| U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center Event Reports For
05/24/2017 - 05/25/2017 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** |
 | !!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!! | | Power Reactor | Event Number: 52443 | Facility: COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION
Region: 4 State: WA
Unit: [2] [ ] [ ]
RX Type: [2] GE-5
NRC Notified By: DAVID PORTER
HQ OPS Officer: BETHANY CECERE | Notification Date: 12/19/2016
Notification Time: 07:39 [ET]
Event Date: 12/18/2016
Event Time: 23:20 [PST]
Last Update Date: 05/24/2017 | Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
50.72(b)(3)(v)(D) - ACCIDENT MITIGATION
50.72(b)(3)(ii)(A) - DEGRADED CONDITION
| Person (Organization):
RAY KELLAR (R4DO)
|
| Unit | SCRAM Code | RX CRIT | Initial PWR | Initial RX Mode | Current PWR | Current RX Mode | | 2 | N | N | 0 | Hot Shutdown | 0 | Hot Shutdown | Event Text UNISOLABLE LEAK ON HIGH PRESSURE CORE SPRAY
"On December 18, 2016 at 2320 [PST], a leak was discovered on the High Pressure Core Spray (HPCS) system minimum flow line. The leak is located at a bolted flange downstream of the manual isolation valve HPCS-V-53. The location of the leak is not isolable from the suppression pool. This provides a direct path from inside the Primary Containment to the Reactor Building.
"High Pressure Core Spray system is a single train Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS) system, therefore inoperability is reportable per 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(v)(D).
"Based on the location of the leak, Primary Containment integrity is compromised. Primary Containment was declared inoperable and is reportable per 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(A).
"The cause of the leak is under investigation. Actions are underway to cool down and enter MODE 4."
The licensee has notified the NRC Resident Inspector.
* * * RETRACTION FROM MATT HUMMER TO HOWIE CROUCH AT 2245 EDT ON 5/24/17 * * *
"Engineering evaluations indicate that there was neither a High Pressure Core Spray (HPCS) system inoperability nor a condition that resulted in a significantly degraded principal safety barrier (Primary Containment). Therefore, this event does not meet the reporting criteria in 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(v)(D) and 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(A), and Event Notification# 52443 is being retracted.
"Bases for the retraction are: (1) Extent or accumulation of water flooding the HPCS room would not have prevented the system from fulfilling any of its designated safety functions, if the system had received a starting signal due to an emergency; and (2) the consequences of the HPCS Minimum Flow Line leak into the Reactor Building were within the dose limits and did not have a significant effect on Primary Containment integrity; therefore, the Primary Containment was degraded but operable.
"The licensee has notified the NRC Resident Inspector."
Notified R4DO (Groom). |
| Agreement State | Event Number: 52759 | Rep Org: WISCONSIN RADIATION PROTECTION
Licensee: ACUREN INSPECTION, INC.
Region: 3
City: WISCONSIN RAPIDS State: WI
County:
License #: 133-2008-01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: KYLE WALTON
HQ OPS Officer: JEFF HERRERA | Notification Date: 05/16/2017
Notification Time: 14:02 [ET]
Event Date: 05/15/2017
Event Time: [CDT]
Last Update Date: 05/23/2017 | Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
AGREEMENT STATE
| Person (Organization):
JAMNES CAMERON (R3DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICA (EMAI)
PATRICIA MILLIGAN (EMAI)
GRETCHEN RIVERA-CAPE (NMSS)
| Event Text AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - POTENTIAL EXCESSIVE EXPOSURE OF RADIOGRAPHER
The following information was received from the Wisconsin Radiation Protection Section via email:
"On May 15, 2017, radiographers with Acuren Inspection, Inc. were performing radiography on a boiler at Verso Paper in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. They were utilizing an approximately 90 Ci Se-75 source, with a 17.5 HVL [Half Value Layer] collimator to perform shots through the boiler wall. The assistant radiographer would position a panel on the inside of the boiler wall and then move to the far side of the boiler. The main radiographer would then position the collimator for multiple shots from the outside of the boiler. They were in contact via radio. At approximately 7:45 p.m., following a shot, the main radiographer approached the collimator with his survey meter. As he approached, he realized the source had not yet been cranked in, and began walking back to crank it in. At that time, he was contacted via radio by the asst. radiographer. Setting down his survey meter, he had a 30-40 second conversation. Following the conversation, he forgot what he had been in the process of doing, and approached the collimator without his survey meter, and positioned it for the next shot. Turning to walk back, he spotted his survey meter on the ground halfway to the crank, remembered he had yet to crank it in, and realized he had been exposed. He was wearing a functioning alarming rate meter that did not alarm.
