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Informs That 2 Individuals Involved in Plutonium 238 Release Will Be Given Whole Body & Lung Count at Battelle North West on 680125.All Operations Under License SNM-1002 Have Stopped.Also Encl,Ltr from Jo Ward to Panic
ML20248L955
Person / Time
Site: 07001051
Issue date: 01/24/1968
From: Harwood G
NUCLEAR CORP. OF AMERICA
To: Low L
US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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U. S. 1:uclear Corporation 001 North Laho Strcot Durbank, California 91503 Daar Mr. Panic:

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at Sol !! orth Lake Strcot has been extcncively contaminated with Q,,)

plutonitu as the result of an occurrence on or about January 10, J

1968. It is our tuiderstandin~., that you havc, pending cc.,pletion of deconts.ination, diccontinecd all activitice at your facility.

In view of the cittution underctood to exict there, tflic vould appear to be a prudent and neccccary decision.

i Q:d Plcnce advice un when you believe that your facility is in cuitable condition for the rectription of activitica authoriced by California Radiotetive ilaterial Licence Ho. 0431-59 neprecentativec of the State vill then conduct an incpection of the facility, and, D

if they concur with your,)udgcent, thic Departrecnt will authorizo recucption of State-licenced activitica. 11o cuch activitica :ay be initiated or repuced prior to explicit authorization by this i

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Sluc nunbcr 310 tihich in in c:torcco at U. S. I;ccicar 10. Ohoun l i

in :ty in1* ort:ction of 0-7-53 cc in tcutalua. The ir.fc:tuaLion :

i chould conycy that, thia Pa.:c 1:stri: ic no:: in 1 cutal.m c:t.1 i

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when they cot the reg:irc6 ciccrcnce to roccive.

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tras nurpitic to, job verluirer.wa'r, ucn picced in three ccall ctainicas ctcol.capsulon.

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cuc11 ctcinic::s atec1 ccpsuloc.

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Mr. Lawrence D. Low-Dirootor, Division of Compliance i

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of Complianco to provido dotail information for any Spooial l

Nuoloar Material remaining in our posession at this timo.

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receiving record taken from A.E.C.-101 Form which is part of, l

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l' Date Slug Total Pu 238 Souroc Number l

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343 28.0 23.1 A4 See Notes 4-17-67 349 30.4 24.3 4-36-67 345

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All above items'whera sourco number iforred to U.S.

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Slug number 349 is in storago a t U, a >,, g,,, 3 3 3, a, t

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. S. Nuclear (LDY), and is to Reynolds Electric and Engineerinan outcr typo 304 Stain 1 c i

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eliver it but they do not have an accountabilitWo havo the purchaso nolds for this work have a transfer releaso from Pittsbur h Ny station, nor'do they Pu 238 allocation.

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Slug 346 is in s torago at U'.

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is to encapsulate this in an outor 304 StStainless Stool inner cap)sulo

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for Sandia Cor oration, Albuquerque Our plan ainless Steel capsulo p

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i Naval Roactors, but wo do not havo a p Sandia has at this timo.

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urchaso order from Sandia Slugs *1 and *3 arc in storage at U ploted PuBo sourcos manufactured for Monsant. S. Nuclear (LUY) as com-ation.

Thoso sources aro Government propertyo Roscarch Corpor-inspected and bought off by Defense Contra

, having been on Form DD250 Westinghouse, Monsanto will supply thWhen a shipping cask is mado ava l.

assembly hardwaro and the sourcos will be balanco of the requirod e by i

Sovon sourocs woro fabrica~ted for VostiSlug *2 is on as follows:

ordor 734Y-377702. -

for shipment, Six of tho souroos arc cnghouso under purchaso l

Ono sourco of the seven was a rejectexcept for radiographic examination.omp i

plans for this capsulo are in abeyancedoincapsulato this so n um spill resulted., All

g, In fabrication of the sovon sourcos i

was surplus to the job requirement

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a quantity of PuBo matrix was placed in f throo>small Stainloss Stool capsules with, and for convenient handling intention of roturning,' a scarch Corporation (AVA) t project completion, the i

to Monsanto Ro-i Vo trus t the forogoing information is o

for your requiremon t, complete and sufficient Very truly yours, l

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