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Event Notification Report for January 11, 2000
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
01/10/2000 - 01/11/2000
** EVENT NUMBERS **
36574 36575 36576 36577 36578
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 36574 |
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| REP ORG: WASHINGTON DEPT OF HEALTH |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/10/2000|
|LICENSEE: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:15[EST]|
| CITY: TACOMA REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 01/07/2000|
| COUNTY: STATE: WA |EVENT TIME: [PST]|
|LICENSE#: WN-IR021-1 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/10/2000|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |JEFF SHACKELFORD R4 |
| |BRIAN SMITH EO NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: FRAZEE (E-MAIL) | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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EVENT TEXT
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| STOLEN TROXLER GAUGE. |
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| A MODEL 3440 TROXLER GAUGE, SERIAL # 19036 CONTAINING 8 MILLICURIES OF |
| Cs-137 AND 40 MILLICURIES OF Am-241/Be, WAS STOLEN FROM A GAUGE OPERATOR'S |
| TRUCK AFTER HE HAD TAKEN IT HOME FOR THE NIGHT. THE GAUGE WAS LEFT CHAINED |
| TO THE PICKUP ALL NIGHT AND THE OPERATOR DID NOT DISCOVER IT WAS MISSING |
| UNTIL HE WAS HALF WAY TO THE JOB SITE THE NEXT MORNING. THE POLICE WERE |
| NOTIFIED AND BY MID-AFTERNOON, TWO INDIVIDUALS HAD BEEN ARRESTED AND THE |
| GAUGE WAS RETURNED TO THE LICENSEE. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 36575 |
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| FACILITY: MAINE YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/10/2000|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: ME |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:30[EST]|
| RXTYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 01/10/2000|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: RON HOWARD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/10/2000|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN 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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|1 N N 0 Decommissioned |0 Decommissioned |
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EVENT TEXT
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| LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE STATE OF MAINE OF AN UNSCHEDULED LIQUID RAD RELEASE |
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| 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. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 36576 |
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| FACILITY: THREE MILE ISLAND REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/10/2000|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:02[EST]|
| RXTYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/10/2000|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN SCHORK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/10/2000|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN R1 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|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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|1 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| AUTOSTART OF THE "1B" EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR DUE TO THE UNEXPECTED LOSS |
| OF THE "A" AUXILIARY TRANSFORMER |
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| 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. |
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| THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. |
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|Fuel Cycle Facility |Event Number: 36577 |
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| FACILITY: GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL - AMERICAS |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/10/2000|
| RXTYPE: URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:30[EST]|
| COMMENTS: LEU CONVERSION (UF6 TO UO2) |EVENT DATE: 01/10/2000|
| LEU FABRICATION |EVENT TIME: 06:45[EST]|
| LWR COMMERICAL FUEL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/10/2000|
| CITY: WILMINGTON REGION: 2 +-----------------------------+
| COUNTY: NEW HANOVER STATE: NC |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
|LICENSE#: SNM-1097 AGREEMENT: Y |THOMAS DECKER R2 |
| DOCKET: 07001113 |DON COOL NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: LON E. PAULSON | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | |
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| 24-HOUR NRC 91-01 BULLETIN REPORT INVOLVING THE LOSS OF GEOMETRY CONTROL |
| DURING FEED PRESS OPERATION |
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| "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. |
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| "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. |
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| "SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE OF EVENTS: Low safety significance - actual powder |
| spill occurred inside hood containment - moderation control remained |
| intact. |
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| "POTENTIAL CRITICALITY PATHWAYS INVOLVED (BRIEF SCENARIO(S) OF HOW |
| CRITICALITY COULD OCCUR): Multiple failure modes required before a |
| criticality accident could occur. |
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| "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) |
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| "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). |
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| "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. |
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| "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." |
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| The licensee will inform both local/state representatives and the Region II |
| based Inspector. |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 36578 |
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| REP ORG: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/10/2000|
|LICENSEE: PETRA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:10[EST]|
| CITY: HOUSTON REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 01/10/2000|
| COUNTY: HARRIS STATE: TX |EVENT TIME: [CST]|
|LICENSE#: L05233 (TX) AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/10/2000|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |JEFF SHACKELFORD R4 |
| |JOSIE PICCONE NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JAMES OGDEN (VIA FAX) | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
|BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | |
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT INVOLVING STOLEN TROXLER 3430 MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE |
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| "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." |
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