U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 03/21/95 - 03/22/95 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 28446 28479 28564 28565 28566 28567 28568 28569 28570 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28446 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DUANE ARNOLD REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/27/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:19 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 02/27/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:45[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GRANT HENRY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/21/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOSEPH SEBROSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JIM MCCORMICKBARGER RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SECURITY DEGRADATION COULD HAVE ALLOWED UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY INTO THE PLANT | | PROTECTED AREA. COMPENSATORY ACTIONS TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. SEE HOO LOG | | FOR DETAILS. THE LICENSEE WILL NOTIFY THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * UPDATE DATE/TIME:3/21/95 @ 1620 EST *FROM LICENSEE: HENRY BY:McGINTY* | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT (AFTER DISCUSSION WITH R3 AND NRR) | | BASED ON COMPENSATORY MEASURES BEING PROPERLY IN PLACE WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF | | DISCOVERY. HOO NOTIFIED THE R3DO (KROPP). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28479 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PEACH BOTTOM REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/04/95 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:52 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-4,[3] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 03/04/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:58[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LEWIS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/21/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |HAROLD GRAY 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HIGH PRESSURE CORE INJECTION (HPCI) DECLARED INOPERABLE DURING PERFORMANCE | | OF HPCI QUARTERLY PUMP & VALVE FLOW SURVEILLANCE TEST. | | | | DURING PERFORMANCE OF HPCI QUARTERLY PUMP & VALVE FLOW SURVEILLANCE TEST | | HPCI PUMP DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE FAILED TO FALL INTO ITS ACCEPTABLE RANGE | | (1246psid - 1259psid). HPCI PUMP DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE WAS 1272psid. | | LICENSEE DECLARED HPCI INOPERABLE AND ENTERED TECH SPEC 3.5.C.i (7 DAYS TO | | GET HPCI BACK OR SHUTDOWN). REACTOR CORE ISOLATION COOLING PUMP (RCIC) AND | | ALL OTHER EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEMS ARE FULLY OPERABLE. THE ELECTRICAL | | GRID IS STABLE AND THEIR EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATORS ARE FULLY OPERABLE. | | LICENSEE THINKS THAT HPCI PUMP DISCHARGE PRESSURE GAGE IS OUT OF | | CALIBRATION. LICENSEE IS HAVING THE GAGE RECALIBRATED. AFTER THE GAGE IS | | RECALIBRATED LICENSEE WILL REPERFORM THE HPCI PUMP DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE | | PART OF THE SURVEILLANCE TEST PROCEDURE. | | | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE OF THIS EVENT. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1032 ON 03/20/95 BY FOSS ENTERED BY HOO JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | LICENSEE DESIRES TO RETRACT THIS EVENT SINCE THEY DETERMINED THAT THE GAUGE | | WAS READING HIGH. LICENSEE RECALIBRATED THE GAUGE AND SATISFACTORILY | | REPERFORMED THE TEST. LICENSEE WILL NOT SUBMIT AN LER TO THE NRC ON THIS | | EVENT. LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. HOO NOTIFIED R1DO | | CLIFF ANDERSON. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28564 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CRYSTAL RIVER REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/21/95 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:43 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/21/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:18[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MARSHALL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/21/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: GREG SCARFO +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |THOMAS DECKER 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A CONTROL ROOM COMPLEX