Event Notification Report for May 21, 1999
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 05/20/1999 - 05/21/1999 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 35720 35726 35739 35744 35745 35746 35747 35748 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 35720 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: BROWNS FERRY REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/15/1999| | UNIT: [] [2] [] STATE: AL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:25[EDT]| | RXTYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4,[3] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 05/15/1999| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:56[CDT]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: RODNEY NACOSTE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/20/1999| | HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |RUDOLPH BERNHARD R2 | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | |2 A/R Y 100 Power Operation |0 Hot Shutdown | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TURBINE TRIP/REACTOR SCRAM DURING MAIN TURBINE MECHANICAL OVERSPEED TESTING | | | | While the licensee was resetting the mechanical overspeed trip during main | | turbine mechanical overspeed testing, the main turbine tripped which | | generated an automatic reactor scram. All control rods fully inserted into | | the core. The resulting scram caused reactor vessel water level to lower to | | below the primary containment isolation system group 2 (drywell), group 3 | | (reactor water cleanup), group 6 (ventilation), and group 8 (traversing | | incore probes) isolation setpoint resulting in those isolations along with | | control room emergency ventilation system and the standby gas treatment | | system initiations. Reactor feedwater is maintaining reactor vessel water | | level, and the turbine bypass valves are maintaining reactor vessel | | pressure. All emergency core cooling systems and the emergency diesel | | generators are fully operable if needed. None of the safety-relief valves | | opened, and the offsite electrical grid is stable. | | | | The licensee is investigating what caused the turbine trip/reactor scram. A | | Licensee Event Report will be filed with the NRC within 30 days concerning | | this event. | | | | The NRC Resident Inspector was notified of this event by the licensee. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1207 ON 05/20/99 BY JOE BENNETT TO JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | During an investigation of the above event, the licensee determined that | | five main steam relief valves had opened automatically due to high reactor | | pressure and immediately closed completely following the reactor scram. The | | licensee plans to include this additional information in their Licensee | | Event Report on this event. | | | | The licensee plans to inform the NRC Resident Inspector of this update. The | | NRC Operations Officer notified the R2DO Ann Boland. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 35726 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REP ORG: U.S. ARMY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/17/1999| |LICENSEE: U.S. ARMY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:03[EDT]| | CITY: ROCK ISLAND REGION: 3 |EVENT DATE: 05/16/1999| | COUNTY: STATE: IL |EVENT TIME: [CDT]| |LICENSE#: 12-00722-13 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/20/1999| | DOCKET: |+----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION | | |BRENT CLAYTON R3 | | |PETER ESELGROTH R1 | +------------------------------------------------+JOE HOLONICH NMSS | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: JEFF HAVENER |FEMA, DOE, USDA, HHS FAX | | HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES |EPA, DOT (VIA NRC) FAX | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOST OR STOLEN 3-CURIE TRITIUM SOURCE FROM AN M140 ALIGNMENT DEVICE | | | | Sometime on 05/16/99 near Watervliet Arsenal (about 35 miles from Albany, | | NY) at a contractor's facility (Wright Malta Corporation at Wright Malta | | Station), a break-in occurred. In the facility was a howitzer with an M1A1 | | collimator (10 curies tritium) and an M140 alignment device (3 curies | | tritium). The two devices were taken but were recovered on site when the | | thieves were interrupted on the way out and dropped them. However, the | | source was missing from the M140 alignment device, and it is unknown whether | | the source was missing previously or removed and taken by the thieves. The | | local police are following up on the break-in and theft. The Watervliet | | Arsenal contacted the State of New York, who in turn notified NRC Region 1. | | | | (Call the NRC Operations Officer for additional information.) | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1730 EDT ON 05/19/99 FROM JEFF HAVENNER TO S. SANDIN * * * | | | | Additional information received by the licensee on 05/19/99 indicates that | | an M58 and an M59 aiming post light may also be missing. These are 5 and 4 | | curies of tritium for a total of 9 curies. The NRC Operations Officer | | notified R1DO (Eselgroth), R3DO (Clayton), NMSS EO (Haughney) and FEMA, DOE, | | USDA, HHS, EPA, and DOT (via NRC) by fax. