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LER 91-009-00:on 911111,steam Generator Feedwater Isolations Occurred on Both Steam Generators.Caused by Perturbations of Advanced Digital Feedwater Control Sys.Feedwater Regulating Valves Manually controlled.W/911211 Ltr
ML17262A680
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Site: Ginna Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 12/11/1991
From: BACKUS W H, MECREDY R C
ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC CORP.
To:
NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
LER-91-009, LER-91-9, NUDOCS 9112170532
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91/12/11NOTARIZED:

NODOCKETFACIL:50-244 RobertEmmetGinnaNuclearPlant,Unit1,Rochester G05000244AUTH.NAME'AUTHORAFFILIATION BACKUS,W.H.

Rochester Gas&ElectricCorp.MECREDY,R.C.

Rochester Gas&ElectricCorp..RECIP.NAME RECIPIENT AFFILIATION

SUBJECT:

LER91-009-00:on 911111,steam generator feedwater isolations'ccurred onbothsteamgenerators.

Causedbyperturbations of~advanceddigitalfeedwater controlsys.Feedwater regulating valvesmanuallycontrolled.W/911211 ltr.DISTRIBUTION CODE:IE22TCOPIESRECEIVED:LTR gENCLgSIZE:i(7TITLE:50.73/50.9 LicenseeEventReport(LER),IncidentRpt,etc.DNOTES:License Expdateinaccordance with10CFR2,2.109(9/19/72).

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Subject:

LER91-009,Automatic Feedwater ControlPerturbations, DueTo'lectromagnetic NoiseSpikesFromUnrelated RelayActuation, CausedSteamGenerator Feedwater Isolation onHighLevelR.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantDocketNo.50-244Inaccordance with10CFR50.73,LicenseeEventReportSystem,item.(a)(2)(iv),

whichrequiresareportof,"anyeventorcondition thatresultedinmanualorautomatic actuation ofanyEngineered SafetyFeature(ESF),including theReactorProtection System(RPS)",theattachedEventReportLER91-009isherebysubmitted.

Thiseventhasinnowayaffectedthepublic'shealthandsafety.Verytrulyyours,RobertC.MecredyxcoU.S.NuclearRegulatory Commission RegionI475Allendale RoadKingofPrussia,PA19406GinnaUSNRCSeniorResidentInspector 0I NACtera000ISASIUCENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)U*NUOLCAR RICULATQR'v coeal~At<<IIOVID OMSNO,SIMOIOrrlxSIRISI/Sr/ttfACILITYNA<<rtIllR.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantDOCXITNVMIIRQlo6ooo244>as09'"Automatic Feedwater ControlPerturbations, DueToElectromagnetic Noise.SpikesFromUnrelated RelaActuation musedSteamGenerator Feedwater Isolation onHihLvelIVINTOATIISILIRNVMICRIMAltORTOATSITIOTHI1fACILI'Till INVOLVIOQlMONTrrOAYYCARYCAJI~IOVIrlrl*L

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<<ewll~ICXflCTIOLvll<<ISCIONOATII'IIIMOHTHCAYYIAROnNovember11,1991atapproximately 1214EST,withthereactoratapproximately 98%fullpower,steamgenerator feedwater isolations occurredonbothsteamgenerators.

Thesefeedwater isolations werecausedbyperturbations oftheadvanceddigitalfeedwater controlsystemwhichincreased feedwater flowtot1'teamgenerators.

Immediate operatoractionwastomanuallycontrolthefeedwater regulating valvestoreducesteamgenerator levelsandstabilize theplant.Theunderlying causeoftheeventwasdetermined tobeelectro-magneticnoisespikesaffecting theadvanceddigitalfeedwater controlsystem.Corrective actiontakenwastomodifyspecificrelaycircuitsthatwerecausingthesespikes.NACfaaSMIIASI Il IIACSeeMI000ILICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINUATION V.I.IIVCLCAAAlOVLATOAV

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'ttV4%8UA~AOIIIIR.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantTQTTIII~~%MA~.~y480OAVNACAnil~'ilIITI24491-009-0002or0PRE-EVENT PLANTCONDITIONS Theplantwasatapproximately 98%steadystatereactorpowerwithnomajoractivities inprogress.

