Event Notification Report for July 14, 1999
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 07/13/1999 - 07/14/1999 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 35837 35915 35916 35917 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Fuel Cycle Facility |Event Number: 35837 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/17/1999| | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:15[EDT]| | COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 06/16/1999| | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 16:31[EDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/13/1999| | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION | |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |JOHN MADERA R3 | | DOCKET: 0707002 |FREDRICK COMBS NMSS | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM McCLEERY | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: WILLIAM POERTNER | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NCFR NON CFR REPORT REQMNT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ACTUATION OF A "Q" SAFETY SYSTEM. | | | | At 1631 hours on 6/16/99, operations personnel responded to a high voltage | | outleakage smokehead alarm at the X-333 Low Assay Withdrawal (LAW) condenser | | accumulator area. Operators responded per alarm response procedures and | | checked for outleakage and observed smoke at Instrument Control Panel (ICP) | | Number 13. Operators immediately evacuated the area, called 911, and | | initiated a building recall. | | | | The Emergency Response Organization (ERO) responded and monitored air | | quality for hydrogen fluoride, airborne radioactivity, and surveyed for | | surface contamination. All sample results were less than minimum detectable | | activity. Investigation determined that a Dalton fitting in ICP#13 was | | cross threaded and was considered a possible source of the outleakage. | | | | This is reportable as a valid actuation of a "Q" safety system in accordance | | with Safety Analysis Report, Section 6.9 (24-Hour Report). | | | | The NRC resident inspector has been notified. | | | | *** RETRACTION AT 1201 7/13/99 FROM J. MCCLEERY TO W. POERTNER *** | | | | Further management review has determined that the high voltage outleakage | | smokehead alarm is not a "Q" safety system as previously reported. | | | | Notified R3DO (Gardner), NMSS (Hickey) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |General Information or Other |Event Number: 35915 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REP ORG: IDAHO NAT. ENG & ENVIRONMENTAL LAB |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/12/1999| |LICENSEE: IDAHO NAT. ENG & ENVIRONMENTAL LAB |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:55[EDT]| | CITY: REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 07/12/1999| | COUNTY: STATE: ID |EVENT TIME: 21:33[MDT]| |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/14/1999| | DOCKET: |+----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION | | |BLAIR SPITZBERG R4 | | |JOHN SURMEIER NMSS | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: BROWN | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE IDAHO NATIONAL ENGINEERING & ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY DECLARED AN ALERT | | DUE TO LOSS OF OFF SITE POWER AND A DIESEL FAILURE. | | | | THE LABORATORY REPORTED THAT THEY HAD A LOSS OF COMMERCIAL POWER DUE TO A | | FIRE IN THE ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION. THERE WAS ALSO A FAILURE OF THE DIESEL | | GENERATOR. THIS CLASSIFICATION IS A DOE TYPE ALERT AND NOT A NRC TYPE | | ALERT. THE LABORATORY DOES HAVE TMI FUEL ON SITE, BUT IT IS NOT AFFECTED BY | | THIS ALERT. | | | | *** UPDATE ON 7/13/99 @ 0045 BY BROWN TO GOULD *** | | | | THEY UPGRADED TO A DOE TYPE SITE AREA EMERGENCY DUE TO THE LOSS OF POWER | | WITH THE FAILURE TO START OF ONE STANDBY DIESEL GENERATOR AND THE FAILURE OF | | ONE OPERATING STANDBY DIESEL GENERATOR. THIS SITE AREA IS ALSO A DOE | | GENERATED CLASSIFICATION AND NOT A NRC GENERATED CLASSIFICATION. | | | | **** UPDATE ON 7/13/99 @ 0356 FROM GARCIA TO GOULD **** | | | | OFF SITE POWER RESTORED AT 0140 MDT AND EVENT WAS TERMINATED AT THAT TIME. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 35916 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: GINNA REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/13/1999| | UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:40[EDT]| | RXTYPE: [1] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/13/1999| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:00[EDT]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID ODONNELL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/13/1999| | HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNU |JOHN WHITE R1 | |10 CFR SECTION: |CHRIS GRIMES NRR | |AAEC 50.72 (a) (1) (I) EMERGENCY DECLARED |CHARLES MILLER IRO | | |KEN SWEETZER FEMA | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |1 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED DUE TO FIRE IN AUXILIARY BUILDING | | | | The licensee declared an Unusual Event due to a fire in the waste evaporator | | feed tank room lasting longer than 10 minutes. While removing abandoned | | equipment from the room, welders inadvertently set fire to a temporary | | ventilation filter. No safety equipment was damaged, and no personnel | | injuries occurred as a result of the fire. | | | | The fire was declared to be extinguished at 1340 EDT. The licensee is | | currently performing radiological surveys of the auxiliary building. A press | | release may be made regarding this event. The NRC resident inspector has | | been informed of this notification. | | | | * * * UPDATE 1417 FROM ODONNELL TAKEN BY POERTNER * * * | | | | The Unusual Event was terminated at 1415. Notified R1DO (White), NRR | | (Grimes), FEMA (Sweetzer). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 35917 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REP ORG: HOWARD UNIVERSITY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/13/1999| |LICENSEE: HOWARD UNIVERSITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:56[EDT]| | CITY: WASHINGTON REGION: 1 |EVENT DATE: 06/14/1999| | COUNTY: STATE: DC |EVENT TIME: 16:30[EDT]| |LICENSE#: 0800386-19 AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/13/1999| | DOCKET: |+----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION | | |JOHN WHITE R1 | | |DON COOL NMSS | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: GREGORY TALLEY | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: WILLIAM POERTNER | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MISSING SHIPMENT OF IODINE-125 | | | | The licensee reported that a shipment from Amersham Inc. on June 7, 1999 | | containing 2 millicuries (mCi) of I-125 in liquid form was missing. The | | package arrived at Howard University and can not be located at this time. | | The licensee identified that the shipment was lost on June 14, 1999. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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