Event Notification Report for February 14, 2002
*** NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION *** U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 02/13/2002 - 02/14/2002 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 38690 38691 38692 38693 38694 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 38690 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ *** NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION *** +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: CALLAWAY REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/13/2002| | UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: MO |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:11[EST]| | RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/13/2002| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 04:34[CST]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: E. HENSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/13/2002| | HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |ANTHONY GODY R4 | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |AESF 50.72(b)(3)(iv)(A) VALID SPECIF SYS ACTUAT| | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |1 N N 0 Cold Shutdown |0 Cold Shutdown | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | VALID REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEM ACTUATION. | | | | At 0434, 2/13/02, Callaway Plant experienced a valid Reactor Protection | | System (RPS) actuation. The plant was in Mode 4 with the primary system at | | 330 degrees F and 395 PSIG. The Reactor Trip breakers were closed to | | facilitate Main Turbine shell and chest warming. Secondary plant | | manipulations, which included securing Steam Generator Blowdown and | | conducting Auxiliary Feedwater flow testing, caused a reduction in | | condensate flow through feedwater preheaters. This reduction in flow through | | the preheaters caused steam pressure inside the Main Turbine to increase | | above a permissive (P13) setpoint normally activated at 10 % reactor power. | | This P13 permissive in turn enabled a Reactor Trip permissive (P7) for a low | | Pressurizer pressure reactor trip which has a setpoint of 1885 PSIG. Since | | primary pressure was below the 1885 PSIG setpoint, a Reactor Protection | | System signal was generated and caused the Reactor Trip breakers to open. | | Although pressure measured within the Main Turbine increased, primary system | | temperature and pressure never increased above the limits for Mode 4. All | | systems actuated as expected. Main Turbine warming was secured and an Event | | Review Team was assembled to determine the cause of the event. Operating | | instructions are being modified to address this situation and prevent future | | actuations related to these conditions. | | | | The NRC Resident Inspector was notified. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 38691 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ *** NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION *** +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REP ORG: THOMAS G. FARIA CO. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/13/2002| |LICENSEE: THOMAS G. FARIA CO. |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:56[EST]| | CITY: Uncasville REGION: 1 |EVENT DATE: 02/13/2002| | COUNTY: STATE: CT |EVENT TIME: 14:56[EST]| |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/13/2002| | DOCKET: |+----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION | | |JAMES TRAPP R1 | | |FRED BROWN NMSS | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: DONALD SAWYER | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | STATIC ELIMINATOR MISSING SINCE 1992 | | | | Thomas G. Faria Co., located in Uncasville, CT, received an invoice from | | the state of CT requesting a $100 fee for a static eliminator. Nobody in | | the company knew anything about the static eliminator. Research by company | | officials found that they did have a static eliminator at one time. The | | static eliminator was made NRD LLC located in Grand Island, NY. NRD records | | indicated that they had sent a static eliminator to Thomas G. Faria Co. on | | 12/13/91. The static eliminator contained 20 millicuries of Po-210 and the | | Model # of the static eliminator was P-2031. Serial number of the static | | eliminator was 46218. Everybody associated with the static eliminator | | retired several years ago. Thomas G. Faria Co. no longer uses a static | | eliminator. The halflife of Po-210 is 138.4 days. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 38692 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ *** NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION *** +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REP ORG: C.F.MARTIN & CO. INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/13/2002| |LICENSEE: C.F.MARTIN & CO. INC. |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:28[EST]| | CITY: NAZARETH REGION: 1 |EVENT DATE: 02/13/2002| | COUNTY: STATE: PA |EVENT TIME: 16:28[EST]| |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/13/2002| | DOCKET: |+----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION | | |JAMES TRAPP R1 | | |SUSAN FRANT NMSS | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: BILL WHALEN | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MISSING STATIC ELIMINATOR GUN | | | | Mr. Whalen of C.F.Martin & Co. Inc. reported that they are missing a static | | eliminator gun. The static eliminator gun model number is P2021 which | | originally contained 10 millicuries of Po-210. The static eliminator gun was | | made by NRD LLC, located in Grand Island N.Y., on August 16, 2000. The | | licensee thinks that they have misplaced the static eliminator gun. Serial | | number of the gun is A2AC914. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 38693 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ *** NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION *** +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: SEABROOK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/13/2002| | UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: NH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:17[EST]| | RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/13/2002| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 21:08[EST]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: H. HAWKINS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/13/2002| | HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |JAMES TRAPP R1 | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |ACOM 50.72(b)(3)(xiii) LOSS COMM/ASMT/RESPONSE| | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOSS OF EMERGENCY SIREN EQUIPMENT GREATER THAN ONE HOUR | | | | "We have a simultaneous inoperability of the Massachusetts Emergency | | Management Agency (MEMA) Framingham and the MEMA Area 1 siren activation | | equipment for greater than one hour. This condition was discovered during | | the performance of a routine silent activation test that is conducted | | approximately every two weeks. We verified the state has implemented their | | contingency plan to be able to activate the sirens locally if needed. | | Twenty-seven sirens are affected by the problem. The sirens for the state | | of New Hampshire were verified to be working correctly." | | | | The NRC Resident Inspector was notified of this event by the license. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 38694 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ *** NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION *** +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: COLUMBIA GENERATING STATIREGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/14/2002| | UNIT: [2] [] [] STATE: WA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 04:18[EST]| | RXTYPE: [2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 02/14/2002| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:03[PST]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRIAN ADAMI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/14/2002| | HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |LINDA SMITH R4 | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |ASHU 50.72(b)(2)(i) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |2 N Y 100 Power Operation |97 Power Operation | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIRED SHUTDOWN | | | | "This ENS notification is made to report initiation of a plant shutdown | | required by the Columbia Generating Station Technical Specifications | | pursuant to 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(i). This plant shutdown is initiated due to | | the expected inability to restore the Division II Emergency Diesel Generator | | (DG) to Operable status prior to exceeding the expiration of the Completion | | Time of Tech Spec LCO 3.8 1 Required Action B.4. The expected inability to | | restore the DG to operable status is due to a mechanical problem in the DG | | output breaker. The breaker is capable of closing and connecting the DG to | | its safety bus however, Mechanically Operated Contacts that are actuated by | | the breaker have failed to actuate, Although the Completion time of | | Technical Specification LCO 3 8.1 Required Acton B.4 expires at 0315, | | February 14, 2002, plant shutdown will commence prior to that time in order | | to fully evaluate the breaker anomaly." | | | | The NRC resident inspector has been informed of this notification by the | | licensee. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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