U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 05/12/98 - 05/13/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34007 34204 34209 34210 34211 34212 34213 34214 34215 34216 34217 34218 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34007 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CRYSTAL RIVER REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 04/02/98 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:49 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 04/02/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 10:10[EST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RICKY RAWLS |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/12/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |TOM PEEBLES RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 3 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PFFSITE NOTIFICATION REGARDING ANOTHER SEA TURTLE AT THE INTAKE STRUCTURE | | (REFER TO EVENT NUMBERS 33979 AND 33988 FOR PAST PROBLEMS WITH TURTLES.) | | | | FLORIDA POWER CORPORATION FOUND A DISTRESSED SEA TURTLE AT THE INTAKE | | STRUCTURE FOR CRYSTAL RIVER UNIT 3. THE TURTLE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A | | KEMP'S RIDLEY SEA TURTLE, WHICH IS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES. AT 1400 ON | | 04/02/98, THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL | | PROTECTION (FDEP) AND THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE OF THE DISCOVERY | | OF THE TURTLE. THE LICENSEE IS CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE FDEP AND THE | | U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO DETERMINE THE REASON FOR THE INCREASED | | NUMBER OF DEAD AND DISTRESSED SEA TURTLES THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND AT THE | | CRYSTAL RIVER SITE IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THE OFFSITE NOTIFICATION BY THE | | LICENSEE. | | | | ***UPDATE ON 04/02/98 AT 1753 FROM RAWLS TAKEN BY MACKINNON*** | | | | AT 1658 ON 04/02/98, THE LICENSEE FOUND ANOTHER KEMP'S RIDLEY SEA TURTLE IN | | DISTRESS AT THE INTAKE STRUCTURE. THE FDEP WAS NOTIFIED BY THE LICENSEE AT | | 1658. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT UPDATE BY THE | | LICENSEE. THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R2DO (PEEBLES). | | | | ***UPDATE ON 04/03/98 AT 1132 FROM R. SWEENEY TAKEN BY MACKINNON*** | | | | AT 0634 ON 04/03/98, A DISTRESSED KEMP'S RIDLEY SEA TURTLE WAS FOUND AT THE | | INTAKE STRUCTURE FOR CRYSTAL RIVER UNIT 3. AT 0720, A DECEASED KEMP'S | | RIDLEY SEA TURTLE WAS FOUND IN THE INTAKE STRUCTURE. KEMP'S RIDLEY SEA | | TURTLES ARE ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST. THE SEA TURTLES HAVE BEEN | | TURNED OVER TO THE CLEARWATER MARINE SCIENCE CENTER PER THE DIRECTION OF | | THE FDEP. THE LICENSEE IS CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE FDEP, U.S. FISH AND | | WILDLIFE SERVICE, AND NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE TO DETERMINE THE | | REASON FOR THE INCREASED NUMBER OF DEAD AND DISTRESSED SEA TURTLES THAT | | HAVE BEEN FOUND AT THE CRYSTAL RIVER UNIT 3 SITE DURING THE PAST FEW WEEKS. | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE FDEP OF THE ABOVE EVENT. THE LICENSEE PLANS TO | | ROUTINELY NOTIFY THE FDEP FOR FUTURE CAPTURE OF LIVE TURTLES; HOWEVER, THE | | LICENSEE DOES NOT PLAN TO REPORT TO THE NRC EACH INDIVIDUAL NOTIFICATION OF | | THE FDEP. NOTIFICATION WILL BE MADE TO THE NRC WHEN FDEP IS NOTIFIED OF A | | DECEASED TURTLE. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE OF THIS EVENT | | UPDATE. THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R2DO (PEEBLES). | | | | ***UPDATE ON 04/03/98 AT 1722 FROM RAWLS TAKEN BY MACKINNON*** | | | | AT 1450 ON 04/03/98, THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE FDEP THAT A DECEASED SEA | | TURTLE WAS FOUND IN THE INTAKE STRUCTURE AT 1310. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION BY THE | | LICENSEE. THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R2DO (PEEBLES). | | | | ***UPDATE ON 04/04/98 AT 1320 FROM RAWLS TAKEN BY MACKINNON*** | | | | AT 0945 ON 04/04/98, THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE FDEP THAT ANOTHER DEAD | | KEMP'S RIDLEY SEA TURTLE WAS FOUND IN THE INTAKE STRUCTURE AT 0530. THE | | LICENSEE STATED THAT THE MORTALITY OF ENDANGERED SPECIES IS LIKELY IN PART | | TO BE RELATED TO THE PLANTS OPERATION AND IS, THEREFORE, ALSO REPORTABLE TO | | THE NRC UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PLAN. THE LICENSEE IS STILL | | WORKING WITH THE FDEP, U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICES, AND THE NATIONAL | | FISHERIES SERVICE TO DETERMINE THE REASON FOR THE INCREASED NUMBER OF DEAD | | AND DISTRESSED SEA TURTLES THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND AT THE CRYSTAL RIVER SITE | | DURING THE PAST FEW WEEKS. THE LICENSEE PLANS TO ROUTINELY NOTIFY THE FDEP | | FOR FUTURE CAPTURE OF LIVE TURTLES; HOWEVER, THE LICENSEE DOES NOT PLAN TO | | REPORT TO THE NRC EACH INDIVIDUAL NOTIFICATION OF THE FDEP. NOTIFICATION | | WILL BE MADE TO THE NRC WHEN FDEP IS NOTIFIED OF A DECEASED TURTLE. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION BY THE | | LICENSEE. THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED THE R2DO (PEEBLES). | | | | * * * UPDATE 1815 4/13/1998 FROM BILL BANHAUER TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | AT 1600 ON 4/13/1998, ANOTHER DEAD KEMP'S RIDLEY SEA TURTLE WAS FOUND IN | | THE COMMON INTAKE FOR CRYSTAL RIVER UNITS 1, 2, AND 3. THE TURTLE'S DEATH | | DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO PLANT OPERATION. THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. NOTIFIED R2DO (SKINNER). | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1732 ON 04/21/98 FROM DICK SWEENEY TO DICK JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | AT 1330 ON 04/21/98, THE LICENSEE FOUND TWO DEAD KEMP'S RIDLEY SEA TURTLES | | UPSTREAM OF THE INTAKE TRASH SCREEN. AT 1531, THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE | | FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE | | TURTLES. THE LICENSEE IS CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT | | OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICES TO | | DETERMINE THE REASON FOR THE INCREASED NUMBER OF DEAD AND DISTRESSED SEA | | TURTLES THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND AT THE CRYSTAL RIVER SITE DURING THE PAST FEW | | WEEKS. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC OPERATIONS | | OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R2DO WALTER ROGERS. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1045 ON 05/06/98 BY BILL BANDHAUER TO DICK JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | AT 1700 ON 05/05/98, THE LICENSEE FOUND A DEAD KEMP'S RIDLEY SEA TURTLE | | AT THE UNIT 2 INTAKE STRUCTURE. THE TURTLE HAS TWO SEVERE CRACKS ON ITS | | UNDERSIDE APPARENTLY HAVING BEEN HIT BY A BOAT. THIS TURTLE'S DEATH IS | | NOT LIKELY DUE TO PLANT OPERATION. THE LICENSEE REPORTED THIS TURTLE TO | | FLORIDA STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR. THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R2DO PAUL FREDRICKSON. | | | | *** UPDATE ON 5/12/98 @ 1925 BY STEPHENSON TO GOULD *** | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION | | THAT AN ADDITIONAL DEAD KEMP'S RIDLEY SEA TURTLE HAD BEEN FOUND AT THE | | PLANT'S INTAKE STRUCTURE. THE TURTLE WAS ABOUT 8" ACROSS AND SHOWED NO | | EVIDENCE OF EXTERNAL INJURY. THE LICENSEE CONCLUDED THAT THE DEATH WAS | | PROBABLY CAUSALLY RELATED TO THE OPERATION OF THE PLANT. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED. | | | | THE REG2 RDO(BOLAND) WAS NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34204 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: THREE MILE ISLAND REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/11/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:31 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/11/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 09:35[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TERRY DOVE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/12/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JACK MCFADDEN RDO | |DDDD 73.71 UNSPECIFIED PARAGRAPH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION COMPROMISED. | | | | THE LICENSEE DISCOVERED THAT A COMPROMISE OF SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION | | OCCURRED AND TOOK IMMEDIATE COMPENSATORY MEASURES. | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. | | | | THIS EVENT IS THE SAME AS OYSTER CREEK REPORT # 34205. | | | | ***RETRACTION ON 05/12/98 AT 0829 ET BY TERRY DOVE TAKEN BY MACKINNON*** | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS REPORT AND MAKING IT A 24 HOUR LOGGABLE | | REPORT AFTER TALKING TO NRC REGION 1 OFFICE (ED KING) AND THE ONSITE SENIOR | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE LICENSEE REVIEWED THE SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION | | DOCUMENTS NOTED ABOVE AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THEY POSED NO THREAT TO | | THE FACILITY. R1DO (JOHN WHITE) NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 34209 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/12/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:23 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 05/11/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 14:00[EDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/12/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |JIM CREED RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RICK LARSON | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 24 HOUR NOTIFICATION - NRC BULLETIN 91-01 REPORT INVOLVING TWO POLYBOTTLES | | WHICH WERE FOUND LESS THAN 23 INCHES APART. | | | | ON MAY 11, 1998 AT 1400 HOURS IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A NUCLEAR CRITICALITY | | SAFETY APPROVAL (NCSA) REQUIREMENT WAS NOT BEING MAINTAINED IN A POLYBOTTLE | | STORAGE AREA WITHIN THE X-333 PROCESS BUILDING. NCSA-PLANT025, PART "B", | | REQUIREMENT # 11 STATES; "A MINIMUM SPACING OF 23-INCHES CENTER TO CENTER | | SHALL BE MAINTAINED BETWEEN SMALL DIAMETER CONTAINERS WITHIN A STORAGE | | AREA." TWO (2) POLYBOTTLES WERE LEANING TOWARDS EACH OTHER (THEY WERE 21 | | INCHES APART) VIOLATING THE 23-INCH CENTER TO CENTER SPACING REQUIREMENT. | | BOTH POLYBOTTLES CONTAINED SMALL AMOUNTS OF SEAL EXHAUST OIL. THE | | POLYBOTTLES ARE 5 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND THE HEIGHT OF EACH POLYBOTTLE IS | | APPROXIMATELY 50 INCHES. | | | | THE LOSS OF SPACING CONSTITUTES A LOSS OF ONE (1) CONTROL (CONTROL "A") IN | | THE DOUBLE CONTINGENCY MATRIX FOR CONTINGENCY EVENT A/B.7.2 CONTROL "B" | | (GEOMETRY AND ENRICHMENT) WAS MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT. THE | | DEFICIENCY (LOSS OF CONTROL "A") WAS CORRECTED. THERE WAS NO LOSS OF | | HAZARDOUS/RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL OR RADIOACTIVE/RADIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION | | EXPOSURE AS A RESULT IF THIS EVENT. | | | | PROPER SPACING BETWEEN THE POLYBOTTLES WAS RESTORED 42 MINUTES AFTER | | DISCOVERY. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND THE ONSITE DEPARTMENT | | OF ENERGY REPRESENTATIVE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34210 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: U.S. AIR FORCE |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/12/98 | | CITY: OFFUTT AIR FORC REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:25 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NE |EVENT DATE: 04/30/98 | |LICENSE#: 42-23539-01AF AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:00[CDT]| | DOCKET: 03028641 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/12/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |TOM STETKA RDO | | |DON COOL