ENS 52967
ENS Event | |
|---|---|
04:47 Sep 13, 2017 | |
| Title | Unusual Event Due to Letdown Relief Valve Discharge to the Pressurizer Relief Tank |
| Event Description | At 0047 EDT, the licensee declared a notification of unusual event under emergency action level (EAL) S8 due to actuation of the letdown relief valve which resulted in reactor coolant system leakage to the pressurizer relief tank exceeding 10 gpm.
The plant was in mode 3 at the time making preparations to proceed to cold shutdown to support their refueling outage. Operators were in the process of reducing reactor coolant system letdown from 120 gpm to 45 gpm when the letdown system relief valve lifted. The relief discharged to the pressurizer relief tank at approximately 12 gpm. Operators isolated the letdown line which reduced the leakage to approximately 1 gpm. Plant staff is in the process of determining where the 1 gpm leakage is from and evaluating the basis for terminating the unusual event. Notified DHS SWO, FEMA Operations Center, DHS NICC, FEMA National Watch Center (email) and Nuclear SSA (email).
At 0800 EDT, the licensee terminated the notification of unusual event. The basis for termination was that the letdown line was isolated which reduced leakage to less than the EAL threshold of 10 gpm. The cause of the letdown relief lifting is still under investigation. The licensee has notified the NRC Resident Inspector and will be notifying the state of Michigan and Berrien County. The licensee has issued a press release to the media concerning this event. Notified R3DO (Riemer), IRD MOC (Stapleton), NRR (Miller), DHS SWO, DHS NICC, FEMA Ops Center, FEMA National Watch Center (email) and Nuclear SSA (email).
The condition reported in Event Notification #52967 pursuant to 10 CFR 50.72(a)(1)(i) has been evaluated, and determined not to have met the threshold for classification as an Unusual Event under Emergency Action Level (EAL) S-8 and is being retracted. During the events of 9/13/17, Control Room staff calculated Reactor Coolant System (RCS) leakage to the Pressurizer Relief Tank (PRT) through the Letdown Relief Valve to be greater than the EAL S-8 threshold of 10 gallons per minute. Subsequent review of trends associated with PRT level increase during the event determined that the RCS leakage to the PRT was less than 10 gallons per minute and therefore did not represent an Unusual Event under EAL S-8. The NRC Resident Inspector was notified of this retraction. Notified R3DO (Riemer). |
| Where | |
|---|---|
Cook  Michigan (NRC Region 3) | |
| Reporting | |
| Emergency class: | Unusual Event |
| 10 CFR 50.72(a) (1) (i), Emergency Class Declaration 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(xi), Notification to Government Agency or News Release | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-3.65 h-0.152 days <br />-0.0217 weeks <br />-0.005 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Ronnie Simmons 01:08 Sep 13, 2017 |
| NRC Officer: | Howie Crouch |
| Last Updated: | Sep 15, 2017 |
| 52967 - NRC Website | |
Unit 1 | |
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| Reactor critical | Not Critical |
| Scram | No |
| Before | Hot Standby (0 %) |
| After | Hot Standby (0 %) |
Cook with 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(xi), Notification to Government Agency or News Release, 10 CFR 50.72(a)(1)(i), Emergency Class Declaration | |
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