PNO-III-87-124, on 870918,residents of City of West Chicago Set Up Picket Line in Front of Region III Ofc to Protest NRC Preferred Course of Action to Permanently Bury Radwaste Matl from Kerr-McGee on Plant Site
| ML20235A731 | |
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| Issue date: | 09/18/1987 |
| From: | Creed J, Marabito R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| PNO-III-87-124, NUDOCS 8709230400 | |
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'RELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-III-87-124 Date September 18, 1987 ibis preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety Dr public interest significance.. The information is as initially received without verification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by the Region III staff on this date.
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Region III Office Licensee Emergency Classification:
Glen Ellyn, Illinois Notification of an Unusual Event Alert
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General Emergency X Not Applicable
!ubject: WEST CHICAGO CITIZENS PICKET REGION III 0FFICE s small group of citizens who said they were residents of the City of West Chicago set up a
>icket line in front of the Region III Office in Glen Ellyn. The demonstrators, carrying
>1acards, arrived at about 12:30 p.m., September 18, 1987.
'he purpose of the demonstration, according to a participant, is to protest the NRC's
> referred course of action to permanently bury radioactive waste material from the arr-McGee plant in West Chicago on the plant site itself.
(See NUREG-0904 Supplement
)@. 1, June 1987, "Draf t Supplement to the Final Environmental Statement on the commissioning of the Rare Earths Facility, West Chicago, Illinois.") The Kerr-McGee
>lant, which produced thorium and rare earth compounds, discontinued operations in 1973.
bgion III notified the local police department and the property owners of the demonstrators.
he Division of Security, NRR and NMSS were also notified. No further action is being
- @ntempl ated. Region III employees have been instructed to avoid the demonstrators, but
- lso to be courteous if approached when entering or leaving the building.
Re State of Illinois will be notified.
Ris information is current as of 1:30 p.m. (CDT), September 18, 1987.
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(Corp. Office - Reactor Lic. Only) 8709230400 070918 Region III Q _ [j5
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