U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 08/21/98 - 08/24/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34647 34665 34666 34667 34668 34669 34670 34671 +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34647 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: CATAWBA REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/18/98 | |UNIT: [1] [2] [ ] STATE: SC |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:05 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/17/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 17:50[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ED BREWER |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/21/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: FANGIE JONES +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |EDWARD MCALPINE RDO | |NLTR LICENSEE 24 HR REPORT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MISSED SURVEILLANCE ON HEAT DETECTORS IN THE FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM | | | | THE CATAWBA FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM CONTAINS A REQUIREMENT TO PERFORM A | | VISUAL INSPECTION OF ALL ACCESSIBLE SPOT-TYPE HEAT DETECTORS EVERY 6 | | MONTHS. DURING A REVIEW OF IMPROVED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AND COMPARING | | THEM TO PRESENT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THIS | | REQUIREMENT WAS NOT INCORPORATED INTO AN IMPLEMENTING PROCEDURE AND THAT IT | | HAD NOT BEEN PERFORMED. THIS CONSTITUTES A VIOLATION OF OPERATING LICENSE | | COMMITMENT 16.9.6, WHICH STATES THAT ALL PROVISIONS OF THE APPROVED FIRE | | PROTECTION PROGRAM BE IMPLEMENTED AND MAINTAINED IN EFFECT. | | | | AN INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED, AND ALL DETECTORS WERE VERIFIED TO BE | | ACCEPTABLE. THE REQUIREMENT WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO AN IMPLEMENTING | | PROCEDURE. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | | | | * * * UPDATE AT 1156 EDT ON 08/19/98 FROM E.BREWER TO S.SANDIN * * * | | | | THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY THE LICENSEE AS AN UPDATE TO THE | | ONGOING INVESTIGATION: | | | | "DURING A REVIEW OF A PROCEDURE ASSOCIATED WITH FIRE DETECTOR INSPECTION, | | IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A WORK REQUEST USED TO IMPLEMENT THE PROCEDURE HAD | | BEEN DELETED. THE PROCEDURE IS USED TO SATISFY A REQUIREMENT TO REMOVE AND | | TEST NON-RESTORABLE SPOT-TYPE DETECTORS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 20 | | NON-RESTORABLE SPOT-TYPE HEAT DETECTORS AT CATAWBA. OF THESE, 12 ARE | | SPECIFIC LICENSING COMMITMENTS. ALL 12 ARE LOCATED IN THE CONTROL ROOM." | | | | "THE 12 DETECTORS WERE DECLARED INOPERABLE DUE TO THE MISSING TESTING | | REQUIREMENT. THE DETECTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED." | | | | "FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE CONDITIONS 2.C(8) FOR UNIT 1 AND 2.C(6) FOR | | UNIT 2 REQUIRE THAT THE LICENSEE IMPLEMENT AND MAINTAIN ALL PROVISIONS OF | | THE FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM AS DESCRIBED IN THE UPDATED FINAL SAFETY | | ANALYSIS REPORT. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS CONDITION IS A VIOLATION OF | | THE FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM AND, THEREFORE, IS REPORTABLE TO THE NRC WITHIN | | 24 HOURS IN ACCORDANCE WITH LICENSE CONDITION 2.F." | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. THE NRC OPERATIONS | | OFFICER NOTIFIED THE R2DO (BARR). | | | | *** UPDATE ON 08/21/98 AT 1705 FROM BRISSON TO GOULD *** | | | | DURING A CONTINUING REVIEW OF PROCEDURES ASSOCIATED WITH A FIRE DETECTOR | | INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ADDITIONAL SURVEILLANCES WERE NOT | | PROPERLY PERFORMED ON 'RESTORABLE' SPOT-TYPE HEAT DETECTORS LOCATED IN | | INACCESSIBLE AREAS. | | | | THE SELECTED LICENSEE COMMITMENTS STATE THAT ALL FIRE DETECTORS, "... WHICH | | ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE DURING PLANT OPERATION SHALL BE DEMONSTRATED OPERABLE BY | | THE PERFORMANCE OF A TRIP ACTUATION DEVICE OPERATIONAL TEST (TADOT) DURING | | EACH REFUELING OUTAGE." EACH UNIT CONTAINS TWO ZONES WHICH EACH CONTAIN | | TWO HEAT DETECTORS FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR HEAT DETECTORS ON EACH UNIT. | | CURRENTLY, PLANT PROCEDURES REQUIRE ONLY ONE DETECTOR PER ZONE TO BE TESTED | | DURING EACH REFUELING OUTAGE. THIS AFFECTS BOTH ZONES ON EACH UNIT. | | | | FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE CONDITIONS REQUIRE THAT THE LICENSEE IMPLEMENT | | AND MAINTAIN ALL PROVISIONS OF THE FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM AS DESCRIBED IN | | THE UPDATED FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THIS | | CONDITION IS A VIOLATION OF THE FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM. | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR WILL BE INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. THE R2DO | | (BARR) WAS NOTIFIED BY THE NRC OPERATIONS OFFICER. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |TRANSPORTATION EVENT | |EVENT NUMBER: 34665 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: UNKNOWN |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/21/98 | | CITY: MEMPHIS REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 04:01 [ET]| | COUNTY: SHELBY STATE: TN |EVENT DATE: 08/21/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 01:45[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/21/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |KENNETH BARR RDO | | |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+STUART RUBIN, AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JIM O'KEEFE, NAT RES CTR |DOE (VIA FAX) | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NTRA TRANSPORTATION EVENT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - UNPACKAGED LEAD PIG WITH Cs-137 SOURCE IN FED EX FACILITY, MEMPHIS, TN - | | | | JIM O'KEEFE, DOT NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER, NOTIFIED THE NRC THAT ROY | | PARKER, FEDERAL EXPRESS, REPORTED THAT HE HAD AN UNPACKAGED LEAD PIG AT | | THE FEDERAL EXPRESS HUB SORTING FACILITY LOCATED IN MEMPHIS, TN. THE LEAD | | PIG HAD APPARENTLY FALLEN OUT OF A SHIPPING CONTAINER. MR. PARKER DID NOT | | HAVE THE SHIPPING CONTAINER OR THE SHIPPING PAPERS. THE LEAD PIG CONTAINS | | A CESIUM-137 SOURCE AND MEASURED 35.2 MICROCURIES ON CONTACT. MR. PARKER | | PLANS TO SEND THE LEAD PIG TO ITS MANUFACTURER, METAPHYSICS, IN CHICAGO, | | IL. | | | | MR. PARKER NOTIFIED THE TN DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION CONTROL AND THE FAA. | | MR. O'KEEFE NOTIFIED NOAA AND EPA, REGION IV. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34666 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: BYRON REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/21/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:12 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 08/21/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 07:41[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SCOT SWANSON |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/21/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: DICK JOLLIFFE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ 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 | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | | | | | 2 | N Y 100 POWER OPERATION | 100 POWER OPERATION | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | - CONTAINMENT SPRAY SYSTEM TRAIN 'A' VALVES ACTUATED DUE TO HUMAN ERROR - | | | | WHILE PERFORMING A SCHEDULED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION SURVEILLANCE TEST OF | | THE UNIT 2 ENGINEERED SAFEGUARDS SYSTEM RELAY FOR MAIN STEAM ISOLATION, A | | CONTROL ROOM OPERATOR SELECTED THE WRONG TEST SWITCH AND ACTUATED | | CONTAINMENT SPRAY (CS) SYSTEM TRAIN 'A' VALVES. CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS | | VERIFIED THAT THE CS PUMP HAD NOT STARTED (THE CS PUMP IS NOT STARTED BY | | THE SAME RELAY.) AND VERIFIED THAT THERE WAS NO ACTUAL FLOW OF WATER | | THROUGH THE SYSTEM. TWO VALVES IN THE CS SYSTEM REPOSITIONED AS REQUIRED. | | CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS REALIGNED THE CS SYSTEM TO NORMAL AND RESET THE | | ENGINEERED SAFETY FEATURE (ESF) ACTUATION SIGNAL. | | | | THE LICENSEE IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THIS EVENT (WHICH | | APPEARS TO BE AN INVALID ESF ACTUATION OF EQUIPMENT DUE TO HUMAN ERROR) AND | | IS DETERMINING CORRECTIVE ACTION. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO INFORM THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34667 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/21/98 | | CITY: LAKEWOOD REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:35 [ET]| | COUNTY: JEFFERSON STATE: CO |EVENT DATE: 08/20/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 17:00[MDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/21/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |PHIL HARRELL RDO | | |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+STUART RUBIN, AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: ROBERTSON(NAT. RES. CTR.) |FEMA, DOE, USDA, HHS FAX | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD |EPA, DOT (VIA NRC) FAX | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER WAS NOTIFIED BY THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF | | THE DISCOVERY OF DEPLETED URANIUM FOUND IN LABORATORY DRAIN PIPES. | | | | THIS OCCURRED DURING THE DEMOLITION OF A LABORATORY AT THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL | | SURVEY IN LAKEWOOD, CO. MATERIALS FOUND IN THE DRAIN LINES OF THE LAB ROOM | | IN BUILDING 21 CONSISTED OF MERCURY AND DEPLETED URANIUM. THE SOURCE OF | | WATER TO THE DRAIN LINES HAS BEEN SECURED, AND THEY ARE REMOVING THE | | MATERIAL FROM THE DRAIN PIPE AS PART OF THEIR CLEANUP EFFORT. SO FAR, | | APPROXIMATELY 1 LB OF MERCURY HAS BEEN DISCOVERED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 34668 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: XRI TESTING |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/21/98 | | CITY: MISHAWAKA REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:17 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: IN |EVENT DATE: 08/21/98 | |LICENSE#: 21-05472-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 16:00[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/21/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOHN JACOBSON RDO | | |JOHN GREEVES, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL, AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: SHUE |FRED COMBS NMSS | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | POTENTIAL PERSONNEL OVEREXPOSURE | | | | XRI TESTING OF OAKLAWN, IL, REPORTED THAT ONE OF THE THEIR RADIOGRAPHY | | TECHNICIANS MAY HAVE RECEIVED AN OVEREXPOSURE WHEN HE WALKED IN FRONT OF | | THE CAMERA WHILE THE SOURCE WAS NOT FULLY WITHDRAWN INTO THE CAMERA. THIS | | INCIDENT OCCURRED AT A WESTINGHOUSE PLANT IN MISHAWAKA, IN, WHERE THEY WERE | | PERFORMING RADIOGRAPHS OF PIPE WELDS. THE INDIVIDUAL'S DOSIMETER WENT OFF | | SCALE. THEY ARE RETURNING TO THEIR ILLINOIS FACILITY SO THAT THE FILM | | BADGE AND WALLET CARD CAN BE PROCESSED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34669 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: MCMINN'S ASPHALT CO., INC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/21/98 | | CITY: LANCASTER REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:10 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: PA |EVENT DATE: 08/21/98 | |LICENSE#: 371965901 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 19:45[EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/21/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JAMES NOGGLE RDO | | |JOHN GREEVES, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL, AEOD IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: CORY |JOHN DAVIDSON, NMSS IAT | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NINF INFORMATION ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A TROXLER GAUGE WAS STOLEN FROM A SECURED STORAGE AREA IN LANCASTER, PA. | | | | THE MCMINN'S ASPHALT CO., INC., REPORTED THAT SOMEONE HAD BROKEN INTO THEIR | | SECURED STORAGE AREA ON THEIR PROPERTY AND STOLE ONE OF TWO TROXLER GAUGES | | FROM THAT AREA. THE TROXLER GAUGE (MODEL #4640 SERIAL #1112) CONTAINED 8 | | MILLICURIES OF CESIUM-137 (SERIAL #752150). THE EAST HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP | | POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED, AND THE REMAINING GAUGE WAS MOVED TO | | ANOTHER SECURED AREA. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 34670 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/21/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 23:32 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 08/21/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 08:00[CDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/21/98 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |JOHN JACOBSON RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 |JOHN GREEVES, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MAURER | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 24-HOUR NRC BULLETIN 91-01 RESPONSE | | | | ROOM 57 IN BUILDING C-710 IS THE RADIO-CHEMISTRY LABORATORY AND IS | | DESIGNATED AS A FISSILE CONTROL AREA (FCA). NCS INCIDENT REPORT 98-067 | | REPORTED THAT 1 GALLON ZIPLOCK PLASTIC BAGS WERE BEING USED TO COLLECT | | WASTE GENERATED DURING SAMPLE EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES ON POTENTIALLY FISSILE | | (PF) SAMPLES. NCSA GEN-15, REQUIREMENT 3, SPECIFIES THAT ALL PF WASTE | | GENERATED IN AN FCA (ROOM 57) BE COLLECTED IN A MAXIMUM 5.5-GALLON WASTE | | DRUM OR A MAXIMUM 21-LITER POLYBOTTLE UNLESS ANOTHER NCSA APPROVES A | | DIFFERENT CONTAINER. THUS, REQUIREMENT 3 OF NCSA GEN-15 WAS VIOLATED. | | | | THUS, THE PF WASTE BEING GENERATED IN AN FCA (ROOM 57) WAS NOT BEING | | COLLECTED IN APPROVED 5.5-GALLON WASTE DRUMS. THE ZIPLOCK BAG CONTAINING | | PF MATERIAL WAS BEING HANDLED AS PF MATERIAL WITH A MINIMUM 2-FOOT | | EDGE-TO-EDGE SPACING. FURTHER INVESTIGATION HAS REVEALED THAT THE USE OF | | PLASTIC BAGS TO COLLECT PF WASTE HAS BEEN A STANDARD PRACTICE. A | | CONSERVATIVE REPORT IS BEING FILED, AND FURTHER EVALUATION IS BEING | | PERFORMED. | | | | THE GEOMETRY PROCESS CONDITION WAS NOT VIOLATED FOR THIS EVENT. IN | | ADDITION, THE SPACING PROCESS CONDITION FOR THIS EVENT WAS NOT VIOLATED. | | | | CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: DIRECTION WAS PROVIDED TO LABORATORY PERSONNEL FROM | | NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY TO PLACE THE SUBJECT PF WASTE IN AN APPROVED | | 5.5-GALLON DRUM. THE USE OF PLASTIC BAGS TO ACCUMULATE PF WASTE HAS BEEN | | DISCONTINUED BY THE LABORATORY PERSONNEL. | | | | THIS EVENT WAS SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT TABLE | | 6.9-1, CRITERIA A.4.a, AS AN NRC BULLETIN 91-01, SUPPLEMENT 1, RESPONSE. | | | | PADUCAH PERSONNEL NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34671 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: MAINE YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/22/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: ME |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:13 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] CE |EVENT DATE: 08/22/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 13:40[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: VOGTLE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 08/22/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JAMES NOGGLE 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 N 0 DECOMMISSIONED | 0 DECOMMISSIONED | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE STATE OF MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL | | PROTECTION OF AN ASBESTOS SPILL INSIDE CONTAINMENT. | | | | THE ASBESTOS SPILL OCCURRED INSIDE CONTAINMENT. AN AIR SAMPLE TAKEN WAS | | ABOVE THE PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LIMIT, SO THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE STATE. | | THE AMOUNT OF THE SPILL IS UNKNOWN. NO PERSONNEL WERE AFFECTED, AND NO | | RELEASE OUTSIDE CONTAINMENT OCCURRED. | | | | THE LICENSEE DOES NOT HAVE AN NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+