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|
|  DOCKET:                                       |+----------------------------+
|                                                |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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| ALLOY IDENTIFICATION INSTRUMENT LOST DURING SHIPMENT                         |
|                                                                              |
| 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.                                                                     |
|                                                                              |
| * * * UPDATE 1016 9/27/1999 FROM BRAMBLE TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * *             |
|                                                                              |
| 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                 +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|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   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|2     N          N       0        Cold Shutdown    |0        Cold Shutdown    |
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| NORMAL POWER SUPPLY TO EMERGENCY  ELECTRICAL BUS LOST DUE TO PERSONNEL       |
| ERROR                                                                        |
|                                                                              |
| 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.                                           |
|                                                                              |
| 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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