Part 21 Report - 1998-101

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CITRS Event Detail Report

Report Date: 14-Jan-1998

Source	CITAS #	Occurance Date	Operatibility	Location	Methode Code	Priority	Reportable	Originator	System	K2MIS #
SOR	98-E00354	1/14/98 4:48:00 PM		CB	NO		NO	Santini, Philip	480V

Event Description:

January 14, 1998
Indiana Point Unit No.2
Docket No. 50-247

Part 21 Notification - NL1 Breaker Overhaust Work

This report is being made per 10CFR21(d) (3)(i), Reporting of Defects and Noncompliance.

Several safety related 480V DB-50 breakers were sent to an approved 10CFR50 Appendix B qualified vendor for overhaul and were returned to Indian Point outside of the manufacturer's tolerances and not meeting the requirements of the Class "A" purchase order. The breakers may have malfuntioned when called upon to perform there safety related function. This condition was discovered before the breakers were installed in the plant.

A written report will be submitted as required by part 21.

Immediate Actions:

Assignor	Assignee	Assignment	Status	Due Date	Last Updated	Action
Santini, Philip	DMRG, Daily Mgm Review Grp	Review Event	New	1/21/98	1/14/98

Event Summary:
Root Cause:
Santini, Philip	SWS, Shift Watch Sup.	Review Event	New	1/14/98	1/14/98
Event Summary:
Root Cause:
Santini, Philip	WE, Watch Fag.	Review Event	New	1/14/98	1/14/98
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Root Cause:

NLI:
Nuclear Logistic Inc.
7461 Airport Freeway
Ft. Worth Texas

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LICENSEE:	CONSOLIDATED EDISON CO. OF N.Y./NEW
SITE:	INDIAN POINT 3	EN NUMBER:	34155
DOCKET:	05000286	EVENT DATE:	04-29-98
RX TYPE:	PWR	EVENT TIME:	10:30
VENDORS:	W-4-LP	NOTIFY DATE:	04-30-98
EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A	REGION: 1	STATE: NY	TIME: 15:39
OPS OFFICER:	CHAUNCEY GOULD
10 CFR SECTION:	CCCC 21.21	UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH

UNIT	SCRAM CODE	RX CRIT	INIT PWR	INITIAL MODE	CURR PWR	CURRENT MODE
3	N	Y	100	POWER OPERATION	100	POWER OPERATION

PART 21 REPORT ON FAILURE OF 480 VAC BREAKER DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION.

AN ENGINEERING EVALUATION CONCLUDED THE WESTINGHOUSE TYPE DS-416 CIRCUIT BREAKER FAILED TO OPEN ON DEMAND BECAUSE LUBRICATION AT KEY PIVOT POINTS IN THE BREAKER MECHANISM WAS MISSING. THE LACK OF PROPER LUBRICATION WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE RESULT OF A BREAKER OVERHAUL PERFORMED BY POWER DISTRIBUTION TECHNOLOGY (PDT) WHICH REMOVED THE LUBRICANTS AND FAILED TO REAPPLY THEM. PDT HAD OVERHAULED THE FAILED BREAKER AND THREE OTHER TYPE DS-416 BREAKERS IN 1994 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LICENSEE'S PURCHASE ORDER WHICH CONTAINED SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO LUBRICATION. THE LACK OF LUBRICATION ON THE BREAKERS OVERHAULED BY PDT, WHICH IS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS, COULD HAVE PREVENTED A BREAKER FROM PERFORMING ITS SAFETY FUNCTION, RESULTING IN A SUBSTANTIAL SAFETY HAZARD.

THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR.

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