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MONTHYEARML20029E2071994-05-0909 May 1994 LER 94-004-00:on 940416,discovered That Surveillance Frequency for Sp 34SV-SUV-008-1S Not Correct for Seven Primary Containment Vent & Purge Valves Due to Personnel Error.Surveillance Brought Up to date.W/940509 Ltr ML20029C8681994-04-25025 April 1994 LER 94-003-00:on 940329,automatic Reactor Shutdown Occurred Due to Trip of Main Turbine.Caused by Loss of Main Generator Field Excitation.Damaged Main Generator Exciter Rotor replaced.W/940425 Ltr ML20029C6981994-04-19019 April 1994 LER 94-002-00:on 940325,personnel Error Resulted in ESF Actuations.Personnel Counseled & Trained & EDG Control Circuit Wire repaired.W/940419 Ltr ML20046D5941993-08-18018 August 1993 LER 93-006-00:on 930721,determined That Valves Could Not Be Closed by Use of Normal Motive Power Due to Inadequate Procedural Controls Resulting in Valve Actuators Being Set Up Improperly.Isolated Affected penetration.W/930818 Ltr ML20045H7441993-07-0909 July 1993 LER 93-012-00:on 930615,automatic Reactor Scram & Isolation of Inboard Group 2 PCIS Valves Occurred.Caused by Loose Packing Nut on Instrument Isolation Valve.Valve Repaired & Similar Installations on Units checked.W/930709 Ltr ML20045B0371993-06-10010 June 1993 LER 93-009-00:on 930514,scram Occurred When Mode Switch Moved to Run Position Due to Blown Fuses in Rps.Procedures 52PM-B21-005-1S,52PM-B21-005-2S & 52GM-MEL-007-0S Revised. W/930610 Ltr ML20045B0401993-06-10010 June 1993 LER 93-010-00:on 930514,unplanned ESF Actuation Occurred Due to Less That Adequate Procedures.Procedures 34SV-B21-001-1S & 34SV-B21-001-2S, MSIV Closure Instrument Functional Test revised.W/930610 Ltr ML20045B0761993-06-10010 June 1993 LER 93-011-00:on 930521,partial Group 1 Primary Containment Isolation Sys Actuation Occurred Due to Component Failure. MSLRM Returned to Svc,Failed electro-pneumatic Control Valve in MSIVs replaced.W/930610 Ltr ML20045B7111993-06-10010 June 1993 LER 93-005-00:on 930521,unplanned Insertion of Manual Scram Initiated Due to Personnel Error.Personnel Involved Temporarily Removed from License Duties & Being Subjected to Formal discipline.W/930610 Ltr ML20045A2121993-06-0303 June 1993 LER 93-008-00:on 930505,determined That B Train of SBGT Sys Had Been Inoperable.Caused by Procedure Error.C/As Included Bringing Missed Surveillances Up to Date,Revising Procedures & Counselling personnel.W/930603 Ltr ML20044F6021993-05-21021 May 1993 LER 93-007-01:on 930504,unplanned ESF Actuations Occurred. Caused by Inappropriate Jumper Placement by Plant Engineer. Personnel Performing LSFTs Made Aware of Event & Instructed Not to Install Jumpers on Relay Contact arms.W/930521 Ltr ML20044F5851993-05-18018 May 1993 LER 93-004-00:on 930419,isolation Valve Unexpectedly Closed While Trip Unit Was Tested.Cause for Valve Closing Undetermined.Logic of Trip Unit Correctly Configured to Prevent Closing.No Corrective Actions taken.W/930518 Ltr ML20044D5931993-05-15015 May 1993 LER 93-005-00:on 930414,fuse 1D11-A-f14B Blew,Resulting in Initiation of Train B of Both Standby Treatment Sys Units & Isolation of Damper B of Both Secondary Containments.Blown Fuse & Several Relays in Logic Replaced ML20044D4881993-05-14014 May 1993 LER 93-004-00:on 930414,unplanned ESF Sys Actuation Occurred When LPCI Valve Automatically Reclosed.Caused by Inadvertent Grounding of Logic Circuit,Resulting in Blown Fuse.Fuse Replaced & Operating Order Issued ML20044D1111993-05-10010 May 1993 LER 93-003-00:on 930412,determined That Monthly Operability Test for DG 1B Not Performed During Required Performance Window on 930328.Caused by Personnel Error.Surveillance Coordinator Aware of causes.W/930510 Ltr ML20044C9891993-05-0303 May 1993 LER 93-003-00:on 930407,scram Time Testing on All Control Rods Not Completed Prior to Exceeding 40% Rated Thermal Power.Caused by Personnel Error.Personnel Counseled & Procedures Will Be revised.W/930503 Ltr ML20024G6961991-04-25025 April 1991 LER 91-007-00:on 910326,unknown Inadequacy in Jumper Connection Results in Scram During Surveillance in Cold Shutdown.Cause Unknown.Functional Test Completed & Surveillance Procedure revised.W/910422 Ltr ML20024G7401991-04-24024 April 1991 LER 91-008-00:on 910327,main Steam Isolation Valve Local Leak Rate Test Failed Due to Normal Equipment Wear Resulting in Degradation of Valve Seating Surfaces.Valves Repaired & retested.W/910424 Ltr ML20029B0691991-03-0505 March 1991 LER 91-002-00:on 910203,partial Outboard Group 2 Primary Containment Isolation Sys Isolation Signal Resulted in Closure of Containment Isolation Valves.Caused by Failed Relay Coil.Coil replaced.W/910301 Ltr ML20029B0621991-02-26026 February 1991 LER 91-001-00:on 910129,determined That Setpoints for Condensate Storage Tank Level Switches Not Set to Initiate Required Transfer When 10,000 Gallons Water Available.Caused by Inadequate Documentation.Setpoints raised.W/910226 Ltr ML20028H8431991-01-27027 January 1991 LER 90-024-00:on 901228,pretreatment Monitoring Station Offgas Samples Not Collected & Analyzed within 4 H of Increased Fission Gas Release.Caused by Misinterpretation of Tech Specs.Personnel instructed.W/910125 Ltr ML20044A6411990-06-22022 June 1990 LER 90-011-00:on 900601,full Reactor Protection Sys Actuation Occurred When Mode Switch Moved