U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 05/26/98 - 05/27/98 ** EVENT NUMBERS ** 34258 34288 34289 34290 34291 34292 !!!!!!!!! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED !!!!!!! +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34258 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: U.S. ARMY (ACALA) |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/19/98 | | CITY: FORT IRWIN REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:02 [ET]| | COUNTY: SAN BERNARDINO STATE: CA |EVENT DATE: 05/18/98 | |LICENSE#: 12-00722-03 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: 20:00[PDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/26/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |MONTE PHILLIPS, REG3 RDO | | |FRED COMBS, NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+JOHN PELLET, REG4 RDO | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: JEFF HAVENNE |DOE,HHS,FEMA,USDA, FAX | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON |EPA, DOT (VIA NRC) FAX | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |BAB1 20.2201(a)(1)(i) LOST/STOLEN LNM>1000X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DURING AN INVENTORY CHECK PERFORMED ON 05/18/98, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A | | CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR CONTAINING 250 MICROCURIES OF AMERICIUM-241 WAS | | MISSING. | | | | A U.S. ARMY UNIT WAS ON MANEUVERS AT FORT IRWIN, CALIFORNIA. AFTER | | MANEUVERS DURING AN INVENTORY CHECK, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT AN M43A1 | | (CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR) CONTAINING 250 MICROCURIES OF AMERICIUM-241 WAS | | MISSING. THE CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR WAS PROBABLY LOST ON THE TRAINING | | GROUNDS AT FORT IRWIN. | | | | ***RETRACTION ON 05/26/98 AT 1202 EDT FROM JEFF HAVENNER TO MACKINNON*** | | | | THE LICENSEE IS RETRACTING THIS EVENT BECAUSE THE M43A1 CHEMICAL AGENT | | DETECTOR WAS DISCOVERED DURING AN INVENTORY CHECK. ANOTHER ARMY UNIT HAD | | WALKED OFF WITH THE CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR, AND DURING AN INVENTORY, IT | | WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CHEMICAL AGENT DID NOT BELONG TO THEM. THE | | CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR WAS RETURNED TO THE CORRECT UNIT. | | | | THE R3DO (JOHN MADERA), R4DO (JOSEPH TAPIA), AND NMSS EO (FRED COMBS) WERE | | NOTIFIED BY THE NRC OPERATIONS CENTER. A FACSIMILE OF THIS EVENT WAS ALSO | | SENT TO THE FOLLOWING FEDERAL AGENCIES: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, DEPARTMENT | | OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, U.S. | | DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, AND DEPARTMENT | | OF TRANSPORTATION (VIA THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |GENERAL INFORMATION or OTHER | |EVENT NUMBER: 34288 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: NC DIVISION OF RAD PROTECTION |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/26/98 | | CITY: CHARLOTTE REGION: 2 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:05 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: NC |EVENT DATE: 05/22/98 | |LICENSE#: 0600253-3 AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: : [EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/26/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |AL BELISLE RDO | | |FRED COMBS/NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+FEMA, DOE, USDA, HHS FAX | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: GRANT MILLS |EPA, DOT (VIA NRC) FAX | |HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AGREEMENT STATE REPORT CONCERNING A TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENT INVOLVING A | | RADIOACTIVE SOURCE | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE NORTH | | CAROLINA DIVISION OF RADIATION PROTECTION (NORTH CAROLINA INCIDENT NO. | | 98-016): | | | | "ON MAY 22, 1998, THE LICENSEE (ENGINEERING CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.) | | REPORTED A VEHICLE ACCIDENT INVOLVING A COMPANY TRUCK WHICH WAS CARRYING A | | MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE (A HUMBOLT SCIENTIFIC, INC., MODEL 5001, CONTAINING | | UP TO 11 MILLICURIES OF CESIUM-137 AND 44 MILLICURIES OF AMERICIUM-241: | | BERYLLIUM). THE GAUGE REMAINED INTACT AND RESPONDING [NORTH CAROLINA] | | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MADE CONFIRMATORY EXPOSURE MEASUREMENTS. THE | | LICENSEE IS BEING REQUIRED TO PERFORM A LEAK TEST ON THE GAUGE AND SEND THE | | GAUGE TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR A TOTAL OPERATIONAL CHECK PRIOR TO RETURNING | | THE GAUGE TO USE. AN INVESTIGATION OF [THE] LICENSEE'S TRANSPORTATION | | PRACTICES IS ONGOING." | | | | (REFER TO THE HOO LOG FOR A CONTACT NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER.) