ENS 44937
ENS Event | |
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05:00 Mar 27, 2009 | |
| Title | Troubleshooting Emergency Offsite Facility Communications |
| Event Description | This notification is being made in accordance with 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii) as an event that will result in a major loss of emergency assessment capability, offsite response capability, or offsite communications capability (e.g. significant portion of control room indication, Emergency Notification System or offsite notification system.)
At approximately 0000 on 3/27/09, all five of the T-1 data lines to the Emergency Offsite Facility (EOF) will be taken out of service to troubleshoot and repair malfunctioning phone company equipment. Multiple short duration outages will occur until the malfunction can be located and repaired. This outage will cause a loss of Plant Management Information System printer capability, Safety Parameter Display System (SPDS) capability, FTS 2001 system, Alternate Intercom system, Low Band base radio (the primary Downwind Survey team radio), State Notification Telephone System, Dose Assessment and some external phone lines at the EOF. This loss of capability affects only the off-site EOF. All other emergency communications from the site to the NRC are not affected. Compensatory measures being put into effect include SPDS information relayed via telephone from the Technical Support Center, dose assessment and offsite notifications and reports via alternate means, or relocate the on-call Emergency Director to the Control Room and make notifications to offsite agencies via the Control Room Communicator. CNS is in contact with communications personnel to restore the T-1 lines as quickly as possible in the event of a declared emergency. Region IV and the NRC Resident Inspector were notified of the planned loss of the T-1 lines. CNS will notify the NRC when all EOF equipment affected by the T-1 lines have been satisfactorily tested and verified to be operational.
This notification is an update to EN#44937 regarding the planned troubleshooting of Emergency Off Site Facility (EOF) communications equipment. Discussion with the NPPD telecommunications vendor have identified that the planned troubleshooting and repair of Cooper's EOF communications equipment was completed non-intrusively. There was no actual interruption of the EOF communications equipment. Testing by the vendor, NPPD Telecommunications Department personnel and NPPD Emergency Preparedness Department personnel has been completed and all EOF communications equipment has been verified to be fully functional. The NRC Senior Resident Inspector and the State and Local Agencies will be notified that the CNS EOF communications equipment is fully functional. Notified the R4DO (O'Keefe).
This notification is a second follow up to Event Notification EN# 44937 of 3/26/09 at 1852 EDT which reported the planned troubleshooting of Emergency Off Site Facility (EOF) communications equipment. The first follow up reported that the planned troubleshooting was completed non-intrusively and that no actual interruption of EOF capability occurred. Subsequently the telecommunication provider has advised that further troubleshooting is required. Therefore, at approximately 2300 on 3/30/09, all five T-1 data lines to the EOF will be taken out of service to troubleshoot and repair malfunctioning phone company equipment. Multiple short duration outages will occur until the malfunction can be located and repaired. This outage will cause a loss of Plant Management Information System printer capability, Safety Parameter Display System (SPDS) capability, FTS 2001 system, Alternate Intercom system, Low Band base radio (the primary Downwind Survey team radio), State Notification Telephone System, Dose Assessment and some external phone lines at the EOF. This loss of capability affects only the off-site EOF. All other emergency communications from the site to the NRC are not affected. Compensatory measures being put into effect include SPDS information relayed via telephone from the Technical Support Center, dose assessment and offsite notifications and reports via alternate means, or relocate the on-call Emergency Director to the Control Room and make notifications to offsite agencies via the Control Room Communicator. CNS is in contact with communications personnel to restore the T-1 lines as quickly as possible in the event of a declared emergency. Region IV and the NRC Resident Inspector were notified of the planned loss of the T-1 lines. CNS will notify the NRC when all EOF equipment affected by the T-1 lines have been satisfactorily tested and verified to be operational. Notified R4DO(Deese).
Third follow-up of event notification EN #44937. Discussions with the NPPD telecommunications vendor have identified that troubleshooting and repairs to the EOF communications equipment are complete [as of 0639 CDT]. Post-work testing by Telecommunications Department personnel and NPPD Emergency Preparedness Department personnel has been completed and all EOF communications equipment has been verified to be fully functional. The NRC Senior Resident Inspector will be informed. Notified R4DO (Deese).
This notification is a fourth follow up to Event Notification EN# 44937 of 3/26/09 at 1852 EDT which reported the planned troubleshooting of Emergency Off Site Facility (EOF) communications equipment. The third follow up reported that subsequent repairs were completed and that EOF full communication capability had been restored. Since then, the telecommunication provider has advised that more troubleshooting is required. Therefore, at approximately 2300 on 4/7/09, all five T-1 data lines to the EOF will again be taken out of service to troubleshoot and repair malfunctioning phone company equipment. Multiple short duration outages will occur for approximately 7 hours8.101852e-5 days <br />0.00194 hours <br />1.157407e-5 weeks <br />2.6635e-6 months <br /> until the malfunction can be located and repaired. This outage will cause a loss of Plant Management Information System printer capability, Safety Parameter Display System (SPDS) capability, FTS 2001 system, Alternate Intercom system, Low Band base radio (the primary Downwind Survey team radio), State Notification Telephone System, Dose Assessment and some external phone lines at the EOF. This loss of capability affects only the off-site EOF. All other emergency communications from the site to the NRC are not affected. Compensatory measures being put into effect include SPDS information relayed via telephone from the Technical Support Center, dose Assessment and offsite notifications and reports via alternate means, or relocate the on-call Emergency Director to the Control Room and make notifications to offsite agencies via the Control Room Communicator. CNS is in contact with communications personnel to restore the T-1 lines as quickly as possible in the event of a declared emergency. Region IV and the NRC Resident Inspector were notified of the planned loss of the T-1 lines. CNS will notify the NRC when all EOF equipment affected by the T-1 lines have been satisfactorily tested and verified to be operational. Notified R4DO(Spitzberg).
