05000317/LER-1982-084-03, /03L-0:on 821223,sequencer Initiated Alarm Failed to Clear When Diesel Generator 12 Shut Down.Caused by Failure of Breaker Lever to Operate Auxiliary Switch in Cubicle Due to Displaced Assembly.New Assembly Installed

/03L-0:on 821223,sequencer Initiated Alarm Failed to Clear When Diesel Generator 12 Shut Down.Caused by Failure of Breaker Lever to Operate Auxiliary Switch in Cubicle Due to Displaced Assembly.New Assembly Installed

ML20028F439
Person / Time
Site:	Calvert Cliffs
Issue date:	01/21/1983
From:	Basso L, Junge M BALTIMORE GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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ML20028F433	List: 05000317/LER-1982-084, Forwards LER 82-084/03L-0 05000317/LER-1982-084-03, /03L-0:on 821223,sequencer Initiated Alarm Failed to Clear When Diesel Generator 12 Shut Down.Caused by Failure of Breaker Lever to Operate Auxiliary Switch in Cubicle Due to Displaced Assembly.New Assembly Installed
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LER-82-084-03L, LER-82-84-3L, NUDOCS 8302010354
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LER-1982-084, /03L-0:on 821223,sequencer Initiated Alarm Failed to Clear When Diesel Generator 12 Shut Down.Caused by Failure of Breaker Lever to Operate Auxiliary Switch in Cubicle Due to Displaced Assembly.New Assembly Installed

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8 60 61 DOCKET NUMBER 68 69 EVENT DATE 74 75 REPORT DME 80 EVENT DESCRIPTION AND PROB ABLE CONSEQUENCES h o 2 l At 1815 during normal operation. f.Le seauencer initiated alarm did not-l J

IO I3 l l clear when 12 diesel generator (DG) was shut down (T.S. 3.8.1.1). With j

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3 i ; l auxiliary switch in the cubicle. A retaining ring holding a cam & link-l [i l3l l age assembly Q place hac slipped off, displacing the assemtly. A new l

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EVENT DESCRIPTION

At 1815 during norrsl operation, upon ecuptation of testing #12 i

diesel tenerator (DG) on #17. 4KV bus, the "Sequencet Initiated" alarm

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i declared; inoperable (T.S. 3.8.'1.1) when investigation revealed the sequencer would not initiate as designed. With 12 DG aligned to #11 i

4KV bus, and #11 DG out of service for maintenance, #11 Control Room Air Conditioner was left without an emergency power source.

(T.S.3.0.5 and T.S. 3.7.6.1).

At 1855, #12 DG was returned to service when it waar aligned to #14 4KV bus.; AcL2015, action was initiated to place the reactor in Mode 3 as per T.S. 3.0.5.

At 2130 #11 vG was returned to service,.

1. 11 CRAC was declared ope.*able and the reactor returned to 100% power.

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t CAUSE DESCRIPTION Investigation found that clearance of the "Sequ4ncer Initiated" alarm was prohibited by failure of a, lever on the breaker (General Electric

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MC-4.76) to operate an auxiliary switch. mounted in the switch-gear cuolcle. A retaining ring that holds the auxiliary switch operating cams and linkag+ assembly in place had slipped off, dislocating the i

assenbly. The assembly was replaced with_a spare. No cause has been

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Sin <2 this is the tirst such failure, no further preventive action is deemed necer,8ary 1

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