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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |General Information or Other |Event Number: 39390 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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 | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: HAMRICK | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |General Information or Other |Event Number: 39398 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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 | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRENT FRIESEN | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 39406 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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 | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |General Information or Other |Event Number: 39407 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!! This Event is not Available !!!!!!! !!! for public disclosure per Agreement State request until 11/29/02 !!! +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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 | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: THOMAS E. HILL | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: JASON FLEMMING | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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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