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Partial Response to FOIA Request for All Records Re Investigation of Illegal Disposition of Am-241 Resulting in Two Spills at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Near Dayton, Oh.Documents Available in PDR Under FOIA-87-765
ML20149M021
Person / Time
Issue date: 02/19/1988
From: Grimsley D
NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
To: Carpenter T
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
References
FOIA-87-771 NUDOCS 8802250252
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l GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT 25 E Street, N.W., Suite 700 Washingion, D.C. 20001 (202) 347 4 460 DEEDOM OF INFORMAN REQUEST I

November 10, 198

[-Q Director office of Administration bIph Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington D.C. 20555 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST

Dear Director:

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

$552, as amended, the Government Accountability Project (GAP) re-quests copies of any and all agency records and information, in-ciuding but not limited to notes, letters, memoranda, draf ts, minutes, diaries, reports, procedures, instructions, engineering analyses, drawings, files, graphs, charts, maps, photographs, agreements, phone messages, computations, voice recordings, com-puter runotf a, any other data coepilations, interim and/or final reports, status reports, and any and all other records relevant to and/or generated in connection with the NRC's Region III investigation of the illegal disposition of americium-241, resulting in two spills, at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio in September,1986.

The NRC's investigation was described in the November 5, 1987 edition of the Plain Dealer, a Cleveland newspaper. We have enclosed a copy of the article to assist you in your search.

This request includes all agency records as defined in 18 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 esist la the NRC official, "worklag*, investigative or other files, or at any other location, including private residences.

If any records as defined in 10 C.F.R. 9.3.a(b) and the NRC Manual and covered by this request have been destroyed and/or re-moved af ter this request, plasse provide all surrounding records, including but not limited to a list of all records which have been or are destroyed and/or removed, a description of the action (s) taken relevant to, generated in connection with, and/or issued in order to implement the action (s). This is intended to cover records destroyed or to be destroyed pursuant to any acreal or special policies covering destruction of any documents that may be responsive to this request. I hereby request that any such destruction of records, whether pursuant to "normal" or spe-cial policy guidelines, be stayed until a court of competent jurisdiction passes on the legality of such policies.

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public," 5 U.S.C. $552(a)(4)(a). primarily GAP is abenefitingnon profit,the general non- i partisan open pubile interest organlaation concerned with honest and government.

i Through public outreach, the Project  !

whistleblowers as agents of government accountability. promotes 1% rough its Citizens est and citizensClinic, grouGAP of fers assistance to local public inter-of their communities.ps seeking to ensure t.he health and safety GAP currently is working with and repre- .

sents several Ohio region. community groups and organisations in the Southwest l t

I ing monitoring project on the adequacy of Req 1on III's and OI!!

etforts to protect public health and safety ,,a regards to the americium-241 located near Dayton, incidents Ohio.at the Height-Patterson Air Force base j

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and describing the documents or portions of documents withl The inder should provide a detailed juttification of your grounds .

for claining nch exemption, explaining why each exemption is relevant to the document index is required under Vau or portion of document withheld. This  !

1973), cert. denied, 415~T."ghn v. Rosen, 484 F.2d 820 (D.C. Cir.

S. 977 (1974).

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But on the same day. Sept E a learn there had been any release mdioactin poison er anWii senior vtaffer at the Medioisotope of radioacthity at Wright Patter, be wornd about" Committee gave "an inaccurate a The cleanup, by Chem N ,

, recitation" of the information from On Nov.19. Celeste wrote to Services Inc. of Columbia. 5 l Seanson to the units chief eteev- Weinberger asking why state ofn- now estimaud 2 cost h  ;

tive. LA Col John Burt. me time it is Unied late ;

esals had not been notined more month. The company declirm The staffer's "mischaracterisa. prompuy, since the spill"surely... .

Lion of the spill as a minor event - ment for this story.  !

was in dirtet conflict" with Swan.

"E 8 "3# '7 WII'*'Y' But Air Force spokesmar son s ususment Weinberger replied two montns Swan said all that remai !

