U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 07/20/98 - 07/21/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34538 34541 34542 34543 34544 34545 34546 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34538 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CATAWBA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/19/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:04 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/19/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 03:09[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BILL RUDD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/20/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |THOMAS DECKER RDO | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 24 HOUR REPORT REQUIRED BY PLANT OPERATING LICENSE | | | | AT 0309, A ROVING FIRE WATCH REQUIRED AS A COMPENSATORY MEASURE FOR A | | COMMITTED FIRE BARRIER WAS PERFORMED SEVEN MINUTES LATE. THE LICENSEE HAS | | DETERMINED THAT THIS CONDITION IS A VIOLATION OF OPERATING LICENSE | | CONDITION 2.[C], AND IS THEREFORE REPORTABLE TO THE NRC. PENDING FURTHER | | REVIEW, THIS EVENT NOTIFICATION MAY BE RETRACTED. THE NRC RESIDENT | | INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1108 ON 07/20/98 BY GARY HAMILTON TO JOLLIFFE * * * | | | | THE LICENSEE USES TWO LOGS FOR FIRE WATCHES. THE ORIGINAL FORM IS PLACED | | AT THE LOCATION OF THE FIRE WATCH AND SERVES AS THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION | | WITH THE EXACT TIME THE FIRE WATCH IS CONDUCTED. A COPY OF THE FIRE WATCH | | DOCUMENT IS CARRIED ON A FIRE WATCH CLIPBOARD AND SERVES AS A REMINDER OF | | THE LOCATION AND FREQUENCY OF THE FIRE WATCH. A REVIEW OF THE TWO LOGS | | SHOWED THAT THE OFFICIAL FIRE WATCH DOCUMENT ON THE DOOR RECORDED THE | | CORRECT TIME OF THE FIRE WATCH AND THE COPY OF THE FIRE WATCH DOCUMENT ON | | THE CLIPBOARD RECORDED THE INCORRECT TIME. THE DOOR COPY OF THE FIRE WATCH | | WILL BE TURNED IN AS THE OFFICIAL RECORD. | | | | THUS, THE MISSED FIRE WATCH WAS NOT LATE AND THIS EVENT IS NOT REPORTABLE | | TO THE NRC. THEREFORE, THE LICENSEE DESIRES TO RETRACT THIS EVENT. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC OPERATIONS | | OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R2DO TOM DECKER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34541 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CALVERT CLIFFS REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/20/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: MD |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:37 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE,[2] CE |EVENT DATE: 07/20/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 07:30[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: TOM JONES |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/20/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |PETER ESELGROTH 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - STATE NOTIFIED OF BACTERIA IN PLANT FIRING RANGE DRINKING WELL WATER - | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE STATE OF MARYLAND HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT A | | SAMPLE OF THE DRINKING WELL WATER AT THE PLANT NUCLEAR SECURITY FIRING | | RANGE CONTAINS TOTAL COLIFORM BACTERIA IN EXCESS OF STATE LIMITS. THE | | LICENSEE ISOLATED ACCESS TO THE WELL AND IS SUPPLYING BOTTLED DRINKING | | WATER TO THE FIRING RANGE. THE LICENSEE PLANS TO FLUSH THE WELL. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34542 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: THREE MILE ISLAND REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/20/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: PA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:52 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] B&W-L-LP,[2] B&W-L-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/20/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:56[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BOYER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/20/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |KATHLEEN MODES RDO | |AINA 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(A) POT UNABLE TO SAFE SD | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE PLANT DISCOVERED THAT TWO OUT OF EIGHT CHECK VALVES WERE MISSING FROM | | THE FLOOR DRAINS IN THE INTAKE PUMP SCREEN HOUSE. | | | | THE FLOOR DRAINS IN THE INTAKE PUMP SCREEN HOUSE WERE INSPECTED IN THE | | "A" & "B" PUMP ROOMS PER FSAR SECTION 2.6.A. THESE FLOOR DRAINS SHOULD | | HAVE CHECK VALVES FOR FLOOD PROTECTION, BUT TWO OF THE EIGHT CHECK VALVES | | WERE DISCOVERED MISSING. IT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED IF THE CHECK VALVES | | WERE REMOVED AND AN INVESTIGATION IS IN PROGRESS. AS AN INTERIM FIX, A | | TEMPORARY CHANGE WILL BE MADE TO THEIR FLOOD PROCEDURE SO THAT CREDIT CAN | | BE TAKEN FOR OPERATOR ACTION. | | | | THE RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34543 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: NTH CONSULTANTS |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/20/98 | | CITY: JONESVILLE REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 17:14 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: MI |EVENT DATE: 07/20/98 | |LICENSE#: 