Event Notification Report for August 10, 1999
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
08/09/1999 - 08/10/1999
** EVENT NUMBERS **
36005 36009
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 36005 |
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| FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/06/1999|
| UNIT: [2] [] [] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:42[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/06/1999|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:00[EDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE VASELY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/09/1999|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |RICHARD BARKLEY R1 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NINF INFORMATION ONLY | |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE |
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|2 N Y 99 Power Operation |99 Power Operation |
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EVENT TEXT
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| VOLUNTARY NOTIFICATION REGARDING POTENTIAL FOR CONTROL ROOM VENTILATION |
| SYSTEM RECIRCULATION DUE TO SMOKE FROM FIRES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HUDSON |
| RIVER |
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| Brush fires are currently burning along the west side of the Hudson River |
| across from the Indian Point facility. The fires pose no threat to |
| operation of the facility or personnel because they are on the opposite side |
| of the river. Recent changes in wind direction have caused the smoke plum |
| to reach the site. Control room personnel have begun to notice the odor but |
| are not currently adversely affected. The control room ventilation system |
| is currently in its normal configuration with outside air makeup. The |
| licensee may decide to place the system in its incident mode (full internal |
| recirculation) in the future to maintain the comfort level should the |
| condition persist. This evolution will be performed using normal operating |
| procedures, and as such, the licensee does not consider this to be an |
| engineered safety feature actuation. |
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| The licensee notified the NRC resident inspector. |
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| *** UPDATE AT 0403 ON 8/9/99 DURING MORNING STATUS CALL BY POERTNER *** |
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| The control room ventilation system was not placed in its incident mode. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 36009 |
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| FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/09/1999|
| UNIT: [] [3] [] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:15[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/09/1999|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:30[EDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: TOM McKEE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/09/1999|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |HAROLD GRAY R1 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE |
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|3 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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EVENT TEXT
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| LICENSEE NOTIFIED NEW YORK STATE OF MINOR SEWAGE SPILL TO HUDSON RIVER |
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| "THE NYS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION WAS NOTIFIED OF A SEWAGE |
| SPILL FROM THE WAREHOUSE SEWAGE PIT INTO A STORM DRAIN (AND THUS TO THE |
| HUDSON RIVER). THE EXACT QUANTITY OF LEAKAGE WAS UNKNOWN, THE LEAKAGE |
| LASTED APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES. [REFERENCE] DER 99-1603." |
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| THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. |
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