U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 08/31/98 - 09/01/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34658 34683 34716 34717 34718 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34658 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CLINTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/20/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:04 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 08/19/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 23:10[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TIM HOLLAND |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/31/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN JACOBSON RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - ESF ACTUATION DURING A TEST DUE TO AN APPARENT PROCEDURE INADEQUACY - | | | | WITH THE PLANT IN CONDITION 4 (COLD SHUTDOWN) IN A REFUELING OUTAGE, | | THE LICENSEE WAS PERFORMING AN INTEGRATED #1C EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR | | (EDG) EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEM TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION SURVEILLANCE | | TEST. | | | | THE TEST PROCEDURE STEPS PERMITTED THE RESETTING OF THE 86 #1C EDG LOCKOUT | | RELAYS PRIOR TO RESETTING THE HIGH PRESSURE CORE SPRAY (HPCS) SYSTEM | | INITIATION SIGNAL. THIS RESULTED IN AN AUTOMATIC START OF THE #1C EDG, | | AN UNPLANNED ENGINEERED SAFETY FEATURES (ESF) ACTUATION WITH A VALID HPCS | | SYSTEM INITIATION SIGNAL. | | | | THE LICENSEE STOPPED THE #1C EDG AND RESET THE ESF ACTUATION SIGNAL. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS EVALUATING THE TEST PROCEDURE AND PLANS TO MAKE NECESSARY | | REVISIONS. | | | | THE LICENSEE ALSO PLANS TO INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | *** UPDATE ON 8/31/98 @ 2109 BY CHEAR TO GOULD *** RETRACTION | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH 7/81 VERSION OF NUREG-0800 | | "STANDARD REVIEW PLAN" THE EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS ARE NOT LISTED AS | | ESF SYSTEMS. SYSTEMS THAT PROVIDE DIRECT SUPPORT FOR ESF SYSTEMS ARE | | LISTED AS ESSENTIAL AUXILIARY SUPPORT (EAS) SYSTEMS. EAS SYSTEMS ARE | | LISTED IN THE UPDATED SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT (USAR) SECTION 7.3.1 AND | | INCLUDES THE EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS. THEREFORE, ACTUATIONS OF EAS DO | | NOT MEET THE REPORTABILITY REQUIREMENTS, THEREFORE, THEY ARE RETRACTING | | THIS EVENT. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. | | | | THE REG 3 RDO (LANKSBURY) WAS NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 34683 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/25/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:33 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 08/25/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 20:30[EDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/31/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |PATRICK HILAND RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |JOHN GREEVES EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GREG BARCH | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4 HOUR NRC BULLETIN 91-01 REPORT | | | | DURING A REVIEW OF NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY APPROVALS (NCSA) THAT WERE | | NOT APPROVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANT REQUIREMENTS, THE FACILITY DISCOVERED | | ONE NCSA (X-330_009.001) HAD CONTROLS THAT WERE DIFFERENT THAN THOSE FOUND | | IN THE IMPLEMENTING PROCEDURES. THE NCSA CONTROLS WERE LESS CONSERVATIVE | | THAN THE IMPLEMENTING PROCEDURE EXCEPT FOR ENRICHMENT. THE NCSA LIMIT WAS | | TO AN ASSAY OF 3.5% ENRICHMENT AND THE IMPLEMENTING PROCEDURE WAS TO AN | | ASSAY OF 10% ENRICHMENT. THE PROCEDURE HAS A STOP WORK ORDER PLACED ON IT | | UNTIL RESOLUTION OF THIS ISSUE. THERE WAS NO LOSS OF HAZARDOUS/RADIOACTIVE | | MATERIAL OR RADIOACTIVE/RADIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION EXPOSURE AS A RESULT OF | | THIS EVENT. | | | | THE FACILITY NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE ONSITE DEPARTMENT | | OF ENERGY REPRESENTATIVE. | | | | *** UPDATE ON 8/31/98 @ 1821 BY SISLER TO GOULD *** RETRACTION | | | | A FOLLOW UP REVIEW OF THIS EVENT DETERMINED THAT NSCA-0330_009.A01 | | ADEQUATELY EVALUATED THIS OPERATION FOR UP TO 10% ASSAY. ADDITIONALLY, NO | | WORK HAD BEEN PERFORMED UNDER THIS NCSA OR ASSOCIATED PROCEDURE SINCE 2/97, | | PRIOR TO NRC REGULATION OF THE PORTSMOUTH GDP. AS A RESULT THIS EVENT IS | | BEING RETRACTED. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. | | | | THE REG 3 RDO (LANKSBURY) AND THE NMSS EO (SHANKMAN) WERE NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34716 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OCONEE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/31/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:51 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP,[3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/31/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:45[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GREENE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/31/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LEN WERT RDO | |AINA 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(A) POT UNABLE TO SAFE SD | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT BOTH TRAINS OF THE ESSENTIAL SIPHON VACUUM (ESV) | | SYSTEM WERE OUT OF SERVICE. | | | | THE CONDITION WITH THE ESV SYSTEM BEING OUT OF SERVICE IS NOT ALLOWED BY | | TECH. SPEC. 3.19 AND PLACES UNIT 2 UNDER THE ACTIONS OF TECH. SPEC. 3.0. | | TESTING ON 8/29/98 HAD LEFT THE "A" HEADER OF THE ESV SYSTEM ISOLATED WHEN | | IT WAS INTENDED TO BE RETURNED TO SERVICE. SUBSEQUENT TESTING ON THE "B" | | ESV TRAIN ON 8/31/98 REMOVED THAT TRAIN FROM SERVICE, THEREFORE, MAKING | | BOTH TRAINS OUT OF SERVICE. THE IMMEDIATE CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS TO REOPEN | | THE SUCTION VALVE TO THE "A" ESV COMPRESSOR AT 1404 ON 8/31/98 RETURNING | | THAT HEADER TO SERVICE AND EXITING THE TECH. SPEC 3.0. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34717 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: UNITED TESTING OF PA, INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/31/98 | | CITY: JIM THORPE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:58 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: PA |EVENT DATE: 08/31/98 | |LICENSE#: 37-30053-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 12:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/31/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |DAVID LEW RDO | | |DR. COOL EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BERNARD SCHWEIBING - RSO | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: HENRY BAILEY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MISSING MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED A MISSING TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE. THE GAUGE | | WAS IN THE POSSESSION OF AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAS NOT REPORTED TO WORK SINCE | | JULY 3, 1998. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN BANGAR, PA, ABOUT 45 MILES FROM | | THE LICENSEE'S OFFICES IN JIM THORPE, PA. THE MODEL NUMBER IS 3411B. THE | | SERIAL NUMBER IS 13557. THE GAUGE CONTAINS 8 mCi OF CS137 AND 40 mCi OF | | AM241/BE. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE LOCAL POLICE AND ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34718 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COOK REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/31/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:26 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/31/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:20[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ACKERMAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/01/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |ROGER LANKSBURY RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION |WILLIAM BATEMAN EO | | |FRANK CONGEL IRD | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE CD (TRAIN A) RESERVE POWER SUPPLY WAS LOST TO BOTH UNITS DUE TO LOSS OF | | A STATION SERVICE TRANSFORMER. | | | | THIS TRANSFORMER FEEDS POWER TO THE SWITCHYARD AND ITS LOSS RESULTED IN A | | LOSS (PARTIAL) OF OFFSITE POWER AFFECTING ONE TRAIN OF THE 4KV ELECTRICAL | | SAFETY TRAINS IN EACH UNIT. THE CAUSE OF THE SERVICE TRANSFORMER LOSS IS | | CURRENTLY UNKNOWN. THE LOSS OF POWER RESULTED IN THE AUTO START OF THE CD | | DIESEL GENERATORS IN EACH UNIT. BOTH UNITS WERE SHUTDOWN AT THE TIME IN | | MODE 5. THE LOSS OF POWER RESULTED IN A VERY BRIEF LOSS OF THE OPERATING | | RHR PUMP (CD) IN EACH UNIT. NO INCREASE IN RCS TEMPERATURE WAS NOTED IN | | EITHER UNIT. UPON AUTO START OF THE EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS, THE PUMPS | | WERE MANUALLY LOADED ONTO THE DIESEL BY THE OPERATORS. | | | | ALL EQUIPMENT FUNCTIONED AS DESIGNED WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS: | | THE UNIT 2 AB BATTERY CHARGERS HAD LOWER THAN NORMAL OUTPUT VOLTAGE. THE | | CAUSE IS BEING INVESTIGATED AND THE REDUNDANT UNIT 2 AB WAS PLACED IN | | SERVICE. BATTERY VOLTAGES HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO NORMAL. | | | | A UNIT 1 NON-ESSENTIAL SERVICE WATER PUMP LOAD SHED SIGNAL WILL NOT RESET, | | CAUSE IS BEING INVESTIGATED. THE PUMP REMAINS IN SERVICE. | | | | CURRENTLY, BOTH UNITS HAVE EMERGENCY(69KV) POWER AVAILABLE TO ALL BUSSES. | | REVERSE FEED IS AVAILABLE AND ENERGIZED TO BOTH UNITS' AB BUSSES. EMERGENCY | | DIESEL GENERATORS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO THE AB BUSSES. THE CD EMERGENCY | | DIESEL GENERATORS IN BOTH UNITS ARE RUNNING AND CARRYING LOAD FOR THE CD | | BUSSES. RHR FOR BOTH UNITS IS CURRENTLY POWERED FROM THE EMERGENCY DIESEL | | GENERATORS IN BOTH UNITS. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0105 EDT ON 9/1/98 BY STEVE CZUK TO FANGIE JONES * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT ELECTRICAL POWER IS BACK TO NORMAL, THE RESERVE | | FEED IS BACK IN SERVICE AND THE DIESEL GENERATORS ARE SECURED. UNIT 2 WAS | | RESTORED AT 2330 EDT ON 8/31/98 AND THE UNIT 1 WAS RESTORED AT 0049 EDT ON | | 9/1/98. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE NRC OPERATIONS | | CENTER INFORMED THE R3DO (ROGER LANKSBURY). | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+