to Run Position, Resulting in Scram Signal on MSIVs Less than 90% Open.Caused by Personnel Error.Individual counseled.W/900622 Ltr ML20043G7111990-06-15015 June 1990 LER 90-004-00:on 900521,personnel Error & FSAR Deviation Occurred & Resulted in Tech Spec Violation.Procedure 62CI-OCB-031-OS Incorrectly Directed Personnel to Periodically Open Airlock Doors.Memo issued.W/900615 Ltr ML20043G7141990-06-15015 June 1990 LER 90-009-00:on 900522,determined That Requirements of Tech Spec 3.14.2,Actions 105 & 107 Not Met.Caused by Inadequate Procedure.Normal Range Monitoring Sys Restored to Operable Status & Procedure 64CH-SAM-005-OS revised.W/900615 Ltr ML20043G7581990-06-0808 June 1990 LER 90-001-01:on 900112,component Failure & Inadequate Design Caused Group I Isolation & Scram W/Main Steamline Isolation Valves Less than 90% Open.Root Isolation Valves Replaced W/New Type of valve.W/900608 Ltr ML20043C7281990-05-31031 May 1990 LER 90-008-00:on 900505,determined That Reactor Vessel Head Vent Valves 1B21-F004 & 1B21-F005 Closed Contrary to Tech Spec 3.7.C.2.a(2) Requirements.Caused by Cognitive Personnel Error.Reactor Vessel Head Vent Valves reopened.W/900531 Ltr ML20043A5091990-05-14014 May 1990 LER 90-006-00:on 900418,discovered That Wiring Error Existed in Junction Box Leading to Strip Recorder That Resulted in Inadequate Tech Spec Surveillance.Caused by Personnel Error. Wiring Error Corrected & Personnel counseled.W/900514 Ltr ML20043A5131990-05-14014 May 1990 LER 90-007-00:on 900419,determined That Errors in Calculations for Measuring Feedwater Flow Resulted in Nonconservative Calibr of Flow Transmitters.Caused by Error in Design Calculation.Transmitters recalibr.W/900514 Ltr ML20042E6851990-04-27027 April 1990 LER 90-003-00:on 900328,reactor Scram & Group II Containment Isolation Occurred.Caused by Inadequate Procedure.Procedure Will Be Changed to Require Instruments to Be Pressurized to Process Pressure Before Valved Into svc.W/900423 Ltr ML20042E6841990-04-27027 April 1990 LER 90-005-00:on 900329,safety Relief Valves Experienced Setpoint Drift in Excess of Tolerance.Caused by corrosion- Induced Bonding of Surface Between Pilot Valve Disc & Seat. Valves refurbished.W/900424 Ltr ML20012D8861990-03-19019 March 1990 LER 99-004-00:on 900219,trip Setpoint for Isolation of Liquid Radwaste Effluent Line on Low Dilution Flow Not Set Correctly.Caused by Inadequate Procedure.Procedure Revised temporarily.W/900319 Ltr ML20012C2891990-03-12012 March 1990 LER 90-003-00:on 900212,determined That Surveillance Procedures for Monthly Functional Testing of Drywell High Pressure Instrumentation Logic Channels Less than Adequate. Caused by Personnel Error.Procedures revised.W/900312 Ltr ML20011F4291990-02-26026 February 1990 LER 90-002-00:on 900131,discovered That Functional Test of Turbine Stop Valve Position Limit Switches Not Performed. Caused by Personnel Error When Writing Recent Rev.Rev to Procedure 34SV-C71-001-1S/2S written.W/900226 Ltr ML20006E2891990-02-0707 February 1990 LER 90-001-00:on 900112,reactor Scrammed Because MSIVs Were Less than 90% Open.Caused by Component Failure & Configuration of Condenser Vacuum Sensing Lines & Instruments.Valves replaced.W/900207 Ltr ML20006E0111990-02-0606 February 1990 LER 90-002-00:on 900114,RWCU Experienced High Differential Flow,Indicating Possibility of Leak in Sys.Caused by Component Failure & Less than Adequate Mounting for Relay. Relay Replaced W/Time Delay relay.W/900206 Ltr ML20006A8881990-01-22022 January 1990 LER 90-001-00:on 900104,HPCI Pump Declared Inoperable Due to Rated Flow Not Maintained During Surveillance Testing. Caused by Component Failure.Defective Resistor Replaced & Procedure 34SV-E41-002-1S performed.W/900122 Ltr ML20005E6541990-01-0202 January 1990 LER 89-010-00:on 891204,determined That Plant Was Not Fully Meeting Surveillance Requirements of Tech Spec Table 4.3.6.4-1,item 10.b.Caused by Inadequate Procedure.Recorder Calibr Steps to Be Removed from procedure.W/900102 Ltr ML20005E1851989-12-27027 December 1989 LER 89-009-00:on 891129,reactor Protection Sys Actuation Occurred from Scram Discharge Vol High Level Condition. Caused by Equipment Failure.Backup Temporary Air Compressor Placed Into Svc & Blown Fuse replaced.W/891227 Ltr ML20005E5131989-12-22022 December 1989 LER 89-017-00:on 891128,discovered That Efficiency Factors Used for Old Liquid Radwaste Discharge Radiation Monitors Incorrect.Caused by Personnel Not Incorporating Updated Efficiency Factor Into Sys software.W/891222 Ltr ML19332F8691989-12-14014 December 1989 LER 89-018-00:on 891114,sys High Differential Flow Condition Occurred Causing Actuation of Primary Containment Isolation Sys Valve Group 5 Logic Resulting in Closure of RWCU Valve. Caused by Personnel Error.Personnel counseled.W/891214 Ltr ML19332E6141989-11-30030 November 1989 LER 89-016-00:on 891103,discovered That Procedures 57SV-C51-001-1/2S Did Not Fully Test Rod Block Monitor Function.Caused by Procedural Deficiency.Limiting Condition for Operation Initiated & Procedure revised.W/891130 Ltr ML19332D8791989-11-29029 November 1989 LER 89-008-00:on 891102,RWCU Sys Experienced Partial Primary Containment Isolation Sys Group 5 Isolation Involving Valve 2G31-F004.Caused by Component Failure of Relay 2G31-R616D. Relay replaced.W/891129 Ltr ML19324C3271989-11-0808 