Event Notification Report for July 20, 2006
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
07/19/2006 - 07/20/2006
Fuel Cycle Facility
Event Number: 42718
Facility: BWX TECHNOLOGIES
Region: 2 State: VA
Unit: [] [] []
RX Type: URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION
NRC Notified By: LEAH MORRELL
HQ OPS Officer: JEFF ROTTON
Region: 2 State: VA
Unit: [] [] []
RX Type: URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION
NRC Notified By: LEAH MORRELL
HQ OPS Officer: JEFF ROTTON
Notification Date: 07/20/2006
Notification Time: 17:22 [ET]
Event Date: 07/20/2006
Event Time: 17:10 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 05/11/2008
Notification Time: 17:22 [ET]
Event Date: 07/20/2006
Event Time: 17:10 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 05/11/2008
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
PART 70 APP A (c) - OFFSITE NOTIFICATION/NEWS REL
10 CFR Section:
PART 70 APP A (c) - OFFSITE NOTIFICATION/NEWS REL
Person (Organization):
MIKE ERNSTES (R2)
LAWRENCE KOKAJKO (NMSS)
MIKE ERNSTES (R2)
LAWRENCE KOKAJKO (NMSS)
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THIS IS NOT A NEW REPORT.
This event report was originally withheld from public release under the NRC's policy for protecting sensitive unclassified information. The NRC has reevaluated this policy and is now making this event report available to the public with suitable redactions.
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MEDIA INQUIRY REGARDING TRITIUM LEAK FROM YEAR 2000
"This concurrent report is being made to the NRC as a result of a media inquiry from [a reporter] at the Richmond Times Dispatch. The inquiry was specific to a tritium leak from a spent storage fuel pool and underground piping in 2000. [The reporter] indicated that NRC had provided specific information concerning sites in Virginia that had been reported by the Society of Concerned Scientists. The BWXT Manager of Communications confirmed that BWXT had a leak of material from the pool and that the leak was repaired."
The licensee will be notifying the NRC Resident Inspector.
* * * UPDATE ON 05/11/08 BY H. Crouch * * *
THIS IS NOT A NEW REPORT.
This event report was originally withheld from public release under the NRC's policy for protecting sensitive unclassified information. The NRC has reevaluated this policy and is now making this event report available to the public with suitable redactions.
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THIS IS NOT A NEW REPORT.
This event report was originally withheld from public release under the NRC's policy for protecting sensitive unclassified information. The NRC has reevaluated this policy and is now making this event report available to the public with suitable redactions.
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MEDIA INQUIRY REGARDING TRITIUM LEAK FROM YEAR 2000
"This concurrent report is being made to the NRC as a result of a media inquiry from [a reporter] at the Richmond Times Dispatch. The inquiry was specific to a tritium leak from a spent storage fuel pool and underground piping in 2000. [The reporter] indicated that NRC had provided specific information concerning sites in Virginia that had been reported by the Society of Concerned Scientists. The BWXT Manager of Communications confirmed that BWXT had a leak of material from the pool and that the leak was repaired."
The licensee will be notifying the NRC Resident Inspector.
* * * UPDATE ON 05/11/08 BY H. Crouch * * *
THIS IS NOT A NEW REPORT.
This event report was originally withheld from public release under the NRC's policy for protecting sensitive unclassified information. The NRC has reevaluated this policy and is now making this event report available to the public with suitable redactions.
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General Information or Other
Event Number: 42719
Rep Org: LOUISIANA RADIATION PROTECTION DIV
Licensee: GILCHRIST CONSTRUCTION
Region: 4
City: ALEXANDRIA State: LA
County:
License #: LA-7890-L01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: JOE NOBLE
HQ OPS Officer: JOHN KNOKE
Licensee: GILCHRIST CONSTRUCTION
Region: 4
City: ALEXANDRIA State: LA
County:
License #: LA-7890-L01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: JOE NOBLE
HQ OPS Officer: JOHN KNOKE
Notification Date: 07/21/2006
Notification Time: 10:02 [ET]
Event Date: 07/20/2006
Event Time: 18:30 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 07/21/2006
Notification Time: 10:02 [ET]
Event Date: 07/20/2006
Event Time: 18:30 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 07/21/2006
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
VIVIAN CAMPBELL (R4)
GREG MORELL (NMSS)
ILTAB EMAIL
VIVIAN CAMPBELL (R4)
GREG MORELL (NMSS)
ILTAB EMAIL
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STOLEN TROXLER GAUGE
A technician who works for the licensee left his vehicle at his residence and then went to have dinner about 30 minutes away. Upon returning to his home and vehicle, the technician found that all equipment had been stolen, including the Troxler moisture/density gauge, model 3430, s/n 32187. The gauge contained 40 milliCi of Am-241/Be and 8 milliCi Cs-137. The licensee had the Troxler chained and locked to the truck bed.
The licensee filed a police report with the Opelousas State Police, and will be offering a reward.
THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
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. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are 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 technician who works for the licensee left his vehicle at his residence and then went to have dinner about 30 minutes away. Upon returning to his home and vehicle, the technician found that all equipment had been stolen, including the Troxler moisture/density gauge, model 3430, s/n 32187. The gauge contained 40 milliCi of Am-241/Be and 8 milliCi Cs-137. The licensee had the Troxler chained and locked to the truck bed.
The licensee filed a police report with the Opelousas State Police, and will be offering a reward.
THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
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. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are 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.