ML20067C198

FOIA Request for Documents Re Incident at Facility That Resulted in Four Employees Being Exposed to Radioactive Matl Leak

ML20067C198
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	10/25/1990
From:	Bauman L ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI
To:	NRC
References
FOIA-90-487 NUDOCS 9102110250
Download: ML20067C198 (3)

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Robinson, Robinson, Peterson, Berk, Rudolph, Cross & Garde Muy Lou Robinson Attorneys at Law St!a Jean Robinson 103 East College Avcoue John C. Peterson Appleton, Wii.consin 149n Avs am D. Berk (414 > 731 1817 Mkhael Rudolph Green Bay 494 no Dan Cro+s Fnx 7x>e41 Dillie Pimer Garde October 25, 1990 PREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST Director, Division of Rules and Records IREEDOM 0F INf 0RMAT10N Office of Administration ACT and Resources Management Fm REbUEST+n

• • • I w'a!hin D2"M G20A /o# /O-S O 40 TC WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C.

552, as amended, I am requesting, in mLeapacity as an interested local citizen, coples of any and all agency records and I n f o r ma t iTiii, licluding but not limited to notes, letters mem o r a nda , drafts, minutes, diaries, logs, calenders, tapes, transcripts, summaries, interview reports, procedures, instructions, allegation summary sheets, interim and/or final repcrts, status reports, computer disks, and any and all other records relevant to and/or generated in connection with:

The incident at Point Beach that resulted in four employees being exposed to a leak of radioactive material which apparently resulted from a leak in a piece of operating equipment at the plant.

(See attached article)

I am generally interested in the development of this issue, and have a strong personal and professional interest in this particular matter. I have been, and continue to monitor the events of nuclear power plant (s) in Wisconsin and throughout the United States. Tha information received will be reviewed in an attempt to determine whether the plant management, as well as o egion III officials is properly adhering to the best interests

c. f the public.

This request includes all agency records as defined in 10 C.F.R. 9.3a (b) and the NRC Manual, Appendix 0211, Parts 1.A.2 and A.3 (approved October 8, 1980) whether they currently exist in the NRC official " working" investigative or other files, or at any other location, including private residences.

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If any records, as defined in 10 C.F.R. 9.3a (b), and the NRC Manual, supra., and covered by this request have boon destroyed, and/or removed, after this request, please provide all surrounding records, including but not Ibnited to a list of all records which have been or are destroyed and/or removed, a description of th0 actions (s) taken relevant to, generated in connection implementing the action (s).

For any documents or portions that you deny due to a specific POIA e'temption, please provide an index itemizing and, describing the cocuments or portions of documents withheld. The index should provide a detailed justification of your grounds for claiming each exemption, explaining why each exemption is relevant to the document or portion of the document withheld.

This index is required under Vaughn v Rosen JIJ, 484 F2d 820

( D.C . Ci r . 19 7 3 ) , ce r t .___de nied , TB U. S . 977 (1974).

We anticipate a complete or partial response to this request within ten working days, as required by the POIA.

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Four exposed to radioactive material TWO RIVERS (AP) - Four em-ployees e.< posed to a small amount of radioactwe material Wednesday at the Point Beach Nuclear Plant on lake hiichigan were not injured, a utilny spokesman said.

A leak in a piece of operatir.g equi at 7:pment 45 a.m.,atwas the stopped plant, discovered within an hour.

Ten workers in an auxiliary build.

Ing r. ext to the plant were evac-u.ned and four employees exposed ta the material were mecured for radicative contamination before they reNrned to work.

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