TheMaintenance Department wasperforming troubleshooting, todetermine thesourceofelectromagnetic noise,spikesintheAdvancedDigitalFeedwater ControlSystem(ADFCS).Thetroubleshoot-ingwasbeingperformed undertheguidanceofWorkOrderpackagef9122181.

Unexplained electromagnetic

'noisespikeproblemswereidentified previously ascoinciding withthestartofthedieselfirepump,andwhichhadminoreffectontheADFCScontrolfunctions.

TheADFCSwasinstalled duringthe1991"AnnualRefueling andMaintenance Outage.Theseelectromagnetic noisespikeswerefirstnoticedonJune4,1991,whenaminorfeedwater perturbation

occurred, following adieselfirepumpstart.SinceJune4,spikeshaveoccurredalmosteverytimethediesel'firepumphasstarted.TheADFCS.hashandledspikeswithnonoticeable feedwater perturbations, exceptfortwo(2)occasions.

Theseoccasions, thefirstonJune4,1991andthesecondonSeptember 13,1991,werehandledbytheADFCSinautomatic andnooperatoractionwasrequired.

Therehasbeenanongoingsearchforthepossiblesourceofthiselectromagnetic noisespikesothatitcouldbecorrected.

Aspartofthisongoingsearch,theElectrical Engineering Department evaluated theircabletraydatabaseandidentified circuitE174asapossiblesource.CircuitE174isthe125VoltDCpowerfeedtothefirerelaypanelandsharessomecabletrayswithADFCSinputcables,mostnotably,thefeedwater headerpressureinputstoADFCS'P501 andP502).'IACAOAMAAAital

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/AAAAOV%0OMINOTISOWIOAT)eAt1%$~III1$I'ACILITY NAMIIIIR.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantTQ(TIA'<<<<44NMCO4~.<<<<MMM41<<<<MNOMIC/Oral~TIIITIDOC%ITNUNMtNITIosooo244LlllNUMOl1IIIvTAA,'AQVANT<<AL 1(V4<<O<<<<41<<<<4191-00900~AOIIS030'9Westinghouse ElectricCorporation (themanufacturer oftheADFCS)wascontacted andcouldnotexplaintheADFCSexcursions basedon,dataavailable.

Inconjunction withtheElectrical Engineering Department, Westinghouse hadpreviously recommended thattheshielding andgrounding schemesforallADFCSinputsbechecked.TheseinputswerecheckedinAugust,1991.Thischeckindicated thatallADFCSinputsarecorrectly shieldedandgrounded.

DESCRIPTION OFEVENTA.DATESANDAPPROXIMATE TIMESOFMAZOROCCURRENCES:

00November11,1991,1214EST:EventDateandApproximate Time.November11,1991,1214EST:Discovery DateandApproximate Time.oNovember15,1991:CauseofEMPnoisespikeidentified andsuppressed toacceptable levels.WGBFZ:OnNovember11,1991,atapproximately 1214EST,withthereactoratapproximately 98%fullpower,thedieselfirepumpwasstarted,asrequiredforADFCStroubleshooting perWork.Orderf9122181.

Approximately thirty(30)secondsafterthedieselfirepumpwasstartedan"ADFCSSystemTrouble"alarm(G-22)wasreceived.

TheControlRoomoperatorresponsible forfeedwater controlhadpre-positioned himselfinfrontofthe"A"and"B"S/GMainFeedwater Regulating Valves(FRV)controlpanelpriortothestartofthedieselfirepump.~<<1CADAMTQAA<<tel

