U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
05/08/2003 - 05/09/2003
** EVENT NUMBERS **
39824 39832 39833 39834
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 39824 |
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| REP ORG: SC DIV OF HEALTH & ENV CONTROL |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/05/2003|
|LICENSEE: STERIS-ISOMEDIX SERVICES |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:25[EDT]|
| CITY: SPARTENBURG REGION: 2 |EVENT DATE: 05/05/2003|
| COUNTY: STATE: SC |EVENT TIME: 11:30[EDT]|
|LICENSE#: 267 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/05/2003|
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| |JOEL MUNDAY R2 |
| |TOM ESSIG NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: DAVID KING | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: CHAUNCEY GOULD | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|NAGR AGREEMENT STATE | |
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| MALFUNCTIONING IRRADIATOR CARRIER DOOR HINGE PIN ASSEMBLY |
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| Steris-Isomedix Services reported to the state that they had an incident |
| where the hinge pin assembly on the carrier door of an irradiator |
| malfunctioned. This resulted in the door opening and jamming at the source |
| rack which in turn left the source in a fully unshielded position. The |
| operator then went to the hoist cables for the source rack, which is in a |
| shielded area, moved the cables around a bit and unjammed the source rack |
| returning the source to the fully shielded position. The amount of time |
| taken to return the source to the fully shielded position was approximately |
| 20-30 minutes. The licensee is shutting down all irradiators to check the |
| hinge pin assemblies. There were no exposures. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39832 |
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| FACILITY: GRAND GULF REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/08/2003|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: MS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:40[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] GE-6 |EVENT DATE: 05/08/2003|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: BRIAN BLANCHE |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/08/2003|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: JOHN MacKINNON +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |LINDA SMITH R4 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|APRE 50.72(b)(2)(xi) OFFSITE NOTIFICATION | |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE |
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|1 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| EMERGENCY SIREN ACCIDENTLY INITIATED. |
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| The Claiborne County Civil Defense department inadvertently initiated an |
| emergency siren. The siren has been secured, and a "No Emergency" message |
| has been issued to the local media. |
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| The NRC Resident Inspector was notified of this event by the licensee. |
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|Fuel Cycle Facility |Event Number: 39833 |
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| FACILITY: GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL - AMERICAS |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/08/2003|
| RXTYPE: URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:16[EDT]|
| COMMENTS: LEU CONVERSION (UF6 TO UO2) |EVENT DATE: 05/08/2003|
| LEU FABRICATION |EVENT TIME: 04:00[EDT]|
| LWR COMMERICAL FUEL |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/08/2003|
| CITY: WILMINGTON REGION: 2 +-----------------------------+
| COUNTY: NEW HANOVER STATE: NC |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
|LICENSE#: SNM-1097 AGREEMENT: Y |PAUL FREDRICKSON R2 |
| DOCKET: 07001113 |ERIC LEEDS NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: RICK FOLECK | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: HOWIE CROUCH | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|KSAF 70.50(b)(2) SAFETY EQUIPMENT FAILUR| |
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| SAFETY EQUIPMENT FAILURE DUE TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONDITIONS |
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| The following information was received from the licensee via facsimile: |
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| "At approximately 4:00 a.m. [EDT] on May 8, 2003, the Criticality Warning |
| System (CWS) coverage was temporarily lost due to severe thunderstorm |
| conditions. The two Data Acquisition Modules (DAMS) providing redundant |
| criticality detector coverage of the Dry Conversion Process (DCP) plant area |
| were simultaneously lost. Additional isolated DAM failures occurred at |
| other locations, but CWS coverage was maintained for the remainder of the |
| facility. |
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| "In DCP, operations were suspended, and all movement of fissile material was |
| halted. Personnel were restricted from affected plant areas. Maintenance |
| instrumentation personnel diagnosed and successfully restored CWS coverage |
| for the DCP plant area at approximately 7:00 a.m. Normal plant operations |
| were resumed at approximately 9:30 a.m. Restoration of remaining redundant |
| CWS coverage for all areas was completed at 11:45 a.m. |
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| "This condition is reported pursuant to 10CFR70.50(B)(2) as an event in |
| which equipment is disabled or fails to function as designed when required |
| by license or regulation to be available to mitigate the consequences of an |
| accident. Incident investigation and evaluation of additional corrective |
| actions pending." |
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| Licensee will be notifying New Hanover County Emergency Management, North |
| Carolina Department of Radiation Protection, NRC Region 2 and NRC |
| Headquarters Global Nuclear Fuels Project Manager. |
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|Power Reactor |Event Number: 39834 |
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| FACILITY: WOLF CREEK REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/08/2003|
| UNIT: [1] [] [] STATE: KS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 21:53[EDT]|
| RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP |EVENT DATE: 05/08/2003|
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: RICK HUBBARD |LAST UPDATE DATE: 05/08/2003|
| HQ OPS OFFICER: HOWIE CROUCH +-----------------------------+
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY |LINDA SMITH R4 |
|10 CFR SECTION: | |
|ACOM 50.72(b)(3)(xiii) LOSS COMM/ASMT/RESPONSE| |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE |
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|1 N Y 100 Power Operation |100 Power Operation |
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| LOSS OF FIVE EMERGENCY SIRENS DUE TO POWER OUTAGE |
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| The following information was obtained from the licensee via facsimile: |
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| "On 05/08/2003 at 1840 CDT, the National Weather Service in Topeka, KS |
| declared a Tornado Warning for the area around Wolf Creek Generating |
| Station. The Tornado Warning was in effect until 1930 CDT. The storm cell |
| moved through Burlington, KS, approximately 6 miles southwest of the |
| facility, causing power to be lost to the city of Burlington. Plant |
| Security notified the Control Room that the loss of power to Burlington had |
| caused power to be lost to five (5) E-Plan Sirens and an intrusion alarm on |
| one additional E-Plan Siren. This information was relayed to Security via |
| the installed telemetric monitoring system. At this time, Burlington is |
| without power and the sirens remain without power." |
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| There is no ETA for power restoration. |
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| The licensee has informed the NRC Resident Inspector and the local |
| authorities. |
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