Failure of main control board
annunciator panels A, B, C, and D occurred at
0158 hours0.00183 days <br />0.0439 hours <br />2.612434e-4 weeks <br />6.0119e-5 months <br />. At that time the control room had just commenced a load reduction to repair the turbine control valve #3. The load reduction was terminated at the time of the
annunciator panel failure. Reactor power is 98.5%.
Unusual Event EAL is 7.3.1
RCS Pressure is 2235 psig
RCS Temperature is 573 degrees
The plant is currently stable and holding power. The Plant Process Computer remains operable monitoring at power parameters. The licensee has commenced an investigation to determine the cause of failure related to the power supply for the affected annunciator panels.
The licensee informed both State and local agencies and the NRC Resident Inspector.
- * * UPDATE PROVIDED BY SHIFT MANAGER (GARNISH) TO JEFF ROTTON AT 1553 ON 07/04/07 * * *
The licensee exited the Unusual Event at 1542 EDT on 07/04/07. All repairs have been completed, successful post maintenance test is complete, and all annunciator panels have been restored to operable condition. A blown fuse was discovered on the AA panel flasher card. The flasher cards for the AA panel and the A panel have been replaced. Two separate annunciator cards in the D panel have also been replaced.
The licensee informed both State and local agencies and the NRC Resident Inspector.
Notified R1DO (Rogge), NRREO (Lubinski),
IRD (Cruz), R1
RA (Collins),
NRR ET (Dyer),
DHS (Frost), and
FEMA (Dwight).