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Event Notification Report for August 4, 2011

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center

Event Reports For
08/03/2011 - 08/04/2011

** EVENT NUMBERS **


47064 47108 47122

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!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!
Power Reactor Event Number: 47064
Facility: SAN ONOFRE
Region: 4 State: CA
Unit: [ ] [2] [3]
RX Type: [1] W-3-LP,[2] CE,[3] CE
NRC Notified By: JOHN COCHRAN
HQ OPS Officer: CHARLES TEAL 		Notification Date: 07/16/2011
Notification Time: 09:12 [ET]
Event Date: 07/16/2011
Event Time: 06:12 [PDT]
Last Update Date: 08/03/2011
Emergency Class: UNUSUAL EVENT
10 CFR Section:
50.72(a) (1) (i) - EMERGENCY DECLARED
 Person (Organization):
CHUCK CAIN (R4DO)
ERIC LEEDS (NRR)
ART HOWELL (DRA)
JANE MARSHALL (IRD)
MARC DAPAS (NSIR)
DENNIS ALLSTON (ILTA)
DAN GATES (DHS)
DENNIS VIA (FEMA)

Unit SCRAM Code RX CRIT Initial PWR Initial RX Mode Current PWR Current RX Mode
2 N Y 100 Power Operation 100 Power Operation
3 N Y 100 Power Operation 100 Power Operation

Event Text

UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED DUE TO ENTRY INTO EAL HU4.1

The licensee declared an Unusual Event at 0612 PDT due to entry into EAL HU4.1 for a security-related event. Contact the Headquarters Operations Officer for details.

The licensee notified State and local authorities and the NRC Resident Inspector.


* * * UPDATE FROM DANIEL CRUZ TO DONALD NORWOOD AT 1255 EDT ON 7/16/11 * * *

The licensee exited the Unusual Event at 0950 PDT after verifying that the exit criteria for EAL HU4.1 had been met. Contact the Headquarters Operations Officer for details.

The licensee notified State and local authorities and the NRC Resident Inspector.

Notified NRR EO (Giitter), R4DO (Cain), IRD MOC (Morris), ILTAB (Allston), DHS SWO (Gates), and FEMA (Via).


* * * RETRACTION FROM LEE KELLY TO DONALD NORWOOD AT 1356 EDT ON 8/3/11 * * *

After further investigation, the licensee determined that the declaration of the Unusual Event had been a conservative action not required by site procedures. Contact the Headquarters Operations Officer for details.

The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.

Notified R4DO (Hagar), NRR EO (Thorp), and IRD MOC (Gott).

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Agreement State Event Number: 47108
Rep Org: MA RADIATION CONTROL PROGRAM
Licensee: LAHEY CLINIC
Region: 1
City: BURLINGTON State: MA
County:
License #:
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: MAUREEN INGAHARRO
HQ OPS Officer: PETE SNYDER 		Notification Date: 07/29/2011
Notification Time: 13:43 [ET]
Event Date: 07/29/2011
Event Time: [EDT]
Last Update Date: 07/29/2011
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
AGREEMENT STATE
 Person (Organization):
PAMELA HENDERSON (R1DO)
ANGELA MCINTOSH (FSME)

Event Text

AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - DOSE TO EMBRYO/FETUS

The following information was provided by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts via fax:

"On July 15, 2011, a female patient received a diagnostic scan and was administered 22 mCi of Tc-MDP. Before the CT scan and contrast administration, the patient signed a declaration that she was not pregnant. The RSO informed [the Commonwealth of Massachusetts representative] that it is Lahey's policy to have the patient sign an attestation to knowledge of pregnancy before the diagnostic scans, and they only do pregnancy tests before therapeutic administrations.

"On July 28, 2011, the patient notified the Lahey Clinic that she was pregnant at the time of the scan. The RSO, following the ANSI standard, calculated the dose to the fetus due to the radioactive materials was .506 rads. The total body burden from the CT scan was 2.1 rads. They used the conservative estimate that the embryo/fetus received all 2.1 rads making the total dose to the embryo/fetus 2.6 rads."

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Power Reactor Event Number: 47122
Facility: PRAIRIE ISLAND
Region: 3 State: MN
Unit: [1] [2] [ ]
RX Type: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP
NRC Notified By: MARK LOOSBROCK
HQ OPS Officer: STEVE SANDIN 		Notification Date: 08/03/2011
Notification Time: 16:58 [ET]
Event Date: 08/03/2011
Event Time: 10:11 [CDT]
Last Update Date: 08/03/2011
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
26.719 - FITNESS FOR DUTY
 Person (Organization):
RICHARD SKOKOWSKI (R3DO)

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

Event Text

24-HOUR FITNESS-FOR-DUTY REPORT

"A non-licensed supervisor tested positive for alcohol during a random fitness-for-duty test. The employee's access to the facility has been suspended. Contact the Headquarters Operations Officer for further details.

"NRC Resident has been informed."

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