Event Notification Report for December 06, 2010

OFFSITE NOTIFICATION - OSHA CONTACTED DUE TO FATALITY OF CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE

"At 0815 Eastern Standard Time on December 6, 2010, TVA Construction Contractor, Bechtel, notified the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), in accordance with 29 CFR 1904.39, that a Bechtel employee had suffered a fatality from an apparent heart attack, while working on the Watts Bar Unit 2 Construction completion project. This information was also provided to Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Occupational Safety and Health (TOSHA).

"This event had no consequences to the health and safety of the public, other onsite workers, or the environment.

"The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified of this event."

The employee's heart attack happened while he was operating a fork lift at the Parts/Receiving area. Offsite responders were called to the scene, however, the employee was unresponsive to their actions. Employee was transported to the Rhea County Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

TECH SPEC REQUIRED SHUTDOWN DUE TO EXCEEDING ALLOWED OUTAGE TIME ON THE 'A' EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR

"(KKJ01A) 'A' Emergency Diesel Generator (EDG) was removed from service and declared inoperable [on] 11/29/2010 at 0500 (CST) for a scheduled 7 day Technical Specification equipment outage to perform various scheduled maintenance items. Technical Specification 3.8.1 Condition B was entered for one Diesel Generator inoperable, utilizing Action B.4.2.2, 'Restore the Diesel Generator to OPERABLE within 7 days AND 10 days from discovery of failure to meet LCO'.

"On 12/06/2010, it was discovered during the Operability Run Surveillance, STS KJ-015A, utilized to restore the EDG to service, the Engine Analyzer Data Acquisition [software] indicated the No. 12 cylinder is 'out of balance' and will require a clearance order and maintenance repair. On 12/06/2010 [at] 0350 hrs., it was determined that the work required to restore the EDG to service would cause the Tech Spec 3.8.1 Action B.4.2.2 Completion Time requirement of 7 days to be exceeded, requiring a Plant Shutdown per TS 3.8.1 Condition H, with Action H.1, 'Be in Mode 3 within 6 hours', and Action H.2, 'Be in Mode 5 within 36 hours'.

"Plant Shutdown to Mode 3 was commenced [on] 12/06/2010 at 0418 (CST).

"The [NRC] Resident Inspector has been contacted."

The licensee indicated that required repairs should be completed within 8 hours and expects restart to occur on 12/06/2010.

AGREEMENT STATE INVOLVING A LOST TRITIUM EXIT SIGN

The following information was received from the State of North Carolina via fax:

"Brief Description of Incident: General License: 011-2650-0G, was issued on August 2, 2010 to HB Haynes for one Exit Light, Serial Number: 421564, from Safety Light.

"Model Number: SLX-60 for 7.5 Curies of H-3 (Tritium), Date Shipped; 7-20-2007. In August 2007, Haynes Electric installed the sign at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC in the Stairwell at the new Dogwood Building and completed [work at] the temporary site in the fall at 2009.

"The General License was issued on August 2, 2010 and [the President of Haynes Electric] called to confirm that they had gone back to the site and could not locate the sign. [The] RSO for Mission Memorial Hospital was contacted and confirmed the sign was lost and that they did not possess any radioactive material with exit signs. Also, on December 6, 2010 [the representative] with Safety Light also listed as Isolite confirmed that they had not received the light. The light was considered lost on December 6, 2010 and the NRC was notified."

NC Incident No.: 10-51

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

FAIL SAFE FUNCTION OF THE N7000 SERIES TEMPERATURE TRANSMITTER DOES NOT OPERATE CORRECTLY UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS

"The functional issue is limited to N7000 transmitters where the field selectable jumper is set for downscale indication upon loss of input (open circuit, over range RTD, or short circuit). The transmitter may indicate a mid-range output upon open circuit or over range RTD input instead of going downscale (4 mA) as intended. Short circuit detection operates correctly in all cases.

"This issue does not affect temperature transmitters during normal operating conditions, only the downscale input sensor failure indication function. N7000 transmitters that have been set for upscale sensor failure indication are not affected; however, this notification is applicable to all N7000 customers because the sensor failure indication is field selectable."

The following sites are affected: Oconee, Calvert Cliffs, Perry, North Anna, Surry, Framatome ANP, Kewaunee, Diablo Canyon, and Hope Creek.