Event Notification Report for June 26, 2002
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
06/25/2002 - 06/26/2002
** EVENT NUMBERS **
39006 39016 39017 39018
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39006 |
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| REP ORG: ILLINOIS DEPT OF NUCLEAR SAFETY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/20/2002|
|LICENSEE: KERR MCGEE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT C|NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:52[EDT]|
| CITY: CHICAGO REGION: 3 |EVENT DATE: 06/20/2002|
| COUNTY: STATE: IL |EVENT TIME: [CDT]|
|LICENSE#: STA-583 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/21/2002|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |ROGER LANKSBURY R3 |
| |JOHN HICKEY NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: TOM SEIF | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: RICH LAURA | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
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|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT OF INJURED AND POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED WORKER |
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| "A group of workers were returning to their work location in the back of a |
| pickup truck. The crew was dressed out in normal exclusion PPE which |
| includes anti-C coveralls, tyvek inner booties, yellow latex outer booties, |
| latex and cloth gloves along with hard hat, safety glasses, and steel toe |
| shoes. They were returning to the Pond 3 excavation which was removing |
| moderate activity (50-100 pCi/g) material from a former waste water |
| treatment pond. Prior to the crew's return, a water truck had passed by for |
| dust control. Surfaces were wet, muddy, and slippery. |
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| "The pickup stopped, and while climbing out of the back of the pickup truck, |
| the injured person (articulated quarry truck driver) slipped and fell to the |
| ground. [...] The rest of the crew rendered assistance and made him |
| comfortable but it was rapidly determined that the extent of the injury |
| would require a trip to the emergency room and an ambulance (West Chicago |
| Fire Department) was called. |
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| "[... A] decision was made to bring the ambulance directly into the |
| exclusion zone rather than try and transport him to the control point. |
| Paramedics were provided with booties and gloves and their contact with |
| potentially contaminated surfaces was monitored by licensee HP technicians. |
| The paramedics set their stretcher down in the mud and moved him to it. |
| They exposed his [injury] by cutting his coveralls and his personal clothing |
| underneath (jeans). They loaded the stretcher into the ambulance and |
| transported him to Central Dupage Hospital in Winfield, IL. A licensee HP |
| technician rode in the ambulance to the hospital. |
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| " Prior to leaving the site, the ambulance tires were frisked for |
| contamination and none was found. Had contamination been found, a clean |
| water truck was standing by to rapidly decontaminate the tires. This turned |
| out not to be necessary. |
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| "Two additional licensee HP technicians and the IDNS resident inspector |
| followed the ambulance to the hospital. The IDNS inspector called ahead to |
| the hospital to make sure the hospital staff knew they were receiving a |
| potentially contaminated patient. They asked questions and were advised to |
| used their closest treatment room to the ambulance entrance and to put |
| absorbent paper on the floor. They asked about PPE and were told that |
| normal gown and glove requirements were sufficient. They also indicated |
| that they had a specific room to deal with contaminated patients and it was |
| the closest room to the entrance, in fact it had a separate entrance into |
| the ambulance entrance bay. |
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| "The ambulance arrived at the facility and the ambulance crew failed to use |
| the separate entrance and brought the patient up the main entrance carpeted |
| ramp. Due to the potential for contamination, the hospital closed down |
| their ambulance entrance per their own procedures. |
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| "In the treatment room, the individual was cut out of the rest of his |
| contaminated (muddy) PPE and transferred to a new gurney covered with |
| absorbent material and given an initial exam by a physician. His body was |
| frisked and he was then transferred to a third clean gurney and taken to a |
| regular emergency room treatment area for further evaluation and tests. |
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| "The ambulance gurney/stretcher was decontaminated (visible mud removed) |
| along with the ambulance floor and a second frisk of the tires. HP |
| technicians also surveyed the room and ramp to return both to service. |
| Licensee has detailed survey results and smear counts. All confirmatory |
| surveys and smear counts were at or below background levels. No |
| measurements were taken on the bag of suspect contaminated material. |
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| "The individual's PPE, along with PPE used by hospital and paramedics was |
| collected, bagged, and returned to the licensee as radioactive waste, as was |
| bedding and absorbent material used both in the ambulance and in the decon |
| room." |
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| ***** UPDATE FROM TOM SEIF TO LEIGH TROCINE VIA EMAIL AT 0854 ON 06/21/02 |
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| The following text is a portion of an email received from the Illinois |
| Department of Nuclear Safety: |
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| "An email detailing this event was forwarded to the Operations Center |
| yesterday. Personal medical details of the individual involved were |
| inadvertently included. Please ensure that this information is not released |
| in any public record." |
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| This event was updated to remove the personal medical details of the |
| individual involved. (Call the NRC operations officer for a state contact |
| telephone number and for additional details.) |
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|Fuel Cycle Facility |Event Number: 39016 |
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| FACILITY: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/25/2002|
| RXTYPE: URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:33[EDT]|
| COMMENTS: LEU CONVERSION (UF6 to UO2) |EVENT DATE: 06/24/2002|
| COMMERCIAL LWR FUEL |EVENT TIME: 21:00[EDT]|
| |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/25/2002|
| CITY: COLUMBIA REGION: 2 +-----------------------------+
| COUNTY: RICHLAND STATE: SC |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
|LICENSE#: SNM-1107 AGREEMENT: Y |LEONARD WERT R2 |
| DOCKET: 07001151 |JOHN GREEVES NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | |
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| 4-HOUR 91-01 NRC BULLETIN REPORT INVOLVING LOSS OF DOUBLE CONTINGENCY |
