ML20040B377
| ML20040B377 | |
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| Issue date: | 07/18/1979 |
| From: | Kerr G NRC OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS (OSP) |
| To: | Gilinsky V NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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Comissioner Gilinsky.
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SUBJECT:
STATUS OF EllFORCEMEllT ACTION ON C0ftSUl1ERS P0' DER RE WASTE SHIPliENT TO BEATTY,ifEVADA
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The subject shipment ~ arrived at the Beatty site on July 2,1979 with 3 of
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12 druns in a leaking condition and 1 box of solids which caused Governor p'
List to close the site. NRC found two possible violations regarding the Citations for transfer of material in an unauthorized form ship m.nt.
(liquid rather than solid) and. lack of licensee records on inspection of
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The enforce-the packages as required by procedures are being considered.
ment action is awaiting ~ certain sa. ple analyses and further inspection m
effort when the 3 leaking packages and 1 additional package are opened for analysis at Battelle FN Laboratories which may be a few weeks. Enforce-ment action is likely to be taken by the Chicago regional office.
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The DOT investigation 1 continuing.
. G. Wayne Kerr. Assistant Director
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DIVISION OF HEALTH BuntAu Or CONSUMen HEA1.TH PROTECTION Stavlets C APITot. COM PLEX TELEPHON E CARSON CITY NEVADA 89710 (702) 085 4750 MEMORANDUM DATE:
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DR. RALPH, DISIBIO, DIRECTOR, DEPARTHENT OF hut!AN RESOURCES FRO 4:
LARRY FRANKS, RADIATION CONTROL SPECIALIST
SUBJECT:
TRAILER FIKE AT THE NECO BEATTY SITE - INITIAL REPORT l'
NOTIFICATION OF STATE PERSONNEL May 14,1979 7:15 a.m.
Larry Franks of Consumer Health Protection Services received a call at home from Dr. T6m Baer, Vice president of Nuclear Engineering Company, Louisville, Kentucky.
Dr. Baer said there was a fire in a trailer at the Beatty site. He dii not have additional information at that time except he did not think l
it was too serious.
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I notifled A1 Edmundson, Supervisor of Consumer Health Protection Services, of Dr. Baer's call.
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7:50 a.m.
A call was inade to Nuclear Engincering Compango Beatty, to obtain store information.
The line was busy. The line was busy from 7:50 a.m. until 9:40 a.m.
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L cal ed Steve. Bump of our Las Vegas office to have
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hopes of yetting more inforntion. My thoughts were that the fire was probably not very serious and if I got more information, Bump would be able to go to the Environmental Protection /gency to obtain any equipment that might helpo in the event our instruments were inadequate, 8:35 a.m.
Don Roney of the State of California called.me to inquire if I was ware of the fire at Beatty, I informed him that I only had the call from Dr. Baer'and asked if.ie had any further j
infgtma tion, He said that a shipment of waste in the trailer from Aerojet my have been the cause of the fire, He indicated that Aerojet was having some difficulty with the same batch of storage cans filled ylth U-238.
The lids were reported to be buckling
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I decided to send Steve Bump to the Beatty site.
l Mr. Bump indicated he was ready to go.
9:15 a.m.
Al Western a Radiation Physicisto called to inform me o
of the fire. He had just called NECO to offer assistance.
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told him that everything was apparently under control. At the same 4
time another callo from Joel Lt:benau of the Nuclear Regulatory i'-
Commission in Washington, came in and. A1 Edmundson took it.
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9:40 a.m.
I finally reached Beatty and talked to Pat Thayer, the office secretary. She said that everyone was attending the fire and believed that it was not serious in nature.
I told her to have Russ Moore call ne as soon as possible.
9:55 a.m.
I called NECO, Louisville, to see if they had any addi-tional information regarding the shipment.
The line was busy.
10:10 a.in.
I. tried to call Beatty again; the line was busy. Since I believed the fire to be under control and not aujor, I was going to wait until Steve Bump arrived at the site and reporit.ed in.
He was due there around il a.m.
10:35 a.m.
A1 Edmundson and I decided that Dr. Carr should be informed of this incident.
I had hoped to have more infornution to report at this time.
11:10 a.m.
There still was no call from Beatty. I called Louisville to talk to any NECO people that might give me any information.
The secretary said no one was available and took mg telephone number.
