ML18017A811

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PNS-II-80-001:on 800102,licensee Discovered Theft of 225 Lbs Dynamite & 355 Blasting Caps from Const Site.Entry Gained by Prying Off Door Hinges from Locked Magazine Located Outside Fenced Perimeter on Util Property
ML18017A811
Person / Time
Site: Harris, North Anna  Duke Energy icon.png
Issue date: 01/04/1980
From: Tillman A, Tobin W
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
References
PNS-II-80-001, NUDOCS 8002080300
Download: ML18017A811 (2)


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PRELIMIT EQTZXCQXCE:OF MNUAEOS EKHT-PBSII "80"1

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SUBJECT:

TBZ"i':- DX2Q~ZTZ AM) ELECTRIC BLASTING CAPS At 8:00 a-a. Zanaary 2, the licensee discovered the theft of 225 lbs. of dynamite and 335 electr c blasting caps fro(a the Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant'coastructicn site.

The exp'.osive azat rizls are the properly of the Paul Howard Construction

Company, a site contractor, and vere taken from a locked magazine located outside of the fenced ~crime ez on util. ty propertya Entry was gained by prying off the d.oor hinges.

7he ex@los=ves vere last account.ed for at 6:00 p.m. January 1.

The Make County Sheriffs Depar~

and US alcohol 'Zobacco and Firearms Division (Treasury Depart-ment) have b-m no. ified.

Both agencies initia.ted investigations oa January 2,

The site s cur ty force does not rou inely patrol the area from which the explosives ver= stol n.

A short a~s a=ticle relating t.o the theft appeared in the Raleigh "News and Observer" r)zpe=

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Tae paper described the explosives as 425 sticks of dynanir, 16 inch s '" leagth and two inches in diameter.

A news release is aot planned by the licensee or the hRC.

The St,ate of North Carolina has been informed.

The IAT vm no~<i.ed..

Region II (A"inta) rece ved notification of this occurrence by telephone from the-licensee a-4:40 p n.

oa January 3.

This information is current as of 10:00 a..n oa ~anTLary 4.

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