PNO-I-97-014, on 970227,retrieval of Contaminated Matl at Vendor Facility Made.Licensee Dispatched Survey Team, Consisting of HP Supervisor,Hp Technician & Radioactive Matl Handler to Vendor Facility to Survey & Retrieve Matl
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| Site: | Haddam Neck File:Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co icon.png |
| Issue date: | 02/28/1997 |
| From: | Rogge J, Jason White NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I) |
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| PNO-I-97-014, PNO-I-97-14, NUDOCS 9705050211 | |
| Download: ML20138E968 (1) | |
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PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE PN1-94-014 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:
Licensee Emergency Classification:
Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co.
Notification of Unusual Event Haddam Neck 1 Alert Hartford, Connecticut Site Area Emergency General Emergency X
Not Applicable Docket No.: 050-00213 License No.: DPR-61 Event No.:
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l Event Location Code: POW
SUBJECT:
RETRIEVAL OF CONTAMINATED MATERIAL AT VENDOR FACILITY On February 27,1997, a video equipment vendor located in Oswego, NY, notified the facility that they had detected contamination on video cables that had been returned from the Haddam Neck facility on February 19,1997. The vendor routinely uses his own frisker to check material returning from nuclear facilities and in this instance measured 500 corrected counts per minute (CCPM). The licensee dispatched a survey team, consisting of an HP supervisor, an HP technician, and a radioactive material handler, to the vendor's facility to survey and retrieve the material as necessary. Upon arrival around 4:00 p.m. at the vendor's facility, the licensee's team confirmed that minor levels of fixed and loose contamination were present on some of the equipment, i.e. generally between 1000 and 10,000 dpm, which exceeds the licensee's criterion for release of radioactive material. The licensee has packaged and plans to ship back to Haddam Neck for further monitoring and decontamination, all material that was originally sent to the vendor.
The NRC dispatched an inspector to the vendor's facility to oversee the licensee's activities. A radiation specialist will be dispatched to confirm that the facility has not been contaminated.
The States of Connecticut and New York have been informed.
The licensee plans to issue a press release, and expects to conduct an investigation to determine the causes of this unplanned release of radioactive material. The Region 1 Office of Public Affairs is prepared to respond to media inquires.
This information is current as of 9:00 a.m. on February 28,1997.
Contact:
John Rogge W008 DL]gyhgT4 ygh (610) 337-5146 337-B 41
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