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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