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |OTHER NUCLEAR MATERIAL | |EVENT NUMBER: 34289 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |LICENSEE: BRIGGS ASSOCIATES, RHODE ISLAND |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/26/98 | | CITY: BOSTON REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:20 [ET]| | COUNTY: STATE: MA |EVENT DATE: 05/22/98 | |LICENSE#: AGREEMENT: Y |EVENT TIME: : [EDT]| | DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/26/98 | | +-----------------------------+ | |PERSON ORGANIZATION| | |JACK DURR RDO | | |FRED COMBS/NMSS EO | +------------------------------------------------+FEMA, DOE, USDA, HHS FAX | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: MILAN SHAH |EPA, DOT (VIA NRC) FAX | |HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | RADIOGRAPHY POCKET DOSIMETER OFFSCALE DUE TO INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY | | EXPOSURE. | | | | THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS A PORTION OF A FACSIMILE RECEIVED FROM THE | | MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH RADIATION CONTROL PROGRAM: | | | | "ON MAY 22, 1998, THE AGENCY WAS NOTIFIED OF AN INCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED AT | | THE LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. INDUSTRIAL | | RADIOGRAPHY OPERATIONS WERE BEING PERFORMED ON PIPE WELLS IN A 15-FOOT DEEP | | TRENCH. THE INCIDENT INVOLVED AN INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHIC OPERATION IN | | WHICH THE SOURCE GUIDE TUBE BECAME DETACHED FROM THE CAMERA. THE | | RADIOGRAPHER TRAINEE SAW THE SOURCE AND RAN FOR COVER. EMERGENCY | | PROCEDURES WERE IMPLEMENTED. THE CONTROL MECHANISM WAS RETRIEVED FROM THE | | TRENCH, AND THE SOURCE WAS SUCCESSFULLY RETURNED TO ITS SHIELDED POSITION. | | IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RADIOGRAPHER TRAINEE'S POCKET DOSIMETER WAS OFF | | SCALE (> 200 mR/hr). THE RADIOGRAPHER'S POCKET DOSIMETER READING WAS 105 | | mR. THE RADIOGRAPHER TRAINEE'S BADGE HAS BEEN SENT FOR EMERGENCY | | PROCESSING. [THE] RADIOGRAPHER TRAINEE AND THREE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO | | WERE IN THE VICINITY OF THE INCIDENT WERE TAKEN TO MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL | | HOSPITAL FOR CHECKUP. NO IMMEDIATE ADVERSE EFFECT[S WERE] IDENTIFIED." | | | | "AS PART OF THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED FOR | | SOURCE RETRIEVAL. THE CONTROL UNIT, RADIOGRAPHIC EXPOSURE EXPOSURE DEVICE, | | AND THE GUIDE TUBE [HAVE] BEEN RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR FURTHER | | EVALUATION." | | | | "THE RADIOGRAPHY WAS BEING PERFORMED BY A BRIGGS ASSOCIATES LICENSEE (RHODE | | ISLAND) WORKING UNDER RECIPROCITY IN MASSACHUSETTS." | | | | THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS EVENT NUMBER ASSIGNED TO THIS EVENT IS | | MA-98-0005. THE LICENSE NUMBER OF BRIGGS ASSOCIATES IS UNKNOWN. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34290 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: VERMONT YANKEE REGION: 1 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/26/98 | |UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: VT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:31 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] GE-4 |EVENT DATE: 05/26/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 14:15[EDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: EMPEY |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/26/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JACK DURR RDO | |ADAS 50.72(b)(2)(i) DEG/UNANALYZED COND | | |AINC 50.72(b)(2)(iii)(C) POT UNCNTRL RAD REL | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE | +-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+ | 1 | N N 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | 0 COLD SHUTDOWN | | | | | | | | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DISCOVERY OF IMPROPER CHAMFERING OF SIX PRIMARY CONTAINMENT ISOLATION | | SYSTEM GATE VALVES | | | | IT WAS DISCOVERED DURING A REFUELING OUTAGE THAT SIX PRIMARY CONTAINMENT | | ISOLATION SYSTEM VALVES (GATE VALVES) IN THE HIGH PRESSURE COOLANT | | INJECTION, REACTOR CORE ISOLATION COOLING, AND REACTOR WATER CLEANUP | | SYSTEMS DID NOT HAVE PROPER CHAMFERING OF VARIOUS REQUIRED SURFACES PER | | GENERIC LETTER 89-10. LACK