The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is in the process of rescinding or revising guidance and policies posted on this webpage in accordance with Executive Order 14151 Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing, and Executive Order 14168 Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government. In the interim, any previously issued diversity, equity, inclusion, or gender-related guidance on this webpage should be considered rescinded that is inconsistent with these Executive Orders.

Event Notification Report for May 6, 2003






                    U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

                              Operations Center



                              Event Reports For

                           05/05/2003 - 05/06/2003



                              ** EVENT NUMBERS **



39811  39812  39814  39823  39825  39826  





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

|General Information or Other                     |Event Number:   39811       |

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

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

| REP ORG:  TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH           |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/30/2003|

|LICENSEE:  ALBEMARLE CORPORATION                |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:18[EDT]|

|    CITY:  PASADENA                 REGION:  4  |EVENT DATE:        04/28/2003|

|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  TX |EVENT TIME:        07:00[CDT]|

|LICENSE#:  LO4072-000            AGREEMENT:  Y  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  04/30/2003|

|  DOCKET:                                       |+----------------------------+

|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |

|                                                |GREG PICK            R4      |

|                                                |DOUG BROADDUS        NMSS    |

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

| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  JAMES OGDEN                  |                             |

|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  RICH LAURA                   |                             |

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

|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |                             |

|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |

|NAGR                     AGREEMENT STATE        |                             |

|                                                |                             |

|                                                |                             |

|                                                |                             |

|                                                |                             |

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



                                   EVENT TEXT                                   

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

| TEXAS AGREEMENT STATE REPORT ON DISABLED GAUGE FOR OIL CRACKING PLANT        |

|                                                                              |

| "Licensee immediately suspended operations in the affected "reactor" (oil    |

| cracking plant) due to loss of measurement caused by loss of level/density   |

| measurements from an Ohmart Corporation (OC) Model SH-F2, source holder,     |

| containing 1 curie of Cs-137, Serial # 68526, located on the exterior        |

| surface of the SAS Sodium reactor, vessel # R-7202. Operators noted a loss   |

| of measurement at approximately 7:00 a.m. When investigating the outside of  |

| the reactor vessel, on-site personnel noted that the fixed gauge had broken  |

| free of its mounting bracket and fallen, face-down, approximately 10 feet to |

| the ground. Plant personnel immediately notified Techstar, a subsidiary of   |

| Ohmart/Vega Corporation, for field service. A service technician arrived on  |

| scene, surveyed the gauge for radiation leakage, checked for contamination,  |

| and checked the functional operation of the gauge. The shutter was closed    |

| and locked by service personnel, until damage could be assessed. No damage   |

| was sustained by the gauge. The mechanism was fully functional and has been  |

| reinstalled on the reactor vessel. A set screw (a 3/4 to 1 inch bolt) had    |

| failed on the mounting bracket, due to suspected structural fatigue and      |

| vibration over 11 years since the gauge was installed (December 1992). The   |

| gauge was reinstalled in a bracket modified to fit on the welded beam        |

| (2-inch pipe), that will not allow the gauge to fall if the set screw fails  |

| in the future. All other gauges on site were checked by service personnel    |

| for security and possible deterioration on mounting hardware. This gauge was |

| unique in this plant due to it's mounting which has now been upgraded to     |

| allow for fail-safe operation without loss of function should the bracket    |

| fail. Problem has been corrected by the service company. Modification to the |

| mounting bracket and replacement of the set screw has rectified the cause of |

| this incident and returned the reactor to operation."                        |

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



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

|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   39812       |

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

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

| FACILITY: SAINT LUCIE              REGION:  2  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/30/2003|

|    UNIT:  [] [2] []                 STATE:  FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:52[EDT]|

|   RXTYPE: [1] CE,[2] CE                        |EVENT DATE:        04/30/2003|

+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        14:20[EDT]|

| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  CHARLES PIKE                 |LAST UPDATE DATE:  05/05/2003|

|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  ARLON COSTA                  +-----------------------------+