November 1989 LER 89-014-00:on 891010,primary Containment Isolation Sys Group 5 Isolation Occurred Due to Opening of Valve 1G31-D002A.Caused by Personnel Error.Personnel Counseled & Memo Issued Re Confirming commands.W/891108 Ltr ML19325F1781989-11-0606 November 1989 LER 89-015-00:on 891009,diesel Generator 1R43-S001B Failed to Start Manually During Monthly Generator Test.Caused by Personnel Error & Incorrect Model Number Assigned to Pump. Pump Replaced & Oil Drained from cylinders.W/891106 Ltr ML19332B6191989-10-31031 October 1989 LER 89-013-00:on 891003,RWCU Sys Valve 1G31-F020 Closed, Rendering Inservice Reactor Coolant Monitor Inoperable. Caused by Cognitive Personnel error.In-line Conductivity Surveillance Initiated & Personnel counseled.W/891031 Ltr ML19325E6911989-10-31031 October 1989 LER 89-012-00:on 891003,plant Operators Received Indication That RWCU Sys Experiencing High Differential Flow Which Resulted in Isolation of Primary Containment Isolation Sys Valves.Caused by Component failure.W/891031 Ltr ML19327B3281989-10-23023 October 1989 LER 89-007-00:on 890926,four Safety Relief Valves Had Exhibited Drift in Mechanical Lift Setpoints in Excess of 3% Tolerance Specified by Inservice Testing Requirements.Root Cause Being Investigated.Valves refurbished.W/891023 Ltr ML19327B2991989-10-23023 October 1989 LER 89-006-00:on 890926,Procedure 34SV-SUV-019-2S, Surveillance Checks Did Not Fully Implement Requirements of Tech Spec Table 4.3.2-1.Caused by Personnel Error. Personnel Counseled & Procedure revised.W/891023 Ltr ML20024F4081983-09-0101 September 1983 LER 83-079/03L-0:on 830809,main Steam Line & Reactor Water Sample Valve Relay 1A71-K7A Determined Operating in Degraded Mode.Caused by Component Failure.Coil & Contacts Replaced. W/830901 Ltr ML20024F3341983-09-0101 September 1983 LER 83-064/03L-0:on 830811,during post-maint Review of DCR 83-76 Determined Torus Vent Valves Instrument Air Piping Returned to Svc W/O Performance of HNP-6907.Caused by Personnel oversight.W/830901 Ltr 1994-05-09
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MONTHYEARML20029E2071994-05-0909 May 1994 LER 94-004-00:on 940416,discovered That Surveillance Frequency for Sp 34SV-SUV-008-1S Not Correct for Seven Primary Containment Vent & Purge Valves Due to Personnel Error.Surveillance Brought Up to date.W/940509 Ltr ML20029C8681994-04-25025 April 1994 LER 94-003-00:on 940329,automatic Reactor Shutdown Occurred Due to Trip of Main Turbine.Caused by Loss of Main Generator Field Excitation.Damaged Main Generator Exciter Rotor replaced.W/940425 Ltr ML20029C6981994-04-19019 April 1994 LER 94-002-00:on 940325,personnel Error Resulted in ESF Actuations.Personnel Counseled & Trained & EDG Control Circuit Wire repaired.W/940419 Ltr ML20046D5941993-08-18018 August 1993 LER 93-006-00:on 930721,determined That Valves Could Not Be Closed by Use of Normal Motive Power Due to Inadequate Procedural Controls Resulting in Valve Actuators Being Set Up Improperly.Isolated Affected penetration.W/930818 Ltr ML20045H7441993-07-0909 July 1993 LER 93-012-00:on 930615,automatic Reactor Scram & Isolation of Inboard Group 2 PCIS Valves Occurred.Caused by Loose Packing Nut on Instrument Isolation Valve.Valve Repaired & Similar Installations on Units checked.W/930709 Ltr ML20045B0371993-06-10010 June 1993 LER 93-009-00:on 930514,scram Occurred When Mode Switch Moved to Run Position Due to Blown Fuses in Rps.Procedures 52PM-B21-005-1S,52PM-B21-005-2S & 52GM-MEL-007-0S Revised. W/930610 Ltr ML20045B0401993-06-10010 June 1993 LER 93-010-00:on 930514,unplanned ESF Actuation Occurred Due to Less That Adequate Procedures.Procedures 34SV-B21-001-1S & 34SV-B21-001-2S, MSIV Closure Instrument Functional Test revised.W/930610 Ltr ML20045B0761993-06-10010 June 1993 LER 93-011-00:on 930521,partial Group 1 Primary Containment Isolation Sys Actuation Occurred Due to Component Failure. MSLRM Returned to Svc,Failed electro-pneumatic Control Valve in MSIVs replaced.W/930610 Ltr ML20045B7111993-06-10010 June 1993 LER 93-005-00:on 930521,unplanned Insertion of Manual Scram Initiated Due to Personnel Error.Personnel Involved Temporarily Removed from License Duties & Being Subjected to Formal discipline.W/930610 Ltr ML20045A2121993-06-0303 June 1993 LER 93-008-00:on 930505,determined That B Train of SBGT Sys Had Been Inoperable.Caused by Procedure Error.C/As Included Bringing Missed Surveillances Up to Date,Revising Procedures & Counselling personnel.W/930603 Ltr ML20044F6021993-05-21021 May 1993 LER 93-007-01:on 930504,unplanned ESF Actuations Occurred. Caused by Inappropriate Jumper Placement by Plant Engineer. Personnel Performing LSFTs Made Aware of Event & Instructed Not to Install Jumpers on Relay Contact arms.W/930521 Ltr ML20044F5851993-05-18018 May 1993 LER 93-004-00:on 930419,isolation Valve Unexpectedly Closed While Trip Unit Was Tested.Cause for Valve Closing Undetermined.Logic of Trip Unit Correctly Configured to Prevent Closing.No Corrective Actions taken.W/930518 Ltr ML20044D5931993-05-15015 May 1993 LER 93-005-00:on 930414,fuse 1D11-A-f14B Blew,Resulting in Initiation of Train B of Both Standby Treatment Sys Units & Isolation of Damper B of Both Secondary Containments.Blown Fuse & Several Relays in Logic Replaced ML20044D4881993-05-14014 May 1993 LER 93-004-00:on 930414,unplanned ESF Sys