Event Notification Report for December 3, 2001
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 11/30/2001 - 12/03/2001 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 38520 38525 38526 38527 38528 38529 38530 38531 38532 . +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |General Information or Other |Event Number: 38520 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REP ORG: TENNESSEE DIV OF RAD HEALTH |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/28/2001| |LICENSEE: TRI-STATE TESTING AND DRILLING, INC. |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:50[EST]| | CITY: CHATTANOOGA REGION: 2 |EVENT DATE: 11/28/2001| | COUNTY: STATE: TN |EVENT TIME: 06:00[EST]| |LICENSE#: R-33105 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/28/2001| | DOCKET: |+----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION | | |EDWARD MCALPINE R2 | | |FRED BROWN NMSS | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: DEBRA SHULTS (fax) | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AGREEMENT STATE REPORT REGARDING A TRI-STATE TESTING AND DRILLING, INC. | | TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE STOLEN IN CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE | | | | The following text is a portion of a facsimile received from the State of | | Tennessee, Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of | | Radiological Health: | | | | "Event Report ID No.: TN-01-217" | | | | "License Number: R-33105" | | | | "Licensee: Tri-State Testing and Drilling, Inc." | | | | "Event date and time: November 28, 2001, approx. 0600 EST" | | | | "Event location: Chattanooga, TN" | | | | "Event type: Stolen moisture density gauge" | | | | "Notifications: Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, USNRC Region II, | | Alabama Office of Radiation Control, Georgia Radioactive Materials Program, | | Chattanooga Police Department" | | | | "Media interest: None at this time. A press release is being issued by | | TDEC." | | | | "Event description: Tri-State Testing and Drilling, Inc. reported a Troxler | | moisture density gauge, Model 3440, SN 17252, containing 8 millicuries of | | Cesium-137 and 40 millicuries of Americium-241:Beryllium, was stolen from | | the bed of a pickup truck early this morning. The gauge was chained in the | | back of the truck parked at an employees residence. Thieves cut the chain | | and removed the locked container. State DRH inspectors are onsite | | investigating at this time." | | | | (Call the NRC operations officer for contact information.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ . +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 38525 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: POINT BEACH REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/29/2001| | UNIT: [1] [2] [] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:07[EST]| | RXTYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/29/2001| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:38[CST]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: MEYER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/30/2001| | HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |BRUCE JORGENSEN R3 | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |AIND 50.72(b)(3)(v)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |1 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation | |2 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A LOSS OF INSTRUMENT AIR MAY CAUSE A POTENTIAL COMMON MODE FAILURE FOR ALL | | AUXILIARY FEEDWATER PUMPS. | | | | Instrument Air (IA) can be lost primarily by two failure mechanisms. The | | first, and most likely, is a loss of off-site power where the IA and Service | | Air (SA) compressors are stripped from the bus and not automatically | | re-loaded. The second less likely scenario is a random loss of the | | instrument air system due to equipment failure without potential for short | | term recovery. When IA is lost, the minimum flow recirculation valves for | | AFW fail closed. | | | | During these two transients, the AFW pumps will start injecting into the | | steam generators. Early in the EOP's, the operator is directed to control | | flow to the steam generators to maintain desired level. This may include | | shutting off flow to one or both steam generators if level is above the | | desired band. If flow from any auxiliary feed pump is reduced too low (as | | would occur if the auxiliary feed regulating valves are closed) without | | functional recirculation valves, the pump will fail in a very short period | | of time. This common mode of failure (common loss of instrument air and | | common response to high steam generator level) could result in simultaneous | | failure of all AFW pumps. | | | | The Auxiliary Feedwater system has passed all required testing and is | | currently fully operable and capable of performing its safety function. It | | is only under the specific circumstances outlined above that a failure of | | Auxiliary Feedwater may occur. The licensee is taking interim corrective | | actions in the form of Operating Crew briefs to ensure Auxiliary Feedwater | | is not damaged under Loss of Air conditions and is evaluating procedural and | | equipment design changes to provide a permanent correction to Aux. | | Feedwater. | | | | The NRC Resident Inspector will be notified. | | | | | | * * * UPDATE ON 11/30/01 @ 1849 BY RAASCH TO GOULD * * * | | | | The purpose of this supplement is to clarify the discussion of the potential | | failure of one or more Auxiliary Feedwater (AFW) pumps as described in Event | | Notification #38525. The potential failure is limited to only the minimum | | recirculation flow control valves for the AFW pumps. These recirculation | | valves function automatically to provide recirculation flow during periods | | of low Steam Generator (SG) demand from the AFW pumps. This potential | | failure mode would manifest itself during a loss of offsite power, with an | | attendant loss of instrument air, if the operator, while reducing AFW flow | | to a SG after satisfactory initial filling, fails to recognize that the | | recirculation valves do not open while reducing AFW flow to the steam | | generators. This action would have to be done individually to each of the | | running AFW pumps for multiple failures to occur. | | | | The air operated valves for controlling AFW pump output flowrate are | | safety-related and are not susceptible to this condition since the | | instrument air supply to these valves is backed up by a safety-related | | Nitrogen backup system. These valves would continue to be capable of | | supplying and controlling the required AFW flow to the steamgenerators. | | | | As an interim corrective action, operating personnel were provided a | | briefing on this potential failure mechanism to ensure the AFW pumps are not | | damaged under a Loss of Instrument Air condition. Additionally, temporary | | information tags have been hung to ensure continued awareness until an | | evaluation of potential procedural and equipment design changes can be | | completed. | | | | The NRC Resident Inspector was notified. | | | | The Reg 3 RDO(Jorgensen) was informed. