Event Notification Report for June 10, 2002
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
06/07/2002 - 06/10/2002
** EVENT NUMBERS **
38955 38970 38971
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 38955 |
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| REP ORG: ARIZONA RADIATION REGULATORY AGENCY |NOTIFICATION DATE:
05/31/2002|
|LICENSEE: CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION AND TESTING |NOTIFICATION TIME:
13:42[EDT]|
| CITY: TEMPE REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 05/31/2002|
| COUNTY: STATE: AZ |EVENT TIME: 09:30[MST]|
|LICENSE#: 7-98 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/04/2002|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |GARY SANBORN R4 |
| |FRED BROWN NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: WILLIAM A. WRIGHT (fax) | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: MIKE NORRIS | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| STOLEN TROXLER MOISTURE/DENSITY GAUGE |
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| "Description of event: The licensee reported the loss of a Troxler |
| moisture/density gauge and company truck when a technician failed to report |
| to a designated job site. The gauge is a Troxler Model 3440, serial number |
| 21935. It contains approximately 8 millicuries of Cesium 137 (source serial |
| number 75-3524) and approximately 40 millicuries of Americium-Beryllium |
| (source serial number 47-17271). The company vehicle is a 1999 white Ford |
| F-150 extended cab pickup, company number 50, Arizona license [ ]. The Tempe |
| police have been notified and are investigating. The company is offering a |
| $250 reward for information leading to the return of the gauge and truck. |
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| "The U.S. NRC, FBI, Mexico, and the states of Colorado, Nevada, Utah, New |
| Mexico and California are being informed of this incident." |
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| * * * UPDATE ON 6/4/02 BY WRIGHT (BY FAX) TO GOULD * * * |
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| The gauge and truck have been recovered. |
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| The FBI, Mexico and the states of Colorado, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and |
| California were informed. |
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| Notified Reg 4 RDO (Pellet), NMSS (Brown), IAT (Davidson) |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 38970 |
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| FACILITY: WOLF CREEK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/07/2002|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: KS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:46[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/07/2002|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JEFF ISCH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/07/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |JOHN PELLET R4 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|AUNA 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(B) UNANALYZED CONDITION | |
|AINA 50.72(b)(3)(v)(A) POT UNABLE TO SAFE SD | |
|AINB 50.72(b)(3)(v)(B) POT RHR INOP | |
|AIND 50.72(b)(3)(v)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | |
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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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| CONDITION EXISTS THAT COULD LEAD TO DRAINING THE REFUELING WATER
STORAGE |
| TANK |
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| The licensee was performing a fire area inspection as part of a post fire |
| safe shutdown study and discovered a condition existing that could lead to |
| draining the refueling water storage tank (RWST) to the containment |
| recirculation sump due to a fire. It was discovered that control cables for |
| 2 redundant motor operated valves are routed in the same electrical raceway. |
| The 2 valves are on the same electrical separation group, but are redundant |
| in their function of conserving water inventory in the RWST. Further |
| investigation determined that the other electrical separation group has the |
| same configuration. |
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| The licensee has implemented a continuous fire watch and is working on |
| procedure changes to insure compensatory actions are in place. Further |
| changes will be made after engineering analysis including rerouting the |
| cables for the affected valve operators. |
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| The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector. The licensee also |
| informed the Callaway plant which is the same series of plant and could have |
| the same condition. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 38971 |
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| FACILITY: COMANCHE PEAK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/07/2002|
| UNIT: [1] [2] [] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:10[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/06/2002|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:10[CDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JEFF ISCH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/07/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |JOHN PELLET R4 |
|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 Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
|2 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| OFFSITE NOTIFICATION TO THE STATE DUE TO SEWAGE SPILL |
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| At about 1500 CDT on 6/6/02 a bobcat backed into a sewage treatment trap |
| resulting in a spill of about 350 gallons of untreated sewage. About 50 |
| gallons found its way into the Squaw Creek Reservoir. The other 300 gallons |
| was recovered. The licensee notified the Texas Natural Resource |
| Conservation Commission, DFW Regional Office, Solid Waste Group at 1610 CDT |
| on 6/6/02. |
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| The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector at 1640 CDT on 6/6/02. |
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