PNO-II-86-087, on 861107,employee Received Calculated Exposure of 75 Rems to One Hand,Exceeding 10CFR20,18.75 Rems Limit.Cause of Contamination Undetermined.Region II Radiation Specialist Dispatched for Followup

PNO-II-86-087:on 861107,employee Received Calculated Exposure of 75 Rems to One Hand,Exceeding 10CFR20,18.75 Rems Limit.Cause of Contamination Undetermined.Region II Radiation Specialist Dispatched for Followup

ML20214P205
Person / Time
Site:	Summer
Issue date:	11/20/1986
From:	Dan Collins, Hosey C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
References
PNO-II-86-087, PNO-II-86-87, NUDOCS 8612040112
Download: ML20214P205 (1)

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November 20, 1986

, PREL*IMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE PN0-II-86-87 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The information is as initially received without verifi-cation or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by the Region II staff on this date.

FACILITY: South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Licensee Emergency Classification:

V. C. Summer Unit 1 Notification of Unusual Event Docket No. 50-395 Alert Jenkinsville, South Carolina Site Area Emergency General Emergency X Not Applicable

SUBJECT:

PERSONNEL OVEREXPOSURE REPORTED South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. (SCE&G) informed Region II yesterday that an employee at the V. C. Summer plant had received a calculated exposure of 75 rems to the skin of one hand, which exceeds the quarterly limit of 18.75 rems set out in 10CFR20.

SCE&G management learned on November 17 that the individual was found to have contamination levels of one millirad per hour gamma and one rem per hour beta on one hand l wh:n he exited the fuel handling building where he was working on November 7. He was not w:aring protective clothing because the work locale is considered a " clean" area, although it is part of the site's larger radiation control area. Once this contamination was l d:tected on approximately one square centimeter of the skin, the radiation dose was l calculated.

l Tha licensee has been unable to determine the cause of the contamination. All surveys of tha area where the employee was working revealed no contamination levels above administrative limits.

R:gion II has dispatched a radiation specialist to the site to follow up on this incident.

SCE&G and Region II are prepared to respond to media inquiries.

The State of South Carolina has been informed.

This information is current as of *):00 a.m. (EST) today.

Contact:

C. M. Hosey, 242-5614 D. M. Collins, 242-2665 DISTRIBUTION:

H. Street MNBB Phillios E/W Willste MAIL:

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