1IICSeam~I$4$lLICENSEEEVENTREPORTILER)TEXTCONTINUATION V.S.IIVCLCA1AIOVLATOAY COSSSSt%IOII rASSAOYCOOU~IIOSI$0&IOSTIIAI1$$~ITI%$AACILITYNASISI1I-OOCKSTIIVIAOIAIllL$1NLAN$1I~ISSOUS>S<AL ASYCK)UU1'UA~A4$ISIR.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantTQ(T/ITmewAIASS1~.~e4004HVJYACAMID~YlIIllosooo24491-009-0004or09Atthistime,theControlRoomoperatornoticedthatboththe"A"and"B"SteamGenerator (S/G)mainfeedwater flowswerepeggedhigh.withboth"A"and"B"S/GMainFeedwater Regulating Valvescontinuing toopenfurther.Thecondensate lowpressureheater.bypassvalveopenedautomatically andthestandbycondensate pumpstartedautoma'tically (toincreasemainfeedwater pumpsuctionpressure).

MainFeedwater pumpsuctionpressurewasdecreasing duetotheincreased feedwater flowtotheS/Gs.The"A"and"B"S/Glevelscontinued toincreaseandbeforetheControlRoomoperatorcouldshift'theFRVstomanual,ADFCSautomatically shiftedtheFRVstomanual.WhiletheControlRoomoperatorwasmanuallyloweringthesetpoints fortheFRVcontrollers, tocontrolS/Glevel,thefollowing alarmsannunciated andfeedwater isolation o'ccurred onbothS/Gs;G-4(S/GAHILEVELCHANNELALERT67%)andG-6(S/GBHILEVELCHANNEL,ALERT67%).Immediately following thefeedwater isolation, thecondensate boosterpumpstrippedonhigh*pressure.

Aloadde'crease wasinitiated at10%/hourtolessentheimpactofunstableS/Glevels.Mainfeedwater totheS/Gswascontrolled inmanualinordertostopsecondary systemoscillations thatwereoccurring duetotheevent.DuringtheS/Glevelstabile.zation, S/Gfeedwater isolation occurredseveraltimes.TheS/Glevelsweresubsequently stabilized andmainfeedwater controlwasreturnedtoautomatic.

Aftermainfeedwater controlwasreturnedtoautomatic theloaddecreasewasterminated.

Totalloaddecreasewasapproximately 0.54fullpowerduringtheevent.Subsequently, thecondensate lowpressureheaterbypassvalvewasclosed,thecondensate boosterpumpswererestored, andthestandbycondensate pumpwassecuredandrealigned forautomatic standby.~~VACSOAVSSAAi$4$l

II1CI<e<ws~l043ILICENSEEEVENTREPORTILER1TEXTCONTINUATION VS.1VCLSA11SOVLATO1Y COMMISSION ATT1DVCOOVS<<OSISO&10lS>et<1%$~ISISS1ACILITTIIAMtIIIDOC%STIIVMOS1lllLSIIIIVMOI1ISISSOVT<<T<AL rr~AOIISIR.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantTuTnr<<r<rr<Aeer<rr<rrr,~~A<rcI<<r<<<~LvIITIo5ooo24491-0Q9-0005o>09CINOPERABLE STRUCTURES, COMPONENTS',

ORSYSTEMSTHATCONTRIBUTED TOTHEEVENT:None.'.OTHERSYSTEMSORSECONDARY FUNCTIONS AFFECTED:

E.None.METHODOFDISCOVERY:

Theeventwasimmediately apparentduetoalarmsandindications intheControlRoom.OPERATOR.

ACTION:TheControlRoomoperators tookimmediate manualactionstocontrolS/Glevels,reducepowerlevel,andstabilize theplant.Subsequently, theControlRoomoperators notifiedhighersupervision andtheNuclearRegulatory Commission per10CFR50.72,non-emergency, 4hournotification.

