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Event Notification Report for May 25, 2004

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center

Event Reports For
05/24/2004 - 05/25/2004

** EVENT NUMBERS **

40761

40774

General Information or Other	Event Number: 40761
Rep Org: NEW MEXICO RAD CONTROL PROGRAM Licensee: ACME ENVIRONMENTAL Region: 4 City: ALBUQUERQUE State: NM County: License #: Agreement: Y Docket: NRC Notified By: BILL FLOYD HQ OPS Officer: JOHN MacKINNON	Notification Date: 05/20/2004 Notification Time: 12:47 [ET] Event Date: 05/20/2004 Event Time: 09:00 [MDT] Last Update Date: 05/20/2004
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY 10 CFR Section: AGREEMENT STATE	Person (Organization): TROY PRUETT (R4) LINDA PSYK (NMSS) DONNA-MARIE PEREZ (TAS)

Event Text

NEW MEXICO AGREEMENT STATE REPORT: STOLEN 12 MILLICURIE COBALT-57 SOURCE (USED IN A PAINT ANALYZER)

Radiation Safety Officer for Acme Environmental, a New Mexico radioactive material licensee, in Albuquerque, NM, called the Program Manager for the NM Radiation Protection Program, at approximately 0900 MST May 20, 2004 , to report a stolen 12 milliCurie Cobalt-57 source. The cobalt-57 source was contained in a RMD LPA-1XRF lead paint analyzer. The paint analyzer was in a container in the rear seat of a 1996 Dodge Dakota stretch cab PU. The pickup was stolen from a gas station in Bernalillo, NM, while the driver was inside paying for gas. The container is not labeled, but the analyzer has a radioactive label. Police have been notified.

Power Reactor	Event Number: 40774
Facility: PERRY Region: 3 State: OH Unit: [1] [ ] [ ] RX Type: [1] GE-6 NRC Notified By: JIM CASE HQ OPS Officer: BILL GOTT	Notification Date: 05/24/2004 Notification Time: 17:12 [ET] Event Date: 05/24/2004 Event Time: 15:00 [EDT] Last Update Date: 05/24/2004
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY 10 CFR Section: 50.72(b)(3)(ii)(A) - DEGRADED CONDITION 50.72(b)(3)(v)(B) - POT RHR INOP	Person (Organization): SONIA BURGESS (R3)

Unit	SCRAM Code	RX CRIT	Initial PWR	Initial RX Mode	Current PWR	Current RX Mode
1	N	N	0	Cold Shutdown	0	Cold Shutdown

Event Text

DEGRADED CONDITION DUE TO EMERGENCY SERVICE WATER FAILURE

"Emergency Service Water "A" (ESW ) Pump failure resulted in inoperability of all Div 1 ECCS systems at 0150 on 05/21/04 [See event notification 40767]. A plant shutdown was initiated with mode 4 [cold shutdown] achieved at 0619 on 05/23/04. During the disassembly and inspection of ESW A pump, a failed coupling on the pump shaft was found to be the cause of the failure. An Operability Determination [OD] was requested on ESW B at 1330 on 05/24/04 since both pumps had the identical coupling design and the pumps had similar run times. At 1500, the Design Engineering Manager informed the control room that engineering could not return a completed OD within the allotted time that could justify continued ESW B operability. The control room Shift Manager than declared the ESW B pump inoperable. This results in a condition that could have prevented the fulfillment of a safety function, specifically the removal of residual heat."

The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.

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