U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 09/28/98 - 09/29/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34830 34841 34844 34845 34846 34847 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34830 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FT CALHOUN REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/24/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:09 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 09/24/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:43[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ERICK MATZKE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/28/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ELMO COLLINS 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | POST-LOCA CONTROL ROOM DOSE RATE COULD EXCEED GENERAL DESIGN CRITERION 19. | | | | DURING A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE RADIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES ANALYSIS | | PROGRAM, THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT THE UPDATED FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS | | REPORT (UFSAR) DOCUMENTS A CONDITION THAT APPEARS TO BE OUTSIDE OF THE | | DESIGN BASIS OF THE PLANT. THE DESIGN BASIS FOR THE CONTROL ROOM POST-LOCA | | WHOLE BODY DOSE IS GENERAL DESIGN CRITERION (GDC) 19, WHICH IMPOSES A LIMIT | | OF 5 REM WHOLE BODY EXPOSURE TO THE CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS OVER A 30-DAY | | PERIOD. THE UFSAR DOCUMENTS WHOLE BODY DOSE RATES INSIDE A FAIRLY SMALL, | | NONCRITICAL PORTION OF THE CONTROL ROOM ENVELOPE (WITHIN 6 FEET OF THE EAST | | DOORS TO THE CONTROL ROOM) WHICH ARE CALCULATED TO EXCEED THE GDC LIMIT. | | THE CHANGE TO THE UFSAR THAT DOCUMENTED THIS INFORMATION WAS MADE IN | | 1990-1991. | | | | THE DOSE CONSEQUENCES ARE SENSITIVE TO FUEL BURNUP. THE PLANT IS STILL | | EARLY IN THE OPERATING CYCLE, AND CORE BURNUP IS WELL BELOW THE BURNUP RATE | | THAT WAS ASSUMED IN THE UFSAR CALCULATIONS. BASED UPON THE LOW BURNUP | | RATE, THE LICENSEE HAS A HIGH DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE THAT, AT THIS TIME, THE | | SOURCE TERM WILL NOT PRODUCE DOSES THAT EXCEED THE GDC LIMIT. THEREFORE, | | THE CONTROL ROOM IS CURRENTLY ABLE TO MEET ITS SAFETY FUNCTIONS WITHOUT | | ADDITIONAL RESTRICTION. | | | | PLANT ENGINEERING STAFF PLANS TO PERFORM THE NECESSARY CALCULATIONS WHICH | | ARE INTENDED TO SHOW THAT THE CONTROL ROOM WILL MEET ITS REQUIRED SAFETY | | FUNCTIONS THROUGHOUT THE OPERATING CYCLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1518 ON 09/28/98 FROM ERICK MATZKE TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE DEPENDENCE OF THE DOSE CONSEQUENCES ARE NOT AS SENSITIVE TO FUEL BURNUP | | AS FIRST THOUGHT. HOWEVER, THE UFSAR STATES, "RADIATION SHINE FROM THE | | CONTROL ROOM DOORS WAS CALCULATED AS A FUNCTION OF DISTANCE INTO THE | | CONTROL ROOM. BASED ON THESE RESULTS, AT A DISTANCE OF 8 FEET, A 3 REM | | INTEGRATED DOSE IS CALCULATED WHICH, WHEN ADDED TO OTHER DOSES, IS LESS | | THAN THE 5-REM GDC-19 LIMIT. LOCATIONS WITHIN 8 FEET OF THE DOORS WILL NOT | | BE OCCUPIED TO ANY SIGNIFICANT EXTENT AND, THEREFORE, WILL NOT PRESENT A | | RADIATION DOSE CONCERN." THE AREA OF THE CONTROL ROOM AFFECTED DOES NOT | | CONTAIN ANY CONTROL PANELS OR OTHER EQUIPMENT NEEDED FOR SAFE SHUTDOWN OF | | THE PLANT. THE AREA IS ONLY OCCUPIED AS NEEDED TO TRANSIT TO AND FROM THE | | CONTROL ROOM. THE CONTROL ROOM IS STILL ABLE TO MEET ITS SAFETY FUNCTIONS | | WITHOUT ADDITIONAL RESTRICTION. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC OPERATIONS | | OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R4DO (JEFF SHACKELFORD). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34841 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WATERFORD REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/26/98 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:19 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] CE |EVENT DATE: 09/26/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:20[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TIM MENDOZA |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/28/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ELMO COLLINS RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |CECIL THOMAS, NRR EO | |NOCM COMM ASST BRIEF |LARRY BELCHER FEMA | | |FRANK CONGEL IRD | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 3 | N N 0 HOT STANDBY | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED DUE TO ISSUANCE OF HURRICANE WARNING | | | | AT 1120 CDT ON 09/26/98, THE LICENSEE DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO THE | | ISSUANCE OF A HURRICANE WARNING FOR ST CHARLES PARISH. THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 2000 ON 09/26/98 BY TROCINE * * * | | | | A COMMISSIONERS' ASSISTANTS BRIEFING WAS CONDUCTED AT 2000 ON 09/26/98 TO | | DISCUSS ISSUES RELATING TO HURRICANE GEORGES. THE FOLLOWING NOTIFICATIONS | | WERE MADE (* OFFICE DID NOT PARTICIPATE): AEOD (MARTIN), AEOD IRD | | (*CONGEL), CHAIRMAN JACKSON (*MILLER), COMMISSIONER DIAZ (HSIA), | | COMMISSIONER McGAFFIGAN (SHARKEY), EDO (LANGE), DEDE (TRAVERS), NRR EO | | (THOMAS), NMSS EO (CAMPER), NRR (*HANNON, *PATEL, AND *STOLZ), R4DO | | (*COLLINS), REGION 4 (HACKNEY) PAO (GAGNER), CAO (MADDEN), SECY (*HART), | | SP (*BANGART), IP (UPSHAW), AND BRIEFER (GWYNN). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1042 ON 09/27/98 BY RON CUMMINS TO JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | AT 0942 CDT ON 09/27/98, THE LICENSEE ACTIVATED THE SITE EMERGENCY RESPONSE | | DATA SYSTEM. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1600 ON 09/27/98 BY S. SANDIN * * * | | | | AT 1600 ON 09/27/98, A COMMISSIONERS' ASSISTANTS BRIEFING WAS CONDUCTED TO | | DISCUSS THE NRC RESPONSE TO HURRICANE GEORGES. THE FOLLOWING NOTIFICATIONS | | WERE MADE (* OFFICE DID NOT PARTICIPATE): AEOD (MARTIN), AEOD IRD | | (CONGEL), CHAIRMAN JACKSON (MILLER), COMMISSIONER DIAZ (HSIA), COMMISSIONER | | McGAFFIGAN (SHARKEY), EDO (HILTZ), DEDE (MITCHELL), NRR EO (THOMAS), | | NMSS (COMBS), NRR (HANNON), REGION 4 (HACKNEY, ANDREWS), PAO (GILLILAND), | | CAO (*MADDEN), SECY (BATES), SP (*BANGART), IP (UPSHAW, HAUBER), AND | | BRIEFER (GWYNN). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1700 ON 09/27/98 BY S. SANDIN * * * | | | | AT 1700 ON 09/27/98, THE NRC ENTERED THE MONITORING PHASE OF NORMAL | | RESPONSE MODE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1700 ON 09/28/98 BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | AT 1700 ON 09/28/98, THE NRC EXITED THE MONITORING PHASE OF NORMAL RESPONSE | | MODE. THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED CHAIRMAN JACKSON (B. HOLIAN), | | EDO (B. McCABE), AND OPA (B. BEECHER). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1734 ON 09/28/98 FROM RON PERRY TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | AT 1612 CDT ON 09/28/98, THE LICENSEE TERMINATED THE UNUSUAL EVENT AFTER | | THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR ST. CHARLES PARISH WAS LIFTED. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC OPERATIONS | | OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R4DO (SHACKELFORD), NRR EO (THOMAS), AND FEMA | | (CALDWELL). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34844 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: MALLINCKRODT, INC, HAZELWOOD, MO |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/28/98 | | CITY: HAZELWOOD REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:30 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: MO |EVENT DATE: 09/28/98 | |LICENSE#: 24-17450-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 08:00[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/28/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |GARY SHEAR RDO | | |JOSIE PICCONE, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LORI SIEGELMAN, RSO | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - PACKAGE OF NON-RESTRICTED MEDICAL SUPPLIES INDICATED HIGH RAD READINGS - | | | | AT 0800 CDT ON 09/28/98, TWO PACKAGES WERE DELIVERED TO MALLINCKRODT, INC, | | HAZELWOOD, MO, FROM THE MALLINCKRODT FACILITY IN MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO, | | BY AN ASSOCIATED COURIER DRIVER. ONE PACKAGE CONTAINED A 3-CURIE Te-99m | | GENERATOR, PACKAGED AND LABELED CORRECTLY. THE SECOND PACKAGE WAS A | | SMALLER BOX, SPECIFICATION PACKAGING WITH NO LABELS. SHIPPING PAPERS FOR | | THE SECOND PACKAGE INDICATED THE CONTENTS TO BE NON-RESTRICTED MEDICAL | | SUPPLIES. A MALLINCKRODT HEALTH PHYSICS TECHNICIAN SURVEYED THE SECOND | | PACKAGE AND OBTAINED READINGS OF 500 MR/HR AT THE PACKAGE SURFACE AND | | 5 MR/HR AT A DISTANCE OF ONE METER. MALLINCKRODT PERSONNEL PLACED THE | | PACKAGE IN A CONTROLLED AREA AND ARE INVESTIGATING THIS EVENT. | | | | THE MALLINCKRODT RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER (RSO) NOTIFIED NRC REGION 3 | | TOM YOUNG. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1145 ON 09/28/98 FROM LORI SIEGELMAN TO JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE READINGS TAKEN OF THE SECOND PACKAGE WERE | | INCORRECT. THE CORRECT READINGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN 100 MR/HR AT THE PACKAGE | | SURFACE AND 5 MR/HR AT A DISTANCE OF ONE METER. THUS, THIS EVENT IS NOT | | REPORTABLE TO THE NRC, AND THE LICENSEE DESIRES TO RETRACT THIS EVENT | | REPORT. | | | | THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R3DO (SHEAR) AND NMSS EO (PICCONE). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 34845 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: COASTAL UNILUBE COMPANY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/28/98 | | CITY: WEST MEMPHIS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:58 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: AR |EVENT DATE: 09/23/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:00[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/28/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JEFF SHACKELFORD RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: B. BELL | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AGREEMENT STATE REPORT | | | | THE FOLLOWING REPORT WAS MADE BY THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH: | | | | COASTAL UNILUBE COMPANY (AN OIL RECYCLING FIRM) OF WEST MEMPHIS, AR, | | SUFFERED A MAJOR WAREHOUSE FIRE ON 09/23/98. ON 09/27/98, COASTAL UNILUBE | | OFFICIALS NOTIFIED THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THAT A FILL LEVEL/ | | DENSITY GAUGE CONTAINING A 300-mCi Am-241 SOURCE WAS LOCATED IN THE | | WAREHOUSE AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE. THE GAUGE HAD BEEN PURCHASED FROM | | INDUSTRIAL DYNAMICS COMPANY (MODEL 19567, SERIAL NO. CA378D104G) OF | | TORRENCE, CA, IN 1992. THE VENDOR HAS INFORMED COASTAL UNILUBE OFFICIALS | | THAT THE GAUGE IS TEMPERATURE RATED TO >800øC AND IS PROBABLY INTACT. THE | | ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS DISPATCHING PERSONNEL TO THE FIRE SCENE TO | | ASSIST THE LICENSEE IN LOCATING AND INSPECTING THE GAUGE. | | | | THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS MATTER WITH | | NRC REGION 4 (LINDA HOWELL). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34846 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SOUTH TEXAS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/28/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:27 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/28/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:00[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KLAY KLIMPLE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/28/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JEFF SHACKELFORD 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 24-HOUR REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPERATING LICENSE NPF-076, SECTION 2G | | | | CONTAINMENT PENETRATIONS M-10, M-11, M-14, M-15, M-18, AND M-19 HAVE BEEN | | DECLARED INOPERABLE DUE TO MISSED SURVEILLANCE TESTS ON THE ASSOCIATED | | INSIDE REACTOR CONTAINMENT BUILDING CHECK VALVES. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS | | REQUIRE THESE VALVES TO BE RESTORED TO OPERABLE STATUS BY 1000 CDT ON | | 09/29/98 OR REQUIRE THE LICENSEE TO ISOLATE THE AFFECTED PENETRATIONS AND | | TAKE THE APPROPRIATE REQUIRED ACTIONS. THE LICENSEE IS PREPARING TO TEST | | THE AFFECTED CHECK VALVES AND DOES NOT ANTICIPATE ANY PROBLEMS. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34847 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OYSTER CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/29/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:59 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2 |EVENT DATE: 09/29/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:19[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CLINTON SILVERS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/29/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN CARUSO RDO | |AINB 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(B) POT RHR 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 | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - SHUTDOWN COOLING SYSTEM VALVES CLOSED DUE TO A FAILED THERMOCOUPLE - | | | | AT 0119 ON 09/29/98, WITH THE PLANT IN CONDITION 4 (COLD SHUTDOWN) IN A | | REFUELING OUTAGE, SHUTDOWN COOLING SYSTEM VALVES CLOSED DUE TO A FAILED | | 'B' RECIRC LOOP SUCTION TEMPERATURE THERMOCOUPLE. | | | | AT 0204, THE LICENSEE INSTALLED AN ELECTRICAL JUMPER AROUND THE FAILED | | THERMOCOUPLE AND RESTORED THE SHUTDOWN COOLING SYSTEM TO NORMAL OPERATION. | | REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM TEMPERATURE INCREASED 17 DEGREES TO A MAXIMUM OF | | 131øF. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+