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NUREG-0525 Rev.10 Safeguards Summary Event List (SSEL)
Pre-NRC Through December 31,1984 l
This document represents a revision of a Safeguards Summary Event List laublished in December 1980 l
In response to inquiries concerning the nature of safeguards-related events involving NRC licensees and licensed material.
Manuscript Completed: April 1985 Date Published: May 1985 t
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REVISION 10 The attached pages represent the latest suppleaent (Revision 10) to NUREG-0525, Safeguards Summary Event List (SSEL)*.
Revision 10 summarizes events occurring betweeen January 1,1984 anfDecember 31, 1984.
New pages are as follows:
New Pages18-113 thru 1B-120 11-15 thru 11-16 111-59 thru !!!-65 IV-11 thru IV-13 V-15 thru V-18 VI-5 VII-11 thru Vil-13 Villa-1 (supersedes VI!!-1)
VI!!B-1 IX-29 thru IX-34 A-1 thru A-14 (supersedes previous A-1 thru A-15)
The baseline Safeguards Summary Event list is Revision 4 (published September 1981) which incluces all reported events up through June 30, 1981.
Revision 5 (published July 1982), Revision 6 (published February 1983), Revision 7 (pub-lished August 1983), Revision 8 (published March 1984) and Revision 9 (published June 1984) include events occurring between July 1,1981 through December 1983.
A complete chronology of the Safeguards Summary Event List is composed of Revi-sions 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
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j The Safeguards Summary Event List (SSEL) provides brief summaries of several hundred safeguards-related events involving nuclear material l
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missing and/or allegedly stolen, transportation, tampering / vandalism, i
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B OM B -R E LAT E D E VE NT S.....................
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INTRUSION EVENTS.......................
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MISSING AND/0R ALLEGEDLY STOLEN EVENTS............
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TRANSPORTATION-RELATED EVENTS................
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NONRADIOLOGICAL SAB0TAGE EVENTS
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O 05/01/85 INTRODUCTION The Safeguards Summary Event List (SSEL) provides brief summaries of several hundred safeguards-related events involving nuclear materials or facilities regulated by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). As the list is intended to provide a broad perspective on the nature of safeguards inci-dents in the licensed nuclear industry, both unusual and routine events are described.
Events have been placed in the several categories described bel ow. Each listing is included in a single category unless it is trans-portation related, in which case it is cross-referenced in the transporta-tion section.
The first category, Bomb-Related Events, is concerned with explosives or incendiary devices and related threats.
This category has been divided into two sections.
Section A contains those events in which a bomb or explosive material was located or an explosion occurred at a licensed facility. Section B contains a chronology of all other bomb-related (e.g.,
hoax bomb threat) events.
Intrusion Events (the second category) includes incidents of attempted or actual penetration of a facility's barriers or safeguards systems. The Missing or Allegedly Stolen section (the third q
category) includes events in which licensed material was stolen, alleged IV; to be stolen, or found missing. Category IV, Transportation-Related Events, typically includes incidents where licensed material was misrouted or involved in an accident. Material reported missing or stolen during transport, for example, would be included in Category III and cross-referenced in the trans-portation category. Tampering / Vandalism (the fifth category) includes destruc-tion or attempted destruction of property, parts and equipment which do not directly cause a radioactive release. Category VI, Arson, includes intentional acts involving incendiary materials resulting in damage to property, equipment or other assets. The seventh category, F_irearms-Related Events, typically describes the discharge, discovery, or loss of firearms at a licensed facility.
Radiological Sabotage, Category VIIIA, includes any deliberate act directed against a licensed activity which could endanger the public health and safety by exposure to radiation.
Non-Radiological Sabotage, Category VIIIB, includes events characterized by the FBI as sabotage but which could not endanger the public health and safety by exposure to radiation.
Finally, Miscellaneous Events are those which hold some interest to safeguards but which do not fit into any of the previously described categories.
Each event listed in the body of the report is identified by an alphanumeric composed of the appropriate category roman numeral, the last two digits of the year in which the event occurred, and a sequential number for that specific year and category.
Each incident listing includes the appropriate date and location and a brief description of the event. Descriptions vary in detail according to the amount of data available through NRC reporting channels.
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BOMB THREAT IB-113 05/01/85 18-84-01 01/03/84 Hatch l,'
Georgia Power Co.
Appling County, GA Bomb threat.
Apparent hoax.
Three telephoned bomb threats l
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At 8:00 a.m., the caller said, " Bomb in the l
reactor." At 9:00 a.m., the caller said, " Bomb set to go off in the reactor." At 1:00 p.m., a third call, originating on site, was received..The caller said, "Get everyone out of the protected area." The licensee notified the Appling County Sheriff, the State of Georgia, and FBI.
On January 12, following an investigation, the licensee fired two contract employees for suspicion of making bomb threats.
The Appling County Sheriff arrested one of the contractor persons on a felony charge of issuing a nuisance alarm.
Fuel present at site.
r 18-84-02 01/24/84 Haddam Neck Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co.
Middlesex County, CT At 8:05 p.m., an unidentified male caller telephoned the site switchboard and stated, "There is a bomb in the terry tur-bine." Results of a bomb search of protected and vital areas were negative.
The FBI and the state police were notified.
Fuel present at site.
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IB-84-03 01/25/84 Midland Consumers Power Co.
Midland County, MI A laid-off contractor employee asked a friend to make a bomb threat to the site.
The friend called the police who did not prosecute the former employee because he did not represent a threat to the site.
Fuel not present at site.
18-84-04 01/26/84 St. Lucie Florida Power and Light Co.
St. Lucie County, FL A special emergency drill at the site was temporarily sus-pended at 9:40 a.m., when the security force discovered a plastic bottle at a Radiation Control Point exterior to vital areas labeled " Danger Nitroglycerine." An explosive detect-ing dog responded positively to the bottle. The dog handler judged it to be nonexplosive and the contents were later
BOMB THREAT 18-114 05/01/85 identified as a burn ointment with a creosote base which caused the dog to react.
Two contract watchpersons, who voluntarily provided the licensee with statements of their guilt, were suspended by the licensee.
The FBI was notified.
Fuel present at site.
1B-84-05 02/09/84 Clinton Illinois Power Co.
DeWitt County, IL Bomb threat.
Apparent hoax.
At 5:08 p.m., the switchboard operator received a call from a ma'le with a foreign accent.
The person stated that a bomb would go off in 48 minutes in the containment building at elevation 737 feet.
The threat was repeated and was obviously a recording.
Personnel were evacuated and the area was searched.
Fuel not present at site.
18-84-06 02/10/84 Robinson Carolina Power and Light Co.
Darlington County, SC Bomb threat.
Apparent hoax.
At 9:40 p.m., the licensee received a call from a male with a local accent who stated, "Three bombs will go off in the cranes at 9:30, 10:00, and 11:00 a.m.
The plant will not go back on line." The licensee searched the crane areas and the entire protected area.
A local radio station had also received the same
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All searches proved negative.
Fuel present at site.
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DeWitt County, IL Bomb threat.
Apparent hoax.
A man called and asked to speak to the supervisor of Illinois Power Engineering Nuclear Support.
The secretary receiving the call characterized the voice as slow and very drawn out.
