Event Notification Report for February 25, 2003








                    U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

                              Operations Center



                              Event Reports For

                           02/24/2003 - 02/25/2003



                              ** EVENT NUMBERS **



39598  39599  39600  39601  39606  39607  39612  39614  39616  



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|General Information or Other                     |Event Number:   39598       |

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| REP ORG:  TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH           |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/19/2003|

|LICENSEE:  ENGINEERING CONSULTING SERVICES, LTD.|NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:56[EST]|

|    CITY:  HOUSTON                  REGION:  4  |EVENT DATE:        02/19/2003|

|  COUNTY:  HARRIS                    STATE:  TX |EVENT TIME:        08:45[CST]|

|LICENSE#:  L05451-000            AGREEMENT:  Y  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/19/2003|

|  DOCKET:                                       |+----------------------------+

|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |

|                                                |KRISS KENNEDY        R4      |

|                                                |TOM ESSIG            NMSS    |

+------------------------------------------------+JOHN DAVIDSON        IAT     |

| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  JAMES H. OGDEN, JR.          |                             |

|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  ERIC THOMAS                  |                             |

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|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |                             |

|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |

|NAGR                     AGREEMENT STATE        |                             |

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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STOLEN TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE               |

|                                                                              |

| "The gauge was in use on February 18, 2003. At close of business, the        |

| operator locked the gauge handle, placed it in its transportation case, and  |

| locked the case with chain and lock to a projection inside a Conex           |

| container. The Conex was then padlocked closed for the evening. When the     |

| operator arrived on-site the following morning, (February 19, 2003), he      |

| discovered that all contractor Conexes had been broken into and basically    |

| all Conexes on the site had been 'cleaned out.' The Houston Police           |

| Department was notified, arrived on site, and took statements from all       |

| personnel suffering a loss. The stolen gauge was a Troxler Model 3430,       |

| Serial No.: 20385, containing two sources: a 1.48GBq/40 milicuries (+/- 10%) |

| Am-241:Be source, Serial No.: 47-15863, and a 0.30 GBq/8 millicuries (+/-    |

| 10%) Cs-137 source, Serial No.: 75-1733. The site is believed to be located  |

| in Harris County. The gauge and sources were last leak tested on August 5.   |

| 2002, with negative leakage results."                                        |

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|General Information or Other                     |Event Number:   39599       |

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| REP ORG:  OR DEPT OF HEALTH RAD PROTECTION     |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/19/2003|

|LICENSEE:  LONGVIEW INSPECTION                  |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:44[EST]|

|    CITY:  MILWAUKIE                REGION:  4  |EVENT DATE:        02/19/2003|

|  COUNTY:  CLACKAMAS                 STATE:  OR |EVENT TIME:             [PST]|

|LICENSE#:  OR-90621              AGREEMENT:  Y  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/19/2003|

|  DOCKET:                                       |+----------------------------+

|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |

|                                                |KRISS KENNEDY        R4      |

|                                                |                             |

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| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  EDWIN WRIGHT                 |                             |

|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  HOWIE CROUCH                 |                             |

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|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |                             |

|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |

|NAGR                     AGREEMENT STATE        |                             |

|                                                |                             |

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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - RADIOGRAPHER RECEIVED GREATER THAN 5 REM ANNUAL     |

| LIMIT FOR 2002                                                               |

|                                                                              |

| During QA audit of licensee by Oregon Department of Human Services,          |

| Radiation Protection Services, it was determined that one radiographer       |

| employed by the licensee had exceeded his 2002 annual dose limit by          |

| approximately 800 millirem.  This discrepancy was evident by the difference  |

| between pocket ion dosimeter and TLD readings.  Oregon Radiation Protection  |

| Services continues to investigate.                                           |

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|General Information or Other                     |Event Number:   39600       |