11:15 a.m.
I placed a call to Beatty,and the line was busy.
11:45 a.m.
Russ Moore, Site Operatiohs Manager, called to report on the ' fire (see NECO Events).
Essentially, the fire was controlled without too much difficulty and no one was apparently injured.
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line reporting that his car was broken down at Lathrop Wells. I
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asked Mr. Moore if someone could pick up Bump. He said that he really couin't spare a man at that time. Since the situation was under control and initial surveys showed no radioactive contamina-tion beyond the trailer, I told Bump to get back the best way he If further could and report to me as.soon as he was in Las Vegas.
inforaation warranted it, I was going to have him get another motor pool car and go out to Beatty again.
11:45 a.m.
Dr. DiSihio called A1 Edmundson about the fire.
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Sid Wright, a vice president with NECO in Louisville, returned my call.
I reported the situation at that time to him.
Around 1:00 p.m. I received a call from A1 Edmundson asking me to At 3:00 p.m. I get ready for a trip to the NECO site at Beatty.
arrived at the Carson City airport to fly to Beatty with Dr.
DiSibio and Bob Hill, the Governor's Planning Coordinator.
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APPARENT NOTIFICATION SEQUENCE OF FIRE IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC May 14, 1979 Russ Moore at Beatty called Sid Wright at Louisville.
6:10 a.m._
Trailer driver notifled Tri-State Trucking office Time Unknown Tri-State called NECO to inform them of cargo in the of fire.
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also called Department of Transportation (location unknown).
NECO called 2homas Gray to inquire about shipment.
7:08 a.m._
Time Unknown Thomas Gray called Aerojet. Passerby on highway called Al Western (around 8:30 a.m.).
This passerby was a worker at the Nevada Test Site.
Mr. Western previously was Chief of Radiological Health at the Nevada Test Site.
7:41 a.m.
Aerojet called NECO.
7:45 a.m.
NECO called Larry Franks.
The Department of Transportation called the Nuclear Time Unknown Regulatory Commission (assumed). Aerojet called the State of Callfornia Radiological Health.
An Associated Press reporter called the Time and Method Unknown Department of Numan Resources (around noon).
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING COMPANY EVENTS l
i Sunday, May 13, 1979 Tri-State truck arrived at the highway gate, NECOo 10:00 p.m.
Beatty.
The driver was Paul Fink; trailer no. 444516s tractor no. 747.
Mr. Fink went to s1cep to await corning opening.
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Mr. Fink was awakened by " popping" sounds coming from the trailer. He realized this was probably a fire and decided to move his truck off the highway.
He took a tire iron and broke the lock on the chain that wa's across the highway entrance.
Mr. Fink proceeded up the access zoad to a point one-third the way to the burial site. Re then unhooked his trailer and drove his tractor into Beatty where he notified the Fire Department.
5:25 a.m.
No members of the Beatty Volunteer Fire Department were also NECO employees. Brian Thayer, the yard foreman, went direct 1y ta the site. Gary Senior, equipment operator, informed Russell Moore, Site Operations Manager, of the fire.
5:35 a.m.
Moore, Thayer, Senior, Fink, the fire department, and the volunteer ambulance arrived within a few minutes of each other.
They opened the trailer doors and observed minimal smoke, no heat or flaties.
The load was orderly and in good condition. At that time Mr. Moore inspected the Radioactive Shipment Records to evalu-ate what was inside. He observed at that time considerable conden-sation on the roof of the trailer. A sticar was taken of the condensation and checked with a RM 14 meter with a HP-210 probe.
There was no indication of radiation in excess of background.
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The decision was cade to move the trailer into tie site to unload the cargo.
There was no change in the previously reported condition, i.e., smoke only. Brian Thayer hooked up the Tri-State tractor and drove the trailer to Trench No. 20.
The trailer was positioned so that the end of the trailer was directly over the open trench.
They observed that the upper front left corner of the trailer was obviously the trouble area. Smoke was coming out from between the seams in that region of the trailer.
6:00 a.m.
Moore and Thayer donned anti-contamination clothing.
All NECO cmployees were issued dosimeters.
The fire department remained at the entrance gate in the event they yere needed.
Mr, Moore called Sid Wright, a NECO vice president in Louisville, to inform him of thi fire. Ne simply stated that they had a trailer fire.