OF PROPER CHAMFERING COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE | | VALVES FROM CLOSING FOR A LINE BREAK ISOLATION CONDITION. FAILURE OF THESE | | VALVES TO CLOSE WOULD PREVENT PRIMARY CONTAINMENT ISOLATION RESULTING IN A | | SERIOUSLY DEGRADED CONDITION. FURTHERMORE, THE CONDITION COULD HAVE | | PREVENTED THE FULFILLMENT OF SAFETY FUNCTION NEEDED TO CONTROL THE RELEASE | | OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL. | | | | ALL SIX VALVES HAVE SINCE REWORKED TO ENSURE THE PROPER CHAMFER. AT THE | | TIME OF THIS NOTIFICATION, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAD NOT IDENTIFIED | | CONCERNS WITH OTHER GATE VALVES IN THE PLANT. | | | | THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |POWER REACTOR | |EVENT NUMBER: 34291 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PRAIRIE ISLAND REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/26/98 | |UNIT: [ ] [2] [ ] STATE: MN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:34 [ET]| |RX TYPE: [1] W-2-LP,[2] W-2-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/26/98 | +------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 15:00[CDT]| |NRC NOTIFIED BY: WAYNE EPPEN |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/26/98 | |HQ OPS OFFICER: LEIGH TROCINE +-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+ NOTIFICATIONS | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE +-----------------------------+ |10 CFR SECTION: |JOHN MADERA RDO | |AOUT 50.72(b)(1)(ii)(B) OUTSIDE DESIGN BASIS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----+----------+-------+--------+--------------+--+--------+-----------------+ |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 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAILURE OF FIRE AREAS AND SEAL AREAS TO MEET 10 CFR PART 50, APPENDIX 'R,' | | CRITERIA FOR FIRE BARRIERS | | | | THE DOOR AND TRENCH BETWEEN FIRE AREA 66 (D3 STORAGE ROOM) AND FIRE AREA 70 | | (UNIT 2 TURBINE BUILDING) DO NOT MEET THE 10 CFR PART 50, APPENDIX 'R,' | | CRITERIA FOR FIRE BARRIERS. IN ADDITION, SOME PENETRATIONS BETWEEN FIRE | | AREAS 75 AND 74 (THE 735-FOOT AND 713-FOOT ELEVATION AUXILIARY BUILDING, | | RESPECTIVELY) ARE NOT SEALED. IN THE FIRST CASE, ADEQUATE SEPARATION OF | | THE SAFE SHUTDOWN EQUIPMENT IS LACKING. IN THE SECOND CASE, THE ADEQUACY | | OF SEPARATION HAS NOT BEEN EVALUATED TO DATE. THESE FIRE BARRIERS ARE | | CURRENTLY CONSIDERED TO BE INOPERABLE, AND A 1-HOUR FIRE WATCH HAS BEEN | | ESTABLISHED FOR THESE AREAS AS A CONTINGENCY. AT THIS TIME, THE UNIT IS | | NOT IN A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATION AS A | | RESULT OF THIS ISSUE. | | | | THE LICENSEE PLANS TO NOTIFY THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR AND MAY ISSUE A | | PRESS RELEASE. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |FUEL CYCLE FACILITY | |EVENT NUMBER: 34292 | +----------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ |FACILITY: PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/27/98 | | RXTYPE: URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:46 [ET]| |COMMENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY CENTER |EVENT DATE: 05/26/98 | | 6903 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE |EVENT TIME: 16:10[CDT]| | BETHESDA, MD 20817 (301)564-3200 |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/27/98 | | CITY: PADUCAH REGION: 3 +-----------------------------+ | COUNTY: McCRACKEN STATE: KY |PERSON ORGANIZATION| |LICENSE#: GDP-1 AGREEMENT: Y |JOHN MADERA RDO | | DOCKET: 0707001 | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |NRC NOTIFIED BY: UNDERWOOD | | |HQ OPS OFFICER: BOB STRANSKY | | +------------------------------------------------+ | |EMERGENCY CLASS: NOT APPLICABLE | | |10 CFR SECTION: | | |NCFR NON CFR REPORT REQMNT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+ EVENT TEXT +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 24-HOUR REPORT DUE TO ACTUATION OF UF6 DETECTOR HEAD | | | | DURING VALVING EVOLUTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PLACING THE WEST NORMETEX | | WITHDRAWAL PUMP ONLINE, A SMALL UF6 RELEASE OCCURRED NEAR VALVE EDX-1 IN | | THE C-310-A PRODUCT WITHDRAWAL BUILDING. THIS CAUSED UF6 DETECTION HEAD | | YE-48-8 TO ACTUATE. THIS EVENT WAS REPORTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAFETY | | ANALYSIS REPORT TABLE 6.9-1, CRITERION J.2, AS AN ACTUATION OF A "Q" SAFETY | | SYSTEM IN RESPONSE TO A VALID SIGNAL, WHICH REQUIRES A 24-HOUR NOTIFICATION | | TO THE NRC. THE NRC RESIDENT INSPECTOR HAS BEEN INFORMED. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+