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Event Notification Report for September 07, 2002

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center

EVENT REPORTS FOR
09/06/2002 - 09/07/2002

EVENT NUMBERS
3917339174

Power Reactor
Event Number: 39173
Facility: MILLSTONE
Region: 1     State: CT
Unit: [] [] [3]
RX Type: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP
NRC Notified By: BRUCE PARRISH
HQ OPS Officer: MIKE NORRIS
Notification Date: 09/07/2002
Notification Time: 09:22 [ET]
Event Date: 09/07/2002
Event Time: 09:06 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 09/07/2002
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
50.72(b)(2)(xi) - OFFSITE NOTIFICATION
Person (Organization):
RICHARD BARKLEY (R1)
Power Reactor Unit Info
Unit SCRAM Code RX Crit Initial PWR Initial RX Mode Current PWR Current RX Mode
3 N N 0 Hot Standby 0 Hot Standby
Event Text
OFFSITE NOTIFICATION TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF SHUTDOWN FOR REFUELING OUTAGE

"At approximately 0040 on September 7, 2002, Millstone Unit No, 3 was shutdown for a planned refueling and maintenance outage which is scheduled to last greater than 72 hours. This notification is made in accordance with reporting requirements imposed by the State of Connecticut. The shutdown is routine and was conducted in accordance with plant procedures and without incident. The NRC is being notified in accordance with the requirements of 10CFR50.72(b)(2)(xi) as this constitutes a report made to an outside agency."

The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified.


Other Nuclear Material
Event Number: 39174
Rep Org: US INSPECTIONS SERVICES
Licensee: US INSPECTIONS SERVICES
Region: 2
City: LOUISVILLE   State: KY
County:
License #: 34-06943-02
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: DAMON LAMB
HQ OPS Officer: RICH LAURA
Notification Date: 09/07/2002
Notification Time: 13:45 [ET]
Event Date: 09/07/2002
Event Time: 06:30 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 09/08/2002
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
20.2201(a)(1)(i) - LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X
Person (Organization):
THOMAS DECKER (R2)
DAVID HILLS (R3)
TIM MCGINTY (IRO)
ROBERTA WARREN (IAT)
THOMAS ESSIG (NMSS)
Event Text
STOLEN RADIOGRAPHIC EXPOSURE DEVICE

The licensee reported that one of their work trucks was stolen, which contained a radiographic device, from a worker's home located in Louisville, Kentucky. The device was manufactured by Sentinel (AEA TECHNOLOGY) and contains a radioactive source of 90 curies of IR-192. The exposure device serial number is B4175. The source serial number is 05970B. The device was locked in the safe position. The device is used to perform X-Rays of piping welds. The incident was reported to the Jefferson County Sheriff's office by the licensee. The licensee has an NRC license from Indiana and was doing work under reciprocity in Kentucky which is an Agreement state. The licensee reported notifying the Agreement State, Kentucky. Subsequently, the Jefferson's County Sheriff's office located the truck but the device was missing.

***UPDATE 1026 EDT 9/8/02 DAMON LAMB TO MIKE NORRIS***

Device was recovered and has no damage to the device or locking mechanism.

Notified NSIR (Zimmerman, Warren, Tracy and McGinty), R2DO (Decker), R2IAT (Boland), R3DO (Hills), R3 IAT (Creed), NMSS (Federline and Cool), NMSS EO (Essig), EDO (Shea), PAO (Beecher) and OSP (Picone).