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| REP ORG:  OHIO BUREAU OF RADIATION PROTECTION  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/20/2003|

|LICENSEE:  KEITHLY INSTRUMENTS, INC.            |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:31[EST]|

|    CITY:  CLEVELAND                REGION:  3  |EVENT DATE:        02/19/2003|

|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  OH |EVENT TIME:             [EST]|

|LICENSE#:  GENERAL LIC.          AGREEMENT:  Y  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/20/2003|

|  DOCKET:                                       |+----------------------------+

|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |

|                                                |JOHN MADERA          R3      |

|                                                |TOM ESSIG            NMSS    |

+------------------------------------------------+JOHN DAVIDSON        IAT     |

| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  MIKE SNEE                    |                             |

|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  ERIC THOMAS                  |                             |

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|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |                             |

|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |

|NAGR                     AGREEMENT STATE        |                             |

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| LOST AIR IONIZER                                                             |

|                                                                              |

| The following report was received by fax from the Ohio Department of         |

| Health:                                                                      |

|                                                                              |

| "The Bureau received a report of a lost generally licensed air ionizer       |

| [static eliminator].  The device was [an] NRD, LLC model P-2021-8101, serial |

| # A2BP733.  The device contained a Po-210 source with an activity of 1.25    |

| [millicuries] on 2/20/03."                                                   |

|                                                                              |

| The loss was attributed to inadequate training.                              |

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|General Information or Other                     |Event Number:   39601       |

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| REP ORG:  OHIO BUREAU OF RADIATION PROTECTION  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/20/2003|

|LICENSEE:  SCOTT PROCESS SYSTEMS, INC.          |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:32[EST]|

|    CITY:  HARTVILLE                REGION:  3  |EVENT DATE:        01/08/2003|

|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  OH |EVENT TIME:        12:00[EST]|

|LICENSE#:  OH-0332077000         AGREEMENT:  Y  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/20/2003|

|  DOCKET:                                       |+----------------------------+

|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |

|                                                |JOHN MADERA          R3      |

|                                                |TOM ESSIG            NMSS    |

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| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  MIKE SNEE                    |                             |

|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  ERIC THOMAS                  |                             |

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|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |                             |

|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |

|NAGR                     AGREEMENT STATE        |                             |

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| ABNORMAL RADIOGRAPHY SOURCE RETRIEVAL                                        |

|                                                                              |

| The following information was received by fax from the Ohio Department of    |

| Health:                                                                      |

|                                                                              |

| "The licensee reported [an] abnormal radiography source retrieval due to a   |

| crimped guide tube.  A test piece fell on the guide tube during radiography  |

| operations in the licensee's radiography vault.  The licensee's source       |

| retrieval procedure was implemented and the source was successfully          |

| retrieved.  A total of 3 [millirem] was received by 2 individuals during     |

| this operation."                                                             |

|                                                                              |

| The source was Ir-192, 83 Curies, manufactured by AEA Technologies, model    |

| number 424-9, serial number 07686B.  The radiography camera is a Model 880   |

| manufactured by AEA Technologies, serial number D1163.                       |

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|General Information or Other                     |Event Number:   39606       |

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| REP ORG:  CALIFORNIA RADIATION CONTROL PRGM    |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/20/2003|

|LICENSEE:  UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MEDICAL CENT|NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:12[EST]|

|    CITY:  ORANGE                   REGION:  4  |EVENT DATE:        02/20/2003|

|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  CA |EVENT TIME:        13:49[PST]|

|LICENSE#:  0278-30               AGREEMENT:  Y  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/20/2003|

|  DOCKET:                                       |+----------------------------+

|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |

|                                                |KRISS KENNEDY        R4      |

|                                                |ROBERT PIERSON       NMSS    |

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| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  GERRY FELDMAN                |                             |

|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  RICH LAURA                   |                             |

