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Event Notification Report for January 5, 2001
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
01/04/2001 - 01/05/2001
** EVENT NUMBERS **
37645 37646
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 37645 |
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| REP ORG: CALIFORNIA RADIATION CONTROL PRGM |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/04/2001|
|LICENSEE: ANCORE (SAIC) |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:01[EST]|
| CITY: SAN DIEGO REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 12/15/2000|
| COUNTY: STATE: CA |EVENT TIME: 12:00[PST]|
|LICENSE#: 2484-43 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/04/2001|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |WILLIAM JOHNSON R4 |
| |BRIAN SMITH NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROB GREGER | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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EVENT TEXT
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT |
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| ANCORE (previously SAIC) had requested to delete three nuclides from their |
| CA RML. One of the items ANCORE asked to be deleted were fuel rods |
| containing SNM. A letter for additional information concerning |
| transfer/disposal of the fuel rods went out on May 25, 2000 but received no |
| response. Tom Schell contacted the current RSO, David Mahood. Mr. Mahood |
| stated that the fuel rods were sent to Combustion Engineering before he came |
| to ANCORE. Mr. Mahood further added that his questions to the previous RSO |
| failed to produce any new information or documents concerning the fuel rods. |
| Tom Schell also contacted Brian Horn of the US NRC and the US Nuclear |
| Tracking Database confirms the transfer of the three fuel rods to SAIC in |
| San Diego, a different California license, in September 1989. A review of |
| the Compliance and Licensing Folders SAIC's San Diego License (License |
| Number 2290-37) was done but independent confirmation relating to the |
| receipt of fuel rods containing SNM at SAIC in San Diego were not found. A |
| Note: California regulations only require record keeping for three years, |
| however 10 CFR 150.16 appears to have been violated. Personnel of |
| California Radiologic Health Branch were informed. |
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| STATE OF CALIFORNIA REPORT NUMBER CA010003 |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 37646 |
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| REP ORG: HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/04/2001|
|LICENSEE: HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:59[EST]|
| CITY: MARLTON REGION: 1 |EVENT DATE: 10/18/2000|
| COUNTY: STATE: NJ |EVENT TIME: 12:00[EST]|
|LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/04/2001|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |MELVYN LEACH R3 |
| |VERN HODGE, FAX NRR |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRIAN GUTHERMAN | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|CCCC 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | |
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EVENT TEXT
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| 10 CFR PART 21 NOTIFICATION FOR DISCREPANT WEIGHT OF SPENT FUEL RACKS |
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| Spent fuel tacks removed from Byron Nuclear Power Plant were discovered to |
| have as-found weights ranging from approximately 8,200 to 10,500 lbs more |
| than the weights used in the analyses supporting the original design and |
| licensing of these racks and in the design of the lifting equipment used to |
| lift the racks. The analyses related to seismic loadings, bearing pad |
| design, spent fuel pool liner fatigue, and possibly others used to design |
| and license these racks may no longer be conservative when the additional |
| weight is considered. The actual impact on these analyses has not, to our |
| knowledge, been evaluated. The impact on the design of the lifting |
| equipment is that the design safety factors for the lifting equipment, while |
| still above 1.0, may not meet the minimum safety factors in NUREG-0612 and |
| associated reference documents. |
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| Braidwood Nuclear Station has four similarly designed racks provided by the |
| same supplier. |
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