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| issue date = 08/12/1988
| title = PNO-IV-88-066:on 880812,Region IV Notified of Truck Accident on Interstate 10,approx 30 Miles West of Baton Rouge.Truck Carrying Eight New Fuel Assemblies to Facility.Shipping Packages Undamaged.Packages Returned to State of Sc
| author name = Hackney C
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION &amp; ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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| docket = 05000498
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| document report number = PNO-IV-88-066, PNO-IV-88-66, NUDOCS 8808220095
| 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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- e *.      .                                                                            August 12, 1988 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE -- PNO-IV-88-66 This preliminary notification constitutes IARLY notice of events of P0iSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The information is as initialiy received without verification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by the Region IV staff on this date.
FACILITY: Houston Lighting & Power Co.                                   Licensee Emergency Classification:
South Texas Project                                                              Notification of Unusual Event DN: 50-498                                                                       Alert Site Area Emergency General Emergency X                 Not Applicable

==SUBJECT:==
TRUCK ACCIDENT CARRYING NEW FUEL ASSEMBLIES At 3:25 p.m., Region IV was notified by the Louisiana Nuclear Energy Division (LNED) of a truck accident on Interstate 10, approximately 30 miles west of Baton Rouge (time of accident estimated between 2-3:00 p.m.), westbound on the Atchafalaya Bay bridge, during a heavy rain storm. The truck was carrying eight new fuel assemblies to the South Texas nuclear plant located in Bay City, Texas.                                                      [
Two inspectors from the LNED office were dispatched to the scene with radiological monitoring instruments. Regional assistance was offered; however, LNED did not require any assistance. One driver was injured and has been hospitalized. The truck cab was damaged, but there was no readily apparent damage to the trailer. The shipment had originated in South Carolina at the Westinghouse plant. A preliminary examination by Westinghouse personnel indicated that the shipping packages were undamaged. The packages are being returned to South Carolina, where they will be opened and examined in detail Monday.
Louisiana media have covered the accident in news reports. Region IV has received no media inquiries, but is prepared to respond.
Region IV received notification of this occurrence by the state of Louisiana at 3:25 p.m. Region IV has informed EDO, NRR, OGC, PA. Region IV has kept Region II informed. The Comissioner Assistants were briafed in the early evening of August 11.
CONTACT: Charles Hackney, 728-8267 DISTRIBUTION:
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