Actuation Occurred When LPCI Valve Automatically Reclosed.Caused by Inadvertent Grounding of Logic Circuit,Resulting in Blown Fuse.Fuse Replaced & Operating Order Issued ML20044D1111993-05-10010 May 1993 LER 93-003-00:on 930412,determined That Monthly Operability Test for DG 1B Not Performed During Required Performance Window on 930328.Caused by Personnel Error.Surveillance Coordinator Aware of causes.W/930510 Ltr ML20044C9891993-05-0303 May 1993 LER 93-003-00:on 930407,scram Time Testing on All Control Rods Not Completed Prior to Exceeding 40% Rated Thermal Power.Caused by Personnel Error.Personnel Counseled & Procedures Will Be revised.W/930503 Ltr ML20024G6961991-04-25025 April 1991 LER 91-007-00:on 910326,unknown Inadequacy in Jumper Connection Results in Scram During Surveillance in Cold Shutdown.Cause Unknown.Functional Test Completed & Surveillance Procedure revised.W/910422 Ltr ML20024G7401991-04-24024 April 1991 LER 91-008-00:on 910327,main Steam Isolation Valve Local Leak Rate Test Failed Due to Normal Equipment Wear Resulting in Degradation of Valve Seating Surfaces.Valves Repaired & retested.W/910424 Ltr ML20029B0691991-03-0505 March 1991 LER 91-002-00:on 910203,partial Outboard Group 2 Primary Containment Isolation Sys Isolation Signal Resulted in Closure of Containment Isolation Valves.Caused by Failed Relay Coil.Coil replaced.W/910301 Ltr ML20029B0621991-02-26026 February 1991 LER 91-001-00:on 910129,determined That Setpoints for Condensate Storage Tank Level Switches Not Set to Initiate Required Transfer When 10,000 Gallons Water Available.Caused by Inadequate Documentation.Setpoints raised.W/910226 Ltr ML20028H8431991-01-27027 January 1991 LER 90-024-00:on 901228,pretreatment Monitoring Station Offgas Samples Not Collected & Analyzed within 4 H of Increased Fission Gas Release.Caused by Misinterpretation of Tech Specs.Personnel instructed.W/910125 Ltr ML20044A6411990-06-22022 June 1990 LER 90-011-00:on 900601,full Reactor Protection Sys Actuation Occurred When Mode Switch Moved to Run Position, Resulting in Scram Signal on MSIVs Less than 90% Open.Caused by Personnel Error.Individual counseled.W/900622 Ltr ML20043G7111990-06-15015 June 1990 LER 90-004-00:on 900521,personnel Error & FSAR Deviation Occurred & Resulted in Tech Spec Violation.Procedure 62CI-OCB-031-OS Incorrectly Directed Personnel to Periodically Open Airlock Doors.Memo issued.W/900615 Ltr ML20043G7141990-06-15015 June 1990 LER 90-009-00:on 900522,determined That Requirements of Tech Spec 3.14.2,Actions 105 & 107 Not Met.Caused by Inadequate Procedure.Normal Range Monitoring Sys Restored to Operable Status & Procedure 64CH-SAM-005-OS revised.W/900615 Ltr ML20043G7581990-06-0808 June 1990 LER 90-001-01:on 900112,component Failure & Inadequate Design Caused Group I Isolation & Scram W/Main Steamline Isolation Valves Less than 90% Open.Root Isolation Valves Replaced W/New Type of valve.W/900608 Ltr ML20043C7281990-05-31031 May 1990 LER 90-008-00:on 900505,determined That Reactor Vessel Head Vent Valves 1B21-F004 & 1B21-F005 Closed Contrary to Tech Spec 3.7.C.2.a(2) Requirements.Caused by Cognitive Personnel Error.Reactor Vessel Head Vent Valves reopened.W/900531 Ltr ML20043A5091990-05-14014 May 1990 LER 90-006-00:on 900418,discovered That Wiring Error Existed in Junction Box Leading to Strip Recorder That Resulted in Inadequate Tech Spec Surveillance.Caused by Personnel Error. Wiring Error Corrected & Personnel counseled.W/900514 Ltr ML20043A5131990-05-14014 May 1990 LER 90-007-00:on 900419,determined That Errors in Calculations for Measuring Feedwater Flow Resulted in Nonconservative Calibr of Flow Transmitters.Caused by Error in Design Calculation.Transmitters recalibr.W/900514 Ltr ML20042E6851990-04-27027 April 1990 LER 90-003-00:on 900328,reactor Scram & Group II Containment Isolation Occurred.Caused by Inadequate Procedure.Procedure Will Be Changed to Require Instruments to Be Pressurized to Process Pressure Before Valved Into svc.W/900423 Ltr ML20042E6841990-04-27027 April 1990 LER 90-005-00:on 900329,safety Relief Valves Experienced Setpoint Drift in Excess of Tolerance.Caused by corrosion- Induced Bonding of Surface Between Pilot Valve Disc & Seat. Valves refurbished.W/900424 Ltr ML20012D8861990-03-19019 March 1990 LER 99-004-00:on 900219,trip Setpoint for Isolation of Liquid Radwaste Effluent Line on Low Dilution Flow Not Set Correctly.Caused by Inadequate Procedure.Procedure Revised temporarily.W/900319 Ltr ML20012C2891990-03-12012 March 1990 LER 90-003-00:on 900212,determined That Surveillance Procedures for Monthly Functional Testing of Drywell High Pressure Instrumentation Logic Channels Less than Adequate. Caused by Personnel Error.Procedures revised.W/900312 Ltr ML20011F4291990-02-26026 February 1990 LER 90-002-00:on 900131,discovered That Functional Test of Turbine Stop Valve Position Limit Switches Not Performed. Caused by Personnel Error When Writing Recent Rev.Rev to Procedure 34SV-C71-001-1S/2S written.W/900226 Ltr ML20006E2891990-02-0707 February 1990 LER 90-001-00:on 900112,reactor Scrammed Because MSIVs Were Less than 90% Open.Caused by Component Failure & Configuration of Condenser Vacuum Sensing Lines & Instruments.Valves replaced.W/900207 Ltr ML20006E0111990-02-0606 February 1990 LER 90-002-00:on 900114,RWCU Experienced High Differential