U-602426, Ro:On 950301,plant Was Operating at Approx 75% Fire Was Reported in a turbine-driven Reactor Feed Pump Room

Ro:On 950301,plant Was Operating at Approx 75% Fire Was Reported in a turbine-driven Reactor Feed Pump Room

ML20080Q249
Person / Time
Site:	Clinton
Issue date:	03/03/1995
From:	Lyon M ILLINOIS POWER CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
U-602426, NUDOCS 9503080298
Download: ML20080Q249 (2)

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Ilknois Power Company Chnton Power Station

-a P.O. Box 678 Cisnton. IL 61727 Tel 217 9358881

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March 3,.1995 Docket No. 50-461 10CFR50.47 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

- Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 E-

Subject:

Clinton Power Station Notification Of Unusual Event '

Dear Sir; i Please find attached a summary report of the " Notification of Unusual Event '

(NOUE)" which occurred at Clinton Power Station on March 1,1995. This summary report is submitted pursuant to Appendix 1 of NUREG-0654 (Revision 1) and Table 4-1 of the Clinton Power Station Emergency Plan. Ifyou have any questions concerning this summary report, please contact me.

Sincerel ours,

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- Notification of Unusual Event On Wednesday, March 1,1995, at approximately 0345 hours0.00399 days <br />0.0958 hours <br />5.704365e-4 weeks <br />1.312725e-4 months <br />, a Notification of Unusual _ i Event (NOUE) was declared in accordance with Emergency Plan Implementing Procedure EC .

02, EMERGENCY CLASSIFICATIONS. This procedure requires that a Notification ~of Unusual 1  !

Event be declared for a fire within the Plant lasting more than 10 minutes.

Clinton Power Station was operating at approximately 75% when a fire was reported in . ,

. the "A" Turbine-Driven Reacor Feed Pump (TDRFP) room. The fire brigade was activM and .

responded. The fire was due to overheating of the insulation on the "A" TDRFP. The Shu Supervisor then declared the NOUE. No offsite fire departments were notified or responded.  :

The State ofIllinois was notified at approximately 0352 hours0.00407 days <br />0.0978 hours <br />5.820106e-4 weeks <br />1.33936e-4 months <br /> and the NRC Incident Response Center was notified at approximately 0402 hours0.00465 days <br />0.112 hours <br />6.646825e-4 weeks <br />1.52961e-4 months <br />. Power was reduced to approximately 60%.

Due to heavy smoke in the area, piping insulation was removed to try to deternime ,

whether or not an oil leak existed. No oil leak was detected. Apparently the insultation material j became hot due to the turbine being loaded more than usual._ The fire was reported out at . .

approximately 0524 hours0.00606 days <br />0.146 hours <br />8.664021e-4 weeks <br />1.99382e-4 months <br />. The NOUE was also terminated at approximately 0528 hours0.00611 days <br />0.147 hours <br />8.730159e-4 weeks <br />2.00904e-4 months <br />. The State ofIllinois was notified at approximately 0536 hours0.0062 days <br />0.149 hours <br />8.862434e-4 weeks <br />2.03948e-4 months <br /> and the NRC Incident Response Center was notified at approximately 0532 hours0.00616 days <br />0.148 hours <br />8.796296e-4 weeks <br />2.02426e-4 months <br />.- ,

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