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Event Notification Report for February 4, 1999

                    U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
                              Operations Center

                              Event Reports For
                           02/03/1999 - 02/04/1999

                              ** EVENT NUMBERS **

35214  35339  35340  35341  35342  

!!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED  !!!!!!!
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|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   35214       |
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| FACILITY: SAN ONOFRE               REGION:  4  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/05/1999|
|    UNIT:  [] [2] []                 STATE:  CA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:19[EST]|
|   RXTYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] CE,[3] CE             |EVENT DATE:        01/04/1999|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        20:51[PST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  HOWARD SMITH                 |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/03/1999|
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  STEVE SANDIN                 +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          N/A                   |JOSEPH TAPIA         R4      |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|AINB 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(B) POT RHR INOP           |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|                                                   |                          |
|2     N          N       0        Cold Shutdown    |0        Cold Shutdown    |
|                                                   |                          |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE CCW SYSTEM MAY NOT  MEET ITS REQUIREMENT TO     |
| OPERATE FOR 7 DAYS WITHOUT MAKE-UP FOLLOWING A SEISMIC EVENT.                |
|                                                                              |
| THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE:   |
|                                                                              |
| "AT SAN ONOFRE, THE COMPONENT COOLING WATER (CCW) SYSTEM IS REQUIRED TO      |
| PROVIDE COOLING FOR 7 DAYS WITHOUT MAKE-UP.  CCW TRAINS 'A' AND 'B' ARE      |
| SEISMICALLY QUALIFIED; THE NON-CRITICAL LOOP IS NOT SEISMICALLY QUALIFIED."  |
|                                                                              |
| "UNIT 2 ENTERED MODE 5 AT APPROXIMATELY 0544 PST ON JANUARY 3, 1999, FOR A   |
| PLANNED REFUELING/MAINTENANCE OUTAGE.  AT 2051 ON JANUARY 4, 1999, WHILE     |
| UNIT 2 WAS IN MODE 5, SCE DETERMINED THAT ISOLATION VALVE LEAKAGE BETWEEN    |
| CCW TRAIN 'B' AND THE CCW NON-CRITICAL LOOP OBSERVED DURING A [TECHNICAL     |
| SPECIFICATION] SURVEILLANCE EXCEEDED ITS ACCEPTABLE LIMIT FOR OPERATION IN   |
| MODES 1 THROUGH 4, AND TRAIN B CCW COULD HAVE BEEN INOPERABLE PRIOR TO SHUT  |
| DOWN.  TESTS WERE PERFORMED TO ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS LEAKAGE     |
| EXISTED DURING OPERATION IN MODES 1 THROUGH 4 PRIOR TO PLANT SHUT DOWN.      |
| HOWEVER, THE TESTS WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THAT THE LEAKAGE DID NOT EXIST   |
| PRIOR TO SHUT DOWN.  DURING THE PAST CYCLE OF PLANT OPERATION, IF A SEISMIC  |
| EVENT WERE TO HAVE OCCURRED WHILE TRAIN 'A' WAS OUT OF SERVICE, THERE WAS A  |
| POTENTIAL FOR THE CCW TO FAIL TO MEET ITS REQUIRED 7 DAYS OF OPERATION       |
| WITHOUT MAKEUP.  THEREFORE, SCE IS CONSERVATIVELY MAKING THIS REPORT AS A    |
| NON-EMERGENCY 4-HOUR REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10CFR50.72(b)(2)(iii) - A     |
| CONDITION THAT ALONE COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE FULFILLMENT OF THE SAFETY      |
| FUNCTION OF THE CCW.                                                         |
|                                                                              |
| "CCW IS PRESENTLY CAPABLE OF PERFORMING ITS SUPPORT FUNCTION FOR SHUTDOWN    |
| COOLING IN MODES 5 AND 6.  THE ISOLATION VALVES' ACTUATORS WERE              |
| DISCONNECTED, THE VALVES WERE MANUALLY SEATED.  THE MEASURED LEAKAGE WAS     |
| WELL BELOW THE ACCEPTABLE LEVEL FOR OPERATION IN MODES 1 THROUGH 4.  THE     |
| ACTUATORS WERE RE-CONNECTED TO PROVIDE FOR REMOTE OPERATION.  THE            |
| INVESTIGATION OF THE CAUSE AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS IS ON-GOING.               |
