Event Notification Report for June 14, 1999

                    U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
                              Operations Center

                              Event Reports For
                           06/11/1999 - 06/14/1999

                              ** EVENT NUMBERS **

35132  35158  35688  35812  35814  35815  35816  35817  35818  

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|Fuel Cycle Facility                              |Event Number:   35132       |
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| FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT   |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/10/1998|
|   RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY          |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:10[EST]|
| COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER                   |EVENT DATE:        12/09/1998|
|           6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE                 |EVENT TIME:        22:45[EST]|
|           BETHESDA, MD 20817    (301)564-3200  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  06/11/1999|
|    CITY:  PIKETON                  REGION:  3  +-----------------------------+
|  COUNTY:  PIKE                      STATE:  OH |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|LICENSE#:  GDP-2                 AGREEMENT:  N  |MARK RING            R3      |
|  DOCKET:  0707002                              |WAYNE HODGES         NMSS    |
+------------------------------------------------+JOSEPH GIITTER       IRD     |
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  ERIC SPAETH                  |                             |
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  FANGIE JONES                 |                             |
+------------------------------------------------+                             |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          ALE                   |                             |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|AAEC 50.72 (a) (1) (I)   EMERGENCY DECLARED     |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
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| FIRE DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT CONTAINING RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL                     |
|                                                                              |
| On Wednesday December 9, 1998, at 0610 EST a motor fire occurred in the      |
| X-326 process building on cell 25-7-2.  The fire was put out by the plant    |
| fire department.  The fire involved lubricating oil in an electrical motor   |
| that drives compressors.  The fire was limited to a single housing           |
| containing the affected equipment.  However the fire spread to additional    |
| motors and equipment within the cell housing.  Damage to the equipment and   |
| piping caused the primary containment to be breached.                        |
|                                                                              |
| At 2245 EST the Plant Shift Superintendent determined that this event was    |
| reportable under 10CFR76.120(c)(4).  The fire damaged the radioactive        |
| material container (process gas piping) and the equipment contained          |
| radioactive material greater than 5 ALls (5 microcuries or 2.2 grams         |
| U-235).                                                                      |
|                                                                              |
| The certificate holder notified the NRC Resident Inspector, the local DOE    |
| representative, the state of Ohio, and issued a press release.               |
|                                                                              |
| See Event # 35130 and 35131.                                                 |
|                                                                              |
| *** UPDATE ON 6/11/99 @ 1558 BY SPAETH TO GOULD ***                          |
|                                                                              |
| SUBSEQUENT TO THE TERMINATION OF THIS EVENT ON 12/09/98, THE USEC HAS        |
| DETERMINED ON 6/11/99 @ 1502 THAT THIS EVENT MET THE CRITERIA FOR AN "ALERT" |
| EMERGENCY CLASSIFICATION.  THE DECLARATION OF AN ALERT WOULD HAVE BEEN       |
| REPORTABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10CFR76.120(a)(4), BUT WAS NOT REPORTED AT THE |
| TIME OF THE EVENT BECAUSE AN "ALERT" WAS NOT DECLARED.  IN ACCORDANCE WITH   |
| THE GUIDANCE PROVIDED IN NUREG-1022, REV 1, USEC IS UPDATING THIS            |
| NOTIFICATION TO INDICATE THAT THIS EVENT ALSO MET 10CFR76.120(a)(4)          |
| REPORTING CRITERIA.                                                          |
|                                                                              |
| THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED.                                     |
|                                                                              |
| THE REG 3 RDO (JORGENSEN), NMSS EO (SHERR) AND IRO (CONGEL) WERE NOTIFIED.   |
|                                                                              |
| THE FOLLOWING FEDERAL AGENCIES WERE INFORMED OF THIS UPDATE VIA FAX ON       |
| 6/12/99:                                                                     |
|                                                                              |
