U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 06/29/98 - 06/30/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34448 34449 34450 34451 34452 34453 34454 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34448 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOPER REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/29/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:45 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 06/28/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 20:00[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HOLMES |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/29/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BILL JONES RDO | |AINB 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(B) POT RHR INOP | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HPCI WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE DUE TO SPIKING FLOW CONTROLLER | | | | WHILE PERFORMING PANEL TOURS, THE CONTROL ROOM OPERATOR NOTED THAT THE | | DEVIATION METER AND OUTPUT METER ON THE HPCI FLOW CONTROLLER WERE | | OSCILLATING. BASED ON THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS CONDITION TO IMPACT THE SPEED | | AND FLOW OF THE HPCI PUMP, HPCI WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE AT 2000 CDT. ADS | | HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO BE OPERABLE, AND RCIC, LPCI, AND CORE SPRAY | | VERIFIED OPERABLE, AS REQUIRED BY TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 4.5.C.2. THIS | | PLACES THE PLANT IN A 7 DAY ACTION STATEMENT TO REPAIR OR SHUT DOWN. | | PRELIMINARY TROUBLESHOOTING BY I&C PERSONNEL INDICATES THE PROBLEM IS WITH | | THE FLOW METER CONTROLLER. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34449 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SUSQUEHANNA REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/29/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:25 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 06/29/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 03:19[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROLAND |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/29/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JIM TRAPP 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 | A/R Y 55 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REACTOR SCRAM FROM 55% ON MAIN TURBINE TRIP | | | | AT 0319 WITH THE REACTOR AT 55% POWER AND STARTUP IN PROGRESS, A MOISTURE | | SEPARATOR DRAIN TANK HIGH LEVEL CAUSED A MAIN TURBINE TRIP WHICH RESULTED | | IN A REACTOR SCRAM. ALL CONTROL RODS FULLY INSERTED. THE REACTOR | | RECIRCULATION PUMPS TRIPPED DUE TO AN END OF CYCLE-RECIRC PUMP TRIP | | (EOC-RPT) AND WERE RESTARTED. | | | | THE REACTOR WATER LEVEL DROPPED TO +0.5" AND WAS RESTORED TO NORMAL LIMITS | | (+35") WITHIN SEVERAL MINUTES USING THE FEEDWATER SYSTEM. THERE WERE NO | | ECCS INITIATIONS, EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR STARTS, AND NO SAFETY RELIEF | | VALVES LIFTED. RADIATION LEVELS TRENDED DOWN WITH REACTOR POWER AND THERE | | WERE NO CHALLENGES TO THE PRIMARY CONTAINMENT. A PLANT COOLDOWN WAS | | INITIATED AFTER IT HAD BEEN STABILIZED. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED AND A PRESS RELEASE WILL BE MADE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34450 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: LASALLE REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/29/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:37 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-5,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 06/29/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 07:45[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: COVEYOU |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/29/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JIM MCCORMICKBARGER RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY INTO THE PROTECTED AREA | | | | IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY MEASURES TAKEN ON DISCOVERY | | | | REFER TO HOO LOG FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34451 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: CONAM INSPECTION COMPANY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/29/98 | | CITY: GLENDALE HEIGHT REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:21 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: IL |EVENT DATE: 06/29/98 | |LICENSE#: 12-16559-01 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 10:15[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/29/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |J MCCORMICKBARGER,R3 RDO | | |JOSE PICCONE, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+CHARLES CAIN, R4 RDO | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BOB SLACK |STUART RUBIN IRD | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - UNDAMAGED RADIOGRAPHY CAMERA LEFT UNATTENDED FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS - | | | | TWO RADIOGRAPHERS EMPLOYED BY CONAM INSPECTION COMPANY, GLENDALE HEIGHTS, | | IL, INADVERTENTLY LEFT A RADIOGRAPHY CAMERA WITH A 55 CURIE IRIDIUM-192 | | SOURCE UNATTENDED FROM 0830 HST TO 1050 HST ON 06/26/98 AT THE TESORO | | CORPORATION PETROLEUM REFINERY IN KAPOLEI, OAHU, HI. THE RETRIEVED CAMERA | | WAS LOCKED, HAD NOT BEEN OPENED OR TAMPERED WITH AND WAS NOT DAMAGED AND | | THE SOURCE WAS NOT EXPOSED. NO PERSONNEL HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO RADIATION | | FROM THE CAMERA. