U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 12/09/96 - 12/10/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 31424 31425 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 31424 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: US ARMY RADIOISOTOPE COMMITTEE |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/09/96 | | CITY: FAYETTEVILLE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:19 [ET]| | COUNTY: CUMBERLAND STATE: NC |EVENT DATE: 06/01/93 | |LICENSE#: BML12-0072207 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/09/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |HOSEY R2/KROPP R3 RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KELLY CROOK | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MISSING ANTI-TANK MISSILE SIGHTS CONTAINING PROMETHIUM-147. EACH SIGHT, | | WHEN MANUFACTURED, CONTAINED 3mCi OF Pm-147 (HALF LIFE 2.6 yrs, BETA | | EMITTER). | | | | THE ANTI-TANK MISSILE SIGHTS WERE LAST MANUFACTURED IN 1978. IN THE EARLY | | 1990's, SEVERAL THOUSAND OF THESE SIGHTS WERE DEPOSITED IN A LARGE GRAVEL | | PARKING LOT INSIDE THE AMMUNITION SUPPLY POST. EACH SIGHT ORIGINALLY | | CONTAINED 3mCi OF Pm-147. THE LICENSEE PICKED UP ALL THE SIGHTS THAT THEY | | COULD FIND ON THE LARGE PARKING LOT AND THEN THEY BULLDOZED THE FIRST | | SEVERAL INCHES OF THE SURFACE OF THIS PARKING AREA INTO A LARGE PILE. THE | | CONTAMINATED DIRT PILE WAS PLACED IN A REMOTE CORNER OF THE PARKING LOT, A | | FENCE WAS CONSTRUCTED AROUND THE PILE OF DIRT, AND 'RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL' | | SIGNS WERE PLACED ON THE FENCE. | | | | SOMETIME BETWEEN THE END OF JUNE 1993 AND THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER 1993, | | THE DIRT PILE WAS MOST PROBABLY LEVELED TO CONSTRUCT A BERM 10' HIGH AND | | 100 YARDS LONG IN THE PARKING LOT TO PROTECT AMMUNITION THAT WAS | | TEMPORARILY STORED THERE. THE US ARMY IS INVESTIGATING THIS INCIDENT. THE | | US ARMY ISOTOPE COMMITTEE HAS CONTACTED MR. HENSON OF THE US NRC REGION 2 | | OFFICE AND MR. NULL OF THE US NRC REGION 3 OFFICE AND HAS INFORMED THEM OF | | THIS EVENT. THE PILE OF CONTAMINATED DIRT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE STORED IN THE | | CORNER OF THE PARKING LOT UNTIL THE YEAR 2000 (WHEN ALL THE Pm-147 WAS TO | | HAVE DECAYED AWAY). THIS EVENT POSES NO HAZARD TO PERSONNEL BECAUSE IT IS | | LOCATED IN A RESTRICTED AREA IN A REMOTE LOCATION. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31425 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: INDIAN POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 12/09/96 | |UNIT: [ ] [3] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:06 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 12/09/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:15[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: T MCKEE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 12/09/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LARRY DOERFLEIN 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 90 POWER OPERATION | 90 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THAT THEIR | | SEPTIC TANK OVERFLOWED ON 12/06/96. LICENSEE CLEANED UP THE MESS AND PUMPED | | DOWN THE TANK. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE CONTACTED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+