U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
                             Operations Center
 
                             Event Reports For
                            02/06/97 - 02/07/97
 
                             ** EVENT NUMBERS **
 
31739  31740  31741  31742  31743  31744  31745  31746  

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|POWER REACTOR                     |              |EVENT NUMBER:  31739   |     
+----------------------------------+              +-----------------------+     
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
|FACILITY: LIMERICK                   REGION:  1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/06/97  |
|UNIT:     [ ] [2] [ ]                 STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:39 [ET]|
|RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4                      |EVENT DATE:        02/06/97  |
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        11:00[EST]|
|NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVE NEFF                      |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/06/97  |
|HQ OPS OFFICER:  DICK JOLLIFFE                  +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+       NOTIFICATIONS         |
|EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE                 +-----------------------------+
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |MICHAEL MODES         RDO    |
|ADAS 50.72(b)(2)(i)      DEG/UNANALYZED COND    |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|  INIT RX MODE   |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|     |                                             |                          |
|  2  |   N          N        0     REFUELING       |     0    REFUELING       |
|     |                                             |                          |
+-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+

                                   EVENT TEXT
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| - DISCOVERY OF SIX STUCK STEAM FLOODING HVAC DAMPERS -                       |
|                                                                              |
| ON 02/06/97, THE LICENSEE IDENTIFIED THAT UNIT 2 MAY HAVE OPERATED IN        |
| AN UNANALYZED CONDITION THAT COULD HAVE ADVERSELY IMPACTED PLANT SAFETY.     |
| WHILE PERFORMING PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES DURING THE ONGOING        |
| UNIT 2 REFUELING OUTAGE, THE LICENSEE IDENTIFIED SIX STEAM FLOODING HVAC     |
| DAMPERS THAT WOULD NOT FUNCTION.  EXCESSIVE FRICTION IN EITHER THE SOLENOID  |
| OR ASSOCIATED BUSHING APPEARS TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES.               |
|                                                                              |
| THESE SPECIFIC DAMPERS ARE LOCATED IN THREE VENTILATION DUCT WORK            |
| PENETRATIONS IN THE WALLS SURROUNDING THE OUTBOARD MAIN STEAM ISOLATION      |
| VALVE (MSIV) ROOM.  EACH WALL PENETRATION HAS TWO STEAM FLOODING HVAC        |
| DAMPERS ARRANGED IN SERIES.  THE DAMPERS ARE REQUIRED TO CLOSE FOLLOWING A   |
| HIGH ENERGY STEAM LINE BREAK (HELB) IN THE OUTBOARD MSIV ROOM TO PROTECT     |
| SAFETY-RELATED EQUIPMENT IN THE ADJOINING ROOM.  TWO OF THE HVAC WALL        |
| PENETRATIONS COMMUNICATE WITH THE ADJOINING ROOM ON ELEVATION 253 OF THE     |
| REACTOR ENCLOSURE, AND THE OTHER HVAC WALL PENETRATION IS CONNECTED TO DUCT  |
| WORK LOCATED IN THE NEXT HIGHER FLOOR ON ELEVATION 283.                      |
|                                                                              |
| THE LICENSEE HAS NO ANALYSIS FOR AN HELB IN THE OUTBOARD MSIV ROOM           |
| COINCIDENT WITH THE STEAM TRAVELING TO THE ADJACENT ROOMS ON ELEVATIONS 253  |
| OR 283.  SAFETY-RELATED EQUIPMENT LOCATED IN THE ADJOINING ROOM ON           |
| ELEVATION 253 INCLUDES THE SCRAM SOLENOIDS AND HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNITS,      |
| REDUNDANT REACTIVITY CONTROL SYSTEM SOLENOIDS, AND SEVERAL EMERGENCY CORE    |
| COOLING SYSTEM MOTOR-OPERATED VALVE ELECTRICAL BREAKERS.  IF AN HELB HAD     |
| OCCURRED IN THE OUTBOARD MSIV ROOM AND IF THE DAMPERS HAD FAILED TO CLOSE,   |
| THE ABILITY TO SHUT THE PLANT DOWN MAY HAVE BEEN ADVERSELY IMPACTED.         |
|                                                                              |
| THE LICENSEE HAS NOT PERFORMED A CALCULATION TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL         |
| TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, AND HUMIDITY CONDITIONS THAT COULD RESULT FROM THIS   |
| SCENARIO.  BASED ON ENGINEERING JUDGMENT, THE LICENSEE HAS CONCLUDED THAT    |
| THIS UNANALYZED CONDITION MAY ADVERSELY IMPACT PLANT SAFETY.                 |
|                                                                              |
| CURRENTLY, THE UNIT 2 HVAC STEAM FLOODING DAMPERS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE     |
| FUNCTIONAL WHILE UNIT 2 IS SHUTDOWN.  THE LICENSEE IS REVIEWING THE OTHER    |
| UNIT 2 HVAC STEAM FLOODING DAMPERS AND THE UNIT 1 HVAC STEAM FLOODING        |
| DAMPERS.  (UNIT 1 IS PRESENTLY OPERATING AT 100% POWER.)                     |
|                                                                              |
| THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR.                         |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+----------------------------------+              +-----------------------+     
|POWER REACTOR                     |              |EVENT NUMBER:  31740   |     
+----------------------------------+              +-----------------------+     
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
|FACILITY: NINE MILE POINT            REGION:  1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/06/97  |
|UNIT:     [1] [ ] [ ]                 STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:55 [ET]|
|RX TYPE: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5                      |EVENT DATE:        02/06/97  |
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        15:35[EST]|
|NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN WEBERS                    |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/06/97  |
|HQ OPS OFFICER:  RUDY KARSCH                    +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+       NOTIFICATIONS         |
|EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE                 +-----------------------------+
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |MICHAEL MODES         RDO    |
|AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B)  OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS   |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|  INIT RX MODE   |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|  1  |   N          Y      100     POWER OPERATION |   100    POWER OPERATION |
|     |                                             |                          |
|     |                                             |                          |
+-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+