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|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |                             |

|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |

|NAGR                     AGREEMENT STATE        |                             |

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| CALIFORNIA AGREEMENT STATE REPORT FOR MEDICAL EVENT AT UNIVERSITY OF         |

| CALIFORNIA                                                                   |

|                                                                              |

| "I took a call on a therapeutic misadministration from the RSO for UCIMC (LN |

| 0278-30). The incident involved the administration (via injection) of Y-90   |

| microspheres (25 microns) for the treatment of unresectable hepatic          |

| carcinoma. The intended dosage was 96.2 millicuries, and the administered    |

| dosage was approximately 38.48 millicuries (i.e., an underdose of 60%).      |

|                                                                              |

| "The delivery system consists of an injection system, connected to the vial  |

| containing the microspheres, which has one line leading to a receiving vial, |

| and another to the patient. The direction of the flow is determined by       |

| position of the valve connecting these two lines. Just beyond the vial       |

| containing the microspheres there are also two mounted detectors (like small |

| pocket chambers), which give a visual indication when the microspheres begin |

| moving out of the vial.                                                      |

|                                                                              |

| "The physicist was priming the system prior to a scheduled treatment. When   |

| the priming reaches the point that the microspheres begin to exit the vial,  |

| the valve is turned to direct the flow from the "receiving vial" to the      |

| patient. In this case, the physicist accidentally over-primed the system and |

| about 60% of the activity washed in the receiving vial. The physician, an    |

| authorized user, was also present during the treatment. They completed this  |

| treatment, and the physician is still reviewing whether it is necessary to   |

| perform another treatment to reach the prescribed dosage, or whether this    |

| treatment will be adequate as it stands.                                     |

|                                                                              |

| "The licensee is awaiting a report from the physician and physicist as to    |

| what might have caused this to occur. At the present time, they think it may |

| simply be that the physicist did not respond quickly enough to the           |

| indication on the detectors that activity was passing out of the isotope     |

| vial. That is, it may simply be a slow reflex problem. The manufacturer      |

| happened to be on site at the time of the incident, and indicated there had  |

| been two similar previous events (one allegedly at a hospital in PA), but no |

| further details on the events were obtained by the licensee."                |

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|General Information or Other                     |Event Number:   39607       |

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| REP ORG:  CALIFORNIA RADIATION CONTROL PRGM    |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/20/2003|

|LICENSEE:  ALTA BATES MEDICAL CENTER            |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:00[EST]|

|    CITY:  BERKELEY                 REGION:  4  |EVENT DATE:        02/20/2003|

|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  CA |EVENT TIME:             [PST]|

|LICENSE#:  0517-01               AGREEMENT:  Y  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/20/2003|

|  DOCKET:                                       |+----------------------------+

|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |

|                                                |KRISS KENNEDY        R4      |

|                                                |ROBERT PIERSON       NMSS    |

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| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  MELVA CLARIDGE               |                             |

|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  RICH LAURA                   |                             |

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|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |                             |

|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |

|NAGR                     AGREEMENT STATE        |                             |

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| CALIFORNIA AGREEMENT STATE REPORT FOR MEDICAL EVENT AT ALTA BATES MEDICAL    |

| CENTER                                                                       |

|                                                                              |

| "Received a call today at about 1430 hours from [ ] who is one of Alta       |

| Bate's medical physicists (therapy department), to report a therapeutic      |

| misadministration involving I-125. The regular RSO is on leave. The patient  |

| was prescribed 0.35 millicuries I-125 for a brachytherapy procedure          |

| (prostate implant; involving 80+ seeds) on 2/19/03, but received 0.52        |

| millicuries, or an estimated 50% overdosage, because the calculation [was]   |

| done incorrectly."                                                           |

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|Hospital                                         |Event Number:   39612       |

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| REP ORG:  FAIRFAX HOSPITAL                     |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/24/2003|

|LICENSEE:  FAIRFAX HOSPITAL                     |NOTIFICATION TIME: 07:45[EST]|

|    CITY:  FALLS CHURCH             REGION:  2  |EVENT DATE:        02/21/2003|

|  COUNTY:  FAIRFAX                   STATE:  VA |EVENT TIME:        12:15[EST]|

|LICENSE#:  4517128-01            AGREEMENT:  N  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/24/2003|

|  DOCKET:                                       |+----------------------------+

|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |

|                                                |CHARLES R. OGLE      R2      |

|                                                |FRED BROWN           NMSS    |

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| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  GARY TALKINGTON              |                             |

|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  YAMIR DIAZ                   |                             |