| FEMA, DOE, USDA, HHS (CDC), EPA, AND DOT (NRC).                              |
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|Other Nuclear Material                           |Event Number:   35158       |
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| REP ORG:  USAF RADIOSOTOPE COMMITTEE           |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/16/1998|
|LICENSEE:  UNITED STATES AIR FORCE              |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:35[EST]|
|    CITY:  OKLAHOMA CITY            REGION:  4  |EVENT DATE:        11/03/1998|
|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  OK |EVENT TIME:        08:00[CST]|
|LICENSE#:  42-23539-01AF         AGREEMENT:  N  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  06/11/1999|
|  DOCKET:                                       |+----------------------------+
|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|                                                |IAN BARNES           R4      |
|                                                |WILLIAM KANE         NMSS    |
+------------------------------------------------+EPA, DOE, FEMA, USDA FAX     |
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  Major HICKS                  |HHS, DOT (NRC)               |
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  JOHN MacKINNON               |                             |
+------------------------------------------------+                             |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          N/A                   |                             |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|NINF                     INFORMATION ONLY       |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
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| RADIOACTIVE THORIUM MAGNESIUM USAF AIRCRAFT PARTS FOUND IN SCRAPYARD         |
|                                                                              |
| At 0800 CST on 11/03/98, a C&C Alloy Company representative notified the     |
| Tinker Air Force Base (TAFB) Bioenvironmental Engineering Office (BEO) that  |
| aircraft parts they had purchased from the TAFB Defense Reutilization        |
| Management Office may be radioactive.  The BEO sent representatives to the   |
| C&C Alloy scrapyard in Oklahoma City to survey a crate of scrap metal which  |
| contained radioactive parts.  Radiation levels of the scrap metal were       |
| reading twice as much as background levels.  The metal had been cut up into  |
| small pieces and is believed to be magnesium thorium panels.  No personnel   |
| had been exposed to respirable particles during the cutting process.  The    |
| crate of material has been returned to TAFB for proper disposal.  The BEO    |
| plans to establish by 01/15/99 a procedure to survey scrap metal before it   |
| leaves TAFB.  The BEO plans to notify Oklahoma authorities and request that  |
| the Air Force Health Physics Branch (Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX) |
| provide a radiation survey team if C&C Alloy requests that a survey of their |
| scrapyard be performed.                                                      |
|                                                                              |
| The USAF Radioisotope Committee was informed of this event at 1300 CST on    |
| 12/16/98.                                                                    |
|                                                                              |
| *** UPDATE ON 6/11/99 @ 1242 BY HICKS TO GOULD *** FINAL REPORT              |
|                                                                              |
| C&C ALLOY RETURNED ALL RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL TO THE AIR FORCE AND DECLINED    |
| THE RADIATION SURVEY.  A GATE MONITOR WAS INSTALLED FOR THE DEFENSE          |
| REUTILIZATION MANAGEMENT OFFICE(DRMO) TO MONITOR ALL SCRAP METAL, AND PRIOR  |
| TO ITS INSTALLATION, SCRAP METAL WAS SURVEYED WITH HAND-HELD RADIATION       |
| DETECTORS.  PERSONNEL WILL BE EDUCATED ON THE USE OF THE GATE MONITOR.       |
|                                                                              |
| THE METAL WAS IDENTIFIED AS COMING FROM A T-53 GAS TURBINE ENGINE, POSSIBLY  |
| USED IN THE F MODEL UN-1 HELICOPTER.  THE MATERIAL WAS MANUFACTURED BY       |
| ALLIED SIGNAL AEROSPACE AND WAS IDENTIFIED AS CONTAINING 2 TO 3% BY WEIGHT   |
| OF THORIUM 232.  THIS ALLOY MEETS THE EXEMPT REQUIREMENTS OF                 |
| 10CFR40.13(c)(4).                                                            |
|                                                                              |
| NOTIFIED REG 4 RDO(ANDREWS), NMSS EO(COOL).                                  |
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|Other Nuclear Material                           |Event Number:   35688       |
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| REP ORG:  USAF RADIOISOTOPE COMMITTEE          |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/07/1999|
|LICENSEE:  USAF RADIOISOTOPE COMMITTEE          |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:45[EDT]|
|    CITY:  Sumptor                  REGION:  2  |EVENT DATE:        05/07/1999|
|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  SC |EVENT TIME:        09:38[EDT]|
|LICENSE#:  42-23539-01AF         AGREEMENT:  Y  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  06/11/1999|
|  DOCKET:  03028641                             |+----------------------------+
