At 1027
CST on 3/8/21, while the reactor was at 900 kW at steady state, a sample was pulled before the planned down power was executed. As a result, the reactor may have exceeded the 1000 kW limit for one second by 1 kW per
Tech Spec 3.1. The duration was recorded on the strip chart recorder.
The licensee has notified the NRC Project Manager (Patrick Boyle).
- * * RETRACTION ON 3/23/21 AT 1042 EDT FROM SEAN McDEAVITT TO JEFFREY WHITED * * *
After reviewing the power instrument channels, the licensee determined that they had not exceeded the 1000 kW limit per their license condition. The licensee noted that the channel used for the strip chart recorder is not normally used for operations, but information only.
The licensee has notified the NRC Project Manager (Patrick Boyle)
Notified
NRR PM (Boyle) and
NRR ENC (Takacs).