Event Notification Report for November 30, 2004
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
11/29/2004 - 11/30/2004
Power Reactor
Event Number: 41232
Facility: TURKEY POINT
Region: 2 State: FL
Unit: [3] [] []
RX Type: [3] W-3-LP,[4] W-3-LP
NRC Notified By: CHUCK MASON
HQ OPS Officer: MIKE RIPLEY
Region: 2 State: FL
Unit: [3] [] []
RX Type: [3] W-3-LP,[4] W-3-LP
NRC Notified By: CHUCK MASON
HQ OPS Officer: MIKE RIPLEY
Notification Date: 11/30/2004
Notification Time: 10:22 [ET]
Event Date: 11/30/2004
Event Time: 08:50 [EST]
Last Update Date: 01/11/2005
Notification Time: 10:22 [ET]
Event Date: 11/30/2004
Event Time: 08:50 [EST]
Last Update Date: 01/11/2005
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
50.72(b)(2)(i) - PLANT S/D REQD BY TS 50.72(b)(3)(iv)(A) - VALID SPECIF SYS ACTUATION
10 CFR Section:
50.72(b)(2)(i) - PLANT S/D REQD BY TS 50.72(b)(3)(iv)(A) - VALID SPECIF SYS ACTUATION
Person (Organization):
CHARLIE PAYNE (R2)
TERRY REIS (NRR)
CHARLIE PAYNE (R2)
TERRY REIS (NRR)
| Unit | SCRAM Code | RX Crit | Initial PWR | Initial RX Mode | Current PWR | Current RX Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | M/R | N | 0 | Startup | 0 | Hot Standby |
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIRED SHUTDOWN DUE TO DROPPED CONTROL ROD
"During low power physics testing, Shutdown Bank B, rod E-11 dropped from 227 steps (ARO [all rods out] 230) to 135 steps. Technical Specification 3.0.3 was entered. Unit 3 Reactor was tripped at 0920 and stabilized in mode 3."
The licensee will notify the NRC Resident Inspector. See also similar event EN # 41229 11/29/04.
* * * UPDATE AT 1838 EST ON 1/11/05 FROM MICHAEL KOHL TO S. SANDIN * * *
"The purpose of this update is to clarify that the reactor was not critical at the time of reactor trip. The dropped rod added sufficient negative reactivity to render the reactor subcritical prior to the manual reactor trip.
"The cause of the dropped rod was an intermittent contact in a pin connector associated with rod E-11."
The licensee will inform the NRC Resident Inspector. Notified R2DO (Landis).
"During low power physics testing, Shutdown Bank B, rod E-11 dropped from 227 steps (ARO [all rods out] 230) to 135 steps. Technical Specification 3.0.3 was entered. Unit 3 Reactor was tripped at 0920 and stabilized in mode 3."
The licensee will notify the NRC Resident Inspector. See also similar event EN # 41229 11/29/04.
* * * UPDATE AT 1838 EST ON 1/11/05 FROM MICHAEL KOHL TO S. SANDIN * * *
"The purpose of this update is to clarify that the reactor was not critical at the time of reactor trip. The dropped rod added sufficient negative reactivity to render the reactor subcritical prior to the manual reactor trip.
"The cause of the dropped rod was an intermittent contact in a pin connector associated with rod E-11."
The licensee will inform the NRC Resident Inspector. Notified R2DO (Landis).
Power Reactor
Event Number: 41233
Facility: COOK
Region: 3 State: MI
Unit: [1] [2] []
RX Type: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP
NRC Notified By: BRAD LEWIS
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN
Region: 3 State: MI
Unit: [1] [2] []
RX Type: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP
NRC Notified By: BRAD LEWIS
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN
Notification Date: 11/30/2004
Notification Time: 15:03 [ET]
Event Date: 11/30/2004
Event Time: 07:49 [EST]
Last Update Date: 11/30/2004
Notification Time: 15:03 [ET]
Event Date: 11/30/2004
Event Time: 07:49 [EST]
Last Update Date: 11/30/2004
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
26.73 - FITNESS FOR DUTY
10 CFR Section:
26.73 - FITNESS FOR DUTY
Person (Organization):
KENNETH O'BRIEN (R3)
KENNETH O'BRIEN (R3)
| Unit | SCRAM Code | RX Crit | Initial PWR | Initial RX Mode | Current PWR | Current RX Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N | Y | 100 | Power Operation | 100 | Power Operation |
| 2 | N | Y | 100 | Power Operation | 100 | Power Operation |
FITNESS FOR DUTY REPORT
A licensed employee was determined to be under the influence of alcohol during a random test. The employee's access to the plant has been terminated. Contact the Headquarters Operations Officer for additional details.
The licensee informed the NRC resident operator.
A licensed employee was determined to be under the influence of alcohol during a random test. The employee's access to the plant has been terminated. Contact the Headquarters Operations Officer for additional details.
