05000298/LER-1993-029

LER 93-029-00:on 930708,partially Withdrawn Control Rod 26-31 Scrammed.Caused by RPS Scram Signal from Two of Four Reactor Pressure Scram Switches.Scram Reset & Pressure Testing completed.W/930806 Ltr

ML20056D399
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	08/06/1993
From:	Gardner R, Myers J NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
CNSS933202, LER-93-029, LER-93-29, NUDOCS 9308130125
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CNSS933202 August 6, 1993 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555

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Cooper Nuclear Station Licensee Event Report 93-029, Revision 0, is forwarded as an attachment to this letter.

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The scram was reset, and pressure testing completed without further difficulties. Procedures related to ASME Class IN system leakage testing will be revised to require better coordination of activities in the vicinity of the High Pressure-Scram switches and sensing lines which could result in an RPS actuation.

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The Reactor Coolant System was pressurized to approximately 1030 psig to:

perform the ASME Ciass 1-N System Leakage Test, in accordance with ASME Code requirements, prior to startup from the 1993 Refueling' Outage. In.

concert with the leakage testing, other activities, including replacement of instrument line excess flow check valves and scram time testing, were being performed. In response to the scram, correct plant response was verified and an investigation of the cause was begun,.since the immediate indications did not identify a specific cause for the actuation. Further investigation found that at the time of the actuation replacement of an excess flow check valve was in progress on an instrument line emanating i' rom the penetration which contains the common sensing line for these Reactor Pressure-Scram switches.

B. Plant Status The plant was in cold shutdown, in the 1993 Refueling Outage. The Reactor was pressurized to npproximately 1030 psig, undergoing the ASME.

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Class 1-N System Leakage. test, with a Reactor coolant temperature of approximately 190 degrees Fahrenheit.

C. Basis for Report Actuation of the Reactor Protection System resulting in the scram of a single, partially withdrawn, control rod, report.able in accordance with the criteria prescribed by 10CFR50. 73(a)(2)(iv) .

D. Cause The common sensing line for the two Reactor Pressure-Scram switches was apparently vibrated while completing the activities associated with replacing the excess flow check valve, resulting in a minor pressure perturbation at the switches. With the Reactor at approximately 1030 psig, only a small margin existed between the-Reactor Coolant System pressure and the switches' setpoint. Under these conditions, a minor pressure perturbation would be sufficient to actuate the switches.

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The procedures for performing the pressure testing, excess flow check valve testing and maintenance, and control rod scram timing did not contain guidance to ensure that the activities being conducted would not result in a scram should minor pressure perturbations occur.

E. Safety Sirnificance Reactor Coolant System pressure was being maintained at approximately 1030 psig, below the nominal 1045 psig setpoint of the Reactor Pressure-Scram switches. Under these conditions, the spurious pressure perturbation did .not represent a challenge to the integrity of the Reactor Coolant System.

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t The high pressure scram is intended'to prevent exceeding the Technical Specification safety limit of 1337 psig for Reactor Coolant System overpressurization during operational transient conditions. Under transient conditions, a scram at 1045 psig will ensure that the safety limit is not challenged. The. pressure testing which was'being performed is conducted only while the Reactor is shutdown, and thus the pressure '

rise associated with an operational transient condition is not-applicable.

I G. Corrective Action i

The scram was reset, and a reduced pressure maintained while investigating the scram. Subsequently, pressure testing was completed i without further difficulties. Procedures related to ASME Class IN system leakage testing will be revised to require better coordination of activities in the vicinity of the High Pressure-Scram switches and

• sensing lines which could result in an RPS actuation.

H. Similar Events .

LER 87-01 discusses Reactor scrams which occurred during performance of ,

similar testing in 1987. Procedures were revised, however, the >

revisions did not place appropriate restrictions upon the operational '

conditions required to prevent RPS actuations.

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