| PROTECTION |
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| "Facility: Westinghouse Electric Company, Commercial Fuel Fabrication |
| Facility, Columbia SC, low enriched (</= 5.0 wt. % U-235) PWR fuel |
| fabricator for commercial light water reactors |
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| "License: SNM-1107 |
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| "Time and Date of Event: Approximately 21:00 hours, Monday, June 24, 2002. |
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| "Reason for Notification: Moisture detected in dry ventilation system in |
| Uranium Recycle and Recovery area. |
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| "Summary of Process: This ventilation system draws on several processing |
| hoods in the Uranium Recycle and Recovery area. One set of hoods process dry |
| uranium bearing materials for dissolution and the other set of hoods |
| typically process low uranium bearing materials for oxidation. |
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| "As Found Condition: A summary of the as found conditions is as follows: |
| -Damp material was found in ventilation ductwork, filters, and filter |
| housing. |
| -The ventilation system and associated processes were immediately shutdown |
| and the Nuclear Criticality Safety (NCS) function was notified. |
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| "Double Contingency Protection: Double contingency protection for the |
| ventilation ductwork, filters, and filter housing is based on moderation |
| control. Criticality in the ductwork and filters was determined to be 'not |
| credible' based upon a bounding assumption of less than 10 weight percent |
| water. Criticality safety limits for the filter housing were based upon the |
| same bounding assumption. After assessing the ductwork, filters, and filter |
| housing, it was determined that this was an unanticipated event and |
| therefore the incident requires 4-hour notification in accordance with |
| Westinghouse Operating License (SNM-1107), paragraph 3.7.3 (b.4). |
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| "Summary of Activity: |
| -Nuclear Criticality Safety (NCS) participated with engineering and |
| operations to determine the source of moisture. This investigation is |
| continuing. |
| -The ventilation ductwork was inspected near the suspected moisture source. |
| -The filters were removed, weighed, and inspected. |
| -Samples from the ductwork, filters, and filter housing were obtained for |
| analysis. |
| -The ventilation and associated processes are shutdown and in a safe |
| condition. |
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| "Conclusions: |
| -There was a loss of double contingency protection. |
| -At no time was greater than a safe limit of moderator involved in the |
| filters. |
| -At no time was there a nonfavorable geometry in the ductwork or filter |
| housing. |
| -At no time was criticality possible. |
| -At no time was there any risk to the health or safety of any employee or |
| member of the public. No exposure to hazardous material was involved. |
| -The Incident Review Committee (IRC) determined that this is a safety |
| significant incident in accordance with governing procedures. A causal |
| analysis will be performed." |
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| The process will remain shutdown until the investigation is completed and |
| the appropriate corrective actions are identified. It is not known at this |
| time whether this shutdown will impact the overall production schedule. The |
| licensee will inform the RII Fuel Facility Inspectors and brief the |
| Headquarters NMSS Representative (Schwink) who is scheduled to visit the |
| facility tomorrow. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39017 |
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| FACILITY: PEACH BOTTOM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/25/2002|
| UNIT: [2] [3] [] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:22[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [2] GE-4,[3] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 06/25/2002|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BEACH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/25/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |MICHAEL MODES R1 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|ACOM 50.72(b)(3)(xiii) LOSS COMM/ASMT/RESPONSE| |
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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 |
|3 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SIRENS INOPERABLE |
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| Peach Bottom Units 2&3 were notified by the Emergency Preparedness Group |
| that all of the emergency notification sirens for Peach Bottoms EP Zone were |
| inoperable between the hours of 08:00 and approximately 10:30 hours this |
| morning (6/25/02). The problem appears to be due to a "stray" radio signal |
| at the base station which controls the transmit signal to the sirens. While |
| that stray radio signal was present, the base station could have been |
| prevented from sending a signal to activate the sirens. Investigation and |
| recovery efforts are underway for the siren system and at this time 96 of 97 |
| sirens have been restored. The last siren is expected to be returned to an |
| operable status this evening by 18:00 hours. |
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| The NRC Resident Inspector was notified. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39018 |
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| FACILITY: CATAWBA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/25/2002|
| UNIT: [1] [2] [] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:36[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 06/25/2002|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: MCCONNELL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/25/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |LEONARD WERT R2 |
|10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN GREEVES NMSS |
|BLO2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | |
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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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| LICENSEE DISCOVERED A SEALED AMERICIUM - 241 CALIBRATION SOURCE HAD BEEN |
| DAMAGED |
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| The sealed source was found damaged while performing calibration of a PCM |
| whole body monitor. The Am - 241 source was found to contain only a small |
| fraction(>1%) of the original activity of 2.44E-2 µCi. A thin mylar type |
| covering was missing from the source when it was discovered damaged. No |
| loose contamination has been detected on the source or in the work area the |
| source was used. The thin mylar type covering was apparently removed |
| sometime between 4/10/02 (last time source was used) and 6/25/02. At this |
| time it is not known how the source was damaged. No theft is suspected at |
| this time and they are still investigating. |
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| The NRC Resident Inspector was notified. State and local agencies will be |
| notified. |
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