ML20197B553
| ML20197B553 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 04/29/1986 |
| From: | Barr K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Ayers P BABCOCK & WILCOX CO. |
| References | |
| IEIN-86-022, IEIN-86-023, IEIN-86-22, IEIN-86-23, NUDOCS 8605130070 | |
| Download: ML20197B553 (1) | |
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APR 291986 Babcock and Wilcox Company yATTN:
Dr. Paul S. Ayres, Manager Lynchburg Technical Operations Research and Development Division P. O. Box 11165 Lynchburg, VA 24506-11165 Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
IE IPFORMATION NOTICE NOS. 86-22 AND 86-23:
UNDERRESPONSE OF RADIATION.
SURVEY INSTRUMENT TO HIGH RADIATION FIELDS AND EXCESSIVE SNIN EXPOSURES DUE TO CONTAMINATION WITH HOT PARTICLES Enclosed are copies of IE Information Notice Nos. 86-22'and 86-23:
Underexposure of Radiation Survey Instrument to High Radiation Fields and Excessive Skin Exposure due to Contamination with Hot Particles.
These notices are provided to inform you of a warning from Eberline that a microcomputer-based radiation survey instrument, Eberline's Model ESP-1, may underrespond to high f
radiation fiel:is and of a potentially significant problem pertaining to skin contamination incidents. As stated in the notices, this information is provided for information purposes only and no specific action cr written response is required.
Sincerely, 4
Kenneth P. Barr, Chief Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards Branch Division of Radiation Safety and Safeguards
Enclosures:
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IE Information Notice No. 86-22 2.
IE Information Notice No. 86-23 bec w/o encis:
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