ML20236T971

PN-75-040:on 750624,newspaper Reporter for Hartford Courant Observed Instruments Reading Airborne Activity from Millstone.Media Interest Expected.State of Connecticut Informed

ML20236T971
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	06/25/1975
From:	Jennifer Davis, Dreher F, Thornburg H NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE)
To:
References
PN-75-040, PN-75-40, NUDOCS 9807290210
Download: ML20236T971 (1)

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! PRELDi1 MARY NOTIFICATION - E0I FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE June 25, 1975

. ::._ PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE --PN-75-40 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of l POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The information l

1. presented is as initially received without verification or evaluation and is basically all that is known by OIE staff as of 8:30 a.m. on l date of this notification. IT SHOULD BE SPECIFICALLY NOTED THAT THIS NOTIFICATION MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT LATER MAY BE DETERMINED TO BE INACCURATE OR INCONSISTENT. AN OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT  !

NOTIFICATION OF AN INCIDENT OR OCCURRENCE (BLUE SHEET) SUBSEQUENTLY WILL BE ISSUED IF WARRANTED.

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" facility: Millstone - Unit 1

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. Northeast Nuclear Energy. Company

Subject:

NEWS MEDIA INTEREST IN ACTIVITY RELEASES AT MILLSTONE UNIT 1 An IE inspector at the site on June 24 was informed by the plant manager that a newspaper reporter fo.r the Hartford Courant was at Electric Boat located at Fort Griswold near Groton, Connecticut, approximately 12 miles 4 from Millstone and had observed instruments reading airborne activity l from Millstone. It was stated that the reporter was contacting local  !

! elected officials regarding the matter and that he further intended to '

l write a newspaper article about the releases. -

.- _. . . .IP l Millstone Unit I was operating at 92% power at the time and the release rate ,

l 2 of airborne radioactivity from the stack was about 144,000 microcuries per l ( second, which is about 18% of their license limit. The wind direction was ,

verified to be in the direction of Fort Griswold where the reporter was j stated to have observed the instrument monitoring the activity. Inversion conditions were also stated to exist at the time.

Media interest is expected because of reporter involvement and local interest. The State of Connecticut is being kept informed. A press O release is not planned. p 7

Telephone notification was made to available Co=miss' ion staff the evening of 6/24/75.

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OIE received notification of this occurrence by telephone from M inspector at site at 3:30 p.m. on 6/24/75. o

Contact:

FADreher, IE x7261 HDThornburg, IE x7353 JGDavis, IE x7541 l

Distribuefun: . .

Chairman Anders Commissioner Mason S. J. Chilk, SECY Commissioner Gilinsky Commissioner Rowden G. F. Murphy, JCAE l Commissioner Kennedy C. C. Kammerer, CA L. V. Gossick, EDO D. F. Knuth, IE J. A. Harris, PA B. C. Rusche, NRR H . Hr. Brown, ISP T. J. McTiernan, AIA K. R. Chapman, NMSS H. K, Shapar, ELD il .

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PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION - NOT FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE 9807290210 750625 E PDR I8:E . t E 609:4 9-@'0@ PDR ^

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