|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|                                                |CHRIS CHRISTENSEN    R2      |
|                                                |BILL JONES           R4      |
+------------------------------------------------+DON COOL             NMSS    |
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  MAJOR JAMES HICKS            |FRANK CONGEL         IRO     |
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  LEIGH TROCINE                |                             |
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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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| DISCOVERY OF A MISSING CHEMICAL AGENT MONITOR CONTAINING 15 mCi OF NICKEL-63 |
| FROM SHAW AIR FORCE BASE LOCATED IN SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA                   |
|                                                                              |
| At 0938 on 05/07/99, Shaw Air Force Base (AFB) located in Sumter, South      |
| Carolina, notified the U.S. Air Force Radioisotope Committee located at      |
| Bolling AFB located in Washington D.C. of a missing chemical agent monitor   |
| (CAM) containing a 15-mCi nickel-63 source.                                  |
|                                                                              |
| On 04/27/99, the base radiation safety officer (RSO) at Shaw AFB conducted   |
| an inventory of CAMs located in building #1981.  The correct number of CAMs  |
| were there, but one had the wrong serial number.  Examination of previous    |
| inventories shows one CAM with a different serial number.  The building had  |
| been searched with no success.  The 20CES/CEX RSO has no explanation for the |
| different serial number on one CAM or where the correct CAM may be located.  |
|                                                                              |
|                                                                              |
| It is suspected that the CAM may have been exchanged with another Air Force  |
| Unit or may have been sent off for calibration.  At this time, the U.S. Air  |
| Force Radioisotope Committee believes that the CAM is still in Air Force     |
| possession.  Past shipping records will be researched, and calibration labs  |
| that serve Shaw AFB will be notified.  The completion time for these actions |
| is currently estimated to be 06/07/99.                                       |
|                                                                              |
| Call the NRC Operations Officer for a licensee contact telephone number.     |
|                                                                              |
| The licensee plans to notify the NRC Region 4 office and plans to issue a    |
| 30-day written report.                                                       |
|                                                                              |
| *** UPDATE ON 6/11/99 @ 1242 BY HICKS TO GOULD ***  INTERIM REPORT           |
|                                                                              |
| MISSING CAM SERIAL NUMBER:  CAN-C-04646                                      |
|                                                                              |
| RADIOACTIVITY MATERIAL CONTAINED: 10 mCi OF Ni-63                            |
|                                                                              |
| ACTIVITY: 0.05 Ci                                                            |
|                                                                              |
| CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL FORM: SOLID                                            |
|                                                                              |
| A SERIAL NUMBER DISCREPANCY WAS NOTED DURING A SEMIANNUAL CAM INVENTORY      |
| CONDUCTED 4/27/99.  THE PREVIOUS INVENTORY CONDUCTED 10/98 INDICATED NO      |
| DISCREPANCIES.                                                               |
|                                                                              |
| A DISPOSITION, OR PROBABLE DISPOSITION, OF THE MATERIAL IS UNDETERMINABLE.   |
|                                                                              |
| THERE EXISTS THE POSSIBILITY THAT CALIBRATION SERVICES MAY HAVE SWAPPED OUT  |
| THE CAM WITH ANOTHER MONITOR.  ALSO, A POLICE INVESTIGATION MAY BE REQUIRED  |
| SINCE THE DEVICE IS WORTH OVER $3,000.00.                                    |
|                                                                              |
| NOTIFIED REG 2 RDO(BONSER), REG 4 RDO(ANDREWS), AND NMSS EO(COOL).           |
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|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   35812       |
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| FACILITY: PEACH BOTTOM             REGION:  1  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/10/1999|
|    UNIT:  [2] [] []                 STATE:  PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:29[EDT]|
|   RXTYPE: [2] GE-4,[3] GE-4                    |EVENT DATE:        06/10/1999|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        14:30[EDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  CAMPBELL                     |LAST UPDATE DATE:  06/11/1999|