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1329 EDT ON 05/20/99 FROM JEFF HAVENNER TO MACKINNON * * * | | | | Mr Havenner reported that the M58 and M59 aiming post lights containing | | tritium were not missing but two aiming post lights which do not container | | radioactive material were missing. The two missing aiming post lights are | | battery operated. The NRC Operations Officer notified the R1DO (Peter | | Eselgroth), R3DO (Brent Clayton), NMSS EO (Scott Moore) and FEMA, DOE, USDA, | | HHS, EPA, and DOT (via NRC) by fax. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 35739 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: MCGUIRE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/19/1999| | UNIT: [1] [2] [] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:38[EDT]| | RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/19/1999| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:30[EDT]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: TIM HEAFNER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/20/1999| | HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |ANN BOLAND R2 | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |1 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation | |2 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 24-hour Condition of License report involving fire protection barriers. | | | | "On May 19,1999 at 1030 hours. McGuire Nuclear Station determined that | | provisions of the McGuire fire protection program had not been maintained as | | required by conditions C.(4) (Unit I) and C.(7) (Unit 2) of the McGuire | | Facility Operating License. | | | | "Selected Licensee Commitment 16.9-5 requires that all fire rated assemblies | | and sealing devices separating | | 1. Safety from non-safety related areas or, | | 2. Redundant analyzed post fire safe shutdown equipment or, | | 3. The Control Complex (Control Room, Cable Rooms, and Battery Rooms) from | | the remainder of the plant or, | | 4. Containment from Non-containment areas shall be operable. | | | | "Contrary to this, numerous fire barrier penetrations designed to satisfy | | the above separation criteria for certain containment to non-containment | | penetrations have been determined to be inoperable. This discovery was made | | as part of routine surveillance testing. A particular penetration design | | has been identified to have been installed in non-conformance with the | | design. The design specifies the incorporation of a fire resistive block | | material surrounded by a metal frame as the physical penetration which is | | installed in the wall as a unit. Necessary cables then penetrate through the | | fire resistive block. Physical penetrations were installed in excess of | | those actually necessary for transporting cables to accommodate future | | modifications or other contingencies. Penetrations in these 'blank | | locations' incorporated a welded steel plate as opposed to the design | | described above. This configuration has not been qualified as a 3 hour fire | | rated assembly. | | | | "Remedial actions required by Selected Licensee Commitment 16.9-5 have been | | implemented (fire watches). The ability of the facility to achieve safe | | shutdown conditions under a postulated design bases fire has not been | | compromised by the discovered condition. Therefore, McGuire did not operate | | outside the design basis of the plant. | | | | "The resident Inspector has been notified. A follow-up written report will | | be issued within 14 days. Note that this event is not reportable under the | | requirements of 10CFR50.72 or 10CFR50.73." | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 2101 ON 05/20/99 BY LARRY TUMBLESON AND JULIUS BRYANT TO | | JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | The following is an update to this event: | | | | ". . . A particular penetration design was thought to have been installed in | | non-conformance with design requirements. Specifically, penetrations in | | 'blank' locations incorporated a welded steel plate as a barrier rather than | | a fire resistive block material surrounded by a metal frame. Station | | personnel concluded that this welded steel plate design did not satisfy the | | requirements of Selected Licensee Commitment 16.9-5. Consequently, these | | penetrations were declared inoperable and the May 19, 1999 NRC Notification | | was made. | | | | Subsequent to the May 19,1999 notification, further evaluation of the welded | | steel plate fire barrier penetration design determined that these | | penetrations do satisfy the requirements of Selected Licensee Commitment | | 16.9-5. Consequently, these penetrations were operable and the May 19, 1999 | | NRC notification is retracted. As a result, the remedial actions specified | | in that notification have been discontinued and a follow up written report | | will not be issued. The Resident Inspector has been notified," | | | | The NRC Operations Officer notified the R2DO Ann Boland. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 35744 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/20/1999| | UNIT: [] [] [3] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:23[EDT]| | RXTYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/20/1999| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:14[EDT]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRADSKY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/20/1999| | HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |PETER ESELGROTH R1 | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |ADAS 50.72(b)(2)(i) DEG/UNANALYZED COND | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | | |3 N N 0 |0 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - FAILURE OF BOTH SAFETY RELATED CONTAINMENT CUBICAL SUMP AIR DRIVEN PUMPS | | - | | | | ON 5/16/99 DURING THE 18 MONTH SURVEILLANCE FOR THE SAFETY RELATED | | CONTAINMENT RECIRCULATION CUBICAL SUMP AIR DRIVEN PUMPS, BOTH PUMPS FAILED | | TO DISCHARGE WATER FROM THE SUMPS TO OUTSIDE THE ENGINEERING SAFETY FEATURES | | BUILDING. A REVISION TO THE SURVEILLANCE TO INCREASE THE AIR PRESSURE TO | | THE PUMPS WAS APPROVED ON 5/19/99. ON 5/19/99, BOTH AIR DRIVEN PUMPS WERE | | DECLARED INOPERABLE WHEN PUMP DAS*P15A FAILED TO DISCHARGE WATER FROM THE | | SUMPS TO OUTSIDE THE ENGINEERING SAFETY FEATURES BUILDING WITH THE INCREASED | | AIR PRESSURE. | | | | THE SAFETY RELATED CONTAINMENT RECIRCULATION CUBICAL SUMP AIR DRIVEN PUMPS | | ARE REQUIRED FOLLOWING A LOCA WHEN THE ENGINEERING SAFETY FEATURES BUILDING | | IS INACCESSIBLE DUE TO HIGH DOSE RATES IN THE BUILDING. THE PLANT IS | | CURRENTLY IN A REFUELING OUTAGE AND THE NON-SAFETY RELATED CONTAINMENT | | RECIRCULATION CUBICAL SUMP PUMPS ARE FUNCTIONAL. | | | | THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION. AT THIS TIME, IT | | IS HYPOTHESIZED THAT THE AIR CHAMBER OF THE PUMPS ARE FLOODED WITH | | LUBRICATING OIL WHICH REDUCES THEIR CAPABILITIES TO PUMP WATER. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Fuel Cycle Facility |Event Number: 35745 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/20/1999| | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:52[EDT]| | COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 05/20/1999| | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 10:40[EDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/20/1999| | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION | |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |BRENT CLAYTON R3 | | DOCKET: 0707002 |SCOTT MOORE NMSS | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: RICK LARSON | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NONR OTHER UNSPEC REQMNT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - DOE NOTIFIED OF URANIUM BEARING SOLUTION LEAKING FROM A POLYBOTTLE - | | | | At 1040 on 05/20/99, the DOE was notified of an off-normal event classified | | as a Level 3 Nuclear Criticality Safety Incident that occurred in the X-706 | | West Annex which is regulated by the DOE and operated by USEC under a | | Regulatory Oversight Agreement. The Site DOE Manager and the DOE Regulatory | | Oversight Manager were verbally notified. The notification stated the | | following: | | | | At 1800 on 05/19/99, plant personnel discovered a small amount of uranium | | bearing solution leaking from a small diameter storage container | | (polybottle) in the HEU cylinder cleaning area of the X-705 West Annex. | | Plant Nuclear Criticality Safety personnel determined the leak to be a loss | | of geometry control, such that only one of the double contingency controls | | remained in place. | | | | This event is reportable to the NRC per requirements in the plant's Safety | | Analysis Report, Section 6.9, Table 1, Criteria P, Miscellaneous: USEC | | shall notify the NRC of any event or situation, related to the health and | | safety of the public or onsite personnel, or protection of the environment, | | for which a news release is planned or notification to other government | | agencies has been or will be made. Such an event may include an onsite | | fatality or inadvertent release of radioactively contaminated materials. | | | | The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 35746 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/20/1999| | UNIT: [2] [] [] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:23[EDT]| | RXTYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 12/01/1975| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:00[EDT]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: TOM McKEE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/20/1999| | HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |PETER ESELGROTH R1 | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - COMPONENT COOLING WATER PIPING IS RUN INSIDE A CRANE WALL (NOT MISSILE | | PROTECTED) - | | | | During a 10CFR50.54(f) review of the UFSAR, the licensee