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Event Notification Report for May 14, 2003








                    U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

                              Operations Center



                              Event Reports For

                           05/13/2003 - 05/14/2003



                              ** EVENT NUMBERS **



39843  



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|Other Nuclear Material                           |Event Number:   39843       |

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| REP ORG:  NUCOR STEEL                          |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/13/2003|

|LICENSEE:  NUCOR STEEL                          |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:14[EDT]|

|    CITY:  CRAWFORDSVILLE           REGION:  3  |EVENT DATE:        05/12/2003|

|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  IN |EVENT TIME:        15:00[CST]|

|LICENSE#:  13-25975-01           AGREEMENT:  N  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  05/13/2003|

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|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |

|                                                |SONIA BURGESS        R3      |

|                                                |FRED BROWN           NMSS    |

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| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  JEFF JORDAN                  |                             |

|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  HOWIE CROUCH                 |                             |

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|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |                             |

|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |

|ISAF 30.50(b)(2)         SAFETY EQUIPMENT FAILUR|                             |

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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   

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| METAL THICKNESS GAUGE SHUTTER ASSEMBLY DAMAGED                               |

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| On 5/12/03 at 1500 CST,  the shutter assembly on an IMS model TIAS-04 metal  |

| thickness gauge became stuck and resulted in shutter assembly bolts          |

| shearing.  The gauge contains 50 curies of Cs-137.  The licensee safed the   |

| gauge by isolating air to the air-operated gauge.  The manufacturer was      |

| contacted and is currently on-site repairing the gauge.  Additionally,       |

| during the incident, the assistant RSO walked below the gauge without having |

| his radiation detection meter.  Ion chambers mounted in the gauge area were  |

| reading zero at the time.  Area monitors mounted in the area were not in     |

| alarm.  The RSO has sent the assistant RSO's film badge out for processing.  |

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| The licensee has contacted Region 3 personnel (Sandy Frazier and Debbie      |

| Piskura).                                                                    |

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