                                   EVENT TEXT
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| PIPING SUPPORTS FOR THE REACTOR BUILDING CLOSED COOLING WATER SYSTEM INSIDE  |
| PRIMARY CONTAINMENT DO NOT MEET THE FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT SEISMIC     |
| REQUIREMENTS.  A DESIGN BASIS SEISMIC LOAD WOULD EXCEED THE PIPE SUPPORTS'   |
| ALLOWABLE STRESS LOADING.  THE SUPPORTS DO CONFORM TO ASME CODE              |
| REQUIREMENTS, SO THE LICENSEE PLANS TO KEEP THE UNIT AT POWER.  CORRECTIVE   |
| ACTION WILL BE DETERMINED.                                                   |
|                                                                              |
| THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR.                         |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+----------------------------------+              +-----------------------+     
|OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL            |              |EVENT NUMBER:  31741   |     
+----------------------------------+              +-----------------------+     
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
|LICENSEE: U.S. AIR FORCE                        |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/06/97  |
|    CITY: TUCSON                 REGION: 4      |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:21 [ET]|
|  COUNTY:                         STATE: AZ     |EVENT DATE:        01/01/96  |
|LICENSE#: 42-23539-01AF       AGREEMENT: Y      |EVENT TIME:        00:00[MST]|
|  DOCKET:                                       |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/06/97  |
|                                                +-----------------------------+
|                                                |PERSON           ORGANIZATION|
|                                                |THOMAS KOZAK, REG. 3 RDO     |
|                                                |                             |
+------------------------------------------------+PHIL HARRELL, REG. 4 RDO     |
|NRC NOTIFIED BY: PAUL FEESER                    |                             |
|HQ OPS OFFICER:  RUDY KARSCH                    |                             |
+------------------------------------------------+                             |
|EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE                 |                             |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii)   LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X    |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+