Flow,Indicating Possibility of Leak in Sys.Caused by Component Failure & Less than Adequate Mounting for Relay. Relay Replaced W/Time Delay relay.W/900206 Ltr ML20006A8881990-01-22022 January 1990 LER 90-001-00:on 900104,HPCI Pump Declared Inoperable Due to Rated Flow Not Maintained During Surveillance Testing. Caused by Component Failure.Defective Resistor Replaced & Procedure 34SV-E41-002-1S performed.W/900122 Ltr ML20005E6541990-01-0202 January 1990 LER 89-010-00:on 891204,determined That Plant Was Not Fully Meeting Surveillance Requirements of Tech Spec Table 4.3.6.4-1,item 10.b.Caused by Inadequate Procedure.Recorder Calibr Steps to Be Removed from procedure.W/900102 Ltr ML20005E1851989-12-27027 December 1989 LER 89-009-00:on 891129,reactor Protection Sys Actuation Occurred from Scram Discharge Vol High Level Condition. Caused by Equipment Failure.Backup Temporary Air Compressor Placed Into Svc & Blown Fuse replaced.W/891227 Ltr ML20005E5131989-12-22022 December 1989 LER 89-017-00:on 891128,discovered That Efficiency Factors Used for Old Liquid Radwaste Discharge Radiation Monitors Incorrect.Caused by Personnel Not Incorporating Updated Efficiency Factor Into Sys software.W/891222 Ltr ML19332F8691989-12-14014 December 1989 LER 89-018-00:on 891114,sys High Differential Flow Condition Occurred Causing Actuation of Primary Containment Isolation Sys Valve Group 5 Logic Resulting in Closure of RWCU Valve. Caused by Personnel Error.Personnel counseled.W/891214 Ltr ML19332E6141989-11-30030 November 1989 LER 89-016-00:on 891103,discovered That Procedures 57SV-C51-001-1/2S Did Not Fully Test Rod Block Monitor Function.Caused by Procedural Deficiency.Limiting Condition for Operation Initiated & Procedure revised.W/891130 Ltr ML19332D8791989-11-29029 November 1989 LER 89-008-00:on 891102,RWCU Sys Experienced Partial Primary Containment Isolation Sys Group 5 Isolation Involving Valve 2G31-F004.Caused by Component Failure of Relay 2G31-R616D. Relay replaced.W/891129 Ltr ML19324C3271989-11-0808 November 1989 LER 89-014-00:on 891010,primary Containment Isolation Sys Group 5 Isolation Occurred Due to Opening of Valve 1G31-D002A.Caused by Personnel Error.Personnel Counseled & Memo Issued Re Confirming commands.W/891108 Ltr ML19325F1781989-11-0606 November 1989 LER 89-015-00:on 891009,diesel Generator 1R43-S001B Failed to Start Manually During Monthly Generator Test.Caused by Personnel Error & Incorrect Model Number Assigned to Pump. Pump Replaced & Oil Drained from cylinders.W/891106 Ltr ML19332B6191989-10-31031 October 1989 LER 89-013-00:on 891003,RWCU Sys Valve 1G31-F020 Closed, Rendering Inservice Reactor Coolant Monitor Inoperable. Caused by Cognitive Personnel error.In-line Conductivity Surveillance Initiated & Personnel counseled.W/891031 Ltr ML19325E6911989-10-31031 October 1989 LER 89-012-00:on 891003,plant Operators Received Indication That RWCU Sys Experiencing High Differential Flow Which Resulted in Isolation of Primary Containment Isolation Sys Valves.Caused by Component failure.W/891031 Ltr ML19327B3281989-10-23023 October 1989 LER 89-007-00:on 890926,four Safety Relief Valves Had Exhibited Drift in Mechanical Lift Setpoints in Excess of 3% Tolerance Specified by Inservice Testing Requirements.Root Cause Being Investigated.Valves refurbished.W/891023 Ltr ML19327B2991989-10-23023 October 1989 LER 89-006-00:on 890926,Procedure 34SV-SUV-019-2S, Surveillance Checks Did Not Fully Implement Requirements of Tech Spec Table 4.3.2-1.Caused by Personnel Error. Personnel Counseled & Procedure revised.W/891023 Ltr ML20024F4081983-09-0101 September 1983 LER 83-079/03L-0:on 830809,main Steam Line & Reactor Water Sample Valve Relay 1A71-K7A Determined Operating in Degraded Mode.Caused by Component Failure.Coil & Contacts Replaced. W/830901 Ltr ML20024F3341983-09-0101 September 1983 LER 83-064/03L-0:on 830811,during post-maint Review of DCR 83-76 Determined Torus Vent Valves Instrument Air Piping Returned to Svc W/O Performance of HNP-6907.Caused by Personnel oversight.W/830901 Ltr 1994-05-09
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Rept Acceptable HL-5691, Monthly Operating Repts for Sept 1998 for Ei Hatch Nuclear Plant,Units 1 & 2.With1998-09-30030 September 1998 Monthly Operating Repts for Sept 1998 for Ei Hatch Nuclear Plant,Units 1 & 2.With ML20153G2481998-09-24024 September 1998 SE Concluding That Licensee Implementation Program to Resolve USI A-46 at Plant Adequately Addressed Purpose of 10CFR50.54(f) Request ML20239A2531998-09-0303 September 1998 SER Accepting Licensee Request for Relief Numbers RR-17 & RR-18 for Edwin I Hatch Nuclear Plant,Units 1 & 2.Technical Ltr Rept on Third 10-year Interval ISI Request for Reliefs for Plant,Units 1 & 2 Encl HL-5675, Monthly Operating Repts for Aug 1998 for Ei Hatch Nuclear Plant,Units 1 & 21998-08-31031 August 1998 Monthly Operating Repts for Aug 1998 for Ei Hatch Nuclear Plant,Units 1 & 2 ML20238F7131998-08-31031 August 1998 9,change 2 to QAP 1.0, Organization HL-5667, Monthly Operating Repts for July 1998 for Ei Hatch Nuclear Plant,Units 1 & 21998-07-31031 July 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.1 PLANT HATCH - UNIT 1 NRC DOCKET 50-321 OPERATING LICENSE DPR-57 LICENSEE EVENT REPORT ERRORS IN FEEDWATER FLOW DP TRANSMITTER CALCULATIONS RESULTS IN 1% THERMAL OVERPOWER !
