ML20236V121
| ML20236V121 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 10/24/1975 |
| From: | Jennifer Davis, Gower G, Thornburg H NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
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| References | |
| PN-75-111A, NUDOCS 9807310312 | |
| Download: ML20236V121 (2) | |
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October 24, 1975 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE --PN-75-111A This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance.
The information presented is as initially received without verification or evaluation and is basically all that is known by OIE staf f as of 3:00 p.m. on the 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
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NOTIFICATION OF AN INCIDENT OR OCCURRENCE (BLUE SHEET) SUBSEQUENTLY WILL BE ISSUED IF WARRANTED.
Facility: Hitman Associates Baltimore, Maryland
Subject:
TRUCK CARRYING RADIOACTIVE WASTE LEAVES HIGHWAY IN WEST VIRGINIA This is an update of PN-75-111 dated October 23, 1975.
HiEE 1.
Driver of truck carrying cask claims brakes failed on incline
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Truck went off highway and cask weighing about 20 tons
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The cask was found with no leakage of contents reported.
separated from truck and came to rest on one side off the 4
One cask tie down lug was bent; all closure bolts were reported to be undamaged.
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Each of the 14 drums stored in the cask contained between 200 and 700 millicuries of radioactive vaste material and read at the time of loading between 3 and 10 roentgen per hour.
3.
Accident scene was roped off and cask was under guard during the night. A replacement truck was obtained and the cask reloaded without incident at 12:30 p.m. today and continued on route to Morehead, Kentucky.
The immediate area was surveyed after loading. No indication of radioactive contamination was detected.
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It is reported that the two drivers were not seriously
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Region II (Atlanta) ha2 dispatched an inspector to the crash scene to observe reload and make confirmed radiation surveys as appropriate.
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The local newspaper in Morgantown gave headline importance to the accident.
The above information was teceived from Mr. Peter Twite, Hitman Associates, today, October 24,1975.
Contact:
GCGower, IE x7261 HDThornburg, IE x7353 JGDavis, IE x7541 Distribution:
Chairman Anders Co=missioner Mason S. J. Chilk, SECY Commissioner Gilinsky Commissioner Rowden G. F. Murphy, JCAE i
Commissioner Kennedy C. C. Kammerer, CA
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