Event Notification Report for September 4, 2002


                    U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
                              Operations Center

                              Event Reports For
                           09/03/2002 - 09/04/2002

                              ** EVENT NUMBERS **

39160  39165  

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|General Information or Other                     |Event Number:   39160       |
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| REP ORG:  CALIFORNIA RADIATION CONTROL PRGM    |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/30/2002|
|LICENSEE:  TOSCO CORPORATION                    |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:30[EDT]|
|    CITY:  TORRANCE                 REGION:  4  |EVENT DATE:        08/30/2002|
|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  CA |EVENT TIME:             [PDT]|
|LICENSE#:                        AGREEMENT:  Y  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  08/30/2002|
|  DOCKET:                                       |+----------------------------+
|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|                                                |DAVID GRAVES         R4      |
|                                                |E. WILLIAM BRACH     NMSS    |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  ROBERT GREGER                |                             |
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  STEVE SANDIN                 |                             |
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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 INVOLVING LOSS/RECOVERY OF GENERAL LICENSED MATERIAL  |
|                                                                              |
| "Hugo Neu-Proler Company received a load of scrap material today from BHL    |
| Industries that set off our gate radiation detectors. We processed the load  |
| and found a piece of equipment with the following information on it:         |
| Manufacturer: Texas Nuclear Products, Cs-137, 200 mCi [millicuries] measured |
| January '93. Series:  SG, Model: 5202, Serial No. B1865.                     |
|                                                                              |
| "The piece of equipment was segregated and is currently being temporarily    |
| stored at Hugo Neu-Proler, pending [...issuance of shipping approval]."      |
|                                                                              |
| The State of California contacted the source owner who is arranging for      |
| return shipment.                                                             |
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|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   39165       |
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| FACILITY: PALISADES                REGION:  3  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/03/2002|
|    UNIT:  [1] [] []                 STATE:  MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:20[EDT]|
|   RXTYPE: [1] CE                               |EVENT DATE:        09/03/2002|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        09:35[EDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  MARK BATES                   |LAST UPDATE DATE:  09/03/2002|
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  STEVE SANDIN                 +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |DAVID HILLS          R3      |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|ACOM 50.72(b)(3)(xiii)   LOSS COMM/ASMT/RESPONSE|                             |
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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       100      Power Operation  |100      Power Operation  |
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| EMERGENCY RESPONSE DISPLAY SYSTEM (ERDS) DATA LINK FAILED DURING QUARTERLY   |
| TESTING                                                                      |
|                                                                              |
| The licensee was unable to establish the ERDS data link during quarterly     |
| testing.  Troubleshooting is currently in progress.  The licensee informed   |
| the NRC Resident Inspector.                                                  |
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