U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 02/04/98 - 02/05/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 33640 33645 33647 33648 33649 33650 33651 33652 33653 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33640 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/03/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:40 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 01/29/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 01:30[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/04/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |BRENT CLAYTON RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |MARGARET FEDERLINE EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT/AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RON CRABTREE | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - LOSS OF ONE DOUBLE CONTINGENCY CONTROL (SPACING) IN THE X-333 BUILDING - | | | | AT 0130 ON 01/29/98, PLANT OPERATIONS PERSONNEL DISCOVERED A POTENTIAL | | NON-COMPLIANCE WITH A NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY APPROVAL (NCSA) WHEN A | | CALIBRATION BUGGY (A 2.5-FEET LONG, 1.5-FEET WIDE, PORTABLE CART) WAS FOUND | | LOCATED ADJACENT TO A HOUSING CONTAINING UF6 PIPING. PLANT OPERATIONS | | PERSONNEL MOVED THE BUGGY TO A SAFE LOCATION AND CORDONED OFF THE AREA | | UNTIL AN EVALUATION COULD BE PERFORMED AND NRC REPORTABILITY DETERMINED. | | | | AT 0104 ON 02/03/98, PLANT OPERATIONS PERSONNEL DETERMINED THAT THIS EVENT | | IS AN NRC BULLETIN 91-01, 24-HOUR, REPORTABLE EVENT SINCE UF6 WOULD HAVE | | FLOWED THROUGH THE PIPING ADJACENT TO THE BUGGY WHEN THE X-333 OPERATION | | WAS STARTED UP. THE LOCATION OF THE BUGGY NEAR THE UF6 PIPING CONSTITUTED | | THE LOSS OF ONE CONTROL (SPACING) OF THE DOUBLE CONTINGENCY CONTROL MATRIX | | AS DEFINED IN NCSA-PLANT 069.A00, CONTINGENCY EVENT A/B-7.1, CONTROL 'A,' | | REQUIREMENT #3, WHICH REQUIRES 2 FEET EDGE-TO-EDGE SPACING BETWEEN TEST | | BUGGIES AND OTHER URANIUM BEARING EQUIPMENT. | | | | CONTROL 'B' (MASS CONTROL) WAS MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT. THERE WAS | | NO LOSS OF HAZARDOUS OR RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL OR RADIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION | | EXPOSURE AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND PLANS TO INFORM THE | | SITE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REPRESENTATIVE. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 0206 ON 02/04/98 FROM CRABTREE TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | THIS REPORT IS BEING RETRACTED. AT 1530 ON 02/03/98, AFTER INVESTIGATING | | THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND EQUIPMENT INVOLVED IN THE EVENT, REGULATORY AFFAIRS | | PERSONNEL DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO LOSS OF NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY | | CONTROL AS INITIALLY REPORTED. CALIBRATION BUGGIES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE | | 'TEST BUGGIES' COVERED BY NCSA-PLANT 069.A00 AS INITIALLY REPORTED. MANY | | TYPES OF TEST BUGGIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE NCSA, BUT CALIBRATION BUGGIES | | WERE SPECIFICALLY EXEMPTED FROM THIS NCSA AS EARLY AS 03/07/97 SINCE THE | | MANNER IN WHICH THESE BUGGIES ARE USED WOULD NOT REQUIRE NCS SPACING | | REQUIREMENTS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE USED ON EQUIPMENT FROM WHICH | | FISSILE MATERIAL HAS BEEN EVACUATED. AT THIS TIME, NO NCSA IS REQUIRED FOR | | THE USE OF THESE CALIBRATION BUGGIES. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY PORTSMOUTH. THE NRC | | OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R3DO (CLAYTON). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33645 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HATCH REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/03/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: GA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:34 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 02/03/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:01[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: FRANK GORLEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/04/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |THOMAS DECKER RDO | |AESF 50.72(b)(2)(ii) ESF ACTUATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNANTICIPATED TRIP OF A CONTROL ROOM OUTSIDE AIR INLET RADIATION MONITOR | | AND SUBSEQUENT AUTOMATIC SWAP OF THE MAIN CONTROL ROOM ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM | | TO THE PRESSURIZATION MODE | | | | CONTROL ROOM OUTSIDE AIR INLET RADIATION MONITOR 1Z41-R615A TRIPPED FOR | | UNKNOWN REASONS AND CAUSED THE MAIN CONTROL ROOM ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM TO | | AUTOMATICALLY SWAP TO THE PRESSURIZATION MODE. THE LICENSEE SUSPECTS THAT | | THE TRIP WAS SPURIOUS; HOWEVER, INVESTIGATIONS ARE STILL UNDERWAY. THERE | | WERE NO SURVEILLANCE OR MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES ONGOING AT THE TIME OF THE | | EVENT. THE RADIATION MONITOR HAS SINCE BEEN RESET, AND THE UNIT IS NOT IN | | A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATION AS A RESULT OF | | THIS EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1543 ON 02/04/98 FROM JAMES BARNES RECEIVED BY TROCINE * * | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION AFTER DETERMINING THAT | | THE INSTRUMENT SPIKE WAS THE RESULT OF AN INVALID SIGNAL. THEREFORE, THE | | LICENSEE BELIEVES THAT THIS EVENT DID NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID ENGINEERED | | SAFETY FEATURE ACTUATION. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE R2DO (DECKER) | | WAS NOTIFIED BY THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33647 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CLINTON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/04/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:01 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 02/04/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 00:10[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: FUNKHOUSER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/04/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |BRENT CLAYTON RDO | |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 N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | POTENTIAL COMMON MODE FAILURE OF SERVICE WATER MOTOR-OPERATED VALVES | | | | THE LICENSEE HAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EXPLICIT | | INSTRUCTIONS TO PROHIBIT MOTOR-OPERATED VALVE (MOV) TEST PREP SWITCHES | | (TPS) FOR TWO OR MORE DIVISIONS OF THE SHUTDOWN SERVICE WATER SYSTEM (SX) | | FROM BEING PLACED IN THE 'TEST' POSITION SIMULTANEOUSLY. PLACING TPSs FOR | | MORE THAN ONE DIVISION IN 'TEST' INTRODUCES THE POSSIBILITY OF A COMMON | | MODE FAILURE THAT COULD DISABLE MULTIPLE DIVISIONS OF SX. WHEN A TPS IS | | PLACED IN 'TEST,' THE TORQUE SWITCH AND THERMAL OVERLOADS FOR THE MOV ARE | | ENGAGED. PER OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS MANUAL (ORM) 2.5.2, THE TORQUE SWITCH | | AND THERMAL OVERLOADS ARE NORMALLY BYPASSED TO ENSURE THAT THEY WILL NOT | | PREVENT SAFETY-RELATED VALVES FROM PERFORMING THEIR FUNCTION. THE TPSs ARE | | TEMPORARILY PLACED IN 'TEST' DURING TESTING AND ROUTINE OPERATION OF THE | | VALVES. | | | | A SIMILAR COMMON MODE FAILURE OCCURRED ON 04/09/96 WHEN VALVES 1SX014A AND | | B (NONSAFETY SERVICE WATER TO SHUTDOWN SERVICE WATER ISOLATION VALVES) | | FAILED TO CLOSE COMPLETELY AFTER A LOSS OF SERVICE WATER. THE VALVES | | TORQUED OUT PRIOR TO COMPLETE CLOSURE DUE TO THE DIVISION 1 AND 2 TPSs | | BEING PLACED IN THE 'TEST' POSITION FOR ROUTINE VALVE OPERATION. