Event Notification Report for September 28, 1999
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
09/27/1999 - 09/28/1999
** EVENT NUMBERS **
36141 36233
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|Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 36141 |
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| REP ORG: DC FABRICATORS |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/09/1999|
|LICENSEE: DC FABRICATORS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:30[EDT]|
| CITY: FLORENCE REGION: 1 |EVENT DATE: 09/09/1999|
| COUNTY: STATE: NJ |EVENT TIME: [EDT]|
|LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/27/1999|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |TOM MOSLAK R1 |
| |JOHN HICKEY NMSS |
+------------------------------------------------+GARY SANBORN R4 |
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: DONALD BRAMBLE | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: WILLIAM POERTNER | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | |
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EVENT TEXT
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| ALLOY IDENTIFICATION INSTRUMENT LOST DURING SHIPMENT |
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| On March 14, 1999, DC Fabricators shipped a small alloy identification |
| instrument to Texas Nuclear Technology via UPS. In early August, DC |
| Fabricators determined that the instrument had not arrived at Texas Nuclear |
| Technology. The device contains 45 millicuries of Fe-55 and 4 millicuries |
| of Cd-109. UPS is looking for the device but has been unable to locate it |
| to date. |
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| * * * UPDATE 1016 9/27/1999 FROM BRAMBLE TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * |
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| The package has been located. It was delivered by UPS to the Texas Nuclear |
| facility, but the driver left it at the main entrance, not the receiving |
| department. The receptionist at the main entrance was a new hire and did not |
| know to send the package to the receiving department. The package was |
| subsequently misplaced temporarily. The licensee has contacted the NRC |
| Region I office regarding this update. Notified R1DO (Hinson). |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 36233 |
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| FACILITY: ROBINSON REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/28/1999|
| UNIT: [2] [] [] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:47[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/27/1999|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 22:33[EDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: DON KNIGHT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/28/1999|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |THOMAS DECKER R2 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | |
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+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE |
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|2 N N 0 Cold Shutdown |0 Cold Shutdown |
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EVENT TEXT
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| NORMAL POWER SUPPLY TO EMERGENCY ELECTRICAL BUS LOST DUE TO PERSONNEL |
| ERROR |
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| Emergency bus E2 was temporarily deenergized after a plant worker bumped 4kV |
| breaker 5215, the normal supply breaker to the bus, causing it to trip. The |
| B emergency diesel generator (EDG) automatically started due to an |
| undervoltage condition on bus E2, and loaded to the bus, restoring power. |
| The licensee reported that the operating residual heat removal (RHR) pump |
| stopped running due to the loss of power to bus E2, but operators manually |
| started the standby pump and restored shutdown cooling within two minutes. |
| Reactor coolant system temperature did not increase appreciably during the |
| alignment of the standby RHR pump. |
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| The EDG continues to supply power to bus E2 while the licensee makes |
| preparations to transfer back to the normal power supply. The NRC resident |
| inspector has been informed of this event by the licensee. |
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