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  CHAUNCEY GOULD               +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          N/A                   |JOHN CARUSO          R1      |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|AARC 50.72(b)(1)(v)      OTHER ASMT/COMM INOP   |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|2     N          Y       100      Power Operation  |100      Power Operation  |
|                                                   |                          |
|                                                   |                          |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| PLANT LOST THEIR SAFETY PARAMETER DISPLAY SYSTEM (SPDS)                      |
|                                                                              |
| A HARDWARE FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE UNIT 2 PLANT PROCESS COMPUTER SYSTEM.     |
| THIS RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF THE SPDS, WHICH IS ONE METHOD USED FOR          |
| EMERGENCY ASSESSMENT.  ALL THE CONTROL ROOM INDICATIONS ARE OPERABLE AND     |
| AVAILABLE FOR EMERGENCY ASSESSMENT.                                          |
|                                                                              |
| THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED.                                         |
|                                                                              |
| * * * UPDATE AT 0250 ON 06/11/99 BY EILOLA, TAKEN BY WEAVER * * *            |
|                                                                              |
| THE HARDWARE FAILURE HAS BEEN REPAIRED AND THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN RETURNED TO   |
| SERVICE.  THE LICENSEE WILL NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR.  THE          |
| OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R1DO (CARUSO).                               |
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|Fuel Cycle Facility                              |Event Number:   35814       |
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| FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT   |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/11/1999|
|   RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY          |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:42[EDT]|
| COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER                   |EVENT DATE:        06/11/1999|
|           6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE                 |EVENT TIME:        13:45[EDT]|
|           BETHESDA, MD 20817    (301)564-3200  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  06/11/1999|
|    CITY:  PIKETON                  REGION:  3  +-----------------------------+
|  COUNTY:  PIKE                      STATE:  OH |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|LICENSE#:  GDP-2                 AGREEMENT:  N  |BRUCE JORGENSEN      R3      |
|  DOCKET:  0707002                              |TED SHERR            NMSS    |
+------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL         IRO     |
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  SPAETH                       |                             |
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  CHAUNCEY GOULD               |                             |
+------------------------------------------------+                             |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          N/A                   |                             |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|NBNL                     RESPONSE-BULLETIN      |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
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| 4 HOUR 91-01 BULLETIN                                                        |
|                                                                              |
| THE SITE REPORTED THAT AT 1345, OPERATIONS PERSONNEL DISCOVERED STANDING     |
| WATER UNDER AUTOCLAVE #6 IN THE X-343, FEED AND SAMPLING FACILITY.  STANDING |
| WATER IS AN INDICATION THAT A DRAIN UNDER THE AUTOCLAVE WAS PLUGGED.  THE    |
| PLUGGED DRAIN IS NOT THE AUTOCLAVE DRAIN, BUT THE CONTAINMENT PIT UNDER THE  |
| AUTOCLAVE.  THIS CONDITION IS ANALYZED IN THE NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY     |
| EVALUATION, NCSE-0343_002.001 CONTINGENCY EVENT 6.3a, WHICH STATES IN PART,  |
| "THE AUTOCLAVES ARE MOUNTED INSIDE LARGE CONCRETE PITS, WHICH ARE NORMALLY   |
| DRY AND ARE PREVENTED FROM ACCUMULATING WATER FROM ANY SOURCE BY A 4 INCH    |
| DRAIN."                                                                      |
|                                                                              |
| THE NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY (NCS) STAFF DETERMINED THAT A NUCLEAR         |
| CRITICALITY SAFETY APPROVAL FOR THIS OPERATION WAS DEFICIENT IN THAT IT      |
| FAILED TO IDENTIFY THE CONTROLS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE ANALYZED           |
| CONDITION.  BUILDING AND NCS PERSONNEL HAVE DETERMINED THAT NO OTHER SIMILAR |
| CONDITIONS EXISTS.                                                           |
|                                                                              |
| SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE IS LOW, THERE ARE NO CREDIBLE PATHWAYS TO CRITICALITY    |
| AND THERE IS NO URANIUM IN THE PIT.                                          |
|                                                                              |
| MEASURES WERE PUT IN PLACE TO REGAIN COMPLIANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS  |
| IMPLEMENTED TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE IS MAINTAINED IN THE FUTURE.                |
|                                                                              |
| THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED ALONG WITH THE DOE               |
| REPRESENTATIVE.                                                              |
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|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   35815       |
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| FACILITY: LIMERICK                 REGION:  1  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/11/1999|
|    UNIT:  [1] [] []                 STATE:  PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:50[EDT]|
|   RXTYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4                    |EVENT DATE:        06/11/1999|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        19:20[EDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  DOUGHDRTY                    |LAST UPDATE DATE:  06/11/1999|
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  CHAUNCEY GOULD               +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          N/A                   |CURTIS COWGILL       R1      |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii)     RPS ACTUATION          |                             |
|AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii)     ESF ACTUATION          |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|1     A/R        Y       100      Power Operation  |0        Hot Standby      |
|                                                   |                          |
|                                                   |                          |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| PLANT HAD A REACTOR SCRAM FROM 100% POWER DUE TO PERSONNEL ERROR.            |
|                                                                              |
| THE UNIT 1 REACTOR SCRAMMED ON A "TURBINE CONTROL VALVE FAST CLOSURE" RPS    |
| SIGNAL DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE "BACKUP OVERSPEED AND POWER LOAD        |
| UNBALANCE TEST".                                                             |
| THE CAUSE OF THE SCRAM WAS OPERATOR ERROR.  THE FOLLOWING ESF ISOLATIONS     |
| OCCURRED ON A VALID WIDE RANGE LEVEL "2" OF -38 INCHES: REACTOR WATER        |
| CLEANUP, REACTOR ENCLOSURE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT HVAC, AND CONTAINMENT LEAK  |
| DETECTION.  ALL ISOLATIONS HAVE BEEN RESET.  ALL RODS FULLY INSERTED, NO     |
| INJECTION OCCURRED AND NO SAFETY/RELIEF VALVES LIFTED.  THE HEAT SINK IS THE |
| MAIN CONDENSER.                                                              |
|                                                                              |
| THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED.                                         |
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|Fuel Cycle Facility                              |Event Number:   35816       |
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| FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT      |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/12/1999|
|   RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY          |NOTIFICATION TIME: 06:03[EDT]|
| COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER                   |EVENT DATE:        06/10/1999|
|           6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE                 |EVENT TIME:        16:33[CDT]|
|           BETHESDA, MD 20817    (301)564-3200  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  06/12/1999|
|    CITY:  PADUCAH                  REGION:  3  +-----------------------------+
|  COUNTY:  McCRACKEN                 STATE:  KY |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|LICENSE#:  GDP-1                 AGREEMENT:  Y  |BRUCE JORGENSEN      R3      |
|  DOCKET:  0707001                              |TED SHERR            NMSS    |
+------------------------------------------------+                             |
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  M.C. MAURER                  |                             |
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  STEVE SANDIN                 |                             |
+------------------------------------------------+                             |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          N/A                   |                             |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|OCBA 76.120(c)(2)(i)     ACCID MT EQUIP FAILS   |                             |
|OCBB 76.120(c)(2)(ii)    EQUIP DISABLED/FAILS   |                             |
|OCBC 76.120(c)(2)(iii)   REDUNDANT EQUIP INOP   |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| LOSS OF CRITICALITY ACCIDENT ALARM SYSTEM DURING MAINTENANCE                 |
|                                                                              |
| "At 1633 CDT on 6/10/99, electricians were performing scheduled maintenance  |
| on the C-400 building criticality accident alarm system (CAAS).  During this |
| maintenance activity, circuit breaker EP1 in C-400 was opened resulting in a |
| system trouble alarm on the C-409 building 'AE' CAAS cluster.  TSR LCO       |
| actions were implemented for the C-409 facility due to the unknown cause of  |