Gentlemen:
Georgia Power Company is submitting the enclosed voluntary Licensee ,
Event Report (LER) because of the potential interest in the calibration of i BWR feedwater flow instrumentation and its effect on calculated thermal.
power output. This event occurred at Plant Hatch - Units 1 and -2.
Sincerely,
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Mr. L. P. Crocker, Licensing Project Manager - Hatch- '
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NAME TE LEPHONs NUMBEM A811& CQut Steven B. Tipps, Manager Nuclear Safety and Compliance, Hatch 911 R 316 67 l- 17 8 1511 COMPLETE ONE LINE FOR E ACM COMPONE NT F A'LURs Ot3CRIBED IN THit RtPORT H3)
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The cause of this event is a design calculation error by the Nuclear Steam Supply System (NSSS) vendor. Calculations supplied by the NSSS vendor via letters dated 9/9/75 (Unit 1) and 4/5/78 (Unit 2) were incorrect in that they used the wrong area thermal expansion factor for the feedwater flow elements and did not include the span correction factor as recommended by the transmitters' vendor. These errors resulted in non-conservative calculations of transmitter full scale flow values and, consequently, non-conservative calibration of the feedwater flow differential pressure transmitters.
Corrective actions for this event included administratively de-rating Unit 2 to 98% -
rated thermal power until flow transmitters 2C32-N002A and B could be recalibrated.
The Unit I flow transmitters will be recalibrated before startup from the current maintenance / refueling outage.
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SUMMARY
0F EVENT On 4/19/90 at approximately 1520 CDT, Unit 1 was in the Refuel mode with the core-completely loaded and Unit 2 was in the Run mode at an approximate power level of 2380 CMWT (approximately 98% rated thermal power). It was determined that errors in the Unit 1 and Unit 2 calculations for measuring feedwater flow resulted'in. ,
non-conservative calibration of the flow transmitters. This, in turn, resulted in an indicated feedwater flow of approximately 1% less than actual and a calculated thermal power of approximately l% less than actual. Consequently, reactor power operation at a calculated 100% rated thermal power would have resulted in~ operation at an: actual 101% rated thermal power. This condition apparently has existed since f August 1978 on Unit 1 and sluly 1979 on Unit 2. Operation slightly above rated .
thermal power would not have impaired the-ability of the plant to achieve and '
maintain a safe shutdown condition or violated applicable safety analyses.
The cause of this event is a design calculation error by the Nuclear Steam Supply System (NSSS) vendor. Calculations supplied by the NSSS vendor via letters dated '
9/9/75 (Unit 1) and 4/5/78 (Unit 2) were incorrect in that they used the wrong area thermal expansion factor for the feedwater flow elements and did not include the ;
span correction factor as rec'ommended by the. transmitters' vendor. These errors
- resulted in non-conservative calculations' of full scale flow values and, consequently, non-conservative calibration of the feedwater flow differential pressure transmitters, i Corrective actions for this event included administrative 1y de-rating Unit 2- to 98%
- rated thermal ;:ower; calculating the' correct calibration factors using~ the guidance -
of Service Information Letter 452, Supplement 1; revising procedure 57CP-CAL-069-25,
- Rosemount Model ll51AP, OP and GP Transmitters," to incorporate the corrected calibration factors; recalibrating flow transmitters 2C32-N002A and B; and updating plant documents to reflect-the corrected calculations. Similar actions will be taken on Unit 1 before startup from its current maintenance / refueling outage. ;
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DESCRIPTION OF EVENT In October 1988, Hatch received Rapid Information Communication Service Information' '
Letter (RICSIL) No. 030, "Feedwater Flow Element Transmitter Calibration Error,"
dated 10/4/88. The RICSIL stated an error was discovered at an operating Boiling Water Reactor in the calculations used to determine feedwater flow from a ,
differential pressure (dp) transmitter. The material expansion factor for the feedwater flow element had been omitted from the calculation for the transmitter's full scale flow value. This error resulted in feedwater flow indicating lower than actual .
Based on this information, plant Engineering Support personnel reviewed the feedwater flow dp transmitter calculations for Units 1 and 2 to determine if the .
flow element's material expansion factor had been omitted from the calculations as
- described in the RICSIL. Hand-written calculations for Unit 1 were found. They had-included a material expansion factor. The Unit 2 calculations could not be found.