The licensee informed the NRC resident operator.
General Information or Other
Event Number: 41474
Rep Org: TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Licensee:
Region: 4
City: SEQUIN State: TX
County:
License #:
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: KAREN VERSER
HQ OPS Officer: JEFF ROTTON
Licensee:
Region: 4
City: SEQUIN State: TX
County:
License #:
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: KAREN VERSER
HQ OPS Officer: JEFF ROTTON
Notification Date: 03/09/2005
Notification Time: 11:18 [ET]
Event Date: 11/30/2004
Event Time: 10:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 03/09/2005
Notification Time: 11:18 [ET]
Event Date: 11/30/2004
Event Time: 10:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 03/09/2005
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
TROY PRUETT (R4)
TOM ESSIG (NMSS)
TROY PRUETT (R4)
TOM ESSIG (NMSS)
TEXAS AGREEMENT STATE - RECOVERED RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
The following information was provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services [DSHS]:
At approximately 10:00 am, November 30, 2004 a tractor-trailer alarmed radiation monitors with a load of scrap steel at Commercial Metals Austin [CMC - Austin] scrap yard. Earth Tech, Inc. in San Antonio was notified by ThermoMeasuretech for help with a possible source. Commercial Metals confirmed the load triggered a scale-mounted radiation detector at SMI- Texas, Sequin, TX and the [CMC - Austin] driver had returned the load to Commercial Metals-Austin.
Earth Tech contacted [CMC - Austin] warehouse manager and noted that he had indeed isolated the source from the load and that he had roped off a 2 mR/hr barrier around the affected area. He stated that he needed additional instrumentation as his Ludlum model 19 was reading off-scale.
Personnel from the Earth Tech office in San Antonio were deployed with a SAMS unit and a Ludlum model 9. They arrived at [CMC - Austin] at 1:30 pm. Searching through a small amount of soil, an actual source was revealed. The source was found to be a metallic foil disk approximately 1.5 cm. in diameter. The source emissions were found to be nonisotropic, reading high levels on one side and low levels on the other. Once the source was identified and separated from the soil, the SAMS was utilized to identify the radioisotope. The SAMS identified two low-energy photo peaks and identified the source as cadmium-109. However, the spectrum showed an unusually large amount of high-end tailing with a continuum shape similar to that found from sources of high-energy x-rays. The source was shielded and transported to ThermoMeasuretech for further investigation. It was initially presumed the source was possibly an activated foil.
DSHS records for this incident showed the source was 120 microCuries of Cd-109. When CMC was called on 3/8/05 to follow up on the incident, they stated that the source had been later identified as 1 milliCurie of Sr-90. This amount of Sr-90 required immediate notification.
Texas Incident No. I-8187
Due to personnel changes at the Texas Department of State Health Services and Commercial Metals in late 2004, the initial report to the NRC was delayed.
The following information was provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services [DSHS]:
At approximately 10:00 am, November 30, 2004 a tractor-trailer alarmed radiation monitors with a load of scrap steel at Commercial Metals Austin [CMC - Austin] scrap yard. Earth Tech, Inc. in San Antonio was notified by ThermoMeasuretech for help with a possible source. Commercial Metals confirmed the load triggered a scale-mounted radiation detector at SMI- Texas, Sequin, TX and the [CMC - Austin] driver had returned the load to Commercial Metals-Austin.
Earth Tech contacted [CMC - Austin] warehouse manager and noted that he had indeed isolated the source from the load and that he had roped off a 2 mR/hr barrier around the affected area. He stated that he needed additional instrumentation as his Ludlum model 19 was reading off-scale.
Personnel from the Earth Tech office in San Antonio were deployed with a SAMS unit and a Ludlum model 9. They arrived at [CMC - Austin] at 1:30 pm. Searching through a small amount of soil, an actual source was revealed. The source was found to be a metallic foil disk approximately 1.5 cm. in diameter. The source emissions were found to be nonisotropic, reading high levels on one side and low levels on the other. Once the source was identified and separated from the soil, the SAMS was utilized to identify the radioisotope. The SAMS identified two low-energy photo peaks and identified the source as cadmium-109. However, the spectrum showed an unusually large amount of high-end tailing with a continuum shape similar to that found from sources of high-energy x-rays. The source was shielded and transported to ThermoMeasuretech for further investigation. It was initially presumed the source was possibly an activated foil.
DSHS records for this incident showed the source was 120 microCuries of Cd-109. When CMC was called on 3/8/05 to follow up on the incident, they stated that the source had been later identified as 1 milliCurie of Sr-90. This amount of Sr-90 required immediate notification.
Texas Incident No. I-8187
Due to personnel changes at the Texas Department of State Health Services and Commercial Metals in late 2004, the initial report to the NRC was delayed.