U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 03/27/98 - 03/30/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 33975 33976 33977 33978 33979 33980 33981 33982 33983 33984 33985 33986 33987 33988 33989 33990 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33975 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOK REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/27/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:19 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/27/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:25[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MARK KELLY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/27/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MIKE JORDAN 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 | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DEBRIS IN BOTH UNITS' ICE CONDENSERS | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "BACKGROUND" | | | | "THE ICE CONDENSER CONSISTS OF 24 BAYS, EACH OF WHICH CONTAIN 81 ICE | | BASKETS FOR A TOTAL OF 1,944 ICE BASKETS PER UNIT. FOLLOWING A POSTULATED | | ACCIDENT, THE ICE SERVES TO CONDENSE STEAM AND PROVIDE A SUPPLEMENTAL | | SOURCE OF BORATED WATER FOR LONG-TERM CORE COOLING. ICE MELT WATER PASSES | | THROUGH THE ICE CONDENSER FLOOR DRAINS AND INTO THE SUMP." | | | | "EVENT SUMMARY" | | | | "INSPECTION OF A FILTER IN THE ICE MELT SYSTEM USED TO MELT ICE VIBRATED | | FROM A SAMPLE OF APPROXIMATELY 110 UNIT 1 ICE BASKETS REVEALED THE PRESENCE | | OF DEBRIS. INCLUDED IN THE UNIT 1 DEBRIS WERE GALVANIZING FLAKES, DUCT | | TAPE, ICE BASKET AND WOOD SCREWS, GLOVES, AND HARDWARE." | | | | "INSPECTION OF A FILTER IN THE ICE MELT SYSTEM USED TO MELT ICE VIBRATED | | FROM A SAMPLE OF 5 UNIT 2 ICE BASKETS ALSO REVEALED THE PRESENCE OF DEBRIS. | | INCLUDED IN THE UNIT 2 DEBRIS WERE VARIOUS FASTENERS, ICE BASKET SCREWS, | | WOOD FRAGMENTS, GLASS, PLASTIC, TAPE, BASKET LIGAMENTS, FOAM INSULATION, | | AND GALVANIZING FLAKES. ALTHOUGH A MUCH SMALLER BASKET SAMPLE WAS | | AVAILABLE FROM UNIT 2, THE NATURE AND VOLUME OF DEBRIS IS SIMILAR TO THAT | | WHICH WAS FOUND IN UNIT 1." | | | | "ICE CONDENSER DEBRIS WAS DISCUSSED AS PART OF [EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION | | SYSTEM] EVENT NUMBER 33847, WHICH DEALT PRIMARILY WITH THE 1/4" PARTICULATE | | RETENTION REQUIREMENT FOR THE CONTAINMENT RECIRCULATION SUMP. AS STATED IN | | THE PREVIOUS CALL, SOME OF THE DEBRIS WAS PROBABLY GENERATED DURING THE | | CURRENT OUTAGE. HOWEVER, SOME OF THE MATERIAL IN BOTH UNITS APPEARS TO | | HAVE BEEN RESIDENT IN THE ICE BED PRIOR TO THIS OUTAGE." | | | | "AFTER REVIEW OF THE DEBRIS FOUND IN UNIT 2, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE | | VOLUME AND NATURE OF THE DEBRIS IN BOTH UNITS IS SUCH THAT THE POTENTIAL | | EFFECT ON THE ICE CONDENSER FLOOR DRAINS AND SUMP REPRESENTS AN UNANALYZED | | CONDITION IN AND OF ITSELF. THEREFORE, THE DEBRIS IN BOTH UNITS' ICE | | CONDENSERS IS BEING REPORTED AS A SEPARATE EVENT NOTIFICATION FROM EVENT | | NUMBER 33847." | | | | "CORRECTIVE ACTION" | | | | "BOTH UNITS' ICE CONDENSERS ARE PRESENTLY INOPERABLE DUE TO ONGOING | | MAINTENANCE. A COMPLETE THAW OF BOTH UNITS WILL BE PERFORMED TO FACILITATE | | INSPECTIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND FOREIGN MATERIAL REMOVAL PRIOR TO RESTART. | | THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DEBRIS WILL BE EVALUATED AFTER BOTH UNITS' ICE | | CONDENSERS ARE THAWED AND THE TOTAL VOLUME AND NATURE OF RESIDENT DEBRIS | | ESTABLISHED." | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 33976 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: FROEHLING AND ROBERTSON INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/27/98 | | CITY: FREDRICKSBURG REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:25 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: VA |EVENT DATE: 03/27/98 | |LICENSE#: 45-08890-02 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 10:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/27/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |PAUL FREDRICKSON RDO | | |FRED COMBS/NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT/AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: IDONI | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MISSING TROXLER MOISTURE/DENSITY GAUGE | | | | THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT A TROXLER MOISTURE/DENSITY GAUGE, MODEL | | #3411B, SERIAL #13220, WAS MISSING FROM THE SECURED STORAGE AREA WERE IT | | WAS KEPT. THE LOCKED STORAGE ROOM IS IN A LOCKED LAB BUILDING, WHICH IS | | LOCATED WITHIN A LOCKED FENCE. NONE OF THE THREE LOCKS (THE STORAGE ROOM, | | THE LAB BUILDING, OR THE FENCE) HAD BEEN FORCED OPEN. THE LICENSEE HAS | | NOTIFIED THE LOCAL SHERIFF AND IS STILL INVESTIGATING THIS CONDITION. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33977 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/27/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [3] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:01 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/27/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:40[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STEVE DAVIS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/27/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CURTIS COWGILL RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | |FEMA, DOE, DOA, HHS FAX | | |EPA, DOT (VIA NRC) FAX | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION DUE TO AN OIL SPILL | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL | | CONSERVATION REGARDING AN OIL SPILL ONSITE. AFTER CLEANING OUT A BURN PIT | | (USED FOR FIRE EXTINGUISHER TRAINING), WORKERS NOTICED THAT LESS THAN 10 | | GALLONS OF OIL HAD BEEN SPILLED ONTO NEARBY SOIL. THE LICENSEE PLANS TO | | REMOVE THE CONTAMINATED SOIL. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33978 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PILGRIM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/27/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:50 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 03/27/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:00[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TOM McELHINNEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/27/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CURTIS COWGILL 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN ACTUAL CONDITIONS AND TORNADO ANALYSIS ASSUMPTIONS | | | | DURING A REVIEW OF THE SITE TORNADO ANALYSIS, THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED A | | TOTAL OF 11 DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN ACTUAL PLANT CONFIGURATIONS AND THOSE | | CONFIGURATIONS ASSUMED IN THE TORNADO DEPRESSURIZATION ANALYSIS MODEL. | | THESE DISCREPANCIES ARE BRIEFLY SUMMARIZED BELOW: | | | | 1) HPCI PUMP ROOM DOOR #2 WAS MODELED AS CLOSED; THE DOOR HAS BEEN | | REMOVED. | | 2) BLOWOUT PANEL IN HPCI PUMP ROOM CEILING MODELED AS OPEN; PANEL IS | | NORMALLY CLOSED. | | 3) BASIS FOR ASSUMED SIZE OF ROLLUP DOOR #46 IN WATER TREATMENT AREA IS | | UNCLEAR. | | 4) OFFICE ON SOUTH SIDE OF WATER TREATMENT AREA HAS NORMALLY CLOSED DOOR; | | ANALYSIS ASSUMES 60 SQ FT OPENING. | | 5) DOOR #48 IN AUXILIARY BOILER ROOM IS NOT MODELED. | | 6) AUXILIARY BOILER ROOM LOUVERS ARE NOT MODELED. | | 7) GRATINGS CONNECTING AUXILIARY BOILER ROOM TO REACTOR BUILDING VENT | | STACK ENCLOSURE ARE NOT MODELED. | | 8) OPEN FIRE DAMPER CONNECTING VITAL M/G SET ROOM TO STAIRWELL #8 IS NOT | | MODELED. | | 9) DUCTS FROM HPCI PUMP ROOM TO RHR QUAD ARE NOT MODELED. | | 10) EXHAUST DUCTS FROM BATTERY ROOMS ARE NOT MODELED. | | 11) HOLES ON SOUTH SIDE OF CONDENSER BAY HAVE BEEN FOUND; IMPACT ON THE | | TORNADO ANALYSIS HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS CONCLUDED THAT THESE DISCREPANCIES DO NOT IMPACT THE | | OPERATION OF AFFECTED SAFETY SYSTEMS AND PLANS TO CONDUCT FURTHER REVIEWS | | AND ANALYSES. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33979 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CRYSTAL RIVER REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/27/98 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:14 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/27/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:00[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: R. RAWLS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/27/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PAUL FREDRICKSON RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION REGARDING INCREASED SEA TURTLE ACTIVITY NEAR THE SITE | | (REFER TO EVENT #33988 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.) | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS CONTACTED THE FLORIDA STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL | | PROTECTION (DEP) REGARDING INCREASED SEA TURTLE ACTIVITY NEAR THE PLANT | | INTAKE. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THE LICENSEE HAS DISCOVERED THREE | | DEAD TURTLES IN THE INTAKE. HOWEVER, DURING THE PAST WEEK A MARKED | | INCREASE IN SEA TURTLE SIGHTINGS HAS OCCURRED, INCLUDING SIGHTINGS OF | | SEVERAL EXTREMELY RARE KEMP'S RIDLEY SEA TURTLES. THE STATE DEP HAS | | PROVIDED THE LICENSEE WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR HANDLING THE TURTLES. THE | | CAUSE OF THE INCREASED TURTLE ACTIVITY IS UNKNOWN. THE LICENSEE | | AND THE STATE DEP ARE ASSESSING THE SITUATION AT THIS TIME. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND EXPECTS SOME MEDIA | | INTEREST IN THIS EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 33980 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: USDA JOB CORPS |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/27/98 | | CITY: FRANKLIN REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:47 [ET]| | COUNTY: MACON STATE: NC |EVENT DATE: 03/22/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/27/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |PAUL FREDRICKSON RDO | | |FRED COMBS/NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT/AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: J. HENSON (REGION 2) |FEMA, DOE, DOA, HHS FAX | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY |EPA, DOT (VIA NRC) FAX | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AGREEMENT STATE REPORT | | | | THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA NOTIFIED NRC REGION 2 REGARDING AN EVENT | | INVOLVING AN EXIT SIGN CONTAINING 20 Ci OF TRITIUM. DURING THE WEEKEND | | OF 03/21-22/98, A GROUP OF THREE OR FOUR YOUTHS BROKE THE SIGN, WHICH WAS | | LOCATED IN A DORMITORY LOUNGE AT A USDA JOB CORPS FACILITY. JOB CORPS | | EMPLOYEES HAVE RETRIEVED THE SIGN AND PLACED IT IN A SECURE AREA. THE | | YOUTHS ARE BEING KEPT AT THE FACILITY UNTIL BIOASSAYS CAN BE PERFORMED. | | NRC REGION 2 HAS CONTACTED THE USDA RADIATION SAFETY OFFICE REGARDING | | THIS EVENT, AND A REGION 2 INSPECTOR IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT THE SITE ON | | 03/28/98. | | | | * * * COMMISSIONERS' ASSISTANTS BRIEFING AT 1745 ON 03/27/98 * * * | | | | BRIEFER: D. COLLINS (R2); PARTICIPANTS: L. REYES, C. HOSEY, J. JOHNSON, J. | | HENSEN (R2); E. WEINSTEIN (AEOD); D. COOL, F. COMBS, J. SURMEIER (NMSS); W. | | BEECHER (OPA); R. BANGART (OSP); B. UPSHAW (OIP); B. KEELING (OCA); D. | | LANGE (EDO); J. MITCHELL (DEDE); K. HART (SECY); R. BOYLE (CHMN JACKSON); | | J. SCHLUETER (COMM McGAFFIGAN); AND T. CHAN (COMM DICUS). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33981 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DRESDEN REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/27/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [3] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:57 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1,[2] GE-3,[3] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 03/27/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:07[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CAROL BARAJAS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/27/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MIKE JORDAN RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | 3 | N Y 99 POWER OPERATION | 99 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PLANT SECURITY EVENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10 CFR 73.71(b), PART 73, APPENDIX | | 'G,' PARAGRAPH I(b) - UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY INTO PROTECTED AREA | | | | IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY MEASURES WERE TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. (REFER TO THE | | HOO LOG FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.) THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INFORM THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33982 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: QUAD CITIES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/27/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:16 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 03/27/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:26[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KEVIN CRAVENS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/27/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MIKE JORDAN RDO | |AARC 50.72(b)(1)(v) OTHER ASMT/COMM INOP |JOHN HANNON, NRR EO | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SPDS AND ONE OFFSITE POWER LINE LOST DUE TO GUSTING WINDS | | | | AT 1926 CST, OFFSITE POWER LINE 0401 AND THE STATION PROCESS COMPUTER WERE | | LOST DUE TO WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 35 MPH. LOSS OF THE PROCESS COMPUTER | | RESULTED IN THE UNAVAILABILITY OF THE SAFETY PARAMETER DISPLAY SYSTEM | | (SPDS). THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT THE STATION STILL MET TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE OFFSITE TRANSMISSION NETWORK AND THE | | ONSITE CLASS 1E ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. THE PROCESS COMPUTER AND | | SPDS WERE RESTORED AT 2001 CST, AND THE OFFSITE POWER LINE WAS RESTORED AT | | 2021 CST. THE LICENSEE STATED THAT CONTINUED WINDS, RAIN, AND POSSIBLE | | THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PREDICTED FOR THE AREA. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33983 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FARLEY REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/28/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: AL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 04:02 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/28/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:32[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CHARLIE LEVY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/28/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PAUL FREDRICKSON RDO | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | M/R N 0 HOT STANDBY | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | -MANUAL Rx TRIP DUE TO CONTROL ROD DROPPING INTO THE CORE DURING PLANT S/D- | | | | WHILE SHUTTING UNIT 2 DOWN TO A REFUELING OUTAGE, CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS | | MANUALLY OPENED THE REACTOR TRIP BREAKERS TO INSERT ALL CONTROL RODS DUE TO | | INDICATIONS OF A DROPPED CONTROL ROD (#K-2) IN CONTROL BANK 'A' WHILE THE | | REACTOR WAS SUBCRITICAL IN MODE 3 (HOT STANDBY). CONTROL BANK 'A' WAS AT | | 116 STEPS (OF 226 STEPS TOTAL) AT THE TIME THE CONTROL ROD DROPPED INTO THE | | CORE. STEAM IS BEING DUMPED TO THE MAIN CONDENSER. | | | | UNIT 2 IS STABLE IN MODE 3 (HOT STANDBY). THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING | | THE CAUSE OF THIS EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33984 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/28/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:21 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 03/27/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 10:30[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/28/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |MIKE JORDAN RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |JOHN SURMEIER/NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT/AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ERIC SPAETH | | |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 - | | | | AT 1030 ON 03/27/98, PLANT PERSONNEL DISCOVERED THAT A NUCLEAR CRITICALITY | | SAFETY APPROVAL (NCSA) REQUIREMENT WAS NOT BEING MAINTAINED WITHIN THE | | X-333 PROCESS BUILDING. TWO B-25 BOXES OF CONTAMINATED METAL WERE FOUND | | TO BE SPACED 57 INCHES APART IN VIOLATION OF REQUIREMENT #6 OF NCSA | | PLANT048.A02 WHICH REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF 5 FEET (60 INCHES) EDGE-TO-EDGE | | SPACING. THIS CONDITION CONSTITUTES THE LOSS OF INTERACTION/SPACING | | (CONTROL 'A') IN THE DOUBLE CONTINGENCY MATRIX FOR CONTINGENCY EVENT | | A/B.7.2. MODERATION (CONTROL 'B') WAS MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT. | | | | AT 1411, PLANT PERSONNEL MOVED THE BOXES TO CORRECTED THE DEFICIENCY. THERE | | WAS NO LOSS OF HAZARDOUS OR RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL OR RADIOACTIVE OR | | RADIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION EXPOSURE AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. | | | | NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY CONTROL OF SPACING BETWEEN THE B-25 BOXES OF | | CONTAMINATED METAL WAS VIOLATED. ONE BOX HAD A NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS | | SURVEY WHICH INDICATED LESS THAN 350 GRAMS OF URANIUM-235 IN THE BOX, AND | | THE SECOND BOX HAD ITEMS WITH NO VISIBLE URANIUM ON THEM. PLANT PERSONNEL | | DETERMINED THAT CRITICALITY WAS NOT POSSIBLE FROM THIS EVENT. | | | | PLANT PERSONNEL NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND PLAN TO NOTIFY THE | | ONSITE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REPRESENTATIVE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33985 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/28/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:22 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 03/27/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 10:30[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/28/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |MIKE JORDAN RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |JOHN SURMEIER/NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT/AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ERIC SPAETH | | |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 - | | | | AT 1030 ON 03/27/98, PLANT PERSONNEL DISCOVERED THAT A NUCLEAR CRITICALITY | | SAFETY APPROVAL (NCSA) REQUIREMENT WAS NOT BEING MAINTAINED WITHIN THE | | X-333 PROCESS BUILDING. AN F-CAN (5.25-INCH DIAMETER STORAGE CONTAINER) | | WAS BEING USED IN THE COLD RECOVERY AREA WITHOUT A PROPER LID IN PLACE. | | THIS CONDITION VIOLATED REQUIREMENT #3 OF NCSA PLANT025.A01 WHICH REQUIRES | | THAT NON-EMPTY CONTAINERS BE CAPPED AT ALL TIMES EXCEPT WHEN FILLING, | | SAMPLING, OR EMPTYING CONTAINERS. THIS CONDITION CONSTITUTES THE LOSS OF | | GEOMETRY (CONTROL 'A') IN THE DOUBLE CONTINGENCY MATRIX FOR CONTINGENCY | | EVENT A/B.4.2. ENRICHMENT (CONTROL 'B') WAS MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THIS | | EVENT. | | | | AT 1413, PLANT PERSONNEL PLACED A PROPER LID ON THE CONTAINER TO CORRECT | | THE DEFICIENCY. THERE WAS NO LOSS OF HAZARDOUS OR RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL OR | | RADIOACTIVE OR RADIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION EXPOSURE AS A RESULT OF THIS | | EVENT. | | | | PLANT PERSONNEL NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND PLAN TO NOTIFY THE | | ONSITE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REPRESENTATIVE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33986 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/28/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:23 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 03/27/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 22:00[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/28/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |MIKE JORDAN RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |JOHN SURMEIER/NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT/AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ERIC SPAETH | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |OCBB 76.120(c)(2)(ii) EQUIP DISABLED/FAILS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - AUTOCLAVE ISOLATION VALVE DISCOVERED TO BE OPERATING BACKWARD - | | | | AT 2200 ON 03/27/98, PLANT PERSONNEL IN THE X-343 FEED VAPORIZATION AND | | SAMPLING FACILITY DISCOVERED THAT AUTOCLAVE #4 CONTAINMENT VALVE #FV416X | | (REDUNDANT REMOTE OPERATED LOCKING RING VENT VALVE) WAS OPERATING | | BACKWARDS. THIS VALVE IS A COMPONENT OF A SAFETY SYSTEM DESIGNED TO | | CONTAIN RELEASES OF UF6 INSIDE THE AUTOCLAVE. AUTOCLAVE #4 WAS IN MODE III | | (CYLINDER/PIGTAIL OPERATION) UNDERGOING PREOPERATIONAL TESTING AT THE TIME | | OF THE DISCOVERY. PLANT OPERATORS IMMEDIATELY PLACED THE AUTOCLAVE IN | | MODE VII (SHUTDOWN), AND THE PLANT SHIFT SUPERINTENDENT DECLARED THE FAULTY | | CONTAINMENT VALVE AND AUTOCLAVE INOPERABLE. TWO FEED CYLINDERS HAD BEEN | | PROCESSED THROUGH THIS AUTOCLAVE SINCE THE AUTOCLAVE HAD BEEN PLACED BACK | | IN SERVICE ON 03/25/98. PLANT PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE OTHER OPERATIONAL | | AUTOCLAVES FOR SIMILAR ANOMALOUS CONDITIONS AND FOUND NONE. PLANT | | PERSONNEL PLAN TO CONDUCT A FORMAL INVESTIGATION OF THIS EVENT. | | | | PLANT PERSONNEL NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE ONSITE | | DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SITE REPRESENTATIVE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33987 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/28/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:24 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/28/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:08[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOE RUTTAR |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/28/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CURTIS COWGILL RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | |FEMA, DOE, DOA, HHS FAX | | |EPA, DOT (VIA NRC) FAX | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | | | | | 3 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - STATE OF CT WILL BE NOTIFIED OF EFFLUENT DISCHARGE INTO NIANTIC BAY - | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF | | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION THAT UNIT 3 DISCHARGED AUXILIARY BOILER BLOWDOWN, | | OIL AND WATER SEPARATOR EFFLUENT, STEAM TRAP DRAINS, AND FLOOR DRAINS INTO | | NIANTIC BAY IN VIOLATION OF THEIR NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION | | SYSTEM PERMIT. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS DETERMINING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33988 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CRYSTAL RIVER REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/28/98 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:15 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/28/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BILL STEPHENSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/28/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PAUL FREDRICKSON RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION REGARDING DEAD SEA TURTLE FOUND IN PLANT INTAKE | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION | | (FDEP) AND THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (FWS) REGARDING THE DISCOVERY | | OF A DEAD SEA TURTLE AT 2345 ON 03/27/98. A LICENSEE BIOLOGIST EXAMINED | | THE TURTLE AND DETERMINED THAT IT IS A RARE KEMP'S RIDLEY SEA TURTLE AND | | THAT IT HAD DIED APPROXIMATELY 2 DAYS BEFORE ITS DISCOVERY. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH FDEP REGARDING AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER | | OF TURTLE SIGHTINGS AT THE PLANT INTAKE AND IS NOW WORKING WITH FWS. (REFER | | TO EVENT #33979 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.) | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33989 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NINE MILE POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/28/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:06 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 03/28/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:25[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROGER ORZELL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/28/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CURTIS COWGILL RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 92 POWER OPERATION | 92 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOSS OF ONE OFFSITE POWER LINE CAUSED VARIOUS ESF ACTUATIONS. | | | | AT 1425, THE 115-kV OFFSITE DISTRIBUTION LINE (LINE 5) TO THE DIVISION 1 | | AND 3 ONSITE CLASS 1E DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS WAS LOST DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH | | A 345-kV OFFSITE SWITCHYARD. THE LOSS OF THE OFFSITE LINE CAUSED THE | | FOLLOWING ESF ACTUATIONS: THE DIVISION 1 AND 3 EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS | | AUTOMATICALLY STARTED AND LOADED TO THEIR RESPECTIVE ESF BUSES; THE REACTOR | | BUILDING VENTILATION SYSTEM ISOLATED; BOTH STANDBY GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM | | SUBSYSTEMS AUTOMATICALLY STARTED; THE DIVISION 1 CONTROL BUILDING SPECIAL | | FILTER TRAIN PARTIALLY ACTUATED (THE BYPASS ISOLATION VALVE CLOSED, BUT THE | | BOOSTER FAN DID NOT START); THE SERVICE WATER SYSTEM NONESSENTIAL ISOLATION | | VALVES CLOSED; AND THE DIVISION 1 SERVICE WATER SYSTEM LOGIC AUTOMATICALLY | | RESEQUENCED TO RESTART ONE PUMP. THIS EVENT DID NOT DIRECTLY AFFECT THE | | REACTOR OR AUXILIARY SYSTEMS. | | | | THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE LOSS OF THE 115-kV LINE WAS DUE TO THE | | FAILURE OF AN OFFSITE 345-kV NONSAFETY BREAKER RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF THE | | ENTIRE 345-kV 'A' BUS, WHICH SUPPLIES POWER TO LINE 5. THE LICENSEE IS | | INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM WITH THE CONTROL BUILDING SPECIAL FILTER TRAIN | | ACTUATION AND IS CURRENTLY ATTEMPTING TO RESTORE THE POWER DISTRIBUTION | | LINE. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33990 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: VERMONT YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/28/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: VT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:21 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 03/28/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 21:00[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WISNIEWSKI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/28/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CURTIS COWGILL 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 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DAMAGE TO FUEL RODS DUE TO FOREIGN MATERIAL IN FUEL BUNDLE | | | | DURING VISUAL INSPECTION OF A SUSPECTED LEAKING FUEL BUNDLE, THE LICENSEE | | DISCOVERED FRETTING FAILURES OF TWO ADJACENT FUEL RODS. THE FAILURES | | APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY FOREIGN MATERIAL LOCATED WITHIN THE FUEL | | BUNDLE. IN ADDITION, ONE OF THE TWO FUEL RODS HAD A 3-INCH LONG CRACK | | IN THE FUEL CLADDING. DURING THE PAST OPERATING CYCLE, THIS PARTICULAR | | FUEL BUNDLE HAD BEEN PRODUCING HIGH OFFGAS. AFTER THE UNIT WAS SHUT DOWN, | | ALL FUEL BUNDLES, EXCEPT THOSE SCHEDULED TO BE DISCHARGED TO THE SPENT FUEL | | POOL, WERE SIPPED FOR LEAKS. THIS FUEL BUNDLE, ALTHOUGH SCHEDULED TO BE | | DISCHARGED TO THE SPENT FUEL POOL, WAS ALSO SIPPED BECAUSE THE LICENSEE | | SUSPECTED THAT IT HAD BEEN LEAKING. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+