Event Notification Report for June 7, 2001
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 06/06/2001 - 06/07/2001 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 38055 38056 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |General Information or Other |Event Number: 38055 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REP ORG: NEW YORK CITY BUREAU OF RAD HEALTH |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/06/2001| |LICENSEE: UNKNOWN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:37[EDT]| | CITY: QUEENS REGION: 1 |EVENT DATE: 06/04/2001| | COUNTY: QUEENS STATE: NY |EVENT TIME: [EDT]| |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/06/2001| | DOCKET: |+----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION | | |MICHELE EVANS R1 | | |M. WAYNE HODGES NMSS | +------------------------------------------------+JOSEPH HOLONICH IRO | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: RICHARD BORRI |DOT NATL RESP CTR | | HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AGREEMENT STATE REPORT REGARDING PACKAGE DAMAGED DURING OVERSEA SHIPMENT | | | | The New York City Bureau of Radiological Health was contacted on 6/6/2001 by | | a Japan Airlines (JAL) representative regarding a damaged shipment of 104 | | �Ci of I-125 (liquid). The package was being shipped from New England | | Nuclear in Boston, Massachusetts to China Isotope Corporation in Beijing, | | China. The package had been transported by truck to JFK Int'l Airport, | | where it was loaded onto a JAL aircraft. The JAL representative reported | | that the package was badly damaged and leaking upon arrival in Tokyo, Japan. | | Representatives of the Bureau of Radiological Health and Radiac (a | | contractor for JAL) surveyed the building at JFK Int'l Airport where the | | package had been stored, but found no radioactive contamination. The caller | | was unsure of actions taken at the airport in Tokyo. | | | | HOO NOTE: Provided above information to the DOT National Response Center. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 38056 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: SAN ONOFRE REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/06/2001| | UNIT: [] [2] [3] STATE: CA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:53[EDT]| | RXTYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] CE,[3] CE |EVENT DATE: 06/06/2001| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:30[PDT]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: CLAY WILLIAMS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/06/2001| | HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |KRISS KENNEDY R4 | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(xi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | |2 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation | |3 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION OF HYDRAZINE SPILL | | | | "On June 6, 2001, between 1200 and 1300 hours PDT, personnel were unloading | | hydrazine at a site HAZMAT pad and inadvertently spilled about 20 gallons. | | All 20 gallons were contained within the concrete pad and berm and were | | subsequently recovered for disposal. No hydrazine was released to the | | environment and no employees were injured. While this did not represent a | | significant environmental event, at about 1630 PDT on June 6, 2001, SCE | | began notifying the Office of Emergency Services, the National Response | | Center, and the San Diego Department of Environmental Health. Consequently, | | Southern California Edison is providing this notification in accordance with | | 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(xi) for notification of other government agencies. At the | | time of this occurrence, both Units 2 and 3 were operating at about 100% | | power; Unit 1 remains permanently defueled. SCE will notify the NRC Resident | | Inspectors about this notification and will provide them with a copy of this | | report." | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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