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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                 +-----------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |

|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    |

|                                                |                             |

|                                                |                             |

+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+

|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |

+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+

|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               |

|                                                                              |

| The licensee provided the following information during their initial call:   |

|                                                                              |

| "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."                                                                  |

|                                                                              |

| 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.                                                                         |

|                                                                              |

| Region I developed a timeline for this event, contact the HOO for details.   |

|                                                                              |

| 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.                                    |

|                                                                              |

| The NRC went to Monitoring Mode for this event at 2230 EST on 3/22/03.       |

|                                                                              |

| *** UPDATE AT 0720 EST ON 3/22/03 BY ERIC THOMAS ***                         |

|                                                                              |

| 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.                                        |

|                                                                              |

| 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.                    |

|                                                                              |

| *** UPDATE AT 1030 EST ON 3/22/03 BY ERIC THOMAS ***                         |

|                                                                              |

| 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:                                               |

|                                                                              |

| - 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.                                                                      |

|                                                                              |

| - 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.                                                                 |

|                                                                              |

| 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.                                            |

|                                                                              |

| *** UPDATE AT 1102 EST ON 3/22/03 BY LICENSEE TO ERIC THOMAS ***             |

|                                                                              |

| The licensee terminated the Unusual Event at 1052 EST on 3/22/03.            |

|                                                                              |

| *** UPDATE AT 1235 EST ON 3/22/03 BY ERIC THOMAS ***                         |

|                                                                              |

| The NRC exited Monitoring Mode at 1205 EST.                                  |

|                                                                              |

| 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                  +-----------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |

|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |CLAUDE JOHNSON       R4      |

|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  |

|                                                   |                          |

|                                                   |                          |

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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   

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| LOSS OF COMMUNICATIONS WITH SAFETY PARAMETERS DISPLAY                        |

|                                                                              |

| "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."              |

|                                                                              |

| The Licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.                            |

|                                                                              |

| *** UPDATE ON 3/23/03 AT 1645 CST FROM DAVE DEES TO ARLON COSTA ***          |

|                                                                              |

| "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."                           |

|                                                                              |

| 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                  +-----------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |

|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |PETE ESELGROTH       R1      |

|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |

|APRE 50.72(b)(2)(xi)     OFFSITE NOTIFICATION   |                             |

|                                                |                             |

|                                                |                             |

|                                                |                             |

+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+

|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          N       0        Refueling        |0        Refueling        |

|                                                   |                          |

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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   

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| NOTIFICATION TO PEMA OF CONTRACTOR TRANSPORTED OFFSITE FOR TREATMENT         |

|                                                                              |

| "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)."                                      |

|                                                                              |

| 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                  +-----------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |

|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |CLAUDE JOHNSON       R4      |

|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |

|APRE 50.72(b)(2)(xi)     OFFSITE NOTIFICATION   |                             |

|                                                |                             |

|                                                |                             |

|                                                |                             |

+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+

|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |

+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+

|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                                        |

|                                                                              |

| "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."                                                                     |

|                                                                              |

| The Licensee will notify the NRC Resident Inspector, the State and other     |

| Government agencies.                                                         |

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