Event Notification Report for May 27, 2010
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
05/26/2010 - 05/27/2010
Power Reactor
Event Number: 45958
Facility: VERMONT YANKEE
Region: 1 State: VT
Unit: [1] [] []
RX Type: [1] GE-4
NRC Notified By: ANDREW WISNIEWSKI
HQ OPS Officer: CHARLES TEAL
Region: 1 State: VT
Unit: [1] [] []
RX Type: [1] GE-4
NRC Notified By: ANDREW WISNIEWSKI
HQ OPS Officer: CHARLES TEAL
Notification Date: 05/27/2010
Notification Time: 08:31 [ET]
Event Date: 05/27/2010
Event Time: 02:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 05/27/2010
Notification Time: 08:31 [ET]
Event Date: 05/27/2010
Event Time: 02:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 05/27/2010
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):
JAMES DWYER (R1DO)
JAMES DWYER (R1DO)
| Unit | SCRAM Code | RX Crit | Initial PWR | Initial RX Mode | Current PWR | Current RX Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N | N | 0 | Hot Shutdown | 0 | Hot Shutdown |
LOSS OF COMMUNICATIONS
At 0200 EDT on 5/27/10, operators identified that the FTS 2000, NAS [Nuclear Alert System] and commercial phones systems were not functional. ERDS is not functional. The loss of communications appears to be weather related.
[The licensee] validated microwave communication with ISO New England and NRC is available. Cell phone communication is functional. The NRC and state were contacted using alternate means.
The licensee has notified the NRC Resident Inspector.
* * * UPDATE FROM ANDREW WISNIEWSKI TO VINCE KLCO ON 5/27/2010 AT 1459 * * *
Notified by the licensee that FTS 2000, NAS, commercial phone systems and ERDS are functional. The licensee will notify the NRC Resident Inspector.
Notified the R1DO (Dwyer).
At 0200 EDT on 5/27/10, operators identified that the FTS 2000, NAS [Nuclear Alert System] and commercial phones systems were not functional. ERDS is not functional. The loss of communications appears to be weather related.
[The licensee] validated microwave communication with ISO New England and NRC is available. Cell phone communication is functional. The NRC and state were contacted using alternate means.
The licensee has notified the NRC Resident Inspector.
* * * UPDATE FROM ANDREW WISNIEWSKI TO VINCE KLCO ON 5/27/2010 AT 1459 * * *
Notified by the licensee that FTS 2000, NAS, commercial phone systems and ERDS are functional. The licensee will notify the NRC Resident Inspector.
Notified the R1DO (Dwyer).
General Information or Other
Event Number: 45972
Rep Org: OHIO BUREAU OF RADIATION PROTECTION
Licensee: SHAW ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.
Region: 3
City: COLUMBUS State: OH
County:
License #: N/A
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: STEPHEN JAMES
HQ OPS Officer: HOWIE CROUCH
Licensee: SHAW ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.
Region: 3
City: COLUMBUS State: OH
County:
License #: N/A
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: STEPHEN JAMES
HQ OPS Officer: HOWIE CROUCH
Notification Date: 06/02/2010
Notification Time: 15:00 [ET]
Event Date: 05/27/2010
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 06/02/2010
Notification Time: 15:00 [ET]
Event Date: 05/27/2010
Event Time: 00:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 06/02/2010
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
PATTY PELKE (R3DO)
ANGELA MCINTOSH (FSME)
ILTAB (via email) (ILTA)
CANADA (via fax)
PATTY PELKE (R3DO)
ANGELA MCINTOSH (FSME)
ILTAB (via email) (ILTA)
CANADA (via fax)
OHIO AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - THREE TRITIUM EXIT SIGNS MISSING
The following information was obtained from the State of Ohio via email:
"A contractor installed tritium self-illuminating exit signs between March 2004 and October 2005 at various locations as part of a US Army Corps of Engineers contract to renovate military recruiting centers. The contractor recently conducted an inventory of the signs it had installed and discovered that some signs were not located where the installation records indicated that they had been installed.
"The signs in question are SRB Technologies, Model BetaLux-E, containing 10 Ci of H-3. Three (3) signs identified as missing in Ohio are: S/N 004222, installation address 1300 State Street, Alliance, Ohio, 44601 and S/Ns 009242 and 009243, installation address 2531 Franks Way, Columbus, Ohio, 43232.
"The signs were not located during a physical inspection of the properties. Interviews with personnel currently occupying the sites provided no information as to the disposition of the signs. The contractor is currently replacing the H-3 signs with electric signs and is returning the H-3 signs to the manufacturer for proper disposal.
"Contractor: Shaw Environmental, Inc. of Stoughton, MA."
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. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf
This source is not amongst those sources or devices identified by the IAEA Code of Conduct for the Safety & Security of Radioactive Sources to be of concern from a radiological standpoint. Therefore is it being categorized as a less than Category 3 source
The following information was obtained from the State of Ohio via email:
"A contractor installed tritium self-illuminating exit signs between March 2004 and October 2005 at various locations as part of a US Army Corps of Engineers contract to renovate military recruiting centers. The contractor recently conducted an inventory of the signs it had installed and discovered that some signs were not located where the installation records indicated that they had been installed.
"The signs in question are SRB Technologies, Model BetaLux-E, containing 10 Ci of H-3. Three (3) signs identified as missing in Ohio are: S/N 004222, installation address 1300 State Street, Alliance, Ohio, 44601 and S/Ns 009242 and 009243, installation address 2531 Franks Way, Columbus, Ohio, 43232.
"The signs were not located during a physical inspection of the properties. Interviews with personnel currently occupying the sites provided no information as to the disposition of the signs. The contractor is currently replacing the H-3 signs with electric signs and is returning the H-3 signs to the manufacturer for proper disposal.
"Contractor: Shaw Environmental, Inc. of Stoughton, MA."
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. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf
This source is not amongst those sources or devices identified by the IAEA Code of Conduct for the Safety & Security of Radioactive Sources to be of concern from a radiological standpoint. Therefore is it being categorized as a less than Category 3 source