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| Start date | Reporting criterion | Title | Event description | System | LER | |
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| ENS 50970 | 9 April 2015 09:40:00 | Part 70 App A (C) | Offsite Notification Due to On-Site Employee Fatality | On April 9, 2015, a NOG-L (Nuclear Operations Group - Lynchburg) employee passed away shortly after arriving to work. The employee arrived to work at 0534 (EST). He proceeded to his work center and collapsed at 0540 while clocking in. CPR was administered to the employee by a co-worker who was at the scene and the site Emergency Team was called. The Emergency Team arrived in three minutes and used an AED to attempt to resuscitate the employee. At 0555, the Emergency Team transported the employee in our onsite Advanced Life Support ambulance to Lynchburg General Hospital (arrived 0623). CPR was maintained in transit to the hospital. The employee was pronounced dead at the hospital from an apparent heart attack. NOG-L reported this event to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) at 1110 on April 9, 2015. The Licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector and will notify the NRC Regional Office. | ||
| ENS 46725 | 5 April 2011 15:49:00 | Part 70 App A (C) 10 CFR 70.32(i) | Alert Declared Due to Acid Leak Greater than the 40 Cfr Limit | The licensee secured their process after an acid leak greater that the 40 CFR limit developed at a piping joint. The leak consisted of a mixture of hydrofluoric and nitric acid. A licensee response team was dispatched to the site of the leak to evaluate the condition. No injuries resulted and there were no evacuations nor health and safety consequences at the site. Additionally notified USDA (R. Jones), HHS (J. Dennis) and Fuels OUO Group. The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector. * * * UPDATE FROM DONNA MILLER TO PETE SNYDER AT 1241 EDT ON 4/5/11 * * * The licensee exited the emergency condition at 1237 EDT on 4/5/11. The spill is contained and no longer poses any threat to employees or the environment.
On April 5, 2011 during a line inspection at B&W NOG-L, a leak was discovered coming from a 6 inch waste acid line. The leak was in a location that the technician could visually inspect but with limited accessibility because of its proximity to an embankment obstruction. After finding a way to safely determine that waste was leaking from the line at a pH <2, the site Emergency Operation Center was activated and Emergency Team was notified to respond. It was determined that a Reportable Quantity (RQ) of an acidic waste solution (D002) had been released. Notifications were made to EPA Region III, VA DEQ, National Response Center, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and other Emergency Response organizations as required by the site Emergency Plan. Efforts were taken to ensure the spill was contained to the immediate paved and soil areas. The accumulating liquid was contained with absorbent booms and neutralized with soda ash . It is estimated that 200 gallons of waste solution leaked onto the ground. Approximately seven 55 gallon drums (@ 1500 Pounds) of clean up waste were generated and will be disposed of appropriately. There were no injuries during the spill or during the cleanup operations. The threat to the environment and human health was minimal due to the leak's isolated location . Access to the area was limited and air monitoring in the area did not show any concerns. All released material was contained to the spill area or the cleanup zone. Plant operations draining to this line were halted until the repair was completed . Restart of operations was authorized on April 6, 2011. An investigation of the incident to determine the root cause is in progress and corrective actions will be implemented to prevent reoccurrence . The licensee submitted a follow-up notification to the Virginia Department of Environmental Health, EPA Region III, and will notify the NRC Resident Inspector. Notified NMSS (Easton), R2DO (Bartley), and Fuels OUO Group. | ||
| ENS 45053 | 11 May 2009 12:30:00 | Part 70 App A (C) | Concurrent Report - Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Notified of Waste Treatment Release | On May 10, 2009 at about 0215, Waste Treatment operations began pumping sanitary sludge from the sanitary sludge holding tank to the Low Level Radioactivity (LLR) press. This is accomplished by activating an air-actuated diaphragm pump which suctions from the holding tank and discharges to the LLR press. Observations by area operators both at the press and the Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) display showed no abnormal conditions. Near or around 0345, area security officers notified the area operators that liquid was accumulating on the ground under the sanitary sludge holding tank. The operator attending to the reported release observed a leak on the discharge side of the diaphragm pump. The pump was halted and the isolation valve at the bottom of the holding tank was closed to halt the release. Plant supervision was promptly notified and efforts were initiated to contain the release using absorbent pads and dikes. Most of the liquid was contained and pumped back into the sanitary system, and approximately 10-20 gallons drained to the system Final Effluent Pond (FEP 601). No liquid was observed to have been released to the James River. On May 11, 2009 at approximately 8:30 am, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) was notified of the release both verbally and by email. This notification was performed to satisfy the notification requirements contained in the current site Virginia Pollutant Discharge Eliminations System (VPDES) permit for unanticipated bypasses of treatment systems. Notification is required verbally (within 24 hours) and in writing (within 5 days) upon discovery of the circumstances surrounding the bypass. There were no radiological concerns with this event. The licensee will contact the NRC Resident Inspector. | ||
| ENS 44969 | 3 April 2009 20:00:00 | Part 70 App A (C) | Media Release Due to Acid Spill | At approximately 4:00 p.m. on April 3, an acid leak occurred (on top of Building 5A) at the B&W Mount Athos facility in Campbell County, Va. As a result of the incident, employees were evacuated from the immediate area in accordance with the company's operating procedure. The B&W Emergency Team was immediately dispatched and secured the area and the leak. Two company employees were exposed to the acid and treated on the scene. There was no release of radioactive material during this incident. No danger was posed to the public, and there was no release of the acid into the environment. B&W is investigating the incident. The acid was nitric acid, 69% concentration. The affected employees washed off the acid with water and required no further medical treatment. NRC Resident Inspector was notified. |