05000272/LER-1980-053-03, /03L-0:on 801020,boron Concentration Found Below Tech Specs Min.Caused by Personnel Failure to Anticipate Effects of Water Entering Rcs.Rcs Borated & Returned to within Specs.Hydrolizing Procedure to Be Developed

/03L-0:on 801020,boron Concentration Found Below Tech Specs Min.Caused by Personnel Failure to Anticipate Effects of Water Entering Rcs.Rcs Borated & Returned to within Specs.Hydrolizing Procedure to Be Developed

ML18085A182
Person / Time
Site:	Salem
Issue date:	10/28/1980
From:	Randolph J Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
Shared Package
ML18085A179	List: 05000272/LER-1980-053, Forwards LER 80-053/03L-0 05000272/LER-1980-053-03, /03L-0:on 801020,boron Concentration Found Below Tech Specs Min.Caused by Personnel Failure to Anticipate Effects of Water Entering Rcs.Rcs Borated & Returned to within Specs.Hydrolizing Procedure to Be Developed
References
LER-80-053-03L, LER-80-53-3L, NUDOCS 8011030575
Download: ML18085A182 (1)

LER-1980-053, /03L-0:on 801020,boron Concentration Found Below Tech Specs Min.Caused by Personnel Failure to Anticipate Effects of Water Entering Rcs.Rcs Borated & Returned to within Specs.Hydrolizing Procedure to Be Developed

Event date:
Report date:
2721980053R03 - NRC Website

text

e LICENSEE EVENT REPORT e CONTROL BLOCK:j

!---~__._I _.... I _...___.____,I G)

(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION) 1 6

[ITU IN IJ Is I GI sl1 101 01 oj -I ol ol ol ol ol -1 ol olG)l4 I 111! 111101 I. IG) 7 8

9 LICENSEE CODE 14 15 LICENSE NUMBER 25 26 LICENSE TYPE

JO 57 CAT 58 CON'T CITiJ 7

8

~~~~~~ L!J©I al s I o Io I o I 2 I 1 I 2 1011 I o I 21 o I al o !©Ii b I 2 8 I a I a I G) 60 61 DOCKET NUMBER 68 69 EVENT DATE 74 75 REPORT DATE 80 EVENT DESCRIPTION AND PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES@)

[))I] I At 0837 hours0.00969 days <br />0.233 hours <br />0.00138 weeks <br />3.184785e-4 months <br />, a routine reactor coolant boron sample indicated a concentration

@TI]

[IE)

[]JI]

m:D

[£J2J ITTIJ of 1898 ppm which is less than the 2000 ppm minimum required by Technical Specification 3.. 9.1 for Mode 6 operation.

Boration was conunenced in accordance with the Action Statement and the RCS boron concentration was returned to 2132 ppm by 1050 hours0.0122 days <br />0.292 hours <br />0.00174 weeks <br />3.99525e-4 months <br />.

7 8 9 80

~

7 8

SYSTEM

CAUSE

CAUSE CODE CODE SUBCODE I cl Al@ w@ w@ lz 9

10 11 12 13 SEQUENTIAL

@ LER*RO LVENTYEP..R REPORT NO.

REPORT I 8 I 0 I l=J Io 1 s I 3 I NUMBER 21 22 23 24 26 ACTION FUTURE EFFECT SHUTDOWN COMP.

COMPONENT CODE SUBCODE lz lz lz lz lz I~ w 18 19 OCCURRENCE REPORT CODE TYPE VALVE SUBCODE w@

20 I o I 3 I Ll:_.I l=:l 27 28 29 30 31 TAKEN ACTION ON PLANT METHOD HOURS ~

ATIACHMENT NPRD-4 PRIME COMP.

REVISION NC.

L9-I 32 COMPONENT MANUFACTURER Id SUBMITTED FORM :;us.

SUPPLIER Io I L!J@

L2:J(§

~

40 41 42 43 1z I 9 1 9 19 I@

W@W@ w@ W 101010 33 34 35 36 3 7 CAUSE DESCRIPTION AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS @

44 47 j The RCS was drained to half loop level and a hvdrolazer was beinq used to [JJJJ I decontaminate the steam qenerator channel heads.

Personnel failed to anticipate and plan for the effects of the water that entered the RCS causing the dilution.

The job was terminated and a procedure will be developed for hvdrolazina the Primarv ITITJ Coolant System 7

8 9

FACILITY f:jQ\\

STATUS

% POWER OTHER STATUS i.:::::;

80 METHOD OF r:;:;..,

ITTIJ Lill@ I 0 I 0 I 0 J@I..... __

N __

/_A ---

DISCOVERY DISCOVERY DESCRIPTION '23;

~~-l ________ B_o_r_o_n_s_am_p_l_e_~~------~--

.8 9

10 12 l"J ACTIVITY CONTENT Q\\

RELEASED OF RELEASE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY ~

QE L!J@) W@l N/A 7

8 9

10 11 PERSONNEL EXPOSURES c:;:;.,

44 45 46 44 45 LOCATION OF RELEASE @

N/A 80 80 NUMBER

(:;:;\\TYPE

DESCRIPTION

[i]2J I 0 I 0 I 01(0Uj@.___ __

...,,.N_A ______________________

7 8

9 11 12 13 80 PERSONNEL INJURIES

/':;\\

NUMBER DESCRIPTION6 CIT§] I 0 I 0 I 0 l@.__ ____.....;N""-=A------------,-------------'

8 9

11 12 80 LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO FACILITY f.i3\\

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

~

[2TIJ W@

NA 1

a g

1~0-~--~----------=~----~---------....-----~-------------------'so PUBLICITY Q\\

NRC USE ONLY ISSUEDQ DESCRIPTION~

ITTIJ Ll!J6 N/A I I I I I I I I I I I 7

8 9

1-0-~------------=~--------------------------'68 69 I

I. ~

J. M. Randolph NAME OF PREPARER~----------------------------

80 c;;

0 ll...,

PHONE: _____

6_09_-__

93_5_-_0_9_9_8 ______ ___