Event Notification Report for December 26, 2002
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
12/24/2002 - 12/26/2002
** EVENT NUMBERS **
39462 39469 39471 39472
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39462 |
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| REP ORG: NE DIV OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/19/2002|
|LICENSEE: HOLDREGE, NE COUNTRY CLUB |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:20[EST]|
| CITY: HOLDREGE REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 12/19/2002|
| COUNTY: STATE: NE |EVENT TIME: 12:00[CST]|
|LICENSE#: GL0200 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/19/2002|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |LINDA HOWELL R4 |
| |FRED BROWN NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: TRUDY HILL | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: ERIC THOMAS | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
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|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT INVOLVING A LOST EXIT SIGN |
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| Lost tritium source (exit sign). Purchased in 1987, 15 Curies at time of |
| purchase. Lost at Holdrege, NE Country Club following a renovation. |
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39469 |
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| REP ORG: NEW MEXICO RAD CONTROL PROGRAM |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/23/2002|
|LICENSEE: P & M CONSTRUCTION INC. |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:07[EST]|
| CITY: PONDEROSA REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 12/12/2002|
| COUNTY: STATE: NM |EVENT TIME: [MST]|
|LICENSE#: DM159-03 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/23/2002|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |LINDA HOWELL R4 |
| |CHARLES COX NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: MILLER | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
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|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| STOLEN TROXLER DENSITY MOISTURE GAUGE |
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| P & M Construction, Inc notified the state on 12/12/02 that a Troxler model |
| 3411B (serial # 12073) density moisture gauge was stolen from their shop in |
| Ponderosa, New Mexico sometime in September or October of this year. The |
| gauge contained a 9 millicurie Cs-137 source (serial # 409584) and a 50 |
| millicurie Am-241: Be source (serial # 477368). The gauge was locked in its |
| transport container with a locked chain securing the container. This chain |
| was cut and the locked container was removed from the shop. A police report |
| was made. |
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|Hospital |Event Number: 39471 |
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| REP ORG: COLORADO DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/24/2002|
|LICENSEE: UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:57[EST]|
| CITY: DENVER REGION: 4 |EVENT DATE: 12/12/2002|
| COUNTY: STATE: CO |EVENT TIME: [MST]|
|LICENSE#: 828-01 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/24/2002|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |LINDA HOWELL R4 |
| |SUSAN FRANT NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRIAN VAMVAKIAS | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: MIKE RIPLEY | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
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|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - DELIVERY DRIVER CONTAMINATED WHEN HANDLING SHIPMENT |
| PACKAGES |
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| On 12/12/02 a Mallinckrodt, Inc. delivery driver was contaminated with |
| Iodine-131 due to handling three packages picked up from University Hospital |
| in Denver, CO. The contamination was discovered upon the driver's return |
| to the Mallinckrodt facility. The driver's hands were successfully |
| decontaminated and subsequent bioassays indicated no readings above action |
| levels. The three contaminated packages and the driver's lab coat were |
| bagged and isolated. No further contamination was found. Upon |
| investigation, it was determined that a nuclear medicine technologist at |
| University Hospital had contaminated her gloves while handling an I-131 |
| capsule and then handled the shipping boxes without changing her gloves. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39472 |
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| FACILITY: SURRY REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/25/2002|
| UNIT: [1] [2] [] STATE: VA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:09[EST]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 12/25/2002|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN DUFF |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/25/2002|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: MIKE RIPLEY +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |STEPHEN CAHILL R2 |
|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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| SAFETY PARAMETER DISPLAY SYSTEM OUT OF SERVICE FOR GREATER THAN 1 HOUR |
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| "At 1603 hours on 12/25/02, the Safety Parameter Display System (SPDS) |
| portion of the Emergency Response Facility Computer System (ERFCS) was noted |
| to be inoperable, due to all outputs being displayed in magenta color. |
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| "Troubleshooting of the ERFCS determined that the Central Emergency |
| Operations Facility (CEOF) input into the ERFCS was causing the system to |
| fail. The CEOF input into the "A" ERFCS was defeated and at 1714 hours on |
| 12/25/02 the ERFCS and SPDS were returned to service, |
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| "SPDS was out of service for greater then 1 hour, which is considered a |
| major loss of emergency assessment capability. |
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| "This report is being made in accordance with I0CFR50.72(b)(3)(xiii)." |
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