ML20235W716

Whole Body Count at Oyster Creek on 860509

ML20235W716
Person / Time
Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	05/13/1987
From:	GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP.
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FOIA-86-335 1045, NUDOCS 8707230674
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Whole-body count at Oyster Creek on 5/9 i Scurce of information: Paul Lohaus, State Liaison Officer at Region I FTS 488-1246 or (215) 337-5247 R:p. Gallo (NJ) arranged for travelers returning from the USSR to be surveyed, apparently through a State organization not known to Lohaus at this time. The i

State is referring some travelers to Salem and some to Oyster Creek, both of which answered the State's call for voluntary help. 'One traveler surveyed by Oyater Creek on Friday, 5/9, yielded the following:

l 400 cpm hair'

! 175 nci I-131 thyroid, unshielded from hair activity 53 nCi I-131 thyroid, shielded from hair activity 5000 cpm clothing in suitcase, with the following isotopes identified: Mn-54, Co-58, Co-60, I-131, Cs-134, Cs-137 Tho traveler was in the USSR from 4/28 to 5/1, moving from Kiev to Leningrad to Moacow. He was surveyed in Moscow, where some clothing was confiscated and he wac advised to launder the rest and to shower.

Oyster Creek believes that the traveler should be decontaminated and his clothing disposed of. Oyster Creek concerns are:

1. Do they have the authority to decontaminate the traveler and dispose of his clothing?

2. If they do, will his clothing affect their burial allotment?

3. What liabilities will they incur if they help?

Lohaus will make sure that Oyster Creek is talking to the right organization (Bureau of Radiation Protection) and advise them that the NRC treats such cases es a state responsibility. If New Jersey needs further help from Oyster Creek and they, in turn, want specific help from the NRC, Region I will handle it or Ichzus will call us.

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