Pilgrim Start-Up Transformer: Bum Degraded Voltage Relay Discoverd in Sept 2017

So they lost outside power, obviously they had degraded voltage. Were these relays somehow involved in this.

I hope there was no combustion gases discover in the transformer coolant oil before these recent event... 

Start-Up Transformer Degraded Voltage Relay Found Outside Technical Specification Limit

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1. FACILITY NAME 2. DOCKET NUMBER .PAGE Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 05000-293 1 OF3
4. TITLE Start-Up Transformer Degraded Voltage Relay Found Outside Technical Specification Limit
5. EVENT DATE 6. LER NUMBER 7. REPORT DATE 8. OTHER FACILITIES INVOLVED
SEQUENTIAL
FACILITY NAME DOCKET NUMBER MONTH DAY YEAR YEAR REV MONTH DAY YEAR N/A NUMBER NO. 05000 N/A
09 13 2017 2017 - 012 - 00 11 13 2017
FACILITY NAME DOCKET NUMBER N/A 05000 N/A
9. OPERATING MODE 11. THIS REPORT IS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR §: 'Check all that apply)
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D 20.2201(b) D 20.2203(a)(3)(i) D 50.73(a)(2)(ii)(A) D 50.73(a)(2)(viii)(A) D 20.2201(d) D 20.2203(a)(3)(ii) D 50.73(a)(2)(ii)(B) D 50.73(a)(2)(viii)(B) D 20.2203(a)(1) D 20.2203(a)(4) D 50.73(a)(2)(iii) D 50.73(a)(2)(ix)(A) D 20.2203(a)(2)(i) D 50.36(c)(1)(i)(A) D 50.73(a)(2)(iv)(A) D 50.73(a)(2)(x) 10. POWER LEVEL D 20.2203(a)(2)(ii) D 50.36(c)(1)(ii)(A) D 50.73(a)(2)(v)(A) D 73.71(a)(4) D 20.2203(a)(2)(iii) D 50.36(c)(2) D 50.73(a)(2)(v)(B) D 73.71(a)(5) 100 D 20.2203(a)(2)(iv) D 50.46(a)(3)(ii) D 50.73(a)(2)(v)(C) D 73.77(a)(1) D 20.2203(a)(2)(v) D 50.73(a)(2)(i)(A) D 50.73(a)(2)(v)(D) D 73.77(a)(2)(i) D 20.2203(a)(2)(vi) ~ 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B) D 50.73(a)(2)(vii) D 73.77(a)(2)(ii) D 50.73(a)(2)(i)(C) 0 OTHER Specify in Abstract below or in NRG Form 366A 12. LICENSEE CONTACT FOR THIS LER LICENSEE CONTACT ~ELEPHONE NUMBER (Include Area Code) IMr. Everett P. Perkins, Jr. - Regulatory Assurance Manager 508-830-8323 13. COMPLETE ONE LINE FOR EACH COMPONENT FAILURE DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT
CAUSE SYSTEM COMPONENT
MANU- REPORTABLE
CAUSE SYSTEM COMPONENT
MANU- REPORTABLE FACTURER TOEPIX FACTURER TOEPIX B EA 27 ABB y N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
14. SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT EXPECTED 15. EXPECTED MONTH DAY YEAR ~ YES (ff yes, complete 15. EXPECTED SUBMISSION DATE) D NO SUBMISSION DATE 02 01 2018 ABSTRACT (Limit to 1400 spaces, i.e., approximately 15 single-spaced typewritten lines)
On September 13, 2017 with the unit at 100 percent power, Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station discovered during calibration of four Start-Up Transformer Degraded Voltage Relays (ABB model number ITE27N) after the relays had been removed from the plant, relay 127 A-604/1 had an as-found setpoint value outside the Technical Specifications Table 3.2.B limit of 110.6 plus or minus 0.56 Volts ac (Vac) (110.04 - 111.16); the as-found value was 109.90 Vac. This relay was replaced with a spare relay that was calibrated prior to its installation.
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station is submitting this Licensee Event Report in accordance with 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B)-Any operation or condition that was prohibited by the plant's Technical Specifications.
This event was not risk significant. There was no threat to public health and safety from this condition.
NRC FORM 366 (04-2017)
NRC FORM 366A (04-2017)
u_s. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION APPROVED BY 0MB: NO. 3150-0104 EXPIRES: 3/31/2020
LICENSEE EVENT REPORT (LER)
CONTINUATION SHEET
(See NUREG-1022, R.3 for instruction and guidance for completing this form http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1022/r3D
Estimated burden per response to comply with this mandatory collection request: 80 hours. Reported lessons learned are incorporated into the licensing process and fed back to industry. Send comments regarding burden estimate to the Information Services Branch (T-2 F43), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by e-mail to lnfocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0104), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. If a means used to impose an information collection does not display a currently valid 0MB control number, the NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the information collection.
1. FACILITY NAME 2. DOCKET NUMBER 3. LER NUMBER
YEAR
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 05000-293
2017
NARRATIVE
BACKGROUND
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The startup transformer supplies power to the station auxiliary power distribution system whenever the main generator is offline_ After the main generator has been synchronized to the 345 kV system and has been partially loaded, the auxiliary power distribution system is manually transferred from the start-up transformer (SUT) to the unit AC power source (unit auxiliary transformer [UAT]).
