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9/6 TRO DAILY REPORT
9/6 TRO DAILY REPORT(sm) - 99th issue
"All the news that prints to fit"
(fits in 8,500 bytes, that is)
The Daily Report NRC released September 6, 1995
had the following five topics.
(1) Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Columbia,S. Carolina
Dockets: 07001151 License No: SNM-1107 URANIUM FUEL FAB
Subject: SMALL FIRE IN URANIUM CONTAINER
Reportable Event Number: 29284
(2) North Star Steel Company, Youngstown, Dockets: 03018258
License No: 34-20328-01
Subject: GAUGE DAMAGED BY MOLTEN STEEL Reportable Event
Number: 29277
(3) Consumers Power Co., Palisades 1, Covert,Michigan
RIII LAN, DN: 50-255, RIII LAN, PWR/CE
Subject: UNIT TAKEN OFF LINE TO PEFORM SWTCHYRD REPAIRS
(4) Entergy Opns, Inc.,MR # 4-95-0105, Arkansas Nuc 1 2,
Russelville,Ark, Dns 50-313,50-368, PWR/B&W-L-LP,PWR/CE
Subject: LOSS OF POWER TO POST-ACCIDENT SAMPLING SYS
(5) Entergy Operations, Inc., MR Number: 4-95-0106, Arkansas
Nuclear 2, Russelville,Arkansas, DN: 50-368, PWR/CE
Subject: REACTOR TRIP, Reportable Event Number: 29289
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SYSTEM ENGINEERS. Chuck Schaffer of OPPD initiated
the System Engineer Email List. If you're at a nuclear
PLANT and want to participate on the list, email
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RADIATION PROTECTION. Ken Coon of Arizona Public
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NRC STAFF TO CONDUCT CRITICAL RE-EVALUATION OF AGENCY'S
ACTIVITIES. Send *ANY EMAIL* to SEP06-1@trobb.com for NRC's
Press Release. (95-107)
SIX-MONTH PLANT PERFORMANCE REVIEW RESULTS NOW
AVAILABLE TO LICENSEES AND PUBLIC. NRC has begun sending
its licensees and making publicly available the results of
semiannual performance reviews of the nation's 109 licensed
nuclear power reactors. Send *ANY EMAIL* to SEP06-2@trobb.com
for NRC's Press Release. (95-108)
NRC SEEKS QUALIFIED CANDIDATES FOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE
ON REACTOR SAFEGUARDS. Send *ANY EMAIL* to SEP06-3@trobb.com
for NRC's Press Release. (95-109)
Final Rule: Changes to Nuclear Power Plant Security
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VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR PLANT IS RATED "SUPERIOR" IN ONE
AREA "GOOD" IN THREE OTHERS IN SALP REPORT. Send *ANY EMAIL*
to SEP01-1@trobb.com for NRC's press release on VY's SALP.
(1-95-90)
Portland General Electric Company; Trojan Nuclear Power
Station; Notice of Federal Court Decision and Opportunity
for Public Comments. Send *ANY EMAIL* to SEP01-2@trobb.com
for NRC's federal register notice. (950830AF)
Yankee Atomic Electric Company; Yankee Nuclear Power
Station; Notice of Federal Court Decision and Opportunity
for Public Comments. Send *ANY EMAIL* to SEP01-3@trobb.com
for NRC's federal register notice. (950830BF)
05/10/95 Speech by Commissioner Jackson: COMMUNICATIONS:
A CHALLENGE TO THE REGULATOR AND THE REGULATED. Send
*ANY EMAIL* to SEP01-4@trobb.com for the text of the speech.
(S-95-16)
MILLSTONE 2. On August 8, 1995, operators manually
tripped Millstone 2 from 60% power. The station had been
having seal problems with both the A and B heater drain tank
pumps. Operators had previously taken the A heater drain
tank pump out of service for seal replacement and reduced
power to 80%. Because of seal problems with the B heater
drain pump, operators reduced power to 60% and were taking
the B pump out of service. After tripping the B pump,
operators noted a large steam leak in the area of the pump.
Operators manually tripped the reactor and turbine
after identifying a non-isolable rupture in an 8"
recirculation line to the heater drain tank. They closed
MSIVs, isolated heater drains, and secured the secondary
plant during post-trip response.
During the transient, one safety valve (1000 psi
setpoint) on the B steam generator lifted (970 psi) and
failed to repeat for 5-10 minutes. The plant was stabilized
20 minutes after the trip.
14-hours later with the reactor in hot standby, the No.
2 atmosphere dump valve (ADV), which was being used to
control RCS temperature, failed open. Flow from the ADV was
isolated manually in 20 minutes.
The line rupture, a 12" long tear, was located midway
in a straight vertical 20' run of pipe 3" downstream of a
closed manual valve. The line is in the plant's Erosion/
Corrosion Program. Post-event measurements revealed wall
thickness of 0.041" at the tear. Nominal wall thickness is
0.322" and the predicted wall loss was 0.075", so this
portion of piping was not identified as critical and was not
expected to experience the observed wall thinning.
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The following is from a recent edition.
IS TEAMWORK REALLY NECESSARY?
"Although teamwork is crucial to the success of many high-
performance work systems (where people work in a tightly
coordinated fashion and share responsibility for an entire
business process), the role of teamwork is changing as
organizations move toward the "virtual workplace" -- in
which people work at different times and places. Instead of
team play, the emphasis will be on individual performance.
More specialists will be required in the virtual workplace
than in the high performance organization (though this is
not a return to traditional divisions of labor). Instead,
the specialists will be available on an on-demand basis, by
phone or network. There will be a trend toward less
reliance on carefully scheduled and managed teamwork, and
more emphasis on individual contribution. Direct labor
costs will be lower in the virtual workplace than in the
high-performance organization because more flexible work
arrangements will replace permanent employment... "We will
still have teams in the virtual workplace, but they will not
have the identity and prominence of high-performance work
teams." (N. Fredric Crandall and Marc J. Wallace Jr,
"Moving Toward the Virtual Workplace," in The Performance
Imperative, Jossey-Bass Publishing Co., 1995)"
Best Regards and Peace...... Paul 9/6/95
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