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT TO NRC REGIONS 3 AND 4 WITHIN | | 30 DAYS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34452 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BEAVER VALLEY REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/29/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:22 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/29/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:35[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CHRIS HYNES |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/29/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN KINNEMAN RDO | |AARC 50.72(b)(1)(v) OTHER ASMT/COMM INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | 2 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - OHIO OFFSITE EMERGENCY SIREN SYSTEM INOPERABLE DUE TO LIGHTNING STRIKE - | | | | AT 1435, THE LICENSEE WAS NOTIFIED THAT A LIGHTNING STRIKE HAD DISABLED THE | | OFFSITE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM (i.e., POLE MOUNTED EMERGENCY SIRENS) | | FOR ALL OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY, OHIO. THE OHIO OFFSITE EMERGENCY SIREN | | SYSTEM IS BEING REPAIRED. THE OFFSITE EMERGENCY SIRENS IN PENNSYLVANIA | | AND WEST VIRGINIA ARE OPERABLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1824 BY JEFF SHIPE TO JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | AT 1802, THE OHIO EMERGENCY SIREN SYSTEM HAS BEEN RESTORED TO OPERABLE | | STATUS. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC | | OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R1DO JOHN KINNEMAN. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34453 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CLINTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/29/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:56 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 06/29/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:08[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: VERLE CASTLE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/29/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JIM MCCORMICKBARGER RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |LEDYARD (TAD) MARSH EO | | |GARY BELCHER FEMA | | |STUART RUBIN IRD | | |MARK RING REG3 | | |JIM CALDWELL REG3 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - UE DECLARED DUE TO LOSS OF 3 OF 4 OFFSITE POWER SOURCES WHILE SHUTDOWN - | | | | AT 1908 CDT ON 06/29/98, WITH THE PLANT IN OPERATIONAL CONDITION 4 (COLD | | SHUTDOWN) IN A REFUELING OUTAGE SINCE SEPTEMBER, 1996, THE LICENSEE | | DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT AT THE SHIFT SUPERVISOR'S DISCRETION DUE TO | | DAMAGED OFFSITE ELECTRICAL POWER LINES. | | | | SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS, TORNADOES, AND HIGH WINDS DEENERGIZED AND KNOCKED | | DOWN 2 OF 3 OFFSITE 345 KV POWER LINES AND 1 OF 1 OFFSITE 138 KV POWER LINE | | RENDERING THE SPENT FUEL POOL COOLING AND BUILDING VENTILATION SYSTEMS | | INOPERABLE. THE EMERGENCY RESERVE AUXILIARY TRANSFORMER FEED TO SAFETY | | BUSES WAS LOST AND TWO SAFETY BUSES AUTO TRANSFERRED TO THE REMAINING | | ALTERNATE OFFSITE 345 KV POWER SOURCE. | | | | ONE OF TWO SHUTDOWN COOLING PUMPS ('B' RHR PUMP) TRIPPED DUE TO THE BUS | | TRANSFER AND HAS SINCE BEEN RESTARTED. THE 'A' RHR PUMP IS OPERABLE. THE | | REACTOR WATER CLEANUP SYSTEM REMAINED IN SERVICE TO REMOVE DECAY HEAT | | THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT. REACTOR COOLING SYSTEM TEMPERATURE REMAINED STABLE | | AT 105øF AND REACTOR VESSEL WATER LEVEL REMAINS STABLE AT 95 INCHES (NORMAL | | LEVEL) THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT. | | | | DIVISIONS 1 AND 2 EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEMS AND DIVISIONS 1 AND 2 | | EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS (EDGs) ARE OPERABLE. DIVISION 3 EDG AND HIGH | | PRESSURE CORE SPRAY SYSTEM ARE INOPERABLE DUE TO MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES. | | | | NO OTHER SAFETY RELATED EQUIPMENT WAS LOST AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO | | ONSITE PLANT EQUIPMENT AND NO PERSONNEL WERE INJURED. MINOR DAMAGE WAS | | SUSTAINED OUTSIDE THE SWITCHYARD. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS IN THE PROCESS OF RESTORING THE SPENT FUEL POOL COOLING | | SYSTEM AND IS INVESTIGATING THIS EVENT. | | | | THE PLANT IS STABLE IN OPERATIONAL CONDITION 4 (COLD SHUTDOWN). | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC SENIOR RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR AND THEY RESPONDED TO THE SITE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 34454 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/30/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 06:17 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 06/30/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 03:00[EDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/30/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N | | | DOCKET: 0707002 | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: NOEL | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NCFR NON CFR REPORT REQMNT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE PLANT EXCEEDED THEIR OPACITY LIMIT | | | | AT 0300 THE #2 PRECIPITATOR ON THE #2 BOILER AT THE X-600 STEAM PLANT | | FAILED. AT 0320 THEY EXCEEDED THEIR OPACITY LIMIT WHEN IT WENT ABOVE 21%. | | THE LIMIT IS ABOVE 21% BUT BELOW 60% FOR MORE THAN 6 MINUTES I ONE HOUR. AT | | 0430 THE SECOND CRITERIA WAS EXCEEDED WHEN OPACITY WENT ABOVE 60%. THEY | | ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE PACKAGE BOILER ON LINE TO REDUCE OPACITY, BUT THERE | | WAS AN OPERATIONAL PROBLEM WITH IT. THE #2 BOILER REMAINS ON WITH THE | | FAILED PRECIPITATOR. THEY ARE TROUBLESHOOTING THE PROBLEM WITH THE PACKAGE | | BOILER, SO THAT IT CAN BE PUT ON LINE TO REDUCE THE OPACITY. | | | | THE PLANT NOTIFIED THE OHIO EPA AND THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THEY WILL NOTIFY THE DOE SITE REPRESENTATIVE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+