PNO-I-88-009, on 880120,unusual Event Declared as Result of Worker Injured After Stepping Through Hole in Grating Between Reactor Vessel Flange & Refueling Cavity Floor.No Contamination Involved

PNO-I-88-009:on 880120,unusual Event Declared as Result of Worker Injured After Stepping Through Hole in Grating Between Reactor Vessel Flange & Refueling Cavity Floor.No Contamination Involved

ML20148G364
Person / Time
Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	01/21/1988
From:	Cook W, Jerrica Johnson NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
To:
References
PNO-I-88-009, PNO-I-88-9, NUDOCS 8801260486
Download: ML20148G364 (1)

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DCS No: 50220880120 Date: January 21, 1988 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-I-88-9 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The information.is as initially received without-verification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by the Region I staff on this date.

Facility: Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Licensee Emergency Classification:

Nine Mile Point Unit 1 X Notification of Unusual Event Scriba, New York Alert

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Docket No. 50-220 Site Area Emergency General Emergency Not Applicable

Subject:

UNUSUAL EVENT - POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED / INJURED MAN At 4:40 p.m. on January 20, 1988, the licensee declared an UNUSUAL EVENT based on an incident which occurred on the refueling floor which involved a potentially contaminated and injured worker. The initial report to the NRC Operations Center and the resident inspectors indicated that the worker apparently stepped through a hole in the grati,1g between the reactor vessel flange and the refuel cavity floor and injured his leg. Initial surveys of the worker indicated contamination levels of up to 12,000 cpm in the vicinity of the leg injuries. The UNUSUAL EVENT was secured at 5:25 p.m.

after the worker was transported off site.

The worker was ev.tricated by the licensee's fire brigade and was transported to the local Oswego Hospital via ambulance (with a splint covering a small section of anti-contamination clothing) and was accompanied by a station radiation technician. No skin contamination, no intake of radioactive material, and no significant radiation exposure was involved. The piece of protective clothing measuring 3,000 cpm was returned to the site. The worker was treated and released with only minor abrasions on his left thigh.

The resident inspectors are ensite reviewing licensee actions. The State of New York has been notified. The licensee has made a press release.

CONTACT: William Cook Jon Johnson 8-315-342-4041 346-5234 DISTRIBUTION:

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CA PDR Regional Offices TMI Resident Section RI Resident Office 8801260486 880121 PDR I&E PNO-I-88-OO9 PDR Licensee:

(Reactor Licensees)

Region I Form 83 '-

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