PNO-II-93-032, on 930730,trailer Loaded w/bag-house Dust Set Off Radiation Detectors While Leaving facility.Bag-house & Trailer Confirmed to Be Contaminated w/Cs-137.Amount of Radioactive Matl Estimated to Be Approx 200 Mci
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| Issue date: | 08/02/1993 |
| From: | Woodruff R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| PNO-II-93-032, PNO-II-93-32, NUDOCS 9308100047 | |
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August 2, 1993 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE PNO-II-93-032 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 knoen by the Region 11 staff on this date.
Facility Licensee Emercency Classification Non Licensee Notification of Unusual Event Newport Steel Alert Neeport, Kentucky Site Area Emergency Neuport, Kentucky General Emergency X Not Applicable
Subject:
CONTAMINATED DUST AT STEEL MILL The Commonwealth of Kentuckj notified the Region II Agreement State Officer that a cesium-137 source had been melted at the Newport Steel facility in Newport, Kentucky. Kentucky was notified on Friday afternoon, July 30, 1993, that a trailer loaded with " bag-house" dust set off the radiation detectors while leaving the facility.
The State Radiation Control Program sent an inspector to the site on Friday afternoon to conduct surveys. The bag-house and the trailer were confirmed to be contaminated with cesium-137. Based upon a State analysis, the amount of radioactive material was estimated to be approximately 200 millicuries.
Newport Steel has acquired the decontamination services of SEG from Oak Ridge, Tennessee. SEG personnel are reported to be on site. The mill has been shut down pending decontamination, and all radioactive materials have been confined to the site.
This mill had a similar event on April 29, 1992.
This information is current as of 02:30 p.m. on August 2, 1993.
Contact:
R. L. Woodruff (404)331-5553 9308100047 930802,
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