ENS 42824

v t e ENS Event
15:15 Sep 1, 2006
Title	Shipment Exernal Radiation Levels in Excess of Limits
Event Description	At 1115 EDT on 9/01/2006, Susquehanna LLC personnel became aware that a shipment received from another site exceeded the 10CFR71.47(b)(2) limit of 200 mr/hr contact dose rate. Contact dose rates on the bottom of the shipment are 820 mr/hr, and therefore reportable per the requirements of 10CFR20.1906(d)(2). There is no identified surface contamination on the shipment, and the shipment only exceeded the dose rate limit on the bottom once it was lifted off the transport trailer. Doses under the trailer prior to lifting the shipment did not exceed the limit The transport company and the originating site have been notified. The transport vehicle left the Vermont Yankee facility on 8/31/06 and was received by SSES on 9/1/06 at 0805." . . . The driver has been contacted by the transport company. The vehicle made two stops during transport. The first was at the first rest stop traveling west on the Massachusetts Turnpike. The second was at the first rest stop on I-87 south after exiting I-90. No one to the knowledge of the driver came in contact with the shipment. The driver arrived at Susquehanna on 8/31/06 at 2045, and slept in the truck. The driver was wearing dosimetry [TLD]. The licensee will notify State of Pennsylvania Emergency Management and has notified the NRC Resident Inspector.

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Where
Susquehanna Pennsylvania (NRC Region 1)
Reporting

10 CFR 20.1906(d)(2)
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-3.23 h-0.135 days <br />-0.0192 weeks <br />-0.00442 months <br />)
Opened:	Ron Fry 12:01 Sep 1, 2006
NRC Officer:	Jason Kozal
Last Updated:	Sep 1, 2006
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