ML19273B847
| ML19273B847 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Wolf Creek  |
| Issue date: | 05/23/1979 |
| From: | Seidle W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Koester G KANSAS GAS & ELECTRIC CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7906180324 | |
| Download: ML19273B847 (1) | |
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May 23, 1979 Docket flo. STN 50-482 Kansas Gas and Electric Company ATTft: Mr. Glenn L. Koester Vice President-Operations Post Office Box 208 Wichita, Kansas 67201 Gentlemen:
Enclosed is supplement AP to Preliminary !!otification Pil0-79-67, "fluclear Incident at Three Mile Island," dated May 22, 1979.
Should you have any questions regarding this review, please contact this o f fice.
Sincerely, N
W.C.Seid)'p, Chief Reactor Cottstruction and Engineering Support Branch
Enclosure:
PNO-79-67AP cc: w/ enclosure Messrs.
flicholas A. Petrick, Sf10PPS D. T. McPhee, Kansas City Power and Light Company Gerald Charnoff, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge E. W. Creel, Kansas Gas and Electric Company 7906180324
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e IMMEDIATE PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION May 22, 1979 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE -- P50-79-67AP This preliminary notification constitutes suremarv info mation c,' an event of safety or public interest significance. The information presented is a si-ry of infomation as of 7:00 a.m. on May 22, 1979.
Facility: Three Mile Island Unit 2 Middletown, Pennsylvania (DN 50-320)
Subject:
NUCLEAR INCIDENT AT THREE NILE ISLAND - REPORTED DEATES OF COWS Newspaper, television and radio stories tLis past weekend have reported that a number of cows have died in a herd near TMI at the Hoover Farm in Bainbridge, Pennsylvania. The article in the Harrisburg Sunday Patriot News reported that the owner of the herd believed the deaths were caused by the accident at TMI.
The deaths all involved cows giving birth. Twelve calves have been stillborn and 7 cows have died after giving birth. The article state * ' hat the state lab.and the Hershey Medical Center have conducted post morten. and other tests on the dead animals. The sycrptons cornuon to all the deaths were intrauterine infections and anemia.
On Sunday afternoon, May 20, 1979, an NRC survey team accompanied by an EPA representative went to the Hoover Farm located about six miles south, east of the plant.
Mr. Hoover and his wife stated that they suspect the cows died
.h from leukemia caused by the radiation from THI.
They stated that they never haci this problem in the past.
They also stated that they knew of two other farmers that were having similar problems.
The initial death occurred on
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April S.
The survey team took samples of feed, grass, soil, well water and 3
milk for radiningical analysis. The EPA representative also collected samples.
The Pennsylvania State Department of Agriculture has veterinarians looking
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They are investigating the possibility that a virus infec-tion is the cause of the deaths and that, if so, in a few days they will have identified the virus. The State Bureau of Radiological Heal.th will make a
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radiological examination of the internal organs of one cow.
Another State Agency will examine them for heavy metals. The FDA has sent a veterinarian d:
from the Phildelphia regional office to examine the herds involved.
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