|                                                                              |
| "UNIT 3 IS IN MODE 1 AND UNAFFECTED BY THIS CONDITION."                      |
|                                                                              |
| THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR.                            |
|                                                                              |
| * * * UPDATE 1835 EST ON 2/3/99 FROM HOWARD SMITH TO S.SANDIN * * *          |
|                                                                              |
| THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT BASED ON THE FOLLOWING:                |
|                                                                              |
| "SUBSEQUENT DIAGNOSTIC TESTS WERE PERFORMED AND THE CAUSE OF THE LEAKAGE WAS |
| DETERMINED TO BE INSUFFICIENT SEATING LOAD FOR VALVE HV6213.  THIS VALVE'S   |
| LEAKAGE WAS ACCEPTABLE FOLLOWING ITS LAST TECH SPEC REQUIRED SURVEILLANCE    |
| TEST.  SCE WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE VALVE SEATING LOAD CHANGED.    |
| THEREFORE, BASED ON THE GUIDANCE PROVIDED IN NUREG-1022, REV 1 THIS          |
| CONDITION IS CONSIDERED A FAILED SURVEILLANCE TEST AND FAILED WHEN FOUND.    |
| BECAUSE THE CONDITION WAS DISCOVERED IN AN OPERATIONAL MODE WHERE CCW TECH   |
| SPEC DOES NOT APPLY, THIS CONDITION IS NOT REPORTABLE."                      |
|                                                                              |
| THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR.  NOTIFIED R4DO(JONES).     |
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|Other Nuclear Material                           |Event Number:   35339       |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| REP ORG:  UNION CAMP CORP                      |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/02/1999|
|LICENSEE:  UNION CAMP CORP                      |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:34[EST]|
|    CITY:  FRANKLIN                 REGION:  2  |EVENT DATE:        02/01/1999|
|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  VA |EVENT TIME:             [EST]|
|LICENSE#:  45-11414-01           AGREEMENT:  N  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/03/1999|
|  DOCKET:  030-0659                             |+----------------------------+
|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|                                                |PAUL FREDRICKSON     R2      |
|                                                |FRED COMBS           EO      |
+------------------------------------------------+STUART RUBIN         IRO     |
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  HUGH RAULSTON                |                             |
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  STEVE SANDIN                 |                             |
+------------------------------------------------+                             |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          N/A                   |                             |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii)   LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X    |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| LICENSEE REPORTED A LOST AMERICIUM-241 SOURCE DURING SHIPMENT.               |
|                                                                              |
| "THE SOURCE MATERIAL LOST IN SHIPMENT IS AN AMERICIUM-241 80mCi SEALED       |
| SOURCE CERAMIC ENCAPSULATED BY WELDED STAINLESS STEEL.  THE SOURCE SERIAL    |
| NUMBER IS 8462LX MOUNTED IN DEVICE NUMBER 2992 MANUFACTURED BY NDC SYSTEMS,  |
| 5314 NORTH IRWINDALE AVE., IRWINDALE, CALIFORNIA 91706.  THE SOURCE IS AN    |
| INTEGRAL COMPONENT OF AN NDC MODEL 104F PAPER MACHINE FOURDRINIER MASS       |
| MEASUREMENT GAUGE.                                                           |
|                                                                              |
| "THE MATERIAL WAS PICKED UP AT OUR FRANKLIN, VIRGINIA, TRANSPORTATION        |
| DEPARTMENT LOCATION BY UPS COURIER MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1999 FOR OVERNIGHT    |
| SHIPMENT TO NDC IN IRWINDALE.  THE UPS TRACKING NUMBER ASSIGNED WAS          |
| 1Z2923930143701285.  NDC SYSTEMS WAS CONTACTED ON 1/18/99  AND ADVISED TO    |
| EXPECT THE PACKAGE ON 1/19/99.  NDC PERSONNEL WERE REQUESTED TO ADVISE US    |