discovered a | | certain component cooling water (CCW) piping run inside a crane wall (i.e., | | not missile protected from LOCA generated missiles by the crane wall) [DER | | 99-0840]. After searching plant records, the licensee has not located any | | initial engineering documentation justifying the running of piping inside | | the crane wall. Based on this review, the licensee has concluded that the | | CCW piping may have been outside the system design basis stated in the UFSAR | | since original operation of the plant in December 1975. The licensee | | believes that the design requirement (i.e., protected from LOCA generated | | missiles) for the system was restored in March 1986 based on the NRC Safety | | Evaluation for Generic Safety Issue A-2. The Safety Evaluation Report (SER) | | states, in part, that "dynamic effects associated with postulated pipe | | breaks in the primary coolant system of this facility need not be a design | | basis." | | | | The licensee has declared the CCW piping operable based on the 1986 SER and | | is continuing to reconcile the design basis of this issue using the | | 10CFR50.59 process. | | | | The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |General Information or Other |Event Number: 35747 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REP ORG: NC DIVISION OF RADIATION PROTECTION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/20/1999| |LICENSEE: UNKNOWN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:10[EDT]| | CITY: PLYMOUTH REGION: 2 |EVENT DATE: 05/19/1999| | COUNTY: WASHINGTON STATE: NC |EVENT TIME: 12:00[EDT]| |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/20/1999| | DOCKET: |+----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION | | |ANN BOLAND R2 | | |CHARLEY HAUGHNEY NMSS | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM ALBRIGHT, NC DRP | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - 15 YEAR OLD MALE OPENED A FIRE EXIT SIGN AND PARTIALLY REMOVED TRITIUM | | AMPOULES - | | | | ON 05/19/99, JAMES ALBRIGHT, NC DIVISION OF RADIATION PROTECTION (DRP), WAS | | NOTIFIED THAT A 15 YEAR OLD MALE HAD OPENED A FIRE EXIT SIGN WITH A RAZOR | | KNIFE AND AT LEAST PARTIALLY REMOVED SOME OF THE TRITIUM AMPOULES (INCIDENT | | #99-09). ON THE MORNING OF 05/19/99, A DRP SURVEY TEAM RESPONDED. ALL | | AMPOULES HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR; NONE WERE DAMAGED OR BROKEN. WIPES TAKEN | | INDICATE NO CONTAMINATION. THE SIGN AND THE AMPOULES ARE CURRENTLY IN THE | | POSSESSION OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY, NC, SHERIFF DEPARTMENT. | | | | ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE TO RETURN THE SOURCE AMPOULES TO THE MANUFACTURER. | | | | NC DRP CONSIDERS THIS INCIDENT CLOSED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 35748 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/20/1999| | UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:57[EDT]| | RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/20/1999| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 21:37[EDT]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE GWIRTZ |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/20/1999| | HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |PETER ESELGROTH R1 | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |1 A/R Y 100 Power Operation |0 Hot Standby | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - UNIT 1 TRIP FROM 100% DUE TO NEGATIVE RATE TRIP SIGNAL DUE TO A DROPPED | | CONTROL ROD - | | | | AT 2137 ON 05/20/99, UNIT 1 REACTOR AUTOMATICALLY TRIPPED FORM 100% POWER | | DUE TO A NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION NEGATIVE RATE TRIP SIGNAL. PRELIMINARY | | INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE NEGATIVE RATE TRIP SIGNAL WAS DUE TO THE LOSS OF | | THE STATIONARY GRIPPER VOLTAGE TO CONTROL ROD #1A3 DUE TO A BLOWN FUSE FOR | | UNKNOWN REASONS CAUSING CONTROL ROD #1A3 TO DROP INTO THE CORE CAUSING THE | | NEGATIVE RATE TRIP SIGNAL ON NUCLEAR INSTRUMENT CHANNELS 2 AND 4. NO | | TESTING WAS BEING CONDUCTED AT THE TIME. ALL OTHER CONTROL RODS INSERTED | | COMPLETELY. THE AUXILIARY FEEDWATER SYSTEM ACTUATED, AS EXPECTED, DUE TO | | THE LOW-LOW STEAM GENERATOR LEVELS REACHED DURING THE TRIP, ALSO AS | | EXPECTED. NO SAFETY OR RELIEF VALVES LIFTED FOLLOWING THE TRIP. DECAY HEAT | | STEAM IS BEING DUMPED TO THE MAIN CONDENSER. UNIT 1 IS STABLE IN MODE 3 | | (HOT STANDBY) WITH REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM TEMPERATURE AT 547�F AND PRESSURE | | AT 2235 PSIG. | | | | NUMBER 11 CONTAINMENT FAN COIL UNIT WAS INOPERABLE PRIOR TO THE REACTOR TRIP | | AND WILL BE REPAIRED PRIOR TO THE RESTART OF UNIT 1. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF THE REACTOR TRIP, REPAIR THE | | ROD CONTROL SYSTEM, MAINTAIN HOT STANDBY MODE, AND PREPARE TO RESTART UNIT | | 1. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND LOCAL OFFICIALS, | | AND ON 05/21/99, ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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