ML18219B525

05/25/1978 Letter Licensee Event Report

ML18219B525
Person / Time
Site:	Cook
Issue date:	05/25/1978
From:	Shaller D American Electrtic Power System, Indiana Michigan Power Co, (Formerly Indiana & Michigan Power Co)
To:	James Keppler NRC/IE, NRC/RGN-III
References
LER 1978-006-03L
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REGULATQRY INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTFM (RIDS)

DISTRIBUTlON FOR INCOMING MATERIAL 50-3i6 REC: KEPPLER J G QRG: SHALLER D V DQCDATE: 05/25/78 NRC IN 5 MI PWR DATE RCVD: 05/3i/78 DOCTYPE: LETTER NOTARIZED: NO COPIES RECEIVED

SUBJECT:

LTR i ENCL i FORWARDING LICENSEE EVENT REPT (RO 50-3i6l78-006) ON 03/09l78 CONCERNING DURING PHYSICS TESTING-AFTER INITIAt FUEL LOADING> PRESSURIZER LEVEL INDICATION WAS DECLARED lNOPERABLF ON CONDITIONS AS LISTED.

PLANT NAMF: COOK UNIT 2 REVIEWER INITIAL: X JM DISTRIBUTOR INITIAL:Q~

DISTRIBUTION QF THIS MATERIAL IS AS FOLI OWS NOTES:

i. SEND 3 COPIES OF ALL MATERIAL TO ISE ED REEVES-i CY ALL MATERIAL INCIDENT REPORTS (DISTRIBUTION CODE AOOZ)

FQR ACTION: BR CHIEF KNIEL~~W/4 ENCL INTERNAL: G FILE4H~t 'CL NRC PDR++W/ENCL I ~<< ~ x ENCI MIPC4<W/3 ENCL IPPOL ITO4~+W/ENCL HOUSTON++W/ENCL NOVAK/CHECK4<W/ENCL EEB+4W/ENCL KNIGHT~H~W/ENCL PLANT SYSTEMS BR+>W/ENCL HANAUER+cFW/EIVCL TEDESCO~~~W/ENCL E I SENHUT~~~~W/ENCL REACTOR SAFETY BR>+W/ENCL ENGINEERING BR~~~W/ENCL VOLLMER/BUNCH+4W/ENCL KREGER/J. COLLINS++W/ENCL ROSA++W/ENCL K SEYFR IT/IE4+W/ENCL EXTERNAL: LPDRiS ST. JOSEPH) MI+~~W/ENCL TIC++W/ENCL NSIC~~~W/ENCL ACRS CAT B~~<W/i6 ENCL COPIES NOT SUB)1ITTED PER REGULATORY GUIDE 10 '

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Qg F7 C3 Cll Mr. J.G. Keppler, Regional Director Office of Inspection and Enforcement United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region III 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 Operating License DPR-74 Docket No. 50-316

Dear Mr. Keppler:

Pursuant to the requirements of the Appendix A Technical Specifications the following report is submitted:

RO 78-006/03L-1.

Sincerely, D.V. Shaller Plant Manager

/bab cc: J.E. Dolan R.W. Jurgensen R.F. Kroeger R. Kilburn R.J. Vollen BPI K.R. Baker RO:III R.C. Callen MPSC P.W. Steketee, Esq.

G. Charnoff, Esq.

R; Walsh, Esq.

G. Olson J.M. Hennigan yigNN tI( "l~~ ~~~~

PNSRC J.F. Stietzel Dir., IE (30 copies)

Dir., MIPC (3 copies) f 78152QQS9

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NRC FORM 366 U S NUGLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIO

)IUPDA E REPORT PREVIOUS REPORT DATE I7-7TI LICENSEE EVENT REPORT CONTROL BLOCK: QI {PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION)

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7 8 9 14 I 0 C C LICENSEE CODE 2

14 Q 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LICENSE NUMBER 0 0 0 0 25 Q4 26 1 1 LICENSE TYPE 1 1 30 0~Qs57 CAT 58 CON'T soUROE~LQB 60 61 0 5 0 0 0 DOCKET NUMBER 3 1 6 68 00 69 3 0 9 EVENT DATE 7 8 74 QB i5 0 5 2 REPORT DATE 5 7 8 80 Q9 EVENT DESCRIPTION AND PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES ~10 0 2 DURING PHYSICS TESTING"AFTER INITIAL FUEL LOADING3 PRESSURIZER LEVEL INDICATION WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE ON THESE OCCASIONS.. CHANNEL l (NLP-151) WAS INOPERABLE ON MARCH 9 AND 1 0. CHANNEL I I'NLP 1 52) lIIAS l'NOPERABLE ON MARCH 1 2 AND 1 5, THIS EXCEEDED THE T, S, LIMIT IN TABLE 3.3-4. THE APPLI'CABLE ACTION REQUIREMENT

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OCCURRENCE REPORT REVISION QIT LER)RO REPORT ACTION FUTURE EVENT YEAR

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~03 28 ATTACHMENT CODE 29 NPRD<

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~1 32 COMPONENT TAKEN ACTION LaJQ1BLJQ 33 34 ON PLANT

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HOURS Q22 0 0 0 40 SUBMITTED

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CAUSE DESCRIPTION AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS Q27 o I,'NVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT ON EACH. OCCASION THE VALVE ON THE EQUALIZING LINE FOR THE TRANSMITTERS (BARTON-MODEL ¹764) HAD A PACKI'NG LEAK. THIS PACKING LEAK RESULTED IN A 2 LOSS OF WATER FROM THE REFERENCE LEG OF THE TRANSMITTERS 'ONSEQUENTLY 'AN INCREASING 3 LEVEL ON THESE, CHANNELS RESULTED . THE PACIQNG ON THE AFFECTED VALVES WERE TIGHTENED 4 AND THE. REFERENCE LEGS WERE REFILLED.(SEE ATTACHED SUPPLEMENT),

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44 45 46 OPERATOR OBSERVATION 80 ACTIVITY CONTENT RELEASED OF RELEASE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITYQ36 LOCATION OF RELEASE Q

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80 PERSONNEL INJURIES NUMBER DESCRIPTIONQ41 7 8

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0 11 Q43 12 NA 80 LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO FACILITY

'TYPE DESCRIPTION Q43 9 7. Q42 NA 7 8 9 10 80 PUBLICITY

~20 ~NO ISSUED DESCRIPTION Q NA NRC USE ONLY 7 8 9 10 68 69 80~43 0

Jack Rischling PHONE:

616-465-5901 IL NAME OF PREPARER

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SUPPLEMENT TO CAUSE DESCRIPTION - LI'CENSEE EVENT REPORT 678-006/03L-I ON EACH OCCASSION THE AFFECTED CHANNELS WERE RETURNED TO OPERATION WITH LEVEL INDICATION WITHI'N lX OF THE OTHER CHANNELS.

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