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

|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |JOEL MUNDAY          R2      |

|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |FRANK GILLESPIE      NRR     |

|ADEG 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(A)  DEGRADED CONDITION     |                             |

|                                                |                             |

|                                                |                             |

|                                                |                             |

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

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

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

|                                                   |                          |

|2     N          N       0        Refueling        |0        Refueling        |

|                                                   |                          |

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

                                   EVENT TEXT                                   

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

| DEGRADED CONDITION DUE TO DEFECT IN REACTOR VESSEL HEAD PENETRATION          |

|                                                                              |

| "On April 30, 2003, at 1420 hours, with St. Lucie Unit 2 in a refueling      |

| outage, FPL discovered a defect in reactor vessel head penetration 72. This  |

| flaw was found during the ongoing reactor vessel head inspection being       |

| performed in accordance with the requirements of NRC Order EA-03-009.  The   |

| defect is OD surface connected, extends into the nozzle and penetrates into  |

| the J-groove weld between the nozzle and reactor vessel head. The defect is  |

| described as an axial flaw, 0.28 inches deep X 0.96 inches long, on the      |

| downhill side of the penetration. Per the inspection guidance, surface flaws |

| located in the attachment weld area are not acceptable.                      |

|                                                                              |

| "There had been no indication of RCS leakage during the previous cycle's     |

| operation. This notification is being made in accordance with 10 CFR         |

| 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(A)."                                                         |

|                                                                              |

| The Licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.                            |

|                                                                              |

| *** UPDATE ON 5/2/03 AT 1337 EDT FROM R.WELLER TO A. COSTA ***               |

|                                                                              |

| "This report is a supplement to original event report #39812 dated April 30, |

| 2003. On May 2, 2003 at 1240 hours, with St. Lucie Unit 2 in a refueling     |

| outage, FPL discovered a defect in reactor vessel head penetration #18. This |

| is the second flaw found during the current ongoing reactor vessel head      |

| inspection being performed in accordance with the requirements of NRC Order  |

| EA-03-009. The defect is OD surface connected, extends into the nozzle and   |

| through the J-groove weld between the nozzle and reactor vessel head. The    |

| defect is described as an axial flaw, 0.39 inches deep X 2.98 inches long,   |

| on the downhill side of the penetration. Per the inspection guidance,        |

| surface flaws located in the attachment weld area are not acceptable. There  |

| had been no indication of RCS pressure boundary leakage during the previous  |

| cycles operation. This notification is being made in accordance with 10 CFR  |

| 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(A)."                                                         |

|                                                                              |

| The Licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.                            |

|                                                                              |

| * * * UPDATE ON 5/05/03 @ 1503 BY HESSLING TO GOULD * * *                    |

|                                                                              |

| This report is a correction to the supplement to original event report       |

| #39812 dated April 30, 2003.  On May 2, 2003 at 1240 hours, with St. Lucie   |

| Unit 2 in a refueling outage, FPL discovered a defect in reactor vessel head |

| penetration #18. The second flaw was incorrectly identified to be 0.39       |

| inches in depth, and 2.98 inches in length, located on the down-hill side of |

| the penetration. The correct depth was 0.26 inches in depth, length was 2.98 |

| inches. The location of this flaw was on the side of the penetration, vice   |

| on the down-hill side.  This flaw was found during the current ongoing       |

| reactor vessel head inspection being performed in accordance with the        |

| requirements of NRC Order RA-03-009.  The defect is OD surface connected,    |

| extends into the nozzle and through the J-groove weld between the nozzle and |

| reactor vessel head.  The defect is described as an axial flaw.  Per the     |

| inspection guidance, surface flaws located in the attachment weld area are   |

| not acceptable.  There had been no indication of RCS pressure boundary       |

| leakage during the previous cycle's operation.                               |

|                                                                              |

|                                                                              |

| The NRC Resident Inspector was notified.                                     |

|                                                                              |

| The Reg 2 RDO (Munday) was notified.                                         |

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



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

|General Information or Other                     |Event Number:   39814       |

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

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

| REP ORG:  NE DIV OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS      |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/01/2003|

|LICENSEE:  BECTON DICKSON CONSUMER PRODUCTS     |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:54[EDT]|

|    CITY:  HOLDREGE                 REGION:  4  |EVENT DATE:        04/27/2003|

|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  NE |EVENT TIME:        12:00[CDT]|

|LICENSE#:  37--3-01              AGREEMENT:  Y  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  05/01/2003|

|  DOCKET:                                       |+----------------------------+

|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |

|                                                |GREG PICK            R4      |

|                                                |TOM ESSIG            NMSS    |

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

| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  H. SHUMAN                    |                             |

|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  JOHN MacKINNON               |                             |

