U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 02/03/1999 - 02/04/1999 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 35214 35339 35340 35341 35342 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 35214 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: SAN ONOFRE REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/05/1999| | UNIT: [] [2] [] STATE: CA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:19[EST]| | RXTYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] CE,[3] CE |EVENT DATE: 01/04/1999| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 20:51[PST]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: HOWARD SMITH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/03/1999| | HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |JOSEPH TAPIA R4 | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | |2 N N 0 Cold Shutdown |0 Cold Shutdown | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE CCW SYSTEM MAY NOT MEET ITS REQUIREMENT TO | | OPERATE FOR 7 DAYS WITHOUT MAKE-UP FOLLOWING A SEISMIC EVENT. | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "AT SAN ONOFRE, THE COMPONENT COOLING WATER (CCW) SYSTEM IS REQUIRED TO | | PROVIDE COOLING FOR 7 DAYS WITHOUT MAKE-UP. CCW TRAINS 'A' AND 'B' ARE | | SEISMICALLY QUALIFIED; THE NON-CRITICAL LOOP IS NOT SEISMICALLY QUALIFIED." | | | | "UNIT 2 ENTERED MODE 5 AT APPROXIMATELY 0544 PST ON JANUARY 3, 1999, FOR A | | PLANNED REFUELING/MAINTENANCE OUTAGE. AT 2051 ON JANUARY 4, 1999, WHILE | | UNIT 2 WAS IN MODE 5, SCE DETERMINED THAT ISOLATION VALVE LEAKAGE BETWEEN | | CCW TRAIN 'B' AND THE CCW NON-CRITICAL LOOP OBSERVED DURING A [TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION] SURVEILLANCE EXCEEDED ITS ACCEPTABLE LIMIT FOR OPERATION IN | | MODES 1 THROUGH 4, AND TRAIN B CCW COULD HAVE BEEN INOPERABLE PRIOR TO SHUT | | DOWN. TESTS WERE PERFORMED TO ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS LEAKAGE | | EXISTED DURING OPERATION IN MODES 1 THROUGH 4 PRIOR TO PLANT SHUT DOWN. | | HOWEVER, THE TESTS WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THAT THE LEAKAGE DID NOT EXIST | | PRIOR TO SHUT DOWN. DURING THE PAST CYCLE OF PLANT OPERATION, IF A SEISMIC | | EVENT WERE TO HAVE OCCURRED WHILE TRAIN 'A' WAS OUT OF SERVICE, THERE WAS A | | POTENTIAL FOR THE CCW TO FAIL TO MEET ITS REQUIRED 7 DAYS OF OPERATION | | WITHOUT MAKEUP. THEREFORE, SCE IS CONSERVATIVELY MAKING THIS REPORT AS A | | NON-EMERGENCY 4-HOUR REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10CFR50.72(b)(2)(iii) - A | | CONDITION THAT ALONE COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE FULFILLMENT OF THE SAFETY | | FUNCTION OF THE CCW. | | | | "CCW IS PRESENTLY CAPABLE OF PERFORMING ITS SUPPORT FUNCTION FOR SHUTDOWN | | COOLING IN MODES 5 AND 6. THE ISOLATION VALVES' ACTUATORS WERE | | DISCONNECTED, THE VALVES WERE MANUALLY SEATED. THE MEASURED LEAKAGE WAS | | WELL BELOW THE ACCEPTABLE LEVEL FOR OPERATION IN MODES 1 THROUGH 4. THE | | ACTUATORS WERE RE-CONNECTED TO PROVIDE FOR REMOTE OPERATION. THE | | INVESTIGATION OF THE CAUSE AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS IS ON-GOING. | | | | "UNIT 3 IS IN MODE 1 AND UNAFFECTED BY THIS CONDITION." | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1835 EST ON 2/3/99 FROM HOWARD SMITH TO S.SANDIN * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT BASED ON THE FOLLOWING: | | | | "SUBSEQUENT DIAGNOSTIC TESTS WERE PERFORMED AND THE CAUSE OF THE LEAKAGE WAS | | DETERMINED TO BE INSUFFICIENT SEATING LOAD FOR VALVE HV6213. THIS VALVE'S | | LEAKAGE WAS ACCEPTABLE FOLLOWING ITS LAST TECH SPEC REQUIRED SURVEILLANCE | | TEST. SCE WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE VALVE SEATING LOAD CHANGED. | | THEREFORE, BASED ON THE GUIDANCE PROVIDED IN NUREG-1022, REV 1 THIS | | CONDITION IS CONSIDERED A FAILED SURVEILLANCE TEST AND FAILED WHEN FOUND. | | BECAUSE THE CONDITION WAS DISCOVERED IN AN OPERATIONAL MODE WHERE CCW TECH | | SPEC DOES NOT APPLY, THIS CONDITION IS NOT REPORTABLE." | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. NOTIFIED R4DO(JONES). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 35339 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REP ORG: UNION CAMP CORP |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/02/1999| |LICENSEE: UNION CAMP CORP |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:34[EST]| | CITY: FRANKLIN REGION: 2 |EVENT DATE: 02/01/1999| | COUNTY: STATE: VA |EVENT TIME: [EST]| |LICENSE#: 45-11414-01 AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/03/1999| | DOCKET: 030-0659 |+----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION | | |PAUL FREDRICKSON R2 | | |FRED COMBS EO | +------------------------------------------------+STUART RUBIN IRO | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: HUGH RAULSTON | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE REPORTED A LOST AMERICIUM-241 SOURCE DURING SHIPMENT. | | | | "THE SOURCE MATERIAL LOST IN SHIPMENT IS AN AMERICIUM-241 80mCi SEALED | | SOURCE CERAMIC ENCAPSULATED BY WELDED STAINLESS STEEL. THE SOURCE SERIAL | | NUMBER IS 8462LX MOUNTED IN DEVICE NUMBER 2992 MANUFACTURED BY NDC SYSTEMS, | | 5314 NORTH IRWINDALE AVE., IRWINDALE, CALIFORNIA 91706. THE SOURCE IS AN | | INTEGRAL COMPONENT OF AN NDC MODEL 104F PAPER MACHINE FOURDRINIER MASS | | MEASUREMENT GAUGE. | | | | "THE MATERIAL WAS PICKED UP AT OUR FRANKLIN, VIRGINIA, TRANSPORTATION | | DEPARTMENT LOCATION BY UPS COURIER MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1999 FOR OVERNIGHT | | SHIPMENT TO NDC IN IRWINDALE. THE UPS TRACKING NUMBER ASSIGNED WAS | | 1Z2923930143701285. NDC SYSTEMS WAS CONTACTED ON 1/18/99 AND ADVISED TO | | EXPECT THE PACKAGE ON 1/19/99. NDC PERSONNEL WERE REQUESTED TO ADVISE US | | UPON RECEIPT. NDC PERSONNEL WERE CONTACTED 1/19/99 TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE | | PACKAGE WAS, IN FACT, RECEIVED. IT WAS NOT. NDC WAS CONTACTED ON 1/20/99 | | TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PACKAGE WAS RECEIVED. IT WAS NOT. SUBSEQUENTLY, | | ON 1/20/99, UPS WAS CONTACTED TO REQUEST THAT THE PACKAGE BE TRACED. UPS | | ASSIGNED TRACING NUMBER 020A0110 TO THE SHIPMENT. THE PACKAGE WAS SCANNED | | UPON ARRIVAL IN THE UPS SYSTEM IN LOUISVILLE INTERNATIONAL IN LOUISVILLE, | | KY. AT 1152 P.M. ON 1/18/99. THE MATERIAL SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME MISSING IN | | THE UPS SHIPPING SYSTEM. | | | | "ANY EXPOSURE TO INDIVIDUALS IS EXTREMELY UNLIKELY. THE MATERIAL WAS | | PACKAGED IN COMPLETE COMPLIANCE WITH DOT REGULATIONS FOR AN EXCEPTED PACKAGE | | LIMITED QUANTITY MATERIAL AND NDC RECOMMENDED PACKAGING GUIDELINES WITH THE | | SOURCE SHUTTER SECURELY CLOSED. THERE IS LESS THAN 0.1mR/HR EXPOSURE RATE | | 50 MILLIMETERS FROM THE FACE OF THE SHUTTERED SENSOR. A SURVEY WAS | | PERFORMED USING A TN TECHNOLOGIES MODEL 200X RADIATION SURVEY METER SERIAL | | NUMBER B587W LAST CALIBRATED 10/19/98 TO CONFIRM EXPOSURE RATE. | | | | "REPRESENTATIVES OF UNION CAMP HAVE BEEN IN DAILY CONTACT WITH | | REPRESENTATIVES OF NDC AND UPS IN ATTEMPTS TO LOCATE THE UNIT. INGLEHART & | | ASSOCIATES WAS CONSULTED FOR ADDITIONAL IDEAS IN LOCATING THE DEVICE. TO | | DATE, THE DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED. | | | | "FROM A UNION CAMP PROCEDURES STANDPOINT, THERE IS NO KNOWN METHOD OR | | MEASURE THAT CAN BE ADOPTED TO ENSURE AGAINST A RECURRENCE OF A LOSS SUCH AS | | THIS. " | | | | ***UPDATE ON 02/03/99 AT 1001 ET BY RAULSTON TAKEN BY MACKINNON*** | | | | | | THE