G.SAFETYSYSTEMRESPONSES:

The"A"and"B"FRVsclosedautomatically fromthefeedwater isolation signal.III.CAUSEOF>wrylyA.IMMEDIATE CAUSE:Thefeedwater isolation ofthe"A"and"B"S/Gwasduetothe"A"and"B"S/Gnarrowrangelevelsbeing)/=67%.~<AC101M)00A<040<

IIACPereMl044lLICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINUATION V.5.IIVCLTAW150VLATOAT CISPAII55IISI APPAOv50Ov5rrOIITC~IOAPTlrprA555ITI,55PACILITTrIAAI5IIIOOCIIKTIIVAIOCAIllL5AIILAPCIAI5!TTarrarrTrAL eegVIeIOrrePAO5I5IR.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantTSCTnprrrere~rreereep.~oeeoawrTACrrerrrr~VVIITIosooo2441-009-0006av09INTERMEDIATE CAUSES:The"A"and"B".S/Gnarrowrangelevelswere>/=67%duetoincreased feedwater flowtobothS/Gscausedbyaperturbation oftheADFCS.Theperturbation ofth'eADFCSwasapparently duetoelectromagnetic noisespikesaffecting thefeedwater headerpressureinputstoADFCS,(i.e.P501andP502).C.ROOTCAUSE:-Afterextensive troubleshooting, itwasdetermined thatthespikesthataffectedtheADFCSfeedwater headerpressureinputswerecausedbythede-energiza-tionofRelayARSO,locatedinthefirerelaypanel.Thisrelay,whichlightsthedieselfirepumptroublelight,de-energizes approximately 10to15secondsafteradieselfirepumpstart.Duringthisde-energization, inductive "kickback" causesanelectro-magneticnoisespiketobegenerated andinducedintothefeedwater headerpressureinputs.Thesignalcablescarryingthefeedwater headerpressuretransmitter (PT-.501andPT-502)inputssharesomecommoncabletrayswiththe'DCpowersourcefortheARSOrelay,andanoisespikewasinducedfromtheARSOrelaycabletothefeedwater headerpressureinputcables.ANALYSISOF&TENTThisevent.isreportable inaccordance with10CFR50.73,LicenseeEventReportSystem,item(a)(2)(iv),

whichrequiresreporting of,"anyeventorcondition thatresultedinmanualcrautomatic actuation ofanyEngineered SafetyFeature(ESF)including theReactorProtection System(RPS)".Thefeedwater isolation ofthe"A"and"B"S/Gswasanautomatic actuation ofanESFsystem.~rAC~O1rerTATI

'I MACPereM19441LICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LERITEXTCONTINUATION V.l.IIVCLCAA1lQULATOAY COMMI5OQM PAPPAOYlOOMlrrQ)IlQ~IQAl>ceIAlSlrll1$I'ACILITY NAlllIIIQOCKlTHU%%$1lllLIIIMVeell1Illj~OvlrrerALrrlvleIorrA~AOllllR.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantTlxTIA'~r~.~ereereMIeIACPerrrr~'llIITIosooo24491-0-9-007os09Anassessment wasperformed considering boththesafetyconsequences andimplications ofthiseventwiththefollowing resultsandconclusions:

Therewerenooperational orsafetyconsequences orimplications attributed tothefeedwater isolations because:oThefeedwater isolations occurredattherequiredS/Glevels.oTheplantwasquicklystabilized andmanualcontroloftheFRVswasaccomplished tomitigatethetransient.

oAsthefeedwater

'solation occurredasdesigned, theassumptions oftheFSARforsteamlinebreakweremet.Basedontheabove,-itcanbeconcluded thatthepublic'shealthandsafetywereassuredatalltimes.V.CORRECTIVE ACTIONA.ACTIONTAKENTORETURNAFFECTEDSYSTEMSTOPRE-EVIBFZ NORMALSTATUS:0TheDieselFirePumpwastemporarily removedfromservicependingtheoutcomeofrootcausetroubleshooting anddetermination.

