Event Notification Report for October 6, 1999
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 10/05/1999 - 10/06/1999 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 36260 36261 36262 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 36260 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: QUAD CITIES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/05/1999| | UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:52[EDT]| | RXTYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 10/04/1999| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 23:55[CDT]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: KEN HILL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/05/1999| | HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |JOHN JACOBSON R3 | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |1 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HIGH PRESSURE COOLANT INJECTION (HPCI) DECLARED INOPERABLE | | | | HPCI OUTBOARD STEAM SUPPLY ISOLATION VALVE, MO 1-2301-5, WAS UNABLE TO BE | | CLOSED USING THE CONTROL ROOM CONTROL SWITCH DURING A PLANNED VALVE TIMING | | SURVEILLANCE PRIOR TO A PLANNED HPCI SYSTEM OUTAGE. PRIOR TO THIS, AT 2348 | | CDT ON 10/4/99, THE HPCI SYSTEM WAS MADE INOPERABLE WHEN THE INBOARD STEAM | | SUPPLY ISOLATION VALVE, MO 1-2301-4, WAS CLOSED AS PART OF THE VALVE TIMING | | SURVEILLANCE TO ALLOW TESTING OF THE OUTBOARD VALVE. SINCE MO 1-2301-5 | | COULD NOT BE CLOSED, MO 1-2301-4 WAS KEPT CLOSED TO COMPLY WITH TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATIONS 3.5.a ACTION STATEMENTS AND STATION PROCEDURES FOR AN | | INOPERABLE CONTAINMENT ISOLATION VALVE. HPCI COULD NOT BE RETURNED TO | | SERVICE, AS PLANNED, AND REMAINS INOPERABLE. ALL EMERGENCY CORE COOLING | | SYSTEMS, EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS, AND REACTOR CORE ISOLATION COOLING | | SYSTEM ARE FULLY OPERABLE. | | | | THE NCR RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 36261 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: GINNA REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/05/1999| | UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:54[EDT]| | RXTYPE: [1] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/05/1999| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:54[EDT]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOE WIDAY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/05/1999| | HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |JOHN KINNEMAN R1 | |10 CFR SECTION: |VERN HODGE NRR | |CCCC 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |1 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | W2 SWITCH SUPPLIED BY WESTINGHOUSE DRAWN FROM STOCK DID NOT OPERATE | | PROPERLY | | AFTER BEING INSTALLED. | | | | W2 SWITCH WAS SUPPLIED TO ROCHESTER GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION BY | | WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION. A SAFETY RELATED W2 SWITCH DRAWN FROM | | STOCK DID NOT OPERATE SATISFACTORILY AFTER BEING INSTALLED IN THE MAIN | | CONTROL BOARD FOR USE AS THE CONTROL SWITCH FOR SAFETY INJECTION PUMP 1C | | (1/SIP1 C2). THE SWITCH DID WORK PROPERLY BEFORE INSTALLATION IN THE MAIN | | CONTROL BOARD POSITION. HOWEVER, SUBSEQUENT TO INSTALLATION THE SWITCH | | MECHANISM WOULD BIND AND WOULD NOT SPRING RETURN TO THE "AFTER CLOSE" OR | | "AFTER TRIP" POSITIONS. THE SWITCH IS EXPECTED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY IN BOTH | | POSITIONS. | | | | THE SUBSTANTIAL SAFETY HAZARD CREATED BY THE SWITCH POTENTIALLY BEING STUCK | | IN THE "TRIP" POSITION IS THAT THE ASSOCIATED ECCS PUMP BREAKER WOULD NOT | | AUTO-CLOSE FOLLOWING A SAFETY INJECTION ACTUATION SYSTEM SIGNAL; THEREFORE, | | THE ASSOCIATED ECCS PUMP WOULD NOT PERFORM ITS SAFETY FUNCTION. THE | | POSTULATED FAILURE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANOTHER POSTULATED SINGLE FAILURE, | | COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF SAFETY FUNCTION FOR THE ECCS SYSTEM. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 36262 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: VERMONT YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/05/1999| | UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: VT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:44[EDT]| | RXTYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 10/05/1999| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:00[EDT]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM BROOK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/05/1999| | HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |JOHN KINNEMAN R1 | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |1 N Y 99 Power Operation |99 Power Operation | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HIGH PRESSURE COOLANT INJECTION (HPCI) DECLARED INOPERABLE. | | | | DURING DRILLING OPERATIONS TO INSTALL HILTI BOLTS IN THE HPCI ROOM, A WORKER | | LEANED UP AGAINST AN OIL LINE AND CAUSED AN OIL LEAK. THE LEAK WAS | | ESTIMATED WITH NO PRESSURE TO BE AT 60 DROPS PER MINUTE. HPCI WAS DECLARED | | INOPERABLE PER TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.5.E.2 (7 DAY LIMITING CONDITION OF | | OPERATION) . ALL OTHER EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEMS, REACTOR CORE | | ISOLATION COOLING (RCIC), AND THE EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS ARE FULLY | | OPERABLE. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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