Event Notification Report for January 2, 2001
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
12/29/2000 - 01/02/2001
** EVENT NUMBERS **
37638 37639 37640 37641
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 37638 |
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| FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/29/2000|
| UNIT: [] [] [3] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:03[EST]|
| RXTYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 12/29/2000|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOSEPH FRANKS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/29/2000|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN R1 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|AESS 50.72(b)(1)(v) EMERGENCY SIREN 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 96 Power Operation |96 Power Operation |
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| EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SPEAKERS INOPERABLE |
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| The licensee reported that the emergency notification speakers in New |
| London, CT could not be operated from either the primary nor the secondary |
| locations. The municipality had planned to use the speakers to provide |
| information regarding an impending winter storm. The problem was traced to |
| faulty wiring and has been repaired. The NRC resident inspector has been |
| informed of this notification by the licensee. |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 37639 |
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| REP ORG: CT RESOURCE RECOVERY AUTHORITY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/30/2000|
|LICENSEE: CT RESOURCE RECOVERY AUTHORITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 01:49[EST]|
| CITY: HARTFORD REGION: 1 |EVENT DATE: 12/29/2000|
| COUNTY: STATE: CT |EVENT TIME: 19:00[EST]|
|LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/30/2000|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN R1 |
| |SUSAN SHANKMAN NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: DOMINICK MARQUEZ | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NINF INFORMATION ONLY | |
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| EXPLOSION AT WASTE PROCESSING FACILITY INVOLVING LICENSED GAUGE |
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| AT APPROXIMATELY 1900EST ON 12/29/00 AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED IN THE PRIMARY |
| SHREDDER WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE BAGHOUSE AT THE CONNECTICUT RESOURCE |
| RECOVERY AUTHORITY (CRRA), MID-CONNECTICUT PROJECT WASTE PROCESSING |
| FACILITY. THE BAGHOUSE CONTAINS A LICENSED NUCLEAR GAUGE CONTAINING A |
| Cs-137 SOURCE USED TO MONITOR AIRBORNE PARTICLES TO ALERT OPERATORS OF TRASH |
| (DUST) BUILDUP. THE LICENSEE CONFIRMED USING A GEIGER COUNTER THAT THE |
| SOURCE AND HOUSING WERE NOT DAMAGED. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE CT |
| DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. THE LICENSEE IS MAKING THIS |
| NOTIFICATION AS REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 7, NUCLEAR LEVEL DETECTOR, OF THE |
| METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION (MDC) WASTE PROCESS SAFETY MANUAL. |
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|Fuel Cycle Facility |Event Number: 37640 |
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| FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/30/2000|
| RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:05[EST]|
| COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 12/30/2000|
| 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 12:20[EST]|
| BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/30/2000|
| CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+
| COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
|LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |PATRICK HILAND R3 |
| DOCKET: 0707002 |SUSAN SHANKMAN NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: RON CRABTREE | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NCFR NON CFR REPORT REQMNT | |
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| 24-HOUR REPORT REGARDING ACTIVATION OF SMOKE HEADS |
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| "At approximately 1220 hours on 12/30/00, a process operator was conducting |
| weekly valve status checks on the cell floor above the extended range |
| products station when three CADP smoke heads alarmed. The operator did see a |
| visible haze and smell HF as he immediately left the area. 'See and flee' |
| emergency procedures were immediately implemented. The affected ERP |
| withdrawal station was in an applicable TSR mode (withdrawal) at the time of |
| the alarm. Results of all surveys performed for airborne HF and radiation |
| were less than MDA. At 1324 hours an 'all clear' was granted on emergency |
| response. PORTS is reporting this alarm as a valid actuation of a 'Q' safety |
| system, which is the CADP smokehead." |
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| The NRC resident inspector has been informed of this event. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 37641 |
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| FACILITY: SAN ONOFRE REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/31/2000|
| UNIT: [] [2] [] STATE: CA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 06:33[EST]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] CE,[3] CE |EVENT DATE: 12/31/2000|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:30[PST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: CLAY WILLIAMS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/31/2000|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: N/A |CHARLES MARSCHALL R4 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE |
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|2 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| MANUAL ACTUATION OF CONTAINMENT EMERGENCY COOLER UNITS |
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| "On December 31, 2000, at about 0130 PST, containment normal cooler unit |
| ME201 tripped on indicated high temperature (cause under investigation). |
| During preparations to start the opposite train containment normal cooler |
| Unit (ME202), in response to the expected slow increase in containment |
| temperature, Operators manually started the 4 containment emergency cooler |
| units (an engineered safety features system). At about 0220 PST Operators |
| started normal cooler unit ME202 and stopped the 4 ECUs. Consistent with |
| the guidance provided in NUREG-1022, Rev 1, SCE is reporting this occurrence |
| in accordance with 10CFR50.72(b)(2)(ii) for a manual start of an ESF |
| component. |
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| "At the time of this occurrence Unit 2 was operating at about 100% power, |
| Unit 3 was operating at about 85% power; and Unit 1 remains permanently |
| defueled. SCE will notify the NRC resident inspectors about this occurrence |
| and will provide them a copy of this report." |
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