Event Notification Report for December 2, 1999
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 12/01/1999 - 12/02/1999 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 36332 36353 36476 36477 36478 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |General Information or Other |Event Number: 36332 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REP ORG: ENERTECH |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/22/1999| |LICENSEE: ENERTECH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:37[EDT]| | CITY: BREA REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 10/22/1999| | COUNTY: STATE: CA |EVENT TIME: 10:00[PDT]| |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/01/1999| | DOCKET: |+----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION | | |LINDA SMITH R4 | | |VERN HODGE (by fax) NRR | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN DeKLEINE | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |CCCC 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - Potential 10CFR Part 21 Report - | | | | In late 1998 Enertech manufactured and shipped electro-hydraulic actuators | | for installation on valves to be installed in an overseas plant. Prior to | | shipment, the valve manufacturer observed pressure switch indication | | problems during final testing of the valves on which the actuators were | | installed. | | | | Collective investigation by Burns and Roe, Enertech, including its switch | | supplier and the valve manufacturer determined the problem resulted from | | changes in manufacturing methods implemented by the switch supplier. The | | immediate problem was addressed, the pressure switches were modified using | | the supplier's previous manufacturing methods, installed on the valves and | | subsequently passed all final test requirements. | | | | * * * RETRACTION 1715 12/01/1999 FROM LEACHMAN (BY FAX) INPUT BY STRANSKY * | | * * | | | | "On October 22, 1999 Enertech preliminarily notified the NRC of a potential | | deficiency in our Commercial Dedication Program. In that correspondence we | | stated that we had initiated an investigation to determine if previously | | shipped items which were dedicated by Enertech comply with EPRI and | | regulatory requirements. We further stated a final report would be issued | | the end of November 1999. We have performed a programmatic review in an | | effort to assure dedication activities performed by Enertech are in | | accordance with known accepted Industry guidelines and requirements. We have | | evaluated our processes for maintenance of equipment qualification in | | accordance with established Industry guidelines and found our system is | | fully compliant. Enertech has concluded a reportable condition does not | | exist." | | | | Notified NRR (Hodges) via fax. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 36353 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: CLINTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/26/1999| | UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:51[EDT]| | RXTYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 10/26/1999| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:20[CDT]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: MARSHALL FUNKHOUSER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/01/1999| | HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |MIKE JORDAN R3 | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | |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 |100 Power Operation | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HIGH PRESSURE CORE SPRAY (HPCS) DECLARED INOPERABLE DUE TO ITS MINIMUM FLOW | | VALVE FAILING TO FULLY OPEN. | | | | Clinton Power Station is presently performing a planned Division-3 (HPCS | | diesel) outage. The plant has been in a limited condition for operation | | allowed by technical specifications for this outage since 0230 CDT on | | 10/26/99. At 1920 CDT on 10/26/99 during performance of a high pressure | | spray system surveillance the HPCS minimum flow valve (1E22-F012) failed to | | operate properly. During an open stroke of the minimum flow valve, power | | was lost due to a breaker trip, and the valve failed to fully open. This | | valve provides a minimum amount of flow through the system to ensure that | | the pump does not overheat. The plant's technical specification provides | | allowances for this condition, but 10CFR50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) requires that a | | component failure that could have prevented an independent safety system | | from performing its function be reported. This system may have failed to | | perform its safety function due to the failure of this valve; thus, this | | report is being made. The licensee entered Technical Specification 3.5.1 | | (14-day limiting condition of operation). The reactor core isolation | | cooling system and all emergency core cooling systems are fully operable if | | needed. The electrical grid is stable, and the Division 1 and 2 emergency | | diesel generators are fully operable. | | | | The NRC resident inspector was notified of this event by the licensee. | | | | * * * RETRACTION ON 11/24/99 AT 1907 EST FROM THOMAS J. LANDIN TAKEN BY | | MACKINNON * * * | | | | Further evaluation of this condition by engineering has determined that this | | condition is not reportable. If HPCS was called to function in accordance | | with its design safety function while the 1E22-F012 minimum flow valve was | | left open, HPCS injection flow would have been reduced. The engineering | | evaluation shows that the reduction of HPCS system flow caused by the | | minimum flow valve open would not compromise the safety function of HPCS | | system. That is, even with the minimum flow valve wide open, HPCS could | | still perform its safety function and designed RCIC backup function. | | Therefore, there is no reportability under 10CFR50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D), and | | this report is being retracted. | | | | The NRC resident inspector was notified of this event retraction by the | | licensee. The R3DO (Gardner) was notified by the NRC operations officer. | | | | * * * UPDATE ON 12/01/99 AT 1016ET FROM GREG HALVERSON TAKEN BY MACKINNON | | * * * | | | | On November 30, 1999, Clinton Power Station (CPS) recognized that the | | General Electric CPS- specific SAFER/GESTR Sensitivity Study utilized a | | methodology that is not currently established or approved in the CPS | | Licensing Basis for evaluating ECCS cooling performance. Upon recognizing | | that the method was not consistent with the current licensing basis, CPS | | reassessed the event and determined that the notification should not have | | been retracted but instead revised to report the outside design basis | | condition described above. The decision to make the unretraction of this | | event was made today at 0835CT. | | | | The NRC Resident Inspector was notified by the licensee. NRC Region 3 Duty | | Officer (Jeff Wright) was notified of this update by the NRC Operation | | Officer. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 36476 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: WOLF CREEK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/01/1999| | UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: KS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 03:24[EST]| | RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 12/01/1999| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 02:19[CST]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: JENKINS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/01/1999| | HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |DALE POWERS 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQD SHUTDOWN DUE TO FAILED TRAIN "A" ESFAS AFW | | ACTUATION LOGIC RELAY 48 VDC POWER SUPPLY. | | | | BALANCE OF PLANT ENGINEERED SAFETY FEATURE ACTUATION SYSTEM (ESFAS) | | AUTOMATIC LOGIC RELAYS FOR AUXILIARY FEEDWATER 48 VDC TRAIN "A" POWER SUPPLY | | FAILED. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.3.2, FUNCTION 6.C, ACTION 21, WAS ENTERED | | AT 0117CT. AT 0119 CT THE LICENSEE ENTERED AND COMMENCED A TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION REACTOR SHUTDOWN. REACTOR POWER IS BEING REDUCED AT LESS THAN | | 0.5% PER MINUTE. TRAIN "B" MOTOR DRIVEN AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP AND THE | | TURBINE DRIVEN AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP ARE FULLY OPERABLE. THE FAILURE OF | | THE 48 VDC POWER SUPPLY CAUSED THE BISTABLE TO CAUSE A FUEL BUILDING | | ISOLATION SIGNAL, CONTROL ROOM ISOLATION VENTILATION SIGNAL, AND CONTAINMENT | | PURGE ISOLATION SIGNAL ACTUATIONS. THE EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEMS AND | | EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS ARE FULLY OPERABLE. THE ELECTRICAL GRID IS | | STABLE. | | | | TWO INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL TECHNICIANS HAVE BEEN CALLED IN TO INSTALL A | | SPARE POWER SUPPLY. THE SPARE POWER SUPPLY IN PRESENTLY IN THE RECALIBRATION | | SHOP. THE LICENSEE PROJECTS THAT THE SPARE POWER SUPPLY SHOULD BE INSTALLED | | BY 0430 CT AT WHICH TIME THEY WILL EXIT THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIRED | | SHUTDOWN. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | | | | SEE EVENT # 36474 FOR THE SAME EVENT CALLED IN BY THE LICENSEE ON 11/30/99 | | AT 0612 ET. | | | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0617ET ON 12/01/99 BY JENKINS TAKEN BY MACKINNON * * * | | | | AT 0430CT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION EXITED AFTER THE POWER SUPPLY WAS | | REPLACED/TESTED. REACTOR POWER WAS REDUCED TO 54%. REACTOR POWER WILL BE | | INCREASED BACK TO 100% AT 0.5% PER MINUTE. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR IS IN THE CONTROL ROOM AND HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF | | THE EVENT UPDATE BY THE LICENSEE. NRC R4DO (DALE POWERS) NOTIFIED BY THE | | HEADQUARTERS OPERATION OFFICER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |General Information or Other |Event Number: 36477 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REP ORG: SLOSS INDUSTRIES CORPORATION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/01/1999| |LICENSEE: SLOSS INDUSTRIES CORPORATION |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:58[EST]| | CITY: ALEXANDRIA REGION: 3 |EVENT DATE: 11/27/1999| | COUNTY: STATE: IN |EVENT TIME: 03:00[CST]| |LICENSE#: 131890402 AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/01/1999| | DOCKET: |+----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION | | |GEOFFREY WRIGHT R3 | | |DON COOL NMSS | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROSS | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NDAM DAMAGED GAUGE/DEVICE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SHIELDING PROBLEM ON A DENSITY GAUGE. | | | | A TEXAS NUCLEAR DENSITY GAUGE MODEL # 570-57157C CONTAINING Cs-137 WAS | | MEASURING 40MR @ ONE FOOT FROM THE SOURCE (BACKGROUND @ FOUR FEET) DUE TO A | | SHIELDING PROBLEM. NO PERSONNEL EXPOSURES HAVE OCCURRED AND THE AREA HAS | | BEEN CORDONED OFF. TEXAS NUCLEAR PERSONNEL WILL CHANGE OUT THE SOURCE ON | | 12/3/99. REGION 3 WAS NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE ON 11/29/99. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |General Information or Other |Event Number: 36478 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REP ORG: FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/01/1999| |LICENSEE: PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING & INSPECTION|NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:50[EST]| | CITY: JUPITER REGION: 2 |EVENT DATE: 12/01/1999| | COUNTY: STATE: FL |EVENT TIME: [EST]| |LICENSE#: 2940-1 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/01/1999| | DOCKET: |+----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION | | |KENNETH BARR R2 | | |SCOTT MOORE NMSS | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: CHARLES ADAMS (fax) | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST TROXLER GAUGE | | | | A Troxler Model # 3411B moisture/density gauge (serial no. 13472) was lost | | from the back of a pickup truck. The gauge contains one 8 mCi Cs-137 source | | and one 40 mCi Am-241/Be source. The following narrative was submitted via | | facsimile: | | | | "The gauge was in the back of a pickup proceeding down Highway A1A. The | | tailgate came open and the bed liner and gauge fell out of the vehicle. A | | county employee working nearby witnessed the incident. He saw a vehicle stop | | and pick up the bed liner and another vehicle stop and pick up the gauge. | | The Martin County Sheriff's office is working the case. Martin County | | Emergency Management and the owner are issuing a joint press release. | | Florida Bureau of Radiation Control is also investigating the incident." | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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