U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 12/29/95 - 01/02/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 29777 29778 29779 29780 29781 29782 29783 29784 29785 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |HOSPITAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 29777 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/29/95 | | CITY: PHILADELPHIA REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:31 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: PA |EVENT DATE: 12/28/95 | |LICENSE#: 37-02766-03 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 02:45[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/29/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |GRAY RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: NANCY MOLDOFSKY | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |LADM 35.33(a) MED MISADMINISTRATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE CALLED TO REPORT A THERAPEUTIC MISADMINISTRATION. | | | | A PATIENT WAS PRESCRIBED TO RECEIVE A TOTAL DOSE OF 4,000 cGy VIA IMPLANTED | | Cs-137 BRACHYTHERAPY SOURCES. AT 0245 ON DECEMBER 28, 1995, A NURSE | | OBSERVED THAT THE PATIENT HAD REMOVED THE SOURCES FROM HER BODY. THE NURSE | | RETRIEVED THE SOURCES FROM THE PATIENT'S BED AND PLACED THEM INTO A | | SHIELDED CONTAINER. THE RADIATION ONCOLOGIST ON CALL DETERMINED THAT ALL | | SOURCES HAD BEEN RECOVERED, TERMINATED THE TREATMENT, AND PLACED THE | | SOURCES BACK INTO SAFE STORAGE. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THIS, THE PATIENT HAD | | ONLY RECEIVED A DOSE OF 1,908 cGy. THE LICENSEE DOES NOT PLAN TO CONTINUE | | THE TREATMENT AT THIS TIME. | | | | * * * 1502 DECEMBER 29, 1995, UPDATE FROM MOLDOFSKY TAKEN BY TROCINE * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT. FOLLOWING CONVERSATIONS WITH A | | REGION 1 REPRESENTATIVE (TOM THOMPSON), THIS EVENT WAS DETERMINED NOT TO BE | | A MEDICAL MISADMINISTRATION. IN ADDITION, THE PHYSICIAN AGREED NOT TO | | RE-IMPLANT THE PATIENT BECAUSE OF THE PATIENT'S MENTAL STATUS, AND THE | | LICENSEE PLANS TO MODIFY THE WRITTEN DIRECTIVE AND CHANGE THE PRESCRIPTION. | | THE PATIENT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL DOSE FROM THE REMOVED SOURCES | | BECAUSE THEY WERE PLACED IN A BED NEXT TO THE PATIENT, AND THE REMOVAL OF | | THE IMPLANTS BY THE PATIENT WAS DISCOVERED WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES. | | | | | | THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R1DO (GRAY). (REFER TO THE NRC HOO | | LOG FOR A LICENSEE CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29778 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HATCH REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/29/95 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: GA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:16 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 12/29/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:15[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: EDWEN URQUHART |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/29/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |THOMAS DECKER 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 Y 97 POWER OPERATION | 97 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATION OF THE LOSS OF THE NOAA WEATHER SYSTEM FOR 22 MINUTES | | | | AT 1315, THE LICENSEE'S SECURITY NETWORK RECEIVED AN ALARM THAT INDICATED | | THE LOSS OF THE NOAA WEATHER SYSTEM, AND THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NOAA | | OFFICE LOCATED IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, OF THE LOSS OF THE TRANSMISSION. | | THE NOAA OFFICE INVESTIGATED THIS LOSS AND SWITCHED OVER TO THE BACKUP | | SYSTEM. AT 1337, THE LICENSEE CONFIRMED THAT THE NOAA BROADCAST (VIA THE | | BACKUP SYSTEM) WAS BACK IN SERVICE. THE LICENSEE IS CURRENTLY | | INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE LOSS OF THE PRIMARY TRANSMISSION. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR OF THIS EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 29779 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: CROW BUTTE RESOURCES |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/29/95 | | CITY: CRAWFORD REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:18 [ET]| | COUNTY: DAWES STATE: NE |EVENT DATE: 12/29/95 | |LICENSE#: SUA 1534 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 12:00[MST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/29/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |BLAINE MURRAY RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RALPH KNODE | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CROW BUTTE RESOURCES (A SOLUTION IN-SITU LEACH MINE NEAR CRAWFORD, | | NEBRASKA) REPORTED A VIOLATION OF LICENSE CONDITION #45. | | | | A WATER SAMPLE FROM A MONITOR WELL EXCEEDED THE SAMPLE PARAMETER LIMIT. THE | | LIMIT WAS 20 PPM CHLORIDE, AND THE SAMPLE WAS AT 21 PPM. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS ALSO REPORTED THIS CONDITION TO THE NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF | | ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. (REFER TO THE NRC HOO LOG FOR A LICENSEE CONTACT | | TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |HOSPITAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 29780 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: CULPEPPER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/29/95 | | CITY: CULPEPPER REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:33 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: VA |EVENT DATE: 12/29/95 | |LICENSE#: 45-23040-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 09:50[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/29/95 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |THOMAS DECKER RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DEBBIE CLINGAMPEEL | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |LADM 35.33(a) MED MISADMINISTRATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MEDICAL MISADMINISTRATION OF 7 MILLICURIES OF TECHNETIUM-99m AT CULPEPPER | | MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LOCATED IN CULPEPPER, VIRGINIA, DUE A LABELLING ERROR BY | | THE LICENSEE'S PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY (NORTHERN VIRGINIA ISOTOPES OF | | STERLING, VIRGINIA) | | | | AT 0950, A PATIENT WAS INJECTED WITH WHAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE 7 MILLICURIES | | OF TECHNETIUM-99m MAA WHICH MARKS THE LUNGS FOR SCANNING PURPOSES. THE | | LICENSEE SUSPECTED THAT THE WRONG ISOTOPE HAD BEEN USED BECAUSE THE LUNGS | | DID NOT SHOW UP DURING THE SCANNING PROCEDURE. AS A RESULT, THE LICENSEE | | CONTACTED ITS PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY (NORTHERN VIRGINIA ISOTOPES OF | | STERLING, VIRGINIA) WHO LATER CONFIRMED THAT THE ISOTOPE WAS ACTUALLY | | TECHNETIUM-99m MAG3 IN A TECHNETIUM-99m MAA LABELLED SYRINGE. AS A RESULT, | | THE PATIENT HAD RECEIVED 7 MILLICURIES OF TECHNETIUM-99m MAG3, WHICH MARKS | | THE KIDNEYS FOR SCANNING PURPOSES, IN LIEU OF THE PRESCRIBED DOSAGE OF 7 | | MILLICURIES OF TECHNETIUM-99m MAA. THIS WAS CONFIRMED AT 1530. | | | | THE PATIENT IS AWARE OF THIS MISADMINISTRATION, AND THE LICENSEE DOES NOT | | BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE ANY RESULTING ADVERSE AFFECTS TO THE PATIENT. | | THE LICENSEE CURRENTLY PLANS TO REPEAT THIS PROCEDURE NEXT WEEK. THE | | LICENSEE ALSO PLANS TO FACSIMILE ITS DIAGNOSTIC MISADMINISTRATION FORM TO | | NORTHERN VIRGINIA ISOTOPES FOR COMPLETION AND PLANS TO CONTACT THE REGION 2 | | OFFICE NEXT WEEK. | | | | (REFER TO THE NRC HOO LOG FOR CONTACT NAMES, ADDRESSES, AND TELEPHONE | | NUMBERS.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29781 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WOLF CREEK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/29/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: KS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:45 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 12/29/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:16[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SHELDON WALGREN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/29/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BLAINE MURRAY RDO | |AINA 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(A) POT UNABLE TO SAFE SD | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | POTENTIALLY INSUFFICIENT CONTROL VOLTAGE TO CAUSE AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE | | WATER SUPPLY FAN TO START WHEN IN RUN/ISOLATE DUE TO RESISTANCE CAUSED BY | | EXTENSIVE RUN OF CONTROL WIRE | | | | AT 1645 CST ON DECEMBER 28, 