Event Notification Report for April 28, 2000
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
04/27/2000 - 04/28/2000
** EVENT NUMBERS **
36809 36924 36934 36935 36936 36937
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|Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 36809 |
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| REP ORG: U.S. ARMY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/17/2000|
|LICENSEE: U.S. ARMY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:53[EST]|
| CITY: ROCK ISLAND REGION: 3 |EVENT DATE: 03/17/2000|
| COUNTY: STATE: IL |EVENT TIME: 12:00[CST]|
|LICENSE#: 12-00722-06 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/27/2000|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |JOHN JACOBSON R3 |
| |AL BELISLE R2 |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JEFF HAVENNER |CHARLES MILLER IRO |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | |
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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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| DISCOVERY THAT AN M43A1 CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR CELL MODULE CONTAINING 250 |
| �Ci OF AMERICIUM-241 HAD BEEN MISSING FROM FT. BRAGG (NORTH CAROLINA) SINCE |
| APRIL 1996 |
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| Late yesterday afternoon (03/16/00), representatives from Ft. Bragg, North |
| Carolina, requested the U.S. Army in Rock Island, Illinois, to help trace |
| files for documentation regarding a cell module that was discovered to be |
| missing from an M43A1 chemical agent detector. (The cell module contained |
| 250 �Ci of americium-241.) The most recent documentation found related to |
| the missing cell module indicated that it was last seen at Ft. Bragg in |
| April of 1996. More recent paperwork has not yet been found. The licensee |
| determined this event to reportable at approximately 1200 CST today |
| (03/17/00). |
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| The licensee hypothesized that the M43A1 chemical agent detector may have |
| been turned into a maintenance unit at some point. If the device tested |
| with bad air flow, the maintenance unit could have replaced several items |
| including the cell module. At this time, it is believed that the cell |
| module in question may have been removed (without any paperwork) and that |
| the device may have been returned without a replacement cell module |
| installed. |
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| The licensee stated that there does not appear to be any likelihood that the |
| general public will get involved with this issue. The licensee plans to |
| submit a 30-day written report to the NRC Region 3 office. (Call the NRC |
| operations officer for licensee contact information.) |
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| * * * UPDATE AT 1420 ON 03/30/00 BY MOHS RECEIVED BY WEAVER * * * |
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| The module was found on March 23, 2000. The Operations Center notified the |
| R3DO (Gardner) and R2DO (Caudle) and NMSS (Sherbini). |
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| ***** UPDATE AT 1631 ON 04/27/00 FROM JEFF HAVENNER TO LEIGH TROCINE ***** |
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| Based on a paper trail, the missing item was located at a Defense Logistics |
| Agency (DLA) facility in Anniston, Alabama. The M43A1 chemical agent |
| detector cell module was non-functional and had been removed during |
| maintenance. It was then turned in through channels and sent to this depot |
| facility. |
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| The NRC operations officer notified the R3DO (Shear), R2DO (Fredrickson), |
| and NMSS EO (Cool). |
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!!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!!
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 36924 |
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| FACILITY: FARLEY REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/24/2000|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: AL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:26[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/24/2000|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: WES CUMBEE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/27/2000|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |ANN BOLAND 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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|1 N N 0 Refueling |0 Refueling |
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| AUTOMATIC START OF THE PENETRATION ROOM FILTRATION SYSTEM DURING MAINTENANCE |
| ACTIVITIES. |
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| Maintenance investigation of a high vibration on "1B" Spent Fuel Pool |
| Exhaust fan resulted in the trip of the Spent Fuel Pool ventilation and |
| subsequent autostart of the Penetration Room Filtration System. All systems |
| operated as required. |
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| Operations restarted the Spent Fuel Pool ventilation and secured the |
| Penetration Room Filtration System. |
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| An investigation into this event is in progress. |
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| The NRC Resident Inspector was notified of this event by the licensee. |
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| ***** UPDATE AT 1357 EDT ON 04/27/00 FROM VAUDY HOLLY, JR. TO LEIGH TROCINE |
| ***** |
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| The licensee is retracting this event notification. The following text is a |
| portion of a facsimile received from the licensee: |
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| "This event has been evaluated further and determined to be an invalid |
| actuation based on 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(ii)(B)(3)(iv) and (v). An invalid |
| actuation of the fuel building ventilation system or auxiliary building |
| ventilation system is not reportable." |
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| "The accident analysis for fuel handling accidents in the spent fuel pool |
| (SFP) credits the high radiation signal initiation of SFP ventilation |
| isolation and penetration room filtration (PRF) system start. The low |
| differential pressure start of the PRF system is not credited; therefore, |
| PRF system actuation in the absence of a high radiation signal is not an |
| [engineered safety feature (ESF)] actuation. For the purposes of 10 CFR |
| 50.72, this is an invalid actuation." |
| |
| The licensee notified the NRC resident inspector. The NRC operations |
| officer notified the R2DO (Fredrickson). |
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|Fuel Cycle Facility |Event Number: 36934 |
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| FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/27/2000|
| RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:45[EDT]|
| COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 05/23/1998|
| 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 06:13[CDT]|
| BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/27/2000|
| CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+
| COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
|LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |GARY SHEAR R3 |
| DOCKET: 0707001 |SCOTT MOORE NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: THOMAS WHITE | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|OCBB 76.120(c)(2)(ii) EQUIP DISABLED/FAILS | |
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| HISTORICAL REPORT OF THE DISCOVERY OF A FAULT CONDITION ON THREE MODULES ON |
