Event Notification Report for June 7, 2001
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
06/06/2001 - 06/07/2001
** EVENT NUMBERS **
38055 38056
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 38055 |
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| REP ORG: NEW YORK CITY BUREAU OF RAD HEALTH |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/06/2001|
|LICENSEE: UNKNOWN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:37[EDT]|
| CITY: QUEENS REGION: 1 |EVENT DATE: 06/04/2001|
| COUNTY: QUEENS STATE: NY |EVENT TIME: [EDT]|
|LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/06/2001|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |MICHELE EVANS R1 |
| |M. WAYNE HODGES NMSS |
+------------------------------------------------+JOSEPH HOLONICH IRO |
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: RICHARD BORRI |DOT NATL RESP CTR |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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EVENT TEXT
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT REGARDING PACKAGE DAMAGED DURING OVERSEA SHIPMENT |
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| The New York City Bureau of Radiological Health was contacted on 6/6/2001 by |
| a Japan Airlines (JAL) representative regarding a damaged shipment of 104 |
| �Ci of I-125 (liquid). The package was being shipped from New England |
| Nuclear in Boston, Massachusetts to China Isotope Corporation in Beijing, |
| China. The package had been transported by truck to JFK Int'l Airport, |
| where it was loaded onto a JAL aircraft. The JAL representative reported |
| that the package was badly damaged and leaking upon arrival in Tokyo, Japan. |
| Representatives of the Bureau of Radiological Health and Radiac (a |
| contractor for JAL) surveyed the building at JFK Int'l Airport where the |
| package had been stored, but found no radioactive contamination. The caller |
| was unsure of actions taken at the airport in Tokyo. |
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| HOO NOTE: Provided above information to the DOT National Response Center. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 38056 |
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| FACILITY: SAN ONOFRE REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/06/2001|
| UNIT: [] [2] [3] STATE: CA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:53[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] CE,[3] CE |EVENT DATE: 06/06/2001|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:30[PDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY: CLAY WILLIAMS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 06/06/2001|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |KRISS KENNEDY R4 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|APRE 50.72(b)(2)(xi) 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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|2 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
|3 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| OFFSITE NOTIFICATION OF HYDRAZINE SPILL |
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| "On June 6, 2001, between 1200 and 1300 hours PDT, personnel were unloading |
| hydrazine at a site HAZMAT pad and inadvertently spilled about 20 gallons. |
| All 20 gallons were contained within the concrete pad and berm and were |
| subsequently recovered for disposal. No hydrazine was released to the |
| environment and no employees were injured. While this did not represent a |
| significant environmental event, at about 1630 PDT on June 6, 2001, SCE |
| began notifying the Office of Emergency Services, the National Response |
| Center, and the San Diego Department of Environmental Health. Consequently, |
| Southern California Edison is providing this notification in accordance with |
| 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(xi) for notification of other government agencies. At the |
| time of this occurrence, both Units 2 and 3 were operating at about 100% |
| power; Unit 1 remains permanently defueled. SCE will notify the NRC Resident |
| Inspectors about this notification and will provide them with a copy of this |
| report." |
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