Event Notification Report for August 10, 2000
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
08/09/2000 - 08/10/2000
** EVENT NUMBERS **
36578 37192 37215 37216 37217 37218 37219
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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: 08/09/2000|
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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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| * * * UPDATE 1632 8/9/2000 FROM OGDEN (VIA FAX) INPUT BY STRANSKY * * * |
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| "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. |
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| "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. |
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| "Troxler both in North Carolina and in Arlington have been notified. |
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| "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." |
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!!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!!
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 37192 |
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| FACILITY: RIVER BEND REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/27/2000|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:54[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 07/27/2000|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: VERNON CARLSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/09/2000|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |BILL JONES R4 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | |
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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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| POTENTIAL LOSS OF SAFETY FUNCTION RELATED TO CONTROL ROOM CHILLED WATER |
| SYSTEM |
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| "While alternating Divisions of Control Room Chilled water to perform post |
| maintenance testing on HVK-CHL1B the 'B' chiller tripped. When actions |
| were taken to restart the 'A' chiller the breaker for the service water |
| recirc valve SWP-MOV 27A tripped. The breaker was reset and the chiller was |
| started. Due to the indeterminate nature of the breaker trip on the valve, |
| the 'A' chiller was declared Inoperable. The 'C' & 'D' chillers were |
| already Inoperable due to non-related existing conditions. This places the |
| unit in Action 'B' of Tech Spec 3.7.3. We are conservatively reporting |
| this pending the investigation of the condition and it's affect on the |
| system response to postulated events to determine if the safety function was |
| truly lost. System is currently operating and maintaining normal control |
| room temperature." |
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| The licensee will inform the NRC Resident Inspector. |
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| * * * UPDATE AT 0924 ON 8/9/00, REPORTED BY NORTHRUP, RECEIVED BY WEAVER * * |
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| The event occurred when the control building chilled water system was being |
| shifted from Division I to Division II. The "A" chiller subsystem (Division |
| I) had been operating normally for approximately one week, and was to be |
| shut down to allow shut down of the "B" chiller subsystem (Division II). |
| The "C" and "D" chillers were already inoperable for reasons unrelated to |
| this event. |
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| During the transition to the "B" chiller, it failed to start. The "A" |
| chiller did not immediately restart due to the configuration of its support |
| systems at this point in the transition. Operator actions were promptly |
| taken to restart the "A" chiller. Approximately nine minutes elapsed |
| from the initial shutdown of the "A" chiller until it was restored to |
| service. |
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| During the event, the "A" chiller was capable of performing its safety |
| function with reasonable operator actions. This event had no bearing on the |
| previous operability of the "A" chiller. |
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| Based on the above information, this event did not result in a loss of |
| safety function. This event notification is retracted. |
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| The licensee informed the NRC resident inspector. The Operations Center |
| notified the R4DO(Kennedy). |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 37215 |
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| FACILITY: SEABROOK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/09/2000|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: NH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:32[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/09/2000|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: DENNIS BEMIS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/09/2000|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+
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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 Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| OFFSITE NOTIFICATION - AIRCRAFT WARNING LIGHTS |
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| The licensee notified the Federal Aviation Administration that the aircraft |
| warning lights on the containment would be without power during planned |
| maintenance. The maintenance is expected to last less than one hour. The |
| licensee notified the NRC resident inspector. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 37216 |
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| FACILITY: COMANCHE PEAK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/09/2000|
| UNIT: [1] [2] [] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:22[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/09/2000|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: PAT MINAHAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/09/2000|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |KRISS KENNEDY R4 |
|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 Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
|2 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| OFFSITE NOTIFICATION - FISH KILL |
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| The licensee reported finding 300 dead shad to the Texas Parks and Wildlife |
| Department. The shad were observed in the Circ water discharge. This |
| condition is believed to be the result of local weather and not due to a |
| spill or plant related event. |
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| The licensee notified the NRC resident inspector. |
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|Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 37217 |
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| REP ORG: U.S. AIR FORCE |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/09/2000|
|LICENSEE: U.S. AIR FORCE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:35[EDT]|
| CITY: REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 08/08/2000|
| COUNTY: LINCOLN STATE: NV |EVENT TIME: 16:30[PDT]|
|LICENSE#: 422353901-AF AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/09/2000|
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| |KRISS KENNEDY R4 |
| |C.W. (BILL) REAMER NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: MARK WROBEL | |
| 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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| TWO AM-241 SOURCES LOST IN CRASH OF AIRCRAFT |
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| On 8/8/00, at approximately 1630 PDT, an F-16 crashed on a mountain north of |
| Glendale, NV. The aircraft was equipped with a LANTIRN pod, which contains |
| two 4 �Ci Am-241 sources (registry number NR-0136-S-0208-5; Amersham model |
| AMM.7). The crash occurred approximately 5,000 feet up the side of a |
| mountain that is approximately 7,000 feet high in a very remote location. |
| The Air Force incident investigation team has not yet accessed the crash |
| site. Wreckage is reported to be spread along a 1,000 foot distance. The |
| licensee will make reasonable efforts to retrieve the sources. |
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| The licensee has already contacted NRC Region IV (Gaines) regarding this |
| event. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 37218 |
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| FACILITY: SALEM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/09/2000|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:06[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/09/2000|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN GARECHT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/09/2000|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |JOHN ROGGE R1 |
|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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|1 A/R Y 100 Power Operation |0 Hot Standby |
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| AUTOMATIC REACTOR TRIP |
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| Salem Unit 1 experienced an automatic reactor trip due to unknown causes. |
| The first out annunciator was "Power Range Negative Flux Rate Hi." All |
| control rods inserted following the trip and all systems functioned as |
| expected. The auxiliary feedwater system automatically started as expected. |
| The unit is stable in Hot Standby with decay heat being exhausted to the |
| main condenser via the steam dumps. |
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| The NRC resident inspector has been informed of this event by the licensee. |
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|Fuel Cycle Facility |Event Number: 37219 |
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| FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/10/2000|
| RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 01:55[EDT]|
| COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 08/09/2000|
| 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 15:20[EDT]|
| BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/10/2000|
| CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+
| COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
|LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |RONALD GARDNER R3 |
| DOCKET: 0707002 |C.W. (BILL) REAMER NMSS |
+------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL IRO |
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: ERIC SPAETH | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | |
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| BULLETIN 91-01 24 HOUR REPORT |
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| At 1520 hours on 8/9/00, it was discovered that a Nuclear Criticality Safety |
| Approval (NCSA) non-compliance had occurred in the X-705 decontamination |
| facility. During a routine walk-through by the NRC Resident Inspector, two |
| (2) violations of the X-705 Inadvertent Containers NCSA, NCSA-0705_076, were |
| noted. The conditions noted were as a follows: |
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| - An open plastic bag containing used personal protective clothing (PPE) was |
| discovered lying in the Tunnel Basement. |
| - A shelving unit, adjacent to the Microfiltration system was found to |
| contain cardboard boxes, loosely wrapped in plastic. |
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| Both of these areas are covered by the controls of NCSA-0705_076. It was |
| determined that these arrays had the potential to collect an unsafe |
| configuration of Uranium-bearing material. |
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| This event resulted in the loss of one control (geometry/volume) of the |
| double contingency control principle. The physical integrity of all nearby |
| systems containing uranium-bearing material was maintained throughout this |
| event. |
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| NCSA-0705_076 compliance was restored at 1620 hours when the on duty NCS |
| engineer authorized the removal of these items from there respective areas. |
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| The licensee informed the NRC resident inspector that this report would be |
| made. |
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