| the trouble alarm.  After further review of this maintenance activity, there |
| is evidence that control power for the CAAS building horns in C-409 and      |
| C-720-M was lost for approximately four hours during the subject maintenance |
| evolution.  CAAS detectability and C-409 local CAAS horn operability were    |
| not affected by the loss of control power.                                   |
|                                                                              |
| "It has been determined that this event is reportable under                  |
| 10CFR76.120(c)(2) as an event in which equipment is disabled or fails to     |
| function as designed.                                                        |
|                                                                              |
| "The NRC resident inspector has been notified of this event."                |
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|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   35817       |
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| FACILITY: CATAWBA                  REGION:  2  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/12/1999|
|    UNIT:  [] [2] []                 STATE:  SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:58[EDT]|
|   RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP                |EVENT DATE:        06/12/1999|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        14:12[EDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  RUDD                         |LAST UPDATE DATE:  06/12/1999|
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  CHAUNCEY GOULD               +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          N/A                   |BRIAN BONSER         R2      |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii)     ESF ACTUATION          |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|                                                   |                          |
|2     N          N       0        Hot Shutdown     |0        Hot Shutdown     |
|                                                   |                          |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| PLANT HAD A STEAM GENERATOR HI-HI (P14) LEVEL SIGNAL.                        |
|                                                                              |
| UPON OPENING THE "2A" STEAM GENERATOR MSIV PER PROCEDURE, A SUBSEQUENT STEAM |
| GENERATOR LEVEL SWELL OCCURRED RESULTING IN A P14 (STEAM GENERATOR HI-HI     |
| LEVEL) SIGNAL.  NO COMPONENTS CHANGED STATE SINCE THEY WERE ALREADY          |
| POSITIONED(i.e. CLOSED OR TRIPPED) BASED ON PLANT CONDITION OF MODE 4.  THE  |
| CAUSE APPEARS TO BE A PROCEDURAL DEFICIENCY, WHICH WILL BE CORRECTED WITH A  |
| PROCEDURE CHANGE.                                                            |
|                                                                              |
| THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED.                                     |
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|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   35818       |
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| FACILITY: FARLEY                   REGION:  2  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/12/1999|
|    UNIT:  [] [2] []                 STATE:  AL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:44[EDT]|
|   RXTYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP                |EVENT DATE:        06/12/1999|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        21:47[CDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  HAWKINS                      |LAST UPDATE DATE:  06/12/1999|
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  CHAUNCEY GOULD               +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          N/A                   |BRIAN BONSER         R2      |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii)     RPS ACTUATION          |                             |
|AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii)     ESF ACTUATION          |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|                                                   |                          |
|2     M/R        Y       100      Power Operation  |0        Hot Standby      |
|                                                   |                          |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| THE PLANT HAD A MANUAL REACTOR TRIP FROM 100% POWER.                         |
|                                                                              |
| A MANUAL REACTOR TRIP WAS INITIATED BECAUSE OF A LOSS OF CONDENSER VACUUM    |
| (CAUSE UNKNOWN AND BEING INVESTIGATED).  ALL RODS FULLY INSERTED, NO ECCS    |
| INJECTION INITIATED AND NO SAFETY OR RELIEF VALVES LIFTED.  AUXILIARY        |
| FEEDWATER STARTED AS EXPECTED FOLLOWING THE REACTOR TRIP AND THEY ARE USING  |
| THE STEAM GENERATORS VIA THE STEAM DUMPS AS A HEAT SINK.  ALL SYSTEMS        |
| OPERATED SATISFACTORILY FOLLOWING THE TRIP WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE M-35    |
| INTERMEDIATE RANGE CHANNEL, WHICH FAILED LOW.  THE CAUSE OF THIS FAILURE IS  |
| ALSO BEING INVESTIGATED.                                                     |
|                                                                              |
| THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED.                                         |
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