ML041550155

Areva Electrical Products - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Report, Event No. 40691

ML041550155
Person / Time
Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	05/28/2004
From:	Starr F Framatome ANP
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Download: ML041550155 (1)

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I, U.S. NuclearRegulatory Commission OperationsCenter Event Report Paqe I General Information or Other (PAR) Event# 40691 Rep Org: AREVA ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS Notification Date/ Time: 04/21/2004 13:07 (EDT)

Supplier: AREVA ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS Event Date I Time: 04/21/2004 (EDT)

Last Modification: 04/21/2004 Region: 1 Docket #:

City: CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP Agreement State: No County: License #:

State: PA NRC Notified by: FRAN STARR Notifications: DAVID HILLS R3 HQ Ops Officer: JEFF ROTTON VERN HODGE NRR Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY DAVID SILK RI 10 CFR Section: TERRANCE REIS NRR 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH PART 21 NOTIFICATION INVOLVING VOLTAGE MONITORING RELAYS "The following information is provided pursuant to the requirements of 10 CFR Part 21 to report a potential safety concern. A potential safety condition may exist with the Eaton Cutler-Hammer D65 Series BI Voltage Monitoring Relay that can cause the unit to bypass the Manual Reset feature. This could result in the D65 relay being energized without an operator manually resetting it resulting in possible personal injury or death or property damage. This condition exists with Eaton Cutler-Hammer D65 Series BI Voltage Monitoring Relays with a manufacturing date between May 12, 2002, and February 20, 2004.

"On March 25, 2004, Framatome/AREVA Electrical Products received the attached Eaton Cutler Hammer Product Safety Warning for D65 Voltage Monitoring Relays, dated March 24, 2004. The Product Safety Warning states that Eaton's Cutler-Hammer D65 Series BI Voltage Monitoring Relays with a manufacturing date identified above may power up without being manually reset even when a NC [Normally closed] switch is wired to activate manual reset mode. This condition is only present when used in applications operating in the manual reset mode. This condition is not present when the device is used in automatic reset mode. This condition may only result when the D65 Series BI is used and will not result if the Al Series is used (as the Al series did not offer the potential for manual reset).

"The supply of Safety Related D65 Voltage Monitoring Relays by Framatome/AREVA Electrical Products is isolated to only one Nuclear Customer (i.e. First Energy - Davis Besse Nuclear Power Plant). The First Energy Davis Besse Nuclear Power Plant was notified by Framatome/AREVA Electrical Products on April 2, 2004."