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33648 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: WATTS BAR REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/04/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: TN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:05 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/04/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:10[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RICK O'REAR |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/04/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |THOMAS DECKER RDO | |AARC 50.72(b)(1)(v) OTHER ASMT/COMM INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 | 0 | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE CONTROL ROOM WAS NOTIFIED THAT 33 OF 99 EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM | | SIRENS HAVE LOST POWER DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. ACTIONS ARE UNDERWAY TO | | DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC CAUSE OF THE LOSS OF POWER AND TO RESTORE THE SIRENS | | TO OPERABLE STATUS. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33649 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: SEQUOYAH REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/04/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: TN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:06 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/04/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:12[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CHRIS REEVES |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/04/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |THOMAS DECKER RDO | |AARC 50.72(b)(1)(v) OTHER ASMT/COMM INOP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 CONTROL ROOM WAS NOTIFIED THAT 29 OF 107 SIRENS ARE INOPERABLE DUE TO | | ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33650 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NINE MILE POINT REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/04/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:50 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-2,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 02/04/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:50[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KENNO LAMPMAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/04/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |LAURIE PELUSO RDO | |CCCC 21.21 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | |VERN HODGE (PCEB) NRR | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 95 POWER OPERATION | 95 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 10 CFR PART 21: LOCKUP OF WESTRONICS RECORDERS DUE TO SERVO AMPLIFIER | | BOARD OVERRANGE FEATURE - THIS PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED IN THE FALL OF 1997. | | | | DESCRIPTION OF CONDITION: | | | | THE DEVIATION DESCRIBED IN THE REFERENCED DEVIATION EVENT REPORTS (DER) | | AFFECTS THE FIVE SAFETY-RELATED (SR) RECORDERS. RECORDERS 2ISC*LR1623A/B | | AND 2ISC*PR1623A/B WERE SUPPLIED TO GENERAL ELECTRIC (GE) BY WESTRONICS AS | | NON-SAFETY-RELATED INSTRUMENTS (NSR) AND WERE UPGRADED TO SR BY GE | | (PURCHASE ORDER/SPEC. P800A). FUEL ZONE LEVEL RECORDER 2ISC*LR1615 WAS | | SUPPLIED AS SR EQUIPMENT AND IS FED FROM TRANSMITTER 2ISC*LT13B. THE WIDE | | RANGE LEVEL RECORDERS 2ISC*LR1623A/B ARE FED FROM TRANSMITTERS 2ISC*LT9A/B. | | THE LATTER RECORDERS EACH ALSO DISPLAY VESSEL PRESSURE ON A SECOND CHANNEL | | AND PEN. THE PRESSURE CHANNELS 2ISC*PR1623A/B ARE FED FROM PRESSURE | | TRANSMITTERS 2ISC*PT16A/B. ALL OF THE AFFECTED RECORDERS ARE ON MAIN | | CONTROL ROOM PANEL 2CEC*PNL601. ALL OF THESE RECORDERS ARE SR TECHNICAL | | SPECIFICATIONS POST-ACCIDENT MONITORING INSTRUMENTS. THEY ARE IDENTIFIED | | ON THE NMP2 MASTER EQUIPMENT LIST AS REGULATORY GUIDE 1.97 MONITORING | | EQUIPMENT. ALL OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED RECORDERS WERE INSTALLED WHEN THE | | PLANT WAS