U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 08/17/98 - 08/18/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34644 34645 34646 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34644 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: US ARMY, ROCK ISLAND, IL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/17/98 | | CITY: ROCK ISLAND REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:22 [ET]| | COUNTY: ROCK ISLAND STATE: IL |EVENT DATE: 08/17/98 | |LICENSE#: 12-00722-13 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 15:00[CDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/17/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOHN JACOBSON RDO | | |FREDERICK COMBS EO | +------------------------------------------------+EDWARD MCALPINE R2DO | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JEFF HAVENNER | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TWO CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTORS CONTAINING RADIOACTIVE SOURCES ARE UNACCOUNTED | | FOR AT FT. STUART, GA. | | | | TWO SOURCES USED IN CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTORS WERE DISCOVERED MISSING ON | | 7/27/98 DURING AN INVENTORY AT FT. STUART, GA. THE INVENTORY WAS CONDUCTED | | DUE TO THE UNAUTHORIZED (AWOL) ABSENCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNED THE | | RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTAINING THE STORAGE FACILITY. THE TWO DETECTORS | | ARE: | | | | 1. M43 A1 CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR, 250ęCi AMERICIUM-241 (LICENSED UNDER | | 12-00722-13 WITH A 10 CFR PART 20 APPENDIX C LABELING LIMIT OF .001ęCi) | | AND, | | | | 2. CAM (CHEMICAL AGENT MONITOR), 10mCi NI-63 (LICENSED UNDER 12-00722-14 | | WITH A 10 CFR PART 20 APPENDIX C LABELING LIMIT OF 100ęCi) | | | | THE LICENSEE CHARACTERIZED THE HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH DETECTORS | | AS MINIMAL. THE AMERICIUM-241 SOURCE IS A LONG-LIVED ALPHA EMITTER WHILE | | THE NI-63 IS A LONG-LIVED RELATIVELY WEAK BETA EMITTER. | | | | AN INVESTIGATION IS ON-GOING AT THE UNIT LEVEL TO LOCATE THE DETECTORS. | | THERE IS NO INFORMATION SHOWING THAT THE LOSS IS NECESSARILY RELATED TO THE | | AWOL INDIVIDUAL. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS WILL BE DETERMINED FOLLOWING | | COMPLETION OF THE INVESTIGATION. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34645 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: TURKEY POINT REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/17/98 | |UNIT: [3] [ ] [ ] STATE: FL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:48 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [3] W-3-LP,[4] W-3-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/17/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:00[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM HICKEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/17/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |EDWARD MCALPINE 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE REGARDING AN | | ENDANGERED SPECIES FOUND DEAD ONSITE. | | | | "FPL WILL BE NOTIFYING THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE OF THE DISCOVERY | | OF A DEAD AMERICAN CROCODILE IN THE COOLING CANAL SYSTEM. THE ANIMAL WAS A | | FEMALE ABOUT 246 CENTIMETERS LONG AND 20-25 YEARS OLD. ALTHOUGH THE BODY | | WAS PARTIALLY DECOMPOSED, IT SHOWED NO SIGNS OF TRAUMA. THE ANIMAL WAS | | FIRST IDENTIFIED AND TAGGED ON SITE IN JULY OF 1985, AND HAS BEEN RESIDING | | HERE SINCE THEN." | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34646 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: LASALLE REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/17/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:51 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-5,[2] GE-5 |EVENT DATE: 08/17/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:43[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KEVIN SMART |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/17/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN JACOBSON 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 31 POWER OPERATION | 31 POWER OPERATION | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNIT 1 EXPERIENCED AN UNEXPECTED REACTOR WATER CLEANUP (RWCU) ISOLATION | | WHILE PLACING THE SYSTEM IN SERVICE. | | | | "FOLLOWING AN EARLIER ISOLATION OF THE REACTOR WATER CLEANUP (RWCU) SYSTEM | | DUE TO INADVERTENT BUMPING OF SOME LOOSE LEADS BY INSTRUMENT MAINTENANCE | | TECHNICIANS (INVALID SIGNAL), THE SYSTEM WAS BEING LINED UP FOR RESTORATION | | IAW LOA-RT-101. WITH THE SYSTEM FILLED, VENTED, AND PRESSURIZED TO 150 | | PSIG FROM THE CYCLED CONDENSATE FILL SYSTEM, THE PRIMARY CONTAINMENT | | ISOLATION VALVES WERE BEING REOPENED. AS THE FIRST ISOLATION VALVE, | | 1G33-F001, WAS OPENED, PRESSURE ROSE QUICKLY TO REACTOR PRESSURE. THIS | | PRESSURE SPIKE WAS SUFFICIENT TO ACTUATE THE HI FLOW AND HI DIFFERENTIAL | | FLOW ISOLATION SIGNALS FOR BOTH DIVISIONS OF THE LEAK DETECTION SYSTEM. THE | | RWCU SYSTEM ISOLATED INSTANTLY FROM THE HI FLOW SIGNALS AS DESIGNED. THE HI | | DIFFERENTIAL FLOW SIGNAL IS TIME DELAYED SO THE ALARM WAS RECEIVED, BUT THE | | SIGNAL WAS NOT APPLIED TO THE ISOLATION VALVES. THE HI FLOW SIGNAL WAS | | CHANGED AS A RESULT OF A RECENT SYSTEM MODIFICATION AND IS CURRENTLY NOT | | TIME DELAYED. AFFECTED SYSTEMS INCLUDE RWCU SYSTEM AND LEAK DETECTION. | | EFFECT ON THE PLANT WAS MINIMAL AS [THE] RWCU SYSTEM WAS NOT IN OPERATION | | AT THE TIME. A PROCEDURE CHANGE IS BEING MADE TO ALLOW THE HI FLOW | | ISOLATION SIGNAL TO BE BYPASSED WHILE OPENING THE SYSTEM PRIMARY | | CONTAINMENT ISOLATION VALVES." | | | | THE LICENSEE WILL CONTINUE OPERATIONS IN PREPARATION FOR POWER ASCENSION | | AND DOES NOT ANTICIPATE RESTORING THE RWCU SYSTEM FOR APPROXIMATELY 24 | | HOURS. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+