During a second call at 2:30 p.m. the caller stated:
"Tell (the supervisor] and that guy next to him, [another employee], that a bomb will go off in exactly 15 minutes and blow that building and the one next to it to kingdom come." A security search was conducted and nothing suspicious was found.
Fuel not present at site.
IB-84-08 02/17/84 Watts Bar Tennessee Valley Authority Rhea County, TN Bomb threat.
Apparent hoax.
At 4:40 p.m.,
the duty shift engineer received a call from a person identifying himself as
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enroute to the South Valve Room with a pound of gunpowder.
The ironworker reportedly intended to set the gunpowder off in the valve room.
A search by the security and operations personnel found no evidence of gunpowder in the room.
A laborer with the same name was working on site and was interviewed by the licensee personnel, but denied making the call and the shift engineer stated the laborer's voice was not the same as that of the person making the call.
Fuel present at site.
18-84-09 03/05/84 Vogtle Georgia Power Co.
Burke County, GA Bomb threat.
Apparent hoax.
At 4:46 p.m., site security received a telephone call from a woman who said, "You have a bomb in the reactor set to go off at midnight." When ques-tioned, she said, "I have to call my husband," and hung up.
A detailed search of both containments was conducted along with a general search of the plant.
No device was discov-ered.
No fuel present at :,ite.
18-84-10 03/12/84 Nine Mile Point O
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Oswego County, NY Bomb threat.
Apparent hoax.
At 2:20 p.m., an unidentified caller telephoned the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation switchboard and said, "I'm going to blow your (expletive) place up."
The telephone number called was a publicly listed general assistance number advertised by the utility for the Oswego, New York service area and is not associated with the site. Searches of the protected area and public areas adja-cent to the site revealed nothing.
The FBI was notified.
Fuel present at site.
18-84-11 03/13/84 Hatch Georgia Power Co.
Appling County, GA Bomb threats.
Apparent hoax.
At 5:20 and 5:26 a.m., an individual called the licensee stating, " Units 1 and 2 Power Reactor will blow at 6:05 a.m."
The licensee believed that the same individual made both calls.
A search was conduct-ed,and the reactor building was evacuated. No explosives were found. The local police, the FBI were notified.
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B0MB THREAT IB-116 05/01/85 18-84-12 03/15/84 Vogtle Georgia Power Co.
Burke County, GA Bomb threat.
Apparent hoax.
At about 3:00 p.m., a call was received at the construction site from an outside line.
The caller stated, " Happy Easter.
Find the bomb in containment."
Construction at Units 1 and 2 was approximately 55 percent complete.
The FBI was notified.
No fuel present.
18-84-13 03/22/84 Watts Bar Tennessee Valley Authority Rhea County, TN Bomb threat. Apparent hoax.
The licensee received a call from an offsite telephone line that a bomb was on elevation 757 of the auxiliary building.
Two searches were conducted and no device was found.
The FBI was notified. Fuel present at site.
IB-84-14 03/26/84 GPU Corporation Parsippany, NJ Bomb threat.
Apparent hoax.
At 4:45 p.m., an unidentified male telephone the Jersey Central Power and Light Customer Service Center switchboard saying, "the FFA (not further identified) is going to start demolishing your plants." No threat was made to a specific nuclear plant.
Searches were conducted at Oyster Creek but nothing was found.
Security awareness was increased at both Gyster Creek and Three Mile Island where neither unit was operating.
Fuel present at both sites.
10-84-15 03/29/84 Vogtle Georgia Power Co.
Burke County, GA Bomb threat.
Apparent hoax.
At 3:20 p.m., an unidentified man stated, "You have a bomb in the auxiliary building." The licensee determined that the call originated off site.
Personnel were evacuated from the auxiliary building, and a search was conducted.
No fuel present at site.
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F,0MB THREAT IB-117 05/01/85 IB-84-16 04/08/84 Oyster Creek Jersey Central Power and Light Co.
Ocean County, NJ Bomb threat.
Apparent hoax.
The New Jersey State Police Headquarters in W. Trenton, NJ received a call from an unidentified middle-aged caucasian who made the statement, "There is a package for you at Oyster Creek." When asked, "What kind of package?" the caller then stated, "You will find out when you get there." The police gave the message to the Oyster Creek control room.
The licensee treated the incident as a bomb threat and implemented their emergency and l
The search proved negative.
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IB-84-17 04/11/84 Callaway Union Electric Co.
Callaway County, M0 Bomb threat.
Apparent hoax.
At 12:40 p.m., an announcement was made on the inter plant communications system by an unknown individual who stated, "There's a bomb in the con-tainment buildir.g." The message was repeated three times.
The licensee evacuated the reactor building (where new fuel was stored) and conducted a search with negative results.
The plant was about 98% complete with about 4,000 construc-tion workers on site.
The Callaway County Police Department was notified.
Fuel present at site.
IB-84-18 04/26/84 Diablo Canyon Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
San Luis Obispo County, CA Bomb threat.
Apparent hoax.
At 5:14 p.m., an unknown male telephoned the PG&E Morrow Bay Switching Center (six miles from Diablo Canyon) and stated, " Don't start Diablo Canyon.
There's bombs planted by workers." A search of Unit 1 vital areas found nothing. The licensee notified the Luis Obispo County Sheriff's office.
Fuel present at site.
IB-84-19 04/30/84 Indian Point Consolidated Edison Co.
Westchester County, NY Bomb threat.
Apparent hoax.
At 11:30 a.m., the Consolidated Edison corporate office received an anonymous phone call alleging that the Mafia would blow up Consolidated Edison installations causing a blackout similar to the 1977 black-out.
As a precaution, the licensee instituted appropriate bomb search procedures with negative results.
The FBI was notified.
Fuel present at site.
BOMB THREAT IB-118 05/01/85 18-84-20 05/16/84 WPPS Washington Public Power Supply System Benton County, WA At about 8:35 a.m., a security officer at Unit 2 noticed a suspicious " black blob" about the size of a softball located on the side of the liquid nitrogen tank.
The Richland Bomb Squad and the Benton County Fire Department responded. During subsequent search a second suspicious device was found on a condensate storage tank.
The bomb squad determined both suspicious items to be duct seal.
The State of Washington was notified.
The incident caused the scheduled emergency preparedness exercise for that day to be postponed.
Fuel present at site.
IB-84-21 05/23/84 Oyster Creek Jersey Central Power and Light Co.
Ocean County, NJ Bomb threat.
Apparent hoax.
At 2:32 a.m.,
an unidentified male telephoned the North Gatehouse and stated that he was from the people against nuclear power and a bomb was going to explode in two hours. The licensee implemented the emergency and safeguards contingency plans.
The protected area and public areas adjacent to the site were searched with negative findings. The plant was in an extended modifications and refueling outage at the time.
The licensee notified the FBI, the local police, and the State of New Jersey.
Fuel present at site.
IB-84-22 06/20/84 Hope Creek Public Service Electric and Gas Co.
Salem County, NJ Bomb threat.
Apparent hoax.
At 3:19 p.m.,
security received a call from an individual described as male, white, and with a Midwestern accent.
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manner, "I brought two and a half pounds of explosives on f
site with me today and you better find it tonight because it goes off tomorrow." When asked where the explosives were, the caller stated, "You are security, you find it."
A search revealed nothing.
The state and local police, FBI, and the State of New Jersey were notified.
Fuel not present at site.
