6/23/14 WTH! Non-Agreement State Event Number: 50199 Rep Org: US ARMY Licensee: US ARMY Region: 1 City: ABERDEEN State: MD LOST DEPLETED URANIUM PROJECTILE The licensee was conducting a test fire exercise at the Ford Farms section of the Aberdeen Test Center when a depleted uranium penetrator projectile went off its intended flight path, exited the building, and landed in an area near the facility designated to receive test rounds. Ford Farms is an indoor hard target test facility. There were no injuries or projected dose to workers or the public. No additional effort will be made to recover the projectile because the projectile landed in a historic impact area of Aberdeen containing various other unexploded ordinance. THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A LESS THAN CAT 3 LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Sources that are Less than IAEA Category 3 sources, are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. For additional information go to www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf Agreement State Event Number: 50196 Rep Org: TENNESSEE DIV OF RAD HEALTH Licensee: ENERGY SOLUTIONS Region: 1 City: OAK RIDGE State: TN AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - RADIATION LEVELS ON TRANSPORTATION TRAILER EXCEEDED 200 MR/HR The following information was received via email from the State of Tennessee: The Tennessee Division of Radiological Health was notified on June 12, 2014 by a representative of Energy Solutions that an exclusive use truck shipment was received from Philotechnics of Oak Ridge, TN. The truck was identified to have radiation levels on the bottom surface of the truck of approximately 350 mR/hr. The State of Tennessee dispatched an inspector to Energy Solutions. State of Tennessee notified NRC Region 1(Janda) Power Reactor Event Number: 50215 Facility: PRAIRIE ISLAND Region: 3 State: MN Unit: [1] TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION REQUIRED SHUTDOWN At 1435 [CDT] on June 19, 2014 while performing Unit 1 A Train Safeguards Logic Test at power, it was discovered, while testing the Safety Injection Automatic Actuation Relay Logic, that the 1SI-15x, SI RELAY TRAIN A, was not making up the contact to energize 1SI-16x, SI AUX RELAY TRAIN A. As a result, the 8 hour exception for testing allowed under LCO 3.3.2 Condition C no longer applied, and the 6, 12, and 42 hour clocks associated with condition C were entered. At 2035 [CDT] on June 19, when the 6 hour time limit to complete Condition C.1 action could not be completed operators began preparation to shutdown Unit 1 to Mode 3 by 0235 on 6/20/14. At 2245 [CDT] on June 19, 2014 operators commenced reducing reactor power of Prairie Island Unit 1. As of 0003, June 20, Unit 1 was at 55 percent power and continuing to reduce load. This event is reportable per 10CFR50.72(b)(2)(i) - The initiation of any nuclear plant shutdown required by the plants Technical Specification. The protection of the health and safety of the public is not affected by this issue. Power Reactor Event Number: 50216 Facility: NINE MILE POINT Region: 1 State: NY Unit: [ ] [2] RADIATION MONITORS DECLARED NON-FUNCTIONAL At 0110 [EDT] on June 20, 2014, Nine Mile Point Unit 2 lost communication to the DRMS (Digital Radiation Monitor System Computer). The DRMS provides the Control Room alarm functions for Offgas Pretreatment Process Radiation Monitors 2OFG-CAB13A/13B and Cooling Tower Blowdown Effluent Radiation Monitor 2CWS-CAB157. Due to the loss of the Control Room alarm function, 2OFG-CAB13A, 2OFG-CAB13B, and 2CWS-CAB157 have been declared non-functional. Compensatory measures (i.e. collect and analyze grab samples) have been implemented per the requirements of the Offsite Dose Calculation Manual (ODCM). The non-functional radiation monitors are necessary for accident assessment and are credited for Emergency Action Level (EAL) classification. The inability to classify an EAL due to the out of service radiation monitors is considered a loss of assessment capability per 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii). Power Reactor Event Number: 50219 Facility: VOGTLE Region: 2 State: GA Unit: [ ] [2] LOSS OF PLANT VENT EFFLUENT MONITORS This is a non-emergency notification. On June 20, 2014, at 1100 eastern daylight time (EDT), Vogtle Unit 2 identified a loss of emergency assessment capability due to both plant vent effluent monitors being out of service from March 16 to March 26, 2014. This condition was the result of an equipment failure concurrent with planned maintenance activities on the redundant monitor. This event is reportable per 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii). During the time both effluent monitors were out of service Unit 2 was operating at 100% rated thermal power, steady-state conditions. Therefore, this condition does not affect the health and safety of the public or the operation of the facility. Plus retractions, medical over and under exposures.... nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/en.html
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