SOURCE HAS BEEN FOUND INTACT AND IT IS NOW AT RAULSTON'S OFFICE IN | | FRANKLIN, VA.. THE PACKAGE CONTAINING THE SOURCE HAD NOT BEEN OPENED. | | RAULSTON NOTIFIED NRC REGION 2 (WADE LOO) AND INFORMED HIM THAT THE MISSING | | SHIPMENT HAD BEEN FOUND. MR. RAULSTON SAID THAT HE WILL CHECK THE SOURCE | | OUT BEFORE SHIPPING IT OUT AGAIN TO NDC IN IRWINDALE, CA. R2DO | | (FREDRICKSON) & NMSS EO (COMBS) NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 35340 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/03/1999| | UNIT: [] [2] [] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:06[EST]| | RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/03/1999| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:15[EST]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID SMITH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/03/1999| | HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNU |JULIAN WILLIAMS R1 | |10 CFR SECTION: |ROBERT DENNIG EO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |JOSEPH GIITTER IRO | | |WAYNE STORER FEMA | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNIT 2 ENTERED AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO THE LOSS OF >75% OF THE OVERHEAD | | ALARM ANNUNCIATORS DUE TO PERSONNEL ERROR. | | | | "MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES WERE BEING PERFORMED ON THE OVERHEAD ALARM SYSTEM TO | | REPLACE A BATTERY IN THE 'B' SEQUENCE OF EVENTS RECORDER. THIS ACTIVITY WAS | | COMPLETED, WHICH THEN REQUIRED THAT DEFAULT DATA BE LOADED INTO THE | | RECORDER. THIS DEFAULT DATA WAS IMPROPERLY LOADED INTO THE ACTIVE SEQUENCE | | OF EVENTS RECORDER 'A.' THIS CORRUPTED IT'S DATA WHICH RENDERED THE ENTIRE | | OVERHEAD ALARM SYSTEM INOPERABLE. THERE ARE NOT PLANT TRANSIENTS IN | | PROGRESS AND ALTERNATE INDICATIONS FOR THE OVERHEAD ALARM WINDOWS ARE | | AVAILABLE. ACTIVITIES ARE IN PROGRESS TO RESTORE THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS | | RECORDER 'B' WHICH WILL RESTORE THE OPERABILITY OF THE OVERHEAD ALARM | | SYSTEM. THE ABNORMAL OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR THE LOSS OF OVERHEAD ALARMS | | HAS BEEN ENTERED AND COMPENSATORY MEASURES ARE IN PLACE THAT PROVIDE | | ALTERNATE INDICATIONS FOR THE LOSS OF OVERHEAD ALARM CAPABILITY. ALL SAFETY | | RELATED SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT ARE OPERABLE." | | | | THE LICENSEE ESTIMATES APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS WILL BE REQUIRED TO RESTORE THE | | OVERHEAD ALARM SYSTEM AT WHICH TIME THEY WILL EXIT THE UNUSUAL EVENT. THE | | LICENSEE INFORMED STATE/LOCAL AGENCIES AND THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1346 EST ON 2/3/99 FROM SMITH TO S.SANDIN * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS RECOVERED THE "B" SEQUENCE OF EVENTS RECORDER AND IS | | CURRENTLY RELOADING DATA INTO THE "A" UNIT. THE LICENSEE ESTIMATES THAT | | BOTH RECORDERS WILL BE RETURNED TO SERVICE BY 1630 EST. THE LICENSEE | | NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. NOTIFIED R1DO(WILLIAMS) AND | | EO(DENNIG). | | | | * * * UPDATE 1547 EST ON 2/3/99 FROM SMITH TO S.SANDIN * * * | | | | UNIT 2 EXITED THE UNUSUAL EVENT AT 1540 EST AFTER VERIFYING THAT BOTH | | SEQUENCE OF EVENTS RECORDERS AND THE OVERHEAD ANNUNCIATOR ALARM SYSTEM WERE | | FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE LICENSEE INFORMED STATE/LOCAL AGENCIES AND THE | | NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. NOTIFIED R1DO(WILLIAMS), EO(DENNIG), IRO(GIITTER) | | AND FEMA(CALDWELL). