U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 03/30/98 - 03/31/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 33675 33952 33957 33980 33988 33991 33992 33993 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33675 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: POINT BEACH REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/06/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:04 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/06/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:30[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM KNORR |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/30/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BRENT CLAYTON RDO | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 81 POWER OPERATION | 81 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N N 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | 0 HOT SHUTDOWN | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NON-CONSERVATISM DISCOVERED IN SEISMIC ANALYSIS FOR THE SPENT FUEL POOL. | | | | WISCONSIN ELECTRIC RECENTLY COMPLETED A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION INTO THE | | ADEQUACY OF THE SPENT FUEL POOL (SFP) PILES TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL WEIGHT. | | THIS EVALUATION INCLUDED A REVIEW OF THE CALCULATIONS WHICH CURRENTLY | | DOCUMENT THE STRUCTURAL ADEQUACY OF THE SFP DESIGN. THE PRELIMINARY | | CONCLUSION OF THE EVALUATION IS THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT THE SFP | | STRUCTURE IS IN A NONCONFORMING CONDITION DUE TO THE USE OF A NON- | | CONSERVATIVE STRUCTURAL MODEL FOR THE SFP SUPPORTS. THE INFORMATION FOUND | | DURING THIS INVESTIGATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO FURTHER ANALYSIS. THESE | | ANALYSES WILL BE SUPPORTED BY OUR ARCHITECT-ENGINEER. OUR ONSITE SAFETY | | REVIEW COMMITTEE HAS CONCLUDED THAT THERE IS NOT A DEGRADED CONDITION. | | THIS CONDITION WAS DISCOVERED AS THE LICENSEE WAS REVIEWING THE POSSIBILITY | | OF A SFP RE-RACK. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1126 ON 03/30/98 FROM KRAUSE RECEIVED BY TROCINE * * * | | | | ADDITIONAL ARCHITECT-ENGINEER (BECHTEL) ANALYSES WERE COMPLETED, AND THE | | CALCULATIONS AND EVALUATIONS OF THE H-PILE SUPPORTS FOR THE SFP INDICATED | | THAT THERE WAS ADEQUATE LATERAL RESISTANCE TO LOADS. THERE WERE NO | | NON-CONSERVATISMS INVOLVED WITH THE SEISMIC LOADING OF THE H-PILES. | | THEREFORE, THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE NRC PROJECT | | MANAGER (GUNDRUM). THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R3DO (BURGESS). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33952 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DRESDEN REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/24/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:16 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1,[2] GE-3,[3] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 03/24/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:33[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CAROL BARAJAS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/31/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MIKE JORDAN RDO | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | | | | | 3 | N Y 99 POWER OPERATION | 99 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ENTRY AFTER SCRAM DISCHARGE VOLUME BARTON LEVEL | | SWITCHES WERE DECLARED INOPERABLE | | | | AT 0933 CST ON 03/24/98, THE LICENSEE INITIATED A SHUTDOWN OF UNIT 3 AFTER | | ENTERING TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.1.A.2, TABLE 3.1.A-1, ACTION 11, AT 0746 | | CST ON 03/24/98, WHICH REQUIRES THE UNIT TO BE IN HOT SHUTDOWN WITHIN 12 | | HOURS. THIS IS DUE TO THE SCRAM DISCHARGE VOLUME BARTON LEVEL SWITCHES | | POSSIBLY BEING INOPERABLE DUE TO NON-CONSERVATIVE SETPOINTS. THERE ARE | | FOUR BARTON LEVEL SWITCHES IN QUESTION; TWO OF EACH INPUT INTO A REACTOR | | PROTECTION SYSTEM (RPS) CHANNEL (TWO TO RPS 'A' AND TWO TO RPS 'B'). | | REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEM CHANNEL 'A' WAS PLACED IN A TRIP CONDITION AT | | 0840 CST ON 03/24/98 PER TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.1.A.2 AFTER BOTH RPS | | CHANNELS WERE DECLARED INOPERABLE. THE LICENSEE IS VERIFYING THE AS-FOUND | | DATA ON THE SCRAM DISCHARGE VOLUME LEVEL SWITCHES. THE SCRAM DISCHARGE | | VOLUME LEVEL SWITCHES' CALCULATION FROM 1991 MAY BE IN ERROR IN THE | | NON-CONSERVATIVE DIRECTION. THE 41-GALLON SCRAM DISCHARGE VOLUME TRIP | | SETPOINT (MEASURED IN MILLIAMPS) MAY BE SET LESS CONSERVATIVELY THAN IT | | SHOULD HAVE BEEN SET. | | | | ALL EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEMS AND THE EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS ARE | | FULLY OPERABLE IF NEEDED. THE ELECTRICAL GRID IS STABLE. | | | | THE LICENSEE FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FROM A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION | | WITH QUAD CITIES. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0129 ON 03/31/98 BY DAN DALY ENTERED BY JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | LICENSEE INVESTIGATION OF TECH SPEC OPERABILITIES DETERMINED THAT THE | | SWITCHES MET ALL TECH SPEC REQUIREMENTS. ALTHOUGH A POWER REDUCTION OF | | UNIT 3 HAD BEEN INITIATED, NO NOTIFICATION TO THE NRC WAS REQUIRED DUE TO | | THE SWITCHES BEING OPERABLE. THEREFORE, THIS OCCURRENCE DID NOT MEET THE | | REPORTING REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED BY 10CFR50.72 AS A TECH SPEC REQUIRED | | PLANT SHUTDOWN. THUS, THE LICENSEE DESIRES TO RETRACT THIS EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R3DO BRUCE BURGESS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33957 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/25/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 07:04 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 03/24/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 20:14[CST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/30/98 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |MIKE JORDAN RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |FRED COMBS/NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT/AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MATT C. MAURER |FEMA, DOE, DOA, HHS FAX | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE |EPA, DOT (VIA NRC) FAX | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NCFR NON CFR REPORT REQMNT | | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SAFETY SYSTEM ACTUATION DUE TO A VALID SIGNAL (24-HOUR REPORT) | | | | AT 2014 CST ON 03/24/98, THREE PROCESS GAS LEAK DETECTORS (PGLD) IN THE | | C-337 UNIT 3 CELL BYPASS DUCT ALARMED DUE TO A SMALL UF6 RELEASE (INSIDE A | | HOUSING WITHIN THE C-337 BUILDING). THE SMALL UF6 RELEASE OCCURRED WHILE | | OPERATORS WERE ADJUSTING THE BUFFER PRESSURE ON THE UNIT 3 'B' BLOCK VALVE | | BUFFER SYSTEM. FOLLOWUP SAMPLING REVEALED NO AIRBORNE URANIUM OR HYDROGEN | | FLUORIDE IN THE AREA OF THE RELEASE. A SMALL AMOUNT OF URANYL OXIDE WAS | | VISIBLE ON THE UNIT 3 'B' BUFFER PANEL. PRECAUTIONARY URINE SAMPLES | | SUBMITTED BY THE TWO OPERATORS NEAR THE RELEASE INDICATED URANIUM AND | | FLUORIDE UPTAKES BELOW PLANT RECALL LIMITS. THE C-337 PGLD SYSTEM IS A | | 'Q' SAFETY SYSTEM. ACTUATION OF 'Q' SAFETY SYSTEMS DUE TO VALID SIGNALS | | ARE REPORTABLE PER PROCEDURE UE2-RA-RE1030 (NON-CFR). | | | | PADUCAH PLANT PERSONNEL NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1545 ON 03/30/98 BY MAURER TO GOULD * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT SINCE THE ABOVE CONDITION OCCURRED | | WHILE THE CASCADE WAS OPERATING IN TSR CASCADE MODE 1 (BELOW ATM PRESSURE) | | AND DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR REPORTING WHILE IN THAT MODE. IF IT HAD | | BEEN IN MODE 2 (ABOVE ATM PRESSURE), IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REPORTABLE TO THE | | NRC. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED R3DO (BURGESS). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |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: 03/30/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |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 | | |NOCM COMM ASST BRIEF | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ 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). | | | | * * * COMMISSIONERS' ASSISTANTS BRIEFING AT 1500 ON 03/30/98 * * * | | | | BRIEFER: COLLINS (R2). PARTICIPANTS: WEINSTEIN (AEOD); COOL & COMBS | | (NMSS); KEELING (CA); TSCHILTZ (EDO); MITCHELL (DEDE); UPSHAW (IP); SMITH | | (CHMN JACKSON); BELL (COMM McGAFFIGAN); AND LUBENAU (COMM DICUS). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |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: 03/30/98 | |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 | | (DEP) 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 TWO DAYS BEFORE ITS DISCOVERY. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH FLORIDA DEP 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. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1353 ON 03/30/98 BY SWEENEY TO GOULD * * * | | | | AS REPORTED, SEVERAL ENDANGERED SPECIES OF KEMP'S RIDLEY SEA TURTLES HAVE | | BEEN OBSERVED IN THE INTAKE BASIN. SOME HAVE BEEN FOUND DEAD OR IN A | | WEAKENED CONDITION. HISTORICALLY, SEA TURTLES HAVE BEEN SEEN IN THE INTAKE | | BASIN. THE LICENSEE HAS BEGUN DIALOG WITH BOTH FLORIDA DEP AND THE U.S. | | FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE/NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE. THE NATIONAL | | MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE HAS VERBALLY REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE REQUESTED AN | | ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, SECTION 7, CONSULTATION WITH THE NRC. | | | | THERE HAS BEEN MEDIA INTEREST IN THIS EVENT. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED R2DO (PAUL | | FREDRICKSON). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33991 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DRESDEN REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/30/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 06:17 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1,[2] GE-3,[3] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 03/30/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 04:46[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CAROL BARAJAS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/30/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MIKE JORDAN RDO | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | | | | | 3 | N Y 98 POWER OPERATION | 98 POWER OPERATION | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - HIGH PRESSURE COOLANT INJECTION SYSTEM INOPERABLE - | | | | DURING ROUTINE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION SURVEILLANCE TESTING, THE LICENSEE | | DECLARED THE HIGH PRESSURE COOLANT INJECTION (HPCI) SYSTEM INOPERABLE | | DUE TO THE MALFUNCTIONING GLAND SEAL CONDENSER HIGH LEVEL SWITCH. THIS | | MALFUNCTION RESULTED IN A FAILURE OF THE GLAND SEAL LEAKOFF PUMP TO | | AUTOMATICALLY START ON A HIGH LEVEL CONDITION. THE FAILURE OF THIS PUMP | | TO AUTOMATICALLY CONTROL CONDENSER HOTWELL LEVEL HAS THE POTENTIAL ON AN | | INITIATION SIGNAL TO CAUSE A HIGH GLAND SEAL CONDENSER LEVEL RENDERING | | THE HPCI SYSTEM INOPERABLE. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION LIMITING CONDITION | | FOR OPERATION ACTION STATEMENT 3.5.A, ACTION 3, REQUIRES THE LICENSEE | | TO RESTORE THE HPCI SYSTEM TO OPERABLE STATUS WITHIN 14 DAYS OR TO SHUT | | UNIT 3 DOWN. ALL OTHER EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEMS REMAIN OPERABLE. | | THE LICENSEE IS DETERMINING THE CAUSE OF THIS EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33992 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/30/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [ ] [3] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:10 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/30/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:51[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RUTTAR |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/30/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BILL RULAND 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL | | PROTECTION OF A PERMIT VIOLATION ON DISCHARGE INTO THE LONG ISLAND SOUND. | | | | THE LICENSEE DUMPED APPROXIMATELY TWO BUCKETS OF WATER CONTAINING FREON | | INTO A SEWER DRAIN WHICH DISCHARGES TO THE LONG ISLAND SOUND. THIS | | RESULTED IN A VIOLATION OF THE LICENSEE'S DISCHARGE PERMIT. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33993 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OYSTER CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/30/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:23 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2 |EVENT DATE: 03/30/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:45[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CIGANIK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/30/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BILL RULAND 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AUTOMATIC DEPRESSURIZATION SYSTEM (ADS) WOULD NOT HAVE MET ITS DESIGN BASIS | | REQUIREMENTS. | | | | AS A RESULT OF APPROXIMATELY A WEEK OF ENGINEERING REVIEWS AND TESTING, | | THE LICENSEE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE ADS WOULD NOT HAVE MET ITS DESIGN | | BASIS REQUIREMENTS. THIS COULD OCCUR WHEN ASSUMING A SMALL BREAK LOCA | | CONCURRENT WITH A LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER AND A WORST CASE SINGLE FAILURE. | | ONLY TWO OF THE THREE REQUIRED ELECTROMATIC RELIEF VALVE SOLENOIDS WOULD | | HAVE HAD SUFFICIENT VOLTAGE TO ENSURE THAT THESE VALVES FUNCTION PROPERLY. | | THE MODIFICATION NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT SUFFICIENT VOLTAGE IS AVAILABLE | | TO THESE SOLENOIDS HAS BEEN COMPLETED. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+