Event Notification Report for February 7, 2001

                    U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
                              Operations Center

                              Event Reports For
                           02/06/2001 - 02/07/2001

                              ** EVENT NUMBERS **

37718  37719  37720  37721  37722  

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|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   37718       |
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| FACILITY: LIMERICK                 REGION:  1  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/05/2001|
|    UNIT:  [1] [2] []                STATE:  PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:55[EST]|
|   RXTYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4                    |EVENT DATE:        02/05/2001|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        18:07[EST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  GREG SOSSON                  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/06/2001|
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  STEVE SANDIN                 +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS:          N/A                   |RONALD BELLAMY       R1      |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|*COM 50.72(b)(3)(xiii)   LOSS COMM/ASMT/RESPONSE|                             |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|1     N          Y       100      Power Operation  |100      Power Operation  |
|2     N          Y       95       Power Operation  |95       Power Operation  |
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| MAJOR LOSS OF EMERGENCY SIREN CAPABILITY DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS   |
|                                                                              |
| "On February 5, 2001 at 1807 it was determined that 24 of 44 Emergency       |
| Sirens in the southern Chester County area were inoperable due to the storm  |
| passing through the area.  Power was lost to these sirens.  This constitutes |
| approximately 55% of the sirens in a localized area.                         |
|                                                                              |
| "There are currently a total of 34 of 165 sirens inoperable in the EPZ due   |
| to the storm or approximately 21%.  Power restoration to the area is in      |
| progress. Estimated time to restore all the sirens is not known at this      |
| time.                                                                        |
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| "Current Siren Status                                                        |
|                                                                              |
| Berks County                1 Inoperable                                     |
| Montgomery County   7 Inoperable                                             |
| Chester County          26 Inoperable                                        |
|                                                                              |
| There are 165 Sirens total in the EPZ."                                      |
|                                                                              |
| The licensee will inform the NRC resident inspector.                         |
|                                                                              |
| * * * UPDATE 0133 2/6/2001 FROM SOSSON TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * *               |
|                                                                              |
| "As of 00:08 on 2/6/01, the following conditions exist for inoperable        |
| Emergency Sirens in the Limerick EPZ:                                        |
|                                                                              |
| Berks County                 None Inoperable                                 |
| Montgomery County    4 Inoperable                                            |
| Chester County            13 Inoperable                                      |
|                                                                              |
| There are currently 17 out of 165 sirens inoperable, or 10.3%. This          |
| represents an improvement from 34 inoperable."                               |
|                                                                              |
| The NRC resident inspector will be informed. Notified R1DO (Bellamy).        |
|                                                                              |
| * * * UPDATE 0549 2/6/2001 FROM SOSSON TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * *               |
|                                                                              |
| "As of 05:12 on 2/6/01, the following conditions exist for inoperable        |
| Emergency Sirens in the Limerick EPZ:                                        |
|                                                                              |
| Berks County                 None Inoperable                                 |
| Montgomery County    4 Inoperable                                            |
| Chester County              3 Inoperable                                     |
|                                                                              |
| There are currently 7 out of 165 sirens inoperable, or 4.2%."                |
|                                                                              |
| The NRC resident inspector will be informed. Notified R1DO (Bellamy).        |
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|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   37719       |
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| FACILITY: COOPER                   REGION:  4  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/06/2001|
|    UNIT:  [1] [] []                 STATE:  NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:43[EST]|
|   RXTYPE: [1] GE-4                             |EVENT DATE:        02/06/2001|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        01:48[CST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  S JOBE                       |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/06/2001|
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  JOHN MacKINNON               +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          N/A                   |GARY SANBORN         R4      |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|*DEG 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(A)  DEGRAD COND DURING OP  |                             |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|1     N          Y       100      Power Operation  |100      Power Operation  |
|                                                   |                          |
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| PRIMARY CONTAINMENT DECLARED INOPERABLE                                      |
|                                                                              |
| Primary Containment was declared inoperable at 0148 CST on February 6, 2001, |
| due to the failure of meeting the acceptance criteria for the suppression    |
| chamber to drywell vacuum breaker operation.                                 |
|                                                                              |
| While performing the 31 day surveillance, PC-AO-NRV30, suppression chamber   |
| to drywell vacuum breaker failed to indicate full close.  The valve was      |
| subsequently stroked a second time and full closure indication was received. |
| Estimated time of 2 minutes and 6 seconds when valve did not indicate full   |
| close. During this time frame when the valve was not indicating full close,  |
| Primary Containment was inoperable.  Upon full closure of the valve, Primary |
| Containment was returned to operable status.                                 |
|                                                                              |
| Engineering continues to evaluate the condition.  TS action statement of LCO |
| 3.6.1.8 B, requires the vacuum breaker to be closed in 12 hours.  Required   |
| action not completed in the completion time requires the reactor to be in    |
| Mode 3 (Hot Shutdown) in twelve hours in Mode 4 (Cold Shutdown) in           |
| thirty-six hours.                                                            |
|                                                                              |
| The NRC Senior and Resident Inspectors have been notified.                   |
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|General Information or Other                     |Event Number:   37720       |
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| REP ORG:  ILLINOIS DEPT OF NUCLEAR SAFETY      |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/06/2001|
|LICENSEE:  BEST FOODS                           |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:16[EST]|
|    CITY:  SUMMIT/ARGO              REGION:  3  |EVENT DATE:        02/06/2001|
|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  IL |EVENT TIME:             [CST]|
|LICENSE#:                        AGREEMENT:  Y  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/06/2001|
|  DOCKET:                                       |+----------------------------+
