RBG-36858, Ro:On 920519,employee Sustained Injury in Steam Tunnel. Surveys Confirmed That Employees Protective Clothing Was Contaminated.Employee,Hospital,Ambulance,Associated Equipment & Personnel Were Surveyed Negative

Ro:On 920519,employee Sustained Injury in Steam Tunnel. Surveys Confirmed That Employees Protective Clothing Was Contaminated.Employee,Hospital,Ambulance,Associated Equipment & Personnel Were Surveyed Negative

ML20096H609
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	05/20/1992
From:	Odell W GULF STATES UTILITIES CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
RBG-36858, NUDOCS 9205270302
Download: ML20096H609 (3)

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River Bend Station - Unit 1 Docket No. 50-458 Please find attached a summary report of the " Notification of Unusual Event" (NOUE) which was declared at River Bend Station on May 19, 1992. The NOUE was declared based on Emergency Action Level (EAL) 17,

" Transportation of overexposed or contaminated injured individual from site to hospital." This summary report is submitted pursuant to Appendix 1 of NUREG-0654, Revision 1 and EAL Table 13.3-1 of the River Bend Station Emergency Plan. If you have any questions concerning this summary report, please contact Mr. L. A. England at (504) 381-4145. -

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9 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Dr. L. Hall Bohlinger Commission , Louisiana Radiation Protection 611 Ryan Plaza Drive Division Suite 400 P.O. Box 82135 Arlington, TX 76011 Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2135 NRC Resident Inspector Mr. Larry Gibbens P.O. Box 1051 Director of Emergency St. Francisville, LA 70775 Management East Baton Rouge Parish Col. William J. Croft 222 St. Louis Street j State of I.ouisiana Baton Rouge, LA 70802 '

Office of Emcrgency Preparedness l P.O. Box 44217 Mr. Travis W. Prewitt i Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4217 Director of Emergency Management Mr. Jesse Mear.s East Feliciana Paris'-

Director of Emergency P.O. Box 397 Management Clinton, LA 70722 West Feliciana Parish P.O. Box 1877 Mt. James Maher St. Francisville, LA 70775 Director - Mississippi Emergency Mgmt. Agency Mr. Charles J. LeBlanc P.O. Box 4501 Director of Emergency Jackson, MS 39216 Management West Baton Rouge Parish 736 Eucalyptus Street Port Allen, LA 70767 Mr. Oneil F. Leonard Director of Emerg:ncy l Management l Pointe Coupee Parish P.O. Box 216 l New Roads, LA 70760 Mr. Eddie Fuente Mississippi State Board of Health j Division of Radiological Health P.O. Box 1700 -

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RIVER llEND STATION NOTIFICATION OF UNUSihR EVENI On May 19,1992 at approximately 1355 with the reactor defueled, an employee sustained an injury in the steam tunnel. He was transported from River Bend Station (RBS) to the West Feliciana Parish Hospital. lie had been working in a contaminated area and surveys ;cnfirmed that his protective clothing was contaminated.

At 1452, a Notification of Unusual Event (NOUE) was declared per Emergency

'mplementing Procedure EIP 2-001, Emergency Action Level 17, " Transportation of overexposed or contaminated injured individual from site to hospital" when the individual was transported to the hospital. The NOUE was subsequently _

terminated at 1722 when the contaminated protective clothing was removed and the individual was surveyed and determined to not be contaminated. The hospital, ambulance, associated equipment and personnel were surveyed, determined to be free of contamination and released for unrestricted use and the contaminated protective clothing was returned to RBS.

Initial notification to the State of Louisiana and State of Mississippi, the fivc local governments within the 10 mile Emergency Planning Zone and the Neclear Regulatory Commission Incident Response Center began at approximately 1500 and was completed at 1521. Notification to the state and local cernments and NRC of the termination began at 1730.

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