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Event Notification Report for November 27, 2002


                    U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
                              Operations Center

                              Event Reports For
                           11/26/2002 - 11/27/2002

                              ** EVENT NUMBERS **

39390  39398  39406  39407  

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|General Information or Other                     |Event Number:   39390       |
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| REP ORG:  CALIFORNIA RADIATION CONTROL PRGM    |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/22/2002|
|LICENSEE:  SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SOIL AND TESTING |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:03[EST]|
|    CITY:  SAN DIEGO                REGION:  4  |EVENT DATE:        11/21/2002|
|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  CA |EVENT TIME:        09:00[PST]|
|LICENSE#:  3329-37               AGREEMENT:  Y  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  11/22/2002|
|  DOCKET:                                       |+----------------------------+
|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|                                                |DALE POWERS          R4      |
|                                                |DOUG BROADUS         NMSS    |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  HAMRICK                      |                             |
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  CHAUNCEY GOULD               |                             |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |                             |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|NAGR                     AGREEMENT STATE        |                             |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| STATE LICENSEE REPORTED A CPN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE BEING STOLEN            |
|                                                                              |
|                                                                              |
| State Licensee, Southern California Soil and Testing, Inc. reported that a   |
| CPN MC-3, serial # 360203032, moisture/density gauge was stolen from the     |
| operator's vehicle in San Diego County.  The gauge had been secured to the   |
| bed of the truck using a cable and locks.  The cable was cut in two places   |
| and the gauge was removed.  The operator was unsure of the exact location    |
| where the theft took place.   He made two stops after picking the gauge up   |
| from his office, one at his home for 25 mins and one at a 7/11 store at      |
| 6:45am.   He did not notice the gauge was missing from the back of his truck |
| until an hour later when he checked to see if the gauge had shifted after    |
| braking in traffic.   The gauge contained 10 millicuries of Cs-137 and 50    |
| millicuries of Am-241:Be.  The local law enforcement was notified.           |
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|General Information or Other                     |Event Number:   39398       |
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| REP ORG:  NE DIV OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS      |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/22/2002|
|LICENSEE:  BRIAN LGH MEDICAL CENTER             |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:46[EST]|
|    CITY:  LINCOLN                  REGION:  4  |EVENT DATE:        11/22/2002|
|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  NE |EVENT TIME:        10:30[CST]|
|LICENSE#:  02-06-03              AGREEMENT:  Y  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  11/22/2002|
|  DOCKET:                                       |+----------------------------+
|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|                                                |DALE POWERS          R4      |
|                                                |C.W. (BILL) REAMER   NMSS    |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  BRENT FRIESEN                |                             |
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  JOHN MacKINNON               |                             |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |                             |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|NAGR                     AGREEMENT STATE        |                             |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| MISSING 5 MILLICURIE STRONTIUM-90 SOURCE.                                    |
|                                                                              |
| The Radiation Safety Officer for Brian LGH Medical Center located at 1300    |
| South 16th Street in Lincoln, NE, noticed at 1030 CST on 11/22/02 that a     |
| source was missing from a Novoste Beta Cath System source holder.  The       |
| source holder holds 16 sources of strontium-90, each source is 5             |
| millicuries, and one of the sources was found missing.  A search of the      |
| device and of the lab did not find the missing source.  The RSO contacted    |
| the manufacturer.  The last time the Novoste Beta Cath System was used was   |
| November 13, 2002.                                                           |
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|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   39406       |
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| FACILITY: DRESDEN                  REGION:  3  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/26/2002|
|    UNIT:  [] [2] []                 STATE:  IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:24[EST]|
|   RXTYPE: [1] GE-1,[2] GE-3,[3] GE-3           |EVENT DATE:        11/26/2002|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        03:42[CST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  BRUCE FRANZEN                |LAST UPDATE DATE:  11/26/2002|
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  ERIC THOMAS                  +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |JAMES CREED          R3      |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|AIND 50.72(b)(3)(v)(D)   ACCIDENT MITIGATION    |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|                                                   |                          |
|2     N          Y       97       Power Operation  |97       Power Operation  |
|                                                   |                          |
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| UNIT 2 HPCI SYSTEM DECLARED INOPERABLE                                       |
|                                                                              |
| Unit 2 HPCI (High Pressure Coolant Injection) system was declared inoperable |
| at 0342 [CST] due to a failed relay for the MGU (Motor Gear Unit) flow       |
| control circuit.  The relay is normally energized when the MGU is at the     |
| High Speed Stop and is utilized to de-energize the motor gear unit when a    |
| limit switch is reached to prevent damage to the MGU motor.  The resultant   |
| failure affects HPCI such that the MGU will not function from a signal       |
| generated by the Flow Indicating Controller.  HPCI can be operated manually  |
| from [the] Control Room.                                                     |
|                                                                              |
| The Resident Inspector was notified of this event.                           |
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|General Information or Other                     |Event Number:   39407       |
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!!!!!!!!                    This Event is not Available                  !!!!!!!
!!!     for public disclosure per Agreement State request until 11/29/02   !!!
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| REP ORG:  GEORGIA RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL PGM     |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/26/2002|
|LICENSEE:  GEORGIA DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION      |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:02[EST]|
|    CITY:  TIFTON                   REGION:  2  |EVENT DATE:        11/25/2002|
|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  GA |EVENT TIME:        14:30[EST]|
|LICENSE#:  GA 50-1               AGREEMENT:  Y  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  11/26/2002|
|  DOCKET:                                       |+----------------------------+
|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|                                                |CAROLYN EVANS        R2      |
|                                                |THOMAS ESSIG         NMSS    |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  THOMAS E. HILL               |                             |
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  JASON FLEMMING               |                             |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |                             |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|NAGR                     AGREEMENT STATE        |                             |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| AGREEMENT STATE NOTIFICATION - DAMAGE TO TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE      |
|                                                                              |
| "While a back scatter measurement was being taken in a closed lane of        |
| Interstate 75 southbound a tractor-trailer swerved to avoid another vehicle, |
| struck the gauge damaging it. Based on field measurements there is no        |
| evidence of the sources being breached or leaking, no contamination          |
| identified. Source was separated from the source rod. The gauge has been     |
| recovered and returned to the [Georgia] DOT [Department of Transportation]   |
| headquarters office. This is all that is known about the incident at this    |
| time."                                                                       |
|                                                                              |
| The gauge contained 10 millicuries of Cs -137 and 40 millicuries of Am-241   |
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