Event Notification Report for September 24, 2005
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
09/23/2005 - 09/24/2005
General Information or Other
Event Number: 42014
Rep Org: OHIO BUREAU OF RADIATION PROTECTION
Licensee: DOCTORS OHIOHEALTH CORP.
Region: 3
City: COLUMBUS State: OH
County:
License #: 02120250020
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: MIKE SNEE
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN
Licensee: DOCTORS OHIOHEALTH CORP.
Region: 3
City: COLUMBUS State: OH
County:
License #: 02120250020
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: MIKE SNEE
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN
Notification Date: 09/26/2005
Notification Time: 11:30 [ET]
Event Date: 09/24/2005
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 09/26/2005
Notification Time: 11:30 [ET]
Event Date: 09/24/2005
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 09/26/2005
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
DAVID HILLS (R3)
TOM ESSIG (NMSS)
DAVID HILLS (R3)
TOM ESSIG (NMSS)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT INVOLVING MISSING I-131 SHIPMENT
"The Ohio Department of Health was notified by Doctors OhioHealth Corporation on September 26 of a missing 25 millicurie I-131 capsule. The I-131 capsule was to be delivered to the Doctors OhioHealth Corporation Columbus, Ohio location for a thyroid therapy September 26, 2005, at 9 a.m.
"The capsule was delivered on Saturday by AirNet but not to the Doctors OhioHealth Corporation location. The person who signed for the I-131 on Saturday, September 24 is not employed by Doctors OhioHealth Corporation. Security at Doctors OhioHealth Corporation and AirNet are trying to locate the I-131 capsule as of 9:30 a.m. Monday September 26th, 2005. The I-131 was sent to Doctors OhioHealth Corporation from Anazao Health in Tampa, Florida via AirNet. The Ohio Department of Health is currently attempting to track the missing I-131 capsule."
OH Reference Number: 05-114.
Less than the quantity of an IAEA Category 3 source.
Sources that are 'Less than IAEA Category 3 sources,' are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury.
For some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are IAEA Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks.
*** UPDATE ON 09/26/05 AT 1147 EDT BY MIKE SNEE TO MACKINNON ****
"The I-131 capsule was located by AirNet in the Hazmat trailer at Rickenbacher Airport in Columbus, Ohio. The material was never delivered to the hospital as originally reported. AirNet will deliver the material to the hospital today, September 26."
R3DO (David Hills) and NMSS (Tom Essig) notified of the update.
"The Ohio Department of Health was notified by Doctors OhioHealth Corporation on September 26 of a missing 25 millicurie I-131 capsule. The I-131 capsule was to be delivered to the Doctors OhioHealth Corporation Columbus, Ohio location for a thyroid therapy September 26, 2005, at 9 a.m.
"The capsule was delivered on Saturday by AirNet but not to the Doctors OhioHealth Corporation location. The person who signed for the I-131 on Saturday, September 24 is not employed by Doctors OhioHealth Corporation. Security at Doctors OhioHealth Corporation and AirNet are trying to locate the I-131 capsule as of 9:30 a.m. Monday September 26th, 2005. The I-131 was sent to Doctors OhioHealth Corporation from Anazao Health in Tampa, Florida via AirNet. The Ohio Department of Health is currently attempting to track the missing I-131 capsule."
OH Reference Number: 05-114.
Less than the quantity of an IAEA Category 3 source.
Sources that are 'Less than IAEA Category 3 sources,' are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury.
For some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are IAEA Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks.
*** UPDATE ON 09/26/05 AT 1147 EDT BY MIKE SNEE TO MACKINNON ****
"The I-131 capsule was located by AirNet in the Hazmat trailer at Rickenbacher Airport in Columbus, Ohio. The material was never delivered to the hospital as originally reported. AirNet will deliver the material to the hospital today, September 26."
R3DO (David Hills) and NMSS (Tom Essig) notified of the update.