IB-84-23 06/23/84 Fermi Detroit Edison Co.
MQ:le County, MI Bomb threat.
Apparent hoax.
A control room operator re-ceived a call in which in unknown caller stated, "Four
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No devices were found.
The facility is 95% complete.
Fuel present at site.
9 18-84-24 08/27/84 Salem Public Service Electric and Gas Salem County, NJ Bomb threat.
Apparent hoax.
At 11:05 a.m., an unidentified male called the security post at the 100 foot elevation of Unit 1 on an extension phone and said, "This is a bomb threat.
This is a bomb threat. There is a bomb planted in containment.
It will go off in about 45 minutes." When asked which unit, the caller replied, " Unit 1."
The licensee implemented the contingency plan and evacuated the contain-ment area.
Local law enforcement agencies and the FBI were notified.
A search proved negative.
Fuel present at site.
IB-84-25 09/12/84 Oyster Creek Jersey Central Power and Light Co.
Ocean County, NJ Bomb threat.
Apparent hoax.
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A search was made of the protected and vital areas with negative results.
The FBI and LLEA were notified.
Fuel present at site.
IB-84-26 10/08/84 Zion Commonwealth Edison Co.
Lake County, IL Bomb threat.
Apparent hoax.
At 12:40 p.m., an unidentified male describing himself as a FALN representative called a local TV station.
He state that his organization was alive and active and would be committing terrorist acts in the area including Commonwealth Edison's Zion facility.
The TV station called the licensee who called the FBI.
The licensee initiated a security alert in accordance with their safe-guards contingency plan. The local police were also notified.
Fuel present at site.
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BOMB THREAT 18-120 05/01/85 Ib-E4-27 11/06/84 Byron Commonwealth Edison Co.
Ogle County, IL Bomb threat.
Apparent hoax.
At 12:51 p.m.,
an unidentified male telephoned the security contractor's receptionist about i
possible emM oyment.
After being referred to the contrac-tor's branch office, the caller said, "If I don't get a job, l
I'm going to blow this place up."
The shift engineer was notified by the security shift supervisor.
A security alert was declared and patrol coverage was increased.
Fuel present at site.
IB-84-28 12/11/84 Indian Point Censolidated Edison Co.
Westchester County, NY Bomb threat.
Apparent hoax.
At 9:38 p.m., the Pinkerton Detective Agency notified the site that a call was received from a male wha said, "I am going to sabotage Indian Point."
Searches were conducted on two shifts and no abnormal condi-tions were found.
Fuel present at site.
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Kewaunee County, WI At 6:15 a.m., an individual attempted to climb the protected area barrier after being denied access to the restroom of the gatehouse.
The individual was taken into custody by security officers.
Local Law enforcement personnel subsequently arrested the individual.
Fuel present at site.
II-82-02 08/06/82 Indian Point Consolidated Edison Co.
Westchester County, NY Between 11:30 and 11:45 p.m., a person or persons were detected outside the northeast corner of the protected area fence.
Between 11:45 and 11:48 p.m., rocks were thrown at the protected area fence.
Guards reported seeing a male running from the perimeter towards town.
NY State Police were notified and the licensee conducted a search of vital, protected, and controlled areas and found nothing.
No penetration of the protected or vital areas was confirmed.
Fuel present at site.
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II-84 02/11/84 Cook Indiana and Michigan Electric Co.
Berrien County, MI A security officer saw two men in military fatigues and wearing hunting knives in the owner controlled area.
The police were notified.
During police questioning, the two men said "they wanted to see the nuclear plant." A disassembled
.22 caliber pistol was found in their car. The police conducted a records search on the two men with negative results.
No attempt was made by the individuals to enter the protected area.
Fuel present at site.
II-84-04 02/12/84 Diablo Canyon Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
San Luis Obispo County, CA At about 7:00 p.m., a man scaled the protected area fence.
Security outside the protected area maintained observation of the individual prior to entry and until a security officer inside the protected area detained the man and escorted him off site.
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's office arrested the man for trespassing.
Apparently this man was associated with the demonstrations at the plant gate and
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/V area) of the plant site since January 13.
All security systems performed as designed.
Fuel present at site.
INTRUSION II-16 05/01/85 II-84-05 05/22/84 Browns Ferry Tennessee Valley Authority Limestone County, AL At 2:42 p.m., a parked Tri-State Motor Transit tractor's brakes failed and it collided with the main vehicle gate and into the protected area.
The driver was in the security gatehouse.
No one was injured.
Fuel present at site.
II-84-06 09/25/84 Millstone Northeast Nuclear Energy Co.
New London County, CT At 12:00 p.m., a railroad flatcar broke through a locked closed gate in the protected area when its brakes failed while it was being moved manually between sidings outside the protected area.
The front of the car rolled about forty feet into the protected area after striking a derailer at the fence line.
A watch was established on the breach in the fence.
The derailer was moved to a position where it would be effective.
Fuel present at site.
II-84-07 11/26/84 Oyster Creek Jersey Central Power and Light Co.
Ocean County, NJ A concrete truck's emergency brake failed allowing the truck to roll into the protected area fence.
Concrete work was in progress in the area.
Security guards were posted at the damaged fence.
Fuel present at site.
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the facility revealed the rod had been misplaced in a reject pile.
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'12/06/83 Loyola University Chicago, IL A canister containing 0.5 millicuries of P-32 solid waste (wipes, glassware, etc.) was inadycrtently picked up by maintenance personnel and deposited in a waste dumpster that was delivered to a landfill. When the licensee attempted to locate the canister, it had already been covered by 12 feet I
of dirt.
(Also included in Category IV as Item IV-83-09.)
111-83-22 12/12/83 Emery World Wide Services Alexandria, VA At 3:00 a.m., a stolen Emery World Wide Services vehicle was O
recovered by the District of Columbia police.
The vehicle had been stolen on' November 30, 1983 and contained a package a
with a DOE Radioactive II label: " hormone,1.5 millicuries" (assumed to be iodine-125).
The cargo hatch and package were undamaged and intact, and Emery subsequently delivered tha package to the addressee, George Washington University.
McGill University, the shipper, was also notified of the incident.
(Also included in Category IV as Item IV-83.10.)
111-83-23 12/28/83 Automation Industries Phoenixville, PA At about 2:10 p.m., a Region I inspector found a licensee source changer at the corner of First and American Avenues in King of-Prussia, PA. The police had already been notified.
A survey by the NRC inspector indicated a dose rate of 3 millirems per hour at the surface of the source changer.
A motorist, who saw the package drop off the truck, had told the driver who then returned to the intersection to pick up the source changer. -(Also included in Category IV as Item IV-83-11.)
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MISSING / STOLEN III-60 05/01/85 III-84-01 01/12/84 New England Nuclear Corp.
1 Boston, MA A shipment of medical isotopes (196 milliceries of xenon-133) that were shipped from Dallas on January 12 by American Airlines did not arrive in Houston as scheduled.
American Airlines found the the shipment in Hoeston on January 16.
III-84-02 01/12/84 New England Nuclear Corp.
Boston, MA A package received at the University of Rochester Medical School was missing one of three vials of radioactive material.
The missing vial contained 1.1 millicuries of cerium-141.
The package was shipped on January 11 via a combination of air and ground transportation.
The driver of the carrier noted that the package bottom was sagging but appeared to be intact at the time of delivery.
