U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 10/21/96 - 10/22/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 31108 31126 31188 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31108 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FERMI REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/07/96 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: MI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:40 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 10/07/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 22:45[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SKLARCZYK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/21/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MELVYN LEACH RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A CONTRACTOR POSSESSED CONTRABAND WITHIN THE | | PROTECTED AREA. IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY MEASURES WERE TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED. (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR | | DETAILS.) | | | | ***RETRACTION BY JEFF GROFF @ 1518 EDT ON 10/21/96, TAKEN BY MACKINNON*** | | | | AN INVESTIGATION OF THIS EVENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND THE RESULTS SHOW | | THAT THE EVENT POSED NO THREAT TO RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY IN LICENSED | | ACTIVITIES OR FACILITY OPERATIONS. THEREFORE, THIS NOTIFICATION IS BEING | | RETRACTED. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GUIDANCE CONTAINED IN NUREG-1304 | | AND HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH NRC REGION 3 SECURITY PERSONNEL. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE. THE NRC | | OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R3DO (JORGENSEN). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31126 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HADDAM NECK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/09/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:20 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 10/09/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BILL NEVELOS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/21/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PETER ESELGROTH 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 N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCOVERY OF A CRACK IN THE SERVICE WATER SUPPLY LINE TO THE SPENT FUEL | | POOL HEAT EXCHANGER | | | | DURING A ROUTINE INSERVICE INSPECTION, AN APPROXIMATE 30-INCH CRACK WAS | | DISCOVERED ON THE SERVICE WATER SUPPLY LINE TO THE SPENT FUEL POOL HEAT | | EXCHANGER. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS STATIONED A 24-HOUR WATCH IN THE VICINITY OF THE CRACK AND | | IS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING A CAMERA MONITORING SYSTEM. ADDITIONALLY, | | FIRE HOSES ARE BEING STRUNG TO PROVIDE ALTERNATE COOLING SHOULD THIS | | PORTION OF PIPE NEED TO BE ISOLATED. THERE IS NO INDICATION OF WEEPAGE | | FROM THE LONGITUDINAL CRACK. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * 1039 OCTOBER 21, 1996, UPDATE FROM WILLIS RECEIVED BY TROCINE * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IDENTIFIED A BAD WELD ON A 6-INCH DIAMETER SERVICE WATER | | RETURN LINE FROM THE SPENT FUEL POOL HEAT EXCHANGER. THE FLAW WAS | | IDENTIFIED DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF RADIOGRAPHY, AND THE AREA IN QUESTION | | INVOLVED A 2-INCH SECTION ON THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE WELD. THERE WAS NO | | LEAKAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FLAW, AND THE UNIT IS NOT IN A TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATION LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATION AS A RESULT OF THIS ISSUE. | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION IN THE SAME LICENSEE EVENT | | REPORT THAT WILL BE ISSUED TO DOCUMENT THE 30-INCH CRACK REFERENCED ABOVE. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC OPERATIONS | | CENTER NOTIFIED THE R1DO (BLAKE WELLING). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |TRANSPORTATION EVENT | |EVENT NUMBER: 31188 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: DUPONT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/22/96 | | CITY: MEMPHIS REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 04:34 [ET]| | COUNTY: SHELBY STATE: TN |EVENT DATE: 10/22/96 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 01:12[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/22/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |CAUDLE JULIAN RDO | | |JOHN LINEHAN, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+STUART RUBIN, IRD AEOD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PETTY OFFICER BRIGHT |REGGIE JOHNSON DOE | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NTRA TRANSPORTATION EVENT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER REPORTED A RELEASE OF 0.02 LITERS OF | | THALLIUM-201 FROM A FEDERAL EXPRESS PACKAGE IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. | | | | A FEDERAL EXPRESS PACKAGE BEING TRANSPORTED FROM DUPONT IN BILLERICA, | | MASSACHUSETTS, TO SYNCOR IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA, WAS RUN OVER BY A FEDERAL | | EXPRESS TRUCK ON A RAMP AT A FEDERAL EXPRESS HUB LOCATED IN MEMPHIS, | | TENNESSEE. THE BOX WAS BREECHED, AND APPROXIMATELY 0.02 LITERS (19.6 | | MILLILITERS) OF THALLIUM-201 LEAKED OUT ONTO THE CONCRETE RAMP. THE | | ACTIVITY OF THE THALLIUM-201 WAS 725 MEGABECQUERELS. THE SPILL WAS CLEANED | | UP, AND THERE WERE NO PERSONNEL CONTAMINATIONS OR INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH | | THE EVENT. | | | | FEDERAL EXPRESS NOTIFIED DUPONT OF THE INCIDENT. THE NATIONAL RESPONSE | | CENTER NOTIFIED THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY RADIATION DIVISION, THE | | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGION 4, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. | | (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR A FEDERAL EXPRESS CONTACT NAME, TELEPHONE NUMBER, | | AND ADDRESS.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+