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LER 99-016-00:on 990615,TS Requirements for Source Range Neutron Flux Monitors Not Met.Caused by Failure to Understand Design Basis of Plant.Procedures Revised.With 990713 Ltr
ML17326A049
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Site: Cook American Electric Power icon.png
Issue date: 07/13/1999
From: BAKKEN A C, SNODGRASS D D
INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER CO., INDIANA MICHIGAN POWER CO. (FORMERLY INDIANA & MICHIG
To:
NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
LER-99-016, LER-99-16, NUDOCS 9907200116
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CATEGORYREGULATORYINFORMATIONDISTRIBUTIONSYSTEM(RIDS)ACCESSIONNBR:9907200116,DOC.DATE:99/07/13NOTARIZED:NODOCKETIFACIL:50-315DonaldC.CookNuclearPowerPlant,Unit1,IndianaM05000315AUTH,NAMEAUTHORAFFILIATIONSNODGRASS,D.D.IndianaMichiganPower.Co.(formerlyIndiana&MichiganEleBAKKEN,A.C.'ndianaMichiganPowerCo.(formerlyIndiana&MichiganEleRECIP.NAMERECIPIENTAFFILIATION

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LER99-016-00:on"990615,TSrequirementsforsourcerangeneutronfluxmonitorsnotmet.Causedbyfailuretounderstanddesignbasisofplant.Proceduresrevised.With990713ltr.DISTRIBUTIONCODE:IE22TCOPIESRECEIVED:LTR7ENCLiSIZE:TITLE:50.73/50.9LicenseeEventReport(LER),IncidentRpt,etc.NOTES:RECIPIENTIDCODE/NAMELPD3-1PDINTERNA:FILECEEREXBRES/DET/ERABRGN3FILE01COPIESLTTRENCL111.111111,1RECIPIENTIDCODE/NAMESTANG,JNRR/CPM/IOLBNRR/DSSA/SPLBRES/DRAA/OERABCOPIESLTTRENCL1111111,1EXTERNAL:LSTLOBBYWARDNOACPOORE,W.NRCPDR11LMITCOMARSHALL11NOACQUEENER,DS11NUDOCSFULLTXT111'111NOTETOALL"RIDS"RECIPIENTS:PLEASEHELPUSTOREDUCEWASTE.TOHAVEYOURNAMEORORGANIZATIONREMOVEDFROMDISTRIBUTIONLISORREDUCETHENUMBEROFCOPIESRECEIVEDBYYOUORYOURORGANIZATION,CONTACTTHEDOCUMENTCONTRDESK(DCD)ONEXTENSION415-2083FULLTEXTCONVERSIONREQUIREDTOTALNUMBEROFCOPIESREQUIRED:LTTR15ENCL15

IndianariichiganPowerCompany~CookwtdearPlantOneCOOkrr1anrrridgnatbN49106616465590)IRONMANICHIGANPOMfERJuly13,1999UnitedStatesNuclearRegulatoryCommissionDocumentControlDesk"Washington,DC20555OperatingLicenseDPR-58DocketNo.50-315DocumentControlManager:Inaccordancewiththecriteriaestablishedby10CFR50.73entitledLicenseeEventReort~estemthefollowingreportisbeingsubmitted:.~LER315/99-016-00,"TechnicalSpecificationRequirementsforSourceRangeNeutronFluxMonitorsNotMet".TherearenocommitmentsidentifiedinthisLER.Sincerely,A.ChristopherBakken,IIISiteVicePresident/mbdAttachmentJ.E.Dyer,RegionIIIR.P.PowersP.A.BarrettG.P.ArentR.WhaleD.HahnRecordsCenter,INPONRCResidentInspector'gr907200ii69ir07i3PDRADQCK0500031.5SPDR Rh136r)U.S.NIICLEARREGULYCOMihllSSIONLICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)(Secreverseforrequirednumberofdigits/charactersforeachblock)APPROVOMBNo.3160.0104EXPIRES06/30/2001Estimatedburdenperresponsetocomplywiththismandatoryinformationcollecuonrequest:50hrs,ReportedlessonslearnedareincorporatedaltotheBcensingprocessandfedbacktoindustry.FowardcommentsregardingburdenestimatetotheRecordsManagementBranch(T.BF33),U.S.No@earRegulatoryConvnission,Washington,DC20555400t~andtothePaperworkReductionProject(3ISOOI04),OgffxxiOfManagementandBudget.Washington.DC20503.IfanInformationcollectiondoesnotdisplayacurrentlyvatidOMBcontrolnumbertheNRCmaynotconductorsponsor,andapersonisnotrequiredtorespondto,theinformationcollect'on.FACH.ITYNARIE(I)CookNuclearPlantUnit1DOCKETNUhtBER(2)05000-315PAGE(3)1OF3TITLEta)TechnicalSpecificationRequirementsforSourceRangeNeutronFluxMonitorsNotMetEVENTDATE(5)LERNUMBER(6)REPORTDATE(7)OTIIERFACILITIESINVOLVED(8)MONTHDAYYEARYEAR1999SEQUENTIALREVISIONNUMBERNUMBERMONTHDAYYEARFACILITYNAMEFACILITYNAMECookNuclearPlantUnit2DOCKETNUMBERDOCKETNUMBER05000-316OPERATINGhlODE(9)LEVEL(10)20.2203(a)(l)20,2203(a)(2)(ii)av20.2203(a)(3)(i)aII20.2203(a)(4)a50.73(a)(2)(ii)aIII50.73(a)(2)(iv)THISREPORTISSUBh1ITTEDPURSUANTTOTIIEREQUIREMENTSOF10CFRg:(Checkoncorniore)(11)aVIII50.73(a)(2)(x)OTHERauiaIvLICENSEECONTACTFORTIIISLERavnciyn1streetoworill1PFRCForm366ANAhlEMr.DennisD.Snodgrass,ComplianceEngineerTELEPHONENuhfBER(IncludeAreaCode)(616)465-5901X1627COhlPLETEONELINEFOREACIICOMPONENTFAILURE.DESCRIBEDINTIIISREPORT(13)CAUSESYSTEhtCOMPONENTMANUFACTURERREPORTABLETOEPIXCAUSESYSTEhtCOMPONENTMANUFACTURERREPORTABLETOEPIXSUPPLEh1ENTALREPORTEXPECTED(14)XYES(Ifyes,completeEXPECTEDSUBMISSIONDATE).NOEXPECI'EDMONTH09DAY15'EAR1999ABSTRACT(Limitto1400spaces,i.c.,approximatelyl5single-spacedtypewrittenlines)(16)OnJune15,1999at1700hoursESTwithbothunitsinMode5,theSourceRangeNuclearInstrumentationchannelsonbothUnitsweredeterminedtobeinoperable.TheExpandedSystemReadinessReviewidentifiedthattheTechnicalSpecification(T/S)3.3.1.1andT/S3.9.2surveillancetestsdidnotverifytheSourceRange"HighFluxatShutdown"alarmoperable.Thisalarmfunctionisrequiredtobeoperableduringmodes3,4,5and6.OnJune15,1999at2013hoursESTanENSreportwasmadeinaccordancewith10CFR50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D)foraneventthatcouldhavepreventedthefulfillmentofthesafetyfunctionofasystemneededtomitigatetheconsequencesofanaccident.ThisLERisthereforesubmittedinaccordancewith10CFR50.73(a)(2)(v)(D),andisalsoreportablepertherequirementsof10CFR50.73(a)(2)(i)(B),asaconditionprohibitedbytheplant'sT/S.Theapparentcauseofthiseventisfailuretounderstandthedesignbasisoftheplant.UpondeclaringtheSourceRangeNuclearInstrumentationchannelsinoperable,OperationsenteredtheactionstatementsforT/S3.3.1.1.AdditionalcompensatorymeasuresimplementedbyOperationsincludedhourlychecksofSourceRangeinstrumentationresponseandthe"HighFluxatShutdown"alarmclear.Thesurveillanceprocedureswererevisedandthe"HighFluxatShutdown"alarmwas.verifiedoperableJune17,1999onehchUnit.TheSourceRange"HighFluxatShutdown"alarmandthecontainmentevacuationhornssharecommoncircuitry.Whenthecontainmentevacuationhornsareverifiedoperablebysurveillancetest,the"HighFluxatShutdown"alarmisreceivedbutnotdocumented.Althoughnotverifiedinthepastbysurveillancetest,itisourbeliefthealarmhasbeenfunctional.Therefore,therewereminimalimplicationstothehealthandsafetyofthepublicasaresultofthisevent.

