ML20212B227
| ML20212B227 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Maine Yankee |
| Issue date: | 08/06/1999 |
| From: | Snowe O SENATE |
| To: | Rathbun D NRC OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS (OCA) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20212B223 | List: |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9909200019 | |
| Download: ML20212B227 (2) | |
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Dennis K. Rathbun Director Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Congressional Affairs Washington, D.C. 20556
Dear Dennis:
I am contacting you on behalf of my constituent, Ms. Nancy Allen of Surry, Maine.
Ms. Allen has expressed concern about a recent incident involving the transport of nuclear material from Maine Yankee. I have enclosed a copy of her message to me for your review. Any assistance that you could provide in addressing Ms. Allen's j
concerns would be greatly appreciated.
l Thank you in advance for your time and attention in this matter.
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Fwd: Maine Yankee Cask Damage
> Dear Olympia...please vote not to ship radioactive waste EVER'.
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cccident could have been a major disaster.
Nancy Allen RR 1 Box 109 Surry ME. 04684
Subject:
Maine Yankee LL Waste shipping Cask Damage
>PNO-I-99-030 Maine Yankee 1
> June 30, 1999-
> PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE PNO-I-99-030
>This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE
>:sfety or public interest significance. The information is as initially
>rsceived without verification or evaluation, and is basically all that is
>known by Region I staff in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania on this date.
> Facility
> Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co.
> Maine Yankee 1
>Wiscasset, Maine
> Dockets: 50-309
Subject:
DAMAGED RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS SHIPMENT
>On June 30, 1999, the licensee notified NRC Region I that on June 29,
>1999, a shipping container loaded with an internally contaminated vacuum
> cleaning device, used at Maine Yankee for asbestos removal, was damaged i
>when the truck hauling the container passed under an overpass on the
> Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90).
The truck driver was not aware that the
> top of the shipping container, a modified sea / land container, had struck
>the overpass, but was notified of the incident by a following truck.
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> truck driver then stopped at the Ludlow rest stop near the junction of
>I-90 and I-84 and contacted the licensee. The licensee responded to the
> rest stop and determined that a small gap was opened in the top of the
> container lid.
No radioactive material was released and there was no
> structural damage to the shipping container.
The licensee repaired and
> ealed the small gap in the container lid. The shipping container was
> oversized, and the licensee had obtained a wide load permit for the
>ahipment. The truck will remain at the rest stop until the licensee
> decides whether to return the container to Maine Yankee or send it to the
> original destination, a Westinghouse facility in Pennsylvania.
>The licensee notified the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and
>the Massachusetts' Turnpike Authority. This information is current as of f
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>11:00 a.m. on June 30, 1999. NRC has notified the Commonwealth of l
Region I Public Affairs is prepared to respond to media
> inquiries.
Contact:
J.
Kottan (610)337-5214
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