Automatic fast transfer capability is provided in the design to restore the auxiliary power distribution system to its preferred offsite AC power source, the SUT, in the event that the unit AC power source (UAT) is lost for any reason_ The diesel generator load shedding logic will also be actuated immediately upon the fast transfer of the safety related buses A5 and A6 to the SUT if a Loss-Of-Coolant-Accident signal is present when the SUT secondary voltage is below the degraded voltage alarm reset setpoint.
The primary function of the 127 A-604/1 degraded voltage relays and their settings for the SUT is to ensure a minimum voltage at which the emergency buses can be operated indefinitely to provide their intended safety functions. If voltage drops below that point for a specified time limit, the degraded voltage relays will initiate transfer of the emergency buses from offsite power to the onsite emergency diesel generators.
EVENT DESCRIPTION
During calibration of four SUT Degraded Voltage Relays (ABB model number ITE-27N) after the relays had been removed from the plant, relay 127 A-604/1 had an as-found setpoint value outside the Technical Specifications (TS) Table 3.2.B limit of 110.6 plus or minus 0.56 Volts ac (Vac) (110.04 - 111.16). The asfound value was 109.90 Vac. This relay was replaced with a spare relay that was calibrated prior to its installation.
CAUSE OF THE EVENT
rThe cause of the relay's potential inoperability is still under investigation at this time.
CORRECTIVE ACTIONS
The relay was replaced, restoring the safety function of the SUT degraded voltage relay to initiate transfer of the emergency buses from offsite power to the onsite emergency diesel generators.
NRG FORM 366A (04-2017) Page 2 of 3
NRC FORM 366A (04-2017)
U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION APPROVED BY 0MB: NO. 3150-0104 EXPIRES: 3/31/2020
LICENSEE EVENT REPORT (LER)
CONTINUATION SHEET
(See NUREG-1022, R.3 for instruction and guidance for completing this form http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nureqs/staff/sr1022/r3/)
Estimated burden per response to comply with this mandatory collection request: 80 hours. Reported lessons learned are incorporated into the licensing process and fed back to industry. Send comments regarding burden estimate to the Information Services Branch (T-2 F43), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by e-mail to lnfocollects.Resource@nrc.gov, and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0104), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. If a means used to impose an information collection does not display a currently valid 0MB control number, the NRG may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, the information collection.
1. FACILITY NAME 2. DOCKET NUMBER 3. LER NUMBER
YEAR
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station 05000-293
2017
NARRATIVE
SAFETY CONSEQUENCES
SEQUENTIAL NUMBER
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REV NO.
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The 127 A-604/1 Degraded Voltage Relay As-Found setpoint value was outside the TS limits. However, per calculation PS147 "Degraded Voltage Trip Relays, Revised Voltage Setpoint" the as-found value was within the analytical limits, which indicates that the degraded voltage relay would operate within safety limits albeit outside the TS limits.
Calculation PS147 "Degraded Voltage Trip Relays, Revised Voltage Setpoint" establishes the trip setpoint, analytical limits, and the no adjust limits for the voltage function of the degraded voltage trip relays (127A-504/1,2,3,4 and 127A-604/1,2,3,4). The upper and lower analytical limits are the limit of a measured or calculated variable established by the plant safety analysis to ensure that a safety limit is not exceeded. The as-found value found for this relay was 109.9 Vac which was outside the TS limits. However, per PS147, the lower analytical limit is 109.75 Vac. Therefore, the as-found value for 127A604/1 does not exceed the established safety limit, and the relay is capable of performing its safety function.
There were no public safety, nuclear safety, industrial safety or radiological safety consequences from this event. No actions to reduce the frequency or consequence are necessary.
REPORT ABILITY
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station is submitting this Licensee Event Report (LER) in accordance with 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(i)(B)-Any operation or condition that was prohibited by the plant's Technical Specifications.
PREVIOUS EVENTS
~ review of PNPS LERs for the past five years did not identify any other LERs that were submitted for the same reason as this submittal.
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Junk Plant Pilgrim Recent Set of Problems: Now Blatantly Don't Give A shit What The Community Thinks About Them

