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Event Notification Report for December 09, 2024

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center

EVENT REPORTS FOR
12/06/2024 - 12/09/2024

EVENT NUMBERS
57450 57459
Agreement State
Event Number: 57450
Rep Org: Illinois Emergency Mgmt. Agency
Licensee: Advocate Christ Hospital
Region: 3
City: Oak Lawn   State: IL
County:
License #: IL-01720-01
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: Gary Forsee
HQ OPS Officer: Tenisha Meadows
Notification Date: 12/02/2024
Notification Time: 16:26 [ET]
Event Date: 12/02/2024
Event Time: 00:00 [CST]
Last Update Date: 12/02/2024
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
Agreement State
Person (Organization):
Learn, Matthew (R3DO)
NMSS_EVENTS_NOTIFICATION (EMAIL)
Event Text
AGREEMENT STATE - SOURCE FAILED TO RETRACT

The following information was provided by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (the Agency) via email and phone:

"The Agency was contacted on 12/2/24 by radiation oncology staff at Advocate Christ Hospital to advise a 4.3 Ci Ir-192 source for a high dose rate afterloader (HDR) was stuck in the exposed position. The source was extended for daily quality assurance checks and is within a shielded vault. There were no staff or patient exposures. The manufacturer has been contacted to dispatch a service technician to the site and is expected 12/3/24. Agency staff conducted a reactive inspection on 12/2/24 to verify public exposure rates were within limits, verify adequate room security could be maintained, and determine the resources made available by the licensee to prevent any radiation exposures. After investigation, inspectors found the licensee had effectively restricted access by installing a secondary key-pad controlled door outside the vault door. Appropriate signage had been installed and survey readings in all areas were confirmed to be below public exposure limits (max 40 microrem per hour). The fault appears to be electrical and updates will be provided once obtained from Varian staff."

Equipment information:
Device name: Remote afterloader HDR
Model number: GammaMed Plus iX
Serial number: H641313
Manufacturer: Varian

Illinois item number: IL240030


Power Reactor
Event Number: 57459
Facility: Brunswick
Region: 2     State: NC
Unit: [1] [2] []
RX Type: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4
NRC Notified By: Jason Wiley
HQ OPS Officer: Karen Cotton-Gross
Notification Date: 12/06/2024
Notification Time: 17:00 [ET]
Event Date: 12/05/2024
Event Time: 23:58 [EST]
Last Update Date: 12/06/2024
Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
50.72(b)(3)(v)(D) - Accident Mitigation
Person (Organization):
Suber, Gregory (R2DO)
Power Reactor Unit Info
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
EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS DECLARED INOPERABLE

The following information was provided by the licensee via phone and email:

"At 2358 Eastern Standard Time (EST) on December 5, 2024, emergency diesel generator (EDG) '1' was declared inoperable due to a failure in the standby lube oil temperature control circuit. At this time, EDG '2' was already inoperable due to failure of a relay in the starting air circuity. As a result, both EDGs were simultaneously inoperable; therefore, this condition is being reported as a non-emergency notification per 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(v)(D), as an event or condition that could have prevented fulfillment of a safety function.

"Offsite power, EDG '3', and EDG '4' were operable during the entire time period that EDGs '1' and '2' were inoperable. The effective safety function was restored at time 0148 on December 6, 2024, when lube oil temperature was restored and EDG '1' was declared operable. EDG '1' was inoperable concurrently with EDG '2' for approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes.

"There was no impact on the health and safety of the public or plant personnel.

"The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified."

The following additional information was obtained from the licensee in accordance with Headquarters Operations Officers Report Guidance:

The inoperability of two EDGs placed the plant in LCO 3.8.1.