Event Notification Report for January 10, 2000
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
01/09/2000 - 01/10/2000
EVENT NUMBERS
3658436575365763657736578
General Information or Other
Event Number: 36584
Rep Org: STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Licensee: GOFFMAN, McCORMICK & URBAN
Region: 4
City: RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA State: CA
County:
License #: 3674 (CA)
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: DONALD BUNN
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN
Licensee: GOFFMAN, McCORMICK & URBAN
Region: 4
City: RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA State: CA
County:
License #: 3674 (CA)
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: DONALD BUNN
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN
Notification Date: 01/12/2000
Notification Time: 19:14 [ET]
Event Date: 01/10/2000
Event Time: 00:00 [PST]
Last Update Date: 01/12/2000
Notification Time: 19:14 [ET]
Event Date: 01/10/2000
Event Time: 00:00 [PST]
Last Update Date: 01/12/2000
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
20.2201(a)(1)(i) - LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X
10 CFR Section:
20.2201(a)(1)(i) - LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X
Person (Organization):
JEFF SHACKELFORD (R4)
CHARLEY HAUGHNEY (NMSS)
JEFF SHACKELFORD (R4)
CHARLEY HAUGHNEY (NMSS)
STOLEN CAMPBELL PACIFIC NUCLEAR MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE
ON 1/10, A CAMPBELL PACIFIC NUCLEAR (CPN) MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE MODEL M, SERIAL NUMBER 36076956, WAS STOLEN FROM A VEHICLE IN IRVINE, CA. THE GAUGE CONTAINS TWO (2) SOURCES (9 mCi Cs-137 AND 40 mCi Am-241: Be). THE LICENSEE, GOFFMAN, McCORMICK AND URBAN, INC. LOCATED IN RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA, REPORTED THE LOSS TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RADIOLOGIC HEALTH BRANCH (INCIDENT #011100) AND THE IRVINE POLICE DEPARTMENT. A REWARD HAS BEEN OFFERED IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER.
ON 1/10, A CAMPBELL PACIFIC NUCLEAR (CPN) MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE MODEL M, SERIAL NUMBER 36076956, WAS STOLEN FROM A VEHICLE IN IRVINE, CA. THE GAUGE CONTAINS TWO (2) SOURCES (9 mCi Cs-137 AND 40 mCi Am-241: Be). THE LICENSEE, GOFFMAN, McCORMICK AND URBAN, INC. LOCATED IN RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA, REPORTED THE LOSS TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RADIOLOGIC HEALTH BRANCH (INCIDENT #011100) AND THE IRVINE POLICE DEPARTMENT. A REWARD HAS BEEN OFFERED IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER.
Power Reactor
Event Number: 36575
Facility: MAINE YANKEE
Region: 1 State: ME
Unit: [1] [] []
RX Type: [1] CE
NRC Notified By: RON HOWARD
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN
Region: 1 State: ME
Unit: [1] [] []
RX Type: [1] CE
NRC Notified By: RON HOWARD
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN
Notification Date: 01/10/2000
Notification Time: 13:30 [ET]
Event Date: 01/10/2000
Event Time: 13:20 [EST]
Last Update Date: 01/10/2000
Notification Time: 13:30 [ET]
Event Date: 01/10/2000
Event Time: 13:20 [EST]
Last Update Date: 01/10/2000
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
50.72(b)(2)(vi) - OFFSITE NOTIFICATION
10 CFR Section:
50.72(b)(2)(vi) - OFFSITE NOTIFICATION
Person (Organization):
LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN (R1)
LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN (R1)
| Unit | SCRAM Code | RX Crit | Initial PWR | Initial RX Mode | Current PWR | Current RX Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N | N | 0 | Decommissioned | 0 | Decommissioned |
LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE STATE OF MAINE OF AN UNSCHEDULED LIQUID RAD RELEASE
BETWEEN 1600 HOURS ON 1/7/2000 AND 0700 HOURS ON 1/8/2000 A DECOMMISSIONING CONTRACTOR WAS FILLING THE CONTAINMENT EQUIPMENT HATCH PIT WITH TOWN WATER. THE PIT LEAKED APPROXIMATELY 5500 GALLONS OF WATER WHICH CONTAINED AN ESTIMATED 0.01 CURIES TOTAL ACTIVITY (Co-60 AND Cs-137). THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE STATE OF MAINE AND WILL INFORM THE NRC REGION I OFFICE.
