ML20236T957
| ML20236T957 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Fort Calhoun  |
| Issue date: | 05/01/1975 |
| From: | Jennifer Davis, Galen Smith, Thornburg H NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| To: | |
| References | |
| PN-75-014, PN-75-14, NUDOCS 9807290195 | |
| Download: ML20236T957 (1) | |
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PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION - NOT 70R PUBLIC DISCLOSURE I
May 1, 1975
'P.'t PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE
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..g This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of l
POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The information I
presented is as initially received without verification or evaluation and is basically all that is known by OIE staff as of 1:00 p.m. on
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date of this notification.
IT SHOULD BE SPECIFICALLY NOTED THAT THIS NOTIFICATION MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT LATER MAY BE DETERMINED TO I
BE INACCURATE OR INCONSISTENT. AN OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT NOTIFICATION OF AN INCIDENT OF OCCURRENCE (BLUE SHEET) SUBSEQUENTLY WILL BE ISSUED IF WARRANTED.
t Facility: Fort Calhoun Omaha Public Power District
Subject:
Contamination of Two Instrument Technicians
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Our Region IV (Dallas) Office was notified on April 30, 1975, that two instrument technicians were contaminated to a maximum level of 3000 dpm while performing maintenance activities on a pressurizer level sensing line, within the containment building, at the Fort Calhoun facility
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-at 10 :45 a.m., on April 30, 1975.
Reactor coolant water, sprayed in
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j the faces of the technicians, was the source of the contamination, j
The facility was preparing to resume operation, following a refueling I
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outage, and the reactor coolant system was at operating pressure and temperature at the time of this event.
It was reported that the
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l individuals involved did not receive thermal burns.
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1 It is reported that skin decontamination of the individuals was performed.
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Additionally, whole body counting, at the University of Nebraska Medical l.
Center, was initiated.
Evaluation of total individual personnel exposure L
is in progress.
l Based upon preliminary data we believe that the immediate safety implications of this event are minimal. We are distributing this infor-l.
.mation because of potential press coverage.
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l A Region IV inspector was dispatched to the site on May 1, 1975.
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Contact:
GHSmith, IE x7261, HDThornburg, IE x7353, JGDavis, IE x7541
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O Chairman Anders Commissioner Mason S. J. Chilk, SECY
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O Commissioner Gilinsky Commissioner Rowden G. F. Murphy, JCAE h
Commissioner Kennedy C. C. Kammerer, CA l
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L. V. Gossick, EDO D. F. Knuth, IE J. A. Harris, PA O
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