Event Notification Report for June 3, 2002
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
05/31/2002 - 06/03/2002
** EVENT NUMBERS **
38513 38940 38954 38958 38959
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 38513 |
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| FACILITY: SAINT LUCIE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/23/2001|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:30[EST]|
| RXTYPE: [1] CE,[2] CE |EVENT DATE: 11/23/2001|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:10[EST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: CHARLIE PIKE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/02/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |CAUDLE JULIAN R2 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|APRE 50.72(b)(2)(xi) 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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+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|1 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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EVENT TEXT
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| OFFSITE NOTIFICATION TO FLORIDA STATE INVOLVING RECOVERED SEA TURTLE
FROM |
| UNIT 1 INTAKE STRUCTURE |
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| "A sea turtle with no external injuries but appearing to be distressed was |
| recovered from the Unit 1 Intake Structure. The State Stranding Coordinator |
| for sea turtles has been contacted." |
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| * * * UPDATE 11/23/01 AT 1255EST FROM CHARLIE PIKE TO S. SANDIN * * * |
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| "Turtle has died." |
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| The licensee informed both the State of Florida and the NRC Resident |
| Inspector. |
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| * * * UPDATE 1413EST ON 12/3/01 FROM JACK BREEN TO FANGIE JONES * * * |
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| At approximately 1215 EST on 12/3/01, a report was made to the Florida |
| Department of Fish and Wildlife concerning the recovery of an injured sea |
| turtle from the plant's intake canal. The turtle was a green sea turtle in |
| the intake canal that appeared distressed and looked to have a wound from a |
| boat motor on its back. It will be transferred to the State for |
| rehabilitation. |
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| The licensee plans to notify the NRC resident inspector. Notified |
| R2DO(MacAlpine). |
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| * * * UPDATE 1333EST ON 12/15/01 FROM JACK BREEN TO JOHN MACKINNON * * * |
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| At approximately 1215 EST on 12/15/01, a report was made to the Florida |
| Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to pick up a Green |
| Turtle for rehabilitation. The Green Turtle was taken from the plant's |
| intake canal, and the turtle appears to have shark bites. |
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| The licensee plans to notify the NRC resident inspector. Notified R2DO |
| (Chuck Ogle). |
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| * * * UPDATE 1450EST ON 01/06/02 FROM TULLIDGE TO JOHN MACKINNON * * * |
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| At 1350EST, a notification to the State of Florida Department of Fish and |
| Wildlife Conservation Commission was made due to finding an injured |
| Loggerhead sea turtle in Unit 1 intake. The sea turtle was transported |
| offsite for rehabilitation. R2DO (Tom Decker) notified. |
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| The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector. |
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| ***UPDATE 1330EST ON 4/23/02 FROM JACK BREEN TO RICH LAURA*** |
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| The licensee rescued a Loggerhead sea turtle from the intake canal. The |
| Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission was notified, and the |
| turtle was turned over for rehabilitation. |
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| The NRC Resident Inspector was informed. Notified R2DO (B. Bonser). |
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| ***UPDATE 1241EDT ON 5/29/02 FROM DAVE WILLIAMS TO RICHARD LAURA*** |
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| The licensee reported that an offsite notification was made to the Florida |
| Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission concerning the discovery of a live |
| loggerhead sea turtle found in the plant's intake canal. The turtle was |
| lethargic and was sent for rehabilitation. |
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| The NRC Resident Inspector was informed. Notified R2DO (K. Landis). |
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| ***** UPDATE AT 1125 EDT ON 06/01/02 FROM CHARLES MARPLE TO LEIGH TROCINE
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| ***** |
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| The following text is a portion of a facsimile received from the licensee: |
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| "At 1020 on 06/01/02, a notification was made to the Florida Fish and |
| Wildlife Conservation Commission regarding a weak and emaciated Loggerhead |
| turtle found in the plant intake barrier net. The turtle will be sent |
| off-site to the Marine Life Center for Rehabilitation." |
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| The licensee notified the NRC resident inspector. The NRC operations |
| officer notified the R2DO (Kerry Landis). |
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| *****UPDATE AT 11:53 EDT ON 6/2/02 FROM MARPLE TO LAURA****** |
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| "A notification was made to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation |
| Commission regarding a dead small green sea turtle found in the tangle net. |
| The turtle will be maintained on ice for a postmortem examination." |
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| The NRC resident inspector was notified. Notified R2DO (K. Landis) |
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!!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!!
