ML20149M021

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
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FOIA-87-771 NUDOCS 8802250252
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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT 25 E Street, N.W., Suite 700 Washingion, D.C. 20001 (202) 347 4 460 DEEDOM OF INFORMAN REQUEST I

[-Q November 10, 198 bIph Director office of Administration 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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Through public outreach, the Project open government.

whistleblowers as agents of government accountability. promotes 1% rough its Citizens Clinic, GAP of fers assistance to local public inter-est and citizens grou of their communities.ps seeking to ensure t.he health and safety GAP currently is working with and repre-sents several community groups and organisations in the Southwest l

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

located near Dayton, Ohio.

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index is required under Vau This 1973), cert. denied, 415~T."ghn v. Rosen, 484 F.2d 820 (D.C. Cir.

S. 977 (1974).

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Air Foree's etncial licensee beid Not unul Oct 33 - or 30 days summee up weinberger's ow accountable by the NRC.

efter the first spill - did the NRC mis way: % said there s !

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

tive. LA Col John Burt.

esals had not been notined more prompuy, since the spill"surely...

month. The company declirm The staffer's "mischaracterisa.

ment for this story.

Lion of the spill as a minor event "E

8 "3# '7 WII'*'Y' was in dirtet conflict" with Swan.

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

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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,

te surface contamination newls a at 5 million disintegrations per '

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 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.

On sental oceaaloes the group i

"theracterited the (Amerielumi re4ense as minor, notwithstandir(

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