INITIALLY LICENSED. | | | | DERs 2-97-1662 AND 2-97-3030 DESCRIBE FAILURES OF THE AFFECTED VESSEL | | PRESSURE AND LEVEL RECORDERS LISTED ABOVE SUCH THAT THE AFFECTED RECORDER | | CHANNEL LOCKS UP TEMPORARILY UNDER CONDITIONS WHERE THEY EXPERIENCE A LARGE | | STEP CHANGE IN THE PROCESS VARIABLE MONITORED OR WHEN THE RECORDERS HAVE | | THE PEN MANUALLY MOVED FROM THE POSITION TO WHICH IT WAS DRIVEN BY THE | | SERVO AMPLIFIER BOARD (WESTRONICS PART NUMBER CB100124N04). | | | | ALL OF THE POTENTIALLY AFFECTED RECORDERS NOW ARE (AS OF THE FALL OF 1997) | | NOW EQUIPPED WITH THE NEWER SERVO AMPLIFIER BOARDS. THESE BOARDS HAVE AN | | INHERENT TIME DELAY THAT ALLOWS THE BOARD TO FUNCTION UNDER TRANSIENT | | CONDITIONS WITHOUT LOCKING UP. THERE HAVE BEEN NO FURTHER FAILURES (OF THE | | TYPE DESCRIBED) EXPERIENCED SINCE THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW BOARDS. | | THEREFORE, NO FURTHER MAINTENANCE ACTION IS REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO THESE | | RECORDERS. | | | | PROCUREMENT PERSONNEL HAVE VERIFIED THAT NONE OF THE OLDER MODEL BOARDS ARE | | BEING UTILIZED AT NINE MILE POINT UNIT 1 OR ARE BEING MAINTAINED AS SPARES. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 33651 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: UNKNOWN |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/04/98 | | CITY: TARPON SPRINGS REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:13 [ET]| | COUNTY: PINELLAS STATE: FL |EVENT DATE: 02/03/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 10:49[EST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/04/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |THOMAS DECKER RDO | | |JOHN GREEVES/NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT/AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KEVIN RAMSEY (NRC NMSS) |B. CARR (VIA FAX) FEMA | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE |T. TANNER (VIA FAX) DOE | +------------------------------------------------+(VIA FAX) USDA | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | RADIOACTIVE OBJECT FOUND BY AN INDIVIDUAL IN TARPON SPRINGS, FLORIDA | | | | AT 1613 ON 02/04/98, THE NRC's OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS SAFETY AND | | SAFEGUARDS (KEVIN RAMSEY) NOTIFIED THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER OF THE NRC'S | | RECEIPT OF INFORMATION REGARDING A RADIOACTIVE OBJECT THAT WAS FOUND BY AN | | INDIVIDUAL. | | | | AT 1049 ON 02/03/98, ELECTRONIC MAIL WAS SENT FROM CARLENE HOBBS OF TARPON | | SPRINGS, FLORIDA, TO THE NRC WEB SITE REGARDING A RADIOACTIVE OBJECT THAT | | HAD BEEN FOUND. THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF THE ELECTRONIC MAIL | | WHICH WAS RECEIVED BY THE NRC's OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS: | | | | "I RECENTLY FOUND AN OBJECT THAT APPEARS TO BE ABOUT 10 INCHES IN LENGTH BY | | 7/8 INCHES IN DIAMETER. IT SORT OF LOOKS LIKE A WOVEN PLASTIC CABLE WITH | | ONE END ROUNDED AND THE OTHER HAVING WHAT MAY BE TWO CONNECTORS. IT | | MEASURED JUST OVER 7,000 MIL ROENTGENS WITH A LUDLUM [SCINTALLATOR]. CAN | | YOU TELL ME WHAT THIS OBJECT IS? OR TELL ME WHO CAN? THANK YOU FOR YOUR | | HELP." | | | | THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS (VICTOR DRICKS) NOTIFIED THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR | | MATERIALS SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS AT 1429 ON 02/04/98 AND INFORMED THEM OF | | THEIR REPLY TO CARLENE HOBBS. THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS ADVISED HER | | THAT THE OBJECT COULD BE DANGEROUS, TO KEEP HER DISTANCE FROM IT, TO CALL | | HER LOCAL POLICE OR FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR ASSISTANCE, AND TO CALL THE NRC. | | | | THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS UNSUCCESSFULLY | | ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT CARLENE HOBBS VIA TELEPHONE. AS A RESULT, THIS