Event Notification Report for November 27, 2002
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
11/26/2002 - 11/27/2002
** EVENT NUMBERS **
39390 39398 39406 39407
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39390 |
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| REP ORG: CALIFORNIA RADIATION CONTROL PRGM |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/22/2002|
|LICENSEE: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SOIL AND TESTING |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:03[EST]|
| CITY: SAN DIEGO REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 11/21/2002|
| COUNTY: STATE: CA |EVENT TIME: 09:00[PST]|
|LICENSE#: 3329-37 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/22/2002|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |DALE POWERS R4 |
| |DOUG BROADUS NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: HAMRICK | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| STATE LICENSEE REPORTED A CPN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE BEING STOLEN |
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| State Licensee, Southern California Soil and Testing, Inc. reported that a |
| CPN MC-3, serial # 360203032, moisture/density gauge was stolen from the |
| operator's vehicle in San Diego County. The gauge had been secured to the |
| bed of the truck using a cable and locks. The cable was cut in two places |
| and the gauge was removed. The operator was unsure of the exact location |
| where the theft took place. He made two stops after picking the gauge up |
| from his office, one at his home for 25 mins and one at a 7/11 store at |
| 6:45am. He did not notice the gauge was missing from the back of his truck |
| until an hour later when he checked to see if the gauge had shifted after |
| braking in traffic. The gauge contained 10 millicuries of Cs-137 and 50 |
| millicuries of Am-241:Be. The local law enforcement was notified. |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39398 |
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| REP ORG: NE DIV OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/22/2002|
|LICENSEE: BRIAN LGH MEDICAL CENTER |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:46[EST]|
| CITY: LINCOLN REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 11/22/2002|
| COUNTY: STATE: NE |EVENT TIME: 10:30[CST]|
|LICENSE#: 02-06-03 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/22/2002|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |DALE POWERS R4 |
| |C.W. (BILL) REAMER NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRENT FRIESEN | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| MISSING 5 MILLICURIE STRONTIUM-90 SOURCE. |
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| The Radiation Safety Officer for Brian LGH Medical Center located at 1300 |
| South 16th Street in Lincoln, NE, noticed at 1030 CST on 11/22/02 that a |
| source was missing from a Novoste Beta Cath System source holder. The |
| source holder holds 16 sources of strontium-90, each source is 5 |
| millicuries, and one of the sources was found missing. A search of the |
| device and of the lab did not find the missing source. The RSO contacted |
| the manufacturer. The last time the Novoste Beta Cath System was used was |
| November 13, 2002. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39406 |
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| FACILITY: DRESDEN REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/26/2002|
| UNIT: [] [2] [] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:24[EST]|
| RXTYPE: [1] GE-1,[2] GE-3,[3] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 11/26/2002|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRUCE FRANZEN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/26/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: ERIC THOMAS +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |JAMES CREED R3 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|AIND 50.72(b)(3)(v)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | |
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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 97 Power Operation |97 Power Operation |
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| UNIT 2 HPCI SYSTEM DECLARED INOPERABLE |
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| Unit 2 HPCI (High Pressure Coolant Injection) system was declared inoperable |
| at 0342 [CST] due to a failed relay for the MGU (Motor Gear Unit) flow |
| control circuit. The relay is normally energized when the MGU is at the |
| High Speed Stop and is utilized to de-energize the motor gear unit when a |
| limit switch is reached to prevent damage to the MGU motor. The resultant |
| failure affects HPCI such that the MGU will not function from a signal |
| generated by the Flow Indicating Controller. HPCI can be operated manually |
| from [the] Control Room. |
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| The Resident Inspector was notified of this event. |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39407 |
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!!!!!!!! This Event is not Available !!!!!!!
!!! for public disclosure per Agreement State request until 11/29/02 !!!
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| REP ORG: GEORGIA RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL PGM |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/26/2002|
|LICENSEE: GEORGIA DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:02[EST]|
| CITY: TIFTON REGION: 2 |EVENT DATE: 11/25/2002|
| COUNTY: STATE: GA |EVENT TIME: 14:30[EST]|
|LICENSE#: GA 50-1 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/26/2002|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |CAROLYN EVANS R2 |
| |THOMAS ESSIG NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: THOMAS E. HILL | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: JASON FLEMMING | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| AGREEMENT STATE NOTIFICATION - DAMAGE TO TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE |
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| "While a back scatter measurement was being taken in a closed lane of |
| Interstate 75 southbound a tractor-trailer swerved to avoid another vehicle, |
| struck the gauge damaging it. Based on field measurements there is no |
| evidence of the sources being breached or leaking, no contamination |
| identified. Source was separated from the source rod. The gauge has been |
| recovered and returned to the [Georgia] DOT [Department of Transportation] |
| headquarters office. This is all that is known about the incident at this |
| time." |
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| The gauge contained 10 millicuries of Cs -137 and 40 millicuries of Am-241 |
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