At 0347 on 12/28/07, during plant start up from a refueling outage while In Mode 2, one control element assembly (
CEA) dropped to the bottom of the core from the upper electrical limit. The reactor was not critical at the time. Technical Specification
LCO 3.1.3.1 action (e) was initiated to proceed to Mode 3 at 0450 while actions are taken to repair and retrieve the
CEA. This four hour non-emergency report is being made pursuant to
10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(i), the 'Initiation of any nuclear plant shutdown required by Technical Specifications'.
The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.
- * * RETRACTED ON 03/26/2008 AT 1433 EDT BY JACK BREEN TO DAN LIVERMORE * * *
The licensee is retracting this report based on the following:
At 03:47 on 12/28/07, during plant start up from a refueling outage while in Mode 2, one control element assembly (
CEA) dropped to the bottom of the core from the upper electrical limit. The reactor was not critical at the time. Technical Specification
LCO 3.1.3.1 [Action E] was initiated to proceed to Mode 3 at 0450 while actions were taken to repair and retrieve the
CEA. This event was reported as a four hour non-emergency report pursuant to
10CFR 50.72(b)(2)(i), 'The initiation of any nuclear plant shutdown required by Technical Specifications.' Upon further review of the event, and since the Unit was not critical in mode 2 at the time of the event, this event is not considered reportable in accordance with the guidance provide in
NUREG-1022, Rev. 2, 'Event Reporting Guidelines
10CFR50.72 and 50.73,' in which 'The initiation of any plant shutdown' does not include mode changes required by TS if initiated after the plant is already in a shutdown condition. As such this notification is being retracted. The Site Resident has been notified of this retraction.
