PNO-IV-87-055, on 871016,util Informed NRC of Hold on Outage Activities to Allow Determination of Root Cause of Listed Incidents Occurring During Last Week.Three Work Items Will Be Completed During Hold

PNO-IV-87-055:on 871016,util Informed NRC of Hold on Outage Activities to Allow Determination of Root Cause of Listed Incidents Occurring During Last Week.Three Work Items Will Be Completed During Hold

ML20236A809
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	10/16/1987
From:	Jaudon J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:
References
PNO-IV-87-055, PNO-IV-87-55, NUDOCS 8710230147
Download: ML20236A809 (2)

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! PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF: EVENT OR' UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE '-- PNO-IV-87-55

.This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of e. vents of P0SSIBLE 'I safety 0r public interest significance. The information'is'as initially received without. verification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by the

,< ~ Region IV staff on this'date.

FACILITY:-Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Licensee Emergency Classification:

Corporation Notification of Unusual Event Wolf Creek Generating Station Alert Burlington,. Kansas Site Area Emergency-DN: . 50-482 General Emergency X Not Applicable

SUBJECT:

-CESSATION OF OUTAGE ACTIVITIES Senior licensee representatives informed Region IV today that they are placing a

-hold on-outage' activities. This hold is to allow licensee management to determine the root cause'of several incidents which occurred within the last week. TheseLincidents were:

_ Personnel contamination during a resin transfer An apparent' hydrogen burn in the pressurizer

-The electrocution of a workman cleaning switchgear Lake water-pumped into the secondary systems including the steam generators. -

The. licensee'does plan to complete three. work items during the hold. These R e: <

-to remove the last three fuel elements from the core, to return the second vFtal electrical bus to an energized condition, and to continue cleanup of the steEli c.

generators.and secondary water systems. [

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ThelicenseealsocommittedtobrieftheRegiononcorrectiveactionsdeterineO i to be' appropriate. '@ 1 0  !

Neither the licensee nor the NRC plans to issue a press release. o The state of' Kansas has been informed.

Region IV received notification of this occurrence by telecon from the licensee at 1100 CDT, October 16, 1987. Region IV has informed NRR.

This information has been confirmed with a licensee representative.

CONTACT: J.Jaudon(728-8140)

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