ML19289F962
| ML19289F962 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 05/07/1979 |
| From: | Todd Jackson NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| To: | Grier B NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
| References | |
| TASK-TF, TASK-TMM, TASK-TMR NUDOCS 7906210224 | |
| Download: ML19289F962 (2) | |
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N Sl-3lY MAY 7 mg MEMORANDUM FOR: Boyce H. Grier, Director, Region I, IE FROM:
T. J. Jackson, E&S.P Section
SUBJECT:
REPORT OF ACTIVITIES AT THREE MILE ISLAND (MARCH 28 - APRIL 14,1979)
As requested in your memorandum dated April 17, 1979, below is a report of my activities at TMI for the initial period.
1.
Narrative of time at the TMI site.
Arrived at 0630, Thursday, March 29.
Approximate duty hours:
0700-1900 daily for period of March 29-April 12. Off duty on April 13-14, 2.
Summary of activities performed while on duty.
Operated mobile lab and provided other assistance as necassary (including communications during the first few days, and in taking environmental s aples thereafter).
3.
Observations recarding 'icensee coerations at the site.
The licensee's counting lab was inoperable because of high background and contamination in the lab on the first day of the incident.
No altern te laboratory facilities were available on-site until the Region I mobile lab arrived late on March 28 and the mobile lab reme.ined the only counting lab until early on March 30 when contractor facilities arrived.
I suggest that emergency plans in the future contain provisions for obtaining contractor laboratory equipment rapidl/ at the site when and if needed. The licensee did not appear to be prepared for this situation at Three Mile Island.
The licensee appeared in the beginning to have problems organi-zing its manpower regarding the coordination of sample collection, the correct lat aling of samples, and in delivering samples to our location and contractor lab locations for analysis. After the confusion of the first few days, these problems lessened although some samples continued to be mislabeled and/or misplaced.
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Observdtions re1erding IE and/or NRC operations at the site.
Communication witn the Regional Office was difficult during tha first day (March 29) because of the few telephones available. On the evening of. arch 29 two telephones were installed in the mobile lab. Although this interfered with the operation of the mobile lab regarding sample analysis, it facilitated communications because of other line tie-ups.
There was a problem in that both Headquarters and Region I were demanding information at the same time, thus requiring data to be assed along twice. When Headquarters finally was able to reach the mobile lab they wanted the line kept open, thereby tying up one of the two phone lines at a time when telephones were badly needed for comunication on-site and with Region I.
Radios such as the Forest Service units now in service at TMI would also have been of areat value during the first few days.
Comunication with offsite monitoring teams was extremely difficult. Radio telepnones improved the situation when they were delivered on the evening of March 29 and would ha te helped out if available from the start, especially becaue communication before the evening of March 29 was restricted the few telephone lines in place before the incident.
'b T. J. Jackson Radiation Specialist (Intern) cc:
leorge Smith 2 2 34
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