Event Notification Report for April 17, 2001

                    U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
                              Operations Center

                              Event Reports For
                           04/16/2001 - 04/17/2001

                              ** EVENT NUMBERS **

37921  37922  37923  

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|Other Nuclear Material                           |Event Number:   37921       |
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| REP ORG:  WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY                |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/16/2001|
|LICENSEE:  WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY                |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:30[EDT]|
|    CITY:  ST. LOUIS                REGION:  3  |EVENT DATE:        03/20/2001|
|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  MO |EVENT TIME:             [CDT]|
|LICENSE#:  24-00167-11           AGREEMENT:  N  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  04/16/2001|
|  DOCKET:                                       |+----------------------------+
|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|                                                |RONALD GARDNER       R3      |
|                                                |DON COOL             NMSS    |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  SUE LANGHORSE                |                             |
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  BOB STRANSKY                 |                             |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS:          N/A                   |                             |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii)   LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X    |                             |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL DISCARDED AT SANITARY LANDFILL                          |
|                                                                              |
| The licensee reported that one vial of P-32 (1 mCi) was inadvertently        |
| discarded at a landfill. The licensee believes that the vial and the         |
| shipping pig were left in the shipping box, which was placed in the trash.   |
| The licensee was unable to locate the source before it was taken to the      |
| landfill.                                                                    |
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|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   37922       |
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| FACILITY: FITZPATRICK              REGION:  1  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/16/2001|
|    UNIT:  [1] [] []                 STATE:  NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:17[EDT]|
|   RXTYPE: [1] GE-4                             |EVENT DATE:        04/16/2001|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  TIMOTHY PAGE                 |LAST UPDATE DATE:  04/16/2001|
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  BOB STRANSKY                 +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS:          N/A                   |WILLIAM RULAND       R1      |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |VERN HODGE           NRR     |
|CCCC 21.21               UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH  |                             |
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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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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| 10 CFR PART 21 REPORT                                                        |
|                                                                              |
| "This report is being submitted in accordance with 10CFR21.21(d) to address  |
| a reportable defect. The defect deals with a replacement Foxboro             |
| differential pressure transmitter that was found shorted to ground in the    |
| conduit pressure seal assembly during the installation process."             |
|                                                                              |
| The NRC resident inspector will be informed of this report by the licensee.  |
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|Fuel Cycle Facility                              |Event Number:   37923       |
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| FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT   |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/17/2001|
|   RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY          |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:46[EDT]|
| COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER                   |EVENT DATE:        04/16/2001|
|           6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE                 |EVENT TIME:        07:10[EDT]|
|           BETHESDA, MD 20817    (301)564-3200  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  04/17/2001|
|    CITY:  PIKETON                  REGION:  3  +-----------------------------+
|  COUNTY:  PIKE                      STATE:  OH |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|LICENSE#:  GDP-2                 AGREEMENT:  N  |RONALD GARDNER       R3      |
|  DOCKET:  0707002                              |JOSEPHINE PICCONE    NMSS    |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  ERIC SPAETH                  |                             |
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  STEVE SANDIN                 |                             |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS:          N/A                   |                             |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|NONR                     OTHER UNSPEC REQMNT    |                             |
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| 24-HOUR REPORT INVOLVING A VALID ACTUATION OF A "Q" CLASS SAFETY SYSTEM      |
|                                                                              |
| "At 0710 hours on 04/16/01, Autoclave #4 in the X-344 UF6 Sampling Facility  |
| had an 'AUTOCLAVE HI HI PRESSURE' alarm activation. This alarm initiates an  |
| 'Autoclave Shell High Pressure Containment Shutdown', which causes the       |
| autoclave containment isolation valves ('Q' components) to actuate. The      |
| containment isolation valves closed, as designed. The initiating devices for |
| this alarm are redundant pressure switches with a TSR set point of 8.0 psig. |
| Autoclave #4 was in TSR Operational Mode IV (Feeding, Transfer, or Sampling) |
| at the time of the alarm activation. Operations personnel immediately        |
| responded to the alarm in accordance with the approved Alarm Response        |
| Procedures. Autoclave #4 was placed in TSR mode VII (Shutdown) by operations |
| personnel and declared inoperable by the Plant Shift Superintendent.         |
|                                                                              |
| "Instrument Maintenance was requested to perform 'as-founds' on the          |
| 'Autoclave Pressure Loop Instrumentation'. The results of this data          |
| indicated that the instrumentation associated with the 'Autoclave Internal   |
| Pressure Loop' was found to be within acceptable 'as-found' tolerance. Based |
| on these results, this event is being reported as a valid safety system      |
| actuation, a 24-hour NRC event. An Engineering Evaluation has been requested |
| to investigate the circumstances surrounding this safety system actuation."  |
|                                                                              |
| Operations will inform the DOE site representative and has informed the NRC  |
| resident inspector.                                                          |
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