Event Notification Report for July 27, 2000
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
07/26/2000 - 07/27/2000
** EVENT NUMBERS **
37151 37186 37187
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|Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 37151 |
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| REP ORG: U.S. ARMY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/07/2000|
|LICENSEE: U.S. ARMY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:22[EDT]|
| CITY: FORT CAMPBELL REGION: 2 |EVENT DATE: 05/27/2000|
| COUNTY: STATE: KY |EVENT TIME: [CDT]|
|LICENSE#: 12-00722-06 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/26/2000|
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| |MICHAEL JORDAN R3 |
| |SMITH NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JEFF HAVENER | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | |
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| MISSING M43A1 CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR |
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| The licensee reported that one M43A1 chemical agent detector, containing 250 |
| �Ci of Am-241, had been lost during a field training exercise at Fort |
| Campbell, KY. A field artillery unit had deployed the detector in accordance |
| with the field manual, but was later unable to locate the detector. Another |
| unit may have taken the detector. |
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| * * * UPDATE AT 1017 ON 07/26/00 BY JEFF HAVENER TO JOLLIFFE * * * |
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| At 0920 CDT on 07/26/00, a U.S. Army representative located the subject |
| detector in the fort calibration shop during an inventory. The detector was |
| undamaged. |
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| The NRC Operations Officer notified the R3DO Tom Kozak. |
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|Fuel Cycle Facility |Event Number: 37186 |
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| FACILITY: CE NUCLEAR POWER |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/26/2000|
| RXTYPE: URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:22[EDT]|
| COMMENTS: LEU CONVERSION (UF6 to UO2) |EVENT DATE: 07/25/2000|
| COMMERCIAL LWR FUEL |EVENT TIME: 17:00[CDT]|
| |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/26/2000|
| CITY: HEMATITE REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+
| COUNTY: JEFFERSON STATE: MO |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
|LICENSE#: SNM-33 AGREEMENT: N |THOMAS KOZAK R3 |
| DOCKET: 07000036 |CHARLES MILLER IRO |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROBERT SHARKEY | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | |
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| NRC BULLETIN 91-01, 24 HOUR REPORT |
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| The following is taken from the report faxed to the NRC concerning a |
| degradation of criticality controls: |
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| EVENT DESCRIPTION |
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| At approximately 1700 on 07/25/2000, six cans without moisture ok tags |
| were discovered on the Erbia can conveyer storage system. Under guidance of |
| the criticality safety engineer, the cans were moved and staged with proper |
| spacing. The cans were than sampled and laboratory results confirmed that |
| each can contained less than the 1.0 wt.% water limit for the conveyer |
| storage. Thus, no unsafe condition existed. |
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| SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE OF EVENT: Medium significance, because most of the scrap |
| generated in cans is unmoderated and confirmatory samples verified that the |
| contents of each can were less than 1.0 wt.% water. |
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| SAFETY EQUIPMENT STATUS: N/A |
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| STATUS OF CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: The cans were moved and staged with |
| appropriate spacing. |
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| POTENTIAL CRITICALITY PATHWAYS INVOLVED (BRIEF SCENARIO(S) OF HOW |
| CRITICALITY COULD OCCUR): |
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| Calculations demonstrate that a single row of cans will remain subcritical. |
| Therefore, in order for a criticality to occur, the cans would have to |
| contain moderated contents and additional cans would have to have been |
| misplaced before a criticality would have been possible. |
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| CONTROLLED PARAMETERS: |
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| Moderation is the primary controlled parameter. Each can stored on conveyer |
| storage racks is required to contain less than 1.0 wt.% water. |
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| ESTIMATED AMOUNT, ENRICHMENT, FORM OF LICENSE MATERIAL: |
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| The six cans contained approximately a total of 106.4 kg of U02 powder and |
| scrap. The maximum enrichment was 4.95% U-235. The cans also contained |
| erbium neutron absorber. |
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| CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO RESTORE SAFETY SYSTEM AND WHEN EACH WAS IMPLEMENTED: |
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| The cans are stored with proper spacing and meetings are planned for each |
| shift to discuss the event and reemphasize criticality safety practices. |
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| Notification of this report was made to NRC Inspector (Frank Gee) who was |
| onsite at the time conducting inspection of the criticality controls. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 37187 |
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| FACILITY: BYRON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/26/2000|
| UNIT: [] [2] [] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:05[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/26/2000|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: KELLY WELTY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/26/2000|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |THOMAS KOZAK R3 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS 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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| REACTOR TRIP DUE TO STEAM GENERATOR LOW LEVEL |
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| The '2C' steam generator feedwater regulating valve failed closed for an |
| unknown reason, this led to low level in the steam generator causing a |
| reactor trip. The plant's system responded as designed and all control rods |
| fully inserted. The steam generator power operated relief valves opened |
| momentarily then fully shut. The plant is presently stable in Hot Standby |
| with feed from the auxiliary feedwater pumps and heat removal via the steam |
| dumps to the main condenser. An investigation is in progress to determine |
| the cause of the main feedwater regulating valve closure. |
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| The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector. |
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