ML17317B005

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LER 79-007/03L-0 on 790218:suction Valve of West Centrifugal Charging Pump Found Closed.Caused by Mistaken Closing Following Surveillance Testing.Incident Is Being Reviewed
ML17317B005
Person / Time
Site: Cook American Electric Power icon.png
Issue date: 03/13/1979
From: Chadwell H
INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER CO.
To:
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
Shared Package
ML17317B004 List:
References
LER-79-007-03L-01, LER-79-7-3L-1, NUDOCS 7903190293
Download: ML17317B005 (3)


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.S.NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NRC FORM 366 I7-77)7 8 CON'T[QD1]7 8 LICENSEE EVENT REPORT CONTROL BLOCK: Q1 (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE ALL REQUIRED INFORIVIATION)

I 6 M I DCC1Qs00000000000Qs41 1 11Qs~Qs 9 LICENSEE CODE 14 15 LICENSE NUMBER 25 26 LICENSE TYPE 30 57 CAT 58 R'RE~LQB 0 5 0 0 0 3 1 5 Q7 0 2 1 8 7 9 QBO 3 QB 60 61 DOCKET NUMBER 68 69 EVENT DATE 74 75 REPORT DATE 80 EVENT DESCRIPTION AND PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES Q10 DURING NORMAL OPERATION WHILE VALVING.OUT THE WEST CENTRI'FUGAL CHARGING PUMP FOR~O3 MAINTENANCE, THE SUCTION VALVE WAS FOUND CLOSED CONTRARY TO T.S, 3.5,2, INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE VALVE HAD BEEN MISTAKENLY CLOSED FOLLOWING~os SURVEILLANCE TESTING.THE WEST TRAIN WAS INOPERABLE FOR A.PERIOD OF 52.5 HOURS.~os DURING THIS TIME THE EAST PUMP WAS CONTINUOUSLY OPERABLE.~O7~OS 7 8 80 7 8 SYSTEM CAUSE CAUSE COMP.VALVE CODE CODE SUBCODE COMPONENT CODE SUBCODE SUBCODE F Qii A Qis~BQis V A L V E X Gs~2Qis~0 9 10 11 12 13 18 19 20 SEQUENTIAL OCCURRENCE REPORT REVISION LERiRO EVENT YEAR REPORT NO.CODE TYPE NO.Qii REPORT~79+~gp p Qw~03+C-Qp 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 ACTION FUTURE EFFECT SHUTDOWN ATTACHMENT NPRDQ PRIME COMP.COMPONENT TAKEN ACTION ON PLANT METHOD HOURS+22 SUBMITTED FORM SUB.SUPPLIER MANUFACTURER

~XQis~HQis~ZQss~ZQsi 0 0 0 11 Y Qn~NQss~ZQss 2 9 9 9 Qss 33 34 sI 5 36 37 40 41 42 43 44 47 CAUSE DESCRIPTION AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS Q27~io UPON COMPLETION OF THE SURVEILLANCE TEST RUN OF THE UM AN AUXILIARY E UIPMENT OPERATOR WAS INSTRUCTED TO PLACE THE PUMP B CK THE DISCHARGE VALVE AND CLOSED THE SUCTION VALVE WHICH IS THE CONDITION IN WHICH 3 HE FOUND THE PUMP BEFORE THE TEST RUN.CONTINUED--P GE 2 METHOD OF OTHER STATUS~DISCOVERY NA LAJQ31 44 45 46 45 NAME OF PREPARER H~M.ChadWel 1 4 7 8 9 FACILITY STATUS 99POWER 5~E Qss~pp Qss 7 8 9 10 12 ACTIVITY CONTENT RELEASED OF RElEASE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY EZ~Q LLIS 7 8 9 10 11 44 PERSONNEL EXPOSURES NUMBER TYPE DESCRIPTION

~00 0 Qsi~ZQss NA 7 8 9 11 12 13 PERSONNEL INJURIES NUMBER DESCRIPTION Q41[iisJ~Op p Qss NA 7 8 9 11 12 LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO FACILITY Q TYPE DESCRIPTION s ZQ42 NA 7 8 9 10 PUB ll CITY ISSUED DESCRIPTION

".KZ WNQ44 NA 8 9 10 DISCOVERY DESCRIPTION Q32 OPERAT R BSERVATIO LOCATION OF RELEASE Q 80 80 80 80 80 NRC USE ONLY 80 PHONE c 68 69 80~ss 616 465-5901 X-316 c 0 n CONTINUATION OF LER 879-007/03L-0 PAGE 2 CAUSE DESCRIPTION AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS THE SUCTION VALVE HAD BEEN CLOSED BY A DIFFERENT OPERATOR TO PERFORM ANOTHER TEST.THE SECOND OPERATOR RETURNED THE PUMP TO THE CONDITION WHICH HE FOUND IT.THE ERROR OCCURRED BECAUSE OF A LACK OF COORDINATION BETWEEN THE TWO AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS AND ALSO BECAUSE THE INSTRUCTIONS WERE NOT EXPLICIT ENOUGH.A LETTER HAS BEEN SENT TO EACH SHIFT OPERATING ENGINEER REQUESTING A REVIEW OF THIS INCIDENT WITH HIS PERSONNEL.

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