ML19323F063
| ML19323F063 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 05/08/1980 |
| From: | Pappas H NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
| To: | Wright G ILLINOIS, STATE OF |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8005280481 | |
| Download: ML19323F063 (2) | |
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g GLEN ELLYN, ILLINOIS 60137 WAY 8 980 State of Illinois Department of Public Health ATTN:
Mr. Gary N. Wright, Chief Division of Nuclear Safety 535 West Jefferson Street Springfield, IL 62761 Gentlemen:
The enclosed IE Information Notice No. 80-19 titled "NIOSH Recall of Recirculating-Mode (Closed-Circuit) Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (Rebreathers)" was sent to the following licensees on May 7, 1980:
American Electric Power Company Cook 1, 2 (50-315, 50-316)
Commonwealth Edison Company Dresden 1, 2, 3 (50-10, 50-237, 50-249)
Quad-Cities 1, 2 (50-254, 50-265)
Zion 1, 2 (50-295, 50-304)
Consumers Power Company Big Rock Point (50-155, 50-255)
Dairyland Power Cooperative LACBWR (50-409)
Iowa Electric Light & Power Company Duane Arnold (50-331)
Northern States Power Company Monticello (50-263)
Prairie Island (50-282, 50-306)
Toledo Edison Company Davis-Besse 1 (50-346)
Wisconsin Electric Power Company Point Beach 1, 2 (50-266, 50-301)
Wisconsin Public Service Corp.
Kewanunee (50-305) m 8005280lfS)
State of Ijify,j, '.
MAY 8 $60 Battelle Memorial Institute 50-006 t
Dow Chemical Company 50-264 University of Illinois Triga (50-151) Lopra (50-356)
Iowa State University 50-116 Michigan State University 50-294 University of Michigan 50-002 University of Missouri Columbia (50-186)
The Curators of the University of Missouri 50-123 Ohio State University 50-150 Purdue University 50-182 Westinghouse Nuclear Training Reactor Zion (50-081)
University of Wisconsin 50-156 ff&
+A224 Helen Pappas, Chief Administrative Branch
Enclosure:
IE Information Notice No. 80-19 cc w/encls:
Mr. D. W. Kane, Sargent & Lundy Central Files Reproduction Unit NRC 20b PDR Local PDR NSIC TIC
SSINS: 6870 Accession No.:
UNITED STATES 8002280674 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C.
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May 6, 1980 ui IE Information No. 80-19 NIOSH RECALL OF RECIRCULATING-MODE (CLOSED CIRCUIT) SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS (REBREATHER)
The NRC has been informed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the agency that tests and certifies respirators, that some of the NIOSH-certified respiratory protective equipment that NRC licensees use might have been modified by the manufacturer without approval by NIOSH.
NIOSH considers such modified equipment not to be certified, even though it might bear their test and certifification labei.
The equipment in question is the BioPak 30P and 60P, NIOSH test-and-certifica-tion numbers TC-13F-84 and TC-13F-85, respectively.
The BioPak 30P and 60P are respectively 30-minute and 60 minute, closed-circuit, recirculating-mode, self-contained breathing apparatuses (rebreathers), manufactured by BioMarine Industries, Inc.
Our information leads us to believe that NRC licensees have purchased only the 60P equipment.
NIOSH has issued a "stop-sales-and-recall" order to the manufacturer for this equipment.
Licensees who have such equipment should check with the manufacturer to determine what action to take to assure that their equipment is in certified status.
The manufacturer's address and telephone number are:
BioMarine Industries Inc.
45 Great Valley Corporate Center Malvern, PA 19355 Tel: (215) 647-7200 i
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IE Information Notice No. 80-19 Enclosure g
May 6, 1980 RECENTLY ISSUED IE INFORMATION NOTICES Information Subject Date Issued To Notice No.
Issued 80-18 Possible Weapons Smuggling 5/5/80 All power reactor Pouch facilities with an OL, fuel fabrication and processing facilities and Materials Priority I licensees (processors and distributors) 80-17 Potential Hazards Associated 5/5/80 All radiography With Interchangable Parts Licenses On Radiographic Equipment 80-16 Shaft Seal Packing 4/29/80 All power reactor Causes Binding In Main facilities in your Steam Swing Check And Region with an OL or CP Isolation Valves 80-15 Axial (Longitudinal) 4/21/80 All Light Water Reactor i
Oriented Cracking In Facilities holding power Piping reactor OLs or cps 1
80-14 Safety Suggestions From 4/2/80 All power reactor Employees facilitie:. with an OL or CP 80-13 General Electric Type SBM 4/2/80 All light water reactor Control Switches - Defective fecilities holding power Cam Followers reactor OLs or cps 80-12 Instrument Failure Causes 3/31/80 All holders of power Opening of PORV and Block reactor OLs and cps Valve 80-11 General Problems with ASCO 3/14/80 All holders of Reactor Valves in Nuclear Application OL, CP, fuel fabrica-Including Fire Protection tion and processing Systems facilities 80-10 Partial Loss of Non-Nuclear 3/7/80 All power reactor Instrument System Power facilities holding Supply During Operation OLs and cps 80-09' Possible Occupational 3/7/80 All holders of Health Hazard Associated power reactor OLs with Closed Cooling Systems and near term cps