View source for 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

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| issue date = 10/16/1987
| title = 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
| author name = Jaudon J
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION &amp; ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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| docket = 05000482
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| document report number = PNO-IV-87-055, PNO-IV-87-55, NUDOCS 8710230147
| document type = PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR OCCURRENCE (PNO,, TEXT-INSPECTION &amp; AUDIT &amp; I&amp;E CIRCULARS
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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
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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.
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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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