BETWEEN 1600 HOURS ON 1/7/2000 AND 0700 HOURS ON 1/8/2000 A DECOMMISSIONING CONTRACTOR WAS FILLING THE CONTAINMENT EQUIPMENT HATCH PIT WITH TOWN WATER. THE PIT LEAKED APPROXIMATELY 5500 GALLONS OF WATER WHICH CONTAINED AN ESTIMATED 0.01 CURIES TOTAL ACTIVITY (Co-60 AND Cs-137). THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE STATE OF MAINE AND WILL INFORM THE NRC REGION I OFFICE.
Power Reactor
Event Number: 36576
Facility: THREE MILE ISLAND
Region: 1 State: PA
Unit: [1] [] []
RX Type: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP
NRC Notified By: JOHN SCHORK
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN
Region: 1 State: PA
Unit: [1] [] []
RX Type: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP
NRC Notified By: JOHN SCHORK
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN
Notification Date: 01/10/2000
Notification Time: 14:02 [ET]
Event Date: 01/10/2000
Event Time: 11:45 [EST]
Last Update Date: 01/10/2000
Notification Time: 14:02 [ET]
Event Date: 01/10/2000
Event Time: 11:45 [EST]
Last Update Date: 01/10/2000
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
50.72(b)(2)(ii) - ESF ACTUATION
10 CFR Section:
50.72(b)(2)(ii) - ESF ACTUATION
Person (Organization):
LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN (R1)
LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN (R1)
| Unit | SCRAM Code | RX Crit | Initial PWR | Initial RX Mode | Current PWR | Current RX Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N | Y | 100 | Power Operation | 100 | Power Operation |
AUTOSTART OF THE "1B" EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR DUE TO THE UNEXPECTED LOSS OF THE "A" AUXILIARY TRANSFORMER
THE "1B" EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR AUTOSTARTED AND LOADED FOLLOWING THE LOSS OF THE "A" AUXILIARY TRANSFORMER. A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION ATTRIBUTES THE CAUSE TO AN INVALID SIGNAL FROM THE TRANSFORMER FAULT PRESSURE RELAY. TROUBLESHOOTING IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS INCLUDING ANALYSIS OF THE TRANSFORMER OIL. BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION, THE LICENSEE TENTATIVELY PLANS TO RETURN THE TRANSFORMER TO SERVICE AND SECURE THE EDG LATER TODAY.
THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR.
THE "1B" EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR AUTOSTARTED AND LOADED FOLLOWING THE LOSS OF THE "A" AUXILIARY TRANSFORMER. A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION ATTRIBUTES THE CAUSE TO AN INVALID SIGNAL FROM THE TRANSFORMER FAULT PRESSURE RELAY. TROUBLESHOOTING IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS INCLUDING ANALYSIS OF THE TRANSFORMER OIL. BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION, THE LICENSEE TENTATIVELY PLANS TO RETURN THE TRANSFORMER TO SERVICE AND SECURE THE EDG LATER TODAY.
THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR.