                                   EVENT TEXT
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, TUCSON, ARIZONA                                |
|                                                                              |
| AN INVENTORY OF TRITIUM EXIT SIGNS DETERMINED THAT ONE SIGN WAS MISSING.     |
| THE SIGN WAS PROBABLY LOST DURING BUILDING RENOVATION CONDUCTED IN JANUARY   |
| OF 1996.  THE SIGN CONTAINED 20 CURIES OF TRITIUM.                           |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+----------------------------------+              +-----------------------+     
|OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL            |              |EVENT NUMBER:  31742   |     
+----------------------------------+              +-----------------------+     
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
|LICENSEE: U.S. AIR FORCE                        |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/06/97  |
|    CITY: SACRAMENTO             REGION: 4      |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:21 [ET]|
|  COUNTY:                         STATE: CA     |EVENT DATE:        02/06/97  |
|LICENSE#: 42-23539-01AF       AGREEMENT: Y      |EVENT TIME:        14:20[PST]|
|  DOCKET:                                       |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/06/97  |
|                                                +-----------------------------+
|                                                |PERSON           ORGANIZATION|
|                                                |THOMAS KOZAK, REG. 3 RDO     |
|                                                |                             |
+------------------------------------------------+PHIL HARRELL, REG. 4 RDO     |
|NRC NOTIFIED BY: PAUL FEESER                    |                             |
|HQ OPS OFFICER:  RUDY KARSCH                    |                             |
+------------------------------------------------+                             |
|EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE                 |                             |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|NMAT                     MATL IN UNCNTRL AREA   |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+

                                   EVENT TEXT
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| McCLELLAN AIR FORCE BASE, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA                             |
|                                                                              |
| AN INDIVIDUAL FOUND A SMALL BOX IN AN UNUSED BUILDING ON THE BASE.  UPON     |
| EXAMINATION OF THE CONTENTS OF THE BOX, THE INDIVIDUAL DISCOVERED THREE      |
| STRONTIUM-90 SOURCES ENCASED IN EPOXY.  THE EPOXY WAS CRUMBLY AND FELL       |
| APART DURING HANDLING.  SUBSEQUENTLY, THE INDIVIDUAL ATE A DOUGHNUT AND      |
| LATER DETERMINED THAT THE MATERIAL HE HAD BEEN HANDLING WAS RADIOACTIVE.     |
|                                                                              |
| THE LICENSEE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE APPROXIMATE CURIE CONTENT OF THE THREE  |
| SOURCES WAS ONE MILLICURIE.  BIO-ASSAYS WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR THE EXPOSED    |
| INDIVIDUAL SINCE INGESTION MAY HAVE OCCURRED.  THE INDIVIDUAL WAS NOT        |
| WEARING ANY DOSIMETRY.                                                       |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+----------------------------------+              +-----------------------+     
|POWER REACTOR                     |              |EVENT NUMBER:  31743   |     
+----------------------------------+              +-----------------------+     
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
|FACILITY: FERMI                      REGION:  3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/06/97  |
|UNIT:     [2] [ ] [ ]                 STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:25 [ET]|
|RX TYPE: [2] GE-4                               |EVENT DATE:        02/06/97  |
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        11:00[EST]|
|NRC NOTIFIED BY: JEFF GROFF                     |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/06/97  |
|HQ OPS OFFICER:  RUDY KARSCH                    +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+       NOTIFICATIONS         |
|EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE                 +-----------------------------+
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |THOMAS KOZAK          RDO    |
|NLTR                     LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT  |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|  INIT RX MODE   |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|  2  |   N          N        0     COLD SHUTDOWN   |     0    COLD SHUTDOWN   |
|     |                                             |                          |
|     |                                             |                          |
+-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+

