Event Notification Report for September 13, 2001
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
09/12/2001 - 09/13/2001
** EVENT NUMBERS **
38265 38271 38275 38279 38280 38281 38282
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|Fuel Cycle Facility |Event Number: 38265 |
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| FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/04/2001|
| RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:09[EDT]|
| COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 09/04/2001|
| 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 14:00[CDT]|
| BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/12/2001|
| CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+
| COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
|LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |MARK RING R3 |
| DOCKET: 0707001 |M. WAYNE HODGES NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: UNDERWOOD | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | |
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| 24-HOUR 91-01 BULLETIN RESPONSE |
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| At 1400, on 9/4/01, the Plant Shift Superintendent (PSS) was notified of an |
| NCSA violation that had occurred at the C-355 air plant. Immediately after |
| switching drying units at the air plant, a high-high moisture alarm was |
| received. The alarm indicated air moisture content greater than 1300 ppm |
| water, violating NCSA GEN-10-01. NCSA GEN-010 credits the dry air system |
| for producing dry air with moisture content of less than 1300 ppm. The |
| purpose of this requirement is to prevent exposure of fissile uranium |
| deposits to a moderating environment. No equipment containing fissile |
| material was exposed to high moisture content plant air at the time of the |
| alarm or following receipt of the alarm. |
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| Since one leg of double contingency was lost, this is being reported to the |
| NRC as a 24-hr. event report. |
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| SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE OF EVENTS: |
| There was no purging of equipment containing fissile material in progress at |
| the time of the moisture excursion. Although a parameter was exceeded, the |
| proper response to the alarm was taken prior to resuming buffering of |
| purging equipment containing fissile material. |
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| POTENTIAL CRITICALITY PATHWAYS INVOLVED(BRIEF SCENARIO(S) OF HOW CRITICALITY |
| COULD OCCUR: |
| In order for a criticality to be possible. Operations personnel would have |
| had to fail to respond to the alarm. In addition, a fissile deposit |
| containing greater than a critical mass and absorbing greater than 10 kg of |
| water would have had to be present. |
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| CONTROLLED PARAMETERS (MASS, MODERATION. GEOMETRY, CONCENTRATION. ETC: |
| Double contingency for this scenario is established by implementing two |
| controls on moderation. |
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| ESTIMATED AMOUNT, ENRICHMENT, FORM OF LICENSED MATERIAL (INCLUDE PROCESS |
| LIMIT AND % WORST CASE CRITICAL MASS): |
| n/a |
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| NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY CONTROL(S) OR CONTROL SYSTEM(S) AND DESCRIPTION |
| OF THE FAILURES OR DEFICIENCIES: |
| Double contingency for this scenario is established by implementing two |
| controls on moderation. |
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| The first leg of double contingency Is based on receiving a high-high |
| moisture alarm indicating a moisture content greater than 1300 ppm water and |
| ceasing buffering and purging operations in response to the alarm. This |
| control was not violated. |
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| The second leg of double contingency is based on the dry air system |
| producing plant air with a moisture content less than 1300 ppm water. Since |
| the moisture content was confirmed to be greater than 1300 ppm, this process |
| condition was exceeded and double contingency was not maintained. |
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| Since double contingency is based on two controls on moderation, double |
| contingency was not maintained. |
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| CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO RESTORE SAFETY SYSTEMS AND WHEN EACH WAS IMPLEMENTED: |
| No corrective actions implemented. Proper procedure response was performed. |
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| The NRC Resident Inspector was notified. |
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| * * * UPDATE ON 09/12/01 AT 1455 ET BY PITTMAN TAKEN BY MACKINNON * * * |
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| Criticality Safety Incident Report NCS-INC-01-022 has been revised to |
| include information from EN-C-826-01-039 that documented that the moisture |
| content did not exceed the NCS limit of 1300 ppm. Since the moisture limit |
| for the plant air system was not exceeded, no violation occurred. R3DO |
| (Sonia Burgess) notified. |
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| The NRC Resident Inspector was notified of this update by the certificate |
| holder. |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 38271 |
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| REP ORG: NEW MEXICO RAD CONTROL PROGRAM |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/07/2001|
|LICENSEE: WESTERN TECHNOLOGIES |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:31[EDT]|
| CITY: CUBA REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 09/06/2001|
| COUNTY: STATE: NM |EVENT TIME: 11:00[MDT]|
|LICENSE#: DM 244-29 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/12/2001|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |LINDA SMITH R4 |
| |M. WAYNE HODGES NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: SHERRY MILLER | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| MISSING TROXLER DENSITY GAUGE. |
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| Western Technologies, out of Albuquerque, accidentally left a 3430 Troxler |
| moisture density gauge at mile marker 49 on US highway 550. The moisture |
| density gauge was out of its transport case laying on the side of the |
| highway when the it was left behind. The driver immediately, within an hour, |
| returned to the location and discovered that the gauge was missing. State |
| of New Mexico has recommended to the licensee that they offer a reward for |
| the missing gauge. |
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| * * * UPDATE 1851 9/12/2001 FROM MILLER TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * |
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| The state reported that the missing gauge has been recovered. Notified R4DO |
| (Shaffer). |
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!!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!!
