Event Notification Report for July 14, 1999
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
07/13/1999 - 07/14/1999
** EVENT NUMBERS **
35837 35915 35916 35917
!!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!!
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|Fuel Cycle Facility |Event Number: 35837 |
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| FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/17/1999|
| RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:15[EDT]|
| COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 06/16/1999|
| 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 16:31[EDT]|
| BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/13/1999|
| CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+
| COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
|LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |JOHN MADERA R3 |
| DOCKET: 0707002 |FREDRICK COMBS NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM McCLEERY | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: WILLIAM POERTNER | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NCFR NON CFR REPORT REQMNT | |
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EVENT TEXT
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| ACTUATION OF A "Q" SAFETY SYSTEM. |
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| At 1631 hours on 6/16/99, operations personnel responded to a high voltage |
| outleakage smokehead alarm at the X-333 Low Assay Withdrawal (LAW) condenser |
| accumulator area. Operators responded per alarm response procedures and |
| checked for outleakage and observed smoke at Instrument Control Panel (ICP) |
| Number 13. Operators immediately evacuated the area, called 911, and |
| initiated a building recall. |
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| The Emergency Response Organization (ERO) responded and monitored air |
| quality for hydrogen fluoride, airborne radioactivity, and surveyed for |
| surface contamination. All sample results were less than minimum detectable |
| activity. Investigation determined that a Dalton fitting in ICP#13 was |
| cross threaded and was considered a possible source of the outleakage. |
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| This is reportable as a valid actuation of a "Q" safety system in accordance |
| with Safety Analysis Report, Section 6.9 (24-Hour Report). |
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| The NRC resident inspector has been notified. |
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| *** RETRACTION AT 1201 7/13/99 FROM J. MCCLEERY TO W. POERTNER *** |
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| Further management review has determined that the high voltage outleakage |
| smokehead alarm is not a "Q" safety system as previously reported. |
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| Notified R3DO (Gardner), NMSS (Hickey) |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 35915 |
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| REP ORG: IDAHO NAT. ENG & ENVIRONMENTAL LAB |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/12/1999|
|LICENSEE: IDAHO NAT. ENG & ENVIRONMENTAL LAB |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:55[EDT]|
| CITY: REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 07/12/1999|
| COUNTY: STATE: ID |EVENT TIME: 21:33[MDT]|
|LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/14/1999|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |BLAIR SPITZBERG R4 |
| |JOHN SURMEIER NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BROWN | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NINF INFORMATION ONLY | |
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EVENT TEXT
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| THE IDAHO NATIONAL ENGINEERING & ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY DECLARED AN ALERT |
| DUE TO LOSS OF OFF SITE POWER AND A DIESEL FAILURE. |
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| THE LABORATORY REPORTED THAT THEY HAD A LOSS OF COMMERCIAL POWER DUE TO A |
| FIRE IN THE ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION. THERE WAS ALSO A FAILURE OF THE DIESEL |
| GENERATOR. THIS CLASSIFICATION IS A DOE TYPE ALERT AND NOT A NRC TYPE |
| ALERT. THE LABORATORY DOES HAVE TMI FUEL ON SITE, BUT IT IS NOT AFFECTED BY |
| THIS ALERT. |
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| *** UPDATE ON 7/13/99 @ 0045 BY BROWN TO GOULD *** |
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| THEY UPGRADED TO A DOE TYPE SITE AREA EMERGENCY DUE TO THE LOSS OF POWER |
| WITH THE FAILURE TO START OF ONE STANDBY DIESEL GENERATOR AND THE FAILURE OF |
| ONE OPERATING STANDBY DIESEL GENERATOR. THIS SITE AREA IS ALSO A DOE |
| GENERATED CLASSIFICATION AND NOT A NRC GENERATED CLASSIFICATION. |
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| **** UPDATE ON 7/13/99 @ 0356 FROM GARCIA TO GOULD **** |
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| OFF SITE POWER RESTORED AT 0140 MDT AND EVENT WAS TERMINATED AT THAT TIME. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 35916 |
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| FACILITY: GINNA REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/13/1999|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:40[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/13/1999|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID ODONNELL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/13/1999|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: UNU |JOHN WHITE R1 |
|10 CFR SECTION: |CHRIS GRIMES NRR |
|AAEC 50.72 (a) (1) (I) EMERGENCY DECLARED |CHARLES MILLER IRO |
| |KEN SWEETZER FEMA |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE |
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|1 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED DUE TO FIRE IN AUXILIARY BUILDING |
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| The licensee declared an Unusual Event due to a fire in the waste evaporator |
| feed tank room lasting longer than 10 minutes. While removing abandoned |
| equipment from the room, welders inadvertently set fire to a temporary |
| ventilation filter. No safety equipment was damaged, and no personnel |
| injuries occurred as a result of the fire. |
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| The fire was declared to be extinguished at 1340 EDT. The licensee is |
| currently performing radiological surveys of the auxiliary building. A press |
| release may be made regarding this event. The NRC resident inspector has |
| been informed of this notification. |
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| * * * UPDATE 1417 FROM ODONNELL TAKEN BY POERTNER * * * |
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| The Unusual Event was terminated at 1415. Notified R1DO (White), NRR |
| (Grimes), FEMA (Sweetzer). |
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|Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 35917 |
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| REP ORG: HOWARD UNIVERSITY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/13/1999|
|LICENSEE: HOWARD UNIVERSITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:56[EDT]|
| CITY: WASHINGTON REGION: 1 |EVENT DATE: 06/14/1999|
| COUNTY: STATE: DC |EVENT TIME: 16:30[EDT]|
|LICENSE#: 0800386-19 AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/13/1999|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |JOHN WHITE R1 |
| |DON COOL NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: GREGORY TALLEY | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: WILLIAM POERTNER | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | |
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| MISSING SHIPMENT OF IODINE-125 |
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| The licensee reported that a shipment from Amersham Inc. on June 7, 1999 |
| containing 2 millicuries (mCi) of I-125 in liquid form was missing. The |
| package arrived at Howard University and can not be located at this time. |
| The licensee identified that the shipment was lost on June 14, 1999. |
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