Event Notification Report for May 31, 2008
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
05/30/2008 - 05/31/2008
General Information or Other
Event Number: 44254
Rep Org: GEORGIA RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL PGM
Licensee: MATRIX ENGINEERING GROUP
Region: 1
City: NORCROSS State: GA
County:
License #: GA1289-1
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: KEITH St. CYR
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN
Licensee: MATRIX ENGINEERING GROUP
Region: 1
City: NORCROSS State: GA
County:
License #: GA1289-1
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: KEITH St. CYR
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN
Notification Date: 06/02/2008
Notification Time: 09:33 [ET]
Event Date: 05/31/2008
Event Time: 13:30 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 06/02/2008
Notification Time: 09:33 [ET]
Event Date: 05/31/2008
Event Time: 13:30 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 06/02/2008
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
PAMELA HENDERSON (R1)
MICHELE BURGESS (FSME)
ILTAB (VIA EMAIL)
PAMELA HENDERSON (R1)
MICHELE BURGESS (FSME)
ILTAB (VIA EMAIL)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT INVOLVING A STOLEN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE
The authorized gauge user for Matrix Engineering Group left a construction site in Paulding County, placing a CPN Model MC-1 Moisture Density Gauge in the camper of his pickup truck. He stopped at a Chevron Station on Goldmine Road in Dallas, GA, leaving his truck for approximately 10-15 minutes, discovering when he returned that the gauge and case were missing. The CPN MC-1 Gauge, S/N M15116482, contains two (2) sources; Cs-137 (10 mCi) and Am-241:Be (50 mCi). A police report was filed with the City of Dallas PD. The licensee will post a reward for return of the stolen gauge.
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.
* * * UPDATE FROM KEITH ST. CYR TO HOWIE CROUCH ON 6/2/08 @ 1504 EDT * * *
The gauge has been recovered. Apparently, the gauge fell out of the truck when the user was leaving the Paulding County job site. An individual recovered the gauge and returned it to the job site. The gauge is currently in the possession of the licensee and does not appear to be damaged. The State of Georgia will recommend a leak check of the gauge to the licensee.
Notified R1DO (Henderson), FSME (Burgess) and ILTAB (via email).
The authorized gauge user for Matrix Engineering Group left a construction site in Paulding County, placing a CPN Model MC-1 Moisture Density Gauge in the camper of his pickup truck. He stopped at a Chevron Station on Goldmine Road in Dallas, GA, leaving his truck for approximately 10-15 minutes, discovering when he returned that the gauge and case were missing. The CPN MC-1 Gauge, S/N M15116482, contains two (2) sources; Cs-137 (10 mCi) and Am-241:Be (50 mCi). A police report was filed with the City of Dallas PD. The licensee will post a reward for return of the stolen gauge.
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.
* * * UPDATE FROM KEITH ST. CYR TO HOWIE CROUCH ON 6/2/08 @ 1504 EDT * * *
The gauge has been recovered. Apparently, the gauge fell out of the truck when the user was leaving the Paulding County job site. An individual recovered the gauge and returned it to the job site. The gauge is currently in the possession of the licensee and does not appear to be damaged. The State of Georgia will recommend a leak check of the gauge to the licensee.
Notified R1DO (Henderson), FSME (Burgess) and ILTAB (via email).
General Information or Other
Event Number: 44331
Rep Org: GEORGIA RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL PGM
Licensee: EMORY UNIVERSITY
Region: 1
City: ATLANTA State: GA
County:
License #: GA0153-1
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: JOEL MINF
HQ OPS Officer: MARK ABRAMOVITZ
Licensee: EMORY UNIVERSITY
Region: 1
City: ATLANTA State: GA
County:
License #: GA0153-1
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: JOEL MINF
HQ OPS Officer: MARK ABRAMOVITZ
Notification Date: 07/01/2008
Notification Time: 16:10 [ET]
Event Date: 05/31/2008
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 07/01/2008
Notification Time: 16:10 [ET]
Event Date: 05/31/2008
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 07/01/2008
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
RONALD BELLAMY (R1)
RONALD BELLAMY (R1)
AGREEMENT STATE - POSSIBLE OVEREXPOSURE
"Emory University Health Physics Department received notification of a film badge reading with a Beta Dose Reading of 49919mR. This report is only preliminary at this point."
Period of exposure: 5/1/2008 to 5/31/2008
Deep Dose: 240 mR
Lens Dose: 240 mR
Beta Dose: 49919 mR
"The assigned shallow dose was changed to 50,160 mrem due to the beta reading of 49,919 mrem. The other doses, including the ring badge reading, are not out of line with what she and her coworkers in PET-CT receive regularly.
"[The employee] typically only works with [F-18]FDG [fleurodeoxyglucose]. These readings are consistent with a contaminated badge. I will confer with Landauer as to whether contamination with FDG might result in a reading like this, as I suspect."
The employee is currently vacationing out of the country and will return July 10, 2008. The investigation will be completed at that time.
