ML20096F337

From kanterella
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Special Rept:On 920414,DG 1B Tripped on Reverse Power When Output Breaker Acb 1433 Opened.Caused by Large Swings in Voltage.Procedure Re Shutdown of DG Will Be Revised to Lower Kvars Before Opening Output Breaker
ML20096F337
Person / Time
Site: LaSalle Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 05/14/1992
From: Diederich G
COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
To: Davis A
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
References
NUDOCS 9205210079
Download: ML20096F337 (1)


Text

- .

l L. _ - -

Commonwealth Edloon l LaSa!!e County Nuclear Station l 2601 N. 21st. Rd.

l- Marseillet, Illinois 61341

, Telephone 815/357-6761 May 14, 1992 l

t Mr. A. B. Davis Region III Administrator U.S. Nuclear-Regulatory Commission 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 Dear Sir This Special Report is submitted in accordance with LaSalle Unit 1 Operating License NPF-11, Technical Specification 3.8.1.1 and 6.6,C regarding the Unit 1, B Diesel Generator (DG,1E23S001)

On April 14, 1992, with Lash 11e Unit 1 in mode 1 (RLrN),.the IB Diesel Generator.

tripped on reverse Power when the output breaker (ACB~1433) was opened. The cause of this event was attributed to the performance of a Nuclear Station Operator (WSO) trainee who was operating the ID DG. An attempt was made to open the output breaker with 1000Kvars and 200Kwatte of load still being a supplied by the IB D,G. E en the output breaker opened the IB DG exper16. iced-large swings .in voltage which in turn tripped the engine on reverse power.

The IB DG was started end loadod again per LaSalle Operating Surveillance-Diesel Generator-Monthly 3 (LOS-DG-M3). When offlooded this time the vars and watts were . lowered to 200Kvars and 200Kwatts before the output breaker was opened successfully. A revialon will be initiated for LOP-DO-03, 06, 09 " Shutdown of all Diesel Generators" to lower Kvara before opening the output breaker. Action Item Record #373-251-92-00065 will track the completion of this revision.

3 At the time of the event, the IB DG was being tested - for it . mthly 1 oporational load run (LOS-DG-M3) and was immediately reteste- per thin.

pro 6adure.

a /f,/,f v 9 8 G. J.'Diederich

. ft/ Station Manager LaSallo/ County Station GJD/JR/tsh cc: Nuclear Licensing Admini;.trator '

NRC Resident Inspector NRC Document Control Dork

(- INPO - Records Center' t IDNS Resident-Inspector

-200053 c

9205210079 920514 g(

PDR ADOCK 05000373 8 PDR

-_ . - _ - - _ _ _ - _ - _ _ _