PNO-I-80-178, on 801222,Chem Nuclear Tractor Trailer Carrying Low Level Radwaste from Util Was Involved in Traffic Accident Near Bordentown,Nj.No Visible Damage to Cask Detected.Shipment Proceeded to Barnwell,Sc
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| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 12/23/1980 |
| From: | Campbell M, Kinneman J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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PRELIMfNARY NOTIFXCATION Date: December 23, 1980 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-I-80-178 This oreliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public interest sicnificance.
The information presented is as initially received without verification or evaluation and is basically all that is known by IE staff an this date.
Facility:
Northeast Nuclear Energy Company Hartford, Connecticut 06101 Millstone Station (DN 50-245/336)
Subject:
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT INVOLVING SHIPMENT OF LOW LEVEL RADI0 ACTIVE WASTE At 7:30 p.m. on December 22, 1980, a Chem Nuclear tractor trailer carrying a cask containing 570 mci of mixed fission products was involved in a traffic acci-dent near Bordentown, New Jersey.
There were no injuries and there was no visible damage to the trailer or the cask, but the tractor was disabled.
Sur-veys performed by the State of New Jersey, Bureau of Emergency Response, showed no contamination or excessive radiation levels on the outside of the cask or trailer. The cask was enroute from Millstone, Connecticut to Barnwell, South Carolina.
A second Chem Nuclear tractor-trailer arrived approximately 1/2 hour later, left its own trailer in an area secured by an electrified fence and patrols, and hauled the first shipment to South Carolina.
The radionuclides identified in the shipment were 10 mci of Cs-137,15 mci of Mn-54, 431 mci of Co-60, 5 mci of Sr-89, 0.5 mci of Sr-90, 44.6 mci of Fe-55, and.4 mci of Ni-63.
The cask contained less than 10 mci of transuranics.
Mediainquiriesare,beinghandledby,theStateofNewJerseyandthe1kcensef.
Region I is responding to media inquiries.
Region I received noti ica ion o this occurrence by a telephone call from the media at 8:30 p.m. on December 22, 1980.
This Preliminary Notification is issued for information only and no further i
action by the IE is anticipated.
Contact:
M. Campbell FTS 488-1342 John Kinneman FTS 488-1206 8101050 bf l
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