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Event Notification Report for June 2, 2003




                    U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
                              Operations Center

                              Event Reports For
                           05/30/2003 - 06/02/2003

                              ** EVENT NUMBERS **

39883  39884  39891  39893  39894  39895  39896  39897  39898  

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|General Information or Other                     |Event Number:   39883       |
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| REP ORG:  TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH           |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/27/2003|
|LICENSEE:  GUIDANT CORPORATION                  |NOTIFICATION TIME: 10:17[EDT]|
|    CITY:  HOUSTON                  REGION:  4  |EVENT DATE:        05/23/2003|
|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  TX |EVENT TIME:        15:50[CDT]|
|LICENSE#:  L05178-000            AGREEMENT:  Y  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  05/27/2003|
|  DOCKET:                                       |+----------------------------+
|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|                                                |WILLIAM JONES        R4      |
|                                                |LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN   R1      |
+------------------------------------------------+TOM ESSIG            NMSS    |
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  OGDEN                        |                             |
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  CHAUNCEY GOULD               |                             |
+------------------------------------------------+                             |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |                             |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|NAGR                     AGREEMENT STATE        |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| MALFUNCTION OF A HIGH DOSE RATE AFTERLOADER                                  |
|                                                                              |
| During a heart procedure at the Union Memorial Hospital in Maryland with a   |
| Galileo III (HDR - High dose rate afterloader) device using a Phosphorus -   |
| 32 source wire, of up to 600 millicuries, a malfunction occurred with the    |
| active wire in place in the patient's heart.  When the source was to be      |
| retracted the source would not retract.  The physician utilized the machine  |
| interrupt to try to get the source to move to the shielded position and it   |
| failed.  The physician then pushed the system STOP button to get the source  |
| to retract and it also failed to perform the retraction.  The physician then |
| moved to the hand-wheel to retract the source, but this function also        |
| malfunctioned.  At this point the physician pulled the entire catheter and   |
| dropped it to the Operating Room floor.   The power cord was then removed    |
| from the wall receptacle depriving the machine of power and then the source  |
| retracted to the fully shielded position.  The licensee was informed that    |
| this would constitute a Therapy Event within the State of Texas and the      |
| state would need a complete report and an emergency read of all badged       |
| personnel in the OR during the procedure.   The Licensee responded that the  |
| machine was not within the State of Texas.   A report to the state of Texas  |
| is still required by License Condition # 16 due to failure of the drive      |
| mechanism of the GALILEO III to retract the source to safe storage until the |
| fourth emergency procedure was performed.                                    |
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|General Information or Other                     |Event Number:   39884       |
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| REP ORG:  NEW MEXICO RAD CONTROL PROGRAM       |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/27/2003|
|LICENSEE:  SPECTRATEK SERVICES                  |NOTIFICATION TIME: 12:49[EDT]|
|    CITY:  ALBUQUERQUE              REGION:  4  |EVENT DATE:        05/23/2003|
|  COUNTY:                            STATE:  NM |EVENT TIME:        16:30[MDT]|
|LICENSE#:  TA-172-21             AGREEMENT:  Y  |LAST UPDATE DATE:  05/27/2003|
|  DOCKET:                                       |+----------------------------+
|                                                |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|                                                |WILLIAM JONES        R4      |
|                                                |DOUG BROADDUS        NMSS    |
+------------------------------------------------+CAUDLE JULIAN        R2      |
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  WILLIAM FLOYD                |                             |
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  ERIC THOMAS                  |                             |
+------------------------------------------------+                             |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |                             |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|NAGR                     AGREEMENT STATE        |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT                                                       |
|                                                                              |
| On 5/22/2003, the licensee sent a shipment of radioactive material to Elite  |
| Airfreight in Houston, TX.  On 5/23/2003 at approximately 1630 MDT, Elite    |
| Airfreight contacted the licensee to inform them that only 2 of the 3 boxes  |
| of radioactive material in the shipment had arrived in Houston.  The         |
| licensee contacted Federal Express, who tracked the missing package to the   |
| Fedex facility in Memphis, TN.  Fedex planned to send the missing package to |
| Houston on 5/24/2003.  As of 5/27/2003, the package still had not arrived in |
