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Event Notification Report for January 10, 2003


                    U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
                              Operations Center

                              Event Reports For
                           01/09/2003 - 01/10/2003

                              ** EVENT NUMBERS **

39490  39494  39496  39497  

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|General Information or Other                     |Event Number:   39490       |
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| REP ORG:  ARIZONA RADIATION REGULATORY AGENCY  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/06/2003|
|LICENSEE:  CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION AND TESTING  |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:58[EST]|
|    CITY:  Tempe                    REGION:  4  |EVENT DATE:        01/06/2003|
|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  AZ |EVENT TIME:        16:00[MST]|
|LICENSE#:  7-98                  AGREEMENT:  Y  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  01/06/2003|
|  DOCKET:                                       |+----------------------------+
|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|                                                |CHUCK CAIN           R4      |
|                                                |JOHN GREEVES         NMSS    |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  AUBREY  V. GODWIN            |                             |
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  ARLON COSTA                  |                             |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |                             |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|NAGR                     AGREEMENT STATE        |                             |
|                                                |                             |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT  - STOLEN MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE                      |
|                                                                              |
| "At approximately 7:30 AM, January 6, 2003, the Agency [Arizona Radiation    |
| Regulatory Agency] received a voice mail message advising that a Troxler     |
| Model 3440 device, Serial Number 30391, was missing from 4440 West Mountain  |
| View Road, Glendale, AZ.  The device contains 8 millicuries of Cesium-137    |
| and 40 millicuries of Americium-241:Berylium.  The information supplied      |
| indicated that there is [evidence] that the device was stolen.  LICENSEE     |
| believes the source disappeared between 2:00 AM and 6:00 AM January 3, 2003. |
| Agency investigation indicates [that] the lock was cut and the device        |
| removed from the shipping case.  Glendale Police Department is also          |
| investigating this event, report number 03-972.                              |
|                                                                              |
| "The LICENSEE and the Agency continue to investigate this event.             |
|                                                                              |
| "The States of CA, CO, NV, NM, and UT and U.S. NRC and the U.S. FBI are      |
| being notified of this event.  Mexico is also being informed of this event." |
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|General Information or Other                     |Event Number:   39494       |
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| REP ORG:  TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH           |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/07/2003|
|LICENSEE:  SPECTRO INSTRUMENTS                  |NOTIFICATION TIME: 18:32[EST]|
|    CITY:  MARBLE FALLS             REGION:  4  |EVENT DATE:        01/07/2003|
|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  TX |EVENT TIME:        16:24[CST]|
|LICENSE#:  L02788                AGREEMENT:  Y  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  01/07/2003|
|  DOCKET:                                       |+----------------------------+
|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|                                                |CHUCK CAIN           R4      |
|                                                |E. WILLIAM BRACH     NMSS    |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  HELEN WATKINS                |                             |
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  ARLON COSTA                  |                             |
+------------------------------------------------+                             |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |                             |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|NAGR                     AGREEMENT STATE        |                             |
|                                                |                             |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT ON LEAKING SOURCES                                    |
|                                                                              |
| Texas Department of Health received a telephone notification from Spectro    |
| Instruments that two 50 microcurie Fe-55 sources were leaking.  Sources S/N  |
| 5069LG and S/N 6172LG were leak tested 0.4 microcuries and 0.13 microcuries  |
| respectively.                                                                |
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|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   39496       |
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| FACILITY: QUAD CITIES              REGION:  3  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/09/2003|
|    UNIT:  [] [2] []                 STATE:  IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:47[EST]|
|   RXTYPE: [1] GE-3,[2] GE-3                    |EVENT DATE:        01/09/2003|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        05:40[CST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  DARYL CLARK                  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  01/09/2003|
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  RICH LAURA                   +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |ROGER LANKSBURY      R3      |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|AIND 50.72(b)(3)(v)(D)   ACCIDENT MITIGATION    |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|                                                   |                          |
|2     N          Y       100      Power Operation  |100      Power Operation  |
|                                                   |                          |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| RHR VALVE AUTOMATICALLY WENT CLOSED INSTEAD OF OPEN DURING TESTING           |
|                                                                              |
| "At 0540 hours CST on 1/9/03 during the performance of QCOS 1000-09 (RHR     |
| Power Operated Valve Test), the RHR Injection Valve 2-1001-29A automatically |
| closed upon achieving the full open position. Group II isolation relays for  |
| both the 2-1001-29A and 2-1001-29B valves were discovered energized, which   |
| would cause these injection valves to close thereby prohibiting the low      |
| pressure injection function for both RHR subsystems (note that no Group II   |
| isolation signal was present). As such, Technical Specifications 3.5.1       |
| Condition D was entered. The isolation logic relays were reset (deenergized) |
| at 0625 CST and the 2-1001-29A and 2-1001-29B valves were satisfactorily     |
| cycled. Technical Specifications 3.5.1 Condition D has been exited. A prompt |
| investigation is in progress.                                                |
|                                                                              |
| "The notification is being made in accordance with 10CFR50.72(b)(3)(V)."     |
|                                                                              |
| The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified.                                |
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|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   39497       |
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| FACILITY: INDIAN POINT             REGION:  1  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/09/2003|
|    UNIT:  [] [3] []                 STATE:  NY |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:55[EST]|
|   RXTYPE: [2] W-4-LP,[3] W-4-LP                |EVENT DATE:        01/03/2003|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        10:00[EST]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  DAN LYON                     |LAST UPDATE DATE:  01/09/2003|
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  RICH LAURA                   +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |RICHARD CONTE        R1      |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|DDDD 73.71(b)(1)         SAFEGUARDS REPORTS     |                             |
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+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|                                                   |                          |
|3     N          Y       100      Power Operation  |100      Power Operation  |
|                                                   |                          |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| UNCOMPENSATED SECURITY GUARD DEGRADATION FOR 1 HOUR                          |
|                                                                              |
| Immediate compensatory measures were taken upon discovery. The licensee      |
| notified the resident inspector. Refer to the HOO log for additional         |
| details.                                                                     |
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