ML100810259

Email from Mark King, NRR to Elizabeth Hayden, OPA Et Al. FW: Cnn Headline News - TMI Leak Contaminates 100_NRR- See My Comments

ML100810259
Person / Time
Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	11/23/2009
From:	Mark King NRC/NRR/DIRS/IOEB
To:	Scott Burnell, Hayden E Office of Public Affairs
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FOIA/PA-2010-0118
Download: ML100810259 (2)

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Cartwright, William From: King, Mark Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 8:20 AM To: Hayden, Elizabeth; Burnell, Scott

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FW: CNN Headline news- TMI leak contaminates 100 _ NRR- - see my comments Attachments: Events.pdf; RE: TMI News Links - extensive coverage; FYI: Update on the TMI event; HOO Highlight - TMI Public Interest TO: OPA I'm sure we are "preaching to the choir here" - but OPA may want to consider posting an NRC -

News response to these TMI issues q.uickl See e-mails below and the attached items for more details.

Mark From: Ross-Lee, MaryJane Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 8:06 AM To: NRRDIRSIQOEB Distribution

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FW: CNN Headline news- TMI leak contaminates 100 _ NRR- Pis check to see if INES reportable- see :my comments Good morning, there was a lot of news and phone calls on this over the weekend. I'm not sure the threshold for putting something up on the NEWS sight, but that may be worth looking into. Beth-Haydien Nn PAmay be able towhelp as think that website Was designed fo p.u blic com munication of news .worthy items....

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From: HOO Hoc Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 7:39 AM To: Jones, Cynthia Cc: Ross-Lee, Marylane

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RE: CNN Headline news- TMI leak contaminates 100 - NRR- Pis check to see if INES reportable- see my comments Cynthia, Attached is a copy of the event report. I have also quoted the HOO highlight we sent out below. This contamination event involved very low contamination and dose to a number of workers (highest reported level is 26mR). T here was no release outside of containment and no exposure what-so-ever to members of the public. We will contact Mary Jane Ross Lee this morning to make sure NRR evaluates the event. However, our read is that this is not reportable (less than level 2) under the INES scale.

HOD HIGHLIGHT: "Three Mile Island - 1 is in a steam generator replacement and refueling outage. Sometime this evening, during maintenance activities, radiation alarms alerted inside containment and containment was 1~

evacuated. Personnel are being whole body counted out of the area. There is no public health and safety issue and no evidence of release to the environment. There has been significant media and federal partner interest in this evolution. The licensee is investigating the cause and Region I is following."

Headquarters Operations Officer U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Phone: 301-816-5100 Fax: .301-816.-5151 email: hoo.hoc(nrc.gov secure e-mail: hoo1Pnrc.sgov.gov SU.S.NRC From: Jones, Cynthia Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 7:02 AM To: Sigmon, Rebecca; HOO Hoc Cc: Dean, Bill; Wiggins, Jim

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CNN Headline news- T"VlI leak contaminates 100 _ NRR- PIs check to see If INES reportable- see my comments Importance: High Rebecca, HOOs Just saw this on CNN and if the 100 people (as mentioned in the writeup) were members of the public (not occupational workers) it would an event we would rate and transmit to IAEA under INES. I look forward to your input on the event making news below to hold off Qs from IAEA IEC staff tomorrow, and hope they were all occupational workers....-.

thanks Cyndi See http://abclocal. go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/loca] &id=7131935 Cynthia G.Jones, Ph.D.

Senior Technical Advisor for Nuclear Security Office of Nuclear Security & Incident Response U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop T4-D22A Washington, DC 20555 Fb.............

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