Event Notification Report for February 3, 1999
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
02/02/1999 - 02/03/1999
** EVENT NUMBERS **
35295 35339
!!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!!
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 35295 |
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| FACILITY: POINT BEACH REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/21/1999|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:59[EST]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/21/1999|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:00[CST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: RICK ROBBINS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/02/1999|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |ROGER LANKSBURY R3 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE |
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|1 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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EVENT TEXT
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| Material for deionized water supply valve changed |
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| During storeroom valve stock review, the licensee discovered that valve |
| materials for a deionized water supply line containment isolation valve had |
| changed. Specifically, the diaphragm material had changed. The design |
| value for the original material was 200� F at 200 psi. The new valve was |
| rated at 150� F at 300 psi. This valve inside containment and another |
| valve outside containment are normally closed during operation. Further |
| evaluations are underway. |
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| Containment integrity has been verified by ensuring the valve outside |
| containment is locked shut. |
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| The NRC resident inspector will be notified of this event by the licensee. |
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| * * * RETRACTED ON 2/2/99 AT 1122 EST BY MIKE MEYER TO FANGIE JONES * * * |
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| After further investigation, the licensee determined that valve 1DI-11 and |
| the outside containment isolation valve (1DI-19) are locked closed during |
| times that containment integrity is required. Therefore, even if the |
| improper ratings of the valve would have resulted in the valve failing |
| during a design bases accident, containment integrity would have been |
| maintained by the normally locked closed valve outside containment. |
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| Therefore, this condition does not result in a condition of the plant being |
| outside its design basis and this event notification is retracted. |
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| The licensee intends to notify the NRC Resident Inspector. The NRC |
| Operations Officer notified the R3DO (Thomas Kozak). |
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|Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 35339 |
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| REP ORG: UNION CAMP CORP |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/02/1999|
|LICENSEE: UNION CAMP CORP |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:34[EST]|
| CITY: FRANKLIN REGION: 2 |EVENT DATE: 02/01/1999|
| COUNTY: STATE: VA |EVENT TIME: [EST]|
|LICENSE#: 45-11414-01 AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/02/1999|
| DOCKET: 030-0659 |+----------------------------+
| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |PAUL FREDRICKSON R2 |
| |FRED COMBS EO |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: HUGH RALSTON | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | |
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EVENT TEXT
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| LICENSEE REPORTED A LOST AMERICIUM-241 SOURCE DURING SHIPMENT. |
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| "THE SOURCE MATERIAL LOST IN SHIPMENT IS AN AMERICIUM-241 80mCi SEALED |
| SOURCE CERAMIC ENCAPSULATED BY WELDED STAINLESS STEEL. THE SOURCE SERIAL |
| NUMBER IS 8462LX MOUNTED IN DEVICE NUMBER 2992 MANUFACTURED BY NDC SYSTEMS, |
| 5314 NORTH IRWINDALE AVE., IRWINDALE, CALIFORNIA 91706. THE SOURCE IS AN |
| INTEGRAL COMPONENT OF AN NDC MODEL 104F PAPER MACHINE FOURDRINIER MASS |
| MEASUREMENT GAUGE. |
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| "THE MATERIAL WAS PICKED UP AT OUR FRANKLIN, VIRGINIA, TRANSPORTATION |
| DEPARTMENT LOCATION BY UPS COURIER MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1999 FOR OVERNIGHT |
| SHIPMENT TO NDC IN IRWINDALE. THE UPS TRACKING NUMBER ASSIGNED WAS |
| 1Z2923930143701285. NDC SYSTEMS WAS CONTACTED ON 1/18/99 AND ADVISED TO |
| EXPECT THE PACKAGE ON 1/19/99. NDC PERSONNEL WERE REQUESTED TO ADVISE US |
| UPON RECEIPT. NDC PERSONNEL WERE CONTACTED 1/19/99 TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE |
| PACKAGE WAS, IN FACT, RECEIVED. IT WAS NOT. NDC WAS CONTACTED ON 1/20/99 |
| TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PACKAGE WAS RECEIVED. IT WAS NOT. SUBSEQUENTLY, |
| ON 1/20/99, UPS WAS CONTACTED TO REQUEST THAT THE PACKAGE BE TRACED. UPS |
| ASSIGNED TRACING NUMBER 020A0110 TO THE SHIPMENT. THE PACKAGE WAS SCANNED |
| UPON ARRIVAL IN THE UPS SYSTEM IN LOUISVILLE INTERNATIONAL IN LOUISVILLE, |
| KY. AT 1152 P.M. ON 1/18/99. THE MATERIAL SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME MISSING IN |
| THE UPS SHIPPING SYSTEM. |
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| "ANY EXPOSURE TO INDIVIDUALS IS EXTREMELY UNLIKELY. THE MATERIAL WAS |
| PACKAGED IN COMPLETE COMPLIANCE WITH DOT REGULATIONS FOR AN EXCEPTED PACKAGE |
| LIMITED QUANTITY MATERIAL AND NDC RECOMMENDED PACKAGING GUIDELINES WITH THE |
| SOURCE SHUTTER SECURELY CLOSED. THERE IS LESS THAN 0.1mR/HR EXPOSURE RATE |
| 50 MILLIMETERS FROM THE FACE OF THE SHUTTERED SENSOR. A SURVEY WAS |
| PERFORMED USING A TN TECHNOLOGIES MODEL 200X RADIATION SURVEY METER SERIAL |
| NUMBER B587W LAST CALIBRATED 10/19/98 TO CONFIRM EXPOSURE RATE. |
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| "REPRESENTATIVES OF UNION CAMP HAVE BEEN IN DAILY CONTACT WITH |
| REPRESENTATIVES OF NDC AND UPS IN ATTEMPTS TO LOCATE THE UNIT. INGLEHART & |
| ASSOCIATES WAS CONSULTED FOR ADDITIONAL IDEAS IN LOCATING THE DEVICE. TO |
| DATE, THE DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED. |
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| "FROM A UNION CAMP PROCEDURES STANDPOINT, THERE IS NO KNOWN METHOD OR |
| MEASURE THAT CAN BE ADOPTED TO ENSURE AGAINST A RECURRENCE OF A LOSS SUCH AS |
| THIS. " |
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