| THE 'X' CRITICALITY ACCIDENT ALARM SYSTEM CLUSTER DURING 1998 (24-HOUR |
| REPORT) |
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| The following text is a portion of a facsimile received from Paducah: |
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| "At 0613 [CDT] on 05/23/98, the PSS was informed of a trouble alarm on C-337 |
| Criticality Accident Alarm System (CAAS) 'X' cluster. Investigation of |
| trouble alarm revealed that all three modules on [the] 'X' CAAS cluster were |
| in a 'Fault' condition. The cluster was reset, and the Fault condition |
| cleared. This condition was not reported as an event in which equipment |
| required by the [Technical Safety Requirement (TSR)] is disabled or fails to |
| function as designed as required by 10 CFR 76.120(c)(2). This event was |
| found during the investigation of Notification Worksheet No. 36880, which |
| occurred on 04/12/00. [The] 'X' CAAS cluster was in this 'Fault' condition |
| from 0613 [CDT] until 0722 [CDT on 05/23/98]. During this time, an area in |
| the Southeast corner of C-337, which contains a [Department of Energy (DOE)] |
| Material Storage Area (DMSA) that holds 55-gallon drums of potentially |
| fissile material, was without operable CAAS coverage." |
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| "This event should have been reported under 10 CFR 76.120(c)(2) as an event |
| in which equipment required by the TSR is disabled or fails to function as |
| designed." |
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| This issue was determined to be reportable yesterday afternoon. |
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| Paducah personnel notified the NRC resident inspector. |
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|Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 36935 |
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| REP ORG: NRC REGION 1 OFFICE |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/27/2000|
|LICENSEE: DAVID BLACKMORE & ASSOCIATES |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:48[EDT]|
| CITY: POTTSTOWN REGION: 1 |EVENT DATE: 04/27/2000|
| COUNTY: STATE: PA |EVENT TIME: [EDT]|
|LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/27/2000|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |JAMES NOGGLE R1 |
| |SCOTT MOORE NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JAMES NOGGLE (R1DO) | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NDAM DAMAGED GAUGE/DEVICE | |
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| DAVID BLACKMORE & ASSOCIATES REPORT TO NRC REGION 1 REGARDING A CRUSHED SOIL |
| DENSITY GAUGE IN POTTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA |
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| At 1345 on 04/27/00, Joe Hughes (the radiation safety officer at David |
| Blackmore & Associates) notified the NRC Region 1 office that a soil density |
| gauge was crushed at a construction site in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, near |
| Porter Road. Mr. Hughes was informed of the event and was en route to the |
| job site at the time of this notification to the NRC Region 1 office. Mr. |
| Hughes called the NRC Region 1 Office to ask advice and was not aware of the |
| event specifics. The NRC Region 1 office (Noggle) subsequently notified the |
| NRC operations center. |
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| The R1DO (James Noggle) stated that the NRC Office of Nuclear Materials |
| Safety and Safeguards (George Pangburn and Judith Joustra) had been |
| informed. |
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| (Call the NRC operations office for licensee contact information.) |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 36936 |
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| FACILITY: FITZPATRICK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/27/2000|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:42[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 04/27/2000|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BOB STEIGERWALD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/27/2000|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |JAMES NOGGLE R1 |
|10 CFR SECTION: |FEMA, DOE, USDA, HHS FAX |
|APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION |EPA, DOT (via NRC) FAX |
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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 90 Power Operation |90 Power Operation |
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| - STATE DEC AND U.S. COAST GUARD NOTIFIED OF SMALL OIL DISCHARGE INTO LAKE |
| ONTARIO - |
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| The licensee notified the New York State Department of Environmental |
| Conservation (DEC), the U.S. Coast Guard, and the NRC Resident Inspector |
| that approximately two ounces of oil had discharged from the plant storm |
| drains into Lake Ontario. The oil has dispersed. The cause is unknown and |
| being investigated by the licensee. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 36937 |
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| FACILITY: PEACH BOTTOM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/27/2000|
| UNIT: [2] [3] [] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:03[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [2] GE-4,[3] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 04/27/2000|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM KOVALCHICK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/27/2000|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |JAMES NOGGLE R1 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|AARC 50.72(b)(1)(v) OTHER ASMT/COMM INOP | |
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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 Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
|3 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| LOSS OF POWER TO THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT CENTER |
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| At 1505 on 04/27/00, power was lost to the Peach Bottom Technical Support |
| Center (TSC) as a result of breaker malfunctions during planned electrical |
| switching. As of 1605, power had been out for greater than 1 hour |
| constituting a loss of emergency assessment capability at the TSC. |
| |
| Assessment capability remains in the main control room and the Emergency |
| Operations Facilities, and communication is still in tact between the |
| control room and the TSC. Troubleshooting and restoration activities by |
| maintenance and operations personnel are currently in progress, and this |
| condition does not affect either of the operating plants. |
| |
| The licensee stated that power to the TSC was lost when two breakers failed |
| to operate during performance of activities to restore power to a normal |
| lineup following maintenance work on lines that do not normally affect the |
| TSC. (However, when this particular lineup change is made, it realigns the |
| power going to the TSC.) When the two breakers failed to operate, power at |
| the TSC was lost. The licensee stated that the loss of power affected the |
| TSC only and that no other systems of facilities were affected. |
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| The licensee plans to notify the NRC resident inspector. |
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| ***** UPDATE AT 1729 ON 04/27/00 FROM JIM KOVALCHICK TO LEIGH TROCINE ***** |
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| Power was restored to the TSC at 1710 on 04/27/00. |
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| The licensee notified the NRC resident inspector. The NRC operations center |
| notified the R1DO (Noggle). |
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