DOOR WAS DISCOVERED OPEN RESULTING IN A POTENTIAL | | CONDITION OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS. | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A FACSIMILE SUBMITTED BY THE LICENSEE: | | "A DOOR THAT COMPRISES A BOUNDARY OF THE CONTROL COMPLEX HABITABILITY | | ENVELOPE WAS FOUND STUCK OPEN. WE SUSPECT WE ARE OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS FOR | | HABITABILITY ENVELOPE. THE DOOR WAS IMMEDIATELY CLOSED AND REPAIRS | | INITIATED. THE DOOR HAS BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME." END OF TEXT. | | | | A FIRE PATROL USES THE DOOR EVERY HOUR, THEREFORE, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS | | CONDITION HAS EXISTED FOR LESS THAN ONE HOUR. AN INSPECTION OF THE DOOR | | FOUND A FAULTY CLOSURE MECHANISM. THE MECHANISM HAS BEEN REPAIRED. THE | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 28565 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: BROOKS AIR FORCE BASE |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/21/95 | | CITY: SAN ANTONIO REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:51 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: TX |EVENT DATE: 03/21/95 | |LICENSE#: 42-23539-01AF AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 14:30[CST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/21/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |TOM STETKA RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CAPT. MONTGOMERY | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |IBBF 30.50(b)(2)(ii) EQUIP DISABLED/FAILS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE REPORTED A BROKEN RETURN SPRING ON A CS-137 IRRADIATOR USED AT | | BROOKS AIR FORCE BASE, LOCATED IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. | | | | THE CONDITION WAS DISCOVERED DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION, WHILE THE | | IRRADIATOR WAS NOT IN USE. THE LICENSEE HAS RULED OUT ANY POSSIBILITY OF | | AN INADVERTENT PERSONNEL EXPOSURE. | | | | THE IRRADIATOR HAS A 130 Ci Cs-137 SOURCE (SEALED CAPSULE), AND IS USED FOR | | THE CALIBRATION OF RADIAC INSTRUMENTS. THE SPRING IS USED TO RETURN THE | | SOURCE TO A SHIELDED POSITION IN CASE OF A POWER FAILURE. THERE ARE TWO | | SPRINGS AVAILABLE FOR THIS PURPOSE, AND ONLY ONE OF THE TWO WAS FOUND TO BE | | BROKEN. THE LICENSEE BELIEVES THAT ONE OF THE SPRINGS ALONE WOULD BE ABLE | | TO FULFILL THE FUNCTION OF RETURNING THE SOURCE TO THE STOWED POSITION. | | | | THE IRRADIATOR IS MANUFACTURED BY J.R. SHEPARD (MODEL #8110), AND REPAIRS | | ARE BEING PURSUED. THE LICENSEE WILL BE EVALUATING THE POSSIBLE | | REPORTABILITY OF THIS EVENT UNDER PART 21. THE LICENSEE WILL ALSO BE | | INFORMING REGION 4. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28566 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: TURKEY POINT REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/21/95 | |UNIT: [3] [4] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:39 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] W-3-LP,[4] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/21/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:30[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KNORR |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/21/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JACK CRLENJAK RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 4 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SEAWEED FROM COOLING CANAL MAY CONTAIN TRACE AMOUNTS OF Mn-54. | | | | TURKEY POINT HAS A COOLING CANAL SYSTEM TO PROVIDE COOLING WATER TO PLANT | | SYSTEMS. SEAWEED GROWS IN THE CANAL SYSTEM. TURKEY POINT CATCHES LOOSE | | SEAWEED IN STRAINERS AS PART OF THE COOLING WATER HANDLING PROCESS. PRIOR | | TO 1994, THE CAUGHT SEAWEED WAS RETAINED ON THE PLANT SITE AND ALLOWED TO | | BIOLOGICALLY DECAY. SINCE EARLY 1994, THE DISPOSAL OF THIS SEAWEED HAS | | BEEN MADE TO THE COUNTY LANDFILL SITE TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA, | | DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS (DEP 62.701.300). | | | | ON MARCH 20, 1995, FPL DISCOVERED THAT SEAWEED IN THE STRAINERS IN THE | | PLANTS INTAKE COOLING WATER SYSTEM MAY CONTAIN A TRACE AMOUNT OF | | RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE (POSSIBLY MANGANESE-54) WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN GENERATED | | AT TURKEY POINT. ON MARCH 21, FPL ASKED THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF | | HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, OFFICE OF RADIATION CONTROL (DHRS) TO | | AID IN THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE POSSIBLE ISOTOPE. Mn-54 IS PERIODICALLY | | SEEN BY DHRS IN THEIR NORMAL STATE WIDE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAM. | | THE ACTIVITY FOUND ON THE SEAWEED SAMPLE COUNTED WAS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO | | ONE PICO-CURIE PER GRAM. | | | | FPL, WITH THE HELP OF DHRS, IS CONFIRMING THE ISOTOPIC CONTENT OF THE | | SEAWEED. A ROUTINE SURVEY WAS MADE OF THE COUNTY LANDFILL SITE DURING | | JANUARY OF 1995. ONLY BACKGROUND LEVELS WERE FOUND. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR, STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES | | AND DHRS. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28567 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CATAWBA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/21/95 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:43 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 03/21/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 16:00[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SMITH |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/21/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JACK CRLENJAK RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 HOT STANDBY | 0 HOT STANDBY | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL WAS | | NOTIFIED OF AN UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE OF TREATED WATER. | | | | THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL WAS | | NOTIFIED OF AN UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE OF TREATED WATER AT A NON-PERMITTED | | LOCATION INTO LAKE WYLIE. THE SOURCE OF THE WATER IS BELIEVED TO BE A LEAK | | FROM THE CONDENSER CIRCULATING WATER SYSTEM, HOWEVER, THE EXACT LEAK POINT | | HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. THE LEAK RATE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. THE | | NORMAL DISCHARGE PATH IS TO LAKE WYLIE VIA A HOLD-UP POND WHERE THE | | DISCHARGE AMOUNTS ARE USUALLY MONITORED. THE LEAKAGE GETS TO THE LAKE FROM | | A YARD DRAIN. AN INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK HAS | | BEEN INITIATED. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 28568 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: LIMERICK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/22/95 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 05:51 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 03/22/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 02:38[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRAUN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/21/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CLIFFORD ANDERSON RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE PLANT HAD AN INADVERTENT DIV 2 LOCA SIGNAL DURING AN I & C SURVEILLANCE | | TEST. | | | | I & C WAS PERFORMING ST-055-607-2, NSSS HPCI STEAM SUPPLY PRESSURE LOW DIV | | 2 CHANNEL "B" FUNCTIONAL TEST ON PRESSURE INDICATING SWITCH 055-2N658B WHEN | | THEY RECEIVED THE DIV 2 LOCA SIGNAL. THIS SIGNAL CAUSED A DIV 2 ECCS | | ACTUATION. THE HPCI PUMP, "B" CORE SPRAY PUMP AND THE "B" LPCI PUMP STARTED | | AND RAN ON MIN FLOW. THERE WAS NO INJECTION INTO THE Rx VESSEL. THE "D-22" | | DIESEL GENERATOR STARTED AND THE LOCA SIGNAL CAUSED A DIV 2 LOAD SHED. ALL | | PLANT SYSTEMS FUNCTIONED AS DESIGNED AND NO NSSSS ISOLATIONS OCCURRED. THE | | INADVERTENT ACTUATION APPEARS TO BE THE RESULT OF A DEFECTIVE CALIBRATION | | UNIT FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE TEST. THEY ARE CONTINUING THE INVESTIGATION. | | ECCS AND THE D/G WERE ALL SECURED WITHIN 1 HR. | | | | THE RI WAS INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 28569 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BABCOCK & WILCOX CO. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/21/95 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:00 [ET]| |COMMENTS: HEU FABRICATION & SCRAP RECOVERY |EVENT DATE: 03/20/95 | | NAVAL REACTOR FUEL |EVENT TIME: 07:00[EST]| | |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/21/95 | | CITY: LYNCHBURG REGION: 2 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: CAMPBELL STATE: VA |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: SNM-42 AGREEMENT: N |JACK CRLENJAK RDO | | DOCKET: 07000027 | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: OLSEY | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A BULLETIN 91-01 REPORT WAS MADE WHEN THE AMOUNT OF U-235 REMOVED FROM | | DUCTWORK DURING A ROUTINE CLEAN-OUT EXCEEDED THE OPERATING LIMIT OF THE | | DUCTWORK SYSTEM AS MEASURED BY NDA METHODS (KNOWN TO BE CONSERVATIVE). | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A FACSIMILE SUBMITTED BY THE LICENSEE: | | "ON MARCH 20, 1995, DUCTWORK WAS UNDERGOING ROUTINE CLEAN-OUT IN URANIUM | | RECOVERY AT BABCOCK & WILCOX, NAVAL NUCLEAR FUEL DIVISION. THIS OPERATION | | IS PERFORMED AT APPROXIMATELY 30 DAY INTERVALS. | | | | MATERIAL REMOVED FROM THE DUCTWORK WAS PLACED IN FAVORABLE GEOMETRY | | CONTAINERS AND COUNTED USING NDA METHODS. NDA MEASUREMENT OF THIS MATERIAL | | IS KNOWN TO BE OVERLY CONSERVATIVE BY APPROXIMATELY A FACTOR OF 2. THE | | MEASUREMENTS INDICATED APPROXIMATELY 1400 GRAMS U-235 WHICH, FROM | | EXPERIENCE, WILL LIKELY BE A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 700 GRAMS. THE | | OPERATING LIMIT FOR THE DUCTWORK SYSTEM IS 630 GRAMS U-235 AND THE SAFETY | | LIMIT IS 1005 GRAMS U-235. | | | | THIS REPORT IS BEING MADE, EVEN THOUGH THE MEASURED VALUES ARE NOT YET FIRM | | AND WE DO NOT EXPECT THE SAFETY LIMIT TO BE EXCEEDED. WE INTEND TO | | DISSOLVE THE MATERIAL AND REMEASURE IT. IF VALUES DO NOT EXCEED THE SAFETY | | LIMIT, THE REPORT WILL BE WITHDRAWN. | | | | PROCESSING OF HIGH LEVEL SCRAP MATERIAL HAS BEEN SUSPENDED UNTIL AN | | INVESTIGATION AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS CAN BE COMPLETED. THE RESULTS OF THE | | INVESTIGATION AND CORRECTIVE ACTION WILL BE PROVIDED TO NRC." | | END OF TEXT. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 28570 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 03/21/95 | | CITY: CHARLOTTE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:15 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NC |EVENT DATE: 03/21/95 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 14:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 03/21/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JACK CRLENJAK RDO | | |WILLIAM BRACH EO | +------------------------------------------------+ROBERTSON EPA | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: LOESCH |BANGART SP | |HQ OPS OFFICER: TIM McGINTY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | KR-85 SOURCE FOUND AT FLORIDA STEEL SCRAPYARD IN CHARLOTTE, NC. NO | | PERSONNEL WERE EXPOSED OR SENT TO A HOSPITAL. | | | | THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY INITIALLY INFORMED THE OPERATIONS CENTER THAT 6-8 | | PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SENT TO A HOSPITAL IN CHARLOTTE, DUE TO POSSIBLE EXPOSURE | | TO A RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE(s). A SCRAP METAL PROCESSING COMPANY IN CHARLOTTE | | HAD SOME RAD ALARMS DUE TO A METAL CYLINDER WITH "FOREIGN" MARKINGS. A | | DOCTOR AT THE HOSPITAL IN CHARLOTTE CONTACTED DOE WITH REGARDS TO THE | | PROTOCOL FOR DEALING WITH SUCH CASES. IT IS UNCLEAR IF THE REASON FOR | | SENDING THE WORKERS TO THE HOSPITAL WAS PRECAUTIONARY OR SYMPTOMATIC. | | | | REGION 2 PERSONNEL HAVE NOTIFIED THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA (RAD HEALTH | | DEPARTMENT) AND THE REGIONAL EPA (AS THE LEAD FEDERAL AGENCY). DOE COULD | | NOT PROVIDE ANY OTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THIS EVENT AT THE TIME OF THE | | REPORT. HOO NOTIFIED HQ EPA VIA THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER AND PUBLIC | | AFFAIRS (INGRAM). | | | | *** UPDATE DATE\TIME:3/21/95 @ 2140 EST *FROM: COLLINS (R2) BY:McGINTY*** | | MR. COLLINS PROVIDED FOLLOWUP INFORMATION TO THE OPERATIONS CENTER | | REGARDING THIS EVENT. NO ONE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL DUE TO THIS EVENT. THE | | STATE OF NC HAD ALREADY BEEN INFORMED EARLIER IN THE DAY. THE SOURCE WAS | | AT FLORIDA STEEL IN CHARLOTTE (STATE LICENSEE), AND TURNED OUT TO BE A | | KR-85 SOURCE. FLORIDA STEEL HAS QUALIFIED PEOPLE AND SURVEY EQUIPMENT, AND | | DETERMINED THAT THE SOURCE WAS KR-85 (MEASURED 40 MR/HR SURFACE). THE | | SOURCE WAS SECURED PROPERLY AT THE TIME OF THE DISCOVERY. THE SOURCE CAME | | IN ON A RAILROAD CAR, AND SET OFF A RAD ALARM MONITOR AS IT PASSED BY ON A | | CONVEYOR BELT. | | | | THE CIRCUMSTANCES REGARDING THE REPORT OF PEOPLE BEING SENT TO THE HOSPITAL | | REMAINS UNCLEAR. R2 NOTIFIED THE REGIONAL EPA. HOO NOTIFIED THE NATIONAL | | RESPONSE CENTER (DIRSA). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+