Event Notification Report for June 10, 2003
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
06/09/2003 - 06/10/2003
** EVENT NUMBERS **
39904 39906 39908 39909 39910
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39904 |
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| REP ORG: NEW MEXICO RAD CONTROL PROGRAM |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/05/2003|
|LICENSEE: SPECTRATEK SERVICES |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:15[EDT]|
| CITY: ALBUQUERQUE REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 06/05/2003|
| COUNTY: STATE: NM |EVENT TIME: [MDT]|
|LICENSE#: TA-172-21 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/07/2003|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |DAVID LOVELESS R4 |
| |PATRICIA HOLAHAN NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BILL FLOYD |PO SCOTT BAUMGARTNER DOT |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT INVOLVING A MISSING WELL LOGGING SOURCE SHIPMENT |
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| On 6/5/03, the NM Rad Control Program Office was notified by SpectraTek that |
| one of four boxes in a shipment of well logging sources sent from SpectraTek |
| in Albuquerque via FEDEX on 6/2/03, airbill #791397943907, to Elite Air |
| Freight in Houston, TX was missing. The missing box contains a 40 |
| millicurie Scandium-46 source. The shipment which is enroute to Nigeria is |
| currently being held in Houston pending resolution of the missing source |
| issue. Elite Air Freight contacted FEDEX who believes that the package has |
| been located in the Houston area. NM State Report #NM-03-04. |
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| * * * UPDATE 1342EDT 6/6/03 FROM MIKE BREWER (SPECTRATEK) TO S. SANDIN |
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| The missing box containing the 40 millicurie Scandium-46 source was located |
| and delivered to Elite Air Freight in Houston, TX the morning of 6/6/03. |
| Notified R4DO(Loveless), NMSS(Broaddus), DOE(Bailey), and EPA |
| RegionVI(Hammack). |
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| * * * UPDATE 1540EDT 6/6/03 FROM PAUL PATRICK (FEDEX) TO S. SANDIN |
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| Due to an administrative oversight, the wrong airbill was updated showing |
| delivery. FEDEX is still investigating and attempting to locate this |
| shipment. Notified R4DO(Loveless), NMSS(Broaddus), DOE(Bailey), and EPA |
| RegionVI(Hammack). |
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| * * * UPDATE 1730EDT 6/7/03 FROM MARVIN SUDDUTH TO GERRY WAIG * * * |
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| The missing package was located at approximately 1645EDT at the |
| Houston-Hobby Satellite facility in the Dangerous Goods area with no |
| indication of damage or tampering. A FEDEX security specialist is currently |
| escorting the package to the main FEDEX facility for safe storage over the |
| weekend. FEDEX will make arrangements to have a management representive |
| deliver the package to the receipt on Monday morning and will inform |
| SpectraTek. Notified R4(Loveless, Maier ), R2(Landis), NMSS(Holahan, |
| Broaddus, Miller), EDO(Kane), OSTP(Lothaus), DOE(Turner), EPA |
| RegionVI(Hammack), and DHS(Svenningsen). |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39906 |
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| REP ORG: OK DEQ RAD MANAGEMENT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/05/2003|
|LICENSEE: ABIOTIC ENTERPRISES |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:50[EDT]|
| CITY: OKLAHOMA CITY REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 06/03/2003|
| COUNTY: STATE: OK |EVENT TIME: [CDT]|
|LICENSE#: OK-27607-01 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/05/2003|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |DAVID LOVELESS R4 |
| |PATRICIA HOLAHAN NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE BRODERICK | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
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|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| TWO TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGES DISCOVERED ABANDONED |
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| On 6/3/03 during a special inspection for non-payment of license fees, state |
| inspectors found the Abiotic Enterprises facility located at 2320 South |
| Portland in Oklahoma City closed and, by all appearances, defunct. The |
| landlord who is located in the same structure said that his tenant, i.e., |
| Abiotic Enterprises, was five (5) months in arrears on rent and that he had |
| not seen any activity for more than a month. The state inspectors entered |
| the business with the assistance of the landlord and found two (2) Troxler |
| Moisture Density Gauges, a model 3430 S/N 29405 and a model 3440 S/N 29452, |
| inside an unlocked caged area. The cases containing the gauges and the |
| source rods were also found unlocked. Oklahoma has revoked Adiotic |
| Enterprises license subject to administrative appeal. On 6/4/03, both |
| Troxlers were impounded by the state and are currently in storage within the |
| OK rad program vault. |
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|Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 39908 |
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| REP ORG: US ARMY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/09/2003|
|LICENSEE: US ARMY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:28[EDT]|
| CITY: ABERDEEN REGION: 1 |EVENT DATE: 06/03/2003|
| COUNTY: STATE: MD |EVENT TIME: [EDT]|
