ML19256D003
| ML19256D003 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Turkey Point  |
| Issue date: | 06/14/1979 |
| From: | Liza Cunningham, Higginbotham L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| To: | |
| References | |
| PNO-79-161, NUDOCS 7910150837 | |
| Download: ML19256D003 (1) | |
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PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION June 14, 1979 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-79-161 This areliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of an event of FOSSI3LE safety or publicTnterest significancIThe infornation gresented is as initially received without verification or evaluation and is basically all that is known by IE staff on this date.
_ FACILITY:
Florida Power and Light Company Turkey Point, Unit Nos. 3 and 4 Docket Nos. 50-250 and 50-251 Homestead, Florida
SUBJECT:
UNPLANNED RELEASE OF WATER TO ON-SITE STORM DRAIN At 1:30 p.m. on June 11, about 900 gallons of water overflowed from a waste processing tank to auxiliary building floor drains as a result of an operator error.
Backup of fluid in the floor drain system resultea in the water reaching an on-site storm drain.
This drain system dis-charges to an underground tile bed wholly within the confines of the site boundary.
Sample results indicated that a total of about 0.01 millicuries of cobalt-58 and cobalt-60 was released to the storm drains.
The water had been processed by the radwaste system and was within specification for a controlled release.
Local media interest is expected due to previous attention given this facility.
The licensee is cons'dering a news release.
The State of Florida has been informed.
Region II (Atlanta) received notification of this occurrence by tele-phone from an onsite inspector at 9:45 a.m. on June 13.
This informa-tion is current as of 11:45 a.m. on June 14.
Contact:
L. J. Cunningham, IE x28188; L. B. Higginbotham, IE x28454 Distribution:
Transmitted H St ? J6 Diairman Hendrie Commissioner Bradford S. J. Chilk, SECY Commissioner Kennedy Commissioner Ahearne C. C. Kammerer, CA Commissioner Gilinsky ACRS (For Distribution)
V,'05' Transmitted:
MilBB ?. O P. Bldg 2' 9 V. Stello IE L. V. Gossick,~ED0 H. R. Denton, NRR Region 9.'00 H. L. Ornstein, EDO R. C. DeYoung, NRR J. J. Fouchard, PA R. J. Mattson, NRR
, NRR (MAIL)
N. M. Haller, MPA R. S. Boyf'/8 R. G. Ryan, OSP SS Bldg P.
J. Cummings, 0IA H. K. Shapar, ELD W. J. Dircks, NMSS R. Minogue, SD S. Levine, RES PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION 7910.150[37 1450 514
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