ML20065J413
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| Issue date: | 10/13/1981 |
| From: | Lainas G Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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t OCT 13 1981 MEMORANDUM FOR:
Darrell G. Eisenhut, Director Division of Licensing
- FROM:
G.C. Lainas, Assistant Director' for Safety Assessment Division of Licensing
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF THE OPERATING REACTOR EVENTS MEETING ON OCTOBER 7,1981 On October 7,1981, an Operating Reactor Event meeting was held to brief the Office Director, the Division Directors, and the'ir represen-tatives on events which occurred since the last meeting. The list of meeting attendees is included as Attachment 1.
The events discussed and the significant elements of these events are presented in Attachment 2.
In addition to these events, the assignment of follow-up review responsibility was discussed. The assignments made during this meeting and the status of previous assignments are presented in Attachment 3.
The next Ope, rat.ing Reactor Events meeting is scheduled for October 14, 1981.
84U G.C. Lainas, Assistant Director for Safety Assessment Division of Licensing Attachments:
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ORAB Members i
H. Denton T. Novak E. Case G. Lainas l
R. Mattson R. Tedesco R. Vollmer D. Crutchfield S. Hanauer G. Holahan T. Murley H. Thompson I
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V. Moore R. Bosnak F. Cherney C. Grav,es R. Clark P. Wagner H. Berkow D. Jaffe P. McKee E. Goodwin F. Schroeder
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h ATTACHMENT 2 OPERATING REACTORS EVENTS BRIEFING OCTOBER 7, 1981 e
OCONEE UNIT 2, SEPTEMBER 21, 1981 - PRIMARY SYSTEM LEAK, 92% (IE)
PRIMARY TO SECONDARY LEAK IN STEAM GENERATOR, 30 Gen RELEASE THROUGH STACK LESS THAN 1% OF TS uMIT CONTROLLED SHUTDOWN AFFECTED STEAM GENERATOR ISOLATED e
INDI AN POINT UNIT 3, STEAM GENERATOR TUBE INSPECTION STATUS UPDATE (IE) e OCONEE UNIT 1, THERMAL SHIELD BOLT FAl' LURE, REFUELING (PM-P. WAGNER)
BOLT INSPECTION CONTINUING e
CALVERT CLIFFS UNIT 2, SEPTEMBER 22, 1981 - SECONDARY SYSTEM LEAK 100% POWER (PM-D. JAFFE)
HIGH PRESSURE FEEDWATER HEATER DRAIN LINE FAILURE REACTOR TRIPPED MANUALLY ULTRASONIC TESTING AT BREAK LOCATION IDENTIFIED.065 INCH WALL THICKNESS (.28 I.NCH NOMINAL) e PILGRIM UNIT 1, OCTOBER 1,1981 - REACTOR WATER LEVEL INSTRUMENT OSCILLATIONS, 0% (IE)
DRYWELL COOLERS DEGRADATION HIGH DRYWELL TEMPERATURE AFFECTING LEVEL WATER COLUMNS e
SAN ONOFRE UNIT 1, FOLLOWUP ON SAFETY INJECTION. SYSTEM FAILURES (PM-S. NOWICKI)
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0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEf1ENT Items of Interest Week Ending October 2,1981 1.
The following Notifications of Significant Enforcement Action were dispatched during the past week:
a.
EN-81-33 Union Electric Company - A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $2,000 was issued to subject licensee on September 25, 1981.
This action was based on alleged violations relating to the failure to follow procedures to lock out level gauges, which contained radioactive material, before the li.censee's ' personnel performed maintenance in the coal hoppers in which the gauges were instalki.
This resulted in an individual receiving a calculated 3.5 rem whole. body exposure.
b.
EN-81-34 Notices of Violation were forwarded on September 22,1981, to six licensees for their failure to inform NRC prior to July 1,1981 of their ina-bility to complete implementation of the prompt public notification system.
This system was required to be operational by July 1,1981 in accordance with the revised emergency planning rule of 10 CFR 50.54(S)(2). This rule requires each nuclear power reactor licensee to demonstrate that administrative and physical means have been established for alerting and providing prompt instructions to the public within the plume exposure pathway of the Emergency Planning Zone within about 15 minutes.
The Notices of Violation were sent tc:
Dairyland Power Cooperative-Lacrosse, Consumers Power Company - Palisades, Tennessee Valley Authority - Browns Ferry, Units 1, 2, and 3. Wisconsin Public Service Corporation - Kewaunee Iowa Electric Light and Power -
Duane Arnold, and Jersey Center Power & Light Company - Oyster Creek.
EN-81-35 Carolina Power and Light Company (Brunswick Unit 2) - A Notice of c.
Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $40,000 was issued to subject licensee on October 1,1981.
This action was based on alleged violations involving failure to perform an adequate radiation survey that resulted in an exposure to an individual in excess of NRC limits and the use of a technically unqualified radiation control technician that was a causative factor to the excessive radiation exoosure.
d.
EH-81-36 Nuclear Diagnostics - A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition '
of Civil Penalties in the amount of $1,000 will be issued on or about October 6,1981, to subject licensee.
This action is based on alleged violations involving failure to perform. adequate surveys that resulted in an uptake by an employee into the body of iodine-125 in excess of NRC limits.
Three other violations not related to the excessive internal exposure occurrence were also found.
The nature and significance of those items were such that civil penalties would not be warranted.
2.
Preliminary Notifications relating to the following actions were dispatched during the week:
a.
PNO-I-81-108 J. A. FitzPatrick - Inadvertent Liquid Release b.
PNO-I-81-109 United States Pipe and Foundry Company - Reported Possible Overexposure c.
PHO-II-81-528 Oconee Nuclear Station Units 1, 2 and 3 - Loose Parts Identi-
d.
PNO-II-81-81 McGuire Unit 1 - Unplanned Outage e.
PNO-II-81-82 Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc. - Waste Shipments Resulting in Fines by South Carolina f.
PNO-II-81-83 Sequoyah Unit No.1 - Worker Injury g.
PN0-III-81-83 Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station - Minor Unplanned Airborne Radioactivity Release h.
PNO-IV-81-26 Houston Lighting & Power Co., South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2 -
Reallocation of Responsibilities for Certain Functions d the. South Texas Project i.
PN0-IV-81-27 Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 1 - Unit Shutdown Exceeding 48 Hours j.
PNO-V-81-49 San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Unit No.1 - Containment Spray Initiated by Failure of Power Supply
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PH0-V-81-50 Diablo Canyon Unit Nos. 1 & 2 - Inoperability of the Residual Heat Removal (RHR) System - Incorrect Seismic Analysis 1.
PNO-V-81-51 U.S.. Ecology, Inc., Richland, Washington Burial Site - Banning of Boone County Hospital (NRC Licensee), Columbia, tiissouri from Burial of Low-level Radioactive Waste Shipments m.
PN0-V-81-52 U.S. Ecology, Inc., Richland, Washington Burial Site - Banning of Consumers Power Company (NRC Licensee), Big Rock Point, Charlevoix, Michigan from Burial of Low-level Radioactive Waste Shipment n.
PNS-I-81-19 United Nuclear Corporation, Naval Products - Bomb Threat o.
PNS-II-81-13 Brunswick Units 1 and 2 - Bomb Threat p.
- PNS-I I-81 -14 Babcock & Wilcox, Comercial Nuclear Fuel Plant, Lynchburg, VA -
Transportation Accident 3.
The following IE Information Notice was issued:
a.
IE Infonnation Nctice 81-30, "Velan Swing Check Valves", was issued on September 28, 1981 to all nuclear power reactor facilities holding an operating license or construction permit.
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Other Items:
- a. ' Activities of the Division of Emergency Preparedness -
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0FFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT Items of Interest Caek Ending September 25, 1981 1.
The following Notifications of Significant Enforfement Action were dispatched during the past week:
a.
EN-81-31 Tennessee Valley Authority, Sequoyah Unit 2 - A Notice of Violation and a Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $40,000 was issued to subject licensee on September 24,1981. This action was based on apparent items of noncompliance at the Sequoyah fapility which resulted in. exceeding a Technical Specification Limit 4ng Condition for Operation.
The imediate cause of the event was a failure to return three recirculation valves in the containment spray system to their nomally locked-shut position, as required by procedure.
This failure rendered a system designed to prevent or mitigate a serious safety event unable to perform its intended function.
b.
EN-81-32 Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 - A Notice of Violation and a Notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in the amount of $40,000 was issued on September 24, 1981 to subject licensee.
This action was based on apparent items of noncompliance at the Salem facility which denonstrated inadequacies in the management of the licensee's physical security program.
These itens concerned the abuse of the. licensee's photobadge system by the site security force.
Preliminary Notifications relating to the following actions were dispatched during the week:
a.
PNO-I-81-105 E. L. Conwell and Company - Stolen Radiography Source b.
PN0-I-81-106 Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 2 - Extended Shutdown for Steam Generator Inspection c.
PNO-II-81-73A Farley Unit 1 - Unplanned Outage Due to Main Ge$e'rator Failure d.
PNO-II-81-77 Oconee Unit 2 - Steam Generator Tube Leak e.
PNO-II-81-78 Brunswick 1 and 2 - Transportation Accident Involving Radio-active Material f.
PNO-II-81-79 Grand Gulf Unit 1 - Offsite Arrest of a Senior Reactor Operator g.
PNO-II-81-80 Farley Units 1 and 2 - Alabama Power Company Drug Use.
Investigation h.' PNO-III-81-81 Prairie Island, Unit 1 - Blockage of One Pressurizer Safety Valve i.
PNO-III-81-82 La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (Dairyland Power Cooperative)'-
Loss of Containment Integrity
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PNO-TMI-81-19 Three Mile Island, Unit 2 - Reactor Building Basement /
Sump Water Transfers k.
PNO-TMI-81-20 Three Mile Island, Unit 2 - #eactor Building Sump [ Basement
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Water Processing 1.
