Event Notification Report for May 02, 2023
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
05/01/2023 - 05/02/2023
EVENT NUMBERS56486 56494 56495
Agreement State
Event Number: 56486
Rep Org: Colorado Dept of Health
Licensee: Denver Scrap Metal Recycle Center
Region: 4
City: Denver State: CO
County:
License #: N/A
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Phillip Peterson
HQ OPS Officer: Ian Howard
Notification Date: 04/24/2023
Notification Time: 09:22 [ET]
Event Date: 04/18/2023
Event Time: 00:00 [MDT]
Last Update Date: 04/24/2023
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
Person (Organization):
Drake, James (R4DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
Event Text
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - FOUND RADIOACTIVE SOURCE
The following information was provided by the Colorado Department of Health via email:
"On April 18, 2023, a recycling yard in Denver flagged a load of scrap metal as potentially radioactive. The load was returned to the point of origin and was separated. At that time, a radium-226:beryllium source was identified. The source container was mostly intact. The point of origin (facility name listed above) was able to construct a cement barrier for storing the source until further investigation could be conducted. Measured dose rates around the cement barriers show rates that are indistinguishable from background (gamma and neutron). The markings on the source container indicate the manufacturer as Nuclear Chicago; the model as P21; the activity as 5 mCi radium-226:beryllium; and the reference date as 04/30/1963."
Event Report ID No.: CO230011
Power Reactor
Event Number: 56494
Facility: Hope Creek
Region: 1 State: NJ
Unit: [1] [] []
RX Type: [1] GE-4
NRC Notified By: Christopher Furst
HQ OPS Officer: Karen Cotton-Gross
Notification Date: 04/30/2023
Notification Time: 02:30 [ET]
Event Date: 04/30/2023
Event Time: 01:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 04/30/2023
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
50.72(b)(3)(v)(D) - Accident Mitigation
50.72(b)(3)(ii)(A) - Degraded Condition
Person (Organization):
Henrion, Mark (R1DO)
Power Reactor Unit Info
| Unit |
SCRAM Code |
RX Crit |
Initial PWR |
Initial RX Mode |
Current PWR |
Current RX Mode |
| 1 |
N |
Y |
100 |
Power Operation |
100 |
Power Operation |
Event Text
PRIMARY CONTAINMENT INTEGRITY DEGRADED
The following information was provided by the licensee via email:
"At 0100 EDT on 04/30/23, it was determined that the primary containment integrity did not meet [Technical Specification] TS 4.6.1.1.d requirement, suppression chamber in compliance with TS 3.6.2.1 due to the inability to establish test conditions for the bypass leakage test in accordance with TS 4.6.2.1.f.
"This event is being reported as an eight-hour, non-emergency notification per 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(v)(D) & 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(A).
"There was no impact on the health and safety of the public or plant personnel.
"The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified."
Power Reactor
Event Number: 56495
Facility: Hope Creek
Region: 1 State: NJ
Unit: [1] [] []
RX Type: [1] GE-4
NRC Notified By: Christopher Furst
HQ OPS Officer: Karen Cotton-Gross
Notification Date: 04/30/2023
Notification Time: 02:30 [ET]
Event Date: 04/30/2023
Event Time: 02:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 04/30/2023
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
50.72(b)(2)(i) - Plant S/D Reqd By Ts
Person (Organization):
Henrion, Mark (R1DO)
Power Reactor Unit Info
| Unit |
SCRAM Code |
RX Crit |
Initial PWR |
Initial RX Mode |
Current PWR |
Current RX Mode |
| 1 |
N |
Y |
100 |
Power Operation |
100 |
Power Operation |
Event Text
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIRED SHUTDOWN
The following information was provided by the licensee via email:
"At 0200 EDT on 04/30/23, a Technical Specification required shutdown was initiated at Hope Creek Unit 1. Technical Specification Action 3.6.1.1 Primary Containment Integrity was entered on 04/30/23 at 0100 with a required action to restore primary containment integrity within 1 hour. This required action was not completed within the allowed outage time; therefore, a Technical Specification required shutdown was initiated, and this event is being reported as a four-hour, non-emergency notification per 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(i).
"There was no impact on the health and safety of the public or plant personnel.
"The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified."