Event Notification Report for April 23, 2002
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
04/22/2002 - 04/23/2002
** EVENT NUMBERS **
38035 38870 38871 38872 38873
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 38035 |
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| REP ORG: BOWSER-MORNER INC |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/29/2001|
|LICENSEE: BOWSER-MORNER INC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:30[EDT]|
| CITY: TOLEDO REGION: 3 |EVENT DATE: 05/27/2001|
| COUNTY: STATE: OH |EVENT TIME: 09:30[EDT]|
|LICENSE#: 34-17390-02 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/22/2002|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |MARK RING REG3 |
| |LARRY CAMPER NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: ALLEN | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | |
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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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| TROXLER GAUGE STOLEN FROM COMPANY TRUCK AT RESIDENCE |
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| Sometime between 0200-0930 hours on 5/27 a company truck was broken into |
| removing a Troxler gauge and it's case. The gauge was properly stowed and |
| it's case attached to the truck bed using a chain and lock. The truck was |
| parked overnight at the residence of the employee at 402 Lochmoor Drive in |
| Temperance, MI. The stolen Troxler is a model 3401B, S/N 13442, whose last |
| measured activity on 4/30/01 was 5.6 mCi Cs-137 and 39 mCi Am-241/Be. The |
| Monroe County Sheriffs Department in Temperance, MI and Ohio Department of |
| Health were both notified. The licensee plans on issuing a press release. |
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| ****UPDATE ON 04/22/02 AT 1647 ET BY ALLEN TAKEN BY MACKINNON**** |
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| The above mentioned gauge was recovered this morning by the City of Bryan |
| Local Emergency Management Agency. The gauge was found this morning in a |
| ditch along side a highway still in its yellow case by some children. The |
| source handle of the gauge was still locked and the only thing wrong was |
| that the lock to the case had been broken off. The children that had found |
| the gauge in its case called 911 and it was recovered by local law |
| enforcement agency and given to the City of Bryan local Emergency Management |
| Agency. The licensee was notified and picked up the gauge this morning. |
| The gauge was leak tested and was found to be in perfect condition. R3DO |
| (Jacobson) & NMSS EO (Wayne Hodges) notified. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 38870 |
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| FACILITY: SUSQUEHANNA REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/22/2002|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:43[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 04/22/2002|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: ART FINCH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/22/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: MIKE NORRIS +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |JOHN ROGGE R1 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(iv)(B) RPS ACTUATION - CRITICA| |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE
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|1 M/R Y 16 Power Operation |0 Hot Shutdown |
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| MANUAL RPS ACTUATION |
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| "Susquehanna Unit 1 was at 20% power and in the process of preparing to |
| further increase power following a Refueling and Inspection Outage. At 0016 |
| on 4/22/02, the B Reactor Recirculation Pump tripped for an unexplained |
| reason. During a review of the plant response to the transient, it was |
| discovered that the unit was operating to the left of the expected Power to |
| Flow curve. There was no indication of power flux oscillations from the |
| nuclear instrumentation, but no guidance was available on how to respond to |
| this condition. Reactor Engineering and Operations Management were contacted |
| and it was decided to manually scram the unit. At 0115 the Mode Switch was |
| taken to Shutdown and all control rods inserted. This was an unplanned RPS |
| Actuation and in accordance with 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(iv)(B) requires a |
| four-hour ENS Notification. Reactor water level dropped below level 3 which |
| is expected during a scram, feedwater level control responded to return |
| level to normal and all level 3 isolations went to completion. There were no |
| ECCS initiations, no challenges to containment, and no indication of |
| radiation releases. Operations is currently performing a controlled cooldown |
| to mode 4, an investigation into the cause of the recirc pump trip is |
| ongoing." |
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| The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified. |
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|Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 38871 |
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| REP ORG: SEIMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC |NOTIFICATION DATE:
04/22/2002|
|LICENSEE: SEIMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:03[EDT]|
| CITY: ISELIN REGION: 1 |EVENT DATE: 04/20/2002|
| COUNTY: MIDDLESEX STATE: NJ |EVENT TIME: 02:00[EDT]|
|LICENSE#: 29-32349-01 AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/22/2002|
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| |CLIFFORD ANDERSON R1 |
| |MARK SHAFFER R4 |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROBERT F. WILEY | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: MIKE NORRIS | |
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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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| LOSS/STOLEN NUCLEAR LICENSED MATERIAL >1000X |
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| Two calibration sources were stolen from a rental car in Oahu, Hawaii on |
| 4/19/02. The sources, 2 millicuries of Am-241 and 2 millicuries of Co-57, |
| were in tungsten shielded containers with screwed on lead caps. The sources |
| were in a locked tool box, which was in the locked trunk. The thief pulled |
| out the driver door lock, pried open the glove box and opened the trunk. |
| The source numbers and dates were as follows: Am-241, #0191LX, 8-4-89 and |
| Co-57, #5971 LC, 10-13-00. The Kaneohe Police Department was notified, |
| report # 02-145893. Ads will be placed in the local newspapers. Licensee |
| indicated that there were no measurable dose rates on the outside of the |
| shielded container. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 38872 |
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| FACILITY: COOK REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/22/2002|
| UNIT: [1] [2] [] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:17[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/22/2002|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: DEAN BRUCK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/22/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |JOHN JACOBSON R3 |
|10 CFR SECTION: |JIM WHITNEY NMSS |
|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 |
|2 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| MICHIGAN STATE POLICE AT DC COOK PLANT ENTRANCE. |
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| The following is a courtesy call regarding an event that occurred at the DC |
| Cook Nuclear Power Plant at 0600 on 4/22/02. The following has not been |
| issued as a Cook Plant news release but it is believed that the news media |
| is already aware of this via other means. |
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| At 0600 on 4/22/02, Michigan State Police (MSP) arrived at the Cook Plant |
| main entrance. MSP told Cook Plant Security that they were waiting for an |
| individual known to work at Cook to show up. MSP had previous encounters |
| with this individual and knew this person had concealed weapons permit, was |
| known to carry a weapon in the car and had been previously advised by MSP to |
| not carry a weapon on Cook property. |
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| When the individual, a contractor, arrived, Cook Plant Security personnel |
| asked him if had a weapon in his car. He stated that he did not, having |
| stashed it offsite on the highway. At this point the MSP advised him that |
| he would take them to the location of the weapon. About 15 minutes later |
| MSP and the individual returned, with MSP in possession of the weapon. MSP |
| stated that they would retain possession of the weapon pending further |
| investigation. Having no other reasons to deny access, the individual was |
| allowed on site. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 38873 |
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| FACILITY: CALVERT CLIFFS REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/22/2002|
| UNIT: [1] [2] [] STATE: MD |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:36[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] CE,[2] CE |EVENT DATE: 04/22/2002|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: D. FRYE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 04/22/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |CLIFFORD ANDERSON R1 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|APRE 50.72(b)(2)(xi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | |
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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 N 0 Refueling |0 Refueling |
|2 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| EMERGENCY SIRENS ACTUATED DURING A SILENT TEST |
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| Inadvertent Emergency Response Siren actuation occurred in Calvert County |
| during the weekly silent test. All 49 sirens sounded for approx. 15 |
| seconds. |
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| The NRC Resident Inspector was notified of this event by the licensee. |
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