                                   EVENT TEXT
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED AN ERROR IN THE COMPUTER PROGRAM USED TO CALCULATE   |
| REACTOR THERMAL POWER.  THIS ERROR COULD HAVE LED THE LICENSEE TO EXCEED     |
| 100% POWER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.                                             |
|                                                                              |
| THE DENSITY COMPENSATION ALGORITHM IN THE PROCESS COMPUTER FOR CONVERSION    |
| OF DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE DATA INTO MASS FLOW RATES IS INCORRECT.  THE        |
| ALGORITHM TERM FOR THE RATIO OF THE SPECIFIC VOLUME AT THE REFERENCE         |
| TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE WITH THE SPECIFIC VOLUME AT THE PROCESS             |
| TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SQUARE ROOT TERM.  THIS ERROR    |
| INTRODUCES A NON-CONSERVATIVE BIAS INTO THE HEAT BALANCE CALCULATION.  THE   |
| AFFECTED PARAMETERS ARE REACTOR WATER CLEANUP SYSTEM MASS FLOW AND CONTROL   |
| ROD DRIVE MASS FLOW.  THE RESULTING ERROR IS APPROXIMATELY 0.5 MWth.         |
|                                                                              |
| THE LICENSEE HAS IDENTIFIED ONE OR MORE OCCASIONS IN CYCLES ONE, TWO, AND    |
| THREE WHEN THE CORE THERMAL POWER LIMIT MAY HAVE BEEN EXCEEDED.  THE         |
| CURRENT LICENSED POWER LIMIT OF 3,430 MWth HAS NOT BEEN EXCEEDED AS A        |
| RESULT OF THIS ERROR.  THE LICENSEE PLANS TO CORRECT THE CALCULATIONAL       |
| ALGORITHM.                                                                   |
|                                                                              |
| THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR.                            |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+----------------------------------+              +-----------------------+     
|POWER REACTOR                     |              |EVENT NUMBER:  31744   |     
+----------------------------------+              +-----------------------+     
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
|FACILITY: VERMONT YANKEE             REGION:  1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/06/97  |
|UNIT:     [1] [ ] [ ]                 STATE: VT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:02 [ET]|
|RX TYPE: [1] GE-4                               |EVENT DATE:        02/06/97  |
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        17:15[EST]|
|NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM BROOKS                     |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/06/97  |
|HQ OPS OFFICER:  RUDY KARSCH                    +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+       NOTIFICATIONS         |
|EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE                 +-----------------------------+
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |MICHAEL MODES         RDO    |
|AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION    |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|  INIT RX MODE   |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|  1  |   N          Y      100     POWER OPERATION |   100    POWER OPERATION |
|     |                                             |                          |
|     |                                             |                          |
+-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+

                                   EVENT TEXT
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| A SHORT CIRCUIT OF CONTACTS COULD LEAD TO FAILURE OF VALVES TO CLOSE         |
| RESULTING IN A RELEASE PATHWAY.                                              |
|                                                                              |
| THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT A SHORT CIRCUIT ACROSS CONTACTS 5/6 IN RELAYS   |
| K42 OR K43 WILL PREVENT AUTOMATIC ISOLATION OF CONTAINMENT ATMOSPHERIC       |
| CONTROL SYSTEM VALVES SB-16-19-6A OR 6B, SB-16-19-7A AND 7B, AND SB-16-19-8  |
| AND 10.  THIS FAILURE MODE IS NOT SELF REVEALING.  IF THE VALVES ARE OPEN    |
| AND A LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENT OCCURS, THERE WILL BE A VENT PATH BETWEEN     |
| THE SUPPRESSION CHAMBER AND THE DRYWELL THAT PARTIALLY BYPASSES THE VAPOR    |
| SUPPRESSION FUNCTION OF THE SUPPRESSION POOL.  THE SINGLE FAILURE OF THE     |
| ABOVE RELAY CONTACTS PREVENTS AUTOMATIC CLOSURE OF THESE VALVES SHOULD A     |
| CONTAINMENT ISOLATION DEMAND OCCUR.  REMOTE MANUAL OPERATION OF THE VALVES   |
| FROM THE CONTROL ROOM IS STILL POSSIBLE.  THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT       |
| THERE IS NO CREDIBLE FAILURE THAT COULD CAUSE THE VALVES TO OPEN IF THEY     |
| WERE CLOSED.                                                                 |
|                                                                              |
| THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR.                            |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+----------------------------------+              +-----------------------+     
|POWER REACTOR                     |              |EVENT NUMBER:  31745   |     
+----------------------------------+              +-----------------------+     
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
|FACILITY: MILLSTONE                  REGION:  1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/06/97  |
|UNIT:     [1] [ ] [ ]                 STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:39 [ET]|
|RX TYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP             |EVENT DATE:        02/06/97  |
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        19:30[EST]|
|NRC NOTIFIED BY: PAUL BENYEDA                   |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/06/97  |
|HQ OPS OFFICER:  RUDY KARSCH                    +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+       NOTIFICATIONS         |
|EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE                 +-----------------------------+
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |MICHAEL MODES         RDO    |
|AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B)  OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS   |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|  INIT RX MODE   |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|  1  |   N          N        0     REFUELING       |     0    REFUELING       |
|     |                                             |                          |
|     |                                             |                          |
+-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+

