Event Notification Report for September 5, 2002
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
09/04/2002 - 09/05/2002
** EVENT NUMBERS **
39123 39160 39163 39166 39167 39168 39169
!!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!!
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39123 |
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| FACILITY: PILGRIM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/09/2002|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: MA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:54[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 08/09/2002|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRIAN LEWIS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/04/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: GERRY WAIG +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |DANIEL HOLODY R1 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|AINA 50.72(b)(3)(v)(A) POT UNABLE TO SAFE SD | |
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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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| INOPERABLE REACTOR CORE ISOLATION COOLING (RCIC) SYSTEM |
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| The RCIC System was declared inoperable and the plant entered a 14 day |
| Limiting Condition for Operation (LCO) per Technical Specification 3.5.D. |
| The system was declared inoperable due to an oil leak discovered on the RCIC |
| pump during operability testing. The source of the oil leak is under |
| investigation. |
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| The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector. |
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| * * * RETRACTED AT 0952 EDT ON 09/04/02 BY ERIC OLSON TO FANGIE JONES * * * |
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| The licensee is retracting this event notification. The licensee conducted |
| a review of the event and determined that the RCIC System could have |
| performed it's intended function and thus was operable. The licensee |
| notified the NRC Resident Inspector. R1DO (Richard Barkley) was notified. |
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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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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT INVOLVING LOSS/RECOVERY OF GENERAL LICENSED MATERIAL |
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| "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. |
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| "The piece of equipment was segregated and is currently being temporarily |
| stored at Hugo Neu-Proler, pending [...issuance of shipping approval]." |
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| The State of California contacted the source owner who is arranging for |
| return shipment. |
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!!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!!
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39163 |
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| REP ORG: U. S. STEEL-GARY WORKS |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/01/2002|
|LICENSEE: U. S. STEEL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:42[EDT]|
| CITY: GARY REGION: 3 |EVENT DATE: 09/01/2002|
| COUNTY: LAKE STATE: IN |EVENT TIME: 05:02[CST]|
|LICENSE#: 13-079664-08 AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/04/2002|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |RONALD GARDNER R3 |
| |E. WILLIAM BRACH NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRIAN KUNKLE | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: GERRY WAIG | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NONR OTHER UNSPEC REQMNT | |
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| DAMAGED SOURCE HOLDER ON STEEL CASTER LEVEL GAUGE |
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| A radioactive source holder on a steel caster unit was damaged from metal |
| overflow at the U. S. Steel - Gary Works, Steel North Facility #2 Caster, |
| located in Gary, Indiana. The gauge is a Berthold Mold Level Gauge, Model |
| LB300ML, Serial Number 2849-12-96. Originally a 10 millicurie Cobalt 60 (Dec |
| 1996) source, it is currently estimated by the licensee to be about 5 |
| millicuries. The damage was limited to the source holder outer casing. |
| Neither the shutter closing mechanism nor the source shielding (tungsten) |
| were damaged. The damaged area involved a top plate where a lock can be |
| applied to the shutter mechanism and steel lifting lugs. The source was |
| verified in the source holder and the shutter closed. A radiation survey of |
| the area was conducted and no contamination or abnormal readings were |
| detected. The licensee has secured the shielded source and is making |
| arrangements for repair. |
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| * * * UPDATE ON 9/4/02 BY KUNKLE TO GOULD * * * RETRACTION |
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| After a conversation with Region 3 if was determined that this event is not |
| reportable since the shutter was still operable, shielding was intact and no |
| leak or exposures occurred. Therefore, the licensee is retracting this |
| event. |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39166 |
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| REP ORG: ALCO CORP |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/04/2002|
|LICENSEE: ALCO CORP |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:46[EDT]|
| CITY: San Juan REGION: 2 |EVENT DATE: 09/03/2002|
| COUNTY: STATE: PR |EVENT TIME: 18:00[EDT]|
|LICENSE#: 52-248-4301 AGREEMENT: N |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/04/2002|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |THOMAS DECKER R2 |
| |THOMAS ESSIG NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID ROHE | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: GERRY WAIG | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NONR OTHER UNSPEC REQMNT | |
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| MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE RUN OVER BY VEHICLE |
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| A moisture density gauge, make: CPN, model: MC-1 was damaged when run over |
| by an asphalt truck. The gauge contains 10 millicuries Cs-137, 40 |
| millicuries Am-241/Be source. The event occurred at route 199/52 Paseo, San |
| Juan, PR. The licensee reported that the sources remained intact and no |
| radiation leakage was detected. The gauge is currently secured and the |
| licensee is planning to return it to the vendor (CPN) today or tomorrow. |
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| The licensee notified the U.S. National Response Center at 2050 on 9/3/02 |
| (Incident Report # 621851). The National Response Center notified the NRC |
| Ops Center via facsimile on 9/3/02. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39167 |
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| FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/04/2002|
| UNIT: [2] [3] [] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:45[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/04/2002|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: MARK LEONE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/04/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: GERRY WAIG +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |RICHARD BARKLEY R1 |
|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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|2 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
|3 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| LOSS OF 2 OFFSITE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SIRENS |
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| "At approximately 9:00 am on 9/4/02, 2 of the 10 Emergency Sirens in Putnam |
| County were discovered to be inoperable. These sirens lost power due to an |
| electrical storm during the night. As of 12:00 pm these sirens were returned |
| to operable status, returning the number of available sirens in that county |
| to greater than 90%. At this time the Putnam County officials and the Local |
| [Resident] NRC Inspectors have been notified of the event. This notification |
| is being made for both IPEC Unit 2 and Unit 3." |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39168 |
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| FACILITY: BYRON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/04/2002|
| UNIT: [1] [2] [] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:23[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/04/2002|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE CHILDERS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/04/2002|
| 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 |
|2 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| LOSS OF BOTH ENS AND COMMERCIAL TELEPHONE LINES DUE TO CABLE CUT |
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| "Loss of communications capability. Determined commercial phone lines were |
| not working. This loss included ENS and NARS phones. |
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| "Cause: The loss was caused by a backhoe digging north of the plant. A |
| phone line was impacted resulting in a loss of numerous phone lines. |
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| "ETR [Estimated Time to Recovery]: Commercial phone lines, ENS phones have |
| been restored. |
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| "A cell phone was made available for outgoing calls calls, including calls |
| to NRC Ops Center. No incoming phone was available to the Main Control |
| Room. |
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| "Off-Site pager was made available for NRC contact as well as a phone |
| contact via the ComEd Electric Operations Center. A phone line in the EOF |
| was manned which provided a method to transfer calls to the main control |
| room " |
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| The licensee informed both state agencies and NRC Resident Inspector. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39169 |
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| FACILITY: SOUTH TEXAS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/04/2002|
| UNIT: [1] [2] [] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:41[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/04/2002|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: RICHARD MAIER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/04/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |BLAIR SPITZBERG R4 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NINF INFORMATION ONLY | |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|1 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
|2 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| SAFEGUARDS LOG ENTRY INVOLVING UNDECLARED FIREARM |
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| During delivery of a chiller unit, the truck driver under contract to GE, |
| failed to declare an unloaded firearm in his vehicle. The driver was denied |
| access to the site and local law enforcement was notified. There is no |
| indication that this incident involved any malevolent attempt to introduce a |
| firearm inside the PA. |
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| The licensee will inform the NRC Resident Inspector. |
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