| Houston.  The licensee contacted Fedex again, and was told the package was   |
| still in Memphis, and would be shipped to Houston today (5/27/2003).         |
|                                                                              |
| The missing package is a 12X12X12 inch fiberboard box containing 40          |
| millicuries of Antimony-124, and has a Transportation Index of 4.  This      |
| event is state of New Mexico event number NM03-02.                           |
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|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   39891       |
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| FACILITY: FT CALHOUN               REGION:  4  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/30/2003|
|    UNIT:  [1] [] []                 STATE:  NE |NOTIFICATION TIME: 00:43[EDT]|
|   RXTYPE: [1] CE                               |EVENT DATE:        05/29/2003|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        21:18[CDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  DON KURTTI                   |LAST UPDATE DATE:  05/30/2003|
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  HOWIE CROUCH                 +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |KRISS KENNEDY        R4      |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|NONR                     OTHER UNSPEC REQMNT    |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|1     N          Y       100      Power Operation  |100      Power Operation  |
|                                                   |                          |
|                                                   |                          |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| 161 KV WAS DECLARED INOPERABLE DUE TO THE PREDICTED POST TRIP VOLTAGE BELOW  |
| SETPOINT                                                                     |
|                                                                              |
| The following information was obtained from the licensee via facsimile:      |
|                                                                              |
| " [Abnormal Operating Procedure] AOP-31 '161KV GRID MALFUNCTIONS' was        |
| entered due to the predicted post trip 161 KV voltage dropping to 160.6 KV   |
| on the PCMMINT [Personal Computer Monitoring of Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska  |
| Transmission] computer monitoring program.  161 KV was declared inoperable   |
| due to the predicted post trip voltage being below the 160.7 KV setpoint.    |
| Tech Spec 2.7(2)C, 72 hour LCO was entered.  Both emergency diesel           |
| generators are operable.                                                     |
|                                                                              |
| "Main generator VARS [Volt-Amperes Reactive] were raised from 100 to 150     |
| MVARS lagging in an attempt to raise predicted post trip voltage.  Predicted |
| voltage rose above 161 KV for approx. 5 minutes and then lowered below 161   |
| KV again to 160.8 KV and is now fluctuating.  System Operations was notified |
| and stated that 161 KV actual voltage remained at approx. 164 KV and that    |
| the electrical grid was stable.                                              |
|                                                                              |
| "Design Engineering was notified and hypothesizes that MAPP [Mid-America     |
| Power Pool] values into PCMMINT program may not be valid and that they will  |
| attempt to validate the inputs."                                             |
|                                                                              |
| The licensee has notified the NRC Resident Inspector.                        |
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|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   39893       |
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| FACILITY: DUANE ARNOLD             REGION:  3  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/30/2003|
|    UNIT:  [1] [] []                 STATE:  IA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 15:21[EDT]|
|   RXTYPE: [1] GE-4                             |EVENT DATE:        05/30/2003|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        13:30[CDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  EDWARD HARRISON              |LAST UPDATE DATE:  05/30/2003|
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  GERRY WAIG                   +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |MARK RING            R3      |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|NONR                     OTHER UNSPEC REQMNT    |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|1     N          Y       93       Power Operation  |93       Power Operation  |
|                                                   |                          |
|                                                   |                          |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| RECEIPT OF CONTAMINATED MATERIAL IN EXCESSOF 10 CFR 71.87 LIMITS             |
|                                                                              |
| "On May 30, 2003 at 1330 CDT Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) confirmed     |
| receipt of a material shipment with removable surface contamination that     |
| exceeded the limits of 10 CFR 71.87 (20.1906 d.1) of 22,000 dpm/100 square   |
| cm. The shipment, a transfer cask intended for future dry storage, had       |
| 23,496 dpm/100 square cm of non-fixed external contamination. The            |
| contamination was found upon receipt of the cask during routine receipt      |
| surveys. This shipment was a surface contaminated object (SCO), with less    |
| than type A quantity of radioactive material."                               |
|                                                                              |
| The licensee has notified the NRC Resident Inspector.                        |
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|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   39894       |
