Event Notification Report for April 6, 2001
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
04/05/2001 - 04/06/2001
** EVENT NUMBERS **
37892 37893 37894
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 37892 |
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| FACILITY: BYRON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/05/2001|
| UNIT: [] [2] [] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:30[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/05/2001|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:38[CDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: SWANSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/05/2001|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |MICHAEL JORDAN R3 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | |
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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 88 Power Operation |88 Power Operation |
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| Unescorted access granted inappropriately. Immediate compensatory measures |
| taken upon discovery. |
| Contact HOO for additional details. |
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| The NRC Resident Inspector will be notified. |
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|Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 37893 |
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| REP ORG: YALE UNIVERSITY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/05/2001|
|LICENSEE: YALE UNIVERSITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:54[EDT]|
| CITY: NEW HAVEN REGION: 1 |EVENT DATE: 04/05/2001|
| COUNTY: STATE: CT |EVENT TIME: [EDT]|
|LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/05/2001|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |JACK MCFADDEN R1 |
| |LARRY CAMPER NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: TAMMY STEMENS | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NINF INFORMATION ONLY | |
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| MISSING PO-210 SOURCE |
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| A 50 �Ci Po-210 source has been discovered missing. The source was leased |
| from a vendor under a general license. The caller stated that the source had |
| been used in a science fair project, and then inadvertently discarded into |
| the trash. The university is currently attempting to determine whether the |
| trash from this residence was taken to a sanitary landfill or an |
| incinerator. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 37894 |
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| FACILITY: DIABLO CANYON REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/05/2001|
| UNIT: [1] [2] [] STATE: CA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:41[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/05/2001|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:26[PDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOYCE SKAGGS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/05/2001|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: UNU |LINDA SMITH R4 |
|10 CFR SECTION: |CHRISTOPHER GRIMES NRR |
|*AEC 50.72(a) (1) (i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |RICHARD WESSMAN IRO |
| |ELLIS MERSCHOFF R4 |
| |WILLIAM BORCHARDT NRR |
| |DAVID BARDON FEMA |
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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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| UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED DUE TO UNCONTROLLED BRUSH FIRE THREATENING OFFSITE |
| POWER SUPPLIES |
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| The licensee declared an Unusual Event at 1526 PDT due to an uncontrolled |
| brush fire near the site. The licensee was performing a controlled burn of |
| grasses near the site when the fire went out of control. Heavy smoke from |
| the fire caused a fault on the incoming 230kV power line, resulting in a |
| loss of startup electrical power to both units. All six EDGs automatically |
| started, but did not load. The licensee has notified local government |
| agencies, and has requested assistance from the California Department of |
| Forestry. The NRC resident inspector is currently onsite. |
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| * * * UPDATE 1913 EDT 4/5/01 FROM SKAGGS TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * |
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| The licensee reported that the fire has been extinguished. Startup power has |
| been restored to the startup transformers, with restoration of power to |
| individual buses still underway. |
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| * * * UPDATE 2005 EDT 4/5/01 FROM SKAGGS TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * |
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| The Unusual Event was terminated at 1700 PDT. Startup power has been |
| restored to all individual buses. Notified R4(Brockman), NRR (Grimes), FEMA |
| (DePuy). |
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| * * * COMMISSIONERS ASSISTANTS' BRIEFING 2030 EDT 4/5/01 * * * |
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| Briefer: W. Jones. Participants: Brockman, Merschoff, Smith, et. al. (R4), |
| Wessman (IRO), Grimes (NRR), Camper (NMSS), Beecher (OPA), Lohaus (STP), |
| Hauber (OIP), Morris (EDO), Paperiello (DEDMRS), Tschiltz, Levin (Comm. |
| Meserve), Hiltz (Comm. Dicus), Beall (Comm. McGaffigan) Davis (Comm. Diaz), |
| Thoma, Stauss (Comm. Merrifield). |
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