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ . +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 38526 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: FT CALHOUN REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/30/2001| | UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:37[EST]| | RXTYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 11/29/2001| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:00[CST]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: ERICK MATZKE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/30/2001| | HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |WILLIAM JOHNSON R4 | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |HFIT 26.73 FITNESS FOR DUTY | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |1 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FITNESS FOR DUTY REPORT INVOLVING A NON-LICENSED EMPLOYEE'S USE OF A | | CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE | | | | A non-licensed employee (supervisor) was determined to be under the | | influence of a controlled substance. The employee's access to the plant has | | been terminated. Contact the Headquarters Operations Officer for additional | | details. The licensee will inform the NRC resident inspector. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ . +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Hospital |Event Number: 38527 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REP ORG: GENESYS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/30/2001| |LICENSEE: GENESYS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:03[EST]| | CITY: GRAND BLANC REGION: 3 |EVENT DATE: 11/30/2001| | COUNTY: STATE: MI |EVENT TIME: 09:30[EST]| |LICENSE#: 21-26740-01 AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/30/2001| | DOCKET: |+----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION | | |BRUCE JORGENSEN R3 | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: FREDERICK | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAA2 20.1906(d)(2) EXTERNAL RAD LEVELS > | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | INCORRECT SHIPPING PACKAGE USED FOR SHIPPING I-133 TO THE MEDICAL FACILITY | | | | The Genesys Regional Medical Center received a shipment of 156 millicuries | | of I-133 from Syncor International in Flint, Mi. that was packaged in a | | Yellow - 2 package. Yellow - 2 packages have a 50 mr/hr limit for | | transporting radiological materials. Syncor had monitored the shipment as | | 80 mr/hr and the medical facility monitored it at 100 mr/hr. Therefore, it | | should have been shipped in another type of package(possibly a Yellow - 3). | | There was no contamination measured. Syncor was notified of this error by | | the medical center. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ . +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |General Information or Other |Event Number: 38528 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REP ORG: CALIFORNIA RADIATION CONTROL PRGM |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/30/2001| |LICENSEE: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO|NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:48[EST]| | CITY: SAN DIEGO REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 11/28/2001| | COUNTY: STATE: CA |EVENT TIME: 11:00[PST]| |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/30/2001| | DOCKET: |+----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION | | |WILLIAM JOHNSON R4 | | |FRED BROWN NMSS | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROBERT GREGER | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - LOST SOURCE | | | | A patient receiving palliative treatment for lung cancer had six seeds | | implanted in the lungs. Each seed contained 0.4 mCi of I-125. After about | | 2 hours, an x-ray of the lungs was performed to verify positioning of the | | seeds and 3 of the seeds were missing. A search/survey of the area did not | | find the missing seeds. It is unknown where the seeds are, it is possible | | the patient coughed up the seeds and swallowed them. The patient was | | released later that day. There is minimal threat to any member of the | | public. | | | | California Radiation Control Program office contacted NRC State Programs | | (Pat Larkin). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ .+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Hospital |Event Number: 38529 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REP ORG: WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/30/2001| |LICENSEE: WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:28[EST]| | CITY: ROYAL OAKS REGION: 3 |EVENT DATE: 11/29/2001| | COUNTY: STATE: MI |EVENT TIME: 17:00[EST]| |LICENSE#: 210133301 AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/30/2001| | DOCKET: |+----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION | | |BRUCE JORGENSEN R3 | | |FRED BROWN NMSS | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: SCHULTZ | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |LADM 35.33(a) MED MISADMINISTRATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MEDICAL MISADMINISTRATION AT THE WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL | | | | A patient was prescribed a total dose of 2,800 centigrays of Ir - 192 given | | in seven fractions for treatment of recurring cancer. However, the standard | | fraction dose for 7 fractions @ 500 centigrays/fractions was administered | | resulting in a total dose of 3,500 centigrays. This misadministration | | resulted when the authorizing physician initially prescribed seven standard | | fraction doses(500 centigrays/fraction), but then changed his mind and | | prescribed seven fractions @ 400 centigrays/fraction which would have | | resulted in the total prescribed dose of 2,800 centigrays. These treatments | | took place between 09/27/01 and 11/02/09, but the mistake was not discovered | | until 11/20/01 @ 1700 during an audit. The error was made when the | | authorizing physicist did not transcribe from the treatment plan onto the | | worksheet the correct information used to program the HDR device and put in | | the 500 centigrays instead of the 400 centigrays. The patient and the | | referring physician were notified. No adverse affects to the patient are | | expected. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ . +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |General Information or Other |Event Number: 38530 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REP ORG: WA DIVISION OF RADIATION PROTECTION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/30/2001| |LICENSEE: WEYERHAEUSER TECHNOLOGY CENTER |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:32[EST]| | CITY: FEDERAL WAY REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 11/29/2001| | COUNTY: STATE: WA |EVENT TIME: [PST]| |LICENSE#: WN-L083-1 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/30/2001| | DOCKET: |+----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION | | |WILLIAM JOHNSON R4 | | |FRED BROWN NMSS | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: FRAZEE (FAX) | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LEAKING PROMETHIUM SOURCE AT WEYERHAEUSER TECH CENTER | | | | The licensee provided notification to the State of Washington that leakage | | was discovered when a 3 millicurie Promethium-147 source was about to be | | re-installed in an AMBERTEC Oy model BET- 1 formation tester. At this time | | it appears that the radioactive source was removed from the formation tester | | by licensee personnel in mid 1999. The source was placed into a storage | | container kept under the licensee's control. The un-sourced device was | | subsequently shipped to the manufacturer in Finland for repair. The device | | was recently returned to the licensee facility. A Finnish technician | | accompanying the device tested the source prior to installation and | | discovered contamination on the source and in the storage container. No | | contamination was detected on the outside of the container, in the storage | | location or at the work bench where the device is presumed to have been | | disassembled two years ago. Other details are unclear at this time and a | | Division of Radiation Protection staff will be on-site today to investigate. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ . +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 38531 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: NINE MILE POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/02/2001| | UNIT: [] [2] [] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:17[EST]| | RXTYPE: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 12/02/2001| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:48[EST]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: RESTUCCIO |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/02/2001| | HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |WILLIAM RULAND R1 | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(iv)(B) RPS ACTUATION - CRITICA| | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | |2 M/R Y 75 Power Operation |0 HotShutdown | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MANUAL REACTOR SCRAM FROM 75% POWER | | | | On December 2, 2001 at 1448, Unit 2 manually scrammed from approximately | | 75% reactor power due to a low water level trip (159.3" - Level 3). | | Preliminary indications are an electrical fault/trip on feedwater Pump "A" | | was the cause of the reactor low level condition. The "A" Recirculation | | Flow Control Valve (FCV) ran back to minimum position as required on the low | | level alarm at 178.3" - Level 4. The "B" FCV failed to fully run back as | | required due to the electrical transient and the subsequent loss of | | hydraulic control units. The "B" FCV stabilized at 50% open. The | | Operators were inserting cram rods in an attempt to lower power further when | | the low water level trip alarm came in for Division 1. The Control Room | | Supervisor (CRS) ordered the mode switch to shutdown. All Control Rods | | inserted as required. Reactor water level is being controlled in the normal | | level band with Condensate Booster pumps. Reactor pressure is being reduced | | to place the shutdown cooling system in service by the use of the turbine | | bypass valves. | | | | Additionally, indications show that the Neutron Monitoring System (NMS) | | scram setpoints were exceeded for the Average Power Range Monitoring (APRM) | | thermal power trip. This trip signal was in close sequence to the mode | | switch being placed in the shutdown position. | | | | The NRC Resident Inspector was notified. | | | | | | HOO NOTE: see event # 38532 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ .+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 38532 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: NINE MILE POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/02/2001| | UNIT: [] [2] [] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:40[EST]| | RXTYPE: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 12/02/2001| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:21[EST]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: PETRELLI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/02/2001| | HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |WILLIAM RULAND R1 | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |AESF 50.72(b)(3)(iv)(A) VALID SPECIF SYS ACTUAT| | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | |2 A N 0 Hot Shutdown |0 Hot Shutdown | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PLANT RECEIVED A SECOND SCRAM WHILE IN MODE 3 | | | | Following the manual scram at 1448 the plant had a second scram at 1721 | | which was an automatic scram on low water level (Level 3 - 159.3") when | | lowering reactor pressure to inject with the booster pumps at 1721. The | | scram was reset and plant shutdown and cooldown is continuing. | | | | The NRC Resident Inspector was notified. | | | | HOO NOTE: see event #38531 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ .
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