Mr. Moore said that, due to the urgency at the time, i
he could not recall the exact conversation except that it was short.
6:10 a.m.
Poore and Thayer were unloading the drums directly into the trench.
The drums were being checked, by touch, for heat. They wanted to avoid a trench fire. Other N5CO employees were trying to extinguish the flames with fire extinguishers the flames were then coming out of the left front corner.
Mr. Moore noticed a large puff of smoke and ordered the trailer evacuated.
Note that the first flames were observed afler the trailer was placed at Trench 20.
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6:30 a.m.
The trailer fire had grown to the point where the fire deprtment was needed.
Mr. Moore went to the front gate and returned with the fire department.
The winds were from the north-west at three to five miles per hour.
The fire departnant started pouring water into the left front corner of the trailer.
There were five NECO employees inside the trailer at that time unloading the cargo into the trench.
All five had anti-cor ' mination clothing The fire department personnel remined outside the trailer. At on.
two-thirds into the trailer, one-third of the way froer the end where the fire was, smoldering debris was encountered. At that point axes were used to open a hole in the side of the trailer.
The concern was that the burning mterial should not be emptied into the trench for fear of a trench fire.
The wterial was now being deposited on the ground.
The fire engine had run out of water, and the Fire Chief ordered a second fire truck to the sitq.
The first fire truck was refilled on the site with NECO water and the second fire truck, for unknown reasons, never arrived.
The first truck, with a new load of water, finished putting out the fire.
The truck holds 800 galkons of water.
The debris that was lyi;sg on the ground was bulldozed into the t renc.': a>>J covered.
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NOTES ON ANTI-CONTAMINATION CIDTHING Six NECO employees participated in the operation: Moore, Thayer, Faulkner, Senior, Baker, and McGregor. However, there was only five (S) face msks.
Mr. Moore gave his mask to Mr. McGregor when he Mr. Moore, r
went to' the front gate to get the fire department.
Mr. McGregor did not enter the trailer until he had a msk.
Only one person had protective booties on.
All of the other people were wearing their own boots.
Those boots showing radiation in excess of A note will be background were remved and placed in a plastic bag.
mde in the flies on whether these personal items were disposed of or decontaminated and returned to their owners.
All of the anti-contamination clothing showed contamination and were placed in plastic bags.
I PERSONNEL CONTAMINATION CHECKS l
The only items of clothing contaminated are noted above.
The persons and closing of the individuals pr'otected by the anti-l cbntamination clothing showed no contamination.
l Nose swipes 'that were taken showed no significant levels of radio-activity (NECO employees oniy).
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No results Urine samples were taken of all individuals present.
were available at this time.
One face mask, the one shared by Moore and McGregor, had a filter reading 600 counts per minute. 100 counts per minute is background.
The four co;her face msk filters were background.
The bloassays (urinalysis) of Moore and McGregor will be correlated against their high filter reading. All msk filters were sent to the Nevada Tect Site for futher analysis.
Arrangements were being made with the NTS to do all the bioassays and whole body counts of all individuals present at the fire.
A few preliminary results indicate no levels in excess of background.
A highway construction crew, Fraehner Trucking and Construction, had approximtely fifty people south of the burial facility during the fire.
The exact location is still to be determined. A repre-sentative sample of this crew, Elve people, were scheduled to arrive at the Nevada Test Site at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, May 17, i
l 1979, for bioassays and whole body counts.
RESPONSE TO FIRE At the request of Governor Robert List, Mahlon Gates, Manager of the Nevada Test Site, sent a team to the NECO facility to assist in
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They arrived at 4:35 p.m. May 14,1979.,
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Three State of Nevada Emplognes were present on the site at 4:45 p.m.,
May 14,1979.
Two employees of Aero. Jet Ordnance were on site.
The Department of Energy, Las Vegas, had three representatives present.
The names, phone numbers and functions of these individuals are listed below, as well as the NECO personnel and fire crew present during the fire. In addition to these individuals, there were a number of unidenti-fled reporters and photographers.
Personnel Individuals present during fire:
NECO R. Moore, Site Operations Managers phone 553-2203 B. Thayer, Yard Foreman G. Senior J. Faulkner D. Baker M. McGregor Beattt) Volunteer Fire Department W. F. Su111 van, Jr.