| UPON RECEIPT.  NDC PERSONNEL WERE CONTACTED 1/19/99 TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE |
| PACKAGE WAS, IN FACT, RECEIVED.  IT WAS NOT.  NDC WAS CONTACTED ON 1/20/99   |
| TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PACKAGE WAS RECEIVED.  IT WAS NOT.  SUBSEQUENTLY,   |
| ON 1/20/99, UPS WAS CONTACTED TO REQUEST THAT THE PACKAGE BE TRACED.  UPS    |
| ASSIGNED TRACING NUMBER 020A0110 TO THE SHIPMENT.  THE PACKAGE WAS SCANNED   |
| UPON ARRIVAL IN THE UPS SYSTEM IN LOUISVILLE INTERNATIONAL IN LOUISVILLE,    |
| KY. AT 1152 P.M. ON 1/18/99.  THE MATERIAL SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME MISSING IN    |
| THE UPS SHIPPING SYSTEM.                                                     |
|                                                                              |
| "ANY EXPOSURE TO INDIVIDUALS IS EXTREMELY UNLIKELY.  THE MATERIAL WAS        |
| PACKAGED IN COMPLETE COMPLIANCE WITH DOT REGULATIONS FOR AN EXCEPTED PACKAGE |
| LIMITED QUANTITY MATERIAL AND NDC RECOMMENDED PACKAGING GUIDELINES WITH THE  |
| SOURCE SHUTTER SECURELY CLOSED.  THERE IS LESS THAN 0.1mR/HR EXPOSURE RATE   |
| 50 MILLIMETERS FROM THE FACE OF THE SHUTTERED SENSOR.  A  SURVEY WAS         |
| PERFORMED USING A TN TECHNOLOGIES MODEL 200X RADIATION SURVEY METER SERIAL   |
| NUMBER B587W  LAST CALIBRATED 10/19/98 TO CONFIRM EXPOSURE RATE.             |
|                                                                              |
| "REPRESENTATIVES OF UNION CAMP HAVE BEEN IN DAILY CONTACT WITH               |
| REPRESENTATIVES OF NDC AND UPS IN ATTEMPTS TO LOCATE THE UNIT.  INGLEHART &  |
| ASSOCIATES WAS CONSULTED FOR ADDITIONAL IDEAS IN LOCATING THE DEVICE.  TO    |
| DATE, THE DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED.                                       |
|                                                                              |
| "FROM A UNION CAMP PROCEDURES STANDPOINT, THERE IS NO KNOWN METHOD OR        |
| MEASURE THAT CAN BE ADOPTED TO ENSURE AGAINST A RECURRENCE OF A LOSS SUCH AS |
| THIS. "                                                                      |
|                                                                              |
| ***UPDATE ON 02/03/99 AT 1001 ET BY RAULSTON TAKEN BY MACKINNON***           |
|                                                                              |
|                                                                              |
| THE SOURCE HAS BEEN FOUND INTACT AND IT IS NOW AT RAULSTON'S OFFICE IN       |
| FRANKLIN, VA.. THE PACKAGE CONTAINING THE SOURCE HAD NOT BEEN OPENED.        |
| RAULSTON NOTIFIED NRC REGION 2 (WADE LOO) AND INFORMED HIM THAT THE MISSING  |
| SHIPMENT HAD BEEN FOUND.  MR. RAULSTON SAID THAT HE WILL CHECK THE SOURCE    |
| OUT BEFORE SHIPPING IT OUT AGAIN TO NDC  IN IRWINDALE, CA.   R2DO            |
| (FREDRICKSON)  & NMSS EO (COMBS) NOTIFIED.                                   |
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+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   35340       |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| FACILITY: SALEM                    REGION:  1  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/03/1999|
|    UNIT:  [] [2] []                 STATE:  NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:06[EST]|
|   RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP                |EVENT DATE:        02/03/1999|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        11:15[EST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  DAVID SMITH                  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/03/1999|
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  STEVE SANDIN                 +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          UNU                   |JULIAN WILLIAMS      R1      |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |ROBERT DENNIG        EO      |
|AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i)      EMERGENCY DECLARED     |JOSEPH GIITTER       IRO     |
|                                                |WAYNE STORER         FEMA    |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|                                                   |                          |
|2     N          Y       100      Power Operation  |100      Power Operation  |
|                                                   |                          |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| UNIT 2 ENTERED AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO THE LOSS OF >75% OF THE OVERHEAD      |
