ML100770128

E-mail from J. Brand of USNRC to Various, Regarding Talking Points

ML100770128
Person / Time
Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	11/22/2009
From:	Javier Brand NRC Region 1
To:	Barber S, Bellamy R, David Lew, Mcnamara N, Diane Screnci, Jason White NRC Region 1
References
FOIA/PA-2010-0118
Download: ML100770128 (2)

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McNamara, Nancy From: Brand, Javier Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 1:02 PM To: Lew, David; Bellamy, Ronald; Barber, Scott; White, John; Screnci, Diane; McNamara, Nancy Cc: Nimitz, Ronald

Subject:

FW: Talking Points Importance: High David, here are TMI's "Talking Points" From: David.Atherholt@exeloncorp.com [1]

Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 12:55 PM To: Brand, Javier

Subject:

Fw: Talking Points Importance: High FYI Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Device Message -----

-Original From: Archer, Elizabeth:(GenCo-Nuc)

To: Noll, William:(GenCo-Nuc); Atherholt, David: (GenCo-Nuc); Cowan, Pam:(GenCo-Nuc)

Cc: DeSantis, Ralph:(GenCo-Nuc); Murphy, Marshall D.:(GenCo-Nuc)

Sent: Sun Nov 22 12:45:03 2009

Subject:

Talking Points Talking Points TMI Contamination Event Saturday, Nov 21, 2009

• Approximately 150 employees working inside the shutdown Three Mile Island Unit 1 containment building were sent home about 4:00 p.m. EST Saturday after an airborne radiological contamination alarm inside the reactor building sounded.

The unit has been shut down since Oct. 26 for refueling, maintenance projects and steam generator replacement. There plant is not operating and there is no fuel in the reactor building.

• No contamination was found outside of the containment building. Radiological surveys showed that the contamination was confined to surfaces inside the containment building.

• The event posed no threat to public health and safety.

• A monitor at the temporary opening cut into the containment building wall to allow the new steam generators to be moved inside showed a slight increase in a reading and then returned to normal. Two other monitors displayed normal readings.

Exelon technicians Saturday night were checking employees who had been working in the building at the time for possible unusual radiation exposure. One worker was found to have received 16 millirem of exposure, and other workers have received contamination of lower levels.

The annual occupational dose limit for nuclear workers at Exelon Nuclear plants is 2,000 millirem. No Nuclear Regulatory Commission limits were exceeded for personnel contamination. 1-

The NRC, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and local elected officials were notified of the event. Outreach to local officials is continuing.

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • This e-mail and any of its attachments may contain Exelon Corporation proprietary information, which is privileged, confidential, or subject to copyright belonging to the Exelon Corporation family of Companies. This e-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or action taken in relation to the contents of and attachments to this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout. Thank You.

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