Event Notification Report for September 6, 2000
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
09/05/2000 - 09/06/2000
** EVENT NUMBERS **
37259 37289 37290 37291 37292
!!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!!
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 37259 |
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| FACILITY: MCGUIRE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/25/2000|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:16[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/25/2000|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:30[EDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: DON BRENTON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/05/2000|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |ROBERT HAAG R2 |
|10 CFR SECTION: |KEN BARR IAT |
|DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH |JOHN DAVIDSON IAT |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|1 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| PHYSICAL SECURITY REPORT |
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| Potential tampering event, immediate compensatory measures taken upon |
| discovery. Contact the NRC Operations Center for additional details. |
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| The licensee intends to notify the NRC Resident Inspector and the R2 |
| Security Inspector (Dave Thompson). |
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| * * * RETRACTED AT 1206 EDT ON 9/5/00 BY VERIDA BELLAMY TO FANGIE JONES * * |
| * |
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| After investigation it was determined that during a planned work activity |
| workers manipulated the wrong component and it was not tampering. |
| Therefore, this event notification is retracted. There will be no written |
| followup to this event. |
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| The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector. The NRC Operations Center |
| notified the R2DO (Caudle Julian) and IAT (John Davidson). |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 37289 |
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| FACILITY: MCGUIRE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/05/2000|
| UNIT: [] [2] [] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:42[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/05/2000|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 02:00[EDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: R.T. ELLIOT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/05/2000|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |CAUDLE JULIAN R2 |
|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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|2 N N 0 Cold Shutdown |0 Cold Shutdown |
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| "2B" AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMP RAN 2 HOURS AND 55 MINUTES BEFORE BEING |
| DISCOVERED IT WAS OPERATING. STEAM GENERATORS WERE ISOLATED FROM THE AFW |
| SYSTEM. |
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| At 0200 ET the "B" Train of the Solid State Protection System (SSPS) was |
| deenergized for part of their refueling outage maintenance. When the SSPS |
| was deenergized the blocks for the Main Feedwater Pump blocks cleared, which |
| resulted in an automatic start signal to the "2B" AFW pump. The on shift |
| reactor operator did not notice the "2B" AFW pump run light was on until |
| 0455 ET due to refueling outage maintenance activities in Control Room. The |
| "2B" AFW pump recirculated water to the Upper Surge Tank since the Steam |
| Generators were isolated. No damage occurred to the AFW pump. The licensee |
| is investigating this event. |
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| The NRC Resident Inspector will be notified of this event. |
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|Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 37290 |
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| REP ORG: VA MEDICAL CENTER, |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/05/2000|
|LICENSEE: VA MEDICAL CENTER |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:20[EDT]|
| CITY: DURHAM REGION: 2 |EVENT DATE: 09/05/2000|
| COUNTY: STATE: NC |EVENT TIME: 10:10[EDT]|
|LICENSE#: 32-01134-01 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/05/2000|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |CAUDLE JULIAN R2 |
| |BRIAN SMITH NMSS |
+------------------------------------------------+ED MCALPINE R2 |
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: WALTER FURR | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|BAAA 20.1906(d) SURFACE CONT/ EXT RAD | |
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| SURFACE CONTAMINATION OF 6,300 DPM/100 CM� FOUND ON PACKAGE DELIVERED BY |
| SYNCOR OF RALEIGH, NC. |
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| Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) for the VA Medical Center located in Durham, |
| NC gave the following information. |
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| A metal ammo box containing Thallium-201 (cyclotron produced) delivered by |
| Syncor to the VA Medical Center was found to have outside surface |
| contamination levels as high as 6,300 disintegration per minute per 100 cm� |
| on the opening lid of the ammo box. The RSO called Syncor and informed them |
| of the surface contamination found on the ammo box lid. The RSO will take |
| another reading in about 6 hours using a sodium iodide probe to make sure |
| that the surface contamination is Thallium-201 instead of Technetium-99m, |
| after which the ammo box will be placed in a store room to decay. The ammo |
| box will be returned to Syncor after the outside surface contamination has |
| decayed off. |
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| * * * UPDATE ON 09/05/00 AT 1059 ET BY FURR TAKEN BY MACKINNON * * * |
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| RSO Furr has determined that the surface contamination on the outside of the |
| ammo box is Technetium-99m. R2DO (Mark Lesser) and NMSS EO (Brian Smith) |
| notified. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 37291 |
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| FACILITY: PALISADES REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/05/2000|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:19[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 09/05/2000|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:25[EDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: DANIEL MALONE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/05/2000|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |GARY SHEAR R3 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|ASHU 50.72(b)(1)(i)(A) PLANT S/D REQD BY TS | |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|1 N Y 99 Power Operation |98 Power Operation |
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| PLANT SHUTDOWN REQUIRED PER TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS DUE TO POTENTIAL FOR |
| LOOSE PARTS AFFECTING EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEM OPERABILITY |
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| The licensee was conducting radiography examinations and discovered at 1800 |
| EDT that the internal parts of check valve CK-3332 are not in place. The |
| valve is the common miniflow recirculation line check valve for train 'A' |
| emergency core coolant system (ECCS) . A second radiography of the valve, |
| at 1825 EDT, was inclusive in determining if all the parts are located in |
| the valve body. Train 'A' ECCS was declared inoperable. Technical |
| specification 3.0.3 was entered at 1901 EDT due to the possibility that |
| loose parts may adversely affect the operability of other ECCS components |
| and the plant has commenced shutdown. |
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| The licensee has notified the NRC Resident Inspector. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 37292 |
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| FACILITY: DUANE ARNOLD REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/05/2000|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: IA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:15[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 09/05/2000|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:10[CDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: TIM ALLEN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/05/2000|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |GARY SHEAR R3 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|AINB 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(B) POT RHR INOP | |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|1 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| BOTH TRAINS OF RIVER WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM DECLARED INOPERABLE |
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| The licensee had a failure of the river water instrument air system at 1810 |
| CDT, resulting in the loss of the automatic traveling screen control and the |
| high screen differential level alarm function. With both automatic screen |
| wash functions inoperable, both river water supply systems were declared |
| inoperable. The systems were returned to operable at 1820 CDT when the |
| alternate air dryer was placed in service, the problem being the air dryer |
| that had been in service stopped passing air. |
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| The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector. |
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