ML19290C678
| ML19290C678 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Westinghouse |
| Issue date: | 01/10/1980 |
| From: | Kenna W, Steele P NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | |
| References | |
| PNS-II-80-005, PNS-II-80-5, NUDOCS 8002040313 | |
| Download: ML19290C678 (1) | |
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yprTTMrNARY NOTIFICATION _
January 10, 1980 PRELIliIKARY NOTIFICATIOI OF SAlIGUAF.DS EVENT PNSII-80-05
'lhis Dreliminarv notification cortstitutes EARLY notice of an event of POSSIBLE national s ecurity or public interest sienificance.
Tile information presented is as initially received without verificatEon or evaluation and is basically all that is known by IE staff as of this date.
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Westinghense Electric Cocpany Colunbia Plant - Nuclear Fuel Division Docket No. 70-1151
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SUBJECT:
FLANT EVACUATION At 1:55 p.e. on Jamm:y 9, the process area of the Fuel Fabrication Facility was evacua ted for about 20 cinutes when a cloud of mist ernerged fron a fuel pellet sintering f.:rnace. An imedia te 1.nves tiga tion revealed that an excessive amount of water had inadvertently been ad=itted to the sintering furnace through a hur::idi ty-coctrolled hydrogen line, and that a cloud of stea= bad resulted froca this water contacting the het =e ta l. Air semples in the area and nose semears of personnel in the it:=ediate area were norcal. After about two hours, all surveys had been co:pleted t=d cormal operations resu:ced.
No release of radioactivity occurred.
There has been no media interest and ceither the licensee nor the NRC plan a press release.
The State of South Carolina ha: been infomd.
This PNS is issued for infor=ation caly.
Region II (Atianta) received notif'ication of this occurrence by telephone from the licensee a t 4 :00 p.c. on January 9.
Conta ct :
P. Steele, RII, 242-5612 ; W.
E. Kenna, RII, 242-5546 Distribution:
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Cbsirman Ah'e'arne conenissioner Hendrie S. J.
Chilk, SECY Coccissioner Bradford Cescissioner Kennedy C. C. Kannerer, CA Co==21s sicner Gilin sky ACRS (For Dir.tribution)
Transmitted:
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L. V. Gossick, ILO E. R. Denton, NRR H. L. Orns tein, EDO R. C. DeYoung, h7R J. J. Fouchard, PA R. J. Mattson, NRR I.andow (6 min./page)
N. M. Haller, MPA D. Vassallo, NRR J. J. Ci-~i ngs, CIA R. G. Ryan, OSP D. Eisenhut, NRR H. K. Shapa r, ELD Villste MAIL W. J. Dircks, NMSS R. Minogue, SD Other Regional Offices S. Levine, RES XOOS (Time)
PREI.IMINARY NOTIFIC/. TION 4
8002040
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