Event Notification Report for February 25, 2000
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
02/24/2000 - 02/25/2000
** EVENT NUMBERS **
36722 36723 36724
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 36722 |
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| FACILITY: TURKEY POINT REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/24/2000|
| UNIT: [3] [4] [] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:48[EST]|
| RXTYPE: [3] W-3-LP,[4] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/24/2000|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 02:10[EST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: NEWTON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/24/2000|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |CHARLES OGLE R2 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|AARC 50.72(b)(1)(v) OTHER ASMT/COMM INOP | |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE |
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|3 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
|4 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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EVENT TEXT
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| EMERGENCY RESPONSE DATA ACQUISITION AND DISPLAY SYSTEM (ERDADS) INOPERABLE |
| GREATER THAN 30 MINUTES. |
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| ERDADS LOCKED UP FOR GREATER THAN 30 MINUTES. PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN CALLED OUT |
| TO REPAIR ERDADS. ALL OTHER SYSTEMS OPERATING PROPERLY. |
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| THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. |
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| * * * UPDATE ON 02/24/00 AT 0515 ET BY MR. MORRIS TAKEN BY MACKINNON * * * |
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| ERDADS RETURNED TO SERVICE AT 0400 ET. |
| R2DO (CHARLES OGLE) NOTIFIED. |
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| THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECOTR WILL BE NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE OF THIS EVENT |
| UPDATE. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 36723 |
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| FACILITY: BRUNSWICK REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/24/2000|
| UNIT: [1] [2] [] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:47[EST]|
| RXTYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 02/24/2000|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:49[EST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: MARK SCHALL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/24/2000|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |CHARLES OGLE R2 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|AESS 50.72(b)(1)(v) EMERGENCY SIREN INOP | |
|APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | |
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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 99 Power Operation |99 Power Operation |
|2 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| DUE TO A LOCAL POWER OUTAGE ALL 5 OFF-SITE SIRENS FOR NEW HANOVER COUNTY ARE |
| INOPERABLE. |
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| On 02/24/00 at 0856 ET the Brunswick Plant Shift Superintendent was notified |
| that off-site sirens for New Hanover County were inoperable. These sirens |
| lost power and became inoperable at 0849 ET. |
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| New Hanover County Emergency Operations Center has been contacted and |
| alternate notification mechanisms are pre-established and available. |
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| Investigation into the condition is in progress. All but one siren has been |
| returned to service as of 0907 ET on 02/24/00. |
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| The NRC Resident Inspector was notified of this event by the licensee. |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 36724 |
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| REP ORG: ARKANSAS DEPT OF HEALTH |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/24/2000|
|LICENSEE: MATERIAL TESTING OF ARKANSAS, INC. |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:49[EST]|
| CITY: LITTLE ROCK REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 02/23/2000|
| COUNTY: STATE: AR |EVENT TIME: 12:00[CST]|
|LICENSE#: ARK859BP0302 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/24/2000|
| DOCKET: |+----------------------------+
| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |CHARLES MARSCHALL R4 |
| |BRIAN SMITH NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JERED THOMPSON | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
|BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | |
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT INVOLVING A STOLEN TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE |
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| AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 CST ON 2/23/00, A TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE WAS |
| STOLEN FROM A MATERIALS TESTING OF ARKANSAS, INC., TRUCK PARKED AT A |
| WALMART STORE IN LITTLE ROCK, AR. THE GAUGE WAS A MODEL #3430, S/N 26636 |
| CONTAINING TWO RADIOACTIVE SOURCES; 8 mCi Cs-137 AND 40 mCi 241- AmBe. |
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| LOCAL POICE WERE INFORMED AND THE GAUGE WAS RECOVERED ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER |
| ABANDONED ROADSIDE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OR INDICATION OF TAMPERING. |
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| THE ARKANSAS DEPT. OF HEALTH ISSUED A PRESS RELEASE AND WILL CONTACT THE NRC |
| REGION IV OFFICE. |
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| CONTACT THE HEADQUARTERS OPERATIONS OFFICER FOR THE LICENSEE'S ADDRESS. |
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