Event Notification Report for October 16, 2002
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
10/15/2002 - 10/16/2002
** EVENT NUMBERS **
37930 39273 39286 39287 39288 39291
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 37930 |
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| REP ORG: ARIZONA RADIATION REGULATORY AGENCY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/19/2001|
|LICENSEE: KLEINFELDER, INC. |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:45[EDT]|
| CITY: TEMPE REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 04/19/2001|
| COUNTY: STATE: AZ |EVENT TIME: 05:00[MST]|
|LICENSE#: 7-409 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/15/2002|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |CHARLES MARSCHALL R4 |
| |DONALD COOL NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: FACSIMILE | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| THEFT OF MOISTURE/DENSITY GAUGE |
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| On 19 April 2001, the licensee reported the theft of a Campbell-Pacific |
| moisture/density gauge, model CPN MC3, serial number M370403663, from the |
| Foxtree Apartments, northwest corner of McKellips and Scottsdale Roads, |
| Tempe, Arizona. The gauge was locked in its transport container chained in |
| the back of a 1999 Dodge Ram 1500, 2WD Quad Cab pickup, Arizona license CA |
| 63664. The truck itself was stolen early in the morning of 19 April. The |
| theft has been reported to the Tempe police. A reward is being offered. |
| The gauge contains approximately 8 millicuries of cesium 137 and 40 |
| millicuries of americium-beryllium. |
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| The State will notify the FBI, Mexico, and the states of Colorado, Nevada, |
| Utah, New Mexico and California. |
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| * * * UPDATE 1645EDT ON 10/15/02 FROM AUBREY V. GODWIN TO S. SANDIN VIA FAX |
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| "Date: October 15, 2002 Time: 1:00 PM (MST) Supplemental Notice 01-5S |
| "First Notice: 01-5 |
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| "On April 19, 2001 the licensee report[ed] the theft of a Campbell-Pacific |
| International, Inc., moisture/density gauge, model MC3, SN# M370403663 and a |
| 1999 Dodge Ram 1500 truck. At approximately 7:15 PM, Oct. 12, 2002, the |
| Agency duty officer was informed that the Phoenix PD bomb squad had found a |
| device containing radioactive material. Upon investigation, the Agency |
| determined that the device was the one stolen in 2001 from the Licensee. The |
| device was not locked and wipe indicated the outside was not contaminated. |
| The device is being returned to the licensee. |
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| "The states of CO, CA, UT, NV, NM, and U.S. NRC and FBI as well as Mexico |
| are being notified [of] the status of this incident." |
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| Notified R4DO(Pick) and NMSS(Hodges). |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39273 |
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| REP ORG: CALIFORNIA RADIATION CONTROL PRGM |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/11/2002|
|LICENSEE: |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:10[EDT]|
| CITY: LOS ANGLELES REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 10/10/2002|
| COUNTY: STATE: CA |EVENT TIME: [PDT]|
|LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/11/2002|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |KRISS KENNEDY R4 |
| |JOHN HICKEY NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: KATHLEEN KAUFMAN | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: GERRY WAIG | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT: LOST OR STOLEN GERMANIUM 68 SOURCE |
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| A 10 millicurie Germanium 68 source was lost or stolen while in shipment by |
| Federal Express (Fed Ex) from Cedar Rapids, IA to Burbank, CA. Fed Ex is |
| attempting to locate the missing source. The State of California event |
| number for this event is 101102. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39286 |
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| FACILITY: BYRON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/15/2002|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:32[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/15/2002|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID LYON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/15/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: MIKE RIPLEY +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |KENNETH RIEMER R3 |
|10 CFR SECTION: |TERRY REIS NRR |
|ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(iv)(B) RPS ACTUATION - CRITICA| |
|AESF 50.72(b)(3)(iv)(A) VALID SPECIF SYS ACTUAT| |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE |
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|1 A/R Y 100 Power Operation |0 Hot Standby |
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| REACTOR TRIP AS A RESULT OF LOSS OF TURBINE GENERATOR LOAD AT BYRON STATION |
| UNIT 1 |
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| "At 12:18 10/15/02 Unit I reactor tripped as the result of exceeding the |
| over-temperature Delta-temperature (OT[Delta]T) reactor trip set point. The |
| OT[Delta]T set point was exceeded as the result of a loss of Turbine load. |
| The loss of Turbine load is currently under investigation. |
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| "As the result of the reactor trip a feedwater isolation was initiated as |
| expected and the auxiliary feedwater system was manually started to restore |
| steam generator level. |
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| "As the result of high pressure in the reactor coolant system following the |
| loss of load, the pressurizer power operated relief valves (PORV's) lifted. |
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| "Following the Unit trip 6.9kV, Bus 157 was de-energized due to |
| unavailability of its back up feed breaker from the system auxiliary |
| transformer. Planned maintenance on the breaker was in progress at the time |
| of the trip. As a result the 1A reactor coolant pump was de-energized. All |
| other reactor coolant pumps remained running. |
