ML20151U613
| ML20151U613 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 03/29/1977 |
| From: | Roy G, Galen Smith, Thompson D NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| To: | |
| References | |
| PNO-77-047, PNO-77-47, NUDOCS 9809110081 | |
| Download: ML20151U613 (1) | |
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&f( c) ) .' O PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION
March 29, 1977 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE-PNO-77-47 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of an event of POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The information presented is as initially received without verification or evaluation
! and .is basically all that is known by IE staf f on this date.
Facility: Vitro Corporation of America Canonsburg, PA '
Subj ect:
l RADIATION DETECTED NEAR THE PREMISES OF A FORMER AEC CONTRACTOR / LICENSEE IN CANONSBURG, PA PNO-76-188 dated November 10, 1976, reported that radiation levels of approximately 0.5 mr/hr with a maximum of 18 mr/hr were detected near the perimeter of an industrial park at Canonsburg, PA. PNO-77-08 reported that ERDA had selected the site for inclusion in its excessed sites survey program.
An ERDA team from ORNL started the survey on March 21, 1977. Preliminary results indicate that radon levels are in excess of the Surgeon General's recommendations for allowable radon levels in office spaces.
e i On March 28, 1977, a local Pittsburgh public broadcasting station started
! filming a TV documentary at the Canonsburg site. The purpose of this notification is to alert the Commission of potential publicity.
N - This information was disclosed to NRC staff members during conversations with ERDA staff members on March 25 and 29, 1977.
Contact:
GSmith, IE x27353 GWRoy, IE x27261 DThompson, IE x27541 Distribution: TransmittedHStJ/!$4 Chairman Rowden C. C. Kammerer, CA G. F. Murphy, JCAE q Commissioner Gilinsky S. J. Chilk, SECY H. H. Whiteside, SCNR H. R. M;ers, HCEE Transmitted: HNBB / /),'.f P Bldg if
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L. V. Gossick, EDO B. C. E'usche, NRR K. R. Clia'pman, NMSS S. H. Hanauer, EDO E. K. Shapar, ELD J. A. Harris, PA .p W. G. Mcdonald, MIPC, Luge ,v 4c/ ; E. Volgenau, IE R. G. Ryan, OSP T. J. McTiernan, CIA PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION C/
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