Fuel Cycle Facility
Event Number: 36577
Facility: GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL - AMERICAS
Region: 2 State: NC
Unit: [] [] []
RX Type: URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION
Comments: LEU CONVERSION (UF6 TO UO2)
LEU FABRICATION
LWR COMMERICAL FUEL
NRC Notified By: LON E. PAULSON
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN
Region: 2 State: NC
Unit: [] [] []
RX Type: URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION
Comments: LEU CONVERSION (UF6 TO UO2)
LEU FABRICATION
LWR COMMERICAL FUEL
NRC Notified By: LON E. PAULSON
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN
Notification Date: 01/10/2000
Notification Time: 15:30 [ET]
Event Date: 01/10/2000
Event Time: 06:45 [EST]
Last Update Date: 01/10/2000
Notification Time: 15:30 [ET]
Event Date: 01/10/2000
Event Time: 06:45 [EST]
Last Update Date: 01/10/2000
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
THOMAS DECKER (R2)
DON COOL (NMSS)
THOMAS DECKER (R2)
DON COOL (NMSS)
24-HOUR NRC 91-01 BULLETIN REPORT INVOLVING THE LOSS OF GEOMETRY CONTROL DURING FEED PRESS OPERATION
"At approximately 0645 on January 10, 2000, during routine operations surveillance, operators discovered a mechanical failure inside an enclosed press feed station. The Silletta feeder assembly rubber boot de-coupled from the lower metal pipe and allowed UO2 powder to spill inside the dump hood. The spill resulted in a loss of geometry. Moderation control remained intact, thus no unsafe condition existed.
"Controls were reestablished within 4 hours, by cleanup of the spilled material and placement into favorable geometry 3-gallon containers. This event is reported pursuant to NRC Bulletin 91-01 (within 24 hours) due to loss of geometry control. The gad press feed station has been shutdown pending investigation and implementation of corrective actions.
"SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE OF EVENTS: Low safety significance - actual powder spill occurred inside hood containment - moderation control remained intact.
"POTENTIAL CRITICALITY PATHWAYS INVOLVED (BRIEF SCENARIO(S) OF HOW CRITICALITY COULD OCCUR): Multiple failure modes required before a criticality accident could occur.
"CONTROLLED PARAMETER(S) (MASS, MODERATION, GEOMETRY. CONCENTRATION. ETC.): Geometry - analyzed safe geometry equipment; Moderation - limited to dry UO2 powder (not more than 50,000 ppm H2O equivalent moderation)
"ESTIMATED AMOUNT, ENRICHMENT, FORM OF LICENSED MATERIAL (INCLUDE PROCESS LIMIT AND % WORST CASE CRITICAL MASS): Net UO2 spilled material removed was 75.13 kg (2.97% enrichment) with 5,211 ppm H2O actual moderator content. Moderation control remained intact - safe hemisphere mass at 50,000 ppm H2O is ~600 kgs UO2 (at 5.00% U235 enrichment).
"NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY CONTROL(S) OR CONTROL SYSTEM(S) AND DESCRIPTION OF THE FAILURES OR DEFICIENCIES: Geometry control on the rubber boot clamp and cable lanyards failed, allowing rubber boot to de-couple from feed pipe.
"CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO RESTORE SAFETY SYSTEMS AND WHEN EACH WAS IMPLEMENTED:
1. Gad press feed station shutdown.
2. NSE direction of spilled material removal.
3. Investigation and implementation of corrective actions pending."
The licensee will inform both local/state representatives and the Region II based Inspector.
"At approximately 0645 on January 10, 2000, during routine operations surveillance, operators discovered a mechanical failure inside an enclosed press feed station. The Silletta feeder assembly rubber boot de-coupled from the lower metal pipe and allowed UO2 powder to spill inside the dump hood. The spill resulted in a loss of geometry. Moderation control remained intact, thus no unsafe condition existed.
"Controls were reestablished within 4 hours, by cleanup of the spilled material and placement into favorable geometry 3-gallon containers. This event is reported pursuant to NRC Bulletin 91-01 (within 24 hours) due to loss of geometry control. The gad press feed station has been shutdown pending investigation and implementation of corrective actions.
"SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE OF EVENTS: Low safety significance - actual powder spill occurred inside hood containment - moderation control remained intact.
"POTENTIAL CRITICALITY PATHWAYS INVOLVED (BRIEF SCENARIO(S) OF HOW CRITICALITY COULD OCCUR): Multiple failure modes required before a criticality accident could occur.
