Event Notification Report for March 02, 2004
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
03/01/2004 - 03/02/2004
General Information or Other
Event Number: 40563
Rep Org: NV DIV OF RAD HEALTH
Licensee: NORTECH GEOTECHNICAL/CIVIL CONSULTANTS, LTD
Region: 4
City: RENO State: NV
County:
License #: 00-11-0309-01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: STAN MARSHALL
HQ OPS Officer: ARLON COSTA
Licensee: NORTECH GEOTECHNICAL/CIVIL CONSULTANTS, LTD
Region: 4
City: RENO State: NV
County:
License #: 00-11-0309-01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: STAN MARSHALL
HQ OPS Officer: ARLON COSTA
Notification Date: 03/02/2004
Notification Time: 18:18 [ET]
Event Date: 03/02/2004
Event Time: 13:30 [PST]
Last Update Date: 07/13/2005
Notification Time: 18:18 [ET]
Event Date: 03/02/2004
Event Time: 13:30 [PST]
Last Update Date: 07/13/2005
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
GREG PICK (R4)
JOSEPH HOLONICH (NMSS)
GREG PICK (R4)
JOSEPH HOLONICH (NMSS)
NEVADA - AGREEMENT STATE NOTIFICATION OF STOLEN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE
"Between 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 pm on March 2, 2004, at Vista & McCarran in Reno, Nevada, a Humboldt Scientific Model 5001 moisture density gauge containing 11 millicuries of Cs-137 and 44 millicuries of Am-241:Be, s/n 1854, was stolen from the transport vehicle. The employee indicated the chain securing the gauge to the pickup bed was cut.
" The Reno, Nevada Police Department was notified."
* * * UPDATE FROM STATE OF NEVADA TO ABRAMOVITZ ON 07/13/05 @ 14:41 EDT * * *
The State provided the following information via facsimile:
"The gauge was found in a remote canyon east of Reno Nevada on July 12, 2005. The Storey County, Nevada sheriff's office contacted the Nevada Radiological Health Section who took possession of the gauge on July 12, 2005, and placed it in locked storage pending fingerprinting by law enforcement and leak testing. The shipping case for the gauge was not found but radiation measurements indicated the source was intact and the gauge appeared to be undamaged.
"Gauge serial number is actually 1859, the 1854 serial number listed above was a typographical error."
Nevada event report number NV040001
Notified the R4DO (Spitzberg), NMSS EO (Miller) and TASDO (Whitney via e-mail).
"Between 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 pm on March 2, 2004, at Vista & McCarran in Reno, Nevada, a Humboldt Scientific Model 5001 moisture density gauge containing 11 millicuries of Cs-137 and 44 millicuries of Am-241:Be, s/n 1854, was stolen from the transport vehicle. The employee indicated the chain securing the gauge to the pickup bed was cut.
" The Reno, Nevada Police Department was notified."
* * * UPDATE FROM STATE OF NEVADA TO ABRAMOVITZ ON 07/13/05 @ 14:41 EDT * * *
The State provided the following information via facsimile:
"The gauge was found in a remote canyon east of Reno Nevada on July 12, 2005. The Storey County, Nevada sheriff's office contacted the Nevada Radiological Health Section who took possession of the gauge on July 12, 2005, and placed it in locked storage pending fingerprinting by law enforcement and leak testing. The shipping case for the gauge was not found but radiation measurements indicated the source was intact and the gauge appeared to be undamaged.
"Gauge serial number is actually 1859, the 1854 serial number listed above was a typographical error."
Nevada event report number NV040001
Notified the R4DO (Spitzberg), NMSS EO (Miller) and TASDO (Whitney via e-mail).
Power Reactor
Event Number: 40562
Facility: YANKEE ROWE
Region: 1 State: MA
Unit: [1] [] []
RX Type: [1] W-4-LP
NRC Notified By: NEIL OLESON
HQ OPS Officer: ARLON COSTA
Region: 1 State: MA
Unit: [1] [] []
RX Type: [1] W-4-LP
NRC Notified By: NEIL OLESON
HQ OPS Officer: ARLON COSTA
Notification Date: 03/02/2004
Notification Time: 15:55 [ET]
Event Date: 03/02/2004
Event Time: 12:25 [EST]
Last Update Date: 03/02/2004
Notification Time: 15:55 [ET]
Event Date: 03/02/2004
Event Time: 12:25 [EST]
Last Update Date: 03/02/2004
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
50.72(b)(2)(xi) - OFFSITE NOTIFICATION
10 CFR Section:
50.72(b)(2)(xi) - OFFSITE NOTIFICATION
Person (Organization):
TODD JACKSON (R1)
TODD JACKSON (R1)
| Unit | SCRAM Code | RX Crit | Initial PWR | Initial RX Mode | Current PWR | Current RX Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N | N | 0 | Decommissioned | 0 | Decommissioned |
OFFSITE NOTIFICATION TO OTHER AGENCIES OF CONCRETE RUBBLE CONTAINER SPILL
A container of concrete rubble was being transported from the Plant to Palmer, MA where it would eventually be transported via railroad to a waste repository. The intermodal container connection to the trailer broke off allowing the container to fall off spilling contents on the road. The location of the incident is approximately two miles from the Plant at Ford Hill Road, in Rowe, MA. The net weight of the container is 38,860 lbs and it contains low level radioactive concrete.