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|Hospital |Event Number: 38275 |
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| REP ORG: CLARK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/11/2001|
|LICENSEE: CLARK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:17[EDT]|
| CITY: JEFFERSIONVILLE REGION: 3 |EVENT DATE: 09/11/2001|
| COUNTY: STATE: IN |EVENT TIME: 07:00[CST]|
|LICENSE#: 1312367-01 AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/12/2001|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |SONIA BURGESS R3 |
| |MELVYN LEACH NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: TRINNA WALKER | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | |
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| MISSING 94 PALLADIUM SEEDS. |
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| Licensee received, in the mail, a box containing 94 palladium seeds with a |
| total activity of 119.14 millicuries on Friday, 09/0701 at approximately |
| 1200 ET. The box containing the seeds was locked in the Hot Lab at |
| approximately 1700 hours on 09/07/01. Saturday morning it was noticed that |
| the box containing the palladium seeds was missing. It was assumed that the |
| box of seeds had been picked up. Today, 09/11/01, at 0700 hours a |
| Radiation Physicist came to pick up the box of palladium seeds. At this |
| time it was realized that the seeds were missing. A search of the hospital |
| areas, trash, etc., was performed and the seeds were not found. The |
| hospital security and the Jeffersonville Police department were notified of |
| the missing palladium seeds. |
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| * * RETRACTION ON 09/12/01 AT 0943ET BY TRINNA WALKER TAKEN BY MACKINNON * * |
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| This event is being retracted since a cyclotron was used to irradiate the |
| palladium seeds. |
| R3DO (Sonia Burgess) notified. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 38279 |
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| FACILITY: BRAIDWOOD REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/12/2001|
| UNIT: [1] [2] [] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:36[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/12/2001|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRIAN SCHIPIOUR |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/12/2001|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |SONIA BURGESS R3 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|HFIT 26.73 FITNESS FOR DUTY | |
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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 90 Power Operation |90 Power Operation |
|2 N Y 96 Power Operation |96 Power Operation |
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| ACCESS DENIED |
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| A contract employee was determined to be under the influence of alcohol |
| during a for-cause test. The employee's access to the plant has been |
| denied. |
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| The NRC Resident Inspector was notified of this event by the licensee. |
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| Contact the Headquarters Operation Center for further details. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 38280 |
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| FACILITY: COLUMBIA GENERATING STATIREGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/12/2001|
| UNIT: [2] [] [] STATE: WA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:57[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 09/12/2001|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROBERT SHERMAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/12/2001|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |MARK SHAFFER R4 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|HFIT 26.73 FITNESS FOR DUTY | |
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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 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| FITNESS FOR DUTY REPORT |
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| A licensed employee was determined to be under the influence of alcohol |
| during a for-cause test. The employee's access to the plant has been |
| terminated. The NRC resident inspector has been informed of this event by |
| the licensee. |
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| Contact the NRC Operations Center for additional details. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 38281 |
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| FACILITY: OCONEE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/12/2001|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:53[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP,[3] B&W-L-L|EVENT DATE: 09/12/2001|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: PHILLIP NORTH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/12/2001|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |JOHN MONNINGER R2 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(iv)(B) RPS ACTUATION - CRITICA| |
|AESF 50.72(b)(3)(iv)(A) VALID SPECIF SYS ACTUAT| |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE |
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|1 A/R Y 100 Power Operation |0 Hot Standby |
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| AUTOMATIC REACTOR TRIP DUE TO TURBINE/GENERATOR TRIP |
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| The plant sustained a turbine/generator trip resulting in a reactor trip, |
| all rods inserted fully, all systems functioned as required unless otherwise |
| noted, and the plant is stable in MODE 3 (Hot Standby). Main feedwater was |
| lost due to a loss of power to the secondary pumps. Power is being supplied |
| from the startup transformer, reactor coolant system is in forced |
| circulation, emergency feedwater is supplying the steam generators, and |
| turbine bypass valves to the condensers are providing a heat sink. |
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| The licensee is investigating the cause of the turbine/generator trip and |
| the loss of power to the secondary pumps. |
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| The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 38282 |
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| FACILITY: VERMONT YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/13/2001|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: VT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:00[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 09/13/2001|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRIAN COPPERTHITE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/13/2001|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |STEVE BARR R1 |
|10 CFR SECTION: |GLENN TRACEY IAT |
|NINF INFORMATION ONLY | |
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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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| INFORMATION REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH NRC INFORMATION NOTICE 98-35 |
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| A suspicious vehicle was noted in area around the plant site. Immediate |
| compensatory actions were taken upon discovery. |
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| Contact HOO for further details. |
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