| ALARM ANNUNCIATORS DUE TO PERSONNEL ERROR.                                   |
|                                                                              |
| "MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES WERE BEING PERFORMED ON THE OVERHEAD ALARM SYSTEM TO |
| REPLACE A BATTERY IN THE 'B' SEQUENCE OF EVENTS RECORDER.  THIS ACTIVITY WAS |
| COMPLETED, WHICH THEN REQUIRED THAT DEFAULT DATA BE LOADED INTO THE          |
| RECORDER.  THIS DEFAULT DATA WAS IMPROPERLY LOADED INTO THE ACTIVE SEQUENCE  |
| OF EVENTS RECORDER  'A.'  THIS CORRUPTED IT'S DATA WHICH RENDERED THE ENTIRE |
| OVERHEAD ALARM SYSTEM INOPERABLE.  THERE ARE NOT PLANT TRANSIENTS IN         |
| PROGRESS AND ALTERNATE INDICATIONS FOR THE OVERHEAD ALARM WINDOWS ARE        |
| AVAILABLE.  ACTIVITIES ARE IN PROGRESS TO RESTORE THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS     |
| RECORDER 'B' WHICH WILL RESTORE THE OPERABILITY OF THE OVERHEAD ALARM        |
| SYSTEM.  THE ABNORMAL OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR THE LOSS OF OVERHEAD ALARMS    |
| HAS BEEN ENTERED AND COMPENSATORY MEASURES ARE IN PLACE THAT PROVIDE         |
| ALTERNATE INDICATIONS FOR THE LOSS OF OVERHEAD ALARM CAPABILITY.  ALL SAFETY |
| RELATED SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT ARE OPERABLE."                                 |
|                                                                              |
| THE LICENSEE ESTIMATES APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS WILL BE REQUIRED TO RESTORE THE |
| OVERHEAD ALARM SYSTEM AT WHICH TIME THEY WILL EXIT THE UNUSUAL EVENT.  THE   |
| LICENSEE INFORMED STATE/LOCAL AGENCIES AND THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR.       |
|                                                                              |
| * * * UPDATE 1346 EST ON 2/3/99 FROM SMITH TO S.SANDIN * * *                 |
|                                                                              |
| THE LICENSEE HAS RECOVERED THE "B" SEQUENCE OF EVENTS RECORDER AND IS        |
| CURRENTLY RELOADING DATA INTO THE "A" UNIT.  THE LICENSEE ESTIMATES THAT     |
| BOTH RECORDERS WILL BE RETURNED TO SERVICE BY 1630 EST.  THE LICENSEE        |
| NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR.  NOTIFIED R1DO(WILLIAMS) AND            |
| EO(DENNIG).                                                                  |
|                                                                              |
| * * * UPDATE 1547 EST ON 2/3/99 FROM SMITH TO S.SANDIN * * *                 |
|                                                                              |
| UNIT 2 EXITED THE UNUSUAL EVENT AT 1540 EST AFTER VERIFYING THAT BOTH        |
| SEQUENCE OF EVENTS RECORDERS AND THE OVERHEAD ANNUNCIATOR ALARM SYSTEM WERE  |
| FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.   THE LICENSEE INFORMED STATE/LOCAL AGENCIES AND THE   |
| NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR.  NOTIFIED R1DO(WILLIAMS), EO(DENNIG), IRO(GIITTER)   |
| AND FEMA(CALDWELL).                                                          |
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+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   35341       |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| FACILITY: DAVIS-BESSE              REGION:  3  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/03/1999|
|    UNIT:  [1] [] []                 STATE:  OH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:08[EST]|
|   RXTYPE: [1] B&W-R-LP                         |EVENT DATE:        02/03/1999|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        11:18[EST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  GILLIG                       |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/03/1999|
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  CHAUNCEY GOULD               +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          N/A                   |THOMAS KOZAK         R3      |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|AESS 50.72(b)(1)(v)      EMERGENCY SIREN INOP   |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|1     N          Y       100      Power Operation  |100      Power Operation  |
|                                                   |                          |
|                                                   |                          |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| THE LICENSEE REPORTED ALL EMERGENCY SIRENS OUT OF SERVICE.                   |
