ML20248L138

PNO-78-032:on 780209,Region IV Received Telcon from Associated Press,Little Rock AR About Info Received from Informant Re Coolant Pipe Rupture at Arkansas Nuclear One Facility

ML20248L138
Person / Time
Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	02/15/1978
From:	Liza Cunningham, Higginbotham L NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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References
PNO-78-032, PNO-78-32, NUDOCS 9806100452
Download: ML20248L138 (2)

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February 15, 1978 '[

PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-78-32

_This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of an event of i

POSSI 3LE safety or public interest significance. The information l

Aresented is as initially received without verification or evaluation i and is basically all that is known by IE staff on this date. ..-

1 Facility: Arkansas Nuclear One - (Docket Number 50-313)

Arkansas Power & Light Company +

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ALLEGATION THROUGH ASSOCIATED PRESS OF A PIPE RUPTURE AND SPREAD OF CONTAMINATION .

-Region IV (Dallas) received a telephone call from the Associated Press, .

Little Rock, Arkansas about information they had received from an infor .

mant, concerning a coolant pipe rupture at the Arkansas Nuclear One facility. The AP said they were informed that coolant had hit a fan quire treatment.

and During that three individuals a subsequent telephonewere conversationexposed withsufficiently Region IV t to re,he*AP identified the pipe as an instrument line. It was reported that all five floors of g1 the plant were contaminated. ,

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( An investigation was initiated by Region IV on February 13, 1978. It has been detemined that a leak was discovered by Arkansas Power and

'O Light on February 3, 1978. The leak was in a Reactor Coolant Pump seal water sensing line. This primary coolant leak was picked up by the containment circulating fans and resulted in iodine-131 contamination of f~

five floors within containment. The leakage was stopped by manual closure O of an isolation valve. 7 As a result of the licensee's initial inspection, closure of the isolation valve and subsequent activities in the containment, several individuals  :

were contaminated externally. Subsequent whole body counting showed some intake of iodine-131. The maximum intake for any individual was about 5% of permissible body burden.

The AP has contacted AP&L about the allegation. The AP reporter advised' Region IV on February 15, that he still plans to prepare a news story.

NRC does.not plan a press release. .-

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i Region IV received ' notification of this occurrence by a telephone call i-from the Associated Press, Little Rock, Arkansas about 3:00 am on February 9, 1978.

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Commissioner Bradford C. C. Kammerer, CA Chairman Hendrie S. J. Chilk, SECY Commissioner Kennedy (ForDistribution) c.?.

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