ML19253B627
| ML19253B627 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Peach Bottom  |
| Issue date: | 10/01/1979 |
| From: | Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| To: | Daltroff S PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7910160549 | |
| Download: ML19253B627 (1) | |
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,o KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406 Docket Nos. 50-277 OCT 1 1973 50-278 Philadelphia Electric Company ATTN:
Mr. S. L. Daltroff Vice President Electric Production 2301 Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101 Gentlemen:
This Information Notice is provided as an early notification of a possibly significant matter. It is expected that recipients will review the information for possible applicability to their cilities.
No specific action or response is requested at this time.
If further NRC evaluations so indicate, an IE Circular, Bulletin, or NRR Generic Letter will be issued to recommend or request specific licensee actions. If you have questions regarding the matter, please contact the Director of the appropriate NRC Regional Office.
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IE Information Notice No. 79-25 2.
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ENCLOSURE 1 Accession No.: 7908220125 SSINS No.: 6870 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C.
20555 IE Information Notice 79-25 Date:
October 1, 1979 Pege 1 of 2 REACTOR TR1?S AT TURKEY POINT UNITS 3 AND 4
Background
On August 3, Turkey Point Units 3 and 4 tripped while operat.ing at full power.
A voltage spike on a second protection channel caused Unit 4 to trip during surveillance testing on the reactor protection system.
This resulted in a loss of offsite power ard subsequent shedding of non-essential loads.
Unit 3 tripped as the result of high coolant pressure caused by a turbine runback.
Discussion While performing a periooic test on channel "C" of the T-Average and Delta T Protection Channels, a s urious signal on channel "A" completed a 2 out of 3 r
trip logic tripping Unit 4.
This resulted in a loss of offsite power condi-tion for Unit 4.
At this time, the Unit 4 startup transformer was out of servica due to performance of periodic.aaintenance.
This condition caused the initiation of the emergency diesel generator load sequencer which resulted in the shedding of non-vital loads.
Among the non-vital loads shed were those on Motor Control Center (MCC) "D" which is common to both units.
Since the Rod Position Indication System for both units is powered by the non-vital portion of MCC-D, a turbine runback on Unit 3 was initiated upon loss of rod position indication.
This resulted in a reactor trip on high pressurizer pressure.
At the time, neither of the two pressurizer spray valves was avail-able.
One was considered inoperable prior to the transient and the other, temporarily powered by the non-vital portion of MCC-D, had become unavailable earlier as a consequence of the Unit 4 trip.
A subsequent review disclosed inadequacies in the administrative controls over the correcti'on of operational problems exhibited by spray valve PCV-3-4558.
The original Hagan controller for spray valve PCV-3-4558 had been disconnected.
It was replaced by another manual controller which was plugged into the valve control circuit and which had been taped to the top x a console in the main control room.
The actual installation of the manual controller was not per-formed under established guidelines.
Additionally, no temporary procedure had been issued to ensure consistent under
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