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|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |                             |

|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |

|BLO2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii)   LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X    |                             |

|                                                |                             |

|                                                |                             |

|                                                |                             |

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| LOST RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL DEVICE CONTAINING TECHNETIUM-99                     |

|                                                                              |

| On 2/21/03 at approximately 1030 EST, the radio-pharmacy in the Nuclear      |

| Medicine Department of the Fairfax Hospital received a shipment of radio     |

| pharmaceuticals.  As they were preparing to administer a dose to a patient,  |

| they discovered that one syringe containing 10 millicuries of                |

| Technetium-99M Mag-3 was missing.   The licensee stated that the dose was    |

| listed on the in-processing documents as received.  The licensee's current   |

| assumption is that either the dose was not actually shipped or that it was   |

| misplaced within the laboratory.    The licensee plans on continuing to      |

| investigate the whereabouts of the device.                                   |

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|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   39614       |

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| FACILITY: BROWNS FERRY             REGION:  2  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/24/2003|

|    UNIT:  [] [2] []                 STATE:  AL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:36[EST]|

|   RXTYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4,[3] GE-4           |EVENT DATE:        02/24/2003|

+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        11:17[CST]|

| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  DON SMITH                    |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/24/2003|

|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  HOWIE CROUCH                 +-----------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |

|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |CHARLES R. OGLE      R2      |

|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |

|AESF 50.72(b)(3)(iv)(A)  VALID SPECIF SYS ACTUAT|                             |

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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |

+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+

|                                                   |                          |

|2     N          N       0        Hot Shutdown     |0        Hot Shutdown     |

|                                                   |                          |

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| AUTOMATIC REACTOR SCRAM DUE TO LOW REACTOR WATER LEVEL                       |

|                                                                              |

| The following information was received from the licensee via facsimile:      |

|                                                                              |

| "At 1117 [CST] on 02/24/2003 with Unit 2 in MODE 3 (Control Rods fully       |

| inserted), a full reactor scram signal (RPS) [Reactor Protection System] was |

| received due to low reactor water level.  The lowest level observed was 1.6  |

| [inches] with a scram set point of 2 [inches].  All expected PCIS [Primary   |

| Containment Isolation Systems] Isolations, GROUP 2 (RHR S/D cooling)         |

| [Residual Heat Removal], GROUP 3 (RWCU) [Reactor Water Clean-Up), GROUP 6    |

| (Ventilation) & GROUP 8 (TIP) [Transverse Incore Probes]  were received      |

| along with the auto start of 'B' CREVS [Control Room Emergency Ventilation   |

| System] and the three SBGT [Standby Gas Treatment] Trains.  This low water   |

| level event is believed to be a result of manual closure of 2C RFP [Reactor  |

| Feed Pump] Discharge valve (2-FCV-3-5) and the slow response of the RFP      |

| BYPASS valve (2-FCV-3-53)                                                    |

|                                                                              |

| "This event is reportable per 10CFR50.72 (b)(3)(iv)(A) as 'Any event or      |

| condition that results in valid actuation of RPS & PCIS as described in (1)  |

| & (2) below'."                                                               |

|                                                                              |

| The licensee has notified the NRC Resident Inspector.                        |

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|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   39616       |

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| FACILITY: BEAVER VALLEY            REGION:  1  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/24/2003|

|    UNIT:  [1] [] []                 STATE:  PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:02[EST]|

|   RXTYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP                |EVENT DATE:        02/24/2003|

+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        15:48[EST]|

| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  PETE SENA                    |LAST UPDATE DATE:  02/25/2003|

|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  HOWIE CROUCH                 +-----------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |

|EMERGENCY CLASS:          UNUSUAL EVENT         |JOHN KINNEMAN        R1      |

|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |NADER MAMISH         IRO     |

|AAEC 50.72(a) (1) (i)    EMERGENCY DECLARED     |TERRY REIS           NRR     |

|ACCS 50.72(b)(2)(iv)(A)  ECCS INJECTION         |ZENNOT               EPA     |

|ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(iv)(B)  RPS ACTUATION - CRITICA|BOB SUMMER           R1      |

|AESF 50.72(b)(3)(iv)(A)  VALID SPECIF SYS ACTUAT|DAVE KERN            R1      |

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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |

+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+

|1     A/R        Y       100      Power Operation  |0        Hot Standby      |

|                                                   |                          |

|                                                   |                          |

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| UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO MAIN STEAM LINE ISOLATION WITH SAFETY INJECTION         |

|                                                                              |

| The following information was received from the licensee via facsimile:      |

|                                                                              |

| "At 1548 [EST], on 2/24/03, Beaver Valley Unit 1 experienced an automatic    |

| reactor trip and safety injection on low steam line pressure.  An automatic  |

| main steam line isolation also occurred and all three main steam line        |

| isolation valves shut.  After the automatic actions occurred, operators      |

| noted that all three steam generator pressures appeared normal. Operators    |

| were dispatched to investigate in the field and found no indications of a    |

| steam leak.                                                                  |

|                                                                              |

| "Emergency procedure E-0, Response to Reactor Trip and Safety Injection, was |

| entered at 1548.  At 1600, the Shift Manager declared an unusual event.      |

| Initial notifications to state and local agencies were complete at 1609.     |

| Per procedure E-0, after meeting Safety Injection termination criteria, the  |

| Boron Injection Tank was isolated at 1603 and Safety Injection was           |

| terminated.                                                                  |

|                                                                              |

| "Initial review of computer information revealed that closure of the 'C'     |

| main steam isolation valve is the probable cause of the reactor trip, safety |

| injection and main steam isolation.                                          |

|                                                                              |

| "The gaseous release occurred due to tritium in the secondary and the fact   |

| that the turbine driven auxiliary feed pump is in service. No protective     |

| action recommendations were made.                                            |

|                                                                              |

| "All systems and equipment functioned as designed."                          |

|                                                                              |

| Technical Support Center is staffed but not activated.  All control rods     |

| inserted into the core.  The electrical grid is stable.  Unit 1 is stable.   |

| Core cooling is being accomplished via auxiliary feedwater and steam         |

| generator atmospheric dump valves.  There is previously identified steam     |

| generator "B" tube leakage of less than 0.1 gallons per day.                 |

|                                                                              |

| The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified.                                |

|                                                                              |

| * * * UPDATE AT 1735 EST ON 2/24/03 BY HOWIE CROUCH * * *                    |

|                                                                              |

| The licensee has terminated the Unusual Event.  They have re-established a   |

| pressurizer steam bubble.  The plant and electrical grid is stable.  Decay   |

| heat removal is via auxiliary feedwater and the steam generator atmospheric  |

| steam dumps.                                                                 |

|                                                                              |

| Notified FEMA, EPA, R1DO (Kinneman), DIRO (Mamish) and NRR EO (Reis).        |

|                                                                              |

| * * * UPDATE AT 0300 EST ON 2/25/03 TO MIKE RIPLEY  FROM P. SENA * * *       |

|                                                                              |

| The licensee updated the  event classification 10 CFR sections and current   |

| plant status.                                                                |

|                                                                              |

| "At 1735 [2/24/03], the Unusual Event was terminated.  This was based upon   |

| termination of the safety injection, completion of emergency operating       |

| procedure actions, and stabilization of plant conditions.  This was          |

| previously communicated to the NRC Operations Center at 1740.                |

|                                                                              |

| "As of 0245, on 2/25/03, Unit 1 remains in mode 3.  Heat removal Is via the  |

| steam generator atmospheric steam release valves.  All main steam isolation  |

| valves remain shut as the event investigation continues.  The preliminary    |

| initiator of the event remains the inadvertent closure of "C" Main Steam     |

| Isolation Valve.  The offsite release (due to tritium activity in the        |

| secondary) has been calculated and determined to be of minimal/no effect on  |

| the public.  The projected whole body dose was 5.12E-7 mrem [millirem].      |

| This is equivalent to 3.41 E-6 percent of the yearly Offsite Dose            |

| Calculation Manual Limit."                                                   |

|                                                                              |

| Notified FEMA, EPA, R1DO (Kinneman), DIRO (Mamish) and NRR EO (Reis)         |

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