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

|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |                             |

|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |

|NAGR                     AGREEMENT STATE        |                             |

|                                                |                             |

|                                                |                             |

|                                                |                             |

|                                                |                             |

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



                                   EVENT TEXT                                   

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

| STUCK IRRADIATOR SOURCE                                                      |

|                                                                              |

| The State of Nebraska was notified by Becton Dickson Consumer Products       |

| located in Holdrege, Nebraska, that on 04/27/03 a source got stuck in the    |

| Becton Dickson Pool Irradiator.  The stuck source was moved to a shielded    |

| position. Nordion repaired the stuck source on 04/27/03.  Nobody was exposed |

| to the stuck source.                                                         |

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



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

|Other Nuclear Material                           |Event Number:   39823       |

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

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

| REP ORG:  FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER              |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/05/2003|

|LICENSEE:  FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER              |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:50[EDT]|

|    CITY:  PHILADELPHIA             REGION:  1  |EVENT DATE:        05/02/2003|

|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  PA |EVENT TIME:        10:48[EDT]|

|LICENSE#:  37-02766-01           AGREEMENT:  N  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  05/05/2003|

|  DOCKET:                                       |+----------------------------+

|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |

|                                                |EUGENE COBEY         R1      |

|                                                |DOUG BROADDUS        NMSS    |

+------------------------------------------------+ROGER LANKSBURY      R3      |

| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  SHEEHAN                      |                             |

|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  CHAUNCEY GOULD               |                             |

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

|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |                             |

|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |

|BLO2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii)   LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X    |                             |

|                                                |                             |

|                                                |                             |

|                                                |                             |

|                                                |                             |

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



                                   EVENT TEXT                                   

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

| MISSING FEDEX SHIPMENT OF PHOSPHORUS-32                                      |

|                                                                              |

| The licensee, Fox Chase Cancer Center reported not receiving a shipment of   |

| 351 micro curies of liquid P-32 from Amersham's  Arlington, Illinois         |

| facility.  The material, which is used in the licensee's research lab, was   |

| shipped via FEDEX on 4/11/03 and was to be received on 4/14/03.  The         |

| material was scanned when loaded on the FEDEX truck, but not scanned when    |

| the delivery was made at the licensee's facilities.  The licensee has no     |

| record of receiving the package and has filed a claim with FEDEX.  FEDEX is  |

| still investigating.                                                         |

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



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

|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   39825       |

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

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

| FACILITY: FITZPATRICK              REGION:  1  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/05/2003|

|    UNIT:  [1] [] []                 STATE:  NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:44[EDT]|

|   RXTYPE: [1] GE-4                             |EVENT DATE:        05/05/2003|

+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        14:45[EDT]|

| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  HALLIDAY                     |LAST UPDATE DATE:  05/05/2003|

|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  CHAUNCEY GOULD               +-----------------------------+

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

|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |EUGENE COBEY         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  |

|                                                   |                          |

|                                                   |                          |

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

                                   EVENT TEXT                                   

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

| OFF SITE NOTIFICATION DUE TO LOSS OF 35 POUNDS OF FREON R-22.                |

|                                                                              |

| The licensee discovered that approximately 35 lbs of freon R-22 was missing  |

| from a plant refrigeration system.  The State of New York requires the       |

| licensee to notify the National Response Center, New York State Department   |

| of Environmental Conservation and Oswego County Emergency Management Office  |

| of R-22 leaks to air >1 lb in any 24 hour period.  The system currently      |

| tested tight, however an investigation is showing there was probably an      |

| acute release >1 lb during recent maintenance activities.                    |

|                                                                              |

| The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector, the State, local agencies  |

| and other Government Agencies.                                               |

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



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

|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   39826       |

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

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

| FACILITY: TURKEY POINT             REGION:  2  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/05/2003|

|    UNIT:  [3] [4] []                STATE:  FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:48[EDT]|

|   RXTYPE: [3] W-3-LP,[4] W-3-LP                |EVENT DATE:        05/05/2003|

+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        20:41[EDT]|

| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  HARRISON                     |LAST UPDATE DATE:  05/05/2003|

|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  CHAUNCEY GOULD               +-----------------------------+

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

|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |JOEL MUNDAY          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   |

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

|3     N          Y       100      Power Operation  |100      Power Operation  |

|4     N          Y       100      Power Operation  |100      Power Operation  |

|                                                   |                          |

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

                                   EVENT TEXT                                   

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

| LOST ERDS DUE TO COMPUTER MALFUNCTION                                        |

|                                                                              |

| "Loss of ERDS communication Link from 20:41 [EDT] until 22:26 [EDT] 5/5/03.  |

| Computer displayed hard disk error.  Rebooted machine; error corrected.      |

| Re-established ERDS Link."                                                   |

|                                                                              |

| The NRC Resident Inspector will be notified by the licensee.                 |

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





                    

Page Last Reviewed/Updated Thursday, March 25, 2021