|LICENSE#: 19-30563-01 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/09/2003|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |CHRISTOPHER CAHILL R1 |
| |DAVID HILLS R3 |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID COLLINS | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: ARLON COSTA | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|BLO1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | |
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| CHEMICAL AGENT ALARM DETECTOR POTENTIALLY LOST FROM MAINTENANCE SHOP |
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| A chemical agent alarm detector, model M22, containing a 30 millicuries |
| Ni-63 (nickel) source was turned in to the Michigan Army National Guard |
| owning unit maintenance shop in Lansing, Michigan for calibration in |
| February 2003. On June 3, 2003 the owning unit reported to the Radiation |
| Protection office of the US Army Soldier Biological Command, Aberdeen, MD, |
| via email that the maintenance shop could not locate the detector. This |
| incident is currently under investigation and a preliminary report will be |
| written within 21 days followed by a final report. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39909 |
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| FACILITY: MAINE YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/09/2003|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: ME |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:15[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 06/09/2003|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: TERRY VOGEL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/09/2003|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: ARLON COSTA +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |CHRISTOPHER CAHILL 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 N 0 Decommissioned |0 Decommissioned |
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| OFFSITE NOTIFICATION DUE TO UNSCHEDULED RELEASES |
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| "At 1650 the Maine Emergency Management Agency and Department of Human |
| Services were notified of unscheduled releases that occurred on Friday |
| 6/6/03 and Saturday 6/7/03 [at Maine Yankee]. Both releases were from |
| vacuum drying of fuel canisters. |
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| "On Friday 6/6/03 Maine Yankee released 0.258 Curies of gas; 0.158 Curies of |
| this release exceeded the value projected for this period and is therefore |
| classified as unscheduled. The total gas release resulted in an exposure of |
| approximately 0.001 millirem and occurred from 1930 to 2400. |
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| "On Saturday 6/7/03, Maine Yankee released 0.308 Curies of gas; 0.208 Curies |
| of this release exceeded the value projected for this period and is |
| therefore classifieds as unscheduled. The total gas release resulted in an |
| exposure value of approximately 0.001 millirem, and occurred for the 24 hour |
| period of 6/7/03." |
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| The licensee will place this information in their public information tape as |
| a means of press release. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39910 |
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| FACILITY: COLUMBIA GENERATING STATIREGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/09/2003|
| UNIT: [2] [] [] STATE: WA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:18[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 05/21/2003|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVE BROWN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/09/2003|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: ARLON COSTA +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |DAVID GRAVES R4 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|AINB 50.72(b)(3)(v)(B) POT RHR INOP | |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE |
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|2 N N 0 Refueling |0 Refueling |
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| TEMPORARY LOSS OF RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL PUMP USED FOR SHUTDOWN COOLING |
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| "This event notification is being made to report an event that could have |
| prevented the fulfillment or the safety function to remove residual heat. |
| On May 21, 2003, the plant was shutdown in Mode 5, with reactor pressure |
| vessel (RPV) level being maintained greater than 22 feet above the RPV |
| flange. Technicians were performing routine maintenance and removed an |
| electrical lead from the wrong relay. As a result of removing the wrong |
| lead, Residual Heat Removal (RHR) valve RHR-V-9 closed after receiving a |
| close signal. RHR-V-9 is one of two primary containment isolation valves in |
| the common suction piping to both RHR shutdown cooling loops. The valve |
| closure caused pump RHR-P-2A to trip resulting in a loss of RHR shutdown |
| cooling, and a loss of forced flow through the reactor core. Natural |
| circulation was verified. RHR shutdown cooling could have been promptly |
| restored if desired, but the plant remained in natural circulation to |
| support other maintenance activities. The RHR-V-9 isolation logic was reset |
| 31 minutes after the isolation occurred, at which time RHR-A was declared |
| operable. This event was originally deemed to be not reportable by |
| Columbia. This 8 hour report is being made 19 days after the event date." |
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| The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector. |
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