Event Notification Report for September 9, 2002
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 09/06/2002 - 09/09/2002 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 39171 39173 39174 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 39171 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REP ORG: MARYLAND RADIATION HEALTH PROGRAM |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/06/2002| |LICENSEE: MARYLAND REGIONAL CANCER CENTER |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:30[EDT]| | CITY: SILVER SPRINGS REGION: 1 |EVENT DATE: 09/06/2002| | COUNTY: STATE: MD |EVENT TIME: 12:40[EDT]| |LICENSE#: MD-31-303-01 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/06/2002| | DOCKET: |+----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION | | |RICHARD BARKLEY R1 | | |THOMAS ESSIG NMSS | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: RAY MANDLEY | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: RICH LAURA | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MARYLAND AGREEMENT STATE REPORT ON CANCER TREATMENT EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION | | | | The Agreement State reported a malfunction of a cancer treatment machine | | made by Nucletron Corporation, model 105.999, serial number 31307. The | | malfunction occurred at the end of a treatment session when the device | | emergency motor failed to return the source to the shielded position. The | | source got hung up in the guide tube. The radioactive source is 4.9 curies | | of IR-192. The source was manually cranked into the shielded position by the | | medical physicist. No personnel overexposure occurred. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 39173 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/07/2002| | UNIT: [] [] [3] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:22[EDT]| | RXTYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/07/2002| +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:06[EDT]| | NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRUCE PARRISH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/07/2002| | HQ OPS OFFICER: MIKE NORRIS +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |RICHARD BARKLEY R1 | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(xi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | | |3 N N 0 Hot Standby |0 Hot Standby | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF SHUTDOWN FOR | | REFUELING OUTAGE | | | | "At approximately 0040 on September 7, 2002, Millstone Unit No, 3 was | | shutdown for a planned refueling and maintenance outage which is scheduled | | to last greater than 72 hours. This notification is made in accordance with | | reporting requirements imposed by the State of Connecticut. The shutdown is | | routine and was conducted in accordance with plant procedures and without | | incident. The NRC is being notified in accordance with the requirements of | | 10CFR50.72(b)(2)(xi) as this constitutes a report made to an outside | | agency." | | | | The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 39174 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REP ORG: US INSPECTIONS SERVICES |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/07/2002| |LICENSEE: US INSPECTIONS SERVICES |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:45[EDT]| | CITY: LOUISVILLE REGION: 2 |EVENT DATE: 09/07/2002| | COUNTY: STATE: KY |EVENT TIME: 06:30[CDT]| |LICENSE#: 34-06943-02 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/08/2002| | DOCKET: |+----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION | | |THOMAS DECKER R2 | | |DAVID HILLS R3 | +------------------------------------------------+TIM MCGINTY IRO | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAMON LAMB |ROBERTA WARREN IAT | | HQ OPS OFFICER: RICH LAURA |THOMAS ESSIG NMSS | +------------------------------------------------+JOSEPH SHEA EDO | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BLO1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | STOLEN RADIOGRAPHIC EXPOSURE DEVICE | | | | The licensee reported that one of their work trucks was stolen, which | | contained a radiographic device, from a worker's home located in Louisville, | | Kentucky. The device was manufactured by Sentinel (AEA TECHNOLOGY) and | | contains a radioactive source of 90 curies of IR-192. The exposure device | | serial number is B4175. The source serial number is 05970B. The device was | | locked in the safe position. The device is used to perform X-Rays of piping | | welds. The incident was reported to the Jefferson County Sheriff's office | | by the licensee. The licensee has an NRC license from Indiana and was doing | | work under reciprocity in Kentucky which is an Agreement state. The | | licensee reported notifying the Agreement State, Kentucky. Subsequently, | | the Jefferson's County Sheriff's office located the truck but the device was | | missing. | | | | ***UPDATE 1026 EDT 9/8/02 DAMON LAMB TO MIKE NORRIS*** | | | | Device was recovered and has no damage to the device or locking mechanism. | | | | Notified NSIR (Zimmerman, Warren, Tracy and McGinty), R2DO (Decker), R2IAT | | (Boland), R3DO (Hills), R3 IAT (Creed), NMSS (Federline and Cool), NMSS EO | | (Essig), EDO (Shea), PAO (Beecher) and OSP (Picone). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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