Event Notification Report for December 05, 2002
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
12/04/2002 - 12/05/2002
** EVENT NUMBERS **
39255 39296 39411 39415 39417 39422 39423
!!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!!
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39255 |
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| FACILITY: VERMONT YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/07/2002|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: VT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:02[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 10/07/2002|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:15[EDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BROOKS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/04/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |JOHN WHITE R1 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|ADEG 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(A) DEGRADED CONDITION | |
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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 N 0 Refueling |0 Refueling |
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| PLANT FAILED THEIR INTEGRATED LEAKRATE TESTING |
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| During the normal outage integrated leakrate testing, it was determined the |
| total primary containment leakage rate is in excess of allowable leakage |
| rate. The calculated leakage rate is 216.55 scfh while the allowable |
| leakage rate is 192.126 scfh. Repair work on the valves has been |
| initiated. |
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| The NRC Resident Inspector will be notified. |
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| * * * RETRACTION FROM DENNIS MAY TO HOWIE CROUCH ON 12/4/02 AT 1430 EST * * |
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| "BASIS FOR RETRACTION: |
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| "An NRC 8-Hour Non-Emergency Event Notification (#39255) was conservatively |
| made following MSIV [Main Steam Isolation Valve] leak rate testing based |
| upon exceeding the combined local leak rate test acceptance criterion based |
| on a calculated maximum pathway leak rate pending further review by the Leak |
| Rate Testing (Appendix "J") Coordinator. |
| |
| "NUREG 1022, Rev. 2 provides guidance for the evaluation of containment leak |
| rate test data under the 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(A) reporting criteria that |
| specifies the use of the total containment as-found minimum pathway leak |
| rate. |
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| "The Technical Specification limit for the combined local leak rate test |
| (Type B and C test) acceptance criterion is less than or equal to 0.6 La |
| (192.126 scfh). The combined local leak rate test, calculated on a minimum |
| pathway basis was 112.807 scfh. This value is less than the Technical |
| Specification limit and therefore is not reportable in accordance with |
| 10CFR50.72(b)(3)(ii)(A) or 50.73(a)(2)(ii). |
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| Therefore, ENS Event Number 39255, made on 10/07/02, is being retracted." |
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| Headquarters Operations Officer notified R1DO (Michele Evans). The licensee |
| will notify the NRC Resident. |
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!!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!!
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39296 |
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| FACILITY: LASALLE REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/17/2002|
| UNIT: [] [2] [] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:24[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] GE-5,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 10/17/2002|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 05:15[CDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: PHIL WARDLOW |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/04/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: MIKE RIPLEY +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |THOMAS KOZAK R3 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|AIND 50.72(b)(3)(v)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | |
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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 97 Power Operation |97 Power Operation |
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| CONDITION WHICH COULD HAVE PREVENTED FULFILLMENT OF A SAFETY FUNCTION |
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| "This report is being made pursuant to 10CFR50.72(b)(3)(v)(D), Event or |
| Condition that could have prevented fulfillment of a Safety Function needed |
| to Mitigate the Consequences of an Accident. During a post maintenance test |
| run of the 2B Diesel Generator following a planned maintenance window, the |
| Diesel Generator reactive load (VARs) was identified to be erratic, as the |
| Diesel Generator was loaded. At 05:15 CDST on 10/17, it was discovered that |
| a potentiometer in the voltage regulating circuit had erratic output. This |
| potentiometer was not worked on during the planned maintenance window. |
| Because this component failure could have prevented the Diesel Generator |
| from performing its design function, and because the 2B Diesel Generator is |
| the emergency power supply for the High Pressure Core Spray System (HPCS), |
| which is a single train safety system, it has been determined that this |
| failure could potentially effect the Safety Function of this system, and is |
| reportable as an 8 hour ENS notification." |
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| "Add info on current results/status below. |
| The required actions of Technical Specification 3.5.1 were entered when the |
| system was made inoperable for the maintenance window on 10/13 at 1900, and |
| are continuing to be followed for the Inoperable High pressure Core Spray |
| System (HPCS), until the Diesel Generator is restored to Operable Status." |
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| The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector. |
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| * * * RETRACTION FROM LARRY R. BLUNK TO HOWIE CROUCH ON 12/04/02 AT 1913 EST |
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| "UPDATE INFORMATION: RETRACTION OF NOTIFICATION (EN# 39296) |
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| "THE ROOT CAUSE DETERMINATION AND ENGINEERING EVALUATION DETERMINED THAT THE |
| ERRATIC OUTPUT WAS DUE TO A DEGRADED MOTOR OPERATED POTENTIOMETER (MOP). |
| THE ENGINEERING EVALUATION DETERMINED THAT THE ERRATIC OUTPUT WOULD NOT HAVE |
| OCCURRED IF THE 2B DIESEL GENERATOR HAD BEEN OPERATING IN AN EMERGENCY (I.E. |
| ISOCHRONOUS) MODE. THEREFORE, IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY DEMAND, THE 2B |
| DIESEL GENERATOR WOULD HAVE BEEN CAPABLE OF PERFORMING ITS SAFETY FUNCTION |
| ." |
| |
| The licensee notified the NRC Resident. The Headquarters Operation Officer |
| informed R3DO (Ken Riemer). |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39411 |
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| REP ORG: WA DIVISION OF RADIATION PROTECTION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/29/2002|
|LICENSEE: EARTH CONSULTANTS, INC. |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:19[EST]|
| CITY: BELLEVUE REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 11/28/2002|
| COUNTY: STATE: WA |EVENT TIME: 13:50[PST]|
|LICENSE#: WN-L061-1 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/29/2002|
| DOCKET: |+----------------------------+
| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |LINDA HOWELL R4 |
| |FRED BROWN NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: TERRY FRAZEE | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: ARLON COSTA | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT INVOLVING A STOLEN PORTABLE GAUGE |