"CONTROLLED PARAMETER(S) (MASS, MODERATION, GEOMETRY. CONCENTRATION. ETC.): Geometry - analyzed safe geometry equipment; Moderation - limited to dry UO2 powder (not more than 50,000 ppm H2O equivalent moderation)
"ESTIMATED AMOUNT, ENRICHMENT, FORM OF LICENSED MATERIAL (INCLUDE PROCESS LIMIT AND % WORST CASE CRITICAL MASS): Net UO2 spilled material removed was 75.13 kg (2.97% enrichment) with 5,211 ppm H2O actual moderator content. Moderation control remained intact - safe hemisphere mass at 50,000 ppm H2O is ~600 kgs UO2 (at 5.00% U235 enrichment).
"NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY CONTROL(S) OR CONTROL SYSTEM(S) AND DESCRIPTION OF THE FAILURES OR DEFICIENCIES: Geometry control on the rubber boot clamp and cable lanyards failed, allowing rubber boot to de-couple from feed pipe.
"CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO RESTORE SAFETY SYSTEMS AND WHEN EACH WAS IMPLEMENTED:
1. Gad press feed station shutdown.
2. NSE direction of spilled material removal.
3. Investigation and implementation of corrective actions pending."
The licensee will inform both local/state representatives and the Region II based Inspector.
General Information or Other
Event Number: 36578
Rep Org: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Licensee: PETRA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Region: 4
City: HOUSTON State: TX
County: HARRIS
License #: L05233 (TX)
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: JAMES OGDEN (VIA FAX)
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN
Licensee: PETRA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Region: 4
City: HOUSTON State: TX
County: HARRIS
License #: L05233 (TX)
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: JAMES OGDEN (VIA FAX)
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN
Notification Date: 01/10/2000
Notification Time: 17:10 [ET]
Event Date: 01/10/2000
Event Time: 00:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 08/11/2000
Notification Time: 17:10 [ET]
Event Date: 01/10/2000
Event Time: 00:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 08/11/2000
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
20.2201(a)(1)(i) - LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X
10 CFR Section:
20.2201(a)(1)(i) - LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X
Person (Organization):
JEFF SHACKELFORD (R4)
JOSIE PICCONE (NMSS)
JEFF SHACKELFORD (R4)
JOSIE PICCONE (NMSS)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT INVOLVING STOLEN TROXLER 3430 MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE
"Troxler Model 3430, Serial # 27239, stolen January 9/10, 2000, from 605 East Safari Parkway, D-2, Mesquite, Texas. The gauge contained two radioactive sources: 8 millicurie (nominal activity) Cs-137 source, Serial # 750-976 and 40 millicurie (nominal activity) Am-241:Be source, Serial # 47-23865. Stolen from a parked Ford Ranger pickup truck belonging to the machines operator during the hours of darkness January 9/10, 2000. Gauge had been locked in the pickup's cab and covered by a jacket or blanket. Listed as Texas Incident 7561 Texas Licensee L05233 is based in Houston and had been performing work at a jobsite in East Fort Worth. Reported as missing to the Mesquite Fire Department January 10, 2000. Further details pending contact with company R.S.O."
* * * UPDATE 1632 8/9/2000 FROM OGDEN (VIA FAX) INPUT BY STRANSKY * * *
"Troxler Model 3430 was discovered in a garbage truck that set off radiation monitors at a local Dallas-Fort Worth landfill. The gauge was discovered in the back of the garbage truck operated by Duncan Disposal, 1220 Dowdy Ferry Road, Hutchins, Texas. It is believed that the gauge was picked up from apartment dumpsters located in the City of Seagoville.
"The gauge is Serial Number: 27239 which was stolen in Mesquite, Texas on the evening of January 9/10, 2000. The gauge appears to be undamaged but is not in its transportation case which was taken during the theft. The Texas Licensee from whom the gauge was stolen is Petra Technologies Incorporated, Texas License # L05233. This licensee is currently in the process of revocation for failure to pay fees. All known phone numbers for the firm have been disconnected, therefore, and no one has yet been contacted within the firm.