"Emory University Health Physics Department received notification of a film badge reading with a Beta Dose Reading of 49919mR. This report is only preliminary at this point."
Period of exposure: 5/1/2008 to 5/31/2008
Deep Dose: 240 mR
Lens Dose: 240 mR
Beta Dose: 49919 mR
"The assigned shallow dose was changed to 50,160 mrem due to the beta reading of 49,919 mrem. The other doses, including the ring badge reading, are not out of line with what she and her coworkers in PET-CT receive regularly.
"[The employee] typically only works with [F-18]FDG [fleurodeoxyglucose]. These readings are consistent with a contaminated badge. I will confer with Landauer as to whether contamination with FDG might result in a reading like this, as I suspect."
The employee is currently vacationing out of the country and will return July 10, 2008. The investigation will be completed at that time.
Power Reactor
Event Number: 44296
Facility: FITZPATRICK
Region: 1 State: NY
Unit: [1] [] []
RX Type: [1] GE-4
NRC Notified By: WILLIAM A. HARRISON
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN
Region: 1 State: NY
Unit: [1] [] []
RX Type: [1] GE-4
NRC Notified By: WILLIAM A. HARRISON
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN
Notification Date: 06/13/2008
Notification Time: 13:47 [ET]
Event Date: 05/31/2008
Event Time: 12:06 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 06/13/2008
Notification Time: 13:47 [ET]
Event Date: 05/31/2008
Event Time: 12:06 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 06/13/2008
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
50.73(a)(1) - INVALID SPECIF SYSTEM ACTUATION
10 CFR Section:
50.73(a)(1) - INVALID SPECIF SYSTEM ACTUATION
Person (Organization):
ROBERT SUMMERS (R1)
ROBERT SUMMERS (R1)
| Unit | SCRAM Code | RX Crit | Initial PWR | Initial RX Mode | Current PWR | Current RX Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N | Y | 100 | Power Operation | 100 | Power Operation |
60-DAY REPORT INVOLVING AN INVALID GROUP II PRIMARY CONTAINMENT ISOLATION
"At 1206 On May 31, 2008, with the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant operating at 100% reactor power, Reactor Building (RB) Radiation Monitor 17RM-452A failed resulting in a Group II Primary Containment Isolation.
"The failure resulted in actuation of the RB ventilation system isolation logic, start-up of the 'A- Standby Gas Treatment (SBGT) System, and a Half PCIS Group II Isolation. Operations department personnel verified that all expected isolations occurred and Radiation Protection verified that radiation levels in the Reactor Building were normal.
"The reactor remained at 100% power throughout the event. While the isolation signal was falsely generated by the failure of the Radiation Monitor the actuation logic functioned properly and the plant equipment responded as designed. There were no other equipment failures associated with this event and neither plant operation nor the health and safety of the public were affected by this event.
"The condition meets the reporting criteria of 10 CFR 50.73 (a)(2)(iv)(a) because the failure of the RB Radiation Monitor constitutes an invalid signal which resulted in a general Containment isolation signal affecting containment Isolation valves in more than one system ('A' SBGT, 'A' H2/02 Exosensors, 'A' Drywall Cam, 'A' Containment Atmosphere Dilution (CAD), 'A' PCP Vent and Purge). Since the signal was invalid this event meets the criteria in 10 CFR 50.73 (a)(1) for being reported as a 60-day phone call rather than as an LER.
"The event has been entered into the corrective action program and the resident inspector has been briefed. The results of the Equipment Failure Evaluation are not yet available."
The licensee also notified the State of New York of this report.
"At 1206 On May 31, 2008, with the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant operating at 100% reactor power, Reactor Building (RB) Radiation Monitor 17RM-452A failed resulting in a Group II Primary Containment Isolation.
"The failure resulted in actuation of the RB ventilation system isolation logic, start-up of the 'A- Standby Gas Treatment (SBGT) System, and a Half PCIS Group II Isolation. Operations department personnel verified that all expected isolations occurred and Radiation Protection verified that radiation levels in the Reactor Building were normal.
"The reactor remained at 100% power throughout the event. While the isolation signal was falsely generated by the failure of the Radiation Monitor the actuation logic functioned properly and the plant equipment responded as designed. There were no other equipment failures associated with this event and neither plant operation nor the health and safety of the public were affected by this event.
"The condition meets the reporting criteria of 10 CFR 50.73 (a)(2)(iv)(a) because the failure of the RB Radiation Monitor constitutes an invalid signal which resulted in a general Containment isolation signal affecting containment Isolation valves in more than one system ('A' SBGT, 'A' H2/02 Exosensors, 'A' Drywall Cam, 'A' Containment Atmosphere Dilution (CAD), 'A' PCP Vent and Purge). Since the signal was invalid this event meets the criteria in 10 CFR 50.73 (a)(1) for being reported as a 60-day phone call rather than as an LER.
"The event has been entered into the corrective action program and the resident inspector has been briefed. The results of the Equipment Failure Evaluation are not yet available."
The licensee also notified the State of New York of this report.