                                   EVENT TEXT
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| THE LICENSEE FOUND THAT THE VENTILATION EXHAUST FAN FOR THE SOLID            |
| RADIOACTIVE WASTE BUILDING DISCHARGES DIRECTLY TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND DOES   |
| NOT HAVE A RADIOACTIVE MONITORING INSTRUMENT.  EFFLUENT MONITORING IS        |
| REQUIRED BY 10 CFR PART 20 AND BY 10 CFR PART 50, GENERAL DESIGN CRITERION   |
| 64.  THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING CORRECTIVE ACTION.                        |
|                                                                              |
| THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR.                            |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+----------------------------------+              +-----------------------+     
|POWER REACTOR                     |              |EVENT NUMBER:  31746   |     
+----------------------------------+              +-----------------------+     
+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
|FACILITY: WATTS BAR                  REGION:  2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/07/97  |
|UNIT:     [1] [ ] [ ]                 STATE: TN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 04:36 [ET]|
|RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP                  |EVENT DATE:        02/07/97  |
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        01:20[EST]|
|NRC NOTIFIED BY: PAT McGINNIS                   |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/07/97  |
|HQ OPS OFFICER:  LEIGH TROCINE                  +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+       NOTIFICATIONS         |
|EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE                 +-----------------------------+
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |CAUDLE JULIAN         RDO    |
|AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii)     ESF ACTUATION          |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|  INIT RX MODE   |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|  1  |   N          Y      100     POWER OPERATION |   100    POWER OPERATION |
|     |                                             |                          |
|     |                                             |                          |
+-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+

                                   EVENT TEXT
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| INADVERTENT START OF A MOTOR-DRIVEN AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP DURING TESTING  |
|                                                                              |
| DURING PERFORMANCE OF AN ENGINEERED SAFEGUARD ACTUATION TEST ON THE 'A'      |
| MOTOR-DRIVEN AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP, THE PUMP WAS INADVERTENTLY STARTED.   |
| THIS ACTUATION OCCURRED WHEN THE PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN THE TEST WERE         |
| ENSURING THAT THE RELAY TO BE ACTUATED WAS CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED AS TO ITS    |
| LOCATION AND STATE.  AFTER LOCATING THE CORRECT RELAY, THE RELAY WAS         |
| INADVERTENTLY TOUCHED ON THE MANUAL ACTUATION BAR.  THIS CAUSED THE RELAY    |
| TO PICKUP AND START THE 'A' AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP.  THE PUMP WAS          |
| SECURED, AND THE TEST WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PERFORMED SATISFACTORILY.             |
|                                                                              |
| ACCORDING TO THE GUIDANCE OF NUREG 1022, THIS ACTUATION WAS INVALID BECAUSE  |
| IT WAS NOT INITIATED IN RESPONSE TO ACTUAL PLANT CONDITIONS AND BECAUSE      |
| THERE WAS NOT A NEED FOR THE SAFETY FUNCTION.  HOWEVER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH   |
| NUREG 1022, VOLUNTARY REPORTING IS REQUIRED BECAUSE THE SYSTEM (PRESSURIZED  |
| WATER REACTOR AUXILIARY FEEDWATER) IS LISTED IN TABLE 2.                     |
|                                                                              |
| THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR.                            |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+