ML20136B655

Daily NRC notes,790515.Summarizes Key Events

ML20136B655
Person / Time
Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	05/16/1979
From:	Gossick L NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO)
To:	Gilinsky V, Hendrie J, Kennedy R NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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NUDOCS 7909100117
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. Notice of non-Routine Event in an Agreement State No. 79-11 was issued fs May 15, 1979. The notice reports an industrial rggiography incident on- 5:

an oil rig off-shore in the Gulf of Mexico, Prelippinary evaluations indicate EE two radiographers each received 2 Rem whole body doses. C-f

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l. 'On 5/14. Alabara Power Company discovered that three of five sids in . 5 the Farley Auxiliary' Building Equipment Decontamination Room dra1MW -

Z to the Unit 2 floor drain tank. rather than the Unit 'I chemical dien I tank as shown on plant drawings. Unit 2 is under construction; Unit 1 -

is shut down for refueling and maintenance. The Unit 2 floor drain 2 tank water level was maintained by discharging to the Unit 2 tendon .

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access gallery. The tendon access gallery discharges to two onsite i ponds in series. Analysis of discharges to the first pond indicate , E Cobalt-60 levels slightly above minimum detectable. - It is estimated j'E that 1800 gallons of water has been drained from the sinks. Use of the =E Unit 1 sinks has been discontinued. There have .been no personnel 5

.overexposures and no release from the site. Workers in the Unit 2 w.

Auxiliary Building have been evacuated until decontamin' ation of the =

affected areas is complete. The licensee is continuing to evaluate -

L the situation. r,4edia interest is expected. (PNO-79-ll2)

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2. On 5/15. Local 300 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical ~

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~~ Workers Union went on strike at vermont Yankee and establish ~ed a i picket line at the outside entrance gate to tjie facility. Tile strike i I

effect is a loss of 12 Auxiliary Operstors pod 6 Control Room Operators. i Senior Reactor Operators are not oc stt ike and all 17 qualified SRO's I

.are being used to augment watEh stat:16n man,ning. The plant remains - -

i et 100% power. Media interest is being shown. 'L 5

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.- 3. The State of Illinois Senate passed a bill on 5/14/79 which would -rg=J 8* prohibit shipment of spent fuel into Illinois for storage. Storage ==_5 of spent fuel generated in Illinois would still be pennitted. The 2T.1 Illinois House has not acted on the proposal. -;

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4. An NRC inspector was advised that a local merchant near the ANO-1 "=i E--

site has sent a letter to the President of the United States with M copies to certain Congressman. Information is that the letter M-refelets on the adequacy of the site security program.

to obtain a copy of the, letter is being pursued.

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