ML19273B848

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ML19273B848
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Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	05/23/1979
From:	Seidle W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:	Aswell D LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT CO.
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NUDOCS 7906180326
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fiay 23, 1979 Docket I:o. 50-382 Louisiana Power and Light Company ATTN: i4r. D. L. Aswell Vice President Power Production 142 Delaronde St.

llew Orleans, Louisiana 70174 Gentlemen:

Enclosed is supplement AP to Prelirainary flotification PNO-79-67, " Nuclear Incident at Three f4ile Island," dated I4ay 22,1979.

Should you have any questions regarding this review, please contact this office.

Sincerely, W.C.Seidlb)tructionand Chief Reactor Conh Engineering Support Branch

Enclosure:

PNO-79-67AP 7906180326

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PRELIMINARY. NOTIFICATION May 22, 1979 FRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE -- PSO-79-67AP This vreliminary notification constitutes summary information of an event of safety or public interest significance.

The information presented is a snramry of information as of 7:00 a.m. on May 22, 1979.

Facility: Th ee Mile Island Unit 2 3,

Middletown,-Pennsylvania (DN 50-320)

Subject:

NUCLEAR INCIDENI AT THREE Hn ISLAND - REPORTED DEATHS OF COWS Newspaper, television and radio stories this 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 stated that the state lab.and the Hershey Medical Center have conducted post mortems and other tests on the dead animals.

The symptons common 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 c

the plant.

Mr. Hoover and his wife stated that they suspect the cows died fron leukemia caused by the radiation from TMI. They stated that they never had 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 April S.

The survey team took samples of feed, grass, soil, well water and milk for radiningical analysis.

The EPA representative also collected 3

samples.

~j 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 Health will make a radiological examination of the internal organs of one cow.

Another State Agency will examine them for heavy metals.

The FDA has sent a veterinarian from the Phildelphia regional office to examine the herds involved.

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