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Event Notification Report for April 17, 2001
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
04/16/2001 - 04/17/2001
** EVENT NUMBERS **
37921 37922 37923
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|Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 37921 |
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| REP ORG: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/16/2001|
|LICENSEE: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:30[EDT]|
| CITY: ST. LOUIS REGION: 3 |EVENT DATE: 03/20/2001|
| COUNTY: STATE: MO |EVENT TIME: [CDT]|
|LICENSE#: 24-00167-11 AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/16/2001|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |RONALD GARDNER R3 |
| |DON COOL NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: SUE LANGHORSE | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | |
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EVENT TEXT
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| RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL DISCARDED AT SANITARY LANDFILL |
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| The licensee reported that one vial of P-32 (1 mCi) was inadvertently |
| discarded at a landfill. The licensee believes that the vial and the |
| shipping pig were left in the shipping box, which was placed in the trash. |
| The licensee was unable to locate the source before it was taken to the |
| landfill. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 37922 |
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| FACILITY: FITZPATRICK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/16/2001|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:17[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 04/16/2001|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: TIMOTHY PAGE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/16/2001|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |WILLIAM RULAND R1 |
|10 CFR SECTION: |VERN HODGE NRR |
|CCCC 21.21 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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|1 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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EVENT TEXT
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| 10 CFR PART 21 REPORT |
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| "This report is being submitted in accordance with 10CFR21.21(d) to address |
| a reportable defect. The defect deals with a replacement Foxboro |
| differential pressure transmitter that was found shorted to ground in the |
| conduit pressure seal assembly during the installation process." |
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| The NRC resident inspector will be informed of this report by the licensee. |
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|Fuel Cycle Facility |Event Number: 37923 |
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| FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/17/2001|
| RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:46[EDT]|
| COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 04/16/2001|
| 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 07:10[EDT]|
| BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/17/2001|
| CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+
| COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
|LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |RONALD GARDNER R3 |
| DOCKET: 0707002 |JOSEPHINE PICCONE NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: ERIC SPAETH | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NONR OTHER UNSPEC REQMNT | |
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EVENT TEXT
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| 24-HOUR REPORT INVOLVING A VALID ACTUATION OF A "Q" CLASS SAFETY SYSTEM |
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| "At 0710 hours on 04/16/01, Autoclave #4 in the X-344 UF6 Sampling Facility |
| had an 'AUTOCLAVE HI HI PRESSURE' alarm activation. This alarm initiates an |
| 'Autoclave Shell High Pressure Containment Shutdown', which causes the |
| autoclave containment isolation valves ('Q' components) to actuate. The |
| containment isolation valves closed, as designed. The initiating devices for |
| this alarm are redundant pressure switches with a TSR set point of 8.0 psig. |
| Autoclave #4 was in TSR Operational Mode IV (Feeding, Transfer, or Sampling) |
| at the time of the alarm activation. Operations personnel immediately |
| responded to the alarm in accordance with the approved Alarm Response |
| Procedures. Autoclave #4 was placed in TSR mode VII (Shutdown) by operations |
| personnel and declared inoperable by the Plant Shift Superintendent. |
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| "Instrument Maintenance was requested to perform 'as-founds' on the |
| 'Autoclave Pressure Loop Instrumentation'. The results of this data |
| indicated that the instrumentation associated with the 'Autoclave Internal |
| Pressure Loop' was found to be within acceptable 'as-found' tolerance. Based |
| on these results, this event is being reported as a valid safety system |
| actuation, a 24-hour NRC event. An Engineering Evaluation has been requested |
| to investigate the circumstances surrounding this safety system actuation." |
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| Operations will inform the DOE site representative and has informed the NRC |
| resident inspector. |
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