Discussions with the NPPD telecommunications vendor have identified that troubleshooting and repairs to the EOF communications equipment were not necessary and no work was performed. Post-work testing by Telecommunications Department personnel and NPPD Emergency Preparedness Department personnel has been completed and all EOF communications equipment has been verified to be fully functional. The NRC Senior Resident Inspector has been informed. Notified R4DO(B. Spitzberg) |
| Where | |
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Cooper  Nebraska (NRC Region 4) | |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-10.13 h-0.422 days <br />-0.0603 weeks <br />-0.0139 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Edward Mccutchen Jr. 18:52 Mar 26, 2009 |
| NRC Officer: | Mark Abramovitz |
| Last Updated: | Apr 8, 2009 |
| 44937 - NRC Website | |
Unit 1 | |
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| Reactor critical | Critical |
| Scram | No |
| Before | Power Operation (100 %) |
| After | Power Operation (100 %) |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 559812022-07-07T21:01:0007 July 2022 21:01:00
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News Release, 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Loss of Public Prompt Notification System Capability ENS 527682017-05-23T13:30:00023 May 2017 13:30:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Loss of Meteorological Tower Primary and Backup Communication Equipment ENS 527652017-05-19T13:05:00019 May 2017 13:05:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(xi), Notification to Government Agency or News Release, 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Nonfunctional Radio Transmission Tower Affects Tone Alert Radios ENS 522792016-10-04T20:30:0004 October 2016 20:30:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(xi), Notification to Government Agency or News Release, 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Cooper Nuclear Station Loss of Tone Alert Radios ENS 522622016-09-25T14:15:00025 September 2016 14:15:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(xi), Notification to Government Agency or News Release, 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Cooper Nuclear Station Loss of Tone Alert Radios ENS 520702016-07-07T11:10:0007 July 2016 11:10:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Loss of Tone Alert Radio System Tower ENS 518872016-04-27T13:23:00027 April 2016 13:23:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(xi), Notification to Government Agency or News Release, 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Loss of Tone Alert Radio System Tower ENS 516172015-12-22T01:55:00022 December 2015 01:55:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(xi), Notification to Government Agency or News Release, 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Loss of Tone Alert Radio System Tower ENS 515582015-11-21T00:08:00021 November 2015 00:08:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Meteorological Tower Out of Service ENS 512362015-07-16T04:32:00016 July 2015 04:32:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Loss of Emergency Assessment Capability Due to Meteorological Tower Software Failure ENS 509472015-04-02T06:49:0002 April 2015 06:49:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Loss of Meteorological System Due to Lightning Strike ENS 503922014-08-22T11:45:00022 August 2014 11:45:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Loss of Assessment Capability Because the Meteorological Tower Computer Failed ENS 501612014-05-31T16:36:00031 May 2014 16:36:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Emergency Tone Alert Radio Transmitter Not Functional ENS 501052014-05-11T13:02:00011 May 2014 13:02:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Loss of the Meteorological Tower Computer System ENS 495002013-11-05T07:00:0005 November 2013 07:00:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Technical Support Center Out of Service for Planned Maintenance ENS 493082013-08-27T04:05:00027 August 2013 04:05:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Post Accident Monitoring Instrumentation Power Supplies Potentially Degraded ENS 490622013-05-23T15:19:00023 May 2013 15:19:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Temporary Loss of Meteorological Monitoring System During Planned Maintenance ENS 484302012-10-22T11:42:00022 October 2012 11:42:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Partial Loss of Emergency Assessment Capability ENS 484052012-10-13T08:20:00013 October 2012 08:20:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Portions of Onsite Telephone Systems Not Responding Normally ENS 483012012-09-12T13:06:00012 September 2012 13:06:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Technical Support Center Out of Service for Planned Maintenance ENS 482302012-08-24T18:32:00024 August 2012 18:32:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Partial Loss of Reactor Building Emergency Assessment Capability ENS 479032012-05-07T17:39:0007 May 2012 17:39:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Tone Alert Radio System Outage ENS 477782012-03-28T16:30:00028 March 2012 16:30:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Tone Alert Radios Out of Service for Planned Maintenance ENS 477532012-03-19T06:19:00019 March 2012 06:19:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Loss Public Prompt Notification Capability ENS 458562010-04-19T06:58:00019 April 2010 06:58:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Tsc Emergency Ventilation System Discovered Non-Functional While Placing a Clearance ENS 449372009-03-27T05:00:00027 March 2009 05:00:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Troubleshooting Emergency Offsite Facility Communications ENS 438702007-12-28T02:04:00028 December 2007 02:04:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Loss of Spds Capability for Greater than One Hour ENS 438562007-12-20T13:00:00020 December 2007 13:00:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Loss of Various Systems at Eof Due to Local Telephone System Partial T1 Failure ENS 438352007-12-11T16:19:00011 December 2007 16:19:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Loss of 11 Alert and Notification Sirens Due to Severe Ice Storm ENS 430762007-01-04T23:43:0004 January 2007 23:43:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness High Range Effluent Radiation Monitors Declared Inoperable Due to Common Cause Failure ENS 429942006-11-16T06:09:00016 November 2006 06:09:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Spds Unavailible Due to Planned Maintenance ENS 415882005-04-11T22:04:00011 April 2005 22:04:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Loss of Public Prompt Notification Capability ENS 408782004-07-16T18:45:00016 July 2004 18:45:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness the Plant Lost Public Prompt Notification Capability ENS 407412004-05-11T15:55:00011 May 2004 15:55:00 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness Loss of Emergency Assessment Capability Due to Loss of Normal Power to Tsc 2022-07-07T21:01:00 | |