December 10, 2021

#2553: Incident Report explain

Facility: East Valley Nuclear Plant

Date: 12/10/2021

Report ID: 9603120071

Event description: Roughly 18 hours prior to the incident, an Amazon package containing fireworks was mistakenly delivered to the reactor control room and left under the console.

The next day, at approximately 14:00, Technician A arrived at the facility with a bag containing four juggling pins. At 14:20, Technician A entered the control room, and joined Technician B at the console.

At 14:28, Technician C exited the elevator and approached the control room holding a birthday cake intended for Technician B.

At 14:29:22, Technician A said “Hey [Technician B], check out this cool trick I learned” while taking out the juggling pins. Technician B turned to look just as, at 14:29:26, Technician C entered holding the cake.

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