ML20129K283

Press Release II-96-95, NRC Insp Team to Discuss Preliminary Findings on Apparent Radiation Overexposure of Worker

ML20129K283
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Issue date:	11/14/1996
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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PR-II-96-095, PR-II-96-95, NUDOCS 9611140245
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U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

, Region II 101 Marietta Street. N.W.

Suite 2900 Atlanta GA 30323 l

. No: II-96-95 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Ken Clark or Roger Hannah (Thursday November 14. 1996)

, Telephone: (404) 331-5503 or 331-7878  !

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NRC INSPECTION TEAM TO DISCUSS PRELIMINARY FINDINGS 4 ON APPARENT RADIATION OVEREXPOSURE OF WORKER i Meetina Friday at 3:00 P.M. At Bristol Is Ooen To Observation By Public and Press i

3-The leader of a special Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspection team which has been looking into circumstances associated with an apparent radiation overexposure of an employee at a Bristol. Virginia company will discuss his

group's areliminary findings with company officials Friday at 3:00 P.M.

i C1arles M. Hosey, a Branch Chief in the NRC's Atlanta regional office.

will hold the meeting at the Bristol Quality Inn located off Interstate 81 at Exit 74A near U.S.1 and U.S.11W. It will be open to observation by interested members of the public and the press. NRC officials will be available at the

t. ' meeting's conclusion to answer questions from interested observers.

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A special NRC Augmented Inspection Team (AIT) arrived in Bristol on November 13 after Professional Service Industries. Inc. , notified the agency on November 6 that a technician who used a radioactive device to measure the density of soil at a number of temporary job sites over the past several months had )

reported a concern that reddening and biisters on the hand may have.resulted from-radiation exposure.

! NRC inspectors have been interviewing company management and the employee l and have participated in conducting a reenactment of how the device was used.

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