Event Notification Report for March 24, 2003
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
03/21/2003 - 03/24/2003
** EVENT NUMBERS **
39686 39687 39688 39690
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39686 |
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| FACILITY: SEABROOK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/21/2003|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: NH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:21[EST]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/21/2003|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 20:53[EST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: MARK McCARTHY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/22/2003|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT |PETE ESELGROTH R1 |
|10 CFR SECTION: |STUART RICHARDS NRR |
|AAEC 50.72(a) (1) (i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |NADER MAMISH IRO |
| |WATCH OFFICER FEMA |
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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 Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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EVENT TEXT
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| UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED DUE TO POTENTIAL INTRUDER INSIDE THE PA |
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| The licensee provided the following information during their initial call: |
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| "We declared a UE (Unusual Event) [at 2053 EST] based on 18A. Security |
| declared code Red. We have an intruder in the PA (Protected Area). We have |
| no indications of off normal plant conditions and we have no specific threat |
| indicated." |
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| The licensee initially reported that their CAS (Central Alarm Station) |
| received an alarm from the security fence around the PA. Some security |
| force members reported seeing some sort of object come over the fence |
| simultaneous with the alarm. Site security immediately responded to the |
| situation, along with the Seabrook Emergency Response Team (SERT), and the |
| FBI. |
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| Region I developed a timeline for this event, contact the HOO for details. |
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| An ongoing conference bridge was established with NSIR management (Holonich, |
| Zimmerman), headquarters and regional IAT members (Warren, Smith, Whitney), |
| Region I management (Miller, Wiggins, Blough, McDermott, Frechette), the NRC |
| Resident Inspector (Dentel), and the FBI. |
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| The NRC went to Monitoring Mode for this event at 2230 EST on 3/22/03. |
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| *** UPDATE AT 0720 EST ON 3/22/03 BY ERIC THOMAS *** |
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| The FBI is conducting interviews with 4 site security personnel. The FBI |
| has completed two of four interviews with security personnel. One, who was |
| in the CAS, says he saw a square-looking object cross his screen that |
| monitors the protected area boundary. The second interviewee was patrolling |
| outside the protected area in his vehicle and saw a large bird (probably a |
| wild turkey) with approximately a four-foot wing span fly across the road in |
| front of him. This coincides with the location and time at which the CAS |
| operator saw the image on his screen. |
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| The licensee is planning to perform walkdowns of all vital systems, and the |
| SERT teams are performing additional sweeps of the protected area this |
| morning. Additionally, licensee personnel in the Seabrook TSC are updating |
| Region I NRC personnel on the situation every 30 minutes. |
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| *** UPDATE AT 1030 EST ON 3/22/03 BY ERIC THOMAS *** |
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| Security personnel completed second sweep of the protected area at 0955 with |
| negative results. Interviews with 4 security personnel by the FBI revealed |
| the following likely scenario: |
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| - Approximately 2030 on 3/21/03 - PA fence alarm coincides with CAS security |
| officer seeing a dark mass coming over the fence on his monitor. CAS |
| personnel then saw this featureless mass disappear behind a building inside |
| the PA. |
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| - Approximately 2100 - CAS security officer notices dark mass on the monitor |
| fly from a building downward over the PA security fence. Shortly |
| thereafter, a security officer on patrol outside the PA sees a wild turkey |
| with approx. 4-foot wing span fly across the road about 20 feet in front of |
| his vehicle. |
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| Searches of the fence line in the area of the intrusion revealed no |
| footprints or damage to the fence. Conclusion by site operations and |
| security personnel, as well as FBI, is that the fence alarm was caused by |
| intrusion of some sort of wild animal, possibly a turkey, and that there was |
| no human intrusion onto the site. |
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| *** UPDATE AT 1102 EST ON 3/22/03 BY LICENSEE TO ERIC THOMAS *** |
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| The licensee terminated the Unusual Event at 1052 EST on 3/22/03. |
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| *** UPDATE AT 1235 EST ON 3/22/03 BY ERIC THOMAS *** |
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| The NRC exited Monitoring Mode at 1205 EST. |
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| A Commissioners' Assistants' brief was held at 1230 EST. See HOO log for |
| additional details. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39687 |
