PNO-V-87-017, on 870223,licensee Informed Region V That Press Release Made Re 870221 Discovery of Small Particle of Radioactive Matl in Employee Home.Caused by Exposure to Leaking Fuel Pins.Region Will Conduct Special Insp

PNO-V-87-017:on 870223,licensee Informed Region V That Press Release Made Re 870221 Discovery of Small Particle of Radioactive Matl in Employee Home.Caused by Exposure to Leaking Fuel Pins.Region Will Conduct Special Insp

ML20212E138
Person / Time
Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	02/24/1987
From:	Wenslawski F, Yuhas G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
To:
References
PNO-V-87-017, PNO-V-87-17, NUDOCS 8703040278
Download: ML20212E138 (1)

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MtELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PH0-V-87-17 Date: 2/24/87 4, . ,

m This'prelimiqary ndtification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The information presented is as initially received xithout verification or evaluation and is basically all that is known by' Region V 6' staff on this date.

FACILITY: Southern California Edison Company <

Licensee Emergency Classification '

t  ! ' San Onofre Unit 3 Notification of Unusual Event-DOCKET N0. 50-362 Alert s Site Area Emergency General Emer ency

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'5UBJECT: ~ PRESS RELEASE ,

On F;bruary.23, 1987, the licensee informed Region V by telephone that they were i

, making a press release describing the discovery of a small particle of radioactive.

material in the residence of a plant employee. .

The particle was discovered on February 21, 1987, by a plant health physics'

-technician during a self-initiated survey of his here. The particle was found in his rug. The particle was returned to the site, analyzed, and found to be an

? 1rradiated fuel fragment of 0.08 micrecuries (principle isotopes observed were Ce-141,Ce/Pr-144,Ru/Rh-103,and106). <

< The licensee has been experiencing a problem with fuel fratrents for about two years. The fragments are the result of leaking fuel pins. The licensee has implemented special mitigating measures in an effort to control exposure from the fragments.

Region V is continuing a trecial inspection effort to evaluate the adequacy of the special precautions taken by the licensee to control personnel cypesures associated

,with the fuel fragment issue, r r

This information is current as of 1:00 p.g., February 24, 1987. [

CONTACT: G. p. Yuhas, FTS 463-3748; F. A. Wenslawski, FTS 463-3757.

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