View source for PNO-II-86-087, on 861107,employee Received Calculated Exposure of 75 Rems to One Hand,Exceeding 10CFR20,18.75 Rems Limit.Cause of Contamination Undetermined.Region II Radiation Specialist Dispatched for Followup

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| number = ML20214P205
| issue date = 11/20/1986
| title = PNO-II-86-087:on 861107,employee Received Calculated Exposure of 75 Rems to One Hand,Exceeding 10CFR20,18.75 Rems Limit.Cause of Contamination Undetermined.Region II Radiation Specialist Dispatched for Followup
| author name = Collins D, Hosey C
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION &amp; ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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| docket = 05000395
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| document report number = PNO-II-86-087, PNO-II-86-87, NUDOCS 8612040112
| document type = PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR OCCURRENCE (PNO,, TEXT-INSPECTION &amp; AUDIT &amp; I&amp;E CIRCULARS
| page count = 1
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November 20, 1986
  , PREL*IMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE PN0-II-86-87 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The information is as initially received without verifi-cation or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by the Region II staff on this date.
FACILITY: South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Licensee Emergency Classification:
V. C. Summer Unit 1                                                      Notification of Unusual Event Docket No. 50-395                                                        Alert Jenkinsville, South Carolina                                             Site Area Emergency General Emergency X Not Applicable

==SUBJECT:==
PERSONNEL OVEREXPOSURE REPORTED South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. (SCE&G) informed Region II yesterday that an employee at the V. C. Summer plant had received a calculated exposure of 75 rems to the skin of one hand, which exceeds the quarterly limit of 18.75 rems set out in 10CFR20.
SCE&G management learned on November 17 that the individual was found to have contamination levels of one millirad per hour gamma and one rem per hour beta on one hand l    wh:n he exited the fuel handling building where he was working on November 7. He was not w:aring protective clothing because the work locale is considered a " clean" area, although it is part of the site's larger radiation control area.                                    Once this contamination was l    d:tected on approximately one square centimeter of the skin, the radiation dose was l    calculated.
l Tha licensee has been unable to determine the cause of the contamination. All surveys of tha area where the employee was working revealed no contamination levels above administrative limits.
R:gion II has dispatched a radiation specialist to the site to follow up on this incident.
SCE&G and Region II are prepared to respond to media inquiries.
The State of South Carolina has been informed.
This information is current as of *):00 a.m. (EST) today.

==Contact:==
C. M. Hosey, 242-5614                                    D. M. Collins, 242-2665 DISTRIBUTION:
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