The university researcher who received the package found it had been opened and resealed.
The vial of cerium-141 was in a lead pig with shielding.
It was determined that the isotope arrived at the university and was lost there.
The State of New York assumed responsibility for the investigation.
III-84-03 01/29/84 G. G. Thelen Associates Covington, KY A moisture density gauge containing 10 millicuries of cesium-137 and 50 millicuries of americium-241 was stolen from a truck in Norwood, Ohio.
The police recovered the gauge in its container the following day in a home near where it was stolen. The police arrested the resident.
III-84-04 02/16/84 New England Nuclear Corp.
Boston, MA At 1:10 p.m., Metcor, the licensee's contract carrier, informed the licensee that a package with a DOT White I radioactive label reading "Thalium-201, 9 millicuries" was lost from a carrier truck in New Haven Connecticut.
A passing vehicle stopped the truck for having its door open.
The truck had just made deliveries to St. Raphael's Hospital.
Thalium-201 is an accelerated produced isotope and, therefore, is regulated by the State.
The State of Connecticut conducted an investigation.
l III-84-05 02/23/84 Ohmart Corporation Cincinnati, OH The City of Kalamazoo sent a density gauge containing 700 millicuries of cesium-137 (sealed source) to the licensee via
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The package arrived on February 29. When L/
Ohmart employees began to dismantle the gauge for disposal, the source was missing.
The source was apparently lost when the gauge was being prepared for shipment.
The source was located by the State of Michigan and NRC Region III personnel during a survey on March 23, 1984.
III-84-06 04/13/84 Midstates Logging & Perforating Co.
Fairfield, IL
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A Region III inspector performing a routine inspection at the licensee's facility, discovered that an americium-beryllium well-logging source was missing.
The sealed source, contain-ing 3 curies of americium-241 was known to be missing through a comparison of an April 13, 1984, inventory with leak testing records from November, 1983.
Initital efforts to locate the source were unsuccessful, and the licensee notified the local police.
The source was found on May 16, 1984 beside a road leading to the licensee's facility near Stanton, Kentucky.
III-84-07 04/16/84 Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co.
Cincinnati, OH
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During an inventory two level gauges each containing a 10 V
millicurie cesium-137 source were verified as missing.
The units had been attached to coal chutes and the licensee had 25 other similar gauges mounted on chutes.
Initial search efforts were unsuccessful.
III-84-08 04/17/84 International Wire Line Service Newton, IL At about 1:00 p.m., an Illinois State Police Hazardous Mate-rials Officer found a 3 curie americium / beryllium well-logging source (enclosed in a transport container) on a roadside in Newton, Illinois.
The source was intact and there was no radioactive release.
The Jasper County Sheriff's Office took possession of the padlocked container.
111-84-09 04/25/84 James River Company Easton, PA A gauge containing 55 millicuries of strontium-90 was removed from storage to perform a routine leak test. While perform-ing the test, the gauge was placed next to equipment sched-uled for disposal.
After the leak test was completed, the O
gauge was never returned to its storage area and was appar-bj ently disposed of with the other equipment.
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presumed to be in a local landfill.
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Glenview, IL During an inventory the licensee discovered the loss of a density gauge containing 450 millicuries of cesium-137.
i Apparently, the gauge was sent to the Pope Salvage Company in Chicago on October 12, 1981.
Pope, in turn, sold the gauge to one of five smelting firms, all of whom went out of business by this event date.
It was speculated that one of the smelters melted down the source.
The Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety was notified.
III-84-11 05/28/84 Virginia Dept. of Highways Richmond, VA A Campbell Pacific soil density gauge containing 10 milli-curies of cesium-137 and 40 millicuries of americium-241 was stolen from a construction trailer in Norfolk, Virginia.
The gauge was in its shipping case and chained to the inside of the trailer.
The local police were notified.
111-84-12 06/19/84 Duane Arnold Iowa Electric Light and Power Co.
Linn County, IA A 55 gallon drum of waste oil slightly contaminated with cobalt-60 was inadvertently shipped off site with some drums of nonradioactive waste.
About four days later, it was discovered missing and was returned to the plant the same day without loss of any material.
No detectable contamination was on the outside of the barrel nor was there significant radiation levels at contact with the barrel.
III-84-13 06/22/84 Syncor Corporation Richmond, VA Three used syringes containing a total 33 curies of techne-tium were stolen from a licensee vehicle at 9:30 a.m. Police located them in a briefcase a few blocks away.
All material was accounted for.
III-84-14 06/27/84 Northern Virginia Endocrinologists Fairfax, VA A lead pig containing iodine-131 was placed near a trash container temporarily and when the technician returned, trash was removed and the lead pig was gone.
The trash was buried under 10 feet of rubble in Lorton, Virginia.
The technician was instructed to avoid placing isotope containers near trash containers.
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In January, 1983, the trucking firm had an unlabeled crate and could not identify its owner.
About one year later, the crate was opened and.the contents were identified as " radio-active." Early in July 1984, the contents of the crate were identified as a collimator for a medical teletherapy unit and the material was identified as depleted uranium.
III-84-16 07/13/84 Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.
St. Paul, MN During an inventory a density gauge containing 500 milli-curies of cesium-137 was found missing.
The gauge was removed from service in December, 1983, and was last seen on a pallet at the licensee's Chemolite plant in Hastings, Minnesota.
III-84-17 08/07/84 Dept. of Army Ft. Monmouth, NJ
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The source was in a sealed ampule.
Because the radioactive material is a gas, it presented no contamination hazard.
The licensee reprimanded individuals responsible for not reporting the theft immediately.
'III-84-18 08/10/84 Clara Maass Memorial Hospital Belleville, NJ Licensee representatives were approached by two unknown individuals who had two molybdenum-99/ technetium-99 genera-tors in their possession.
The two generators contained no labelling except for the manufacturer and lot number. The two individuals stated they had " purchased" these generators for the lead but were concerned because the generators were marked " Caution Radioactive Material" labels.
Licensee representatives surveyed the generators and noted surface dose rates of 2.5 milliroentgens per hour. They confiscated the generators because of the radiation levels.
The two individuals stated they had 500 pounds of these devices (about 15 devices) and that they would also bring these to the licensee.
The individuals never returned.
The licensee called the manufacturer to identify the users of the genera-tors but the lot number was insufficient for identification tO purposes.
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III-84-19 09/19/84 Mallinkrodt Nuclear St. Louis, M0 An intact inner container containing a three curie molybdenum 99/ technetium 99m generator was stolen from a damaged outer package.
The package was damaged while being transported from the licensee to a New York City hospital.
The package was being held at the Airbourne Airfreight Terminal near LaGuardia Airport for pickup by the licensee when it was stolen.
The intact container was recovered a short time later in an area near the terminal.
No leakage of radioac-tive material occurred.
The Department of Transportation was informed of the incident.
III-84-20 09/26/84 University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA A generally licensed " EXIT" sign containing 21 curies of hydrogen-3 was discovered missing during a fire drill.
The sign had last been accounted for during an inspection in April, 1984.
The licensee stated this was the only sign at the university containing licensed material and that it was installed three years ago using " tamper prosf" screws.
The licensee interviewed maintenance personnel, and dormitory head residents on the possible location of the sign and conducted a search.