|                                                                              |
| THE LICENSEE DECLARED THE REPEATER USED FOR OFF SITE EMERGENCY SIRENS OUT OF |
| SERVICE AT 1118 ON 2/3/99.  REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED AND THE SYSTEM WAS TESTED |
| AND RETURNED TO SERVICE AT 1140 ON 2/3/99.  THE LAST SUCCESSFUL TEST OF THE  |
| SYSTEM WAS 1248 ON 2/2/99 MAKING THE SYSTEM POTENTIALLY UNAVAILABLE FOR      |
| ALMOST 23 HOURS.                                                             |
|                                                                              |
| THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED.  THE STATE WILL BE NOTIFIED.  OTTAWA    |
| COUNTY WAS NOTIFIED AND LUCAS COUNTY WILL BE NOTIFIED.                       |
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+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   35342       |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| FACILITY: FT CALHOUN               REGION:  4  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/03/1999|
|    UNIT:  [1] [] []                 STATE:  NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:18[EST]|
|   RXTYPE: [1] CE                               |EVENT DATE:        02/03/1999|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        12:00[CST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  CHARLES A. CARLSON           |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/03/1999|
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  STEVE SANDIN                 +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          N/A                   |BILL JONES           R4      |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A)   PLANT S/D REQD BY TS   |                             |
|NLCO                     TECH SPEC LCO A/S      |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|1     N          Y       100      Power Operation  |99       Power Operation  |
|                                                   |                          |
|                                                   |                          |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| UNIT 1 COMMENCED A TECH SPEC REQUIRED SHUTDOWN DUE TO STEAM DRIVEN AUXILIARY |
| FEEDWATER PUMP INOPERABILITY.                                                |
|                                                                              |
| "ON FEBRUARY 3, 1999 AT 1200 CST, FORT CALHOUN STATION COMMENCED A TECHNICAL |
| SPECIFICATION REQUIRED SHUTDOWN.  THE STEAM DRIVEN AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP  |
| HAS BEEN INOPERABLE SINCE FEBRUARY 2, 1999 AT 1225 CST PER TECHNICAL 2.5(1), |
| A 24 HOUR LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATION."                                 |
|                                                                              |
| A DESIGN MODIFICATION WAS PERFORMED ON THE SYSTEM AROUND JUNE 1998 WHICH     |
| INSTALLED AN ACCUMULATOR DESIGNED TO PREVENT TURBINE OVERSPEED AND           |
| OVERPRESSURIZATION OF THE DISCHARGE PIPING.  DURING SURVEILLANCE TESTING ON  |
| FEBRUARY 2, 1999, THE ACCUMULATOR FAILED TO MEET THE MAXIMUM 10 PSI DROP IN  |
| 1 HOUR  ACCEPTANCE CRITERION.  THE ACTUAL PRESSURE DROP WAS MEASURED AS 5.5  |
| PSI IN 30  MINUTES.  THE LICENSEE SUBSEQUENTLY REEVALUATED THE BASIS FOR THE |
| DESIGN MODIFICATION AND CONCLUDED THAT A CHOKED FLOW CONDITION WOULD EXIST   |
| PRECLUDING TURBINE OVERSPEED.  THE LICENSEE IS REVISING THE SURVEILLANCE     |
| PROCEDURE AND PREPARING A REQUEST FOR ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION REVIEW BY       |
| REGION IV.  THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR.                |
|                                                                              |
| * * * UPDATE 1615 EST ON 2/3/99 FROM CARLSON TO S.SANDIN * * *               |
|                                                                              |
| UNIT 1 EXITED THE TECH SPEC REQUIRED SHUTDOWN AT 1424 CST ON 2/3/99.  THE    |
| STEAM DRIVEN AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP WAS DECLARED OPERABLE FOLLOWING THE    |
| COMPLETION OF SURVEILLANCE TESTING.  THE UNIT IS CURRENTLY HOLDING POWER     |
| BETWEEN 58-60% DUE TO SECONDARY CHEMISTRY REQUIREMENTS.  THE LICENSEE        |
| INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR.  NOTIFIED R4DO(JONES).                  |
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