U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 02/06/95 - 02/07/95 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 28343 28344 28345 28346 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 28343 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: USAF RADIOISOTOPE COMMITTEE |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/06/95 | | CITY: BROOKS AIR FORC REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:59 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: TX |EVENT DATE: 02/05/95 | |LICENSE#: 42-23539-01 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 13:10[CST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/06/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |LARRY YANDELL RDO | | |Dr. PAPERIELLO/COOL EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CAPT. NOEL MONTGOMERY | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNITED STATES AIR FORCE F-16 AIRCRAFT CARRYING AN 8 ęCi AMERICIUM-241 | | SOURCE CRASHED 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. | | | | UNITED STATES AIR FORCE CAPTAIN NOEL MONTGOMERY, USAF RADIOISOTOPE | | COMMITTEE, BROOKS AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS CALLED IN THE FOLLOWING EVENT. | | AN F-16 AIRCRAFT CARRYING A LANTIRN (LOW ALTITUDE NAVIGATION AND TARGETING | | INFRARED NIGHT) POD CRASHED 40 MILES SOUTH EAST OF ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. | | THE LANTIRN POD CONTAINED 8 ęCi OF AMERICIUM-241. THE AREA HAS BEEN | | SECURED BY THE US AIR FORCE AND THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR THE RADIOACTIVE | | MATERIAL. AIR FORCE MATERIAL NO. IS 42-23539-01. | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28344 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MONTICELLO REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/06/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:08 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 02/06/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 05:30[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: T ROGERS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/06/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BOB DEFAYETTE RDO | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | GRAB SAMPLE OF SERVICE WATER SYSTEM EFFLUENT NOT TAKEN EVERY EIGHT HOURS AS | | REQUIRED PER TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 3.8.A.1.c. | | | | THE SERVICE WATER SYSTEM RADIATION MONITOR WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE AT 0530 | | CST FOR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE (TO CLEAN MONITOR STRAINERS). TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION 3.8.A.1.c STATES THAT A GRAB SAMPLE OF THE SERVICE WATER | | SYSTEM MUST BE TAKEN EVERY EIGHT HOURS WHILE THE RADIATION MONITOR IS OUT | | OF SERVICE. THE CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT WAS TO TAKE A GRAB SAMPLE OF THE | | SERVICE WATER SYSTEM AT 1330 CST. IT WAS NOTICED AT 1500 CST THAT THE | | SERVICE WATER SYSTEM GRAB SAMPLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN. AT 1503 CST, A GRAB | | SAMPLE OF THE SERVICE WATER SYSTEM WAS TAKEN AND ANALYZED. AT 1545 CST, | | THE SERVICE WATER RADIATION MONITOR WAS RETURNED TO NORMAL SERVICE. NO | | ABNORMAL CONDITIONS OR ANY RELEASE TOOK PLACE DURING THE TIME PERIOD THE | | SERVICE WATER SYSTEM RADIATION MONITOR WAS OUT OF SERVICE. | | | | DURING SHIFT TURNOVER, OPERATORS WERE BRIEFED THAT GRAB SAMPLES MUST BE | | TAKEN EVERY EIGHT HOURS WHILE THE SERVICE WATER RADIATION MONITOR IS OUT OF | | SERVICE. A SIMILAR NOTICE WAS ALSO WRITTEN IN THEIR LOGS. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 28345 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: TROXLER ELECTRONIC |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/06/95 | | CITY: RALEIGH REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:15 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NC |EVENT DATE: 02/06/95 | |LICENSE#: GA-1211-1 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 18:15[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/06/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |MILT SHYMLOCK RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ALI REGIMAND | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NDAM DAMAGE MEASURE GAUGE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE RUN OVER BY A BULLDOZER. | | | | ALI REGIMAND OF TROXLER ELECTRONIC (LOCATED IN RALEIGH, NC) RECEIVED A | | PHONE CALL FROM JERRY HUMPHRIES (RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER) FOR GEOSCIENCES. | | MR. HUMPHRIES REPORTED THAT A TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE HAD BEEN RUN | | OVER BY A BULLDOZER APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA. | | THE TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE WAS DAMAGED, BUT ITS SOURCES REMAINED | | UNDAMAGED INSIDE THE GAUGE. THE TROXLER MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE CONTAINS AN | | 8 mCi CESIUM-137 SOURCE AND A 40 mCi AMERICIUM-BERYLLIUM NEUTRON SOURCE. | | THE SOURCES REMAINED INTACT. A SURVEY OF THE GAUGE AND THE AREA AROUND THE | | GAUGE DID NOT FIND ANY RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION FROM THE SOURCES. THE | | GAUGE WAS PLACED IN A BOX AND SURVEYS OF THE OUTSIDE OF THE BOX DID NOT | | FIND ANY RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION. MR. HUMPHRIES TRIED TO CONTACT THE | | GEORGIA RADIATION & HEALTH DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE ACCIDENT, BUT WAS | | UNABLE TO CONTACT ANYONE. REGION 2 (CHUCK HOSEY) GAVE JERRY HUMPHRIES THE | | TELEPHONE NUMBER TO CONTACT GEORGIA OFFICIALS OF THIS ACCIDENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28346 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FARLEY REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/06/95 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: AL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:26 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/06/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:30[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CRONE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/06/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MILT SHYMLOCK RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SOLID STATE PROTECTION SYSTEM (SSPS) TRAIN "A" DECLARED INOPERABLE FOR BOTH | | UNITS. | | | | AT 1830 CST THE LICENSEE DECLARED TRAIN "A" OF THEIR SSPS INOPERABLE FOR | | BOTH UNITS. THE SSPS's WERE DECLARED INOPERABLE BECAUSE A POSTULATED STEAM | | BREAK COULD CAUSE A SHORT IN THE TURBINE TRIP PROTECTION CIRCUITS, LEADING | | TO A LOSS OF POWER TO TRAIN "A" OF THE SSPS. THIS POSTULATED EVENT IS | | SIMILAR TO THOSE REPORTED BY NORTH ANNA ON 02/03/95 (SEE EVENT # 28331) AND | | DIABLO CANYON ON 02/01/95 (SEE EVENT # 28318). | | | | LICENSEE ENTERED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 3.3.1 AND 3.3.2 (FOR REACTOR TRIP | | CONDITION & ESF SYSTEM). BOTH TECH SPECs REQUIRE THAT TRAIN "A" SSPS BE | | REPAIRED WITHIN 6 HOURS OR THAT THE UNIT BE PLACED IN HOT STANDBY WITHIN | | THE FOLLOWING 6 HOURS. ALL ECCS SYSTEMS AND EDGs ARE FULLY OPERABLE IF | | NEEDED. | | | | LICENSEE WAS GRANTED A TEN DAY NOTICE OF ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION TO MODIFY | | THEIR SSPS SYSTEM. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE OF THIS EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+