Event Notification Report for March 16, 2001
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
03/15/2001 - 03/16/2001
** EVENT NUMBERS **
37842 37843
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|Hospital |Event Number: 37842 |
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| REP ORG: JAMESON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/15/2001|
|LICENSEE: JAMESON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:15[EST]|
| CITY: NEW CASTLE REGION: 1 |EVENT DATE: 03/14/2001|
| COUNTY: STATE: PA |EVENT TIME: 00:00[EST]|
|LICENSE#: 37-01146-03 AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/15/2001|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |PETE ESELGROTH R1 |
| |BRIAN SMITH NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: D. DANKO | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|BAE1 20.2202(b)(1) PERS OVEREXPOSURE | |
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EVENT TEXT
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| POSSIBLE RADIATION EXPOSURE ABOVE THE NRC REGULATORY LIMIT OF 5 REM |
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| Based on calculation methods used by the Pennsylvania Department of |
| Environmental Protection and the National Society of Radiation Physicists, |
| the total body dose received by a cardiologist at Jameson Memorial Hospital |
| received last year was 3,069 mR which is less than the limit of 5,000 mR/yr. |
| On 03/13/01, an NRC physicist using a different methodology for calculating |
| total body dose calculated that the cardiologist received a total body dose |
| of 5,401 mR last year. The cardiologist received most of the dose from |
| x-ray related activities (regulated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania). |
| However, the cardiologist received some exposure from doing stress tests on |
| patients, which mostly involves the use of NRC licensed material |
| (technetium-99m). No adverse health effects are expected. |
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| On 03/14/01, NRC Region 1 issued a Preliminary Notification (PNO-I-01-006) |
| describing this event in more detail. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 37843 |
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| FACILITY: WATERFORD REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/15/2001|
| UNIT: [3] [] [] STATE: LA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:53[EST]|
| RXTYPE: [3] CE |EVENT DATE: 03/15/2001|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:00[CST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRYAN PELLEGRIN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/15/2001|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |WILLIAM JOHNSON R4 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|*PRE 50.72(b)(2)(xi) 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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|3 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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EVENT TEXT
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| OFFSITE NOTIFICATION REGARDING THE DISCOVERY OF A DEAD BROWN PELICAN ON THE |
| CIRCULATING WATER INTAKE STRUCTURE |
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| The following text is a portion of a facsimile received from the licensee: |
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| "On 3/15/01 at 0900 CST, the Waterford 3 Control Room Staff was notified |
| that it was discovered that a Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) had |
| died on the [Waterford 3] Circulating Water Intake Structure. The Brown |
| Pelican is listed as an endangered species. Reports were that the bird was |
| injured the previous night (3/14/01) as a result of an attack by white |
| pelicans. The bird was identified as a brown pelican when it was found dead |
| on the morning of 3/15/01. The Waterford 3 Environmental Protection staff |
| notified the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries [... at 0920 CST |
| on 3/15/01. ... (Call the NRC operations officer for the applicable |
| address, telephone number, and contact name.) The Louisiana Department of |
| Wildlife and Fisheries representative] stated that she would pass the |
| information along to the proper department and that Waterford 3 would be |
| contacted if further investigation was needed. The dead bird was placed in |
| a plastic bag and transported to the freezer in the environmental monitoring |
| lab for storage." |
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| The licensee notified the NRC resident inspector. |
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