PNO-TMI-81-21 Three Mlle Island, Unit 2 - Reactor Building Sump / Basement WaterProcessing(Update) 3.
The following IE Information Notice was issued:.
I a.
IE Infomration Notice 81-29, " Equipment Qualification Testing Experience",
was issued on September 24, 1981 to all nuclear power reactor facilities holding an operating license or construction permit.
4.
The following IE Circular was issued:
IE Circular 81-13, " Torque Switch Electrical Bypass Circuit for Safeguard a.
Service Valve. Motors", was issued on September 25, 1981 to all nuclear power reactor facilities holding an operating license or a construction permit.
5.
Other Items:
a.
Region II:
Vogtle construction site - On 9/23/81, while making a concrete pour in a confined area,11 workers were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes produced by a gasoline powered vibrator.
Four of the workers required continued monitoring at a local hospital.
No serious injuries were sustained.
No PN was issued.
b.
Activities of the Divisio'n of Emergency Preparedness:
September 23, 1981 Deputy Director and Chief, IRB, participated at the NRC State Liaison Officer's meeting.
Staff member from EPLB assisted a FEMA Region 3 representative with development of testimony for the Susquehanna hearings.
Staff member from EPLB participated in the Summer hearing.
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Items of Interest y
Week Ending September 18, 1981 1.
Prelimi. nary Notifications relating to the fol!cwing acticns were dispatched during the week:
i a.
PNO-I-81-103 Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit 3 - Fire at Construction Site 4
b.
PN0-I-81-104 Pilgrim, Unit 1 - Potential Violation of Containment Integrity - No Release of Activity c.
PNO-II-81-72 Sequoyah 2 - Radioactive Gas Release In-plant:
d.
PNO-II-81-73 Farley 1 - Unplanned Outage D.ue to Main Generator e.
PNO-II-81-74 Sequoyah I and 2 - Acid Spill f.
PNO-II-81-75 McGuire Unit 1 - Reactor Coolant System Leak and Safety Injection g.
PN0-II-81-76 General Electric Company, Wilmington Manufacturing Department - Uranium Hexafluoride (UF ) Rel, ease 6
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PN0-III-81-79 Zion Unit 0 - Inoperative Auxiliary Feadwater Pumps j.
PN0-III-81-80 Dresdan Unit 3 - Unit Shutdown as a Result of Inoperable ECCS Components 2.
Other Items:
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Region II:
Sequoyah 2 is delaying critiI'l until 9/21/81 because of' pump seal a
repair.
No PN was issued.
A woman was killed at the Vogtle construction site 9/14/81 when hit by a grader.
No PN was issbed.
b.
Activities of the Division of Emergency Preparedness:
September 17, 1981 A meeting of headquarters and regional Emergency Preparedness review teams was held on 9/17/81 to discuss means of expediting onsite emergency preparedness i
appraisals and reports. As a result of this meeting, report length will be reduced and report review proceoures improved.
Schedules for the renaining site visits and personnel assigned to the teams will be: stabilized and consultation on schedule changes improved to reduce stress on tearileaders and team members.
The Director, Deputy Director and Branch Chiefs of DEP l
participated as well as three Regional Division Directors and the Deputy Director of Region IV.
To date, 21 site visits have been completed and 5 reports issued.
September 18, 1981 Director, EP, will participate in a meeting requested by several members of public interest groups on a variety of subjects related to emergency preparedness.
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ATTACHMENT 3 INCOMPLETE ITEMS Meeting Responsible Date Branch Task Description 4-
- Comment 12/31/80 Generic review of Tech Specs OREM under development; 5/6/81 ORAB/IE to assure decay heat removal revise draft circular.
capability in all modes &
_ to include 5/6/81 events.
surveillance of heat exchangers.
12/31/80 Monitor experience with SDV Update given on 1/7/81.
1/7/81 ORAB Continuous Monitoring Systems.
12/31/80 DE(MTEB)
Review VEPC0 claim that turbine 5/19/81 awaiting topical disc failure would not pene-report from Westinghouse.
trate turbine casing.
1/7/81 RRA3 Review Hatch 1 and 2 history Resources not programmed, of problems with mechanical reviewers priority NTCP systems.
(s3 week effort required) 1/28/81 ORAB Followup of Palisades Loss of OREM under development DC Battery Power.
3/19/80.
4/8/81 IE Include description of Millstone Awaiting information.
1 event in IE Notice.
4/22/81 E. Case Accelerated determination of who will assume prior OEEB function of tracking operating event experience.
5/6/81 IE Investigate cracking in FW haiting information. -
regulatory valves at Beaver Valley; determine if generic problem.
5/6/81 ORAB/AEOD/DSI Contin'ue review of loss of DC.
Operating Reactors Event memorandum (0RAB) in concurrence.
5/6/81 ORAB Detennine len'gth of time RCIC Complete: 9/29/8' memo can independently remove decay J01shinski to DE'senhut.
l heat.
5/6/81 DST Review pump seal failures.
Ongoing review.
5/6/81 ORAB Compilepiantbyplantlist of briefing events since 12/80.
Computer Program under Arr.dbyrrgitfL
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