III-84-21 10/11/84 (Facility Unknown #1)
Rossville, GA At 5:45 p.m., a private citizen contacted the Sequoyah senior resident inspector to report finding a cylinder marked " radio-active material" in a ditch near his house.
The resident inspector investigated and determined that the 6 inch long, 2 1/2 inch diameter cylinder had contained iodine-125 dated 7/20/78.
Based on the two month half-life of iodine-125, no activity was expected and surveys confirmed none.
The state of-Georgia was informed and the cylinder was turned over to the county sheriff's deputy.
III-84-22 10/11/84 Yale University New Haven, CT A vial containing 5 millicuries of phosphorus-32 which had been legged into the university on October 2 could not be found.
After extensive searches and inquiries, it was discovered that the package containing the vial had been sent to the wrong laboratory.
The State of Connecticut was informed.
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Rockville, MD The Maryland Division of Radiation Control notified Region I i-that a moisture / density gauge containing cesium-137 and americium-241 was stolen from a Maryland agreement state licensee.
III-84-24 11/20/84 Schlumberger Technology Corp.
Houston, TX A well injection tool.containing 7 millicuries of iodine-131 in liquid form was lost from a company vehicle during transit near Evanston, Wyoming.
Because of the tool configuration, accidental radioactive release was unlikely.
State and local 4
authorities were notified. Licensee employees walked along 40 miles of roadways with survey meters but were unable to locate the tool.
On November 25, a farmer notified authori-ties, after hearing a news report of the loss, that he had found the tool along a highway.
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Dolton, IL A vial containing 2.2 milligrams of chlormerodrin (mercury-197) was found near a trash container and turned over to the Dolton Police Department.
It was dated May 9, 1979 and mercury-197 has a half-life of 65 hours7.523148e-4 days <br />0.0181 hours <br />1.074735e-4 weeks <br />2.47325e-5 months <br />.
III-84-26 12/04/84-Vess Beverages, Inc.
St. Louis, M0 A level gauge containing 14 millicuries of cesium-137 was lost.
The licensee conducted a full-scale search of their facilities and failed to locate the gauge.
4 III-84-27 12/05/84 Doctors Hospital Columbus, OH A sealed source containing 27 millicuries of cesium-137 was discovered missing during a routine inventory.
Hospital records indicated that the source was last used for a radia-tion procedure on November 27.
The source had been implanted in a patient. -An intensive search was conducted and the licensee notified the State of Ohio.
The source was found in the wrong storage slot beneath another source in a storage safe.
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IV-11 12/31/83 IO IV-83-03 02/13/83 Naval Regional Medical Center Camp Pendelton, CA See Category III, Item 111-83-03.
IV-83-04 04/15/83 Rabbit Transit Company Memphis, TN See Category III, Item III-83-06.
IV-83-05 07/19/83 Amersham Corporation Arlington Heights, IL See Category III, Item III-83-12.
IV-83-06 08/15/83 Nuclear Pharmacy, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI See Category IX, Item IX-83-10.
IV-83-07 11/22/83 New England Nuclear Corp.
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See Category III, Item 111-83-18.
IV-83-09 12/06/83 Loyola University Chicago, IL See Category III, Item 111-83-21.
IV-83-10 12/12/83 Emery World Wide Services Alexandria, VA See Category III, Item 111-83-22.
IV-83-11 12/28/83 Automation Industries Phoenixville, PA 2
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IV-84-02 01/12/84 New England Nuclear Corporation Boston, MA See Category III, Item III-84-02.
IV-84-03 01/29/84 G. G. Thelen Covington, KY See Category III, Item III-84-03.
IV-84-04 02/16/84 New England Nuclear Corporation Boston, MA See Category III, Item III-84-04.
IV-84-05 02/23/84 Ohmart Corporation Cincinnati, OH See Category III, Item III-84-05.
IV-84-06 04/17/84 International Wire Line Service Newton, IL See Category III, Item III-84-08.
IV-84-07 05/17/84 Kraft, Inc.
Glenview, IL See Category III, Item III-84-10.
IV-84-08 06/19/84 Duane Arnold Iowa Electric Light and Power Co.
Linn County, IA I
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IV-84-09 06/22/84 Syncor Corporation Richmond, VA See Category III, Item III-84-13.
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South Windsor, CT See Category III, Item III-84-15.
I IV-84-11 09/19/84 Mallinkrodt Nuclear St. Louis', MO j
See Category III, Item III-84-19.
j IV-84-12 10/11/84 (Facility Unknown)
Rossville, GA See Category III, Item 111-84-20.
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TAMPERING / VANDALISM V-15 05/01/85 V-84-01 01/16/84 Trojan 73 Portland General Electric Co.
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Columbia County, OR The licensee discovered that the hoses on two fire extin-guishers (hand held type) were cut.
The licensee determined that they would not have functioned had they been called into service.
The FBI was notified.
Fuel present at site.
V-84-02 02/04/84 Hatch Georgia Power Co.
Appling County, GA During grinding operations to prepare a section of replace-ment recirculation system piping for installation, it was discovered that the motive air for the grinding tool con-tained a foreign, acidic substance.
The grinding operation was being done in a pipe preparation area located outside the protected area.
The tool air system is independent of the plant air systems.
It was suspected that the introduction of the acidic substance was intentional. The FBI was informed.
Fuel present at site.
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Maricopa County, AZ Electricians found 22 instrumentation cables in the upper cable spreading room that appeared to have been deliberately cut.
Inspection led to the discovery of more damage.
In the west diesel generator room, several safety-related instrumen-tation conduits associated with diesel fuel measuring were found bent and mashed.
In an area adjacent to the upper cable spreading room, two safety-related instrumentation cables were found cut.
In the control room, six small vendor wires located in an annunciator panel were cut.
In the rad-waste building, 20 to 25 small wires inside a panel were found cut.
The FBI was notified. Unit 3 was about 60 percent complete at the time.
No fuel present at site.
V-84-04 03/06/84 Watts Bar Tennessee Valley Authority Rhea County, TN At 10:15 p.m., an engineer attempted to reactivate a 480-volt relay board in a shutdown board room of the auxiliary build-ing.
After experiencing a loud noise accompanied by sparks, he found a singed 12 inch metal file laying on the floor of p
the electrical cabinet.
Numerous individuals had been working on this system throughout the day. Suspecting vandalism, the 4
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Three safety-related wires were found cut in an electrical cabinet in the computer room cf Unit 3.
The FBI was notified and $20,000 in rewards was offered by APS, the Bechtel Power Corp., the Phoenix Building Trades Council and El Paso Electric Co. for information leading to the arrest and conviction of responsible parties.
No fuel present at site.
V-84-06 04/18/84 Maine Yankee Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co.
Lincoln County, ME A member of the plant staff found a new 2.5 inch long nail wedged into the windings of the main generator during a shutdown for refueling.
Evidence suggested that the nail had been recently entered.
The generator was located in a non-vital area and was unattended during non-working hours.
The licensee posted a security guard in the area during non-working hours and increased surveillance in vital areas.
Fuel present at site.
V-84-07 05/22/84 Midland Consumers Power Co.
Midland County, MI During a routine surveillance the licensee discovered in the low cable spreading room, three non-safety related electrical cables that were partially cut with an attached sign "10%
CUT."
The vandalism is believed to have been prompted by a recently imposed 10% pay cut for manual craft workers. Fuel not present at site.
