Event Notification Report for March 23, 1999
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
03/22/1999 - 03/23/1999
** EVENT NUMBERS **
35477 35497 35498 35499 35500
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 35477 |
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| REP ORG: FLORIDA BUREAU OF RADIATION CONTROL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/17/1999|
|LICENSEE: NDT & INSPECTIONS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 07:39[EST]|
| CITY: PEMBROKE PINES REGION: 2 |EVENT DATE: 03/17/1999|
| COUNTY: BROWARD STATE: FL |EVENT TIME: 05:12[EST]|
|LICENSE#: 2941-1 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/22/1999|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |KERRY LANDIS R2 |
| |DON COOL EO NMSS |
+------------------------------------------------+ROSEMARY HOGAN IRO |
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: EAKINS | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
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|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| THE FLORIDA BUREAU OF RADIATION CONTROL REPORTED A STOLEN RADIOGRAPHY |
| CAMERA. |
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| THE CAMERA (AEA TECHNOLOGY MODEL 66B) IS THE PROPERTY OF NDT & INSPECTIONS |
| OF PEMBROKE PINES, FL. IT CONTAINS 88.3 CURIES OF IRIDIUM-192. IT WAS |
| STOLEN FROM A TRAILER AT THE RADIOGRAPHER'S HOUSE IN PEMBROKE PINES, FL |
| BETWEEN 0400 AND 0440 ON 03/17/99. THE SOURCE SERIAL NUMBER IS C9062. THE |
| INDIVIDUALS THAT STOLE THE DEVICE ALSO HAVE THE KEYS FOR THE CAMERA. THERE |
| WILL BE A PRESS RELEASE BY BROWARD COUNTY. |
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| THE FLORIDA REPORT NUMBER IS FL99-039. |
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| CONTACT THE HOO FOR STATE TELEPHONE NUMBER. |
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| * * * UPDATE AT 1230 ON 03/17/99 BY STRANSKY * * * |
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| THE NRC ENTERED THE MONITORING PHASE OF NORMAL RESPONSE MODE AT 1230 ON |
| 03/17/99 AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED IRO |
| (CONGEL), CHAIRMAN'S OFFICE (WEBER), EDO (TSCHILTZ), OPA (LANDAU), AND |
| OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES (VIA FAX AND PHONE). |
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| * * * UPDATE AT 1205 ON 03/22/99 BY JOLLIFFE * * * |
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| AT 1205 ON 03/22/99, THE NRC SECURED FROM THE MONITORING PHASE OF NORMAL |
| RESPONSE MODE. THE CAMERA HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED. THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER |
| NOTIFIED THE FOLLOWING: CHAIRMAN (MIKE WEBER), EDO (GLEN TRACY), NMSS EO |
| (DON COOL), R2DO (KERRY LANDIS), IRO (CHARLIE MILLER/ROSEMARY HOGAN), OPA |
| (VIC DRICKS), FBI (JIM KUNKEL), EPA (NRC) (MATT ROBERTSON), DOE (MIKE |
| WYATT), USDA (LORI THOMAS), HHS (MARK KEIM), AND FEMA (PAUL WRIGHT). |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 35497 |
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| FACILITY: CALVERT CLIFFS REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/22/1999|
| UNIT: [] [2] [] STATE: MD |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:15[EST]|
| RXTYPE: [1] CE,[2] CE |EVENT DATE: 03/22/1999|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:58[EST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BOB PACE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/22/1999|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |JACK MCFADDEN R1 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | |
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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 Refueling |0 Refueling |
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| - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT NOTIFIED OF A 5 GALLON OIL SPILL |
| ONSITE - |
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| AT 1658 ON 03/22/99, THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE |
| ENVIRONMENT THAT THE LICENSEE HAD SPILLED APPROXIMATELY FIVE GALLONS OF |
| DIESEL FUEL OIL ONTO THE GROUND WHILE FILLING A FUEL TANK ADJACENT TO THE |
| UNIT 2 MAIN TRANSFORMER OUTSIDE THE UNIT 2 CONTAINMENT BUTLER BUILDING. THE |
| SPILL DID NOT REACH ANY STORM DRAINS OR THE BAY. THE LICENSEE PLANS TO DIG |
| UP THE OIL SOAKED SOIL AND DISPOSE OF IT PROPERLY. |
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| THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 35498 |
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| REP ORG: ALABAMA RADIATION CONTROL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/22/1999|
|LICENSEE: UNIVERSITY of AL at BIRMINGHAM |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:57[EST]|
| CITY: BIRMINGHAM REGION: 2 |EVENT DATE: 03/18/1999|
| COUNTY: STATE: AL |EVENT TIME: 15:00[CST]|
|LICENSE#: 266 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/22/1999|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |KERRY LANDIS R2 |
| |JOSIE PICCONE, EO NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: J. McNees/D. Turberville | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
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|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT (ALABAMA INCIDENT #99-6) - LOST I-125 MEDICAL THERAPY |
| SEEDS |
