CMD 10-M13

Date: 2010-01-26
File / dossier : 6.02.04
Edocs 3490675

Early Notification Reports Rapports de notification rapide

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Bruce Power: Bruce Power :

Alpha Contamination Event in Bruce A Contamination alpha à la tranche 1 de
Unit 1 Bruce-A

Bruce Power: Bruce A Unit 4 Bruce Power : Déclenchement imprévu du

Unanticipated SDS2 Trip SAU2 de la tranche 4 de Bruce-A

Commission Meeting Réunion de la Commission

February 18, 2010 Le 18 février 2010

4.1.1 Bruce Power: 10-M13 4.1.1 Bruce Power :
Alpha Contamination Event in Contamination alpha à la tranche 1
Bruce A Unit 1 de Bruce-A
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Prepared by DPRR / Bruce Regulatory Program Division

Ucensee
Bruce Power Location Tiverton, Ontario
When event/situation was discovered Have Reporting Requirements been met?
Date: 2010-01-05 YES
OVERVIEW
Description: On November 26th, 2009, workers at Bruce A Unit 1 conducting a routine airborne
survey in the vault found the presence of long-lived particulates. Radiation controls were re-inforced
and sample frequency was increased. Follow-up analysis identified the particulate to be Cobalt-60 and
also the presence of alpha contamination. The alpha contamination was quantified by a third party on
December 21, 2009. Preliminary dose calculations were completed January 5, 2010 and were
conservatively interpreted as a potential indication that an action level for inhalation of airborne
radioactivity may have been exceeded. Up to 217 workers may have been affected by this event.

C8use(s): Activated corrosion products in the feeders in Bruce A Unit 1 became dislodged during
feeder grinding activities.

REASON FOR NOnFlCAnON

Criterion 10 from CMD 03-M68 "An occurrence or incident that receiVes, or may receive, substantial
media coverage or that has a high public visibility".

EFFECIS OF THE EVENT/SUUAnON ­ ON

Who affected:
Workers: potential for exceeding an action level; regulatory limits are not likely to
Persons
have been exceeded
Public: none

How affected:

Environment None

Security Not applicable

Other None
implications
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UCENSEE ACTIONS
Taken or in progress: An oral notification was provided to CNSC staff on January 5, 2010 once it
was determined that an action level may be exceeded, which is a licence reporting requirement. A
Preliminary Report was submitted to the CNSC on January 7, 2010.
Work in the Unit 1 vault was stopped until clean-up of the alpha contamination was complete. Workers
potentially affected by the incident have been removed from other radioactive work until additional
information regarding the exposures is obtained.
Analysis is currently underway at Chalk River Laboratories to determine the actual doses received by
the workers. This should be complete by the first week of February. In the meantime, Bruce Power
has placed alpha-sensitive monitors at strategic locations in Units 1 and 2 in order to identify any
further potential contamination.

Planned: Bruce Power will continue to update CNSC staff with new information as its obtained and
will submit a Detailed Report as per regulatory reporting requirements.
An additional alpha-sensitive monitor has been ordered for the West End Complex as an additional
barrier for monitoring.
CNSC ACTIONS
Taken or in progress: CNSC staff has been monitoring the situation, ensuring that the licensee is
aware of the extent of condition of cause of the event and that they are taking the appropriate
corrective actions.

Planned: CNSC staff will continue to monitor the situation, including the conduct of enhanced
inspection activities as well as review of the Detailed Report when submitted.

Further reporting: No

NAME SIGNATURE

PA~
Directorate- Bruce Regulatory program
Division - Director - Ken Lafreniere
,ru~ J Director General
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Bruce A Unit 4 Unanticipated Déclenchement imprévu du SAU2
SDS2 Trip de la tranche 4 de Bruce-A
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Prepared by OPRR - BRPO E-doc # 3489726

Ucensee - Bruce Power Inc. Location ­ Bruce A, Unit 4
When event/situation was discovered Have Reporting Requirements been met?
Date: 2010-01-14 YES
OVERVIEW
Description (What happened?): Operating staff were performing a routine Shutdown System
number two (5052) safety System Test (SST) on one ri the three channels (channel G of channel G, .H
and J).
While Channel G was tripped for this test, Channel J tripped spuriously which caused a completed 5052
trip and poison injection, which shuts down the reactor.

cause(s): The event was a result of the unantidpated Ch J trip while Ch G was tripped for testing.
The root cause of the Ch J trip is unknown at this time.

REASON FOR NOnFlCAnON

Actuation of a Shutdown System during reactor operation.
Criteria B.3-1 of CMO 03-M68

EFFECTS OF THE EVENT/SITUAnON ­ ON

Persons Who affected There were no persons affected by this event

How affected

Environment No impact

security No impact

Other no impact
implications
UCENSEE ACTIONS

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Taken or in progress:
Bruce Power staff followed procedures
• At the time of the event the Unit transient tone was sounded.
• A Power Reduction Action Guide for 5052 was completed
• 5051 was manually tripped as per procedure.
• Turbine was tripped and monitored as per procedure.

There were no human performance issues identified. Crew demonstrated very good response to the
transient. Bruce Power also determined that the operability of other units was not affected.

Due to the shutdown of the unit, Bruce Power decided at this time to complete a design change that
had just been completed in Unit 3.

Planned: Bruce Power is performing a root cause investigation.

CNSC ACTlONS
Taken or in progress: CNSC Site Staff reviewed Bruce Power's actions after the event and verified
that there were no unforeseen issues that occurred as a result of the trip (i.e. the station operated as
expected on initiation of 5052 trip).

Planned: Review the detailed report and root cause investigation report when they become available
to verify that the assigned Bruce Power corrective actions are appropriate.

Further reporting: The detailed report which will indude the root cause will be submitted
to the CNSC as per 5-99 procedures.

NAME SIGNATURE
Directorate - Bruce Regulatory Program Ad,'~ ::kTl 0 0, 1-f
Division - Director - Ken Lafreniere Direetor General Date

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