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| issue date = 11/10/1987
| title = PNO-I-87-104A:on 871108,normally Locked High Radiation Barrier Leading to Refueling Floor Was Found W/Locking Mechanism Taped Over.Info Serves as Update to PNO-I-87-104, Discussing Licensee Decision to Stop Work at Plant
| author name = Blough R, Lyash J
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION &amp; ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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| docket = 05000293
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| document report number = PNO-I-87-104A, NUDOCS 9711030131
| document type = PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR OCCURRENCE (PNO,, TEXT-INSPECTION &amp; AUDIT &amp; I&amp;E CIRCULARS
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DCS No: 50293871109 6% Alt f(                              Date: November 10, 1987 k [^h PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-I-87-104A 1 \     l V'     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 known by the Region I staff on this date.
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Boston Edison Company                            Notification of Unusual Event Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station                    Alert Plymouth, MA                                     Site Area Emergency Docket No. 50-293                                General Emergency X   Not Applicable

==Subject:==
SITEWORKSTOPPAGE(UPDATE)
This updates PNO-1-87-104 issued on November 9, 1987, which discussed Boston Edison's decision to stop work at the Pilgrim facility to allow site management the opportunity to review the causes of v m 1 problems which occurred onsite since November 7, 1987.
Among other problems wi ich principally involved the adequacy of completed maintenance work, there were four radiological matters. In one instance, on November 8, the nonnally locked high radiation barrier gate leading to the refueling floor was found with its locking mechanism taped-over. Although there existed no actual radiological               .
conditions warranting the establishment of a high radiation barrier, keeping the gate locked is a current site administrative requirement. In addition, there were several radioactive sp'.11s which occurred on November 8,1987 as an apparent result of 9       incomplete maintenance or modification work activities. The contamination levels resulting from the above spills were relatively low, however, about five people received clothing and/or skin contamination and four received shoe contamination which was easily renoved onsite. Further, on November 8, 1987, operator attempts to use water to clear a clogged transfer line resulted in a spill in an unoccupied area of the radwaste facility. This spill resulted in radiation levels of 500 mR/hr on contact on the floor. Finally, the licensee identified low level contamination in a corridor adjacent to the turbine building which resulted in 12-14 people with shoe contamination.
There has been significant media interest in the events leading up to the work stoppage.
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