V-84-08 06/20/84 Midland Consumers Power Co.
Midland County, MI Four non-safety related electrical cables located in a vertical cable tray in the turbine building were found cut.
A tag stating "10% CUT" was attached to the cables.
A similar tag was found in an earlier incident.
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Midland County, MI A security guard discovered a single, cut, non-safety related cable in the unit 2 electrical penetration area.
The cable was located in a readily visible area.
This was the fourth occurrence of cut nonsafety-related cables in this area.
The licensee increased interior patrol coverage and investigated.
Fuel not present at site.
V-84-10 07/04/84 Callaway Union Electric Co.
Callaway County, M0 At 3:10 p.m., control room ventilation and containment purge isolation signals were initiated due to a loss of power to three process radiation monitors.
Further investigation by the plant staff revealed manually opened, rather than tripped, power supply breakers in the 120 volt distribution panel which supplies the radiation monitors.
Fuel present at site.
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Berrien County, MI At 12:01 a.m., during an eighteen month fire system test the licensee found that a supply damper in the HVAC duct for the control room cable vault had been propped open with a piece of conduit.
In this configuration, the damper would not have closed upon carbon dioxide system injection, thus rendering the fire suppression system inoperable.
The conduit was removed and the damper tested satisfactorily.
Fuel present at site.
V-84-12 09/05/84 Combustion Engineering Hematite, M0 A number of acts of vandalism were reported by the licensee.
Tires of a truck parked outside the protected area were punctured.
The truck was loaded with a shipment of low-enriched uranium powder.
On September 24, three lights in a parking lot were shot out, apparently with a pellet gun.
Also 25 other lights, controlled automatically, failed to turn on as scheduled.
A car was also found blocking the entrance to the plant.
These acts of vandalism may have been related to a strike by union personnel which started on September 5.
The State of Missouri was notified.
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TAMPERING / VANDALISM V-18 05/01/85 V-84-13 11/24/84 San Onofre Southern California Edison Co.
San Diego County At about 5:30 a.m., an unidentified worker was seen posting a hand-written notice inside a Unit 2 men's room.
The notice, dated January 1, 1985, was addressed to all " hands" and cited the upcoming wage reduction for craft workers.
It stated
" Cut a wire or turn a valve for the wage earner." The notice was immediately removed and turned in to the site security office.
Fuel present at site.
V-84-14 12/04/84 River Bend Gulf States Utilities W. Feliciana Parish, LA The licensee discovered hardware pieces (5-inch knuckles used to clamp scaffolding pipes together) in a residual heat removal test return line.
Reduced flow in the line had been observed for some time.
The system was last opened in April 1984 when the pieces may have been accidentally or purposely placed in the pipe.
Because hundreds of workers could have had access to the area, identification of responsible per-son (s) was not expected.
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San Luis Obispo Co., CA A smoldering fire was spotted in a motor control center for a motor driven fire water pump.
The fire Brigade responded after the power to the center was. secured and extinguished the fire within five minutes of receipt of the alarm. The cause was a slightly open contactor in the motor control center which did not close completely because of a foreign object that was stuck in the contactor.
Minimal damage occurred and no loss of safety function occurred because the fire pump was out of service for maintenance at the time. The plant was in Mode 5, preparing for heatup.
Fuel present at site.
VI-84-02 02/23/84 Sequoyah Tennessee Valley Authority Hamilton County, TN During routine rounds, the fire watch officer discovered a burning trash bag containing contaminated materials. A fire alarm was sounded and the fire was extinguished within 6 minutes.
The licensee, in their telephone report to NRC initially suspected sabotage because the contaminated bag was 7sg
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No one was injured and no radioactive release limits were exceeded. The FBI was notified.
Fuel present at site.
VI-84-03 04/16/84 Diablo Canyon Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
San Luis Obispo County, CA At about 3:45 a.m., unidentified persons entered a part of the owner controlled area and discharged 6 flares in different directions about 350 yards from the protected area.
One of the flares landed about 200 yards from the fence and caused a small brush fire.
A security officer extinguished it and the burned grass area measured 24 feet by 34 feet.
Fuel present at site.
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The weapon was wrapped in a sock and enclosed in a paper bag.
Routine search procedures pre-vented access.
Fuel present at site.
VII-83-04 12/16/83 Point Beach Wisconsin Electric Power Company Manitowoc County, WI During a routine search, a.25 caliber automatic pistol was found in the cab of a delivery vehicle.
The state police were contacted and the driver was arrested.
Neither the vehicle nor driver gained access to the protected area.-
Fuel present at site.
VII-83-05 12/19/83 Diablo Canyon Pacific Gas and Electric Company San Luis Obispo County, CA At about 6:30 a.m., a member of the security staff acciden-tally discharged a weapon in the security office building at the licensee's facility during a routine shift change.
The projectile caused minor floor damage but no injuries occurred. The discharge occurred because of failure to follow established procedures.
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Clermont County, OH At about 5:30 p.m., a contractor security guard accidentally discharged his revolver on the refueling floor of the reactor building, where fuel was stored.
The discharge occurred when the guard removed his pistol from its holster during a discus-sion about firearms with another security guard.
The bullet passed through a corrugated metal wall.
No injury nor damage resulted from the incident.
The licensee terminated the guard and provided additional training to all other guards on firearms safety and handling instructions.
Fuel present at site.
VII-84-02 03/05/84 Calvert Cliffs Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.
Calvert County, MD A site security guard at the gate to the parking lot noticed a rifle in the back of a stationwagon driven by an individual wanting to visit the licensee's personnel office.
The indi-vidual was denied access to the parking lot and was sub-sequently arrested at the plant visitor's center by the state police for carrying a loaded weapon in the car.
At no time did the individual approach the protected area.
Fuel present at site.
VII-84-03 04/18/84 Pilgrim Boston Edison Co.
Plymouth County, MA While the security force contractor was conducting a night firing course at a local indoor range in Bourne, Massachussetts, a newly hired guard accidentally discharged his holstered.38 caliber revolver and the round lodged in his right leg.
The range was under authorized supervision at the time of the incident.
VII-84-04 05/22/84 Hatch Georgia Power Co.
Appling County, GA At 5:56 a.m., a contractor employee entered the protected area with a loaded.22 magnum derringer pistol.
The weapon was in the employee's purse which had been visually inspected but not detected by a plant security officer during access procedures.
The employee did not have vital area access. The employee left the protected area with the weapon at 7:15 a.m.
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VII-84-05 06/03/84 Shoreham Long Island Lighting Co.
Suffolk County, NY At 5:48 a.m., a security guard accidentally discharged his automatic pistol into the handgun bullet trap when he was checking his weapon prior to his. shift.
A loaded clip had erroneously been inserted ipto the gun in lieu of the empty clip that should have been inserted.
The bullet was safely contained in the bullet trap.
An inquiry revealed that the security shift lieutenant, who was serving as.the " clearing barrel monitor," and the officer failed to follow written security procedures.
Both were suspended for three days and were retrained prior to returning to duty.
Fuel present at site.
VII-84-06 10/30/84 Limerick Philadelphia Electric Co.
Montgomery County, PA At about 4:00 a.m., during a routine security force weapons inventory, it was discovered that a handgun and 18 rounds of ammunition were missing. The licensee conducted a search with negative results.
Fuel present-at site.