OFFICE | | (BRIAN SMITH) SENT AN ELECTRONIC MAIL TO CARLENE HOBBS ON 02/04/98 | | REQUESTING HER TO CALL THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER. THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR | | MATERIALS SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS ALSO REQUESTED THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER TO | | CALL THE STATE OF FLORIDA. | | | | IN ADDITION TO THE AGENCIES REFERENCED ABOVE, THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER | | NOTIFIED THE FOLLOWING FEDERAL AGENCIES VIA FACSIMILE: DEPARTMENT OF | | HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF | | TRANSPORTATION - NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER. THE NAMES IN PARENTHESES | | INDICATE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPT OF THE FACSIMILE. (REFER | | TO THE HOO LOG FOR A CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER AND ADDRESS.) | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1655 ON 02/04/98 FROM CHARLEY ADAMS RECEIVED BY TROCINE * * | | | | THE STATE OF FLORIDA BUREAU OF RADIATION CONTROL (CHARLEY ADAMS) CALLED THE | | NRC OPERATIONS CENTER WITH A FOLLOWUP REPORT. APPARENTLY, THE OBJECT WAS | | FOUND BY ELLEN MUELLER ON A VACANT PRIVATE LOT LOCATED AT STAFFORD AND OAK | | STREETS IN TARPON SPRINGS, FLORIDA. THE OBJECT CONTAINED 81.3 æCi OF | | Ra-226 (20,000 DPM ALPHA ON CUT OPEN LINE ONLY). IT WAS IMPOUNDED AND IS | | CURRENTLY BEING HELD FOR DISPOSAL. | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE STATE OF | | FLORIDA BUREAU OF RADIATION CONTROL: | | | | "MS. MUELLER FOUND AN AREA OF ELEVATED RADIATION. THE INVESTIGATOR | | DISCOVERED A RADIOACTIVE OBJECT BURIED ABOUT ONE FOOT DEEP. THE OBJECT IS | | TWO PLASTIC SEALED TUBES BRAIDED INTO A NINE INCH LONG BY THREE-QUARTER | | INCH DIAMETER CYLINDER. THE ENDS OF THE TUBES HAVE AN EYELET ATTACHED, AND | | TWO OF THE EYELETS HAVE METAL CLIPS ATTACHED TO THEM. THE PURPOSE AND | | IDENTITY OF THIS OBJECT IS UNKNOWN. NO FURTHER ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ON | | THIS INCIDENT." | | | | "THE MANY ACRE PRIVATE LOT OF MR. LARRY TRAVIS, WHERE THE RADIOACTIVE ITEM | | WAS REMOVED ON JANUARY 23RD, WAS SURVEYED BY RAY DIELMAN, BOB KENCHT, AND | | CHARLEY ADAMS FOR ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS. ONLY A RED RAT SNAKE WAS FOUND. | | EVERYTHING WAS BACKGROUND. THE ADJACENT MANY ACRE CITY LOT, WHERE A DUMP | | USED TO BE, WAS ALSO SURVEYED. A FEW NATURAL ROCKS AND A FEW PIECES OF | | CONCRETE WERE FOUND WHICH MEASURED 10-40 æR/HOUR ON CONTACT, BACKGROUND AT | | THREE FEET. THEY ARE NOT A HEALTH HAZARD. THAT WHOLE AREA WILL BE CAPPED | | BY SEVERAL INCHES OF CRUSHED LIMESTONE AND PAVED FOR A PARKING LOT. THERE | | WILL BE NO FURTHER ACTION TAKEN ON THIS INCIDENT BY THIS OFFICE." | | | | THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R2DO (DECKER), NMSS EO (GREEVES), | | AEOD IRD (BARRETT), AND OPA (DRICKS). IN ADDITION, THE FEDERAL AGENCIES | | REFERENCED ABOVE WERE NOTIFIED VIA FACSIMILE. (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR | | CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBERS.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 33652 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: NORTH ANNA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/04/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: VA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:36 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 02/04/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 19:04[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JAMES JOHNSTONE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/04/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |THOMAS DECKER RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | OFFSITE NOTIFICATIONS OF ABNORMAL LAKE LEVEL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR | | DOWNSTREAM FLOODING | | | | THE LEVEL IN NORTH ANNA LAKE HAS BEEN RISING DUE TO HEAVY RAINS IN THE | | AREA. IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE THE LAKE LEVEL RISE, THE LICENSEE OPENS THREE | | SPILLWAY RADIAL GATES INCREMENTALLY AS LAKE LEVEL RISES EACH TENTH OF A | | FOOT. THE NORMAL (NOMINAL) LAKE LEVEL IS 250.0 FEET. CURRENT LAKE LEVEL | | IS 251.0 FEET, AND THE LICENSEE'S TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS REQUIRE THE | | LICENSEE TO SHUT THE UNITS DOWN IF LAKE LEVEL REACHES 256.0 FEET. | | | | AT 1904, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES (THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS FOR HANOVER, | | CAROLINE, SPOTSYLVANIA, LOUISA, AND KING WILLIAM COUNTIES) WERE NOTIFIED OF | | THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNSTREAM FLOODING DUE TO NORTH ANNA LAKE LEVEL BEING AT | | 250.9 FEET AND THE SPILLWAY RADIAL GATES BEING OPEN A TOTAL OF 3.9 FEET. | | LOCAL LANDOWNERS WERE ALSO NOTIFIED. | | | | AT 2112, THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION (FERC) WAS NOTIFIED THAT | | NORTH ANNA LAKE LEVEL HAD REACHED 251.0 FEET AND THAT THE LICENSEE HAD | | ENTERED ABNORMAL PROCEDURE 0-AP-40 FOR ABNORMAL LEVEL IN NORTH ANNA | | RESERVOIR (LAKE). THE LICENSEE WAS REQUESTED BY A FERC REGIONAL ENGINEER | | TO MAKE THIS NOTIFICATION IF THE ABNORMAL PROCEDURE WAS ENTERED. THE FERC | | REGIONAL ENGINEER ALSO REQUESTED THE LICENSEE TO NOTIFY FERC AGAIN IF THE | | RADIAL GATES ARE OPENED ONE FOOT FARTHER THAN THEY WERE WHEN THE ABNORMAL | | PROCEDURE WAS ENTERED. THIS MAY OCCUR IN THE NEXT 6 TO 12 HOURS. THE | | LICENSEE PLANS TO UPDATE THIS NOTIFICATION IF THIS OCCURS. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 33653 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 02/04/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:21 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 02/04/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 09:30[EST]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 02/04/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |BRENT CLAYTON RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |JOHN GREEVES/NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+RICHARD BARRETT/AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ERIC SPAETH | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LOSS OF ONE CRITICALITY CONTROL CONTINGENCY (SPACING OF GREATER THAN 5 FEET | | WAS NOT MAINTAINED BETWEEN THE NEGATIVE AIR MACHINE AND THE EVACUATION | | BOOSTER STATION PIPING.) - BULLETIN 91-01 RESPONSE (24-HOUR REPORT) | | | | AT 0930 HOURS ON 02/04/98, OPERATIONS PERSONNEL DISCOVERED A POTENTIAL | | NONCOMPLIANCE WITH A NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY APPROVAL (NCSA) WHEN THEY | | FOUND A 1,000 CFM NEGATIVE AIR MACHINE (NAM) SETTING LESS THAN THE REQUIRED | | 5 FEET FROM A HOUSING WHICH CONTAINS UF6 PIPING. OPERATIONS PERSONNEL | | SECURED THE NAM UNTIL AN EVALUATION COULD BE PERFORMED AND REPORTABILITY | | DETERMINED. AT 1200 HOURS, THIS INCIDENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE A 24-HOUR | | REPORTABLE EVENT. PORTSMOUTH PERSONNEL DETERMINED THAT THE LOCATION OF THE | | NAM IN RELATION TO THE HOUSING CONTAINING UF6 CONSTITUTES A LOSS OF ONE | | CONTROL (SPACING) AS DEFINED IN NCSA-PLANT-0333-007.A01, CONTINGENCY EVENT | | A/B.7.1, CONTROL 'A,' REQUIREMENT #5, WHICH REQUIRES 5 FEET OF SPACING FROM | | ANY OTHER URANIUM BEARING EQUIPMENT OR CONTAINERS. CONTROL 'B' | | (ENRICHMENT) WAS MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT. IF THE ENRICHMENT | | CONTROL ON THE USE OF THE NAM WAS VIOLATED AS WELL, A CRITICALITY MAY HAVE | | BEEN POSSIBLE. THERE WAS NO LOSS OF HAZARDOUS OR RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL OR | | RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. | | | | PORTSMOUTH NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+