U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 10/26/98 - 10/27/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34687 34957 34958 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 34687 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 08/26/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:45 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 08/26/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 10:00[EDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/26/98 | | CITY: PIKETON REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: PIKE STATE: OH |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-2 AGREEMENT: N |PATRICK HILAND RDO | | DOCKET: 0707002 |LARRY CAMPER EO | +------------------------------------------------+FRANK CONGEL IRD | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: RICK LARSON | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NBNL RESPONSE-BULLETIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4-HOUR NRC 91-01 BULLETIN NOTIFICATION INVOLVING LACK OF CONTROLS. | | | | "AT 1000 HOURS ON 8/26/98 NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY PERSONNEL IDENTIFIED A | | POTENTIAL FISSILE MATERIAL OPERATION THAT IS NOT COVERED BY A NUCLEAR | | CRITICALITY SAFETY ANALYSIS (NCSA). GROUPINGS OF U-TUBE SAMPLES OF UF6, | | WHILE IN THE CASCADE BUILDINGS, AND WHILE IN TRANSPORT TO X-710 ARE NOT | | COVERED BY AN NCSA. UPON REACHING THE X-710, THE U-TUBE SAMPLES ARE | | ADEQUATELY COVERED BY EXISTING NCSAs FOR THIS BUILDING. | | | | "THERE WAS NO LOSS OF HAZARDOUS/RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL OR | | RADIOACTIVE/RADIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION EXPOSURE AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT." | | | | PLANT PERSONNEL HAVE IMPLEMENTED ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES TO PRECLUDE THE | | NEED FOR AN NCSA. | | | | THE LICENSEE INFORMED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND WILL INFORM THE DOE | | SITE REPRESENTATIVE. | | | | * * * RETRACTION 1050 10/26/98 FROM SISLER TAKEN BY STRANSKY * * * | | | | "ON 10/26/98 AT 1000, THE PLANT SHIFT SUPERINTENDANT RETRACTED THE ABOVE | | EVENT AFTER A NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY REVIEW DETERMINED THAT GROUPINGS | | OF U-TUBE SAMPLES OF UF6 WERE COVERED UNDER NCSA_PLANT053.81. HENCE, SINCE | | THE POTENTIAL FISSILE MATERIAL OPERATION WAS COVERED BY AN EXISTING NCSA, | | THIS IS NOT REPORTABLE PER NRC BULLETIN 91-01." | | | | THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. NOTIFIED R3DO (CREED). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34957 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: GRAND GULF REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/26/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: MS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 09:00 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 10/26/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 07:15[CST]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: BOB CARROLL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/26/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN PELLET 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 | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | EMERGENCY OPERATIONS FACILITY INOPERABLE DUE TO FAILURE OF SUPPORT SYSTEMS | | | | THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS FACILITY IS CURRENTLY INOPERABLE DUE TO A PROBLEM | | WITH THE EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR (EDG) POWER DISTRIBUTION PANEL THAT | | AFFECTS THE EDG AND AIR HANDLING UNIT FOR THE EOF. THE LICENSEE WILL USE | | THE BACKUP EOF IF REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO AN EMERGENCY AT THE SITE. THE NRC | | RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE LICENSEE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34958 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: USAF RADIOISOTOPE COMMITTEE |NOTIFICATION DATE: 10/26/98 | | CITY: MOUNTAIN HOME A REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:33 [ET]| | COUNTY: ELMORE STATE: ID |EVENT DATE: 10/21/98 | |LICENSE#: 42-23539-01AF AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 21:40[MST]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 10/26/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JOHN PELLET RDO | | |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MAJOR HICKS, USAF | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB2 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) LOST/STOLEN LNM>10X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE RADIOISOTOPE COMMITTEE RECEIVED ONE REPORT FROM | | MOUNTAIN HOME AFB REGARDING LOST SOURCE MATERIAL. | | | | ON 10/21/98 AT 2140 MST, ONE F-15E AIRCRAFT, CARRYING ONE LOW ALTITUDE | | NAVIGATION AND TRACKING-INFRARED NIGHT (LANTIRN) POD CONTAINING TWO 4 | | MICROCURIE Am-241 SOURCES, SEALED SOURCE SERIAL NUMBER NR-136-S-208-S | | (AMERSHAM MODEL AMM), CRASHED ON FEDERAL PROPERTY UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE | | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, LOCATED NEAR MCDERMIT, OREGON. AN INITIAL SURVEY | | OF THE CRASH SITE COULD NOT FIND THE LANTIRN POD. THE POD IS BELIEVED TO BE | | BURIED AT THE CRASH SITE. A RECOVERY TEAM WILL START DIGGING FOR THE LOST | | SOURCES IN ABOUT 2 WEEKS. | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+