U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 08/25/97 - 08/26/97 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 32670 32790 32811 32812 32813 32814 32815 32816 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32670 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BRUNSWICK REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/24/97 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: NC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:52 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 07/24/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:23[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HAL WALL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/25/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |KERRY LANDIS RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | |NLCO TECH SPEC LCO A/S | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ACTUATION OF THE CONTROL BUILDING EMERGENCY AIR FILTRATION (CBEAF) SYSTEM | | DUE TO A FLANGE LEAK ON THE #2 CHLORINATOR FOLLOWING MAINTENANCE | | | | AT 1523, THE CBEAF SYSTEM ACTUATED WHILE THE LICENSEE WAS PLACING THE | | CHLORINATION SYSTEM IN SERVICE FOLLOWING MAINTENANCE. THE SYSTEM ALIGNED | | TO THE CHLORINATION PROTECTION MODE AND FUNCTIONED AS DESIGNED. THE | | INITIATING EVENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE A FLANGE LEAK ON THE #2 CHLORINATOR. | | | | WHEN THE CBEAF SYSTEM ALIGNED TO THE CHLORINE PROTECTION MODE, THE CBEAF | | HIGH RADIATION AND SMOKE/FIRE PROTECTION MODES BECOME INOPERABLE. WITH | | BOTH OF THESE MODES OF OPERATION INOPERABLE, THE UNITS ENTERED A 12-HOUR | | LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATION. THIS LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATION | | WAS EXITED AT 1542 WHEN THE CBEAF SYSTEM WAS RESTORED TO ITS NORMAL LINEUP. | | THE UNITS ALSO ENTERED ABNORMAL OPERATING PROCEDURE AOP-34, CHLORINE | | EMERGENCIES, AND PERSONNEL WERE EVACUATED FROM THE AFFECTED AREAS. THE | | CHLORINE TANK CAR WAS ISOLATED, AND SURVEYS WERE PERFORMED. SURVEYS | | PERFORMED AT 1531 SHOWED CHLORINE CONCENTRATION LEVELS AT ZERO. ABNORMAL | | OPERATING PROCEDURE AOP-34 WAS EXITED AT 1548. IN ADDITION, CONTROL | | BUILDING VENTILATION HAS BEEN RESTORED TO THE NORMAL LINEUP. THE LICENSEE | | PLANS TO REPAIR THE #2 CHLORINATOR UNDER WORK REQUEST/JOB ORDER 97-AEMX1. | | THE LICENSEE ALSO PLANS TO PERFORM ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION AND RESOLUTION | | IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANT CORRECTIVE ACTION PROGRAM. | | | | THE LICENSEE DETERMINED THE SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS EVENT TO BE MINIMAL | | BECAUSE THE CBEAF SYSTEM FUNCTIONED AS DESIGNED. THERE WERE NO PERSONNEL | | INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * 1532 AUGUST 25, 1997, UPDATE FROM TABOR RECEIVED BY TROCINE * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION BASED UPON A REVIEW OF | | THE UPDATED FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT AND SPECIFIC CHLORINE BUILDING | | HEATING VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING DESIGN BASIS DOCUMENTATION. THE | | LICENSEE'S REVIEW CONCLUDED THAT THE CBEAF SYSTEM WAS NOT AN ENGINEERED | | SAFETY FEATURE SYSTEM. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC OPERATIONS | | CENTER NOTIFIED THE R2DO (DECKER). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 32790 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: CTL ENGINEERING INC |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/20/97 | | CITY: COLUMBUS REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:15 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: OH |EVENT DATE: 08/20/97 | |LICENSE#: 34-18533-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 07:15[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/25/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |BRUCE BURGESS RDO | | |COMBS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CROWLEY | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT A CPN NUCLEAR DENSITY GAUGE WITH ITS CASE WAS | | STOLEN FROM THE BACK OF A TECHNICIAN'S PICKUP TRUCK WHILE IT WAS PARKED | | LAST NIGHT AT HIS RESIDENCE. A SEARCH WAS MADE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT | | NOTHING WAS FOUND. THE GAUGE, MODEL "MC1DR" SERIAL # MD30501480, CONTAINED | | APPROXIMATELY 9 MILLICURIES OF CS-137 AND 40 MILLICURIES OF AM-241. IT WAS | | LAST SEEN YESTERDAY EVENING. THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE POLICE AND WILL | | NOTIFY THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FEMA. THEY ALSO NOTIFIED NRC | | REGION 3 (PARKER). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0955 ON 8/25/97 FROM CROWLEY TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THE GAUGE WAS RECOVERED ON 8/23/97 BY THE LONDON, OHIO, POLICE DEPARTMENT. | | THE GAUGE WAS STILL LOCKED, AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF TAMPERING. THE | | LICENSEE HAS TAKEN POSESSION OF THE GAUGE. THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER | | NOTIFIED THE R3DO (JORDAN). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 32811 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/25/97 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:29 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 08/25/97 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 10:00[EDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/25/97 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N | | | DOCKET: 0707002 | | +------------------------------------------------+JAMES BELANGER, REG3 IAT | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JOSEPH HALCOMB | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NCFR NON CFR REPORT REQMNT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | COMPROMISE OF CONFIDENTIAL/RESTRICTED DATA (1-HOUR REPORT) | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE SUBMITTED BY PORTSMOUTH: | | | | "ON 8/25/97 AT 1240 HOURS, IT WAS CONFIRMED BY THE SITE SECURITY DEPARTMENT | | THAT A COMPROMISE OF CONFIDENTIAL/RESTRICTED DATA (C-RD) HAD OCCURRED. THE | | COMPROMISE WAS THE RESULT OF C-RD LETTERS BEING FOUND STORED IN AN | | UNSECURED FILE." DISCOVERY OF THE UNSECURED LETTERS OCCURRED AT 1000, AND | | THE LETTERS WERE CONFIRMED TO BE C-RD AT 1240. THE LETTERS WERE REMOVED | | UPON DISCOVERY. AN INVESTIGATION IS CURRENTLY ONGOING. | | | | PORTSMOUTH NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND PLANS TO NOTIFY THE | | DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (SITE). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32812 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HADDAM NECK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/25/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:47 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/25/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:25[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JUSTIN GENEST |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/25/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JAMES LINVILLE 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 N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCOVERY THAT THE SPENT FUEL VENTILATION SYSTEM IS OUTSIDE THE DESIGN | | BASIS WHEN THE SUPPLY FAN IS RUNNING | | | | THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT THE SPENT FUEL VENTILATION SYSTEM IS OUTSIDE | | THE DESIGN BASIS WHEN THE SUPPLY FAN IS RUNNING. SECTION 9.4.2.2 OF THE | | PLANT'S UPDATED FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT STATES THAT THE DESIGN FLOW OF | | THE EXHAUST UNIT EXCEEDS THE SUPPLY CAPACITY MAINTAINING A SMALL CONTINUOUS | | INFILTRATION INTO THE SPENT FUEL BUILDING IN ORDER TO PREVENT RELEASE OF | | CONTAMINATION FROM THE BUILDING. SINCE THIS CONTINUOUS INFILTRATION WAS | | NOT MET, THE SYSTEM WAS CONSIDERED TO BE OUTSIDE ITS DESIGN BASIS. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT | | OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32813 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SUMMER REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/25/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:35 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/25/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:46[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: APRIL RICE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/25/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |THOMAS DECKER RDO | |HFIT 26.73 FITNESS FOR DUTY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 FOLLOWUP DRUG/ALCOHOL TEST FOR A LICENSED REACTOR OPERATOR WAS CONFIRMED | | TO HAVE POSITIVE RESULTS FOR ALCOHOL. | | | | ON AUGUST 25, 1997, A LICENSED REACTOR OPERATOR WAS SELECTED FOR A FOLLOWUP | | DRUG/ALCOHOL TEST, AND THIS TEST SHOWED A CONFIRMED POSITIVE RESULT FOR | | ALCOHOL (GREATER THAN 0.04% BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT). THE OPERATOR WAS | | ASSIGNED TO THE TRAINING CENTER AND WAS NOT ON SHIFT AT THE TIME. THE | | OPERATOR'S ACCESS TO THE SITE HAS BEEN DENIED. FURTHER ACTION IS BEING | | EVALUATED. THE LICENSEE REPORTED THIS EVENT UNDER 10 CFR 26.73(a)(2)(ii). | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE NRC REGION 2 | | OFFICE (GEORGE HOPPER). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32814 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: ROBINSON REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/25/97 | |UNIT: [2] [ ] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:35 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/22/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 07:17[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID CROOK |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/25/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |THOMAS DECKER RDO | |AESS 50.72(b)(1)(v) EMERGENCY SIREN INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCOVERY OF INOPERABLE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM SIRENS (13 OUT OF 45) | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE LICENSEE: | | | | "ON AUGUST 22, 1997, AT 0717 HOURS, AN APPARENT POWER OUTAGE CAUSED ALARMS | | ON 13 OF THE 45 EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM SIRENS WITHIN THE 10-MILE | | EMERGENCY PLANNING ZONE. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE IMMEDIATELY | | DISPATCHED; HOWEVER, POWER WAS RESTORED PRIOR TO THEIR ARRIVAL AT THE SIREN | | SITES. ON AUGUST 25, 1997, AT 1610 HOURS, THE INVESTIGATION CONFIRMED THAT | | THE POWER OUTAGE RENDERED THESE SIRENS INOPERABLE FROM 0717 TO 0728 HOURS | | [ON AUGUST 22, 1997]. A ROUTE ALERT PROCESS VIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES | | WAS AVAILABLE AS A COMPENSATORY MEASURE FOR THE INOPERABLE SIRENS IN | | ACCORDANCE WITH STATE EMERGENCY PLANNING PROCEDURES. DUE TO THE SHORT | | DURATION OF THE INOPERABLE SIRENS, THE PROCESS WAS NOT REQUIRED TO BE | | IMPLEMENTED." | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 32815 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CLINTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/25/97 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:35 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 08/25/97 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:00[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WAYNE D. ROMBERG |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/25/97 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |MIKE JORDAN RDO | |CCCC 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | |VERN HODGE (NRR) RVIB | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 10 CFR PART 21 NOTIFICATION - CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR DIVISION 1 EMERGENCY | | DIESEL GENERATOR (EDG) FEED BREAKER DOES NOT MEET DESIGN BASIS DUE TO | | DESIGN ERROR AND COULD PREVENT POWER FOR DIVISION 1 SAFE SHUTDOWN EQUIPMENT | | DURING A MAIN CONTROL ROOM FIRE WITH A LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER. | | | | THIS REPORT INVOLVES THE DESIGN OF THE CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR DIVISION 1 EDG | | 4-KV 1A1 FEED CIRCUIT BREAKER 252-DG1KA. THE CONTROL CIRCUIT DESIGN WAS | | SUPPLIED BY SARGENT & LUNDY. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SAFE SHUTDOWN ANALYSIS | | AND 10 CFR PART 50, APPENDIX R, SECTION III.L, THE CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR THE | | BREAKER IS REQUIRED TO BE DESIGNED TO ALLOW ISOLATION OF THE MAIN CONTROL | | ROOM WIRING/CONTROLS AND OPERATION OF THE BREAKER FROM THE REMOTE SHUTDOWN | | PANEL DURING A FIRE IN THE MAIN CONTROL ROOM. | | | | THE NATURE OF THE DEFICIENCY IS THE ABSENCE OF ISOLATION CONTACTS IN THE | | DESIGN OF THE OFFSITE SOURCE PERMISSIVE HAND SWITCH CIRCUIT. SINCE THE | | CIRCUIT INCLUDES A CABLE IN THE MAIN CONTROL ROOM, IT SHOULD BE ISOLATED TO | | ASSURE OPERABILITY OF THE EDG FEED BREAKER WHILE PLACING THE PLANT IN SAFE | | SHUTDOWN FROM THE REMOTE SHUTDOWN PANEL. DURING A POSTULATED FIRE IN THE | | MAIN CONTROL ROOM CONCURRENT WITH A LOSS OF OFFSITE POWER, FIRE COULD | | DAMAGE THE MAIN CONTROL ROOM CABLES. THIS IN TURN COULD CAUSE MULTIPLE | | GROUND FAULTS, THE LOSS OF CONTROL POWER FOR THE DIVISION 1 EDG FEED | | BREAKER, AND A LOSS OF POWER TO DIVISION 1 EQUIPMENT. THE SAFE SHUTDOWN | | ANALYSIS RELIES ON DIVISION 1 EQUIPMENT OPERATED FROM THE REMOTE SHUTDOWN | | PANEL IN ORDER TO BRING THE PLANT TO A SAFE SHUTDOWN CONDITION IN THE EVENT | | OF A FIRE IN THE MAIN CONTROL ROOM. | | | | THIS ISSUE POTENTIALLY AFFECTS ALL CIRCUITS ROUTED THROUGH THE REMOTE | | SHUTDOWN PANEL. THE FOLLOWING TWO CIRCUITS WERE IDENTIFIED TO BE DEFICIENT | | IN DESIGN: THE CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR BREAKER 252-DG1KA AND THE CONTROL | | CIRCUIT FOR THE DIVISION 1 ESSENTIAL SWITCHGEAR HEAT REMOVAL SYSTEM FAN | | DAMPER. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS NOT AWARE OF OTHER FACILITIES THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY | | THIS DEFICIENCY. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 32816 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: LAW ENGINEERING |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/25/97 | | CITY: TULSA REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 20:31 [ET]| | COUNTY: TULSA STATE: OK |EVENT DATE: 08/25/97 | |LICENSE#: 35-27045-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 16:30[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/25/97 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JEFF SHACKELFORD RDO | | |FREDERICK COMBS/NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIKE HOMAN | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MISSING TROXLER NUCLEAR DENSITY GAUGE | | | | AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 CDT, A TROXLER NUCLEAR DENSITY GAUGE WAS LEFT AT A | | JOB SITE LOCATED AT AN OPEN LOT NEAR 63rd STREET AND 91st EAST AVENUE IN | | TULSA, OKLAHOMA. THE SOURCE (8.7mCi OF CESIUM-137 AND 40mCi OF | | AMERICIUM-241) WAS NOT IN THE LOCKED POSITION AT THE TIME. IT WAS LOCATED | | IN A HOLE AT THE JOB SITE. THE GAUGE WAS DISCOVERED TO BE MISSING AT 1630 | | CDT, AND THE LICENSEE RETURNED TO THE JOB SITE TO RETRIEVE IT. THE GAUGE | | WAS NO LONGER THERE, AND THE SOURCE WAS NO LONGER IN THE HOLE. | | | | THE GAUGE WAS LABELLED, AND THE LICENSEE STATED THAT THE RISK TO THE PUBLIC | | WAS MINIMAL. THE LICENSEE HAS ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE CONTRACTOR (BUILDER | | AT THE SITE) AND HAS LEFT MESSAGES TO SEE IF THE CONTRACTOR MAY HAVE | | SECURED THE GAUGE. THE LICENSEE ALSO PLANS TO NOTIFY THE COUNTY HEALTH | | DEPARTMENT AND THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT. A PRESS RELEASE IS NOT PLANED | | AT THIS TIME. (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR A SITE CONTACT STREET ADDRESS AND | | TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | | | | * * * 2058 EDT AUGUST 25, 1997, UPDATE FROM HOMAN RECEIVED BY TROCINE * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IDENTIFIED THAT THE MISSING GAUGE WAS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE | | CONTRACTOR AND THAT THE SOURCE WAS IN A SAFE POSITION. A LICENSEE | | REPRESENTATIVE IS CURRENTLY EN ROUTE TO RETRIEVE THE GAUGE. | | | | THE LICENSEE NO LONGER PLANS TO NOTIFY THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR THE | | LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R4DO | | (SHACKLEFORD) AND NMSS EO (COMBS). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+