Event Notification Report for August 14, 2000
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
08/11/2000 - 08/14/2000
** EVENT NUMBERS **
36578 37221 37222
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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: 08/11/2000|
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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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| * * * UPDATED ON 08/11/00 AT 1035 EDT BY JAMES H. OGDEN (VIA FAX) INPUT BY |
| MACKINNON * * * |
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| "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). |
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| "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." |
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| NRC R4DO (Kriss Kennedy) & NMSS EO (Brian Smith) notified by the NRC |
| Operations Officer. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 37221 |
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| FACILITY: RIVER BEND REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/11/2000|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:18[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 08/11/2000|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM BOYLE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/11/2000|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |KRISS KENNEDY R4 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|AINC 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(C) POT UNCNTRL RAD REL | |
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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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| - STUCK OPEN DOOR COULD PREVENT THE SBGT SYSTEM FROM DRAWING A VACUUM IN AUX |
| BLDG - |
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| At 1440 CDT on 08/11/00, the licensee prepared a condition report to |
| identify that personnel access door #PW-95-02 between the auxiliary and |
| turbine buildings had been stuck open about 8 inches for approximately 18 |
| minutes beginning at 2250 CDT on 08/10/00. A faulty door assist device |
| lever arm prevented closure. This condition could have resulted in a loss |
| of function of the secondary containment since the standby gas treatment |
| (SBGT) system may not have been able to draw down pressure in the auxiliary |
| building to the required vacuum. The door device has been repaired and the |
| door is now closed properly. |
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| The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 37222 |
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| FACILITY: NINE MILE POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/11/2000|
| UNIT: [] [2] [] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:46[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 08/11/2000|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: TONY PETRELLI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/11/2000|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN R1 |
|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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|2 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| - CONTAINMENT MONITORING SYSTEM INOP DUE TO DRAIN LINES FILLING WITH |
| CONDENSATION - |
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| On 08/09/00, the licensee declared both divisions of the containment |
| monitoring system (CMS) inoperable after engineering department personnel |
| determined that during a design basis loss of coolant accident, the return |
| lines to the suppression pool would fill with condensation which would |
| result in the system being unable to perform its safety function, |
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| At 1805 on 08/11/00, the licensee recognized that with both division of the |
| CMS inoperable and the post accident sampling system previously inoperable, |
| this event is reportable to the NRC in accordance with |
| 10CFR50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D). |
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| At 1935 on 08/11/00, this issue no longer affects the operability of the |
| CMS. The licensee made procedure enhancements to the Unit 2 Emergency |
| Operating Procedures to periodically drain the condensation that would |
| accumulate in the return lines during Post Accident Conditions. |
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| The licensee plans to notify the NRC Resident Inspector. |
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