ML19291C925

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AO 73-1:on 730402,employee Opened Vapor Container Personnel Hatch Outer Door W/Inner Door Already Open,Inadvertently Releasing Tritium as Vapor
ML19291C925
Person / Time
Site: Yankee Rowe
Issue date: 04/02/1973
From: Autio H
YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO.
To: James O'Reilly
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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AO-73-1, NUDOCS 8011140405
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ROWE, MASSACHUSETTS 01367 April 2,19T3 i

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Divicion of Begulatory Operations, Region I i.

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Attention:

l'.r. Jasec O'Reilt ;

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License No. DPR-3 (Docket No. 50-29) 3 Abnornal Occurrence 73-1.

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De t.r l'.r. O' Reilly :

9 Pursur.nt to the requiremente of Ee: tion 5 7 of the Technical

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Specifice.tient cubmitted as Proposed Change No.105, ve hereby report the folloving abnorrs1 occurrence, designated A.O. No. 73-1.

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report confirns our telephone call to your t.gency on this de.te, Aprii l

P, 1073 On April 2,1973 at 0815 bourre a contractor enployee opened the vap.a coLtsiner perconnel hatch outer door with the ir.ner door already open. h e rain coolant preccure c.nd temperature vere 6BD psi 0

Lnd i.00 F, respectively, he outer door re ained open for apprcrirately two ninuter, constituting a break of vapor container integrity when the 4

0 Mn coolant tyctc vas above 200 T cnd above 303 psi 6 vith the reactor i

I core in place.

E Simulttneous with the opening of the outer door there vas an

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iLLivertent re2eace of tritiua es a vapor.

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