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 THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 39255 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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 +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |JOHN WHITE R1 | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |ADEG 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(A) DEGRADED CONDITION | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |1 N N 0 Refueling |0 Refueling | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PLANT FAILED THEIR INTEGRATED LEAKRATE TESTING | | | | 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. | | | | The NRC Resident Inspector will be notified. | | | | * * * RETRACTION FROM DENNIS MAY TO HOWIE CROUCH ON 12/4/02 AT 1430 EST * * | | * | | | | "BASIS FOR RETRACTION: | | | | "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. | | | | "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). | | | | Therefore, ENS Event Number 39255, made on 10/07/02, is being retracted." | | | | Headquarters Operations Officer notified R1DO (Michele Evans). The licensee | | will notify the NRC Resident. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 39296 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CONDITION WHICH COULD HAVE PREVENTED FULFILLMENT OF A SAFETY FUNCTION | | | | "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." | | | | "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." | | | | The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector. | | | | * * * RETRACTION FROM LARRY R. BLUNK TO HOWIE CROUCH ON 12/04/02 AT 1913 EST | | * * * | | | | "UPDATE INFORMATION: RETRACTION OF NOTIFICATION (EN# 39296) | | | | "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). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |General Information or Other |Event Number: 39411 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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 | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: TERRY FRAZEE | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: ARLON COSTA | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AGREEMENT STATE REPORT INVOLVING A STOLEN PORTABLE GAUGE | | | | "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." | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |General Information or Other |Event Number: 39415 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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 | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: JARED THOMPSON | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: ERIC THOMAS | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AGREEMENT STATE REPORT INVOLVING MEDICAL MISADMINISTRATION | | | | "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. | | | | "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." | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |General Information or Other |Event Number: 39417 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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 | +------------------------------------------------+ | | NRC NOTIFIED BY: BARBARA HAMRICK | | | HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - STOLEN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE | | | | "This is to report a stolen moisture density gauge in the State of | | California (California incident number 112902). | | | | "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. | | | | "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." | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 39422 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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 +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+PERSON ORGANIZATION | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |ANNE BOLAND R2 | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |ACOM 50.72(b)(3)(xiii) LOSS COMM/ASMT/RESPONSE| | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |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 | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOSS OF OFFSITE EMERGENCY SIRENS DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER | | | | "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." | | | | The licensee will inform state/local agencies and the NRC resident | | inspector. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Power Reactor |Event Number: 39423 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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| | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ |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 | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOSS OF OFFSITE EMERGENCY SIRENS DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER | | | | "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." | | | | The licensee will inform local agencies and the NRC resident inspector. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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