U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 08/29/96 - 08/30/96 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 30935 30936 30937 30938 30939 30940 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30935 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: OCONEE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/29/96 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:13 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP,[3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 11/06/95 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 12:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID NIX |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/29/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DOUG WEAVER +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |KENNETH BARR 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A CHECK VALVE IN THE HIGH PRESSURE INJECTION FLOW PATH IS POTENTIALLY | | INOPERABLE | | | | ON NOVEMBER 6, 1995, UNIT 1 WAS IN COLD SHUTDOWN FOR A REFUELING OUTAGE. | | DURING A SYSTEM FLOW TEST, VALVE 1HP-153, A VELAN STOP CHECK VALVE IN A | | HIGH PRESSURE INJECTION EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEM INJECTION FLOW PATH, | | FAILED TO PASS THE REQUIRED FLOW RATE. THE VALVE WAS INSPECTED, CLEANED, | | POLISHED INTERNALLY, AND SUCCESSFULLY RETESTED PRIOR TO UNIT RESTART. VALVE | | 1HP-153 HAD PREVIOUSLY FAILED A FLOW TEST ON MAY 6, 1995, WHILE UNIT 1 WAS | | AT COLD SHUTDOWN. AT THAT TIME, IT WAS RETESTED WITHOUT MAINTENANCE AND | | ALSO PASSED. | | | | SINCE VALVE 1HP-153 PASS THE REQUIRED FLOW DURING A SYSTEM TEST ON MAY 6, | | 1995, AND SUBSEQUENTLY FAILED TO PASS THE REQUIRED FLOW DURING A SYSTEM | | TEST ON NOVEMBER 6, 1995, THE POTENTIAL FOR VALVE INOPERABILITY EXISTED | | BETWEEN THESE DATES. IF THIS VALVE WERE INOPERABLE, THEN A SINGLE FAILURE | | OF ANOTHER HIGH PRESSURE INJECTION SYSTEM COMPONENT COULD HAVE PREVENTED | | MITIGATION OF CERTAIN SMALL BREAK LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENT SCENARIOS. A | | PAST OPERABILITY EVALUATION IS IN PROGRESS AND IS EXPECTED TO FIND THE | | VALVE OPERABLE. HOWEVER, THE EVALUATION IS BEING PERFORMED BY A VENDOR AND | | HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED IN THE EXPECTED TIME FRAME. | | | | THIS EVENT IS BEING REPORTED DUE TO THE REASONABLE DOUBT WHICH EXISTS | | REGARDING THE PAST OPERABILITY OF THE VALVE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 30936 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: ALT & WITZIG |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/29/96 | | CITY: INDIANAPOLIS REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:14 [ET]| | COUNTY: MARION STATE: IA |EVENT DATE: 08/29/96 | |LICENSE#: 13-18685-1 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 04:00[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/29/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOHN JACOBSON RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WILLIAM WITZIG | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A CAMPBELL PACIFIC MODEL MC1-DR NUCLEAR DENSITY GAGE CONTAINING 50 mCi OF | | AMERICIUM-241/Be AND 10 mCi OF CESIUM-137 WAS STOLEN FROM THE BACK OF A | | PICK UP TRUCK. THE SOURCE WAS LOCKED IN THE RETRACTED POSITION, AND THE | | GAGE WAS CHAINED TO THE BED OF THE TRUCK. THE THEFT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO | | LOCAL POLICE, AND THE LICENSEE WILL ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE. REGION 3 | | (WIEDEMAN) HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 30937 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: ASHLAND PETROLIUM CO. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/29/96 | | CITY: CANTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:25 [ET]| | COUNTY: STARK STATE: OH |EVENT DATE: 08/29/96 | |LICENSE#: 34-15998-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 11:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/29/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOHN JACOBSON RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM SEGER | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | WORKMEN MOVING OUT OF A SHOP AREA FOUND A PRINCETON GAMMA TECH MODEL 100 | | ANALYZER IN A LOCKER. THE ANALYZER CONTAINS A 50-mCi IRON-55 SOURCE DATED | | 09/79. (IRON-55 HAS A 2.7-YEAR HALF LIFE.) THE DEVICE WAS SURVEYED, AND | | BACKGROUND READINGS WERE OBTAINED. THE LICENSEE WILL CONTACT THE | | MANUFACTURER AND WILL PROPERLY DISPOSE OF THE DEVICE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 30938 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: NJS ENGINEERING |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/29/96 | | CITY: STURGIS REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:29 [ET]| | COUNTY: MEAD STATE: SD |EVENT DATE: 08/29/96 | |LICENSE#: 40-26894-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 04:15[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/29/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |PHIL HARRELL RDO | | |FREDERICK COMBS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRAD SUDBECK | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NDAM DAMAGE MEASURE GAUGE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A TROXLER MODEL-3411 NUCLEAR DENSITY GAGE CONTAINING 40 mCi OF | | AMERICIUM-241/Be AND 8.5 mCi OF CESIUM-137 WAS RUN OVER AT THE JOB SITE. | | THE SOURCE WAS OUTSIDE THE SHIELD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, BUT IT WAS | | PULLED INTO THE SHIELD AFTERWARD. THE GAGE WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY DAMAGED, AND | | THE SHIELD APPEARS TO BE INTACT. THE GAGE HAS NOT YET BEEN MOVED AND IS | | UNDER SUPERVISION. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 30939 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: TERRACON |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/29/96 | | CITY: BOISIE REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:51 [ET]| | COUNTY: ADA STATE: ID |EVENT DATE: 08/29/96 | |LICENSE#: 15-20070-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 03:45[MDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/29/96 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |PHIL HARRELL RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE MERHAR | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NDAM DAMAGE MEASURE GAUGE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A TROXLER MODEL-3430 NUCLEAR DENSITY GAGE CONTAINING 40 mCi OF | | AMERICIUM-241/Be AND 8 mCi OF CESIUM-137 WAS RUN OVER AT THE JOB SITE. THE | | SOURCE WAS INSIDE THE SHIELD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE CASE WAS | | CRUSHED, BUT NO SHIELD DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY A | | RADIATION SURVEY. THE GAGE IS NOW IN A SECURED AREA UNDER LICENSEE | | CONTROL. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 30940 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BEAVER VALLEY REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/29/96 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:31 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/29/96 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE JOHNSTON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/29/96 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LAURIE PELUSO RDO | |DSAF 73.71(b)(1) SECURITY DEGRADATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 46 POWER OPERATION | 46 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DURING AN ONGOING ANNUAL AUDIT OF SAFEGUARDS RECORDS FOR THE MAINTENANCE | | DEPARTMENT, TWO SECURITY SYSTEM WIRING DIAGRAMS WERE MISSING FROM THEIR | | ASSIGNED STORAGE LOCATION. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT COMPROMISE OF THESE | | DIAGRAMS COULD ASSIST AN INDIVIDUAL IN GAINING UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO THE | | SITE. SECURITY FOLLOWUP INVESTIGATIONS ARE ONGOING AND HAVE FOUND NO | | ANOMALIES AT THIS POINT. THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+