Really, a lot of problems to shows up at the same time after all this NRC attention. What is different this time is how extremely close to the vest they disclosed to the public. These guys were always tight, but it is amazing what is going on now. Something has changed drastically. It is as if they don't give a shit over what the public thinks about them. blatantly  

Pilgrim Remains Offline Due to Repairs

March 23, 2018

PLYMOUTH – The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station remains out of service after plant officials discovered they needed to replace a start-up transformer at the Plymouth facility.

The station was taken off the grid on March 6 due to a leak in a feedwater heating system. Pilgrim staff made to the decision to stay offline after the repairs were made in anticipation of power difficulties with the March 13 nor’easter.

The station has been plagued by a series of unplanned shutdowns during winter storms in recent years.

After Eversource restored power to the off-site lines on March 15, a series of tests were conducted and inspectors reported that the start-up transformer on the non-nuclear side of the plant would have to be replaced.

The equipment brings power from the 345kv transmission lines into the station.

According to a statement, the replacement process is now underway. It’s not yet known when the plant will return to service.

Pilgrim is scheduled to permanently close in 2019. The station is under the highest level of federal oversight due to a series of safety violations

Big News: River Bend and Grand Gulf at 100%

Its been months...

I Called The Massachusetts State Police Corrupt As Hell First....

MSP Citizens Response Reports (POL) <citizensresponsereports@MassMail.State.MA.US>

To:Michael Mulligan

‎Feb‎ ‎24‎, ‎2017 at ‎9‎:‎03‎ ‎AM

We are in receipt of your citizen response report.  A complaint intake officer will contact you within the next few days to discuss your concerns.  Thank you.

·        ponse Reports (POL)

‎Feb‎ ‎24‎, ‎2017 at ‎2‎:‎16‎ ‎PM

I really appreciate your quick response. Call anytime.

Home: 1-603-336-8320

Cell: 1-603-209-4206

Mike

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·        Michael Mulligan <steamshovel2002@yahoo.com>

To:Michael Mulligan

‎Mar‎ ‎22 at ‎7‎:‎34‎ ‎AM

Dear Sir, 

Could you reevaluate my complaint about illegal stops on I 91 Holyoke Ma. In light of mass corruption of the state police and the burgeoning "Accident and Injury Reduction Effort patrols, known as AIRE patrols" corruption....was my stop part of the AIRE corruption? Was the MSP Citizen Response Report involved in a cover up with my complaint? If your agency thoroughly investigated my complaint, would the state police have discover their corruption earlier? I'd put a picture of my ticket on my blog article. 

"Massachusetts State Police In illegal Alien or Terrorism Alert On I-91?"

Please send this to the highest state police official who is involved with the corruption investigation.  

I am in contact with the Boston Globe. 

Mike Mulligan 

Hinsdale, NH 

16033368320

State police have asked Attorney General Maura Healey’s office to help them investigate no-show assignments in which troopers were paid but failed to report for duty, state police said.

“An internal State Police audit of AIRE (Accident Injury Reduction Effort) patrol shifts assigned to officers within Troop E found evidence that shifts assigned were not always worked and that troopers were still paid despite not having shown up for their shift,” state police wrote.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/03/21/after-scandals-state-police-need-restore-accountability-legal-specialists-say/IvCWSfwvAfvseuKAFWAZYK/story.html

Massachusetts State Police In illegal Alien or Terrorism Alert On I-91?

