Event Notification Report for July 26, 2012

TECH SPEC REQUIRED SHUTDOWN FOR DIESEL MAINTENANCE EXCEEDING ALLOWED OUTAGE TIME

"At 21:51 [CDT] [on 7/26/12], Farley has commenced shutdown of Unit 1 in accordance with T.S. 3.8.1, AC Sources - Operating. 1B Diesel Generator was removed from service on 7/16 at 21:52 [CDT] for a planned 24 month outage. Due to emergent equipment issues with the diesel, the RAS (Required Action Statement) time of 10 days to return the diesel generator to service has not been met. Unit 1 shutdown to Mode 3 has commenced. The unit must be in Mode 3 by 03:52 [CDT] on 7/27/12, and Mode 5 by 09:52 [CDT] on 7/28/12."

The licensee has informed the NRC Resident Inspector.

LOSS OF AC POWER TO THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS FACILITY

"At 2120 [CDT] [on 07/26/12], a loss of AC power to the Emergency Operations Facility (EOF) occurred effecting emergency response capability. The Technical Support Center (TSC) remained available. In the event of on emergency declaration requiring an EOF, the emergency Response Organization (ERO) would have been directed to report to the Backup EOF.

"Assessment capability via SPDS was not lost during this time period and communications equipment also remained available.

"Coincident with no local offsite power being available, the backup diesel generator was unable to supply AC power to the facility due to an overvoltage condition present on the transfer switch. No power was available from the time period of 2120 [CDT] to 2133 [CDT] when local offsite power was restored to the building.

"This notification is being made in accordance with 10 CFR 50.12(b)(3)(xiii) due to the unavailability of an emergency response facility."

The licensee has notified the NRC Resident Inspector.

CONFIRMED POSITIVE ON A FITNESS FOR DUTY TEST

A non-licensed employee supervisor had a confirmed positive for alcohol during a follow-up fitness for duty test. The employee's unescorted access to the plant has been terminated. Contact the Headquarters Operations Officer for additional details.

The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.

AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - MEDICAL EVENT INVOLVING AN UNDERDOSE WITH YTTRIUM-90 SPHERES

"Event Type: A medical event (ME) involving the administration of yttrium-90 SIR-Spheres which is reportable under 10 CFR 35.3045(a)(1)(i).

"Notifications: On July 25, 2012, the Department's Southeast Regional Office received notification via telephone about this event.

"Event Description: The patient received 77% of the intended dose.

"Cause of the Event: Currently under investigation and unknown at this time.

"Actions: No harm to the patient is expected. The Department [PA Bureau of Radiation Protection] plans to do a reactive inspection. Updates will be provided upon receipt of information."

A Medical Event may indicate potential problems in a medical facility's use of radioactive materials. It does not necessarily result in harm to the patient.

AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - MISSING MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE

"At 1400 on July 26, 2012, the Agency [Texas Department of Health] was notified by the licensee that a Humboldt Scientific Inc. (HSI) Model 5001 moisture density gauge was missing and suspected as stolen by a company employee. The employee, a company truck, 2012 white Toyota Tacoma, and the moisture density gauge have been missing all day. The worker failed to report to a job site this morning and his wife reported that she had no contact with him yesterday. Local law enforcement was notified. The gauge contained 10 millicuries of cesium-137 and 40 millicuries of americium-241.

"The State of Texas event number for this event is I-8972."

* * * UPDATE AT 1241 EDT ON 7/27/12 FROM CHRIS MOORE TO PETE SNYDER * * *

"At 0830 on July 27, 2012, the Agency [Texas Department of Health] was notified by the licensee that the Humboldt Scientific Model 5001 Moisture Density gauge reported stolen on July 26, 2012, had been recovered. The licensee stated that the missing worker called the company and reported that the truck with gauge was parked at his residence. The licensee recovered the gauge. The licensee stated that the gauge was still locked and stowed properly in the truck. The licensee stated that an inspection and radiation survey of the moisture density gauge was found to be normal. The employee was fired."

Notified the R4DO(Drake), ILTAB(Johnson), FSME Events Resource(Email), and Mexico.

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