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| In the late afternoon of March 19, 1999, the State of Alabama was contacted |
| by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (Alabama Radioactive Material |
| License No. 266) concerning an incident involving lost or stolen Iodine-125 |
| medical therapy seeds. The seeds, used for the treatment of prostate |
| cancer, were delivered to the licensee's permittee (the medical user) by an |
| employee of the licensee's Hazardous Material Facility on the afternoon of |
| March 18, 1999. Upon delivery, the individual placed the package on the top |
| of a trash can and then went to check on a patient. Upon his return, the |
| package was missing. The package contained 107 seeds of I-125 with a total |
| activity of 37.5 millicuries in a lead pig. The licensee continues the |
| process of interviewing housekeeping personnel and surveying trash dumpsters |
| to locate the package. As of the close of business on March 22, 1999, the |
| radioactive seeds had not been located despite extensive efforts by the |
| licensee. |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 35499 |
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| REP ORG: ALABAMA RADIATION CONTROL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/22/1999|
|LICENSEE: BHATE ENGINEERING CORP |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:05[EST]|
| CITY: BIRMINGHAM REGION: 2 |EVENT DATE: 03/17/1999|
| COUNTY: STATE: AL |EVENT TIME: 15:00[CST]|
|LICENSE#: 655 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/22/1999|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |KERRY LANDIS R2 |
| |JOSIE PICCONE, EO NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: J. McNees/D. Turberville | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| AGREEMENT STATE EVENT (ALABAMA INCIDENT #99-5) - Damaged Troxler Moisture |
| Density Gauge |
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| In the morning of March 18, 1999, the State of Alabama was contacted by |
| William B. Bass, a radiological consultant on behalf of Bhate Engineering |
| Corporation of Birmingham (Alabama Radioactive Material License No. 655) |
| concerning an incident involving a damaged Troxler Moisture Density Gauge. |
| Mr. Bass reported that at approximately 1500 CST on March 17, 1999, the |
| radioactive device was accidentally driven over by a John Deere 770B-H Motor |
| Grader. The Troxler gauge was in the closed shielded position when the |
| accident occurred. The impact bent the source rod and "crushed" the shield |
| around the source. Mr. Bass reported that he checked for contamination and |
| finding none, secured the rod with duct tape to prevent any movement and |
| placed the damaged device in the case and secured it in place with duct |
| tape. The area was surveyed and determined to be contamination free and a |
| wipe test made along the seams of the damaged device. Radiation exposure |
| levels adjacent to the device were 2.5 mR/hr at six inches from the surface |
| which is typical for an undamaged Troxler device. The licensee intends to |
| ship the damaged device to the manufacturer. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 35500 |
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| FACILITY: GRAND GULF REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/22/1999|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: MS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:16[EST]|
| RXTYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 03/22/1999|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: MARTY McADORY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/22/1999|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |CHARLES CAIN R4 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|AARC 50.72(b)(1)(v) OTHER ASMT/COMM INOP | |
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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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| - EMERGENCY OPERATIONS FACILITY INOPERABLE DUE TO TWO INOPERABLE AIR |
| COMPRESSORS - |
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| THE LICENSEE DECLARED BOTH AIR COMPRESSORS AT THE ENTERGY SERVICES CENTER |
| INOPERABLE WHEN THEY FAILED TO START DURING A TEST. THESE COMPRESSORS |
| SUPPLY AIR NECESSARY TO ISOLATE THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS FACILITY (EOF), |
| OPERATE THE HVAC SYSTEMS, AND START THE BACKUP GENERATOR. ONE UNIT HAS A |
| FAULTY COMPRESSOR AND THE OTHER HAS A FAULTY CIRCUIT BREAKER. |
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| THE LICENSEE PLANS TO SWAP CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND RESTORE ONE UNIT TO OPERABLE |
| STATUS. THE LICENSEE DECLARED THE EOF INOPERABLE. |
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| THIS CONDITION IS A VIOLATION OF THE FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE, ATTACHMENT |
| I(e)(3). |
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| THE LICENSEE HAS NOTIFIED STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS, LICENSEE EMERGENCY |
| RESPONSE PERSONNEL, AND THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR THAT THE EOF IS |
| INOPERABLE AND TO RESPOND TO THE BACKUP EOF LOCATED AT THE BAXTER WILSON |
| POWER STATION IN VICKSBURG, MS, APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES FROM THE SITE, IF THE |
| EOF IS REQUIRED TO BE STAFFED. |
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