TRANSPORTATION EVENT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - MISSING PACKAGE CONTAINING TWO 15 MILLICURIES Ni-63 SOURCES - | | | | ON 01/23/98, CLAYTON LABORATORY SERVICES, INC, SHIPPED A PACKAGE CONTAINING | | TWO HEWLETT PACKARD (HP) ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTORS, EACH CONTAINING A | | 15 mCi Ni-63 SOURCE, BY FEDERAL EXPRESS STANDARD OVERNIGHT DELIVERY (FEDEX | | TRACKING #803160902603) FROM THEIR NOVI, MICHIGAN, OFFICE TO THE | | HP ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTOR EXCHANGE PROGRAM, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. | | | | ON 01/30/98, THE PACKAGE HAD NOT ARRIVED AT THE HP WILMINGTON DESTINATION. | | | | FEDERAL EXPRESS IS STILL LOOKING FOR THE PACKAGE. | | | | THE SHIPPER PLANS TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT OF THIS EVENT TO THE NRC | | REGION 3 OFFICE WITHIN 30 DAYS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33813 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: QUAD CITIES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/27/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:04 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 02/27/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:27[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TOM SCHARES |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/27/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |GEOFFREY WRIGHT RDO | |ADAS 50.72(b)(2)(i) DEG/UNANALYZED COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - UNISOLABLE LEAKING WELD ON THE REACTOR VESSEL DRAIN LINE PIPE COUPLING - | | | | UNIT 1 IS IN CONDITION 4 (COLD SHUTDOWN) IN A MAINTENANCE OUTAGE. | | | | WHILE PERFORMING A UNIT 1 REACTOR VESSEL PRESSURE TEST, THE LICENSEE | | DISCOVERED A LEAKING WELD (APPROXIMATELY 50 DROPS/MINUTE) ON A PIPE | | COUPLING ON THE 2 INCH REACTOR VESSEL DRAIN LINE. THIS COUPLING IS NOT | | ISOLABLE FROM THE REACTOR VESSEL. THE LICENSEE ABORTED THE PRESSURE TEST | | AND IS SLOWLY DEPRESSURIZING THE REACTOR VESSEL IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE | | WELD. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33814 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OYSTER CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/27/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:55 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2 |EVENT DATE: 02/27/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:15[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GLENN HUTTON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/27/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CLIFFORD ANDERSON 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 | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - 10CFR50, APPENDIX R REPORT - MISSING THERMOLAG INSULATION - | | | | WHILE PERFORMING PLANT REPAIRS TO THERMOLAG INSULATION, THE LICENSEE | | DISCOVERED THAT THE REQUIRED THERMOLAG INSULATION WAS MISSING FROM | | APPROXIMATELY 27 INCHES OF PLANT CONDUIT. THIS INSULATION IS REQUIRED TO | | PROTECT THE VENTILATION SYSTEM FOR THE ADJACENT 480 VOLT SWITCHGEAR ROOM. | | IT APPEARS THAT THIS CONDITION HAS EXISTED SINCE ORIGINAL THERMOLAG | | INSTALLATION IN THE MID 1980s. | | | | THE LICENSEE ESTABLISHED AN HOURLY FIRE WATCH IN THE AREA OF THE MISSING | | INSULATION. | | | | ALTHOUGH THIS CONDITION IS OUTSIDE THE PLANT DESIGN BASIS, ALTERNATE | | VENTILATION PROVISIONS CAN BE IMPLEMENTED (INSTALLING PORTABLE FANS IN | | THE SWITCHGEAR ROOM) TO ASSURE PLANT SAFE SHUTDOWN CAPABILITY. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33815 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/28/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:59 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/28/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:00[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RUSS GUMBERT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/28/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CLIFFORD ANDERSON RDO | |ADAS 50.72(b)(2)(i) DEG/UNANALYZED COND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE UNIT 2 FIRST STAGE TURBINE IMPULSE PRESSURE | | TRANSMITTER LOOPS WERE MISCALIBRATED DUE TO AN ERROR IN THE VENDOR SUPPLIED | | SCALING CALCULATIONS. | | | | "DURING A DESIGN ENGINEERING REVIEW OF THE SCALING CALCULATIONS FOR THE | | FIRST STAGE IMPULSE TRANSMITTER LOOPS (PT505 AND PT506), THE ENGINEERS | | DETERMINED THAT THESE INSTRUMENT LOOPS HAD BEEN INCORRECTLY SCALED ON SALEM | | UNIT 2. THE I&C TECHNICIANS HAD QUESTIONED THE DIFFERENT READINGS FOR THE | | FULL POWER VALUE. INITIALLY, THIS DIFFERENCE WAS ATTRIBUTED TO THE | | INSTALLATION OF THE NEW LOW PRESSURE TURBINES DURING THE EXTENDED UNIT 2 | | OUTAGE. AFTER A MORE DETAILED REVIEW, ENGINEERING DETERMINED THAT | | INCORRECT ASSUMPTIONS HAD BEEN USED BY THE VENDOR TO DETERMINE THE HEAT | | BALANCE AND FIRST STAGE IMPULSE PRESSURE. SPECIFICALLY, THE VENDOR, | | WESTINGHOUSE, HAD USED THE ASSUMPTION THAT SALEM UNIT 2 WAS A PARTIAL ARC | | STEAM ADMISSION TURBINE, WHEN, IN FACT, IT WAS FULL ARC ADMISSION. SALEM | | UNIT 1 IS A PARTIAL ARC EMISSION TURBINE. AS A RESULT OF THE | | MISCALIBRATION OF THESE LOOPS, THE P-13 PERMISSIVE AND THE AMSAC CIRCUITRY | | ACTUATION WOULD HAVE BEEN ENABLED AT A HIGHER POWER LEVEL THAN SPECIFIED. | | THE HIGH STEAM FLOW SETPOINTS ARE ALSO DEVELOPED FROM THESE LOOPS. ANALYSIS | | AT THIS POINT HAS DETERMINED THAT THE TRIP SETPOINTS WOULD HAVE BEEN HIGHER | | THAN THE PROJECTED CORRECTED VALUES. THEREFORE, THE TRIP SETPOINTS WOULD | | HAVE ACTUATED SOONER, IF AN ACTUAL HIGH STEAM FLOW CONDITION EXISTED. | | ALTHOUGH THESE LOOPS ARE NOT USED AS A DIRECT INPUT TO THE CALORIMETRIC | | POWER CALCULATION, ENGINEERING IS REVIEWING THE IMPACT OF THE | | MISCALIBRATION OF THESE LOOPS ON THE POWER OPERATION AT 100% POWER. BASED | | ON THE POTENTIAL IMPACT, THIS CONDITION IS BEING REPORTED UNDER | | 10CFR50.72(b)(2)(i) AS AN UNANALYZED CONDITION THAT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY | | COMPROMISE PLANT SAFETY. THERE WAS NO ADVERSE IMPACT TO THE HEALTH AND | | SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC AS A RESULT OF THIS CONDITION." | | | | THE LICENSEE IS CONTINUING PREPARATIONS FOR RESTART AND WILL RESOLVE THIS | | PROBLEM PRIOR TO ENTERING MODE 3. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM STATE/LOCAL | | AGENCIES AND HAS INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33816 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOPER REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/02/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:01 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 03/02/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:30[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DOUG HITZEL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/02/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHARLES CAIN RDO | |ADAS 50.72(b)(2)(i) DEG/UNANALYZED COND | | |AINC 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(C) POT UNCNTRL RAD REL | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFF-GAS FAN AND FILTER BUILDING CANNOT BE QUALIFIED SEISMIC CLASS 1S. | | | | DURING DESIGN REVIEW ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT PLANT CONFIGURATION CHANGES | | BEING DEVELOPED, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE OFF-GAS AND FILTER BUILDING | | COULD NOT BE SEISMICALLY QUALIFIED AS CLASS 1S. THE ISSUE LEADING TO THE | | PLANT CONFIGURATION CHANGES WAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED IN LER 97-010, "STANDBY | | GAS TREATMENT INOPERABILITY DUE TO A DESIGN DEFICIENCY," THE INOPERABILITY | | OF THE Z SUMP CAN AFFECT THE ABILITY OF THE STANDBY GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM TO | | PERFORM ITS SAFETY FUNCTION. | | | | THE SEISMIC QUALIFICATION ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE OFF-GAS FAN AND FILTER | | BUILDING WILL BE RESOLVED PRIOR TO RESTART FROM THE CURRENT MAINTENANCE | | OUTAGE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+