Event Notification Report for July 3, 2003
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
07/02/2003 - 07/03/2003
** EVENT NUMBERS **
39964 39972 39973
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39964 |
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| REP ORG: LOUISIANA RADIATION PROTECTION DIV |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/30/2003|
|LICENSEE: GULF ENGINEERING CO |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:10[EDT]|
| CITY: CONVENT REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 06/26/2003|
| COUNTY: STATE: LA |EVENT TIME: 19:17[CDT]|
|LICENSE#: LA-7415-L01 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/30/2003|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |CHARLES MARSCHALL R4 |
| |FRED BROWN NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: SCOTT BLACKWELL | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: BILL GOTT | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT FROM LOUISIANA |
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| The following was faxed from the Louisiana Department of Environmental |
| Quality: |
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| "During industrial radiography, the crank-out assembly got in contact with |
| some hot pipe while the source was cranked out. The heat from the pipe |
| melted the rubber housing on the crank-out assembly. Could not mechanically |
| retract the source. The radiographers isolated the area and kept personnel |
| out until AEA Technology could arrive to retrieve the source. There was no |
| damage to the exposure device or the source. There was no exposure to |
| individuals of the public. The source was 85 curies of Ir-192." |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39972 |
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| FACILITY: SEQUOYAH REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/02/2003|
| UNIT: [1] [2] [] STATE: TN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:17[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/01/2003|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: KEN STEVENS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/02/2003|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |JOEL MUNDAY R2 |
|10 CFR SECTION: |HAROLD CHRISTENSEN R2 |
|APRE 50.72(b)(2)(xi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION |ROBERTA WARREN TAS |
|NINF INFORMATION ONLY | |
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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 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
|2 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| UNACCOUNTED FOR SECURITY WEAPON |
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| Unaccounted for security weapon. Immediate compensatory measures taken upon |
| discovery. TVA security and NRC Resident Inspector notified. Refer to HOO |
| Log for additional details. |
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| * * * UPDATE ON 07/02/03 AT 0150 FROM HERBERT EAVES TO ARLON COSTA * * * |
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| TVA Police made offsite notification on 07/01/03 at 2300 EDT to the National |
| Crime Information Center pertaining to the unaccounted for security weapon. |
| The NRC Resident Inspector will be notified of this event update. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39973 |
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| FACILITY: THREE MILE ISLAND REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/02/2003|
| UNIT: [] [2] [] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:27[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/02/2003|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM MCKINNEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/02/2003|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: ARLON COSTA +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT |RICHARD BARKLEY R1 |
|10 CFR SECTION: |JOSEPH HOLONICH IRO |
|AAEC 50.72(a) (1) (i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |WILLIAM BECKNER NRR |
| |BILL BEECHER OPA |
| |MIKE WEBER NSIR |
| |DAN SULLIVAN FEMA |
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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 N 0 Decommissioned |0 Decommissioned |
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| UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO SWITCHGEAR FIRE IN THE TURBINE BUILDING |
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| The licensee declared an unusual event on 7/2/03 at 1056 EDT according to |
| Emergency Action Level No.HU4 due to a fire in the non-vital 480 Volt Motor |
| Control Center switchgear located in turbine building 2-31. The fire was |
| put out at 1125 by the fire brigade and no plant personnel were hurt due to |
| this incident. The Technical Support Center was not activated for this |
| event as Unit 2 is decommissioned. |
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| This incident did not impact Unit 1and it remains at full power operations. |
| The licensee is making preparations to de-escalate the unusual event and is |
| in the process of preparing a press release. |
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| * * * UPDATE 1255 ON 07/02/03 JIM MCKINNEY TO GOTT * * * |
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| The licensee terminated from the unusual event at 1245 on 07/02/03. |
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| Notified R1DO (Barkley), NRR (Beckner), DHS Operations Officer, Denver, FEMA |
| (Sullivan), NSIR (Wessman), and PAO (Beecher). |
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