Part 21 Report - 1998-030
LICENSEE: ILLINOIS POWER CO.
SITE: CLINTON 1 EN NUMBER:33450
DOCKET: 05000461 EVENT DATE: 12-23-97
RX TYPE: BWR EVENT TIME: 20:04
VENDORS: GE-6 NOTIFY DATE: 12-23-97
EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A REGION: 3 STATE: IL TIME: 20:04
OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON
10 CFR SECTION: CCCC 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH
UNIT SCRAM RX INIT INITIAL MODE CURR CURRENT MODE
CODE CRIT PWR PWR
1 N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN 0 COLD SHUTDOWN
CLINTON POWER STATION SUBMITTED A LICENSEE EVENT REPORT (LER NO.
97-028-00) WITH A PART 21 IN ITS BODY AND THE LICENSEE WANTED THE
PART 21 PORTION OF THE LER REPORTED.
ON NOVEMBER 26, 1997, ILLINOIS POWER DETERMINED THAT ASEA BROWN
BOVERI (ABB) FAILED TO NOTIFY ILLINOIS POWER OF A PROBLEM WITH
THE QUALIFICATION OF POWER SHIELD TRIP UNITS SUPPLIED WITH ABB
480-VOLT K-LINE CIRCUIT BREAKERS. THIS ISSUE WAS DETERMINED TO BE
POTENTIALLY REPORTABLE UNDER 10 CFR PART 21. ILLINOIS POWER HAS
COMPLETED EVALUATION OF THIS ISSUE AND CONCLUDES THAT IT IS
REPORTABLE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 10 CFR PART 21.
ILLINOIS POWER IS PROVIDING THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN
ACCORDANCE WITH 10 CFR PART 21.21(c)(4). INITIAL NOTIFICATION OF
THIS MATTER WILL BE PROVIDED BY FACSIMILE OF THIS LETTER TO THE
NRC OPERATIONS CENTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10 CFR PART 21.21(c)(3)
WITHIN 2 DAYS OF THE DATE THE RESPONSIBLE OFFICER APPROVES THIS
REPORT.
(i) JOHN G. COOK, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF ILLINOIS POWER
COMPANY, CLINTON POWER STATION HIGHWAY 54, 6 MILES EAST, CLINTON,
ILLINOIS, 61727, IS INFORMING THE NRC OF A CONDITION REPORTABLE
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 10 CFR PART 21 BY MEANS OF THIS REPORT.
(ii) THE BASIC COMPONENT INVOLVED IN THIS REPORT IS THE
QUALIFICATION OF THE POWER SHIELD TRIP UNITS ASSOCIATED WITH ABB
480-VOLT K-LINE SAFETY-RELATED CIRCUIT BREAKERS.
(iii) THE POWER SHIELD TRIP UNITS ASSOCIATED WITH ABB 480-VOLT
K-LINE SAFETY RELATED CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE SUPPLIED BY ABB.
(iv) AS DISCUSSED IN THE DESCRIPTION OF EVENT PORTION OF THIS
REPORT THE NATURE OF THE CONDITION IS THE FAILURE TO NOTIFY
ILLINOIS POWER OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE QUALIFICATION OF THE POWER
SHIELD TRIP UNITS ASSOCIATED WITH ABB 480-VOLT K-LINE
SAFETY-RELATED CIRCUIT BREAKERS.
AS DISCUSSED IN THE ANALYSIS OF EVENT PORTION OF THIS REPORT,
FAILURE OF THE POWER SHIELD TRIP UNITS ASSOCIATED WITH ABB
480-VOLT K-LINE SAFETY-RELATED CIRCUIT BREAKERS COULD CAUSE THE
CIRCUIT BREAKERS TO NOT PROPERLY PERFORM THEIR SAFETY FUNCTION.
(v) ON NOVEMBER 26, 1997, ILLINOIS POWER IDENTIFIED THAT THEY
WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM WITH QUALIFICATION OF THE POWER
SHIELD TRIP UNITS ASSOCIATED WITH ABB 480-VOLT K-LINE
SAFETY-RELATED CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND ILLINOIS POWER DETERMINED
THAT THIS ISSUE WAS POTENTIALLY REPORTABLE UNDER 10 CFR PART 21.
(vi) THIS ISSUE AFFECTS THE POWER SHIELD TRIP UNITS ASSOCIATED
WITH ABB 480-VOLT K-LINE SAFETY-RELATED CIRCUIT BREAKERS.
ILLINOIS POWER IS AWARE THAT A 10 CFR PART 21 NOTIFICATION WAS
MADE BY ABB TO THE NRC ON JULY 28, 1994, ON THIS ISSUE. HOWEVER,
ILLINOIS POWER WAS NOT NOTIFIED BY ABB OF THIS ISSUE.
(vii) THE CORRECTIVE ACTION THAT ILLINOIS POWER IS TAKING FOR
THIS EVENT IS DISCUSSED IN THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PORTION OF THIS
REPORTS (SEE LER REPORT SENT BY CLINTON).
(viii) ILLINOIS POWER HAS NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO OFFER.
CLINTON POWER STATION MADE AN EVENT NOTIFICATION TO THE NRC
OPERATION CENTER CONCERNING THIS ISSUE ON 11/26/97 AT 1436 EST
AND THE ITS ASSIGNED EVENT NUMBER IS 33317.
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