EO | +------------------------------------------------+STUART RUBIN IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: COLEMAN | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | U.S. AIR FORCE REPORTED UNAUTHORIZED POSSESSION(NO PERMIT) OF CHEMICAL | | AGENT MONITORS (CAMs) AT OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, NE. | | | | THE 55th MEDICAL GROUP AT OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, NE. DISCOVERED, DURING AN | | INVENTORY (4/30/98) OF AIR TRANSPORTABLE HOSPITAL ASSETS, THEY HAD RECEIVED | | 8 UNPERMITTED CAMs AS PART OF THEIR WAR RESERVE MATERIEL. THE CAMs WERE IN | | TWO SETS: FOUR FOR THE IA-PATIENT DECON AUGMENTATION SET AND FOUR FOR THE | | IN-BIOENVIRONMENTAL AUGMENTATION SET. THE CAMs CONTAINED RADIOACTIVE | | NICKEL-63 WITH ACTIVITIES OF APPROX. 15 MILLICURIES PER SOURCE MANUFACTURED | | BY E.I. DUPONT(NEW ENGLAND NUCLEAR). THE CAMs WERE SEALED IN THEIR ORIGINAL | | SHIPPING CONTAINERS(CARDBOARD BOX INSIDE A WOODEN SHIPPING BOX) THAT | | EFFECTIVELY PROVIDED SHIELDING AGAINST GAMMA RADIATION. IT APPEARS THAT | | THIS INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY AN ITEM MANAGER INCORRECTLY INTERPRETING THE | | SPECIFIC 55 CES/CEX RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL PERMIT AS A COMPOSITE BASE PERMIT, | | AND SENT 8 CAMs. HOWEVER, THE ERROR DOES NOT EXPLAIN WHY THE TOTAL | | NUMBER OF CAMs(13) CURRENTLY AT THE FACILITY EXCEED THE TOTAL NUMBER(10) | | THAT EVEN THE CES PERMIT ALLOWS. | | | | THEY WILL CORRECT THE SITUATION BY OBTAINING A PERMIT FOR THE MEDICAL CAMs. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34211 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: ELJER PLUMBING WARE |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/12/98 | | CITY: SALEM REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:32 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: OH |EVENT DATE: 05/11/98 | |LICENSE#: 34-12906-02 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 00:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/12/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JAMES CREED RDO | | |DON COOL EO | +------------------------------------------------+STUART RUBIN IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: NADZAN | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |IBBE 30.50(b)(2)(i) ACCID MIT EQUIP FAILS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE ELJER PLUMBING WARE COMPANY REPORTED THAT THE CS-137 SOURCE GAUGE ON | | THEIR CUPOLA (MELTING FURNACE) HAD A FAILURE OF ITS SHUTTER TO CLOSE. THIS | | DEVICE IS USED TO MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF PRODUCT IN THE CUPOLA. THE CS-137 | | SOURCE ACTIVITY IS ó150 MILLICURIES. THE FAILURE OF THE SHUTTER TO CLOSE | | DOES NOT AFFECT THE OPERATION OF THE FACILITY. THEY HAVE NOTIFIED THE | | SUPPLIER(TEXAS NUCLEAR) TO REMOVE THE GAUGE FROM THE CUPOLA. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 34212 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/12/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:39 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 05/11/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 12:45[CDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/12/98 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |JAMES CREED RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |LARRY CAMPER EO | +------------------------------------------------+STUART RUBIN IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: HALICKS | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |OCBA 76.120(c)(2)(i) ACCID MT EQUIP FAILS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CRITICALITY ACCIDENT ALARM SYSTEM (CAAS) DECLARED INOPERABLE. | | | | THE PLANT EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL FAILURE OF THE COMPRESSED AIR SYSTEM WHEN A | | COMPRESSOR SUFFERED AN ON-LINE TRIP DUE TO HIGH INLET DRYER TEMPERATURE. | | THIS OCCURRED TWICE, ONCE FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES AND AGAIN MINUTES | | LATER FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS. THIS CAUSED THE PLANT CAAS TO BECOME | | INOPERABLE FOR AUDIBILITY DUE TO INADEQUATE PLANT AIR CAPACITY TO THE CAAS | | ALARM HORNS. ALL FACILITIES WITH CAAS ALARM HORNS SUPPLIED BY PLANT AIR | | WERE AFFECTED. THE DETECTABILITY FUNCTION OF THE CAAS WAS NOT AFFECTED IN | | ANY FACILITY. ON BOTH OCCASIONS, THE COMPRESSOR WAS RE-STARTED. FOLLOWING | | THE SECOND TRIP, THE COMPRESSOR REMAINED ON-LINE AND FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. | | OPERABILITY OF THE AUDIBILITY FUNCTION OF THE CAAS WAS RESTORED AT 1301. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. | | | | SEE SIMILAR EVENT #34206 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34213 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HADDAM NECK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/12/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:44 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/12/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:22[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MCMAHON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/12/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN WHITE 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 DECOMMISSIONED | 0 DECOMMISSIONED | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TOTAL FLOW TO STACK INSTRUMENT TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE DUE TO BEING OUTSIDE | | DESIGN BASIS/TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS. | | | | THE ACR 98-0355 STATES THAT "TOTAL FLOW TO STACK" INSTRUMENT | | CHANNEL(F-1101) IS INDICATING APPROXIMATELY 51,000 SCFM FLOW. THE ACTUAL | | FLOW IN THE PRESENT VENTILATION ALIGNMENT IS ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY | | 66,000 SCFM. THIS ESTIMATE IS BASED ON SFB VENTILATION TESTING AS | | DOCUMENTED BY ENGINEERING. ALSO, THE CALIBRATED RANGE OF THIS INSTRUMENT | | CHANNEL IS 0 TO 87,108 SCFM, WHICH IS LESS THAN THE PRESENT MAXIMUM VENT | | STACK FLOW RATE OF APPROXIMATELY 113,000 SCFM. WHEN A SECOND PAB FAN IS | | STARTED, THE FLOW INDICATION GOES OFF SCALE HIGH. | | | | THIS INSTRUMENT CHANNEL, WHICH IS PART OF THE RADIOACTIVE GASEOUS EFFLUENT | | MONITORING INSTRUMENTATION, IS REQUIRED TO BE OPERABLE TO MEET TECH SPEC | | REQUIREMENTS. THIS INSTRUMENT CHANNEL WAS THOUGHT TO BE OPERABLE WHEN IT | | WAS ACTUALLY INOPERABLE. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34214 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: POINT BEACH REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/12/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: WI |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:00 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/12/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:45[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MIELKE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/12/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JAMES CREED 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 REFUELING | 0 REFUELING | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE PLANT DETERMINED THAT A PIPE-WHIP RESTRAINT IS IN QUESTION FOR ITS | | ABILITY TO PERFORM ITS DESIGN FUNCTION. | | | | A PLANT CONDITION REPORT IDENTIFIED A POTENTIAL DISCREPANCY ON A UNIT 1 | | PIPE-WHIP RESTRAINT INSIDE CONTAINMENT. THE RESTRAINT IN QUESTION IS ON | | THE "B" LOOP RTD PIPING, AND IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CUT, REMOVED, AND | | REINSTALLED SOMETIME IN THE PAST. UPON REINSTALLATION, HOWEVER, ONE OF THE | | WELD LOCATIONS ON THE KNEE-BRACE FOR THE RESTRAINT, WAS FOUND NOT TO HAVE | | BEEN RE-WELDED. | | | | IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER OR NOT A WELD SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE AT THIS LOCATION, | | BUT CALLS INTO QUESTION THE ABILITY OF THE PIPE-WHIP RESTRAINT TO PERFORM | | ITS DESIGN FUNCTION. AN ANALYSIS WILL BE PERFORMED TO SHOW ADEQUACY OF THE | | RESTRAINT IN ITS AS-FOUND CONDITION, OR THE SUPPORT WILL BE RE-WELDED. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34215 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: DRESDEN REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/12/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [3] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:27 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-1,[2] GE-3,[3] GE-3 |EVENT DATE: 05/12/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:00[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GRANT |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/12/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JAMES CREED RDO | |APRE 50.72(b)(2)(vi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | 3 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER AND THE ILLINOIS | | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY OF A CHLORINE ODOR DETECTED IN THEIR WASTE | | WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. | | | | THE LICENSEE DETECTED A CHLORINE ODOR IN THEIR INLET(EQUALIZATION TANK) TO | | WASTE WATER TREATMENT(WWT) SYSTEM AND THE DISCHARGE TANK(CLEAR WELL) WITH | | FOAM EVIDENT ON THE SURFACE OF THE TANK. WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM | | EFFLUENT FLOWS TO THE STATION COOLING POND, BUT IN CURRENT COOLING MODE THE | | STATION DISCHARGES ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE LAKE DISCHARGE TO THE | | ILLINOIS RIVER. THE SYSTEM WAS SHUT DOWN TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER DISCHARGE | | AND THE BUILDING DOORS WERE OPENED TO ALLEVIATE THE CHLORINE ODOR. THE | | HYPOCHLORITE TANK WAS INSPECTED AND OTHER LIKELY CHLORINE SOURCES WERE | | CHECKED, BUT NO LEAKS WERE FOUND. INITIAL CHLORINE IN THE INTAKE WAS FOUND | | TO BE 152 PPM TOTAL RESIDUE CHLORINE(TRC) AND A SECOND SAMPLE TAKEN AT 1300 | | INDICATED 122 PPM TRC. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR EVACUATIONS AS A RESULT | | OF THIS EVENT. AT THIS TIME THIS EVENT IS NOT CONSIDERED REPORTABLE AS A | | HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SPILL OR NPDES VIOLATION. THEY ARE INVESTIGATING TO | | DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE CHLORINE. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |HOSPITAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34216 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: WINDHAM COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/12/98 | | CITY: WILLIMANTIC REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:47 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: CT |EVENT DATE: 05/11/98 | |LICENSE#: 061520301 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 16:30[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/12/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOHN WHITE RDO | | |JOHN GREEVES EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PETERSON | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A WINDHAM COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNICIAN WAS TO | | ADMINISTER A THERAPEUTIC DOSE OF I-131 TO A PATIENT ON 5/11/98 @ 0900. THE | | DOSE WAS ORDERED FOR 29.5 MILLICURIES, BUT IT CAME IN FROM THE | | RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL VENDOR AT 30.8 MILLICURIES. THE HOSPITAL'S POLICY IS | | NOT TO ADMINISTER I-131 UNLESS IT IS <30 MILLICURIES, SO IT WAS CALCULATED | | TO DECAY DOWN TO <30 MILLICURIES APPROXIMATELY BY 1630 @ 5/11/98. THE | | PATIENT WAS TOLD TO GO HOME AND RETURN TO THE HOSPITAL AT APPROXIMATELY | | 1615. THE NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNICIAN ON DUTY AT 1615 DID THE DOSE | | CALIBRATIONS OF THE SOURCE AND IT READ APPROXIMATELY 30.0 MILLICURIES OR | | SLIGHTLY HIGHER. AT THAT POINT THE NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECH PUT TWO LEAD | | STRIPS INTO THE DOSE CALIBRATOR, RE-TOOK THE READING AND THE RESULT READ | | 