1995, THE 'B' ESSENTIAL SERVICE WATER SUPPLY | | FAN WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE BECAUSE IT FAILED TO OPERATE, AND A 72-HOUR | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATION WAS ENTERED. | | DURING THE SUBSEQUENT TROUBLESHOOTING ACTIVITIES ON DECEMBER 29, 1995, THE | | LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT DUE TO THE RESISTANCE CAUSED BY THE EXTENSIVE RUN | | OF CONTROL WIRE IN THE RUN/ISOLATE CIRCUIT FOR THE 'B' ESSENTIAL SERVICE | | WATER SUPPLY FAN, THE CONTROL VOLTAGE AT THE CONTROLLER MAY NOT BE | | SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE THE FAN TO START WHEN IN THE RUN/ISOLATE POSITION. THIS | | IS ONLY A PROBLEM WHEN USING THE RUN/ISOLATE SWITCH (A REMOTE SHUTDOWN | | FEATURE LOCATED IN THE CONTROL BUILDING). NORMAL OPERATION USING THE | | AUTOMATIC START FUNCTIONS AND THE CONTROL HAND SWITCHES IS NOT AFFECTED. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS CURRENTLY PREPARING TO INCORPORATE A TEMPORARY MODIFICATION | | TO ALLEVIATE PART OF THE WIRING RUN AND PLANS TO RETEST THE SYSTEM THIS | | EVENING. THE LICENSEE WILL ALSO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29782 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PERRY REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/31/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: OH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:32 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 12/30/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 20:18[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE DAMMANN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/31/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JAMES CREED 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 Y 88 POWER OPERATION | 88 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - LICENSEE REPORTED TRICHLOROETHYLENE SPILL TO OFFSITE AGENCIES - | | | | AT 2018 ON 12/30/95, APPROXIMATELY 13 GALLONS OF TRICHLOROETHYLENE LIQUID | | REFRIGERANT LEAKED ONTO A COATED CONCRETE FLOOR FROM A FAILED OFFGAS BRINE | | SYSTEM REFRIGERATION MACHINE PRESSURE GAUGE. LICENSEE STOPPED THE LEAK. | | APPROXIMATELY 10 GALLONS EVAPORATED INTO THE AIR. LICENSEE CLEANED UP THE | | REMAINDER OF THE SPILLED LIQUID. | | | | NO PERSONNEL WERE INJURED. | | | | LICENSEE NOTIFIED LAKE COUNTY EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE, OHIO STATE EPA, | | US EPA REGION V, AND US COAST GUARD NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER. | | | | US COAST GUARD NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER (BLANCHARD) REPORTED THIS EVENT | | (INCIDENT REPORT #318581) TO THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER, FEMA, DOE, NOAA | | REGION V, AND OHIO STATE EPA. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29783 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SUSQUEHANNA REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/31/95 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:03 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 12/31/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:50[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GRANT FERNSLER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/31/95 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |HAROLD GRAY RDO | |AIND 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(D) ACCIDENT MITIGATION | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - HPCI SYSTEM DECLARED INOPERABLE DUE TO LOSS OF POWER TO CONTROL CIRCUIT - | | | | LICENSEE DECLARED THE HIGH PRESSURE COOLANT INJECTION (HPCI) SYSTEM | | INOPERABLE DUE TO A LOSS OF POWER TO THE ELECTRO-GOVERNOR CONTROL CIRCUIT | | FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. THIS CIRCUIT CONTROLS TURBINE SPEED DURING OPERATION | | OF THE SYSTEM. | | | | THE CONTROL ROOM RECEIVED "HPCI OUT OF SERVICE" AND "HPCI INVERTER FAILURE" | | ALARMS. LICENSEE SUSPECTS THAT POWER WAS LOST TO THE CIRCUIT DOWNSTREAM OF | | THE POWER INVERTER WHICH SUPPLIES INPUTS TO THE RAMP GENERATOR AND GOVERNOR | | CONTROLS THAT REGULATE THE HPCI TURBINE SPEED. THIS CONDITION WOULD NOT | | HAVE AFFECTED THE INITIATION OF THE HPCI SYSTEM, BUT IT WOULD HAVE | | PREVENTED THE HPCI SYSTEM FROM DEVELOPING ITS RATED SPEED AND FLOW. | | | | TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.5.1 