VII-84-07 12/09/84 Haddam Neck Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co.
Middlesex County, CT A security guard accidentally discharged a.357 revolver while loading it in the gun room.
No one was injured. The licensee revised their procedures to preclude recurrence of such an event.
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IX-84-01 02/16/84 Braidwood Commonwealth Edison Co.
Will County, IL About a half ounce of marijuana was found in a plastic bag on the floor of a frequently travelled construction office corridor.
Numerous individuals working in the area were questioned and no positive information was received.
Local law enforcement officials were notified.
Fuel not present at site.
i IX-84-02 02/23/84 Limeriek Philadelphia Electric Co.
Montgomery County, PA An individual was found unconscious in a temporary lavatory outside the radwaste building.
Because of physical evidence found near the individual, the site nurse's preliminary diagnosis was drug overdose.
Local police and an ambulance were notified and responded to the site.' The individual was i
taken to the local hospital where the nurse's diagnosis was supported.
The individual who denied drug use, was employed by a subcontractor which was engaged in placing thermal insulation on various safety-related and non-safety related piping.
Fuel present at site.
1 IX-84-03 03/07/84 St Lucie Florida Power and Light Co.
St. Lucie County, FL At 11:00 a.m., a security guard discovered two contract employees in possession of suspected marijuana inside a vehicle onsite.
Both employees were terminated when the substance was confirmed to be 26 grams of marijuana.
IX-84-04 03/23/84 Dresden i
Commonwealth Edison Co.
Grundy County, IL l
The contract security force supervisor approached the guard shack in the parking. lot (outside the protected area) and detected the odor of marijuana.
In accordance with the I
security contractor's drug program, the guard was asked to submit to a urinalysis.
He refused and left the property, The individual was subsequently suspended for failing to i
participate in a drug related investigation. His access to 3
the site was withdrawn.
Fuel present at site.
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MISCELLANEOUS IX-30 05/01/85 IX-84-05 03/30/84 Midland Consumers Power Co.
Midland County, MI Three individuals employed by Consumers Power Company were terminated for possession or theft of controlled substances within owner controlled plant boundaries.
No fuel present at site.
IX-84-06 04/10/84 Clinton Illinois Power Co.
DeWitt County, IL Security officers found marijuana and a weighing scale in a jacket located in a construction worker's " gang" box. A pipefitter acknowledged ownership of the jacket but denied any knowledge of the contents of the jacket.
Local authori-ties were notified.
No fuel present at site.
IX-84-07 05/01/84 Trojan Portland General Electric Co.
Columbia County, OR At about 7:00 a.m., a licensee employee seeking access to the plant was found with a small quantity of marijuana during a routine access search.
The individual who was not regularly assigned access to the plant, was denied access to the protected area.
The licensee notified local law enforcement authorities.
Fuel present at site.
IX-84-08 05/17/84 Diablo Canyon Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
San Luis Obispo County, CA At about 5:00 p.m., a contract security officer was found to have a container with a pipe and a small amount of marijuana in his jacket while on sita.
He was not wearing the jacket at the time of the discovery, and denied knowledge of the container and its contents.
The licensee does not believe the individual was under the influence of any controlled substance at the time of the discovery.
The individual was removed from the site.
Unit 2 was under construction at the time.
Fuel present at site.
IX-84-09 05/26/84 Salem Public Service Electric and Gas Salem County, NJ At 5:02 p.m., a cleaning maintenance employee found a medi-cine bottle with a small cellophane pouch containing a white
MISCELLANEOUS IX-31 05/01/85 powdery substance and a straw about an inch long.
The bottle was found near the containment personnel hatch access control point.
The label on the bottle identified a prescription for penicillin issued to the guard who was performing access control duties at the time.
The guard denied possession of the bottle and stated he had lost the bottle some time ago.
He refused to take a polygraph examination and drug detection tests and consequently, was fired. The State of New Jersey was notified. Fuel present at site.
IX-84-10 06/08/84 South Texas Houston Lighting and Power Co.
Matagorda County, TX At about 9:30 a.m., site security apprehended an Ebasco metal worker with two bags of marijuana.
The sheet worker's employment was terminated and the marijuana was turned over to the local sheriff.
Fuel not present at site.
IX-84-11 07/19/84 Salem Public Service Electric and Gas Salem County, NJ l
A small quantity of marijuana (reportedly enough for one cigarette) was found in the central alarm station.
The licensee conducted an investigation and a contract security guard admitted to have stored the substance in the central alarm station.
The guard was terminated.
No evidence indicated the substance was used by the guard while or duty.
Fuel present on site.
IX-84-12 07/20/84 Dresden Commonwealth Edison Co.
Grundy County, IL During a routine search at 11:30 a.m., a truck driver was found with 4 1/2 marijuana cigarettes. The truck driver was denied entry and the licenserc called local law enforcement autht,rities who arrested.2 individual.
Fuel present at site.
IX-84-13 07/26/84 Vogtle Georgia Power Co.
Burke County, GA Two subcontractor employees were arrested by the Burke County Sheriff's office for selling 28 grams of marijuana offsite to a Georgia Power Company investigator.
The ind hiduals were barred from the site.
Fuel present at site.
MISCELLANEOUS IX-32 05/01/85 IX-84-14 08/09/84 Pilgrim Boston Edison Co.
Plymouth County, MA As part of routine access controls, the licensee found a contractor employee possessing a small amount of marijuana.
The person was turned over to the local police and his site access authorization was terminated.
Fuel present at site.
IX-84-15 08/15/84 Dresden Commonwealth Edison Co.
Grundy County, IL At approximately 7:15 a.m., during a routine pat-down search of a contractor, security personnel found a substance be-lieved to be cocaine in the individual's possession.
The contractor was denied access to the site and the substance was turned over to the local law enforcement agency. Fuel present at site.
IX-84-16 08/21/84 Pilgrim Boston Edison Co.
Plymouth County, MA During a routine patdown search, the licensee found a con-tractor employee attempting to enter the site with a small amount of marijuana.
The person was detained and turned over to the local police.
His site access authorization was terminated.
Fuel present at site.
IX-84-17 08/28/84 Pilgrim Boston Edison Co.
Plymouth County, MA As a part of routine patdown search procedures at the site vehicle access gate, the licensee found a contractor employee attempting to enter the site with a small amount of marijuana.
The individual's site access was terminated and was turned over to the Plymouth police.
Fuel present at site.
IX-84-18 09/10/84 Haddam Neck Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co.
Middlesex County, CT At 6:00 p.m., during a hands-on search of a subcontractor l
employee, security officials found a packet of marijuana in the individual's possession.
The individual's employment and site access was terminated and he was subsequently arrested by the Connecticut State Police.
Fuel present at site.
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.IX-84-19 10/02/84 Point Beach
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Wisconsin Electric Power Co.
Manitowoc County, WI At about 9:43 a.m., a truck driver who was delivering refuel-ing equipment to the plant voluntarily turned over marijuana he was carrying after seeing a dog being brought to the semi-truck for what he thought to be a search.
The dog was trained to search for explosives but not controlled substances.
The driver was denied site access and was arrested by the county sheriff.
Fuel present at site.
IX-84-20 10/23/84 Point Beach Wisconsin Electric Power Co.
Manitowoc County, WI During routine search of a truck prior to site access, the licensee found a box containing marijuana and cocaine and associated paraphernalia.