20 state troopers face possible discipline in overtime scam probe

John Tlumacki/Globe staff

Massachusetts State Police Colonel Kerry Gilpin addressed the media Tuesday at the State Police Headquarters concerning an investigation into State Police overtime.

By Mark Arsenault, Travis Andersen and Shelley Murphy Globe Staff  March 20, 2018

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FRAMINGHAM — In another black eye for the scandal-ridden Massachusetts State Police, 20 active troopers face potential sanctions for the apparent theft of overtime pay, with the most egregious alleged offenders putting in for as many as 100 no-show shifts, officials said Tuesday.

In a state agency where 245 troopers — about 12 percent of the force — made more than $200,000 last year, an internal audit of Troop E, a division that covers the Massachusetts Turnpike, found “apparent discrepancies between overtime paid and actual patrols worked,” State Police Colonel Kerry A. Gilpin, superintendent of the force, said at a morning news conference.

Nineteen troopers face internal duty status hearings in the coming days to determine whether they’ll be suspended, Gilpin said. Another trooper who was already suspended for another matter and a retiree are also being investigated.

Gilpin said that she couldn’t put a dollar figure on the amount of disputed overtime, but that the number of questionable overtime shifts per trooper ranged from one to “as high as 100.”

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State Police officials said they have reported their findings, which stemmed from an investigation launched last fall, to Attorney General Maura Healey’s office for review and potential prosecution.

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245 State Police troopers earned more than $200,000 last year

The allure of big pay for long hours has raised concerns among critics that State Police troopers could be too tired to safely do their jobs.

·        Read: List of troopers who made more than $200,000 last year

·        Read: Scandals scar State Police

Coming on the heels of several other high-profile controversies in recent months, news of the purported overtime scheme quickly stirred outrage.

Governor Charlie Baker, who appointed Gilpin to head the agency last November, said the superintendent “made a pretty clear statement that this sort of activity and this sort of behavior is not going to be tolerated.”

Baker said that overall the State Police are “a strong, good, well-trained unit.”

“But clearly there’s some people here who broke the rules, allegedly, and got way beyond the bounds of what anyone would consider to be appropriate behavior,” Baker said. “And for those who are found to have committed what’s been alleged, they should face the music.”

The department’s previous superintendent, Richard McKeon, and his deputy, Francis Hughes, retired in November after revelations that McKeon had ordered an arrest report changed to remove embarrassing information about the daughter of Judge Timothy Bibaud. A lawyer for McKeon has said he ordered the deletions to remove unnecessary information.

Baker and Healey have each announced investigations into the handling of the police reports.

Two more high-ranking officials linked to the redactions – Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Risteen and Major Susan Anderson — retired suddenly in February. Their retirements came a day after the Globe reported that Trooper Leigha Genduso had been hired despite having been a coconspirator in a 2007 drug case and having avoided charges by testifying. Genduso, whom multiple sources said was Risteen’s former girlfriend, was suspended after the disclosure.

On Tuesday, the union that represents troopers, the State Police Association of Massachusetts, said it does not condone any actions that may have violated the public’s trust.

“The department has been in turmoil over the last several months,” Dana Pullman, president of the union, said in a statement. “We believe the customs and culture that was allowed to flourish under the previous state police leadership has compromised the public’s perception and calls into question the integrity of the hard-working men and women of the Massachusetts State Police. Colonel Gilpin has been given the unenviable task of dealing with a myriad of untenable issues.”…

River Bend Capacity Factor Problems

I don't think River Bend has exceeded 90% since their last recent shutdown or scram. They have been at 90% for a week or two. Last night they went down to 77%...

Sequoyah Fried Two Worker...

This indicates something is deeply wrong with management. Prolonged death by electrocution is a horrible way.  