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| "An authorized user reported that a portable gauge (believed to be a Troxler |
| model 3411 containing no more than 10 millicuries of cesium 137 and no more |
| than 50 millicuries of americium 241/beryllium) had been stolen from his |
| pickup truck sometime between 7:30 PM Wednesday, November 27, and 4 AM |
| Thanksgiving morning. The authorized user had brought the gauge to his |
| residence and left the gauge in its locked case chained into the open bed of |
| his pickup truck. During the night an attempt was made to cut the chain. |
| However, it proved to be easier to break off the case handle through which |
| the chain was secured to the vehicle. The damaged but presumably still |
| locked case and locked gauge were then removed. The authorized user |
| notified the police and called the Department of Health's radiation |
| emergency line (206-NUCLEAR). The licensee's RSO was out of town and an |
| alternate licensee official was notified. Department of Health staff |
| advised the licensee official to post a reward and to provide more detail |
| including the serial number of the gauge." |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39415 |
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| REP ORG: ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/02/2002|
|LICENSEE: CARTI-UAMS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:50[EST]|
| CITY: LITTLE ROCK REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 11/20/2002|
| COUNTY: STATE: AR |EVENT TIME: [CST]|
|LICENSE#: 930-BP-04-09 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/02/2002|
| DOCKET: |+----------------------------+
| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |WILLIAM JONES R4 |
| |THOMAS ESSIG NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JARED THOMPSON | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: ERIC THOMAS | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT INVOLVING MEDICAL MISADMINISTRATION |
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| "A medical misadministration was reported to Arkansas Department of Health |
| Radiation Control and Emergency Management's Radioactive Materials Program |
| by CARTI-UAMS on November 27, 2002 via a voice mail message. Due to the |
| Thanksgiving holiday, the message was not reviewed by the Department until |
| December 2, 2002. |
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| "According to the voice mail message and the preliminary telephone interview |
| with the licensee, the misadministration resulted from the incorrect |
| positioning of a treatment tandem within the cervical treatment cylinder. |
| As a result, the treatment was delivered approximately 3 cm inferior to the |
| intended position. The incorrect positioning of the tandem that occurred |
| during first treatment on November 20, 2002 was noted when the medical |
| physics staff was reviewing the position verification film for the second |
| treatment on November 27, 2002. |
| |
| "An onsite investigation will be conducted by the Department on December 2, |
| 2002. An updated report of the medical misadministration will be provided |
| following this investigation." |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39417 |
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| REP ORG: CALIFORNIA RADIATION CONTROL PRGM |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/02/2002|
|LICENSEE: GEOSOILS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:42[EST]|
| CITY: VAN NUYS REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 11/29/2002|
| COUNTY: STATE: CA |EVENT TIME: 09:00[PST]|
|LICENSE#: CA 4741-19 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/02/2002|
| DOCKET: |+----------------------------+
| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |WILLIAM JONES R4 |
| |THOMAS ESSIG NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BARBARA HAMRICK | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STOLEN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE |
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| "This is to report a stolen moisture density gauge in the State of |
| California (California incident number 112902). |
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| "The licensee is Geosoils in Van Nuys, California (California license number |
| 4741-19). The gauge was reported stolen via a voice-mail message left |
| Friday morning, November 29, 2002. The State offices were closed that day |
| for the Thanksgiving holiday. |
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| "The gauge was stolen some time mid-morning on November 29, 2002, from the |
| back of a pick-up truck, parked at a residence in the city of Gardena. The |
| chain securing the gauge package to the truck was cut. The local police |
| took a report. The licensee will be running an ad offering a reward for the |
| return of the gauge for the next 10 days in the local newspaper. |
| |
| "This is all the information we have at the present time. We are awaiting a |
| report from the licensee, confirming the activity and nuclide(s) in the |
| gauge, as well as the serial number, and other information." |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39422 |
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| FACILITY: CATAWBA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/05/2002|
| UNIT: [1] [2] [] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 01:52[EST]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 12/05/2002|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:43[EST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIMMY BURGESS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/05/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |ANNE BOLAND R2 |
|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 |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|1 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
|2 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| LOSS OF OFFSITE EMERGENCY SIRENS DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER |
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| "Twenty-four (24) emergency sirens out-of-service due to loss of power |
| because of ice storm. These sirens have been out-of-service more than one |
| hour and preparations underway to restore to service." |
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| The licensee will inform state/local agencies and the NRC resident |
| inspector. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39423 |
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| FACILITY: MCGUIRE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/05/2002|
| UNIT: [1] [2] [] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:00[EST]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 12/05/2002|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:45[EST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: TONY COOK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/05/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |ANNE BOLAND R2 |
|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 |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|1 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
|2 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| LOSS OF OFFSITE EMERGENCY SIRENS DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER |
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| "Any event that results in a major loss of emergency assessment capability, |
| offsite response capability; or offsite communications capability. |
| Currently greater than 16 ENS sirens are inoperable which is greater than |
| 25% of siren capability." |
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| The licensee will inform local agencies and the NRC resident inspector. |
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