REQUIRES LICENSEE TO RESTORE THE HPCI SYSTEM TO | | OPERABLE STATUS WITHIN 14 DAYS OR TO PLACE UNIT 1 IN A HOT SHUTDOWN | | CONDITION WITHIN THE NEXT 12 HOURS AND A COLD SHUTDOWN CONDITION WITHIN THE | | FOLLOWING 24 HOURS. | | | | ALL OTHER ECC SYSTEMS ARE OPERABLE. | | | | LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29784 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: LIMERICK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/01/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:30 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 01/01/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:20[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: STAN GAMBLE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/01/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |HAROLD GRAY RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |PHILLIP MCKEE EO | | |BOB CALDWELL FEMA | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - LICENSEE DISCOVERED A POTENTIAL BOMB TYPE OBJECT INSIDE A BATTERY ROOM - | | | | A PLANT SECURITY GUARD DISCOVERED A 2 INCH DIAMETER BY 24 INCH LONG THIN | | CARDBOARD TUBE WITH AN 8 INCH WHITE STRAP PROTRUDING FROM ONE END IN THE | | #1D SAFEGUARDS BATTERY ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE CONTROL BUILDING. | | AS A PRECAUTION, LICENSEE IS TREATING THIS OBJECT AS A POTENTIAL BOMB | | UNTIL ITS CONTENTS CAN BE DETERMINED BUT CONSIDERS THIS EVENT TO BE A | | PRANK AT THE PRESENT TIME. | | | | AT 1020 ON 01/01/96, LICENSEE DECLARED AN UNUSUAL EVENT DUE TO THE | | DISCOVERY OF THIS POTENTIAL BOMB. | | | | LICENSEE IS INSPECTING OTHER AREAS OF THE PLANT FOR ANY SIMILAR DEVICES. | | | | LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR | | OF THE DECLARATION OF THE UNUSUAL EVENT. | | | | LICENSEE WILL ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE. | | | | AT 1120, A CONFERENCE CALL WITH THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WAS ESTABLISHED: | | REGION I - WALT PASCIAK, RICK KEIMIG (IAT), HAROLD GRAY (RDO), JIM WIGGINS, | | DICK COOPER, BILL KANE, DIANE SCRENCI, TED EASLICK (RI), GREG GORDON; | | NRR - PHIL McKEE (EO), GENE McPEEK (IAT); NMSS - JOHN DAVIDSON (IAT); | | AEOD - RICH BARRETT; LICENSEE - STAN GAMBLE (SHIFT MANAGER). | | | | AT 1210, TUBE WAS X-RAYED AND FOUND TO CONTAIN ONLY PAPER. | | | | AT 1242, AEOD RICH BARRETT AND NRR EO PHIL McKEE NOTIFIED EDO | | REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR McCREE OF THIS EVENT. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1330 FROM GAMBLE TAKEN BY KARSCH * * * | | | | AT 1325, LICENSEE TERMINATED THE UNUSUAL EVENT AFTER THEY DETERMINED THAT | | THE SUSPECT OBJECT WAS NOT A BOMB. THE TUBE WAS FILLED WITH PAPER TRASH. | | A SEARCH OF THE SITE (BOTH UNITS) FOUND NO OTHER SUSPECT OBJECTS. | | | | LICENSEE NOTIFIED STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR | | OF THE TERMINATION OF THE UNUSUAL EVENT. | | | | HOO NOTIFIED R1DO GRAY, NRR EO McKEE, AND FEMA AUSTIN. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 29785 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/02/96 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:50 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/02/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 01:20[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM READY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/02/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |HAROLD GRAY RDO | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - PORTION OF FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM IN INTAKE STRUCTURE AREA INOPERABLE - | | | | LICENSEE DECLARED A PORTION OF THE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM TO THE HIGH PRESSURE | | FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM IN THE INTAKE STRUCTURE AREA INOPERABLE IN ORDER TO | | PERFORM MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES ON A DRAIN VALVE. | | | | TECH SPEC LCO A/S 3.13.A.3.a REQUIRES LICENSEE TO ESTABLISH AN ALTERNATE | | FIRE PROTECTION METHOD WITHIN 24 HOURS. LICENSEE HAS PRESTAGED ADDITIONAL | | FIRE HOSES AND ESTABLISHED A 4 HOUR ROVING FIRE WATCH IN THE AFFECTED AREA. | | | | LICENSEE PLANS TO SUBMIT A SPECIAL WRITTEN REPORT TO THE NRC ON THIS EVENT | | WITHIN 14 DAYS. | | | | LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+