21-04206-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 16:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/20/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |GEOFFREY WRIGHT RDO | | |JOHN AUSTIN, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: PARSONS | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NDAM DAMAGE MEASURE GAUGE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DAMAGED MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE | | | | NTH CONSULTANTS OF FARMINGTON HILLS, MI, REPORTED THAT ONE OF THEIR | | MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGES WAS DAMAGED AT AN ASPHALT PAVING JOB SITE ON SOUTH | | STREET BETWEEN MAUMEE AND EAST STREETS IN JONESVILLE, MI. THE GAUGE | | CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 8.5 MILLICURIES OF CESIUM 137 AND 40 MILLICURIES OF | | AMERICIUM-241 BERYLLIUM. BOTH THE SOURCE ROD AND GUIDE ROD WERE BROKEN, | | BUT THE SOURCE IS BELIEVED TO BE INTACT WITH THE ROD. THE ROAD HAS BEEN | | BLOCKED AND THE AREA CORDONED OFF. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 34544 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: CAMBRIDGE FAMILY PRACTICE |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/20/98 | | CITY: ARLINGTON REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:11 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: MA |EVENT DATE: 07/20/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 00:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/20/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |KATHLEEN MODES RDO | | |JOHN AUSTIN EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: KELLY | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | PATIENT HAD HANDLED A PACKAGE MARKED AS "RADIOACTIVE" | | | | A PATIENT WAS EXAMINED AT THE CAMBRIDGE FAMILY PRACTICE CLINIC FOR A | | MARKEDLY SWOLLEN NECK AND LYMPH NODES. THE PATIENT STATED THAT SHE HAD | | HANDLED A PACKAGE LABELED AS "RADIOACTIVE" AT HER PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. | | THE PATIENT HAD TAKEN READINGS OF THE PACKAGE WITH A DETECTOR AND STATED | | THAT THE READINGS WERE HIGH. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34545 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: HADDAM NECK REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/20/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:56 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 07/20/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 18:33[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MORGAN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/20/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |KATHLEEN MODES 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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE HAS DETERMINED THAT A LICENSE AMENDMENT ISSUED IS NO LONGER | | ACCURATE. | | | | NRC LICENSE AMENDMENT 193 WAS ISSUED BY NRC BASED UPON INFORMATION THAT "IF | | OFFSITE POWER CANNOT BE REESTABLISHED WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS AFTER A | | LOSS OF NORMAL POWER, LIMITED MAKEUP WATER TO THE FUEL POOL COULD BE | | PROVIDED BY GRAVITY FEED FROM A TANK..." THIS INFORMATION IS NO LONGER | | ACCURATE SINCE THE TANK HAS BEEN ABANDONED. THIS CONDITION MAY PLACE THE | | PLANT IN A CONDITION OUTSIDE THE DESIGN BASIS. | | | | CORRECTIVE MEASURES WILL BE DETERMINED. | | | | THE RESIDENT, STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES WERE NOTIFIED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 34546 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 07/20/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE PRODUCTION |NOTIFICATION TIME: 19:42 [ET]| |COMMENTS: UF6 CONVERSION (DRY PROCESS) |EVENT DATE: 07/20/98 | | |EVENT TIME: 17:15[CDT]| | |LAST UPDATE DATE: 07/20/98 | | CITY: METROPOLIS REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: MASSAC STATE: IL |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: SUB-526 AGREEMENT: Y |GEOFFREY WRIGHT RDO | | DOCKET: 04003392 |JOHN AUSTIN EO | +------------------------------------------------+PAUL WRIGHT FEMA | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROBERTS |JOSEPH GIITTER IRD | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD |FRANK CONGEL IRD | +------------------------------------------------+TIM MARTIN AEOD | |EMERGENCY CLASS: ALERT | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |OADD 76.120(a)(4) EMERGENCY DECLARED | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE REPORTED AN ONSITE RELEASE OF URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE (UF6). | | | | THE LICENSEE CLASSIFIED THE UF6 RELEASE AS AN ALERT AT 1730 CDT. THE | | AMOUNT CONSISTED OF LESS THAN 50 GRAMS OF UF6 RELEASED FROM THE KINNEY | | VACUUM PUMP ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE FEEDS BUILDING. THE DURATION OF THE | | RELEASE WAS LESS THAN 10 MINUTES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO RELEASES | | OFFSITE. THE ALERT WAS TERMINATED AT 1830 CDT. THE CAUSE OF THIS RELEASE | | IS BEING INVESTIGATED. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE LOCAL EMERGENCY DISASTER SERVICE. | | | | NRC ALSO NOTIFIED JOE GILLILAND & JAN STRASMA (PAO), REGGIE JOHNSON (DOE), | | MST3 RUTHERFORD (NRC/EPA), MAL KNAPP (NMSS), JIM RABB (HHS), AND GEORGE | | BICKERTON (USDA). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+