- Engineering Support personnel then contacted the plant's Architect / Engineers (A/Es) and General Electric in an attempt to locate the Unit 2 feedwater flow dp ,
transmitter calculations. The calculations could not be found, but General Electric informed Engineering Support persronnel the problem described in the RICSIL probably did not exist on Unit 2 because it was newer vintage than th_e plant which was the
! subject of the RICSIL. (The Unit 2 calculations were found in July 1989 by Engineering Support personnel and they did include the material expansion factor.)
Therefore, the event described in the RICSIL was thought not to apply-to Hatch and 1 there was no reason to suspect other errors in the Hatch calculations.
In November 1988, Hatch received Service Information Letter-(SIL) 452, Supplement.1, "Feedwater Flow Element Transmitter Calibration," dated 11/18/88. Engineering.
Support personnel, although they had no reason to suspect any problems, began a detailed review of the calculations for Units 1 and 2 in light of the SIL recommendations. This review identified some discrepancies in the documentation available. This documentation was needed to verify the then-current method of
, determining feedwater flow. Engineering Support personnel contacted General l- Electric to address the items which had been identified as deficient or inadequate. <
In a memo dated 3/31/89, Engineering Support personnel notified their-supervision of the plan of action, status of review, and problems with documentation in regards to SIL 452, Supplement 1. At that time, the Unit 2 calculations still had not been located.
In July 1989, Engineering Support personnel, in their continuing review of feedwater '
flow dp calculations, located the Unit 1 and 2 feedwater-flow dp transmitter calculations in the Hatch Nuclear Plant Document Control Storage Vault among startup.
testing documents. - The calculations found were the official calculations, including i
the material expansion factor, flow element data, plant data,. viscosity versus water temperature curve,- and equations used. These data and calculations had been transmitted to the site by General Electric in letters dated 9/9/75 (Unit 1) and 4/5/78 (Unit 2).
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0l0l7 - oF 0l 7 Per their plan of action, Engineering Support personnel requested General Electric to determine if the calculations discovered in the Document Control Vault were acceptable. It was determined that General Electric instead would provide new Unit 2 full scale flow values calculated per SIL 452, Supplement 1. This was done and the new calculations transmitted to the site via a General Electric letter dated 11/6/89.
Upon receipt of the new calculations, Engineering Support personnel discovered several errors in the new calculations. Therefore, General Electric was requested to correct the errors and again perform the calculations. The corrected calculations were sent to the site via a letter dated 12/15/89.
Upon receipt of the revised calculations, Engineering Support personnel, in light of the errors found in the calculations supplied 11/6/89, proceeded to conduct a '
thorough, line-by-line review of the calculations. The programming of a Personal Computer to perform the calculations, the gathering of the applicable reference material, and the actual verification of both sets of calculations took until approximately 4/18/90. This effort included a check of the site's calculation results to ensure no errors existed in the programmed equations or the values used in the equations.
On 4/18/90, Engineering Support personnel, once they were confident their feeowater flow dp transmitter calculations were accurate, reported to their supervisor that calibration values used in the Unit 2 flow dp transmitter calibration procedure were in error and resulted in an indicated feedwater flow, and thus, a calculated thermal power of approximately one percent less than actual. (At this time, Unit 1 was in a maintenance / refueling outage; therefore, efforts were concentrated on Unit 2.)
Engineering Support personnel determined that the calibration values were in error because the original calculations had omitted the span correction factor for the dp transmitters and had used the incorrect area thermal expansion coefficient for the feedwater flow elements. The new calculations showed these errors combined to result l in non-conservative feedwater flows and thermal power outputs of approximately one l percent.
Investigation revealed the incorrect calculations had been used to revise the Unit 1 feedwater flow dp transmitter calibration procedure on 8/14/78 and the Unit 2 calibration procedure on 7/18/79. ' Additional document searches disclosed the Unit 1 flow dp transmitters had been calibrated using incorrect calibration values on 8/5/78 and the Unit 2 flow dp transmitters on 7/18/79. Consequently, as of 8/5/78 on Unit 1 and 7/18/79 on Unit 2, when the feedwater flow dp transmitters were calibrated based on the incorrect calculations, actual thermal power was approximately one percent higher than that calculated by each unit's process computer. Therefore, operation at a calculated 100% rated thermal power would have !
l resulted in operation at an actual 101% rated thermal power.
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PLANT HATCH, UNIT 1 TEXT f# more apsee 4 m n o ls lo lo lo l3 l 2l1 9l0 0l0l7 0l 0 0l5 OF 0l7 On 4/19/90, site management received final confirmation of the accuracy of the revised feedwater flow dp transmitter calculations (generated by plant Engineering Support personnel) from one of the plant's A/Es, Southern Company Services. At that point, the site's General Manager - Nuclear Plant ordered Unit 2 administratively de-rated to 98%
rated thermal power until the correct transmitter calibration values could be incorporated into the calibration procedura and the traasmitters recalibrated. Power was reduced to approximately 98% rated thermal power at 1315 CDT. Procedure 57CP-CAL-069-2S and NSSS vendor supplied Instrument Data Sheets contained in plant document SX-29453 were revised to incorporate the correct calibration values for dp transmitters 2C32-N002A and B.
On 4/21/90 at approximately 1322 CDT, plant Instrument and Controls personnel began the recalibration of flow dp transmitters 2C32-N002A and B using the corrected calibration values. At approximately 1500 CDT, dp transmitter 2C32-N002A was calibrated and returned to service. A process computer calculation of thermal power performed at approximately 1505 CDT showed an increase of about 0.45% rated thermal power (11 CMWT ) . Actual power was unchanged, but calculated power increased due to the recalibration. At approximately 1630 COT, dp transmitter 2C32-N002B was calibrated and returned to service. Another calculation of thermal power performed at approximately '
1647 CDT showed an increase of about 0.5% rated thermal power (12 CMWT). Total increase in calculated power resulting from the re-calibration of the feedwater flow transmitters 2C32-N002A and B was approximately 0.95% (23 CMWT).