i<ill3GGAU.S.NUCLEARILATORYCoillMISSIOiNLICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINUATIONFACILITYiNAME(I)DOCKET(2)NullDER(2)LERN(ijlllIER(G)PACE(3)CookNuclearPlantUnit105000-315YEARSEQUENTIALNUMBERREVISIONNUMBER2OF3199901600TEXT(Ifmorespaceisrequired,useadditionalcopiesofPRCFornr3GGrI)(17)ConditionsPriorToEventUnit1Mode5inColdShutdownUnit2Mode5inColdShutdownDescritionOfTheEventOnJune15,1999at1700hoursESTwithbothunitsinMode5,theSourceRangeNuclearInstrumentation(EIIS:IG)channelsforbothUnitsweredeterminedtobeinoperable.TheExpandedSystemReadinessReviewidentifiedthattheTechnicalSpecification(T/S)3.3.1.1andT/S3.9.2surveillancetestsdidnotverifytheSourceRange"HighFluxatShutdown"alarm(EIIS:IG/RA)operable.Thisalarmiscreditedinthelicensingbasisfordetectionandmitigationofaborondilutioneventandisrequiredtobeoperableduringmodes3,4,5and6.Duringtheeventinvestigation,theSourceRange"LossofDetectorVoltage"alarmwasalsoidentifiedasnotbeingverifiedoperablebyT/Ssurveillancetest.ThisalarmisnotexplicitlycreditedinT/SortheUpdatedFinalSafetyAnalysisReportbutisreliedupontodetermineT/Sequipmentfailure.CauseOfTheEventTheapparentcauseofthiseventisfailuretounderstandthedesignbasisoftheplant.MisapplicationoftheIEEE279,1968definitionof"channelresultedinthechannel"HighFluxatShutdown"alarmbeingdeterminedasnotrequiringoperabilityverification.TheIEEE279,1968definition.of"channel"statesthatachannellosesitsidentitywhensingleactionsignalsarecombined.ThealarmdidnotmeettheIEEE279,1968definitionof"channel"forchannelfunctionalverificationsincebothSourceRangechannelssharethealarm.Itwasapparentlyoverlookedthatthealarmiscreditedinthelicensingbasisfordetectionandmitigationofaborondilution.Consequently,operabilityverificationhasnotbeendocumentedforthealarmoneitherUnit.AnalsisOfTheEventOnJune15,1999at2013hoursESTanENSreportwasmadeper10CFR50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D),aneventthatalonecouldhavepreventedthefulfillmentofthesafetyfunctionofasystemthatisneededtomitigatetheconsequencesofanaccident.TheSourceRangechannelsonUnits1and2weredeterminedtobeinoperablewhenitwasidentifiedthattheSourceRange"HighFluxatShutdown"alarmwasnotverifiedbyT/S3.3.1.1andT/S3.9.2surveillancetests.ThisLERisthereforesubmittedinaccordancewith10CFR50.73(a)(2)(v)(D),andisalsoreportablepertherequirementsof10CFR50.73(a)(2)(i)(B),asaconditionprohibitedbytheplant'sT/S.Theprimaryfunctionofnuclearinstrumentationisto,safeguardthereactorbymonitoringtheneutronfluxandgeneratingappropriatetripsandalarmsforvariousphasesofreactoroperatingandshutdownconditions.TheSourceRangenuclearinstrumentationprovidescontrolroomindication,alarmsandrecordingofsignalsproportionaltoreactorneutronfluxduringcoreloading,shutdown,startupaswellasduringsubsequentrefueling.T/S3.3.1.1requiresonechannelofthesourcerangeneutronfluxmonitorstobeoperableinModes3,485.T/S3.9.2requirestwosourcerangeneutronfluxmonitorsoperableinMode6.1T/Sdefinitionsrequirestheverificationof"alarmand/ortripfunctions"tosatisfysurveillancerequirements.Thesourcerange"HighFluxatShutdown"alarmoperabilityverificationhasnotbeendocumentedforeitherUnit.Thecontainmentevacuationhornsoperabilityisverifiedbysurveillancetest.ThecontainmentevacuationhornsandtheSourceRange"HighFluxatShutdown"alarmsharecommoncircuitry.The"HighFluxatShutdown"alarmisreceivedbutnotdocumentedwhenthecontainmentevacuationhornsresponsetohighfluxsignalsisverifiedbythesurveillancetest.Althoughnotverifiedinthepastbysurveillancetest,itisourbeliefthealarmhasbeenfunctional.Therefore,therewereminimalsafetyimplicationsasaresultofthisevent.NRCFORM366A(G-I998)

FOIDI3GGAU.S.NUCLEAR.R'GULATORYCOAIMISSION'v-1998)LICENSEEEVENTREPORT(LER)TEXTCONTINUATIONFACILITYNAME(I)CookNuclearPlantUnit1DOCKET(2)NUMBER2)05000-315YEARLERNUMBER(G)SEQUENTIALREVISIONNUMBERNUMBERPAGE(3)3OF3199901600TEXT(lfmorespaceisrequired,useaddilionalcopiesof/VRCForm366')(I7)CORRECTIVEACTIONSTheSourceRangechannelsweredeclaredinoperablewhenitwasidentifiedthattheSourceRange"HighFluxatShutdown"alarmwas'notverifiedbyT/Ssurveillancetests.UpondeclaringtheSourceRangeNuclearInstrumentationchannelsinoperable,OperationsenteredtheactionstatementsforT/S3.3.1.1.AdditionalcompensatorymeasuresimplementedbyOperationsincludedhourlychecksofSourceRangeinstrumentationresponseandthe"HighFluxatShutdown"alarmclearuntiltheSourceRangechannelsweredeclaredoperableonJune17,1999.ThesurveillanceprocedureswererevisedtoincludeadocumentedoperabilityverificationoftheSourceRange"HighFluxatShutdown"alarmandthe"LossofDetectorVoltage"alarm.ThesurveillancetestswereperformedtoverifyoperabilityoftheUnits1and2"HighFluxatShutdown"andthe"LossofDetectorVoltage"alarms.TheUnit1SourceRangechannelswerebothdeclaredoperableby2347hoursESTJune17,1999.TheUnjt2SourceRangechannelswerebothdeclaredoperableby2225hoursESTJune17,1999.AEP:NRC:1260GH,"EnforcementActions98-150,98-151,98-152and98-186ReplytoNoticeOfViolationOctober13,1998",datedMarch19,1999,respondedtoidentifiedprogrammaticweaknessesintheTechnicalSpecificationSurveillanceProgramandtheplantDesignandLicensingBasis.AspartoftheRestarteffort,theadequacyoftheT/S,surveillanceprogramwillbeevaluated,ThisevaluationincludesverificationthatT/SsurveillancerequirementsforallmodesofplantoperationareincorporatedintoT/Ssurveillancetestprocedures.AlsoaspartoftheRestarteffort,SystemandprogrammaticassessmentsintheExpandedSystemReadinessReviewsandLicensingBasisReviewsarereestablishinganddocumentingtheplant'sDesignandLicensingBasis.Therootcauseinvestigationforthiseventisongoing.TheinvestigationwillincludeareviewoftheOperationsproceduresassociatedwiththe"HighFluxatShutdown"alarm,and,theUFSARsectionswhichaddressthealarmandtheborondilutionevent,todetermineifanyrevisionsarerequired.Supplementalinformation,includinganyadditionalcorrectiveactions,willbeprovidedinanupdatetothisLER.SIMILAREVENTS315/99-015-00NRCFRh1.66A(6.1998)