U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 01/08/97 - 01/09/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 31555 31556 31557 31558 31559 31560 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 31555 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: ARDAMIN & ASSOCIATES |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/08/97 | | CITY: WEST PALM BEACH REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:12 [ET]| | COUNTY: PALM BEACH STATE: FL |EVENT DATE: 01/08/97 | |LICENSE#: 972-8 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 07:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/08/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |CHRIS CHRISTENSEN RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CHARLES ADAMS | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, BUREAU OF RADIATION CONTROL REPORTED THAT | | ONE OF THEIR LICENSEES, ARDAMAN & ASSOCIATES OF WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA | | HAD A MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE STOLEN FROM THE BACK OF A VEHICLE. THE STOLEN | | GAUGE WAS A TROXLER MODEL 3411B CONTAINING 8mCi OF Cs-137 AND 40mCi OF | | Am/Be. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. MEDIA NOTIFICATION MIGHT | | ALSO OCCUR. REGION 2 (WOODRUFF) HAS BEEN NOTIFIED BY FLORIDA (ADAMS). | | | | ***UPDATE AT 12:01 BY ADAMS TO GOULD*** THE MISSING GAUGE WAS FOUND BY A | | HOMELESS PERSON NEAR THE FACILITY FROM WHICH IT WAS STOLEN. THE GAUGE WAS | | STILL INTACT. THE REGION 2 DUTY OFFICER WAS NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31556 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: COMANCHE PEAK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/08/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: TX |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:07 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/08/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 04:00[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CHARLES COTTON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/08/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: RUDY KARSCH +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |CHRIS VANDENBURGH RDO | |AENS 50.72(b)(1)(v) ENS INOPERABLE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 2 STARTUP | 2 STARTUP | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 25 OF 66 EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SIRENS ARE OUT OF SERVICE DUE TO FAILURE OF | | A POWER DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER. REPAIRS ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY | | 1030 CST. COMPENSATORY ACTIONS ARE IN PLACE. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE | | NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 31557 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: NUCOR STEEL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/08/97 | | CITY: BLYTHEVILLE REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:26 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: AR |EVENT DATE: 01/08/97 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 10:00[CST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/08/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |CHRIS VANDENBURGH RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CAIN REG 4 NRC | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REGION 4 WAS NOTIFIED BY ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THAT THE NUCOR STEEL | | SCRAP YARD IN BLYTHEVILLE ARKANSAS HAD RECEIVED A CONTAINER MEASURING 5" | | LONG BY 5" DIAMETER THAT WAS READING 200 mR/HR AT THE SURFACE. THE | | CONTAINER WAS ISOLATED AND A CONTRACTOR FROM TENNESSEE WILL PICK IT UP FROM | | NUCOR. THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE SOURCE IS OR WERE THE CONTAINER CAME | | FROM. REGION 4 NOTIFIED REGION 6 EPA. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO MEDIA | | INTEREST. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31558 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PRAIRIE ISLAND REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/08/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: MN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:41 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/08/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 11:55[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ANDERSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/08/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LEWIS MILLER 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED A CONDITION EXISTING ON THEIR AUXILIARY BUILDING | | CRANE THAT MAY PREVENT IT FROM MEETING ITS SINGLE-FAILURE-PROOF FEATURES. | | | | THE 125 TON AUX BUILDING CRANE IS DESIGNED TO MEET THE SINGLE-FAILURE PROOF | | GUIDELINES OF SECTION 5.1.6 OF NUREG-0612, "CONTROL OF HEAVY LOADS AT | | NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS". FOLLOWING RECENT HEAVY LOAD LIFTS USING THE | | AUXILIARY BUILDING CRANE, A SWITCH ON THE RADIO TRANSMITTER WAS DISCOVERED | | TO BE WIRED SUCH THAT TWO PROTECTIVE FEATURES ON THE CRANE WERE DEFEATED. | | THESE FEATURES ARE DRUM OVERSPEED AND THE SPENT FUEL POOL ROOF SLOT LIMIT | | SWITCH. FURTHER INVESTIGATION, OF THE TWO PROTECTIVE FEATURES WHICH WERE | | INADVERTENTLY DEFEATED, IS ON-GOING TO DETERMINE IF THEY MEET THE CRANE'S | | SINGLE-FAILURE-PROOF FEATURES AS DEFINED IN NUREG-0612. THE RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |HOSPITAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 31559 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: FROEDTERT MEM. LUTHERAN HOSPITAL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/08/97 | | CITY: MILWAUKEE REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:17 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: WI |EVENT DATE: 12/11/96 | |LICENSE#: 48-04193-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 16:30[CST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/08/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |LEWIS MILLER RDO | | | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RUNGE/GRUNEWLD | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL, WHICH IS AFFILIATED WITH THE | | MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN REPORTED THE LOSS OF A SMALL DARK BLUE PLASTIC | | BOTTLE LABELED PROTEIN CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 90 æCi OF I-125. THE LAST | | TIME THE BOTTLE WAS USED WAS 12/09/96, WHEN THE RESEARCHER USED 10 æCi AND | | STORED THE BOTTLE IN THE COLD ROOM UPON THE COMPLETION OF HIS WORK. AT | | 2200 ON 12/10/96, THE RESEARCHER SAW THE BOTTLE IN THE COLD ROOM, BUT WHEN | | THE RESEARCHER WENT TO RETRIEVE IT FROM THE COLD ROOM AT 1630 ON 12/11/96, | | THE BOTTLE WAS GONE. THEY MADE A THOROUGH SEARCH OF THE BUILDING FOR THE | | BOTTLE, BUT NO BOTTLE WAS FOUND. THE COLD ROOM IS LOCATED IN A CONTROLLED | | AREA AND THE ENTIRE FLOOR OF THE WING THAT THESE LABS ARE ON IS SECURED. | | ALL PERSONS WITH ACCESS TO THE AREA HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED WITH NO SUCCESS | | IN RETRIEVING THE BOTTLE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31560 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: POINT BEACH REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/08/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:43 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/08/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:09[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KING |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/08/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LEWIS MILLER RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | |ADAS 50.72(b)(2)(i) DEG/UNANALYZED COND | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THAT A CONDITION MAY EXIST WHERE THE SAFETY | | INJECTION(SI) TIMES MAY BE GREATER THAN WHAT WAS ASSUMED IN THE LARGE BREAK | | LOCA ANALYSIS. | | | | THE LARGE BREAK LOCA ANALYSIS(FSAR SECTION 14.3.2) ASSUMES THAT THE HIGH | | AND LOW HEAD SI SYSTEMS ARE CAPABLE OF DELIVERING FLOW IN 5 SECONDS AND 10 | | SECONDS RESPECTIVELY. CONSERVATIVE ANALYSIS, HOWEVER, HAS SHOWN THAT THESE | | TIMES MAY BE AS HIGH AS 8.0 SECONDS AND 23.7 SECONDS FOR HIGH AND LOW HEAD | | SI. PRELIMINARY EVALUATIONS HAVE SHOWN THAT THE ADDITIONAL TIME DELAYS | | RESULT IN A PEAK CLADDING TEMPERATURE OF 2187øF WHICH IS BELOW THE | | ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA OF 2200øF, BUT THEY WILL CONTINUE WITH A MORE COMPLETE | | EVALUATION. CORRECTIVE ACTION HAS NOT YET BEEN DECIDED. NO LCO ACTION | | STATEMENTS WERE ENTERED ON UNIT 1, BUT THEY HAVE AN OPERABILITY | | DETERMINATION BASED ON THEIR FUEL CLADDING TEMPERATURE NOT EXCEEDING THE | | ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA. THE 1 HR REPORTABLE EVENT, OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS, IS | | FOR UNIT 1 AND THE 4 HR REPORTABLE EVENT, DEGRADED WHILE SHUTDOWN, IS FOR | | UNIT 2. THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+