ML20153B935

PNS-I-86-002:on 860211,facility Received Two Bomb Threats Linked to Local News Media Coverage of Recent Us District Court Decision Barring Enforcement of Local Law Prohibiting Employee Participation in Emergency Preparedness Exercises

ML20153B935
Person / Time
Site:	Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png
Issue date:	02/11/1986
From:	Bailey B, Keimig R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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References
PNS-I-86-002, PNS-I-86-2, NUDOCS 8602180200
Download: ML20153B935 (2)

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DCS: .50-322/860211 Date: February 11, 1986'

~ PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR ONUSUAL 0CCURRENCE--PNS-I-86-02

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This prelimint ry . notification constitutes -EARLY notice of. event's of ~POSSIBLE safety or public intarest significance.oThe information is as initially received without verification or evaluation, and. is basically all that is known by the Region I staff on thit date.

" Facility: Long. Island Lighting Company- Licensee Emergency Classification:

-Shareham Nuclear Power Plant X Notification of Unusual Event Tading River,:Suffolk County, NY Alert L(D/N 50 322) Site Area Emergency General Emergency.

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Subject:

BOMB THREATS

At 12:40 a.m. on February lli 1986, the Suffolk County Police Department reported

to the-licensee's plant . security organization that it.had received a bomb threat against the: plant on the 911 emergency number. The individual stated that he represented a local group of citizens opposed to the operation of Shoreham ar.d that .

-someone was coming to blow up the plant. The-Police Department was able. to trace the' call to a local, private residence occupied by an invalid who admitted making the call as "a joke". Because of the individual's condition, he was not arrested but was ordered to make a court appearance on a later date.

A second bomb threat was received at 9:03 a.m., February 11, 1986, by the Shoreham Station: telephone operator. The caller stated that "the nuclear plant is going to blow up today".

l -The licensee declared an Unusual Even't for each threat, initiated the plant bomb

. search procedure,'and increased security surveillance around the plant. The NRC

. was appropriately notified via the Emergency Notification System.

The: licensee bel _ieves the bomb threats are linked to widespread local news media coverage of a recent U. S. District Court decision barring Suffolk County from enforcing a law which prohibi_ts licensee employees from participating in emergency

' preparedness exercises in the roles of county emergency response employees. The county had enacted the law in hopes of preventing the emergency exercises and further plant operation. An emergency preparedness exercise-is scheduled to be conducted on February 13. The licensee has also been advised of a planned February J13 demonstration-by the Citizens Against Shoreham. Two Region I Safeguards F' inspectors are on site:for a routine security inspection and are monitoring licensee actions.

-The State of New York and the FBI have been informed.

This PNS is issued for information only and is current as of 11:30 a.m.

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