Event Notification Report for January 29, 1999
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
01/28/1999 - 01/29/1999
** EVENT NUMBERS **
35319 35320 35321 35322
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|Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 35319 |
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| REP ORG: CTE NEVADA, INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/28/1999|
|LICENSEE: CTE NEVADA, INC. |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:59[EST]|
| CITY: LAS VEGAS REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 01/26/1999|
| COUNTY: STATE: NV |EVENT TIME: 18:30[PST]|
|LICENSE#: 00-11-0363-01 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/28/1999|
| DOCKET: |+----------------------------+
| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |CHARLES MARSCHALL R4 |
| |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: R MICHAEL | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | |
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EVENT TEXT
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| TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE STOLEN FROM BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK |
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| ON 01/26/99 AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 PST AN EMPLOYEE OF CTE NEVADA, INC. PARKED |
| A PICKUP TRUCK IN THE BACK OF THE COMPANY'S OFFICE AND ENTERED THE OFFICE |
| VIA ITS BACK DOOR. APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR LATER (BETWEEN 1730 - 1830 HOURS) |
| THE EMPLOYEE WENT BACK TO THE PICKUP TRUCK AND DISCOVERED THAT THE TROXLER |
| MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE (MODEL 3 3400 SERIES) HOLD DOWN CHAIN HAD BEEN CUT |
| WITH CHAIN CUTTERS AND THE GAUGE WAS MISSING. THE TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY |
| GAUGE CONTAINED AN 8 mCi CESIUM-137 SOURCE AND A 40mCi Am-241(Be) SOURCE. |
| THE GAUGE WAS DOUBLE LOCKED AND IN ITS CASE WHEN IT WAS STOLEN. THE |
| LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE STATE OF NEVADA HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF THE GAUGE BEING |
| STOLEN AND THEY NOTIFIED THE LAS VEGAS METRO POLICE THE NEXT DAY (01/27/99) |
| THAT THE TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE HAD BEEN STOLEN. THE METRO POLICE |
| SAID THAT THEY WOULD COME OUT AND INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT IN 2 OR 3 DAYS. |
| THE LICENSEE WAS GIVEN THE PHONE NUMBER FOR THE STATE OF NEVADA |
| RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH SECTION DEPARTMENT AND WAS ASKED TO CALL THEM. THE |
| LICENSEE SAID THAT THEIR RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER WAS HANDLING THIS EVENT. |
| THE LICENSEE SAID THAT NRC REGION 4 HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE EVENT. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 35320 |
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| FACILITY: HATCH REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/28/1999|
| UNIT: [] [2] [] STATE: GA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:07[EST]|
| RXTYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 01/28/1999|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BARNES |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/28/1999|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |BRIAN BONSER R2 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE |
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|2 N N 0 Hot Shutdown |0 Hot Shutdown |
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EVENT TEXT
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| GROUP 2 ISOLATION DUE TO REACTOR WATER LEVEL LESS THAN 3 INCHES. |
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| A GROUP 2 ISOLATION OCCURRED WHEN THE REACTOR WATER LEVEL DECREASED TO 1 |
| INCH FOLLOWING A PREPLANNED MANUAL REACTOR SCRAM DURING A PLANNED PLANT |
| SHUTDOWN. THE FOLLOWING VALVES CLOSED AS PART OF THE GROUP 2 ISOLATION |
| SIGNAL: FISSION PRODUCT MONITOR VALVES (2D11-F050, F051, F052, F053, F071, |
| & F072), PRIMARY CONTAINMENT 18 INCH VENT VALVES (2T48-F319 & F320), PRIMARY |
| CONTAINMENT PURGE VALVES (2T48-F309 & F324), H2-O2 ANALYZER VALVES |
| (2P33-F002, F004, F005, F007, F012, F013, & F015), AND DRYWELL EQUIPMENT |
| DRAIN SUMP ISOLATION VALVES (2611-F003 & F004). THE REACTOR WATER LEVEL WAS |
| RESTORED TO GREATER THAN 3 INCHES AND ALL VALVES WERE REOPENED WITHIN 5 |
| MINUTES. THE CAUSE OF THE LOW LEVEL WAS DUE TO THE VOIDS COLLAPSING AND |
| RECOVERY WAS NOT QUICK ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE ISOLATION. |
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| THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. |
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|Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 35321 |
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| REP ORG: US ARMY TNG & DOCTRINE COMD |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/28/1999|
|LICENSEE: US ARMY TNG & DOCTRINE COMD |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:03[EST]|
| CITY: FORT KNOX REGION: 2 |EVENT DATE: 01/19/1999|
| COUNTY: STATE: KY |EVENT TIME: [CST]|
|LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/28/1999|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |BRIAN BONSER R2 |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: POTTER | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | |
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EVENT TEXT
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| THE US ARMY TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND SUSPECTS THEY HAVE BURIED TWO |
| TRITIUM EXIT LIGHT SIGNS IN A LANDFILL ON POST. |
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| THESE SIGNS WERE REMOVED FROM TWO BUILDINGS ON POST AND ON 11/10/99 AND |
| 12/15/98, THE RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER ASKED WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SIGNS, BUT |
| RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. ON 01/19/99 IT WAS VERIFIED THAT THE TWO SIGNS |
| CONTAINING 9.5 CURIES EACH OF TRITIUM WERE BURIED ON A POST LANDFILL. THEY |
| WILL MAKE NO ATTEMPT TO RECOVER THE SIGNS. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 35322 |
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| FACILITY: HATCH REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/28/1999|
| UNIT: [] [2] [] STATE: GA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:20[EST]|
| RXTYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 01/28/1999|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BARNES |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/28/1999|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |BRIAN BONSER R2 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS | |
|NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | |
|AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE |
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|2 N N 0 Hot Shutdown |0 Hot Shutdown |
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| THE PLANT ENTERED LCO ACTION STATEMENT DUE TO TWO ADS VALVES BEING |
| INOPERABLE. |
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| THIS CONDITION OCCURRED WHEN 2B21-F013K SAFETY RELIEF VALVE OPENED AND THE |
| PROCEDURE (34AB-OPS-007-1) DIRECTS OPERATORS TO REMOVE FUSES, WHICH WAS |
| DONE, TO CLOSE THE VALVE. POWER REMOVED FROM THIS VALVE AND POWER |
| PREVIOUSLY REMOVED FROM THE 2B21-F013C VALVE DUE TO A DC GROUND, PUT THE |
| PLANT IN A TS LCO ACTION STATEMENT TO BE IN MODE 3 (WHICH THEY ARE CURRENTLY |
| IN) WITHIN 12 HOURS AND BE BELOW 150 PSIG WITHIN 36 HOURS. THE PLANT IS |
| CURRENTLY AT 300 PSIG AND PROCEEDING TO COLD SHUTDOWN. |
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| THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. |
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| *** UPDATE ON 1/28/99 @ 1846 BY COLEMAN TO GOULD *** |
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| THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT THE OPENING OF THE ADS VALVE WAS ALSO AN ESF |
| ACTUATION. |
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| THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INFORM THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. |
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| THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R2DO (BRIAN BONSER). |
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