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 38940 |
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| FACILITY: VERMONT YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/23/2002|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: VT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:36[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 05/23/2002|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:02[EDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID HALLONQUISTL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/31/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |FRANK COSTELLO R1 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|AIND 50.72(b)(3)(v)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE
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|1 N Y 19 Power Operation |27 Power Operation |
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EVENT TEXT
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| HIGH THRUST BEARING TEMPERATURE DURING HIGH PRESSURE COOLANT
INJECTION |
| (HPCI) OPERABILITY SURVEILLANCE TESTING |
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| HPCI was declared inoperable due to high thrust bearing temperature during |
| performance of pump operability surveillance. There was nothing unusual or |
| misunderstood other than the cause of the high thrust bearing temperature. |
| As a result, the unit entered a 14-day limiting condition for operation. |
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| The licensee plans to notify the NRC resident inspector. |
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| * * * 1522 EDT 5/31/02 THIS EVENT WAS RETRACTED JOHN TWAROG TO MIKE NORRIS*
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| "On 05/23/02 during a plant start-up with the reactor at approximately 19.5% |
| power, a High Pressure Coolant Injection (HPCI) turbine thrust bearing |
| temperature high alarm (SO 12) occurred while performing operational |
| surveillance testing of the HPCI system. The turbine thrust bearing |
| displayed a constant temperature rise until the alarm set point of 200 F was |
| reached. The turbine was secured a few minutes later and the temperature |
| indication on the thrust bearing peaked at approximately 200 F before |
| indication of cool down appeared. |
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| "The Manager of Maintenance Mechanical/Electrical consulted a Kingsberry |
| Thrust bearing Company Engineer who stated that temperature-induced bearing |
| damage will not occur until the bearing temperature exceeds 250 F. The |
| maximum indicated bearing temperature received was less than 210 F. |
| Additionally, an oil sample was taken and visually examined with no |
| indication of gross suspended particulate. |
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| "System Engineering completed an assessment of this condition on 05/24/02 |
| which revealed evidence that provided credible justification using sound |
| engineering judgment that the thrust bearing temperature indication was |
| false and an actual high temperature condition did not exist at any time |
| during the surveillance testing. Insulation had been removed from the |
| turbine casing around the turbine gland seal during the mid-cycle outage. |
| This resulted in an elevated temperature indication of the thrust bearing |
| due to radiant and convective heat transfer to the temperature indicator's |
| thermocouple external to the thrust bearing. Steam leaking past the gland |
| seal may have also contributed to the temperature increase. When the exposed |
| area of the HPCI turbine was reinsulated, indicated temperature began to |
| rapidly decrease. Subsequent HPCI system operation supported these |
| conclusions. The maximum thrust bearing temperature indication received |
| during this surveillance was 158 F. Trend analysis demonstrated that the |
| maximum temperature would have peaked at approximately 175 F." |
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| The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified. R1DO (Rogge) was notified. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 38954 |
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| FACILITY: SEQUOYAH REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/31/2002|
| UNIT: [] [2] [] STATE: TN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:02[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/31/2002|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:16[EDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: PAUL SIMMON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/31/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |KERRY LANDIS R2 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(iv)(B) RPS ACTUATION - CRITICA| |
|AESF 50.72(b)(3)(iv)(A) VALID SPECIF SYS ACTUAT| |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE
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|2 A/R Y 71 Power Operation |0 Hot Standby |
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EVENT TEXT
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| UNIT 2 EXPERIENCED AN AUTOMATIC REACTOR TRIP DUE TO GENERATOR
PROTECTION |
| ACTUATION |
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| "On May 31, 2002 at 0116EDT, Unit 2 was at 71% reactor power and increasing |
| to 100% when the reactor tripped due to a failure with the generator stator |
| cooling water system. All systems responded as designed. The plant is |
| currently in mode 3, full temperature and pressure." |
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| Both motor-driven and the steam-driven auxiliary feedwater pumps actuated |
| and are currently supplying the Steam Generators with the Main Condenser |
| removing decay heat. The steam-driven auxiliary feedwater pump was |
| subsequently secured and returned to standby. All rods fully inserted with |
| all EDGs available, if necessary. |
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| The licensee informed the NRC Resident Inspector. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 38958 |
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| FACILITY: SUMMER REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/01/2002|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:27[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/01/2002|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:40[EDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: PHILLIP ROSE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/01/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: MIKE NORRIS +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |KERRY LANDIS R2 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(iv)(B) RPS ACTUATION - CRITICA| |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE
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|1 A/R Y 2 Startup |0 Hot Standby |
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EVENT TEXT
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| AUTOMATIC REACTOR TRIP DURING STARTUP |
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| "During plant startup, a spike occurred on the N32/N36 channel of |
| source/intermediate range excore neutron flux detectors. The reactor |
| tripped automatically. All system[s] operated normally. Emergency |
| feedwater was already in service for the startup, no actuation occurred." |
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| The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 38959 |
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| FACILITY: PEACH BOTTOM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/02/2002|
| UNIT: [2] [3] [] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 01:37[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [2] GE-4,[3] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 06/02/2002|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:02[EDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: HOMMEL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/02/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS: ALERT |PETE ESELGROTH R1 |
|10 CFR SECTION: |WILLIAM BECKNER NRR |
|AAEC 50.72(a) (1) (i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |TONY MCMURTRAY SRI |
| |RANDY BLOUGH R1 |
| |DONALD FLOREK R1 |
| |MIKE BUCKLEY RI |
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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 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
|3 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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EVENT TEXT
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| PLANT HAD CARBON DIOXIDE INJECTION INTO THE E3 DIESEL ROOM |
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| This "Cardox system" injection occurred at 0033 during diesel testing. An |
| alert was declared at 0102 due to the detection of toxic gases(CO2) within a |
| vital area. The room was evacuated(only two people were in the room at that |
| time) safely and there were no injuries. There was no fire damage and the |
| CO2 tank was isolated. |
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| The NRC Resident Inspector, State and local agencies were notified by the |
| licensee. |
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| Notified FEMA (Sweetser), DOE(Morroney), EPA/DOT/NRC(Thomas), CDC(Rhyne), |
| FDA(Shandruk) and OHS(Edwards) |
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| * * * UPDATE ON 6/2/02 @ 0420 BY CAMPBELL TO GOULD * * * |
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| The Alert was terminated at 0301. |
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| Notified DOE(Yates), CDC(Rhyne), EPA/NRC/DOT(Thomas), FEMA(Sulivan), |
| OHS(Edwards) |
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