Event Notification Report for July 16, 1999
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
07/15/1999 - 07/16/1999
** EVENT NUMBERS **
35921 35922
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|Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 35921 |
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| REP ORG: MIDWEST MEDICAL GROUP |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/15/1999|
|LICENSEE: MIDWEST MEDICAL GROUP |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:00[EDT]|
| CITY: ELKHART REGION: 3 |EVENT DATE: 06/17/1999|
| COUNTY: STATE: IN |EVENT TIME: [CST]|
|LICENSE#: 13-26679-01 AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/15/1999|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |RONALD GARDNER R3 |
| |DON COOL NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BARBARA IANELLO | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|BAAA 20.1906(d) SURFACE CONT/ EXT RAD | |
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EVENT TEXT
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| THE LICENSEE RECEIVED A SHIPMENT WHOSE EXTERIOR NON-FIXED CONTAMINATION |
| LEVELS EXCEEDED THE ALLOWABLE LIMITS. |
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| ON 6/17/99 THE MIDWEST MEDICAL GROUP LOCATED AT 500 ARCADE BLVD IN ELKHART, |
| INDIANA, RECEIVED A SHIPMENT FROM SPECTRUM PHARMACY CONTAINING TECHNETIUM |
| 99. A SWIPE OF THE EXTERIOR READ 37,551 DPM WHICH EXCEEDS THE ALLOWABLE |
| CONTAMINATION LIMITS OF 10CFR20.1906 FOR A GAMMA EMITTER. THE PACKAGE WAS |
| ISOLATED AND ALLOWED TO DECAY. THE SHIPPER WAS NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE. |
| THE LICENSEE IS MAKING THIS REPORT FOLLOWING AN ONSITE INSPECTION BY REGION |
| III (BOB GATTONE). |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 35922 |
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| FACILITY: MCGUIRE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/15/1999|
| UNIT: [] [2] [] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:45[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/15/1999|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: KATHLEEN BRESLIN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/15/1999|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |ANN BOLAND R2 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | |
|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 A/R Y 100 Power Operation |0 Hot Standby |
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EVENT TEXT
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| UNIT 2 EXPERIENCED AN AUTOMATIC REACTOR TRIP FROM 100% POWER DURING RPS |
| TESTING. |
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| THE McGUIRE UNIT 2 REACTOR TRIPPED FROM 100% POWER. THE TRIP INVOLVED AN |
| AUTOMATIC ACTUATION OF THE REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEM (RPS). INVESTIGATION |
| OF THE CAUSE OF THE REACTOR TRIP IS IN PROGRESS AND IS BELIEVED TO BE FROM |
| 'A' TRAIN SOLID STATE PROTECTION SYSTEM (SSPS) TESTING. THE '2A' AUXILIARY |
| FEEDWATER PUMP DID NOT START AUTOMATICALLY AND WAS MANUALLY STARTED. |
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| UNIT 2 IS CURRENTLY STABLE IN MODE 3. NO PRIMARY OR SECONDARY POWER |
| OPERATED RELIEF VALVES OR SAFETY VALVES LIFTED DURING THE TRANSIENT. ALL |
| CONTROL RODS FULLY INSERTED. THE MAIN FEEDWATER SYSTEM HAS BEEN RESTORED |
| WITH DECAY HEAT BEING REJECTED TO THE MAIN CONDENSER. THE EMERGENCY DIESEL |
| GENERATORS ARE AVAILABLE, IF NEEDED. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT |
| INSPECTOR. |
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