PNO-I-86-069A, on 860904,technician Found Carrying Five Contaminated one-dollar Bills from Local Bank.Cause of Contamination Undetermined.No Radioactivity Detected on Technician & Family on 860904

PNO-I-86-069A:on 860904,technician Found Carrying Five Contaminated one-dollar Bills from Local Bank.Cause of Contamination Undetermined.No Radioactivity Detected on Technician & Family on 860904

ML20214N246
Person / Time
Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	09/09/1986
From:	Costello F, Kinneman J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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References
PNO-I-86-069A, PNO-I-86-69A, NUDOCS 8609160197
Download: ML20214N246 (1)

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DCS: 99999860904 Date: September 971586 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-I-86-69A This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The information is as initially received without verifica-ticn or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by the Region I staff on this date.

Facility: Unknown Licensee Emergency Classification:

Notification of Unusual Event Alert Site Area Emergency General Emergency X Not Applicable

Subject:

CONTAMINATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR (UPDATE)

On September 4,1986, a technician at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station was i

found to be carrying five contaminated one-dollar bills in his wallet. Analysis of the money revealed about 0.8 microcuries of iodine-131 (half-life: 8 days). The Radiation Protection Manager at Oyster Creek, the State of New Jersey, and NRC Region I each dis-

patched personnel to the bank which was the source of the money and surveys were made th3re and at the home of the technician. These and other efforts found no further contamination but failed to detennine how the technician's money became contaminated.

Several local medical licensees have been contacted and no events were reported which could have contaminated the money. On September 9,1986, the Radiation Protection Manager for Oyster Creek informed NRC Region I that the technician, his wife, and his two children rcceived whole body counts on September 4,1986 and that no radioactivity was detected oth2r than naturally occurring potassium-40.

Region I plans no further action regarding this matter.

CONTACT: F. Costello J. Kinneman '

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