"Acuren notified the state approximately three hours after the event on the evening of the 15th of the possible overexposure. The radiographer initially estimated he had held the source 10 seconds, and Acuren calculated this would result in approximately a 680 Rad dose to the hands. The radiographer was wearing a direct reading dosimeter on his chest which read 100 mR. Other whole body dosimetry is being processed. Following the event, the licensee had the radiographer do a mock performance 3 times. These indicated he held the collimated source approximately 3-5 second in each hand. QSA global is currently performing an independent dose calculation and the radiographer has been removed from duty. The radiographer is not currently experiencing any symptoms of acute radiation exposure. The department has dispatched inspectors to perform a site inspection."
Wisconsin Event Report ID No.: WI-170007
* * * UPDATE ON 5/18/17 AT 1012 EDT FROM MEGAN SHOBER TO BETHANY CECERE * * *
The following update was received from the Wisconsin Radiation Protection Section via email:
"Wisconsin DHS [Department of Health Services] performed a site investigation on May 17, 2017. On the night of the event, there were approximately eight individuals supporting radiography at the temporary jobsite. Two individuals were performing radiography and the rest of the individuals were securing the boundaries. One radiographer was overexposed; no one else on the crew received an elevated dose due to the event. There was no exposure to members of the public. Inspectors confirmed that all radiography equipment (survey meters, alarming rate meters, etc.) was available and operational.
"The licensee determined that the radiographer held the collimator in his hands in a way that exposed his fingers to the uncollimated beam for several seconds on two separate occasions (once for each hand). The licensee contracted with a third-party to perform a dose assessment. The assessment shows a hand exposure of 176 rem per hand. DHS is evaluating these results.
"The radiographer's whole body badge was read by the dosimetry provider and showed a 152 millirem dose. This is consistent with the previously reported 100 mR direct-reading dosimeter exposure for May 15. Both the whole body badge and direct-reading dosimeter were located in the radiographer's left front shirt pocket.
"Wisconsin DHS is continuing to monitor the licensee's response, including medical follow-up of the affected individual."
Notified R3DO (Cameron), NMSS Events, NMSS (Rivera-Capella), and NSIR (Milligan) by email.
* * * UPDATE FROM MEGAN SHOBER TO VINCE KLCO ON 5/23/17 AT 1741 EDT * * *
The following information was received from the State of Wisconsin via facsimile:
" The source activity on the date of the incident was 96 curies."
Notified R3DO (Kunowski), NMSS Events, NMSS (Rivera-Capella), and NSIR (Milligan) by email. |
| Agreement State | Event Number: 52760 | Rep Org: OK DEQ RAD MANAGEMENT
Licensee: DESERT NDT, LLC
Region: 4
City: ELK CITY State: OK
County:
License #: OK-32104-01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: MICHAEL BRODERICK
HQ OPS Officer: VINCE KLCO | Notification Date: 05/16/2017
Notification Time: 23:40 [ET]
Event Date: 05/16/2017
Event Time: [CDT]
Last Update Date: 05/17/2017 | Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
AGREEMENT STATE
| Person (Organization):
GEOFFREY MILLER (R4DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICA (EMAI)
| Event Text AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LICENSEE STRUCTURE DAMAGE DUE TO TORNADO
The Midwest Inspection Services building has been severely damaged by a tornado storm. All radiography cameras have been accounted for and are stored in a safe location. The vault is intact.
Tornados are forecasted to continue throughout the evening.
* * * UPDATE AT 1205 EDT ON 05/17/17 FROM MICHAEL BRODERICK TO JEFF HERRERA * * *
The following update was received from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality via email:
"Shortly after 22:30 [CDT] on the evening of May 16th, Oklahoma DEQ [Department of Environmental Quality] verbally notified the HOO [NRC Headquarters Operations Officer] of an event affecting an Oklahoma radiography company. This is a follow-up report to confirm the verbal report and provide more details.
"Facility Name: Desert NDT, LLC dba Shawcor (note) the facility was historically known as Midwest Inspections, and was accidentally referred to by that name in the initial report.