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Mark Henderson Jim Week Jack Crowell Jeif Newth John Lisle personnel Responding after fire:
Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company (NTS)
Leo Martin, Fire Chief; phone 986-0463 Milton Chilton, Health Physicist; phone 986-2571 C11ff Penwell, Support Earl Sotom, Support Chuck Nagel, Support check Brandon, Support Vance Alred, Support C. R. Bolton, Support 1
I Department of Energy John Stewart, Chief of Operations;
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Layton O'Neill, Radiological Branch; phone 734-3181 Dave Miller, Public Relations; phone 734-3521 Zolen Burson,.EGsG; phone 739-0511 i
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State of Nevada Robert List, Governor Dr. Ralph DiSibio, Director, Department of Huvun Resources Larry Frank', Radiation Control Specialist s
Steve Bump, Radiation Control Specialist Bill Phillipc, G:vernor's Press Aide Aerojet Ordnance Company - phone (213) 537-9810 Rick Schoenig, Radiation Safety Officer J. T. Seehausen, Radiation Safety Officer SAMPLES TAKEN Numerous air, soil and swipe samples were taken during and after the fire. Layton O'Neill of the Department of Energy is the center point for all Federal data.
Nevada Test Site policy states that all information l
released must go through the Department of Er. orgy, Las Vegas.
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All the data associated with this incident will be sumrnarized when it arrives.
This will be in approximately one week. Preliminary reports are that all levels of radioactivity are at background levels.
CAUSE' OF FIRE Initially there were reports that the U-238 in the shipment caused the fire. Don Honey of the State of California said that the same batch of
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After arriving on site, I learned that liquid scintillation vials were present in the debris.
This is an obvious violation of D.O.T. reguia-tions.
The problem here is that the vials contained to1vene, which is flammable and toxic and should have been in steel drums surrounded by absorbing material.
su help find the cause of the fire, Leo Martin, NTS Fire Chief, was called on site to investigate the fire. His initial report was that a heat-damaged five-gallon can containing U-238 was not the cause.
The heat damage was from outside the can and not inside.
Mr. Martin put on anti-contamination clothing and examined the inside of the trailer. He took a number of samples for analysis. His report was sent to Governor List's office on the morning of May 17, 1979.
I will try to obtain a copy of t sis report.
I heard unofficially that spontaneous combustions were the cause of the fire. The liquid scintillation vials contributed heavily to this fire.
This is uncon-firmed until a copy of the report is obtained. Also, WD-40 aerosol cans were reported in the fire.
ORIGIN OF RADIOACTIVE l{ASTE After a conversation with Thomas Gray, I learned the following (boxes that burned) 2.0 Cubic Foot Cardbcard Boxes - 26 Total w..
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4.5 Cubic Foot Cardboard Boxes - 34 Total 29 - Aerojet Ordnance 4 - Harbor General Hospital Mr. Gray said that his crew remembers putting 4.5 cu. ft. boxes in the upper lefthand corner of the truck, where the fire was believed to have started.
Mr. Gray will contact each of these individual shippers to inquire about liquid scintil.1ation vials being placed in the boxes.
Also, he will ask about the WD-40 cans.
I stressed to Mr. Gray in no uncertain terms that unless we determine the individuals who placed these items in t.he boxes, the shipment He embargo against these places will remain in effect indefinitely.
was going to call me May 17, 1979. His number is (714) 997-8090.
e, AEROJET REPORT Al Nestern, a Health Physicist, went to Aerojet to examine the drums that were supposed to be bursting. Out of 3,24 five-gallon drums, only The*two drums two were damaged and this was still under investigation.
in question did not explode, but merely expanded by internal pressure.
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Mr. Western seriously doubts if these U-238 waste cans were the cause of the fire.
SUMMARY
There is much data to be gathered, which should be completed in around The fire was not serious; small amunts of radioactivity were a week.
involved; and no one was injured. NECO followed the procedures outlined in their r:anual for such criergencies.
The min thrust of the remaining investigation will center on causes of the fire and preventative measures An incident such as this occuring in downtown Las Vegas would to be taken.
be catastrophic and every offort to avoid a similar occurance will be made.
Our Las Vegas inspector will go out to the burial site next week to verify that all stocks of gas msks, anti-contamination clothing, fire extinguishers, etc. are replenished.
