ML19309G299
| ML19309G299 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 11/13/1979 |
| From: | Sicilia P NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTOR & AUDITOR (OIA) |
| To: | Bernero R NRC OFFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT |
| References | |
| TASK-TF, TASK-TMR NUDOCS 8005050532 | |
| Download: ML19309G299 (1) | |
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November 13, 1979 MEMORANDUM FOR:
Robert M. Bernero FROM:
Peter Sicilia, Jr.
SUBJECT:
REPORT OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH DR. ROBERT B0RES On Thursday, November 8, 1979, I spoke with Dr. Robert Bores, Radiation Specialist at R0:I. Dr. Bores was involved at the R0:I IRC during the TMI incident and served as the R0:I liaison with Federal and State agencies.
Dr. Bores stated:
"On Wednesday, March 28, 1979, at 8:00 a.m., I was briefed and was made the R0:I liaison with Federal and State agencies, serving as the focal point for all Federal and State information coming into NRC, and the contact /
interface between the NRC and other Federal and State agencies.
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" Initially, Tom Elsasser called the State and I called DOE, requesting ARMS..I advised DOE to have ARMS land at the Capitol City Airport and call me at my office in RO:I.
"After the initial call was made, communications were lost and difficult to re-establish."
According to Dr. Bores, communications from the start were limited and bad; as the day wore on, telephone communications grew worse. As people became aware of the situation, and got involved, the phones started to jam.
In order to communicate with the ARMS crew, he would call the ARMS comand post established at the Airport.
At times, there were no telephone lines available and the only way to communicate with the ARMS team was by going through the DOE Emergency Operations Center (E0C) at Germantown where he would leave messages that eventually got to the ARMS crew ~
at the Airport.
Compounding the data flow problem, the ARMS flight crew did not have air-to-ground communications; therefore, it was not until after they landed and debriefed did the measurements become available for distribution.
Initially, as the data from ARMS and State came into his office,_Dr. Bores would record the ir formation in his telephone log. At the conclusion of his conversa-tion, he would tear out the page, initial it, and send it as a source document to the IRC at RC:I.
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