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 35341 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: DAVIS-BESSE REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/03/1999| | UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: OH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:08[EST]| | RXTYPE: [1] B&W-R-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/03/1999| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:18[EST]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: GILLIG |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/03/1999| | HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |THOMAS KOZAK R3 | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |AESS 50.72(b)(1)(v) EMERGENCY SIREN INOP | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE REPORTED ALL EMERGENCY SIRENS OUT OF SERVICE. | | | | THE LICENSEE DECLARED THE REPEATER USED FOR OFF SITE EMERGENCY SIRENS OUT OF | | SERVICE AT 1118 ON 2/3/99. REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED AND THE SYSTEM WAS TESTED | | AND RETURNED TO SERVICE AT 1140 ON 2/3/99. THE LAST SUCCESSFUL TEST OF THE | | SYSTEM WAS 1248 ON 2/2/99 MAKING THE SYSTEM POTENTIALLY UNAVAILABLE FOR | | ALMOST 23 HOURS. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. THE STATE WILL BE NOTIFIED. OTTAWA | | COUNTY WAS NOTIFIED AND LUCAS COUNTY WILL BE NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 35342 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: FT CALHOUN REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/03/1999| | UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:18[EST]| | RXTYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 02/03/1999| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:00[CST]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: CHARLES A. CARLSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/03/1999| | HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |BILL JONES R4 | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS | | |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 |99 Power Operation | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNIT 1 COMMENCED A TECH SPEC REQUIRED SHUTDOWN DUE TO STEAM DRIVEN AUXILIARY | | FEEDWATER PUMP INOPERABILITY. | | | | "ON FEBRUARY 3, 1999 AT 1200 CST, FORT CALHOUN STATION COMMENCED A TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION REQUIRED SHUTDOWN. THE STEAM DRIVEN AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP | | HAS BEEN INOPERABLE SINCE FEBRUARY 2, 1999 AT 1225 CST PER TECHNICAL 2.5(1), | | A 24 HOUR LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATION." | | | | A DESIGN MODIFICATION WAS PERFORMED ON THE SYSTEM AROUND JUNE 1998 WHICH | | INSTALLED AN ACCUMULATOR DESIGNED TO PREVENT TURBINE OVERSPEED AND | | OVERPRESSURIZATION OF THE DISCHARGE PIPING. DURING SURVEILLANCE TESTING ON | | FEBRUARY 2, 1999, THE ACCUMULATOR FAILED TO MEET THE MAXIMUM 10 PSI DROP IN | | 1 HOUR ACCEPTANCE CRITERION. THE ACTUAL PRESSURE DROP WAS MEASURED AS 5.5 | | PSI IN 30 MINUTES. THE LICENSEE SUBSEQUENTLY REEVALUATED THE BASIS FOR THE | | DESIGN MODIFICATION AND CONCLUDED THAT A CHOKED FLOW CONDITION WOULD EXIST | | PRECLUDING TURBINE OVERSPEED. THE LICENSEE IS REVISING THE SURVEILLANCE | | PROCEDURE AND PREPARING A REQUEST FOR ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION REVIEW BY | | REGION IV. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1615 EST ON 2/3/99 FROM CARLSON TO S.SANDIN * * * | | | | UNIT 1 EXITED THE TECH SPEC REQUIRED SHUTDOWN AT 1424 CST ON 2/3/99. THE | | STEAM DRIVEN AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP WAS DECLARED OPERABLE FOLLOWING THE | | COMPLETION OF SURVEILLANCE TESTING. THE UNIT IS CURRENTLY HOLDING POWER | | BETWEEN 58-60% DUE TO SECONDARY CHEMISTRY REQUIREMENTS. THE LICENSEE | | INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. NOTIFIED R4DO(JONES). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+