ML20249B183

PNO-76-052:on 760325,representative of St Paul Minnesota Area OSHA Office Received Telcon from Pipefitter Employed by Piping Contractor Working at Plant,To Complain About Rate Permissible Quarterly Radiation Exposure Begin Accumulated

ML20249B183
Person / Time
Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	03/26/1976
From:	Roy G, Thompson D, Warnick R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE)
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References
PNO-76-052, PNO-76-52, NUDOCS 9806220146
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M:rch 26, 1976 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION O NT UNU AL URRENCE -PNO-76-52 Thic pralimintry notification constitutes EARLY ice of evrnts 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 OIE staff as of B:40 a.m. on 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.

3 Facility: Northern States Power Company (Prairie Island Nuclear Station)

Subject:

COMPLAINT REGARDING RATE OF EXPOSURE ACCUMULATION A representative of the St. Paul Minnesota area OSHA Office received a telephone call from a pipefitter employed by a piping contractor working at the Prairie Island Nuclear Station. His call was to complain about the rate that permissible quarterly radiation exposure j was being accumulated by the contract workers in connection with the ..

work they were doing at the plant. The OSHA representative stated that 2 workers had been released by the piping contractor because of i

their refusal to work and that 5 others had walked off the job. Seven contract pipefitters remained on the job.

The OSHA representative stated the caller indicated he would call Senator Humphrey's Office and the NRC Washington Office regarding this matter. ,

i Two NRC inspectors from Region III (Chicago) are at the site in connection with refueling outage inspection activities and will examine exposures and working conditions of contractor personnel.

There has been no publicity at this time but media interest is expected. g

, Region III received notification of this occurrence by telephone from the /

j St. Paul, Minnesota OSHA office at 2:00 p.m. on March 25, 1976.

Contact:

RFWarnick, IE x27261 GWRoy, IE x27261 DThompson, IE x27541 d Distribution:

Chairman Anders Commissioner Mason S. J. Chilk, SECY -'

Commisaloner Gilinsky Commissioner Rowden G. F. Murphy, JCAE Commissioner Kennedy C. C. Kammerer, CA L. V. Gossick, J. G. Davis, OIE J. A. Harris, PA I

B. C. Rusche, NRR J. La Fleur, ISP T. J. McTiernan, AIA K. R. Chapman, NMSS ,

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