Invalid Actuation of Turbine Driven
Auxiliary Feedwater (
TDAFW) pump.
This telephone notification is being made under reporting requirements specified by 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iv)(A) and 10 CFR 50.73(a)(1).
On 6/21/11 at 1308 EDT, during maintenance activities for replacement of relay UVTXSB/1732, associated with 6.9kv Emergency Bus 1B-SB undervoltage trip circuitry, an automatic start of the Turbine Driven Auxiliary Feedwater (TDAFW) pump occurred while using a new procedure, CM-E0032. At the time of the event, all steam generator levels were normal. The TDAFW pump was secured by Operations on 6/21/11 at 1311 EDT.
No actual condition existed that would require an automatic start of the TDAFW pump and therefore this event has been classified as an invalid actuation.
The start of the TDAFW is considered a complete train actuation. The system started and functioned successfully.
The licensee has notified the NRC Resident Inspector.