"Facility license number: OK-32104-01
"Because of concern generated by news reports, DEQ [Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality] contacted the facility at about 22:00 [CDT] and over the following few minutes, we were able to reach the facility manager. [The facility manager] reported that their licensed facility at Elk City had been largely destroyed by the tornado reported in the media. He indicated that the vault was mostly intact, but had damage to the ceiling. All power at the facility was out. [The facility manager] indicated they [Desert NDT] had fifteen cameras in the vault, and others were out in trucks on jobs around the region. [The facility manager] reported that they [Desert NDT] had done an inventory on the fifteen cameras in the vault, and confirmed that they were accounted for. [The facility manager] had no reports of problems with any sources dispatched on jobs. [The facility manager] explained that they [Desert NDT] did not regard the damaged vault as suitable for secure storage, but they [Desert NDT] had one radiography truck that was largely intact, and they [Desert NDT] were storing the fifteen cameras in one truck, and keeping the truck under constant surveillance by an employee who was authorized unescorted access. Media reports indicated that another storm, weaker than the first, but still having potential tornadoes was headed for the area. In a second call, the facility manager reported that because of concerns about further storms, they had moved the cameras into a storm shelter in [a secure location]. [The facility manager] indicated that the storm shelter was under surveillance, and was lockable, and would remain locked unless being directly accessed. In view of the remarkable circumstances, [Oklahoma] DEQ approved this arrangement as an interim measure. About 8:20 [CDT] on the morning of the 17th, [Oklahoma] DEQ contacted the manager again. [The facility manager] indicated that the fifteen cameras were still secured in the storm shelter. [The facility manager] reported that there was no known further damage during the night, and that the company would be conducting a confirmatory inventory of the fifteen cameras, and conducting an inventory to ensure that cameras out on jobs were safe and under control. [The facility manager] will report the results of this to [Oklahoma] DEQ when available. [The facility manager] explained that they were doing an assessment of undamaged trucks that were suitable for secure storage under Part 37, and that they planned to retain some sources at the Elk City facility using the trucks that were suitable. [The facility manager] indicated that excess sources would be moved to a licensed company facility out of state. [The facility manager] will follow up with [Oklahoma] DEQ later today.
"[Oklahoma] DEQ has used GIS [Geographic Information System] to identify seven other licensed facilities that are near the storm track, and are not considered as having as much concern. We [Oklahoma DEQ] contacted all of them by phone this morning and confirmed that all is well."
Notified the R4DO (Miller) and NMSS via email. |
| Power Reactor | Event Number: 52769 | Facility: SEQUOYAH
Region: 2 State: TN
Unit: [1] [2] [ ]
RX Type: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP
NRC Notified By: ROBERT CAMENISCH
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN | Notification Date: 05/24/2017
Notification Time: 04:10 [ET]
Event Date: 05/23/2017
Event Time: 23:30 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 05/24/2017 | Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
50.72(b)(3)(iv)(A) - VALID SPECIF SYS ACTUATION
| Person (Organization):
JAMIE HEISSERER (R2DO)
|
| Unit | SCRAM Code | RX CRIT | Initial PWR | Initial RX Mode | Current PWR | Current RX Mode | | 1 | N | Y | 100 | Power Operation | 100 | Power Operation | | 2 | N | N | 0 | Cold Shutdown | 0 | Cold Shutdown | Event Text ALL FOUR EDGs AUTOSTARTED DURING TRANSFER OF SHUTDOWN BOARD TO NORMAL POWER SOURCE FOR UNIT 2 TESTING
"On May 23, 2017 at 2330, while transferring 2A-A 6.9 kV Shutdown Board from its alternate power source to its normal power source in support of outage testing, a failure occurred which resulted in the loss of the Shutdown Board, emergency start of all 4 Emergency Diesel Generators (EDGs), and required the manual emergency stop of 2A-A EDG.
"During transfer of the 2A-A 6.9kV Shutdown Board, the hand switch for the normal feeder breaker on the shutdown board was being maintained in the 'CLOSE' position while the alternate feeder breaker hand switch was placed in 'TRIP.' As expected, the alternate feeder breaker opened and the normal feeder breaker closed. However, the upstream supply breaker to the normal feeder breaker immediately tripped due to an overcurrent relay actuation on a single phase. As a result, the 2A-A 6.9 kV Shutdown Board deenergized, initiating a blackout signal which started all 4 of the station's EDGs. During board stripping (opening of all feeder and load breakers, to prepare the board for automatic reenergization from the EDG), the normal feeder breaker to the Shutdown Board failed to trip. This failure to trip prevented the emergency feeder breaker in the output of 2A-A EDG from closing, in accordance with interlock logic. As a result, 2A-A 6.9 kV Shutdown Board remained deenergized which prevented the cooling water supply valve for the EDG from opening due to loss of motive power. This lack of cooling caused operators to emergency stop the 2A-A EDG.
"Power was restored to the Shutdown Board on May 24, 2017 at 0037.
"Unit 1 is currently stable in Mode 1, at 100% power and Unit 2 is stable in Mode 5 with RCS at 164 F and 340 psig.
"The cause of the breaker trip on overcurrent and the failure of the normal feeder to trip on load shedding are under investigation.
"This event had no impact on the health and/or safety of the public. The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified." | |