Event Notification Report for September 9, 2002
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
09/06/2002 - 09/09/2002
** EVENT NUMBERS **
39171 39173 39174
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|Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 39171 |
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| REP ORG: MARYLAND RADIATION HEALTH PROGRAM |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/06/2002|
|LICENSEE: MARYLAND REGIONAL CANCER CENTER |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:30[EDT]|
| CITY: SILVER SPRINGS REGION: 1 |EVENT DATE: 09/06/2002|
| COUNTY: STATE: MD |EVENT TIME: 12:40[EDT]|
|LICENSE#: MD-31-303-01 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/06/2002|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |RICHARD BARKLEY R1 |
| |THOMAS ESSIG NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: RAY MANDLEY | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: RICH LAURA | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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EVENT TEXT
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| MARYLAND AGREEMENT STATE REPORT ON CANCER TREATMENT EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION |
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| The Agreement State reported a malfunction of a cancer treatment machine |
| made by Nucletron Corporation, model 105.999, serial number 31307. The |
| malfunction occurred at the end of a treatment session when the device |
| emergency motor failed to return the source to the shielded position. The |
| source got hung up in the guide tube. The radioactive source is 4.9 curies |
| of IR-192. The source was manually cranked into the shielded position by the |
| medical physicist. No personnel overexposure occurred. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39173 |
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| FACILITY: MILLSTONE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/07/2002|
| UNIT: [] [] [3] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:22[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] CE,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 09/07/2002|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRUCE PARRISH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/07/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: MIKE NORRIS +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |RICHARD BARKLEY R1 |
|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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|3 N N 0 Hot Standby |0 Hot Standby |
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| OFFSITE NOTIFICATION TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF SHUTDOWN FOR |
| REFUELING OUTAGE |
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| "At approximately 0040 on September 7, 2002, Millstone Unit No, 3 was |
| shutdown for a planned refueling and maintenance outage which is scheduled |
| to last greater than 72 hours. This notification is made in accordance with |
| reporting requirements imposed by the State of Connecticut. The shutdown is |
| routine and was conducted in accordance with plant procedures and without |
| incident. The NRC is being notified in accordance with the requirements of |
| 10CFR50.72(b)(2)(xi) as this constitutes a report made to an outside |
| agency." |
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| The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified. |
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|Other Nuclear Material |Event Number: 39174 |
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| REP ORG: US INSPECTIONS SERVICES |NOTIFICATION DATE: 09/07/2002|
|LICENSEE: US INSPECTIONS SERVICES |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:45[EDT]|
| CITY: LOUISVILLE REGION: 2 |EVENT DATE: 09/07/2002|
| COUNTY: STATE: KY |EVENT TIME: 06:30[CDT]|
|LICENSE#: 34-06943-02 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 09/08/2002|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |THOMAS DECKER R2 |
| |DAVID HILLS R3 |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAMON LAMB |ROBERTA WARREN IAT |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: RICH LAURA |THOMAS ESSIG NMSS |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|BLO1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | |
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| STOLEN RADIOGRAPHIC EXPOSURE DEVICE |
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| The licensee reported that one of their work trucks was stolen, which |
| contained a radiographic device, from a worker's home located in Louisville, |
| Kentucky. The device was manufactured by Sentinel (AEA TECHNOLOGY) and |
| contains a radioactive source of 90 curies of IR-192. The exposure device |
| serial number is B4175. The source serial number is 05970B. The device was |
| locked in the safe position. The device is used to perform X-Rays of piping |
| welds. The incident was reported to the Jefferson County Sheriff's office |
| by the licensee. The licensee has an NRC license from Indiana and was doing |
| work under reciprocity in Kentucky which is an Agreement state. The |
| licensee reported notifying the Agreement State, Kentucky. Subsequently, |
| the Jefferson's County Sheriff's office located the truck but the device was |
| missing. |
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| ***UPDATE 1026 EDT 9/8/02 DAMON LAMB TO MIKE NORRIS*** |
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| Device was recovered and has no damage to the device or locking mechanism. |
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| Notified NSIR (Zimmerman, Warren, Tracy and McGinty), R2DO (Decker), R2IAT |
| (Boland), R3DO (Hills), R3 IAT (Creed), NMSS (Federline and Cool), NMSS EO |
| (Essig), EDO (Shea), PAO (Beecher) and OSP (Picone). |
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