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| FACILITY: VERMONT YANKEE           REGION:  1  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/30/2003|
|    UNIT:  [1] [] []                 STATE:  VT |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:54[EDT]|
|   RXTYPE: [1] GE-4                             |EVENT DATE:        05/30/2003|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        08:30[EDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  KEN ROBINSON                 |LAST UPDATE DATE:  05/30/2003|
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  GERRY WAIG                   +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN   R1      |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|DDDD 73.71(b)(1)         SAFEGUARDS REPORTS     |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|1     N          Y       99       Power Operation  |99       Power Operation  |
|                                                   |                          |
|                                                   |                          |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| SECURITY GUARD POSTED WITHOUT PROPER EQUIPMENT                               |
|                                                                              |
| A plant security officer was stationed at a security post without all        |
| equipment required to properly man that post. Immediate compensatory         |
| measures were taken upon discovery. The licensee notified the NRC Resident   |
| Inspector. Refer to the Headquarters Operations Officer Log for additional   |
| details.                                                                     |
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|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   39895       |
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| FACILITY: WOLF CREEK               REGION:  4  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/30/2003|
|    UNIT:  [1] [] []                 STATE:  KS |NOTIFICATION TIME: 22:36[EDT]|
|   RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP                           |EVENT DATE:        05/30/2003|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        18:55[CDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  DAVE DEES                    |LAST UPDATE DATE:  05/30/2003|
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  GERRY WAIG                   +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |KRISS KENNEDY        R4      |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|ACOM 50.72(b)(3)(xiii)   LOSS COMM/ASMT/RESPONSE|                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|1     N          Y       100      Power Operation  |100      Power Operation  |
|                                                   |                          |
|                                                   |                          |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| LOSS OF OFF-SITE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SIRENS AT WOLF CREEK                 |
|                                                                              |
| "At 1755 CST 5/30/2003 power was lost to the Otter Creek and Jacobs Creek    |
| Emergency Notification sirens. Lake Siren #2 has been out of service since   |
| 5/28/2003 due to lightning damage. Station procedures consider the loss of   |
| three or more Emergency Notification Sirens for greater than one hour a      |
| major loss of emergency assessment capability reportable under               |
| 50.72(b)(3)(xiii).                                                           |
|                                                                              |
| "At 2108 CST station monitoring equipment indicated that power had been      |
| restored to the Otter Creek and Jacobs Creek Sirens."                        |
|                                                                              |
| The licensee has notified the NRC Resident Inspector and local authorities.  |
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|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   39896       |
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| FACILITY: CLINTON                  REGION:  3  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/31/2003|
|    UNIT:  [1] [] []                 STATE:  IL |NOTIFICATION TIME: 01:07[EDT]|
|   RXTYPE: [1] GE-6                             |EVENT DATE:        05/30/2003|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        22:00[CDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  KEN LEFFEL                   |LAST UPDATE DATE:  05/31/2003|
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  ARLON COSTA                  +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |MARK RING            R3      |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|ACOM 50.72(b)(3)(xiii)   LOSS COMM/ASMT/RESPONSE|                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|1     N          Y       92       Power Operation  |92       Power Operation  |
|                                                   |                          |
|                                                   |                          |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| LOSS OF COMMUNICATION DUE TO UNAVAILABILITY OF SIRENS                        |
|                                                                              |
| "At about 2200 [CDT] on 5/30/03, greater than 25% of the CPS [Clinton Power  |
| Station] notification sirens became unavailable due to a loss of AC power.   |
| Fourteen sirens are unavailable at this time [due to inclement weather],     |
| eleven constitutes 25% lost for greater than one hour."                      |
|                                                                              |
| The licensee has notified the State Police, will notify the NRC Resident     |
| Inspector and is in the process of restoring availability of the inoperable  |
| sirens.                                                                      |
