ML20249B591
| ML20249B591 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 02700039 |
| Issue date: | 06/15/1976 |
| From: | Roy G, Thompson D, Warnick R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| To: | |
| References | |
| PNO-76-099, PNO-76-99, NUDOCS 9806230347 | |
| Download: ML20249B591 (1) | |
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. P,RELIMINARY NOTIFICAT. ION @I 3 M i dune 15, 19/6 i l
PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-76-99 ,
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_This )reliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of an event of
_POSSI3LE safety or public interest significance. The information i presented is as initially received without verification or evaluation, l and is basically all that is known by IE staff on this date.
Facility: Nuclear Engineering Company, Sheffield. Illinois License No. 13-10042-01 C2X -00 33) )
Subject:
I PUBLIC CONCERN OF LEVEL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADI0 ACTIVITY {
NEAR BURIAL SITE '
Notification was raceived by the Region III Office (Chicago) or. June 14, 1976, from a City Councilman of Mineral, Illinois, that water samples had been taken by local citizens from lakes in the vicinity of the NECO burial site in Sheffield, Illinois. The Councilman stated that a University of Michigan professor stated one lake contained a high level of radioactivity, and that there is only one possible source of th.is activity - the burial grounds. The Councilman questioned what steps were being taken to protect the public and whether radioactivity levels "
are safe. He requested that an independent evaluation be made of the radiological and nonradiological characteristics of several lakes. He noted that considerable concern and hostility exists among the local citizenry relative to NECO operations. At present, Region III plans to meet with the Councilman and some local representatives to discuss these concerns and to take independent samples of selected local lakes.
This meeting is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on June 15, 1976, at Mineral, I Illinois. Additional ir. formation cor.cerning the location, types of '
analyses, analytical results and interpretation thereof of samples taken by the citizenry, will be sought.
Contact:
RFWarnick, IE x27261 GWRoy, IE x27261 DThompson, IE x27541 ,
l Distribution:
Chairman Rowden Commissioner Mason S. J. Chilk, SECY Commissioner Gilinsky C. C. Kamerer, CA G. F. Murphy, JCAE Commissioner Kennedy -
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B. C. Rusche, NRR J. La Fleur, ISP T. J. McTiernan, AIA l K. R. Chapman, NMSS H. K. Shapar, ELD '
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