Event Notification Report for February 28, 2001
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
02/27/2001 - 02/28/2001
** EVENT NUMBERS **
37784
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 37784 |
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| FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/27/2001|
| UNIT: [] [2] [] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:38[EST]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/27/2001|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:15[EST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: 3 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/27/2001|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |RICHARD CONTE R1 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NONR OTHER UNSPEC REQMNT | |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE |
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|2 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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EVENT TEXT
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| 24 HOUR REPORT REQUIRED BY PLANT OPERATING LICENSE |
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| "This notification is being made to report a violation of the Salem Unit 2 |
| Operating Licensee Section 2.C.10, 'Fire Protection.' Approximately 95% of |
| the installed emergency lights on Unit 2 have been rendered inoperable as a |
| result of discharge testing. Per the Fire Protection Program, these lights |
| being inoperable would require that suitable hand held lighting be available |
| to operators required to perform Appendix 'R' shutdown activities. These |
| lights were checked and of the 16 lights(8 per Unit) 8 did not pass the |
| required 3 minute test(at 1915). This constituted a violation of the fire |
| protection program requirements and could have reduced operators ability to |
| respond to a shut-down from outside the control room. The 8 inoperable |
| hand held lights have been replaced with operable hand held lights, bring |
| the unit into compliance with the Fire Protection Program at 2020 on |
| 2/27/01." |
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| The NRC Resident Inspector was notified. |
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