  • Four days later - and 12 dan later, in a letter dated Jan. 20. tell- Building 4000 are concrete c !

after the first spill - the Air Fore, ing Celeste. the release of negligs- of the broken foundauon. = l

  • neat two Wnsht.Patterson worters ble amounts of Aswnesum.341." to be hauled to Chen Nuc go y,e Mound Plant. a Deparunent occurred but was cor.tained., low level radioactiw wute i <

of Energy facility at Miamisburg. He added:"We havc rei.h..cJ all 54rawell. S C  !

. 0 that uses radioscuve matenals. but six drums of the contaminated He said the Air Force seen ,'

roc -body count" tessa. he name materials" and indlested the six destroy rather than procen were meent le detennine if they would soon follow. W building cleaalng up the buiteing "fc .

had inhaled Americium 341. has been secured woul final dia- nomic reasons." The highly l

) The delay la giving testa to the posal,settons haver been com. Live work involved an att two men until Sept. 30 could have pleted . strippable paint moontuit been algaifleant. But the testa There was ne mention of the remote TV eamerat turned up segative, secordlag L) major cleanup that had been Building 4000 was no large the plant's environmental manager, underway for more than three half a basketball court.

Charles Friedmea. so the only ** nth 8- "For such a small building.

question is whether the Air Fece, Gary Holland. Celeste. emer' a tremendous undenaking." l arranged for checkups soon 8they Preparedness lialaos, said.

enough. .

The next day. Oct 1. base com-mander Foz "also telectively with.

held inforniauce ... which would have alerted the NRC to the

, release." according to the docu.  !

I menta.

1 Meanwhile, a cleanup project i had begun,invohing a pnvate ese-tractor. During this effort, se Oet.

g a second spill released "an evea g'er contauglaeues" than the It happened nearly the same way, when a worter, detoedag an

  • aatsplaland h&gh radiation newl" far any substaaeta thoudst to be stored la the buildlag opened a drum of Amer 6eism.

Dartag tat. Riset labated alfberne lue. tavels' may have eteeeded federal limita of 8.8 manoeurles.

ether totters were weerlag pro-lettrve suita. their personal eloth-lag was coetamina94. Ricel and two other workers were agata

tested at the Wocad plaat Racet la i sult avaitles flaal reauht i- Dree days later. Oct 9. a techab j elas entered the building. regis ,

le surface contamination levela .

. at million distotegrettoen per t

minde - more than 140000 times i above levels the NRC requires for
_ a cleanup.

Airborne radionetivity was

! approximately I adlion times the NRC limit i Though "the neventy of the coa-t- tariinaues' requinns the posung ,

et special military radiation spe-  !

eishats and civilian contreet toe- I sultants war kaoes to the Air I Forte Re$leig Ceamitass the I

youp misled the NRC.

Da neveral occas6een the pomp 1' . __

"charactented the (Americium) __ , ___ ,_ _ _ _ _ _ _

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mander Fox *also selectively with-held informauce ... which would have alerted the NRC to the i release," secording $3 the docu.

ments.

Meanwhile, a cleanup project had begun, laet;g spirate eee.  ;

treeter. Duriu this efrost on Oct 4 a second spill released "an eves .

gter contamisellee" than the it happened nearly the same way, when a worker, deteetlag as t

  • maetplained high radiaboa level" l hr any substances thought to be  ;

stored la the buildlag, opened a

. drum of Aasertelse.

Dartag M Rieel Labeled silberne luu. Levels' may have eseeeded fedoes!

- limits of 3.8 annoeuries, other worhers weet weartag pre-tectrve suits, their personal cloth-lag was contaminated. Ricel and two other workers were again tested at the Mound plaat. Ricci is stall awaiung final resulta.

Three days later. Oct W. a techai-elas entered the building, rest 6 , I' te surface contamination newls a at 5 million disintegrations per ' I minute - more than 140.000 times 1 abet levels the NRC requires for a eteanup.

Airborne radioactivity was '

approximately 1 million times the  ;

NRC limit i Ttough "the severiy of the con- l taminauoe' requinns the posting of special military radiation spe-etalista and elvilian contract con-sultants war known to the Air  ;

Force Radiobotope Committee, the group misled the NRC. I On sental oceaaloes the group '

i "theracterited the (Amerielumi re4ense as minor, notwithstandir(

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