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| "All plant systems responded as expected." |
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| All rods fully inserted into the core and the pressurizer PORVs re-seated. |
| There are no restrictions on restarting the 1A reactor coolant pump. |
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| The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector. |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39287 |
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| REP ORG: ALTECH CORPORATION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/15/2002|
|LICENSEE: ALTECH CORPORATION |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:52[EDT]|
| CITY: POCHATELLO REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 10/15/2002|
| COUNTY: BANNOCK STATE: ID |EVENT TIME: 11:30[MDT]|
|LICENSE#: 11-27657-01 AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/15/2002|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |GREG PICK R4 |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BILLY BERRY | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: GERRY WAIG | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|BLO1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | |
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| LOST OR STOLEN TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGES |
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| The licensee reported that two (2) Troxler moisture density gauges model |
| number #2401 were missing from their storage area. The two gauges were |
| serial number 2813 and 2744. Both gauges contain an 8.2 millicurie Cs-137 |
| and 50 millicurie Am-241:Be source. The gauges are inventoried every six |
| months and were verified in storage in March 2002. The cases (storage boxes) |
| were verified again in August 2002. The licensee has notified local and |
| county police of the missing gauges. Additionally, the licensee has |
| contacted NRC Region 4 to inform them of this event. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39288 |
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| FACILITY: OCONEE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/15/2002|
| UNIT: [] [2] [] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:54[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP,[3] B&W-L-L|EVENT DATE: 10/15/2002|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: RANDY TODD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/15/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |KEN BARR R2 |
|10 CFR SECTION: |FRANK GILLESPIE NRR |
|ADEG 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(A) DEGRADED CONDITION | |
|NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | |
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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 N 0 Cold Shutdown |0 Cold Shutdown |
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| NRC BULLETIN 2001-01 VISUAL INSPECTION DISCLOSED CRDM NOZZLE PENETRATION |
| THROUGH WALL LEAKAGE |
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| "Event Description: During qualified bare metal visual inspection of the |
| Unit 2 reactor vessel head and CRDM nozzle penetrations per Duke response to |
| NRC Bulletin 2001-01, evidence of through wall leakage was witnessed on |
| seven CRDM penetrations. The locations are nozzle 8, 9,19, 24, 31, 42, and |
| 67. None of these seven nozzles have been previously repaired. Additional |
| nozzle to head penetrations were masked by boron deposits suspected of being |
| from a separate source. NDE will be performed per the Duke response to NRC |
| Bulletin 2001-01 to characterize the status of the masked penetrations. |
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| "Initial Safety Significance: Any RCS leakage from these penetrations would |
| have been below the threshold of measurability by the reactor coolant system |
| leakage measurement process. |
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| "Corrective Actions: The leaking nozzles will be repaired prior to restart |
| from the present refueling outage." |
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| The licensee informed the NRC resident inspector. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39291 |
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| FACILITY: FARLEY REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/16/2002|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: AL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 01:45[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/15/2002|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM HUNTER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/16/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: MIKE RIPLEY +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |KEN BARR R2 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(iv)(B) RPS ACTUATION - CRITICA| |
|AESF 50.72(b)(3)(iv)(A) VALID SPECIF SYS ACTUAT| |
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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 100 Power Operation |0 Hot Standby |
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| MANUAL REACTOR TRIP DUE TO DROPPED ROD |
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| "The Unit 1 Operator-At-The-Controls moved control rod bank D rods in 1/2 |
| step for routine flux control at 2353 on 10/15/02. He immediately noticed |
| rod F-6 indicated 198 steps. The remainder of the rods in bank D indicated |
| 221 steps. A negative rate trip was received on Excore Nuclear Instrument |
| N43 and reactor power decreased approximately 1/2% RTP [rated thermal |
| power]. A manual reactor trip was initiated at 2356 in accordance with |
| Abnormal Operating Procedure FNP-1-AOP-19.0. All plant systems responded |
| per design to the reactor trip. The plant is currently stable in Mode 3. |
| The cause for the rod drop is being investigated. Both motor driven |
| auxiliary feedwater pumps and the turbine driven auxiliary feedwater pumps |
| auto started in response to the main steam generator feed pumps trip." |
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| All rods fully inserted into the core. The Main Condenser is being |
| maintained as the primary heat sink. |
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| The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector. |
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