"Troxler both in North Carolina and in Arlington have been notified.
"Texas Department of Health, Region 3 (Arlington) Bureau of Radiation Control personnel have picked-up the gauge from the disposal firm and have it secured at regional headquarters. The gauge appears to be intact. The gauge will be leak tested by Troxler's Arlington location."
* * * UPDATED ON 08/11/00 AT 1035 EDT BY JAMES H. OGDEN (VIA FAX) INPUT BY MACKINNON * * *
"The gauge has been placed in storage at the Texas Department of Health, Region 3 (Arlington) by Bureau of Radiation Control personnel until picked up by the licensee (Petra Engineering).
"The licensee was contacted on August 10, 2000, and informed of the recovery of the gauge. Revocation of the licensee's current Radioactive Materials License has been placed on hold due to the supposed mailing of payment of overdue fees. The licensee has also reorganized operations during the period January - April 2000 which involved changing the licensee's names. An amendment to the firm's license is necessary before the gauge will be returned."
NRC R4DO (Kriss Kennedy) & NMSS EO (Brian Smith) notified by the NRC Operations Officer.
"Troxler Model 3430, Serial # 27239, stolen January 9/10, 2000, from 605 East Safari Parkway, D-2, Mesquite, Texas. The gauge contained two radioactive sources: 8 millicurie (nominal activity) Cs-137 source, Serial # 750-976 and 40 millicurie (nominal activity) Am-241:Be source, Serial # 47-23865. Stolen from a parked Ford Ranger pickup truck belonging to the machines operator during the hours of darkness January 9/10, 2000. Gauge had been locked in the pickup's cab and covered by a jacket or blanket. Listed as Texas Incident 7561 Texas Licensee L05233 is based in Houston and had been performing work at a jobsite in East Fort Worth. Reported as missing to the Mesquite Fire Department January 10, 2000. Further details pending contact with company R.S.O."
* * * UPDATE 1632 8/9/2000 FROM OGDEN (VIA FAX) INPUT BY STRANSKY * * *
"Troxler Model 3430 was discovered in a garbage truck that set off radiation monitors at a local Dallas-Fort Worth landfill. The gauge was discovered in the back of the garbage truck operated by Duncan Disposal, 1220 Dowdy Ferry Road, Hutchins, Texas. It is believed that the gauge was picked up from apartment dumpsters located in the City of Seagoville.
"The gauge is Serial Number: 27239 which was stolen in Mesquite, Texas on the evening of January 9/10, 2000. The gauge appears to be undamaged but is not in its transportation case which was taken during the theft. The Texas Licensee from whom the gauge was stolen is Petra Technologies Incorporated, Texas License # L05233. This licensee is currently in the process of revocation for failure to pay fees. All known phone numbers for the firm have been disconnected, therefore, and no one has yet been contacted within the firm.
"Troxler both in North Carolina and in Arlington have been notified.
"Texas Department of Health, Region 3 (Arlington) Bureau of Radiation Control personnel have picked-up the gauge from the disposal firm and have it secured at regional headquarters. The gauge appears to be intact. The gauge will be leak tested by Troxler's Arlington location."
* * * UPDATED ON 08/11/00 AT 1035 EDT BY JAMES H. OGDEN (VIA FAX) INPUT BY MACKINNON * * *
"The gauge has been placed in storage at the Texas Department of Health, Region 3 (Arlington) by Bureau of Radiation Control personnel until picked up by the licensee (Petra Engineering).
"The licensee was contacted on August 10, 2000, and informed of the recovery of the gauge. Revocation of the licensee's current Radioactive Materials License has been placed on hold due to the supposed mailing of payment of overdue fees. The licensee has also reorganized operations during the period January - April 2000 which involved changing the licensee's names. An amendment to the firm's license is necessary before the gauge will be returned."
NRC R4DO (Kriss Kennedy) & NMSS EO (Brian Smith) notified by the NRC Operations Officer.