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| FACILITY: WOLF CREEK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/22/2003|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: KS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:30[EST]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/21/2003|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 22:07[CST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVE DEES |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/23/2003|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: ERIC THOMAS +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |CLAUDE JOHNSON R4 |
|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 |
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|1 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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EVENT TEXT
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| LOSS OF COMMUNICATIONS WITH SAFETY PARAMETERS DISPLAY |
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| "On 3/21/2003 at 22:07, the Wolf Creek Generating Station experienced an |
| unexpected loss of the Nuclear Plant Information System (NPIS) Computer. |
| This computer supplies data for the Safety Parameter Display System (SPDS). |
| Trouble shooting efforts have been unsuccessful, thus far, in restoring the |
| system. Because SPDS has been lost for longer than a short period of time, |
| Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation is making this notification |
| pursuant to 10 CFR50.72(b)(3)(xiii). There is no other loss of emergency |
| assessment capability concurrent with this on going loss of the SPDS. Plant |
| personnel entered the applicable Off Normal procedures and are taking local |
| readings of equipment normally monitored by the NPIS Computer." |
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| The Licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector. |
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| *** UPDATE ON 3/23/03 AT 1645 CST FROM DAVE DEES TO ARLON COSTA *** |
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| "At 1320 CST 3/23/2003 the NPIS Computer was returned to service and |
| declared operable. The return of the NPIS Computer to an operable condition |
| restored the SPDS assessment capability function." |
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| The Licensee will notify the NRC Resident Inspector. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39688 |
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| FACILITY: SUSQUEHANNA REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/22/2003|
| UNIT: [1] [2] [] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:40[EST]|
| RXTYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 03/22/2003|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:45[EST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROBERT BOESCH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/22/2003|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: ARLON COSTA +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |PETE ESELGROTH R1 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|APRE 50.72(b)(2)(xi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | |
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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 Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
|2 N N 0 Refueling |0 Refueling |
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| NOTIFICATION TO PEMA OF CONTRACTOR TRANSPORTED OFFSITE FOR TREATMENT |
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| "On 3/22/03 at 1645 the Main Control Room was notified of an individual |
| (Contractor) experiencing symptoms of a Heart Condition. An ambulance was |
| dispatched to the site. The individual was in an office space at the time of |
| the occurrence and was not contaminated. Site EMTs responded and the |
| individual was found to be conscious and stable. The Pennsylvania Emergency |
| Management Agency [PEMA] was notified at 1655. The individual was |
| transported to a local hospital for treatment. The ambulance left site at |
| 1725. Due to notification to another government agency, this event is |
| reportable under 10CFR50.72(b)(2)(xi)." |
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| The Licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39690 |
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| FACILITY: DIABLO CANYON REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/22/2003|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: CA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:20[EST]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/22/2003|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:33[PST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: MICHAEL KENNEDY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/22/2003|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: ARLON COSTA +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |CLAUDE JOHNSON R4 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|APRE 50.72(b)(2)(xi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | |
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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 Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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EVENT TEXT
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| BABY SEA OTTER TRAPPED AT PLANT INLET |
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| "A baby Sea Otter, an endangered animal is trapped at the Auxiliary Salt |
| water pump inlet between the bar racks and screens. The mother Otter is |
| outside of the bar racks. We have contacted a diver to assist the [baby] |
| Otter to safety. We have also secured the screen such that it will not |
| start until we have moved the [baby] Otter to safety. This is being reported |
| as an endangered sea animal taken on-site, alive, and state agencies may be |
| notified. We are coordinating the rescue with the Marine Mammal Rescue |
| Center." |
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| The Licensee will notify the NRC Resident Inspector, the State and other |
| Government agencies. |
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