|                                                                              |
| *** UPDATE AT 0555 EDT ON 5/31/03 FROM KEN LEFFEL TO ARLON COSTA ***         |
|                                                                              |
| Availability was restored to all sirens, except four.  The licensee will     |
| notify the NRC Resident Inspector.                                           |
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|Fuel Cycle Facility                              |Event Number:   39897       |
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| FACILITY: WESTINGHOUSE HEMATITE                |NOTIFICATION DATE: 05/31/2003|
|   RXTYPE: URANIUM FUEL FABRICATION             |NOTIFICATION TIME: 13:40[EDT]|
| COMMENTS: LEU CONVERSION (UF6 to UO2)          |EVENT DATE:        05/28/2003|
|           COMMERCIAL LWR FUEL                  |EVENT TIME:        16:30[CDT]|
|                                                |LAST UPDATE DATE:  05/31/2003|
|    CITY:  HEMATITE                 REGION:  3  +-----------------------------+
|  COUNTY:  JEFFERSON                 STATE:  MO |PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|LICENSE#:  SNM-33                AGREEMENT:  N  |MARK RING            R3      |
|  DOCKET:  07000036                             |MELVYN LEACH         NMSS    |
+------------------------------------------------+                             |
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  KEVIN HAYES                  |                             |
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  GERRY WAIG                   |                             |
+------------------------------------------------+                             |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |                             |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|NBNL                     RESPONSE-BULLETIN      |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| NRC BULLETIN 91-01, 4 HOUR REPORT                                            |
|                                                                              |
| The following is taken from a facsimile report from the licensee to the NRC  |
| Operations Center.                                                           |
|                                                                              |
| "Short Description/Event Title: Enriched uranium rods mixed with Maine       |
| Yankee boron carbide poison rods.                                            |
|                                                                              |
| "Consequences - details: This material was always within our control. The    |
| identification and tracking of the material was deficient. Additionally, the |
| necessary controlled parameters to assure nuclear safety were not            |
| established or maintained for the specific location and configuration in     |
| which the rods were stored.                                                  |
|                                                                              |
| "Immediate action taken: Rod downloading personnel were instructed to obtain |
| the pin-stamped number from each rod that is determined to contain uranium,  |
| which will aid subsequent investigation. The remaining rods in the storage   |
| box were evaluated for extent of condition, and the potentially containing   |
| uranium have been segregated to an approved location to further ensure their |
| favorable configuration. Key personnel at Hematite and Columbia were also    |
| informed of the issue.                                                       |
|                                                                              |
| "Full Description: Three uranium-bearing fuel rods were identified at        |
| approximately 1630 hours on May 28, 2003 as part of a zircaloy scrap         |
| recovery project. The scrap recovery effort is being conducted inside the    |
| rod loading room of Building 230, and involves tubing from a Maine Yankee    |
| fuel fabrication campaign conducted by the previous owner, ABB, in 1997. The |
| fuel was never shipped to Maine Yankee due to that plant's subsequent        |
| shutdown. The fuel rods were opened by ABB, and the enriched uranium pellets |
| were recovered during the first quarter of 1998. The boron carbide (B4C)     |
| poison rods were not opened at that time. The B4C rods are now being         |
| downloaded by a Westinghouse sub-contractor for recovery of the zircaloy     |
| cladding. When opened, three rods from the last box to be downloaded were    |
| found to contain uranium pellets rather than B4C, Because of the potential   |
| of finding at least some pellets, all operations were being conducted under  |
| appropriate radiological controls. An additional 21 rods from that last box  |
| that have been identified as suspect due to their weight difference. They    |
| have been put aside at an approved location, but not yet opened for          |
| verification.                                                                |
|                                                                              |
| "Additionally, a separate box of rods containing what appears to be depleted |
| uranium were also identified about two weeks ago. The preliminary            |
| determination of the contents being depleted uranium is based on their       |
| physical characteristics and markings. These rods are still under            |
| investigation to confirm that they contain depleted uranium.                 |
| During the period of storage, this material was stored in the warehouse      |
| portion of Building 230, which is located within the fenced and protected    |
| area of the site. This material was always within our control, but the       |
| identification and tracking of the material was deficient. In response to    |
| this issue the following actions have been taken:                            |
|                                                                              |
| "A review of the reporting requirements of 10 CFR Parts 70.50, 74.11, 73.71  |