General Information or Other
Event Number: 42018
Rep Org: TENNESSEE DIV OF RAD HEALTH
Licensee: B&W ENGINEERING
Region: 1
City: MEMPHIS State: TN
County:
License #: R-79222-B06
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: BILLY FREEMAN
HQ OPS Officer: JOHN MacKINNON
Licensee: B&W ENGINEERING
Region: 1
City: MEMPHIS State: TN
County:
License #: R-79222-B06
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: BILLY FREEMAN
HQ OPS Officer: JOHN MacKINNON
Notification Date: 09/27/2005
Notification Time: 14:39 [ET]
Event Date: 09/24/2005
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 10/26/2005
Notification Time: 14:39 [ET]
Event Date: 09/24/2005
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 10/26/2005
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
CHRISTOPHER CAHILL (R1)
GREGG MORELL (NMSS)
JIM WHITNEY email (TAS)
CHRISTOPHER CAHILL (R1)
GREGG MORELL (NMSS)
JIM WHITNEY email (TAS)
TENNESSEE AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STOLEN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE
A Troxler 3430 portable gauge was stolen from the home of an employee of B&W Engineering between mid-day Saturday, 9/24/05 and Monday morning, 9/26/05. The retractable source rod on the gauge was locked, the gauge was in a yellow plastic shipping container which was also locked. The locked gauge in the locked shipping container were located in a locked storage shed behind the employee's home located in Memphis, TN.
The gauge is owned by B&W Engineering, Memphis TN. The Radiation Safety Officer for B&W Engineering said that he had contacted the North Memphis Police Dept., but they told him that the employee from whom the gauge was stolen would have to file a police report personally.
TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation contacted Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) and reported the occurrence to them. TEMA said they would contact the Shelby Co. Emergency Management Agency as soon as they hung up. TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation then called Memphis Police Dept., North Precinct and reported the occurrence to them. TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation then reported the occurrence to the Arkansas Radiation Control Program, they said they might issue a press release. TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation then reported the occurrence to the Mississippi Division of Radiological Health. TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation reported to occurrence to Duncan White , NRC Region l. TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation then received a call back from the Memphis Police Dept. who said that they would contact the RSO for B&W and try to file a police report regarding the theft.
Troxler Model 3430 contains 8 millicuries of Cs-137 ands 40 millicuries of Am-241/Be.
Incident Report number TN-05-109
* * * UPDATE 1540 EDT ON 10/25/05 FROM BILLY FREEMAN TO A. COSTA VIA EMAIL * * *
On the morning of 10/25/05, the Memphis Police Department notified the TN Division of Rad Health that the stolen gauge had been recovered during a narcotics search of a private residence. A preliminary assessment performed by on-scene law enforcement concluded that the device appeared intact and without evidence of damage. The licensee was contacted and will make arrangements to recover the Troxler Model 3430, S/N 23422 within the next several hours. The TN Division of Rad Health representative requested the licensee contact their office after retrieving the device to discuss the condition of the gauge.
Notified R1DO (Silk), NMSS (Janosko) and TAS (Sandler) via email.
* * * UPDATE AT 09:04 EDT ON 10/26/2005 FROM BILLY FREEMAN TO ABRAMOVITZ * * *
The licensee stated "that he had retrieved the gauge and returned it to their B&W Engineering shop. He said the gauge appeared to be unharmed; that they tested/calibrated the gauge and the results indicated it was working properly/as it was prior to the theft; that they had surveyed it with a radiation survey meter and the results were the same as prior to the theft; and finally, that they had taken a leak test smear and sent it in for analysis."
Notified R1DO (Silk), NMSS (Burgess) and TAS (Sandler) via email.
Less than the quantity of a IAEA Category 3 source.
Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury.
For some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are IAEA Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks.
A Troxler 3430 portable gauge was stolen from the home of an employee of B&W Engineering between mid-day Saturday, 9/24/05 and Monday morning, 9/26/05. The retractable source rod on the gauge was locked, the gauge was in a yellow plastic shipping container which was also locked. The locked gauge in the locked shipping container were located in a locked storage shed behind the employee's home located in Memphis, TN.
The gauge is owned by B&W Engineering, Memphis TN. The Radiation Safety Officer for B&W Engineering said that he had contacted the North Memphis Police Dept., but they told him that the employee from whom the gauge was stolen would have to file a police report personally.
TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation contacted Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) and reported the occurrence to them. TEMA said they would contact the Shelby Co. Emergency Management Agency as soon as they hung up. TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation then called Memphis Police Dept., North Precinct and reported the occurrence to them. TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation then reported the occurrence to the Arkansas Radiation Control Program, they said they might issue a press release. TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation then reported the occurrence to the Mississippi Division of Radiological Health. TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation reported to occurrence to Duncan White , NRC Region l. TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation then received a call back from the Memphis Police Dept. who said that they would contact the RSO for B&W and try to file a police report regarding the theft.
Troxler Model 3430 contains 8 millicuries of Cs-137 ands 40 millicuries of Am-241/Be.
Incident Report number TN-05-109
* * * UPDATE 1540 EDT ON 10/25/05 FROM BILLY FREEMAN TO A. COSTA VIA EMAIL * * *
On the morning of 10/25/05, the Memphis Police Department notified the TN Division of Rad Health that the stolen gauge had been recovered during a narcotics search of a private residence. A preliminary assessment performed by on-scene law enforcement concluded that the device appeared intact and without evidence of damage. The licensee was contacted and will make arrangements to recover the Troxler Model 3430, S/N 23422 within the next several hours. The TN Division of Rad Health representative requested the licensee contact their office after retrieving the device to discuss the condition of the gauge.
Notified R1DO (Silk), NMSS (Janosko) and TAS (Sandler) via email.
* * * UPDATE AT 09:04 EDT ON 10/26/2005 FROM BILLY FREEMAN TO ABRAMOVITZ * * *
The licensee stated "that he had retrieved the gauge and returned it to their B&W Engineering shop. He said the gauge appeared to be unharmed; that they tested/calibrated the gauge and the results indicated it was working properly/as it was prior to the theft; that they had surveyed it with a radiation survey meter and the results were the same as prior to the theft; and finally, that they had taken a leak test smear and sent it in for analysis."
Notified R1DO (Silk), NMSS (Burgess) and TAS (Sandler) via email.
Less than the quantity of a IAEA Category 3 source.
Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury.
For some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are IAEA Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks.
Power Reactor
Event Number: 42011
Facility: GRAND GULF
Region: 4 State: MS
Unit: [1] [] []
RX Type: [1] GE-6
NRC Notified By: BRIAN BLANCHE
HQ OPS Officer: MARK ABRAMOVITZ
Region: 4 State: MS
Unit: [1] [] []
RX Type: [1] GE-6
NRC Notified By: BRIAN BLANCHE
HQ OPS Officer: MARK ABRAMOVITZ
Notification Date: 09/24/2005
Notification Time: 23:41 [ET]
Event Date: 09/24/2005
Event Time: 21:21 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 09/24/2005
Notification Time: 23:41 [ET]
Event Date: 09/24/2005
Event Time: 21:21 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 09/24/2005
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
50.72(b)(3)(xiii) - LOSS COMM/ASMT/RESPONSE
10 CFR Section:
50.72(b)(3)(xiii) - LOSS COMM/ASMT/RESPONSE
Person (Organization):
MICHAEL SHANNON (R4)
MICHAEL SHANNON (R4)
| Unit | SCRAM Code | RX Crit | Initial PWR | Initial RX Mode | Current PWR | Current RX Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N | N | 0 | Refueling | 0 | Refueling |
WEATHER RELATED LOSS OF EMERGENCY SIRENS
"Due to weather from Hurricane Rita, 15 of the 43 emergency sirens are inoperable. This places the number of required sirens less than the required operability rate of 75%. A recovery effort is in progress."
Alternate notification methods with LLEA (state and local governments) are being set up. The licensee expects to return the sirens to service by tomorrow.
The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.
"Due to weather from Hurricane Rita, 15 of the 43 emergency sirens are inoperable. This places the number of required sirens less than the required operability rate of 75%. A recovery effort is in progress."
Alternate notification methods with LLEA (state and local governments) are being set up. The licensee expects to return the sirens to service by tomorrow.
The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.