(Thepumpwasreturnedtoserviceafteranoisesuppression diodewasinstalled acrossrelayAR80).0WhenS/Glevelswerestabilized, subsequent totheADFCSperturbation termination, theFRVswereplacedinautomatic control.0Aftertheplanthadbeenstabilized andtheFRVsreturnedtoautomatic control,thecondensate lowpressureheaterbypassvalvewasclosed,thecondensate boosterpumpswererestoredandthestandbycondensate pumpwassecuredandrealigned forautomatic standby.rrACPOAMel4ll

NAC1vv~(~ILICENSEEEVENTREPORTILER)TEXTCONTINUATION-U,S,NUCLTAAAIOULATOAV COMAIITSION A>>AOVlOOUINO)1$0&I04TIct<ACS~IlI'l$FACILITYNAIACIIIOOCAtTNU~tAIllLtANLAA4IAIIIT~OVINTIALv1AAVISlONA~AOIIlIR.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantTerrIA~>>A>>A~.~>>>>VV>>VNACAV>>~SUIITIo5oo'o24491-009-0008DFO9B.ACTIONTAKENORPLANNEDTOPREVENTRECURE&NCE:

o*Areverse-biased diodewastemporarily installed acrossthecoilofAR80onNovember15,1991andsubsequent testingdetermined thatthespikesfromtheAR80circuit,affecting ADFCSfeedwater pressureinputsfollowing dieselfirepump,starts,wereeliminated.

Thisnoisesuppression diode'waspermanently installed onNovember18,1991.Afterreviewing theresultsoftroubleshooting andthediscussion withWestinghouse, thefollowing isanoutlineofthecorrective actionsbeingtakenorplannedinresponsetotheADFCSnoisespikingevents:oShortTermResponsea)Operations personnel weremadeawarethatonesourceofspikesonADFCSwaseliminated, butthatspikesfromothersources,whilereducedinfrequency.

andmagnitude, mightoccur.Operations willidentifyanynewspikesontheADFCSbysubmitting aWorkRequest/Trouble Report(WR/TR).b)AWR/TRwassubmitted forinstallation ofadiodeforthefireboosterpumprelayAR85(whichalsoproducessmallspikesonADFCS).However,thesespikesarenotofthesamemagnitude asthenoisespikesthatwerecausedbytheDieselFirePumpstarts.oIntermediate TermResponseElectrical Engineering willconsultwithWestinghouse concerning adatabasechangetoincreasetheADFCSslewratefilterconstant.

Thisfilterisusedtodampenanyabruptchangestofeedwater regulating valvedemandintheeventthatfeedwater headerpressureinputvaluesarerejectedduetonoisespikes.ItisthoughtNACIOAVTAAA~T4ll

NIICformSOSA(04SISACILITYNASIEIllLICENSEEEVENTREPORTILERITEXTCONTINUATION COCKETNUIAOEII(ElU.E,NUCLEA(lAECULATOAY COSSSIIS3(ON ASSAOYEOOUINOTISOW(04fExs(RES'S(SI'ESLE(iNUIAOEAI~I$SCUSNTrAL osvrsrorr NONvmO~ACE(j(R.E.GinnaNuclearPowerPlantTExT(rfmoroA(sosrsrosrrsos, omsNsooonor (Y(lcform~'ll(illosooo24491-009-0009OF09thatthisfiltercanalso"LockIn"anerroneous valuefollowing afeedwater headeipressurespike.Increasing thisconstantwillmorequicklyrestoreacorrectvalueforfeedwater headerpressure, afteraspikehasdecayed.Thespikeslastlessthanfive(5)seconds.oLongTermResponsea)b)Electrical Engineering willcheckwithWestinghouse fortheresultsoftheirreviewofADFCSarbitration errorcheckingsoftware.

Thisreviewwilldetermine iftheerrorcheckingroutinefortheswitching toarbitration valuesinsteadoffeedwater headerpressurefieldinputvaluesissubstituting erroneous valuesforfeedwater headerpressureusedinFRVdemandcalculations.

Electrical Engineering willevaluatetheroutingoffeedwater headerpressureinputcircuits(tothe-ADFCS),andwillidentifyanyadditional modifications thatmayberequiredtoeliminate theelectromagnetic noisespikeconcern.VX.ADDITXONAL NFORMATION A.FAILEDCOMPONENTS:

NoneB.PREVIOUSLERsONSIMILAREVENTS:AsimilarLEReventhistorical searchwasconducted withthefollowing results:.Nodocumentation ofimilarLEReventswiththesamerootcausecouldbe.identified.

C.SPECIALCO~BFZS:None.NACs01loSSOArS4TI