| and Appendix G of Part 73 established that this issue does not meet the      |
| requirements for formal reporting. Nevertheless, a courtesy call was placed  |
| this afternoon to the D&D Project Manager at NRC Region III. A high level    |
| CAPS item, has been established for tracking of all actions taken regarding  |
| this matter. A Root Cause Analysis will also be conducted. Consideration was |
| given to whether this issue should be treated as an extension of the Kardex  |
| issue that was the subject of a separate report, but it appears that it      |
| would be appropriate to treat this matter separately due to the differing    |
| circumstances. Arrangements have been made to have an independent review     |
| conducted at the site to determine if additional measures should be taken in |
| locating material. This is expected to occur next week.                      |
|                                                                              |
| "Plant management initially assessed this situation as unreportable to the   |
| NRC for material control aspects as noted above. It was also assessed as not |
| reportable under NRC Bulletin 91-01, Supplement 1, 'Reporting Loss of        |
| Criticality Safety Controls,' because of the following criticality safety    |
| aspects:                                                                     |
|                                                                              |
| "The as-found condition was bounded by existing analysis for rod channel     |
| boxes formerly used in the manufacture of fuel rods; The as-found condition  |
| was safe due to the extensive amount of absorber, in the form of B4C rods,   |
| surrounding the uranium rods; The as-found condition was safe due to the     |
| inability for introducing moderator because a lid was secured on the storage |
| box. The box was stored on a cantilever rack that further precluded the      |
| possibility of flooding.                                                     |
|                                                                              |
| "Nevertheless, a courtesy call was placed within 24-hours of discovery to    |
| the facility's Project Manager at NRC Region III. Further review has         |
| determined that the as-found condition was not bounded by the rod channel    |
| box analysis, but is bounded by fuel assembly analyses. Additionally, the    |
| situation is now assessed as reportable under Bulletin 91-01 because the     |
| necessary controlled parameters to assure nuclear safety were not            |
| established or maintained for the specific location and configuration in     |
| which the rods were stored. A formal 91-01 report, Number 39897, has         |
| therefore been made to the facility's NRC Project Manager and the NRC        |
| Operations Center."                                                          |
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|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   39898       |
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| FACILITY: PILGRIM                  REGION:  1  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/01/2003|
|    UNIT:  [1] [] []                 STATE:  MA |NOTIFICATION TIME: 11:00[EDT]|
|   RXTYPE: [1] GE-3                             |EVENT DATE:        06/01/2003|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        08:50[EDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  MCDONNELL                    |LAST UPDATE DATE:  06/01/2003|
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  CHAUNCEY GOULD               +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN   R1      |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|ARPS 50.72(b)(2)(iv)(B)  RPS ACTUATION - CRITICA|                             |
|AESF 50.72(b)(3)(iv)(A)  VALID SPECIF SYS ACTUAT|                             |
|                                                |                             |
|                                                |                             |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|1     A/R        Y       98       Power Operation  |0        Hot Shutdown     |
|                                                   |                          |
|                                                   |                          |
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                                   EVENT TEXT                                   
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| REACTOR SCRAM FROM 98% POWER DUE TO LOAD REJECTION                           |
|                                                                              |
| "At 0850 EST [6/1/03] Pilgrim Station received a full reactor scram from     |
| 98.5% power from the Main Generator lockout relay tripping.  The Main        |
| Generator lockout relay caused both 345 KV output breakers to open and       |
| caused a load reject scram.                                                  |
|                                                                              |
| "All systems operated  as designed.  Received expected alarms and isolations |
| [as follows]: Group 2 C PCIS, Primary Containment Isolations, Reactor        |
| Building isolation, Group 6 (Reactor Water clean up isolation).  Isolations  |
| [were] due to normal post scram level shrink to +2 inches.  Isolations occur |
| at +12.                                                                      |
|                                                                              |
| "Preliminary indications are a fault on Unit Aux. Transformer."              |
|                                                                              |
| All control rods fully inserted.  There was no ECCS actuation and the lifted |
| Safety Relief valves seated properly.  The unit is currently stable in the   |
| hot standby mode of operation.                                               |
|                                                                              |
| The NRC Resident Inspector was notified.                                     |
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