Power Reactor	Event Number: 53270
Facility: SEQUOYAH Region: 2 State: TN Unit: [1] [2] [ ] RX Type: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP NRC Notified By: CAL ATCHLEY HQ OPS Officer: JEFF HERRERA	Notification Date: 03/19/2018 Notification Time: 02:27 [ET] Event Date: 03/19/2018 Event Time: 00:30 [EDT] Last Update Date: 03/19/2018
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY 10 CFR Section: 50.72(b)(2)(xi) - OFFSITE NOTIFICATION	Person (Organization): REBECCA NEASE (R2DO) CHRIS MILLER (NRR) JEFFERY GRANT (IRD)

Unit	SCRAM Code	RX CRIT	Initial PWR	Initial RX Mode	Current PWR	Current RX Mode
1	N	Y	100	Power Operation	100	Power Operation
2	N	Y	100	Power Operation	100	Power Operation

Event Text

TWO CONTRACTORS INJURED BY ARC FLASH "On 3/16/2018 at approximately 1630 EST, an industrial safety accident occurred at Sequoyah Nuclear Plant that involved an Arc Flash injury of two contract employees. While performing work near a non safety related 6.9kV electrical bus, an arc occurred injuring the two employees. Both personnel were transported to an offsite medical facility for treatment. Neither were contaminated. "The cause of the arc flash is not understood at this time, an accident investigation has been initiated by TVA. The SQN [Sequoyah Nuclear] NRC Senior Resident Inspector has been notified. No safety related systems required to establish or maintain safe shutdown were affected. Both Unit 1 and 2 remain at 100 [percent] power. "TVA has received and responded to media inquiries concerning this event. As a result, this event is considered reportable under 10CFR50.72(b)(2)(xi).

Junk Plant Pilgrim: Is An Terrorist Attack in Progress

Two suspicious incidents just outside the plant in six hours. Or are terrorist planning a attack. It sounds like the community around the plant are nervous...  

March 5 police report

8:05 a.m.: Suspicious activity was reported on Bradstreete Crossing.

2:06 p.m.: Suspicious activity was reported at Pilgrim Nuclear/Entergy on Rocky Hill Road.

Junk Plant Pilgrim: Could Cape Cod Be Evacuated After The Current Blizzard

Update

NRC resident seem extremely rushed for time when I called. Said the NRC is trying to deal with the loop. It seems strange this busyness so many days after the LOOP and reconnected to the grid. She said the LOOP went pretty well. She said it was the switchyard that caused it and it was Entergy's gear.  

Pilgrim has had massive historic problems with the grid around their Plant. Its trips them many times and isolates them from outside power. Though shutdown this blizzard, they had very serious grid problems this blizzard.

Watching Pilgrim over the years, you can clearly see both Entergy and the grid owners haven't kept up with maintenance. These insufficient funding of maintenance and updating equipment issues have massively impacted Pilgrim's reliability and safety.  

Excerpts from the most Current Blizzard:   

“It’s been a pretty crazy couple of weeks for everyone down here on the Cape and across the Commonwealth,” he said.

Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Matthew Beaton said the region has been dealing with an, “an unprecedented volume of outages in recent weeks.”

Several of the state representatives said in addition to the problem with the power failures, many Cape Codders lost cell service, specifically AT&T customers.

Hunt, who represents portions of the Upper Cape and Plymouth, said we can’t accept the excuse that being an ocean-side community leads to more outages.,

“You have to build your utility to withstand the conditions wherever your utility is,” Hunt said. 

“It does make me wonder if there’s probably a larger conversation we should be having about trees,” Baker said.

“The biggest question I have that needs to be answered is what is the state of the utility and electric supply out there with old telephone poles, old transformers and other things that have not been updated,” Cyr told the Herald. “When you have a stress like this — when it’s older equipment — it’s not as resilient.”

Cyr said in addition to keeping an eye on Eversource Energy’s power restoration efforts, he wants to know what is being done now to make sure the electric system stands up better to the next storm, especially with the expectation that the weather could grow worse as the climate changes. 

“Why do we have this failure?” he asked. “I think that’s what we are going to be working at. We have to have an electric supply system that can stand up in the environment we have out there.”

Eversource spokesman Mike Durand said the company has a comprehensive tree-trimming program and equipment upgrade plan.

“The reason for the devastation that we have seen in this storm and previous storms is the severe weather” that brought a foot of snow and hurricane-force winds to the Cape, Durand said.

Junk Plant Grand Gulf: BIG NEWS!!!

Grand Gulf has been up to 100% power for two weeks :)