ENS 53128
ENS Event | |
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19:40 Dec 19, 2017 | |
| Title | Diesel Generators (Dgs) Declared Inoperable Due to a Common Issue |
| Event Description | During regular power operations at 100% power, DG#1 and DG#2 were declared inoperable due to a common issue associated with indicating lights and the associated sockets installed in various control and auxiliary circuits for both DG's.
The indicating lights in question are incandescent 120V AC style 120MB bulbs in a socket with a 550 ohm resistor. Style 120MB light bulbs have a failure mechanism where the bulb can cause a short circuit rather than the more common open circuit that is expected when an incandescent bulb filament fails. Cooper originally believed that the socket's integral resistor was sufficient to protect the circuit. In testing performed by an outside laboratory and confirmed on-site using warehouse stock, it was determined that the integral resistor may not have the power dissipation capability to protect the circuit ln which the light and socket are installed if a bulb fails in short circuit. This condition resulted in both DG's being declared inoperable at 1340 [CST] due to a loss of reasonable expectation that they would meet their safety function required action to start, load and run to support loads required to mitigate the consequences of an accident. This is a loss of safety function under 10CFR 50.72(b)(3)(v)(D) subject to an 8 hour9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br /> report. As a result of both DG's being inoperable, the Control Room Emergency Filtration System is also inoperable. This is also a loss of safety function subject to an 8 hour9.259259e-5 days <br />0.00222 hours <br />1.322751e-5 weeks <br />3.044e-6 months <br /> report for the same criterion. The Senior Resident has been notified.
CNS is retracting the 8-hour non-emergency notification made on December 19, 2017 at 1340 CST (EN# 53128). Subsequent evaluation concluded a postulated lamp short circuit failure in any of the affected circuits would not impact the ability of the Diesel Generators to perform their safety function and therefore, were operable. With DG operability not affected, the Control Room Emergency Filtration System also remained operable. The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified. Notified the R4DO (Werner). |
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Cooper  Nebraska (NRC Region 4) | |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(v)(D), Loss of Safety Function - Mitigate the Consequences of an Accident | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-2.38 h-0.0992 days <br />-0.0142 weeks <br />-0.00326 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Roy Giles 17:17 Dec 19, 2017 |
| NRC Officer: | Vince Klco |
| Last Updated: | Feb 14, 2018 |
| 53128 - NRC Website
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Unit 1 | |
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| Reactor critical | Critical |
| Scram | No |
| Before | Power Operation (100 %) |
| After | Power Operation (100 %) |