Event Notification Report for August 13, 2003
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
08/12/2003 - 08/13/2003
** EVENT NUMBERS **
40019 40057
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 40019 |
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| REP ORG: CALIFORNIA RADIATION CONTROL PRGM |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/25/2003|
|LICENSEE: DELLAVALLEY LABORATORIES |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:00[EDT]|
| CITY: SACRAMENTO REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 07/25/2003|
| COUNTY: STATE: CA |EVENT TIME: 09:00[PDT]|
|LICENSE#: 3194-10 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/13/2003|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |TROY PRUETT R4 |
| |FRED BROWN NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: KENT PREDERGAST | |
| 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 STOLEN TROXLER GAUGE |
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| "[The licensee] got in late from work, and failed to take the gauge to |
| storage location but instead left the gauge in the back of his pickup and |
| covered it. The gauge was covered inside the camper shell. Sometime |
| between 11 PM on 7/24/03 and 1:00 AM on 7/25/03, the pickup was stolen from |
| it's parking location. The Sacramento Police were notified on 7/25/03 and |
| the licensee will be placing an advertisement in the Sacramento Bee |
| [newspaper], offering a reward for the stolen gauge. |
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| "The Stolen gauge was a CPN 131, Model 503 DR, serial number H35126508 |
| containing 50 millicuries of Americium 241 Beryllium." |
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| *****UPDATE 8/12/03 AT 12:46 GREGER TO LAURA***** |
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| "The stolen nuclear gauge reported in Event # 030603 [NMED Database number] |
| was found in a business dumpster in Sacramento, the city in which it was |
| stolen, on August 3, 2003 by a member of the public. Both the gauge and the |
| truck in which the gauge was stored overnight (inside a camper shell) was |
| stolen from a private residence. The truck has not been recovered. The gauge |
| was found inside its protective transportation case. The lock on the |
| transportation case had been removed, but the gauge remained locked |
| (radioactive source not exposed). The individual finding the gauge stated he |
| had seen the newspaper ad offering a reward for return of the gauge. The |
| gauge will be tested for radioactive leakage before being returned to |
| service. Enforcement action is being taken against the gauge company for |
| failing to properly store the gauge." |
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| Notified NMSS (J. Hickey) and R4DO (Phil Harrell). |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 40057 |
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| FACILITY: HOPE CREEK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/12/2003|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: NJ |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:11[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 06/15/2003|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: ART BREADY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/12/2003|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: ERIC THOMAS +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |GLENN MEYER R1 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|AINV 50.73(a)(1) INVALID SPECIF SYSTEM A| |
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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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| 10 CFR 50.73 REPORT |
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| "The report is being made under 10 CFR 50.73(a)(2)(iv)(A) and is not |
| considered a Licensee Event Report. |
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| "During performance of a Surveillance Order, a Reactor Building Ventilation |
| System isolation was initiated at 14:47 on 6/15/03. The apparent cause of |
| the isolation was human error due to the incorrect de-energizing and |
| placement of test leads on the 'B' train component instead of the 'A' train |
| component as required by procedure. After the 'B' Train Sorrento RM-80 |
| (1SP-RY4856B) was de-energized, the 'A' train detector (1SP-RE-4857A) was |
| disconnected in accordance with the procedure. When the opposite train |
| detector was disconnected, the Reactor Building Ventilation System isolation |
| was initiated. |
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| "Upon receipt of the Reactor Building Equipment (RBE) isolation, the |
| following systems isolated: |
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| "Torus water cleanup, Drywell (DW) floor and equipment sumps, Drywell Leak |
| Detection (DLD) sampling skid, Reactor Building Ventilation System (RBVS) |
| isolated, Radwaste (RW) ventilation isolated, Filtration Recirculation |
| Ventilation System (FRVS) auto started, B Station Service Water (SSW) pump |
| and B Station Auxiliary Cooling System (SACS) pump auto started, Primary |
| Containment Instrument (PCI) gas valves and compressors isolated. |
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| "The operating crew entered the procedure for Primary Containment abnormal |
| condition B. When instrument technicians restored the 'B' RBE radiation |
| monitor, the operating crew reset PCI Signal in accordance with the |
| Operating Procedure and restored the systems to normal. |
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| "All safety systems responded to the isolation signal according to design." |
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