Site Radiation Protection was sent by the licensee to the location of the incident. The spilled concrete rubble will be placed in a new container which will be taken back to the site. Clean up of the area is in progress, and area release is pending a post clean up survey. No one was injured during this incident.
The licensee has notified the NRC Resident Inspector, the local Fire Department, State and Local government agencies and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A Press Release is being planned to be issued by the licensee.
A container of concrete rubble was being transported from the Plant to Palmer, MA where it would eventually be transported via railroad to a waste repository. The intermodal container connection to the trailer broke off allowing the container to fall off spilling contents on the road. The location of the incident is approximately two miles from the Plant at Ford Hill Road, in Rowe, MA. The net weight of the container is 38,860 lbs and it contains low level radioactive concrete.
Site Radiation Protection was sent by the licensee to the location of the incident. The spilled concrete rubble will be placed in a new container which will be taken back to the site. Clean up of the area is in progress, and area release is pending a post clean up survey. No one was injured during this incident.
The licensee has notified the NRC Resident Inspector, the local Fire Department, State and Local government agencies and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A Press Release is being planned to be issued by the licensee.
Power Reactor
Event Number: 40560
Facility: GRAND GULF
Region: 4 State: MS
Unit: [1] [] []
RX Type: [1] GE-6
NRC Notified By: CHARLES BOTTEMILLER
HQ OPS Officer: CHAUNCEY GOULD
Region: 4 State: MS
Unit: [1] [] []
RX Type: [1] GE-6
NRC Notified By: CHARLES BOTTEMILLER
HQ OPS Officer: CHAUNCEY GOULD
Notification Date: 03/02/2004
Notification Time: 09:48 [ET]
Event Date: 03/02/2004
Event Time: 08:30 [CST]
Last Update Date: 03/02/2004
Notification Time: 09:48 [ET]
Event Date: 03/02/2004
Event Time: 08:30 [CST]
Last Update Date: 03/02/2004
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
20.1906(d)(2) - EXTERNAL RAD LEVELS > LIMITS
10 CFR Section:
20.1906(d)(2) - EXTERNAL RAD LEVELS > LIMITS
Person (Organization):
GREG PICK (R4)
FRED BROWN (NMSS)
GREG PICK (R4)
FRED BROWN (NMSS)
| Unit | SCRAM Code | RX Crit | Initial PWR | Initial RX Mode | Current PWR | Current RX Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N | N | 0 | Refueling | 0 | Refueling |
PLANT RECEIVED A PACKAGE THAT EXCEEDED EXTERNAL SURFACE CONTAMINATION LIMITS
The license received a 20 box shipment of fuel sipping equipment from Framatone ANP, Inc out of Richland, WA. One of the 20 boxes was determined to have an external surface contact reading >200 millirem (actual reading 202 millirem). The box was opened and contents surveyed resulting in a reading of 400 millirem/hr coming from a support stand that was in the package. A hot particle was captured from the stand and properly disposed of with their rad waste. After the particle had been removed, the stand, readings went from 400 millirem/hr to 20 millirem/hr. The licensee notified Framatone ANP about the incident.
The Resident Inspector was notified
The license received a 20 box shipment of fuel sipping equipment from Framatone ANP, Inc out of Richland, WA. One of the 20 boxes was determined to have an external surface contact reading >200 millirem (actual reading 202 millirem). The box was opened and contents surveyed resulting in a reading of 400 millirem/hr coming from a support stand that was in the package. A hot particle was captured from the stand and properly disposed of with their rad waste. After the particle had been removed, the stand, readings went from 400 millirem/hr to 20 millirem/hr. The licensee notified Framatone ANP about the incident.
The Resident Inspector was notified