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J. VADEN, SUPERVISOR, RADIOIDGICAL HEALTH L. FRANKS, RADIATION CONTROL SPECIALIST k Alf FROM:
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INSPECTION OF LEAKING CONTAINERS AT NECO, BEATTY On. July 3,1979, Steve Bump, nervin Garvin of the Federal Righway Administration, D.O.T., John Maroney of D.O.E. Las Vegas, and I performed an inspection at the NECO, Beatty disposal site.
This was in response to reports that liquid was leaking from some of the containers that had arrived on July 2,1979.
The inspection disclosed the following.
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The waste shipment from Consumers Power Company, Covert, Michigan, consisted of twelve 50 cubic foot liners and one plywood box (see attached shipping papers).
The liners are constructed of approximately 1/16" steel in the form of a right cylinder, 4 feet high by 4 feet in 1
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The plywood box was 4 feet by 4 feet by 8 feet.
Two (2) of the 50 cubic foot line: s were found to be leaking.
One liner was leaking at a rate (estimated) of one quart per day.
The second liner appeared to have a pinhole leak with only one drop.of liquid visible.
The liner that was leaking the most was distinguishable from the other liners. It was painted an off-white color, where the others had a reddish-brown covering.: It also appeared that some repair work had recently been performed on the liner - in the form of tape and minor l
welding.
The paint job which covered these repairs seemed to be fresh.
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The liquid from these containers was found to be radioactive.
Swipen of the 11guld were placed near a G-M detecto,r with positive tcsults.
These swipes were delivered to the E.P.A. in Las Vegas for further analysis.
This analysis will consist of* counting the swipes against a standard and hopefully a spectrum analysis.
3.
As of May 19,1978,11gulds could not be received for burial at the Beatty site. Consumers Tower Company of Covert, Michigan, the origina-tot of thc waste, sigacd a certification to this effcct (attached).
Consumers Power Company also 21sted the physical state as " solid" on the Radioactive Shipmcet record (attached).
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The 12 liners and the plywood box were not labled with either
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49 CFR 173.396(G)(1) states that a sole use vehicle avst be so designated in the shipping papers.
Therd was no evidence of this designation and Brian Thayer, Acting Site Manager and Steve
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Lehman, R.S.O., both agreed this was not a sole use shipment.
y Accordingly, these containers are in violation of Article 2.6 of the State of Nevada Rules and Regulations for Radiation Control - Radioactiv M terials, which requires all packages to be labeled in accordance with a
the above-referenced D.O.T. regulations.
5.
Radioactive liquid was found to be coming out the bottom of the truci This could be a violation of Article 3.2.6 of the Nevada regulations, regarding release of radioactive materials into uncontrolled areas dependent on analysis of liquid and the amount of liquid leaked out c the containers.
Surveys Attached are surveys of radiation icvels outside of the trailer performec by Consumers Power Company, Nuclear Engineering Company and the State of Nevada. All levels are in general agreenent and are not in violation of permissible levels.
9 Surveys for contamination of the ground were performed at the ARCO Truckadero truck stop at Tropicana and I-15, the Husky truck stop at Cheyenne and I-15, Lathrop wells and an area just outside the gates at NECO, Beatty.
1.
Steve Bump surveyed the ARCO truck stop at Tropicana and I-15.
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1 2.
Steve Bump, Darwin Garvin and I surveyed the Husky truck stop at j
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NECO personnel surveyed the exact location of where the truck stoppe-at Lathrop Wells. No radioactivity in excess of background levels was detected.
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1) the area where he parked his truck at the ARCO truck stop was a low point in the area, and this was right next to a truck wash.
The, water he saw could have easily been from trucks that were recently washed; and 2) the amount of liquid evident on the trailer floor indicates that a six-foot puddle would be unlikely in such a short time.
Swipes Nine swipes were taken on the trailer and 13 swipes were taken on the containers in the trailer.
preliminary indications are that the only " hot" swipe was the one from the bad leaker.
The swipe from the other 1caker was slightly hot.
C.P.A. analysis should be completed this date. Steve Bump will telephone the results to us as soon as they are available.
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At approxiantely 2:30 rm on July 2, 1979 it was reported to this office that a truck may have Icaked some radioactive saaterial at the ARCO Truchadero which is located at the corner of Tropicana and Industrial in Las Vegas.
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