ENS 46774
ENS Event | |
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20:01 Apr 21, 2011 | |
| Title | Manual Reactor Trip Due to Circulating Water Pumps Out of Service |
| Event Description | A manual trip of Salem Unit 1 was initiated due to a loss of circulating water pumps from heavy grassing at the circulating water intake. All rods fully inserted on the trip and all systems responded as designed with decay heat being removed via the steam dump system. All Auxiliary Feed Water (AFW) pumps auto started as expected on low steam generator levels from the trip.
During a period of heavy grassing with one circulating water pump out of service for maintenance and another out of service for water box cleaning, a third circulating water pump's screen stopped and this circulating water pump was emergency tripped. When this circulating water pump was emergency tripped, the adjacent circulating water pump received a large intake of grass and automatically tripped. The abnormal operating procedure provides guidance to trip the plant if less than three circulating water pumps are in service and power is above P-10. At this point the manual reactor trip was initiated. The crew entered EOP-TRIP-1, appropriately transitioned to EOP-TRlP-2 and stabilized the plant at no load conditions. Salem Unit 1 is currently in mode 3. Reactor Coolant System temperature is 547F with pressure at 2235 psig. All ECCS and ESF Systems are available. Salem Unit 2 is currently defueled in a planned refueling outage and there is no impact to Salem Unit 2. No personnel injuries have occurred as a result of the trip. This event is reportable per 10CFR50.72(b)(3)(iv)(A) due to the auto start of the AFW pumps. This event is reportable per 10CFR50.72(b)(2)(iv)(B) due to the manual reactor trip. The plant is aligned with a normal electrical line-up from offsite power sources. The Licensee has notified the NRC Resident Inspector. The Licensee will notify Lower Alloways Creek Township and the States of New Jersey and Delaware.
During the post-trip data review for the manual reactor trip that occurred on April 21, 2011 at 1601 [EDT], 2 additional automatic Auxiliary Feedwater (AFW) pump start signals were identified. Operators were controlling AFW level to maintain steam generator levels within the band required by the emergency operating procedures. At approximately 1615 [EDT] the 13 steam generator level had cleared the low level setpoint but subsequently dipped below the low level setpoint at 1623 [EDT]. At approximately 1640 [EDT], the 14 steam generator had recovered above the low level setpoint and subsequently dipped below the low level setpoint. The Unit 1 reactor had been previously tripped at 1601 [EDT] and all AFW pumps had automatically started. The 13 turbine driven AFW pump was stopped at approximately 1625 [EDT]. The two motor driven AFW pumps continued to run throughout this event. Low level in one steam generator generates an automatic start of the motor driven AFW pumps and is reportable per 10CFR50.72(b)(3)(iv)(A). The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector and will notify Lower Alloways Creek Township and the States of New Jersey and Delaware. Notified the R1DO (Cook). |
| Where | |
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Salem  New Jersey (NRC Region 1) | |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(iv)(B), RPS Actuation 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(iv)(A), System Actuation | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-0.75 h-0.0313 days <br />-0.00446 weeks <br />-0.00103 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Matthew Mog 19:16 Apr 21, 2011 |
| NRC Officer: | Vince Klco |
| Last Updated: | Apr 21, 2011 |
| 46774 - NRC Website | |
Unit 1 | |
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| Reactor critical | Critical |
| Scram | Yes, Manual Scram |
| Before | Power Operation (90 %) |
| After | Hot Standby (0 %) |
Salem with 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(iv)(B), RPS System Actuation, 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(iv)(A), System Actuation | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 562862022-12-24T07:22:00024 December 2022 07:22:00
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