On 4/21/90 at approximately 1850 CST, Unit 2 was returned to 100% rated tharmal power '
following approtal of the site's General Manager - Nuclear Plant, j CAUSE OF THE EVENT The cause of this event is a design calculation error by NSSS vendor (General j Electric). In letters dated 9/9/75 and 4/5/78, incorrect full scale flow differential !
pressure values for Units 1 and 2, respectively, were supplied to the. site. Site l personnel incorporated these incorrect values into the Unit 1 and 2 calibration procedures on 8/14/78 and 7/18/79, respectively. The feedwater flow dp transmitters {'
were calibrated using the incorrect values on 8/5/78 (Unit 1) and 7/18/79 (Unit 2). I This resulted in an indicated thermal power approximately one percent lower than actual.
The NSSS vendor-supplied full scale flow values were in error because the incorrect :
area thermal expansion factor was used for the feedwater flow elements. This factor accounts for thermal expansion of the flow element as it is heated from the temperature at which each flow element is tested in the lab (68'F) to rated feedwater temperature (420*F). The vendor-supplied flow values were derived using the thermal expansion factor for carbon steel and not stainless steel, the material for Hatch's flow l
eleaehts. Calculations for the Unit 2 flow elements indicated the use of the wrong area thermal expansion factor resulted in a non-conservative error of approximately j 0.17% in indicated feedwater flow and, hence, calculated thermal power, j i
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PLANT HATCH, UNIT 1 o ;5 ;o ga ;o ;3 ; 2;l 9; O 0l0 l7 ._ Og 0,0 ;6 or 0l7 ine u ~,. . o . m ma mm The full scale flow values also were in error because the transmitters' span correction factor was not included in the calculations as recommended by their vendor. This factor accounts for span and zero shifts which result from static pressurization of the transmitter. The calculations were not adjusted by the span correction factor.
Calculations indicated not using the correction factor resulted in a non-conservative error of approximately 0.8%.
REPORTABILITY ANALYSIS AND SAFETY ASSESSMENT This report is being submitted voluntarily because of the potential interest _in the calibration of BWR feodwater flow instrumentation and its affect upon calculated thermal power output.
Feedwater flow to the reactor pressure vessel is determined by measuring the change in pressure as the feedwater flows through a venturi (flow element) in each of two feedwater lines. The change in pressure is measured by differential pressure 1 transmitters (flow dp transmitters) manufactured by Rosemount, one for each flow element. Electrical circuitry converts these differential pressure signals to flow signals. The two flow signals are then combined into a total feedwater flow signal which is used by the process computer to calculate the unit's thermal power output.
The flow dp transmitters are calibrated periodically to ensure they are providing an accurate indication of feedwater flow. The calibration is performed by checking that the dp transmitter's output matches a known input within certain tolerances. The .
expected output, in inches of water of differential pressure, for a given input, in !
pounds of water per hour, is determined by calculation. Equations are used to determine the dp transmitter's expected output for various flows. The equations take into account such factors as the flow element's characteristics as determined from laboratory testing, changes in the flow element's environment from the laboratory to 1 the field, the static pressure span shift for the flow transmitter, and plant unique '
data. The results of the calculations using these equations are used in plant !
calibration procedures for expected transmitter output values at various known inputs. i" The flow dp transmitters are adjusted so their outputs match the calculated value at each calibration point.
In this event, the expected values given in the Unit 1 and Unit 2 calibration procedures for the feedwater flow dp transmitters were incorrect by approximately one percent in the non-conservative direction. This was because some of the factors used in the equations to determine these values were either wrong or not included. Because i
these values were incorrect, the output of the flow dp transmitters was incorrect, leading to thermal power calculations which also were incorrect by approximately one percent in the non-conservative direction.
Operation of Plant Hatch slightly above rated thermal power did not impair the ability i of either Unit 1 or Unit 2 to achieve and maintain a safe shutdown condition, or violate any applicable safety analyses. The applicable safety analyses include fuel thermal limits, loss-of-coolant accidents (LOCA), and containment response, i
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analyses. These analyses are used to stipulate the operating limit minimum critical power ratio (MCPR) and'to determine linear'. heat generation rate (LHGR) limits and }
- maximum average planer linear heat generation rate (MAPLGHR) limits for the fuel.
Loss-of-Coolant Accident analyses can also set fuel MAPLGHR limits. These calculations are performed at no less than 102% thermal power, per the requirements of 10 CFR 50, Appendix K. Containment response analyses to postulated accidents also have sufficient margin to assure applicable limits were not violated by operation at approximately 101% ;
rated thermal power. :
Based on the above' assessment, it is concluded that no FSAR analyses safety limits or Technical Specifications operating limits have been exceeded as a result of errors in the feedwater flow dp. transmitter calibration. Therefore, there was no impact on the health and safety of the public as a result of this condition.
CORRECTIVE ACTIONS i Upon confirmation of a' non-conservative error in the 'feedwater flow dp transmitters' full scale flow calculations, plant management ordered Unit 2, the only unit operating- '
at the time, reduced to 98% rated thermal' power.' Southern Company Services, one of the i plant's A/Es, calculated correct calibration facts -t Y+ 2 flow dp transmitters 2C32-N002A and B using the guidance of SIL 452. . otMF ' The corrected calibration factors were incorporated .into prou e" d Tr v d69-2S and plant document SX-29453 and, on 4/21/90, the Unit 2 flow dp trar v ttm wm calibrated using the corrected factors. The unit was returned to 1C pcwer N11mng the flow dp transmitters' calibration.
Corrected Unit 1 feedwater flow dp transmitter calibration factors will be calculated and Unit 1 procedure 57CP-CAL-069-1S, "Rosemount Model 1151AP, DP and GP Transmitters,"
will be revised. Feedwater flow dp transmitters 1C32-N002A and B will be calibrated using the corrected calibration factors. These actions will be-completed prior to Unit 1 startup from its current maintenance / refueling outage. >
Unit 1 and Unit 2 documents will be updated, as appropriate, to reflect the corrected feedwater flow dp transmitter calculations.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION No similar events in which calculational errors resulted in either unit operating above l
its rated thermal power level were noted. !
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