|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|                                                |BRENT CLAYTON        R3      |
|                                                |PHILIP TING          NMSS    |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  TOM SEIF                     |                             |
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  STEVE SANDIN                 |                             |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS:          N/A                   |                             |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|NAGR                     AGREEMENT STATE        |                             |
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT INVOLVING A MISSING DENSITY GAGE                      |
|                                                                              |
| The Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety reported that a general license    |
| density gauge source used by Best Food in their Summit/Argo facility was     |
| missing.  The source, a 100 mCi Am-241, was installed in an Industrial       |
| Dynamics model CI-2C series density gauge.  The device without the source,   |
| i.e., detector, was in storage in a vault and not in use at the time.  The   |
| last known presence of the source was on 11/3/97.  State inspectors observed |
| that the source was missing on two separate occasions (12/7/00 and 1/5/01)   |
| during construction activities.  Best Foods conducted extensive interviews   |
| with current employees and was not able to determine the whereabouts of the  |
| source.  A consultant was hired by the company to  assist in the             |
| investigation.  After surveying about 200,000 sq. ft. the consultants        |
| speculated that source was either disposed of as scrap or returned to the    |
| manufacturer  with no record keeping or possibly stolen.  The manufacturer   |
| who is located in Torrance, CA was contacted and they too have no record of  |
| a source return.  Best Foods intends to continue their investigation and the |
| State of Illinois is available to assist, as requested.  There are no plans  |
| at the present to involve law enforcement at this time.  The manufacturer's  |
| specification indicates an exposure of 5 mR/hr at 15 inches from this        |
| unshielded alpha source.  The State of Illinois notified the NRC             |
| R3ASO(Lynch).                                                                |
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|General Information or Other                     |Event Number:   37721       |
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| REP ORG:  WA DIVISION OF RADIATION PROTECTION  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/06/2001|
|LICENSEE:  GEOENGINEERS                         |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:45[EST]|
|    CITY:  REDMOND                  REGION:  4  |EVENT DATE:        02/06/2001|
|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  WA |EVENT TIME:             [PST]|
|LICENSE#:  WN-I0204-1            AGREEMENT:  Y  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/06/2001|
|  DOCKET:                                       |+----------------------------+
|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|                                                |GARY SANBORN         R4      |
|                                                |PHILIP TING          NMSS    |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  TERRY FRAZEE (VIA E-MAIL)    |                             |
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  STEVE SANDIN                 |                             |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS:          N/A                   |                             |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|NAGR                     AGREEMENT STATE        |                             |
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT INVOLVING A STOLEN PORTABLE GAUGE                     |
|                                                                              |
| "This is notification of an event in Washington state as reported to the WA  |
| Department of Health, Division of Radiation Protection.                      |
|                                                                              |
| "STATUS: new                                                                 |
|                                                                              |
| Licensee: GeoEngineers                                                       |
| City and state: Redmond, WA                                                  |
| License number: WN-I0204-1                                                   |
| Type of license: Portable Gauge                                              |
|                                                                              |
| Date of event: February 6, 2001                                              |
| Location of Event: North Bend, WA                                            |
|                                                                              |
| ABSTRACT: An authorized user had taken his work equipment home with him in   |
| preparation for an early start to a temporary job site.  At approximately    |
| 5:45 AM the authorized user loaded his work truck with his equipment,        |
| including a CPN model MC-3DR portable gauge, serial number MD0069648, which  |
| contains 10 millicuries of cesium 137 and 50 millicuries of americium        |
| 241/beryllium.  The gauge, in its orange transport box, was loaded into the  |
| back of an open-bed full-size Chevy pickup and secured to the bed of the     |
| truck with a cable and lock.   The authorized user left his truck running    |
| and went back into the house to finish a cup of coffee; when he came out     |
| again his truck was gone.  He reported the theft to the King County Sheriff  |
| and to his RSO.  The Washington Department of Health was notified about      |
| 11:45 AM.  The Department advised the licensee to offer a reward.  As of     |
| this report (2 PM, February 6), the vehicle and gauge are still missing.     |
|                                                                              |
| What is the notification or reporting criteria involved? WAC 246-221-240     |
| (Reports of stolen, lost or missing radiation sources.)"                     |
|                                                                              |
| WA event report WA-01-004                                                    |
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|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   37722       |
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| FACILITY: POINT BEACH              REGION:  3  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/06/2001|
|    UNIT:  [] [2] []                 STATE:  WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:44[EST]|
|   RXTYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP                |EVENT DATE:        02/06/2001|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        21:52[CST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  RYAN RODE                    |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/06/2001|
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  DOUG WEAVER                  +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          N/A                   |BRENT CLAYTON        R3      |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|*RPS 50.72(b)(2)(iv)(B)  RPS ACTUATION - CRITICA|                             |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|                                                   |                          |
|2     A/R        Y       100      Power Operation  |0        Hot Standby      |
|                                                   |                          |
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| TURBINE GENERATOR LOCKOUT - REACTOR TRIP                                     |
|                                                                              |
| A turbine generator lockout caused a unit 2 reactor trip.  All rods fully    |
| inserted.  A loss of main condenser vacuum caused operators to shut the Main |
| Steam Isolation Valves.  Decay heat is being removed by use of the steam     |
| generator atmospheric dumps.  The steam generators were initially fed by the |
| auxiliary feedpumps, but are now being fed using the normal feedwater        |
| system.  The plant is stable in mode 3.                                      |
|                                                                              |
| The cause of  the turbine generator lockout is not known.  The loss of       |
| condenser vacuum was caused by the cross over steam dumps opening.  These    |
| valves opened because of a turbine overspeed condition, believed to have     |
| occurred as the turbine was unloaded because of the generator trip.          |
|                                                                              |
| The licensee notified the NRC resident inspector.                            |
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