ML20248F245

PNO-78-112:on 780515,routine Processing of April TLD Personnel Radiation Monitoring Badges Indicated That Two Workers May Have Received Exposures of 7.083 & 4.617 Rems. Licensee Investigation Continuing.State Informed

ML20248F245
Person / Time
Site:	Robinson
Issue date:	05/15/1978
From:	Liza Cunningham, Higginbotham L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE)
To:
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PNO-78-112, NUDOCS 9806040166
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2. M s PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION h- i May 15, 1978 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE -- PN0-78-112  :

This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of an event i of POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The information presented is as initially received without verification or evaluation i

and is basically all that is known by IE staff as of this date.

FACILITY: Carolina Power and Light Co.

H. B. r obinson Unit No. 2 Docket do. 50-261 Darlingte County, South Carolina

SUBJECT:

POTENTIAL OVEREXPOSURE OF TWO INDIVIDUALS Routine processing of April TLD personnel radiation monitoring badges indicated that two Daniel Construction Company workers may have received exposures of 7.083 rems and 4.617 rems during the month of April. The maximum exposure permitted by NRC regulations is 3 rems per c,alendar .

quarter. The two workers were assigned to projects on the turbine and im=

associated components, and apparently did not enter areas where radiation

(, ,l levels were high enough to cause the indicated exposures. The licensee stated that no radiography was performed around the turbine during April.

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No source of expo yre is apparent at this time. The licensee's investigation is continuing.

Media interest is not expected at this time. A news ralease ir not l

planned by the licensee nor the NRC. The State of South Carolina has been afermed.

Region II (Atlanta) received notification of this occurrence by telephone from the licensee at 2:00 p.m. on May 12. This information is current as of 9:30 a.m. on May 15.

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Contact:

LJCunningham, IE x28188 LBHigginbotham, IE x28098 l.

Distribution: TransmittedHStJL,'YY Chairman Hendrie Commissioner Bradford Commissioner Kennedy S. J. Chilk, SECY C. C. Kamerer, CA Commissioner Gilinsky (ForDistribution)

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