29.2 MILLICURIES. THE RADIOLOGIST CONFIRMED THAT READING ON THE DIGITAL | | READOUT ON THE DOSE CALIBRATOR AND ADMINISTERED THE DOSE. | | | | AT 0700 @ 5/12/98 THE SUPERVISOR PERFORMED THE DAILY DOSE CONSTANCY CHECKS | | OF THE DOSE CALIBRATOR AND THE RESULTS CAME OUT TOO LOW ON ALL THE CHECKS, | | SO THE INSTRUMENT DID NOT PASS THE TEST. THE SUPERVISOR THEN DISCOVERED | | TWO LEAD STRIPS IN THE DOSE CALIBRATOR WHICH HE SUSPECTS MAY HAVE BEEN | | PLACED THERE BY THE NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNICIAN THE DAY BEFORE. THE | | TECHNICIAN, WHO WAS OFF FROM WORK TODAY, WAS CALLED BACK, QUESTIONED AND | | ADMITTED THAT HE WAS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING THE LEAD STRIPS IN THE | | DOSE CALIBRATOR, SO THE PATIENT COULD BE TREATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND HE | | COULD LEAVE EARLY. THE TECHNICIAN WAS PUT ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE | | FOLLOWING THE CONFESSION. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 34217 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/12/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:52 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 05/12/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 17:54[EDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/12/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |JAMES CREED RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |JOHN GREEVES EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: VANDERPOOL | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4 HOUR 91-01 BULLETIN RESPONSE | | | | OPERATIONS PERSONNEL IDENTIFIED A NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY APPROVAL(NCSA) | | WHICH WAS NOT BEING MAINTAINED WITHIN THE "X-330" PROCESS BUILDING. | | | | A TSR SHIFTLY SURVEILLANCE FOR CELLS 29-5-2 AND 29-5-8 INDICATED THAT THE | | CELLS, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN A FLUORINATING ENVIRONMENT, EXHIBITED | | CONFLICTING RESULTS FROM ADJACENT STAGES SUCH THAT THE FLUORINATING | | ENVIRONMENT COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED. WITHOUT A FLUORINATING ENVIRONMENT, | | THE CELLS ARE AT A UF6 NEGATIVE. THESE CELLS HAVE BEEN CLASSIFIED AS | | PEH(PLANNED EXPEDITIOUS HANDLING) INDICATING MORE THAN A SAFE MASS OF | | FISSIONABLE MATERIAL WAS INVOLVED. NCSA-0330-004.A02, REQUIREMENT #8 | | STATES IN PART, "ANY CASCADE EQUIPMENT SHUTDOWN(MOTORS OFF) AND AT A UF6 | | NEGATIVE SHALL HAVE A PLANT DRY AIR OR NITROGEN BUFFER ESTABLISHED ò14 | | PSIA. THE NCSA FURTHER STATES THAT WHEN A PEH DEPOSIT EXISTS, THE SYSTEM | | DOES NOT MEET THE DOUBLE CONTINGENCY PRINCIPLE. OPERATIONS PRESSURED THE | | CELLS TO >14 PSIA WITHIN 8 HOURS WHICH IS A TSR REQUIREMENT. NCSA CONTROL | | WAS ESTABLISHED AT 1900 HRS FOR 29-5-8 AND 2100 HRS FOR 29-5-2. NCSA | | CONTROL FOR BOTH CELLS WAS ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE 4 HR RECOVERY TIME FRAME. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS INFORMED AND THE DOE RESIDENT WILL BE | | INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 34218 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/12/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:45 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 05/12/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 09:52[CDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/12/98 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |JAMES CREED RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |JOHN GREEVES EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CAGE | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |PAAA 95.57(b) LOSS OF CLASSIFIED INFO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE REPORTED THAT A CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT MAY HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED | | WHILE IN AN UNATTENDED OFFICE. SEE HOO LOG FOR DETAILS. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+