The drivers were denied access to the site and the licensee notified the sheriff.
The drivers subsequently were arrested in Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
Fuel present at site.
_ f-IX-84-21 10/30/84 Summer
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South Carolina Electric and Gas Co.
\\s Fairfield County, SC In connection with an ongoing drug investigation, a contrac-tor employee was found to have a gram of cocaine on his person. A small bag of marijuana and 12 grams of cocaine were found in his car.
The individual was arrested and his site access was terminated. The State of South Carolina was notified.
Fuel present at site.
IX-84 11/07/84 Three Mile Island Metropolitan Edison Co.
Dauphin County, PA
-The licensee's security force was alerted that two contract employees were smoking in an unauthorized area and that the aroma of marijuana was present in the area.
Security appre-hended the two individuals and confirmed they had been smoking marijuana.
Urine samples of the two employees were taken.
Their access badges were revoked and their employment was terminated.
Fuel present at site.
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MISCELLANEOUS IX-34 05/01/85 IX-84-23 11/12/84 Calvert Cliffs Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.
Calvert Co., MD An employee reported the aroma of marijuana at the 12 foot level of the auxiliary building.
Investigation found two contract employees (insulators) had been smoking marijuana.
Both had their site access terminated.
Fuel present at site.
IX-84-24 11/21/84 Pilgrim Boston Edison Co.
Plymouth County, MA At 12:30 p.m., during a patdown search of a contract pipe-fitter at the main contractor access control facility, one-half ounce of marijuana was found.
The local police arrested the individual and the licensee terminated his site access.
Fuel present at site.
IX-84-25 12/04/84 St. Lucie Florida Power and Light Co.
St. Lucie County, FL At 5:00 a.m., more than 20 Haitian refugees landed on the beach owned by the licensee.
Officials of St. Lucie County were notified and responded to identify and assist the Haitians.
The licensee increased security, but no incidents occurred.
The State of Florida was also notified.
Fuel present at site.
IX-84-26 12/12/84 Hatch Georgia Power Co.
Appling County, GA A supervisor for a contractor doing valve maintenance work informed the licensee that a vial containing cocaine had been found in a trailer inside the protected area.
The licensee suspended access to the protected area by the contractor's 45 employees until drug tests were performed.
Fuel present at site.
IX-84-27 12/21/84 Calvert Cliffs Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.
Calvert Co., MD Two contractor janitors were involved in an altercation and escorted out of the protected area.
Subsequent questioning of the individuals revealed the use of marijuana by contract employees.
All of the contractor's employees were restricted from the site pending completion of an investigation.
Fuel present at site.
STATISTICS A-1 05/01/85 APPENDIX A - STATISTICS This appendix contains twelve graphs developed from the data presented
.in the main body of this document.
The figures reflect reported events from 1976 through 1984, a period of nine years.
Data are divided into reactor and non-reactor events and among event categories which are generally consistent with those used in the body of the report.
The significance of the variations in activity levels over the reporting period.should be viewed with caution be'cause reporting standards for safeguards events and criteria used for including events in this publication have changed over the years.
i Figure 1 provides an overview of the data base used for all figures i
presented in this appendix.
A total of 944 safeguards events were reported from 1976 through 1984.
Safeguards event activity increased by more than 100 percent from 1978 to 1979, probably due to changes in reporting requirements and practices.
Event frequency over the last four years has been relatively constant.
Figure 2 shows safeguards events excluding any bomb hoax events.
It shows a gradual increase which may have resulted in increased reporting 4
frequency by licensees.
Figure 3 shows the NRC regional distribution of the 944 events over the i
nine year reporting period. The higher frequency of events in Regions 1, 2, and 3 is directly related to the higher number of licensed facil-g ities in the three regions as compared to Regions 4 and 5.*
Figure 4 shows the number of safeguards events that have occurred at reactors.
Figure 5 shows the frequency of reactor events other than bomb hoaxes.
More vandalism and drug /related events occurred in 1984; Figures 10 and 12 show the trends in these two categories.
Figure 6 depicts event activity for non-reactor facilities.
Many of these events are associated with materials licensees who are exempt from safeguards regulations.
These events were included because of the public interest in such events.
Figure 7 illustrates the events by category.
The majority of safe-guards events have been bomb hoaxes.
The next most common event category is " Missing and/or Allegedly Stolen." Most of these events involve losses of materials which are not special nuclear materials.
i "These regions, which correspond to NRC organizational entities, are made up as follows:
1 - CT, DE, DC, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, PA, RI, NY, VT; 2 - AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, PR, SC, TN, VA, WV; 3 - IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, OH, WI ; 4 - AR, CO, I D, KS, LA, MT, N E, ND, NM, OK, SD,
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STATISTICS A-2 05/01/85 Figure 8 shows the number of bomb hoax incidents (459) from 1976 through 1984.
This event category has showed a steady decline since a peak in 1979.
Figure 9 plots the total number of reported intrusion events.
With the exception of 1980, there have been relatively few reactor intrusion events (e.g., 5 in 1984).
Figure 10 shows the number of events involving tampering or vandalism.
Although there was an increase in 1984, the increase may be attributed to licensee reporting practices, and may not necessarily represent an increase in threat activity.
Over the nine year period, vandalism /
tampering events comprise about 6 percent of all reported events.
Figure 11 shows the relatively low number of firearms-related events that have occurred at all facilities.
Many of these events involve the accidental discharge of firearms which are not directly threat related.
Figure 12 shows the number of reported drug-and alcohol-related events.
The increased activity in this category is believed to directly related to the increased use of controlled substances in all segments of the population.
Again, some of the increase may be attributed to increased reporting, which may be associated with licensee programs designed to detect drug use.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA SHEET ut NsTRuCTioN ON T E REv'a55 NUREG-0525, Rev. 10 2 TITLE ANO 5uBTITLE 3 6 EAVE BLANK 4 D ATE REPORT COMPLE TED Safecaards Summary Event List (SSEL), Revision 10 l
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6 DATE REPO11155utD Policy and Practices Section l
MO~T-EAa Licensing Policy and Programs Branch May 1985 7 PERFORMi4G ORGANIZATION NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS finclueele Com, 8 PROJECT /T ASKwoRK UNIT NUMBER Division of Safeguards
,,,,,ORGRANTNuM.ER Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 10 SPONSORING ORGANIZATION NAME AND MAIL NG ADDRESS flacs awle Coper 11e TYPE OP REPORT w
Information Listing a PERIOD COV ERED flactuseve aressJ Same as 7 above.
Through December 31, 1984 12 SUPPLE ME N T ARY NOT ES
- 13. A55TR ACT (200 avorum or rese, gm The Safeguards Summary Event List (SSEL) provides brief summaries of several hundred safeguards-related events involving nuclear material of facilities regulated by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
Events are described under the catergories of bomb-related, intrusion, missing / allegedly stolen, transportation, tampering /vandslism, arson, firearms-related, radiological sabotage and miscellaneous.
The information contained in the event descriptions is derived primarily from official NRC reporting channels.
14 DOCUMENT ANALYSa5 - e KE YWORD$1DESCRIPTORS it Av A A8 Let y Safeguards, events, reactors, fuel cycle facilities, bomb threats, theft, trends Unlimited it SECURITV CLAS$iP CATION f ra s pepet c
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