U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 01/22/97 - 01/23/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 31621 31631 31632 31633 31634 31635 31636 31637 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31621 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: LASALLE REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/20/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 06:05 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-5,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 01/20/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 04:05[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DARCEY HELD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/22/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BRUCE BURGESS RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | 2 | N N 0 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY INTO THE PROTECTED AREA BY CONTRACT EMPLOYEE. IMMEDIATE | | COMPENSATORY MEASURES TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE | | NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. | | | | * * * UPDATE 0947EST 1/20/97 FROM DORWICK TO S.SANDIN * * * | | THE LICENSEE ERRONEOUSLY REPORTED THE EVENT TIME AS 0359CST. THE LICENSEE | | INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | **RETRACTION OF EVENT AT 1956 EST 01/22/97 BY COVEYOU TAKEN BY MACKINNON ** | | UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE ABOVE INCIDENT AND REVIEW OF GENERIC | | LETTER 91-03 DATED 03/06/91, LASALLE STATION IS RETRACTING THE INCIDENT AS | | A REPORTABLE EVENT. THE BASIS FOR THE RETRACTION IS IDENTIFIED IN ENCLOSURE | | 1 TO GL 91-03, PAGE 2, WHICH IDENTIFIES AN AUTHORIZED INDIVIDUAL | | INADVERTENTLY ENTERING THE PROTECTED AREA THROUGH A VEHICLE GATE BEFORE | | BEING SEARCHED AND ISSUED A BADGE. IT FURTHER STATES, THE LICENSEE | | DISCOVERS THE EVENT, SEARCHES THE INDIVIDUAL, ISSUES A BADGE AND TAKES | | CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO PREVENT RECURRENCE. | | | | IN THE ABOVE INCIDENT, THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS AUTHORIZED UNESCORTED ACCESS, | | WAS IMMEDIATELY REMOVED FROM THE PROTECTED AREA AND REQUIRED TO PROCESS | | THROUGH THE SEARCH EQUIPMENT PRIOR TO RE-ENTRY AND, AS A RESULT OF | | BIOMETRICS IMPLEMENTATION, WAS NOT REQUIRED TO BE ISSUED A BADGE. | | | | CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE LASALLE SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR, JIM BELANGER AND | | JIM CREED OF REGION 3 IDENTIFIED THE INCIDENT AS A LOGGABLE EVENT BASED | | UPON THE ABOVE GUIDANCE. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | THE HOO NOTIFIED R3DO MARK RING. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 31631 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: U.S. ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/22/97 | | CITY: ADELPHI REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:43 [ET]| | COUNTY: PRINCE GEORGES STATE: MD |EVENT DATE: 01/22/97 | |LICENSE#: 19-17250-05 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:00[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/22/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |MOSLAK RDO | | |COOL EO | +------------------------------------------------+CONGEL IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE BORUSKI | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |MAAE 36.83(a)(5) INOP ACCESS CTRL SYS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT A RELAY ON A BACKUP ALARM SYSTEM HAS FAILED. A | | REPLACEMENT PART HAS BEEN ORDERED, AND SHOULD BE DELIVERED NEXT WEEK. THIS | | CONDITION DOES NOT COMPROMISE THE SAFETY OF THE IRRADIATOR FACILITY. THE | | LICENSEE HAS SUSPENDED USE OF THE IRRADIATOR SOURCE UNTIL THE BACKUP ALARM | | SYSTEM IS REPAIRED. | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS CONTACTED NRC REGION 1 (ULLRICH) REGARDING THIS EVENT. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31632 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: FT CALHOUN REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/22/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:05 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 01/22/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 08:50[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MATZE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/22/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |SPITZBERG 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 | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OPERATION WITH INOPERABLE MSSVs PLACES UNIT OUTSIDE OF DESIGN BASIS | | | | THE FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A FACSIMILE SUBMITTED BY THE LICENSEE: | | | | "ON JANUARY 22, 1997, THE OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT (OPPD) DETERMINED | | THAT PAST OPERATIONS WITH ONE OR TWO MAIN STEAM SAFETY VALVES (MSSV) | | INOPERABLE, AS PERMITTED BY TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 2.1.6(3), PLACED THE | | UNIT IN A CONDITION OUTSIDE ITS DESIGN BASIS. JUSTIFICATION FOR THE | | TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION IS BASED ON THE RESULTS OF ANALYSES, PERFORMED FOR | | UPDATED FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT (UFSAR) CHAPTER 14 TRANSIENT EVENTS, | | WHICH HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO BE UNCONSERVATIVE AS A RESULT OF NOT | | CONSIDERING THE PRESSURE DROP WHICH DEVELOPS BETWEEN THE STEAM GENERATOR | | (SG) AND MSSVs. A SIMILAR BUT INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION OF THE | | UNCONSERVATIVISM IN TRANSIENT ANALYSES PERFORMED BY COMBUSTION ENGINEERING | | (ABB-CE) FOR ALL THEIR PLANTS WAS MADE BY ABB-CE AND REPORTED TO THE NRC | | UNDER 10CFR21 ON 01/17/97. OPERATION WITH ONE OR TWO MSSVs INOPERABLE WOULD | | HAVE RESULTED IN THE SG SECONDARY SIDE PRESSURE EXCEEDING THE DESIGN | | ALLOWABLE OF 110% OVER DESIGN PRESSURE FOLLOWING A LOSS OF LOAD OR LOSS OF | | FEEDWATER TRANSIENT FROM 100% POWER WHEN ACCOUNTING FOR THE PRESSURE DROP, | | INSTRUMENT UNCERTAINTIES, AND SAFETY VALVE SETPOINT DRIFT ALLOWANCE. | | | | CURRENT CONDITIONS, WITH ALL MSSVs OPERABLE, HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO BE | | ACCEPTABLE. OPPD HAS ADOPTED AN INTERIM CONSERVATIVE ACTION STATEMENT TO | | SHUT THE PLANT DOWN IN THE EVENT ANY MSSV BECOMES INOPERABLE. ENGINEERING | | IS REANALYZING THE AFFECTED UFSAR CHAPTER 14 EVENTS TO DETERMINE IF A LESS | | CONSERVATIVE POSITION CAN BE JUSTIFIED." | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31633 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HARRIS REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/22/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:25 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/22/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:25[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KEN PACE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/22/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: UNUSUAL EVENT +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |TOM PEEBLES RDO | |AAEC 50.72(a)(1)(i) EMERGENCY DECLARED |BOB CAPRA EO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH |LOREN BUSH, NRR IAT | | |JOHN DAVIDSON, NMSS NMSS | | |FRANK CONGEL IRD | | |CHUCK DEPUY 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SECURITY EVENT DUE TO POTENTIAL TAMPERING/VANDALISM OF NON-SAFETY RELATED | | EQUIPMENT. IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY MEASURES TAKEN UPON DISCOVERY. | | | | LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR OF THIS EVENT. | | | | SEE HOO LOG BOOK FOR FURTHER DETAILS. | | | | * * * UPDATE @ 1608 EST ON 01/22/97 BY KEN PACE TAKEN BY MACKINNON * * * | | THE LICENSEE ENTERED A SECURITY ALERT STATUS AT 1400 EST AND THE LICENSEE | | ENTERED AN UNUSUAL EVENT CLASSIFICATION AT 1505 EST. THE LICENSEE SECURED | | THEIR SECURITY ALERT AT 1522 EST. NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED BY | | THE LICENSEE. R2DO (PEEBLES), NRR EO (CAPRA), IRD (CONGEL), FEMA (DEPUY), | | NRR IAT (BUSH), & NMSS IAT (WARREN) NOTIFIED BY THE HOO. | | | | * * * UPDATE @ 1624 EST ON 01/22/97 BY KEN PACE TAKEN BY MACKINNON * * * | | UNUSUAL EVENT WAS TERMINATED AT 1610 EST. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION SUGGESTS | | THAT THE PROBLEM MAY HAVE OCCURRED DURING EARLIER MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY. THE | | NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE. R2DO (FREDRICKSON), | | NRR EO (CAPRA), IRD (CONGEL), FEMA (DEPUY), NMSS IAT (WARREN), & NRR IAT | | (BUSH) NOTIFIED BY THE HOO. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31634 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DAVIS BESSE REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/22/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: OH |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:14 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-R-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/22/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:00[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOHN BALDWIN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/22/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MARK RING 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 | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE RESPONSE TO NRC GENERIC LETTER 96-06. | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT WAS TAKEN FROM A FACSIMILE SENT BY THE LICENSEE: | | | | "WHILE PERFORMING AN ENGINEERING EVALUATION IN RESPONSE TO GENERIC LETTER | | 96-06, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT PORTIONS OF PIPING ASSOCIATED WITH THE | | FOLLOWING CONTAINMENT PENETRATIONS COULD EXCEED THE INTERIM CODE ALLOWABLE | | VALUES: | | - COMPONENT COOLING WATER (CCW) OUTLET FROM CONTAINMENT | | - CCW TO CONTROL ROD DRIVE MECHANECIMS (CRDM) | | - DEMIN WATER | | - REACTOR COOLANT DRAIN TO REACTOR COOLANT DRAIN TANK | | - PRESSURIZER QUENCH TANK OUTLET | | - REFUELING CANAL FILL | | | | THE EVALUATION DETERMINED THAT WITHOUT CREDIT FOR LEAKAGE THROUGH ISOLATION | | VALVES, THE AFFECTED PIPING WOULD NOT RUPTURE AND THE PENETRATIONS WOULD | | PERFORM THEIR DESIGN FUNCTION. BASED ON VALVE DESIGN/CONFIGURATION, THE | | OVERPRESSURE CONCERN CAN BE ELIMINATED FOR THREE OF THE ABOVE PENETRATIONS. | | BASED ON THE PREEXISTING MEASURED LEAKAGE DURING LOCAL LEAK RATE TESTING, | | THE OVERPRESSURIZATION POTENTIAL PROBABLY DOES NOT EXIST FOR TWO OF THE | | ABOVE PENETRATIONS. THE REMAINING PENETRATION, CCW TO CRDMs WILL BE | | EVALUATED FURTHER FOR POTENTIAL MODIFICATIONS TO ADDRESS THE | | OVERPRESSURIZATION CONCERN. HOWEVER, BASED ON THE PRECEDING EVALUATION, IT | | IS CONCLUDED THAT THIS PENETRATION IS CAPABLE OF MAINTAINING CONTAINMENT | | INTEGRITY DURING A LARGE BREAK LOCA." | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 31635 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WATTS BAR REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/22/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: TN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:15 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 01/22/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:51[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PAT McGINNIS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/22/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |TOM PEEBLES RDO | |ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(ii) RPS ACTUATION | | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | A/R Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 0 HOT STANDBY | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | REACTOR TRIP/TURBINE TRIP DUE TO TRIP OF BOTH MAIN FEEDWATER PUMP TURBINES | | | | AT 1351, BOTH MAIN FEEDWATER PUMP TURBINES TRIPPED FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. | | THIS CAUSED THE MAIN TURBINE TO TRIP WHICH CAUSED THE REACTOR TO TRIP FROM | | 100% POWER. ALL CONTROL RODS INSERTED COMPLETELY. THE AUXILIARY FEEDWATER | | SYSTEM ACTUATED, AS DESIGNED. STEAM IS BEING DUMPED TO THE MAIN CONDENSER. | | THE PLANT IS STABLE IN MODE 3 (HOT STANDBY). | | | | THE LICENSEE IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE MAIN FEEDWATER PUMP TURBINE | | TRIPS. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 31636 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/22/97 | | CITY: BETHESDA REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:17 [ET]| | COUNTY: MONTGOMERY STATE: MD |EVENT DATE: 01/22/97 | |LICENSE#: 19-00296-10 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 10:30[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/22/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |TOM MOSLAK RDO | | |JOE HOLONICH (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROBERT ZOON | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 mCi OF SODIUM IODIDE (NaI) IS MISSING | | | | AT 1030 EST ON 01/22/97, AN NIH RESEARCH SCIENTIST REPORTED TO THE | | RADIATION SAFETY BRANCH THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A PACKAGE OF I-125 | | LABELED SODIUM IODIDE WHICH HAD BEEN DELIVERED TO HIS RESEARCH LABORATORY | | ON 01/10/97. THE I-125 ACTIVITY IN THE VIAL WAS 1 MILLICURIE (37 MBq), | | (DUPONT NEN PRODUCT NUMBER NEZ-033L). THE PACKAGE CONSISTED OF A US DOT 7A | | TYPE 'A' CARDBOARD BOX, INNER STYROFOAM LINER AND THE VIAL, A DUPONT | | NENSURE LUCITE VIAL SECURED WITHIN A PLASTIC-COATED SCREW-TOP LEAD SHIELD. | | | | THE SCIENTIST FIRST BEGAN LOOKING FOR THE PACKAGE AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 EST | | ON 01/21/97. WHEN HE DID NOT FIND IT IN THE EXPECTED LOCATION, HE INITIATED | | A SEARCH. IT WAS NOT UNTIL HE INTERVIEWED OTHER LAB PERSONNEL AND COMPLETED | | HIS SEARCH THAT HE CONCLUDED THE PACKAGE WAS MISSING. HE THEN REPORTED THE | | POSSIBLE LOSS TO THE RADIATION SAFETY BRANCH. | | | | A SECOND EXTENSIVE SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED BY THE SCIENTISTS INVOLVED, WITH | | THE ASSISTANCE OF THE RADIATION SAFETY BRANCH ON 01/22/97. AS OF 1400 EST | | THE MATERIAL HAD NOT BEEN LOCATED. | | | | POSSIBLE DISPOSITIONS WHICH ARE BEING INVESTIGATED FURTHER ARE: | | 1. THE PACKAGE CONTAINING THE SOURCE VIAL WAS INADVERTENTLY DISCARDED AS | | NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTE. | | 2. INADVERTENT DISPOSAL INTO DRY RADIOACTIVE WASTE, WHICH WAS COLLECTED ON | | 01/16/97, AND | | 3. STORAGE OF THE PACKAGE IN A LOCATION NOT YET DISCOVERED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |TRANSPORTATION EVENT | |EVENT NUMBER: 31637 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: MONTICELLO NUCLEAR POWER PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/22/97 | | CITY: MINNEAPOLIS REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:50 [ET]| | COUNTY: RAMESY STATE: MN |EVENT DATE: 01/22/97 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 18:30[CST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/22/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |MARK RING RDO | | |JOE HOLONICH (NMSS) EO | +------------------------------------------------+MIKE WYATT DOE | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TIM LAPLANT |RUTHERFORD (NRC) DOT | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON |FRANK CONGEL IRD | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NTRA TRANSPORTATION EVENT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TRANSPORTATION EVENT INVOLVING CONTAMINATED INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT | | | | MONTICELLO NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WAS NOTIFIED BY BURLINGTON NORTHERN THAT A | | TRAIN CARRYING A USED TURBINE ROTOR FROM THEIR PLANT HAD COLLIDED WITH THE | | WASHINGTON AVENUE BRIDGE IN MINNEAPOLIS, MN. THE SHIPPING BOX CONTAINING | | THE ROTOR HAS BEEN PUNCTURED, BUT THERE WAS NO RELEASE OF RADIOACTIVE | | MATERIAL. THE LICENSEE IS DISPATCHING PERSONNEL TO THE ACCIDENT SCENE TO | | TAKE ADDITIONAL RADIATION SURVEYS. | | | | THE TURBINE ROTOR WAS SHIPPED FROM THE PLANT TODAY (01/22/97). THE ACCIDENT | | TOOK PLACE ABOUT 30 MILES FROM THE PLANT. THE LICENSEE REPRESENTATIVE DID | | NOT HAVE THE SHIPPING PAPERS SO HE WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL | | INFORMATION TO THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+