ML101230068

E-mail from E. Thomas of USNRC to Various, Regarding Ioeb Clearinghouse Screening Summary for Wednesday, November 25, 2009,

ML101230068
Person / Time
Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	11/25/2009
From:	Eric Thomas Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Haskell R, Amy Hull, Adam Wilson Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, NRC/RGN-III
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FOIA/PA-2010-0118
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From: Thomas, Eric Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 1:30 PM To: Haskell, Russell; Wilson, Adam; Hull, Amy; Wang, Alan; Malliakos, Asimios; Patel, Amar; Garmoe, Alex; Palmer, Anthony; Howe, Allen; Blamey, Alan; Lising, Jason; Burritt, Arthur; Pate, Tony; Zoulis, Antonios; Barker, Allan; Boland, Anne; Billoch, Araceli; Gody, Tony; Howell, Art; Sabisch, Andrew; Ziedonis, Adam; Lewin, Aron; Rezaii'Ali; Sengupta, Abhijit; Turilin, Andrey; True, Andrea; Boger, Bruce; Bickett, Brice; Rini, Brett; Watson, Bruce; Haagensen, Brian; Lehman, Bryce; Welling, Blake; Holian, Brian; Beasley, Benjamin; White, Bernard; Fuller, Brian; Singal, Balwant; Vaidya, Bhalchandra; Bartlett, Bruce; Mozafari, Brenda; Yip, Brian; Smith, Brian; Jose, Benny; Casto, Chuck; Hott, Christopher; Julian, Caudle; Lipa, Christine; Sanchez, Chanel; Cauffman, Christopher; Khan, Cheryl; Pederson, Cynthia; Moulton, Charles; Lyon, Fred; Cahill, Christopher; Miller, Chris; Ng, Ching; Young, Cale; Paulk, Chuck; Rosselle, Chuck; Sanders, Carleen; Roquecruz, Carla; Kontz, Craig; Goodwin, Cameron; Gratton, Christopher; Crisden, Cherie; Lochbaum, David; Powers, Dale; Everhart, Dave; Tifft, Doug; Graves, Chris; Johnson, Dante; Lew, David; Payne, Charlie; Hills, David; Jackson, Donald; White, Duane; Strickland, Duane; NRRDIRS_IOEB Resource; Spindler, David; Roberts, Darrell; Allsopp, David; Egan, Dennis; Mas, Delza; Werkheiser, David; Kern, David; Dority, Dayna; Reinert, Dustin; Hoang, Dan; Pickett, Douglas; Andrukat, Dennis; Chyu, Doris; Frumkin, Daniel; Garmon-Candelaria, David; Merzke, Daniel; Patel, Dimple; Wright, Donna; Brown, Eva; Kleeh, Edmund; Ruesch, Eric; Goldfeiz, Eliezer; Burket, Elise; Knutson, Ed; Michel, Eric; Morris,/Eddie; Miller, Eric; Bowman, Eric; Collins, Elmo; Huang, Eugene; Roach, Edward; Benner, Eric; Cunningham, Liza; Leeds, Eric; Sullivan, Ted; Stamm, Eric; DiPaolo, Eugene; Keighley, Elizabeth; Coffman, Ellery; Cobey, Eugene; Robinson, Edward; Brown, Frederick; Saba, Farideh; Arner, Frank; Ehrhardt, Frank; Bower, Fred; Bonnett, Paul; Jaxheimer, Frederick; Newman, Garrett; Pick, Greg; Kelly,. Glenn; Miller, Geoffrey; Replogle, George; Larkin, Grant; McCoy, Gerald; Hunegs, Gordon; Ottenberg, Geoffrey; Shear, Gary; Tracy, Gleqn; Tutak, Greg; Bowman, Gregory; Dentel, Glenn; MacDonald, George; Callaway, Gary; Kulesa, Gloria; Miller, Ed; Chernoff, Harold; Jones, Heather; Christensen, Harold; Balian, Harry; Barrett, Harold; Crouch, Howard; Prokofiev, Iouri; Cutler, Iris; Jung, Ian; Tifft, Jennifer; Clark, Jeff; Grobe, Jack; Hickey, James; Isom, James; Kulp, Jeffrey; Lennartz, Jay; McHugh, James; Lane, John; Paige, Jason; Poole, Justin; Tsao, John; Hughey, John; Orr, Dan; Beall, James; Gaslevic, James; Rivera-Ortiz, Joel; Rutkowski, John; Thorp, John; Lara, Julio; Rogge, John; Stang, John; Guitter, Joseph; Ibarra, Jose; Kramer, John; Lamb, John; Schoppy, Joseph; Nadel, Jared; Thompson, Jon; Blake, Jerome; Commiskey, John; Corujo-Sandin, Jorge; McHale, John; Ashcraft, Joseph; Brand, Javier; Giantelli, Joseph; Lilliendahl, Jon; Trapp, James; Donohew, Jack; Adams, James; Boska, John; DeBoer, Joseph; Reynoso, John; Segala, John; Bream, Jeffrey; Hall, Randy; Hawkins, Justin; Jennings, Jason; White, John; Walsh, J; Kim, James; Kaizer, Joshua; Robbins, John; Wiebe, Joel; Heinly, Justin; Johnson, Jonathan; Mitman, Jeffrey; Wiggins, Jim; Kauffman,.

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Subject:

IOEB Clearinghouse Screening Summary for Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Attachments: PNO-II-09-006.doc; PNO-I-09-006 - TMI Contamination Event.doc

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SUMMARY

IS OFFIJIAC'USE ONLY -- MAY CONTAIN SENSITIVE INTERNAL INFORMATION'* DO NOT FORWA`.p*NY PORTIONS OUTSIDE OF NRC WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING PERMISSION FROM ORIGINATOR Issues for Resolution (IFR): None OpE Forum Postings (COMMS): None Management Requests: None Follow-up/Other Tasks: Three SOutside of Scope 2.) (Update) TMI -RADIATION RELEASE IN CONTAINMENT ASSOCIATED WITH STEAM GENERATOR REMOVAL A-OTSG has been transported to mausoleum; B-OTSG removal is in progress. Activities are in progress to move it to the shipping platform for removal from containment 2

TMI experienced 4 additional alarms associated with AMS-4s (airborne radiation monitors). Local work areas were evacuated until the condition was understood and resolved. The containment building was maintained under negative pressure. Details of the 4 additional alarms are as follows:

1) 2219/11124 - One occurred on top of the B "D"ring 365 ft in Containment. Confirmatory sampling showed no airborne. Low flow alarm.

2) 2325/11/24 - Outside personnel hatch in auxiliary building area. Cause was radon inversion.

3/4) 0445/0550/11/25- AMS alarmed (same machine) at B "D" ring 281 ft elevation. Sampling showed no airborne. Cause attributed to lifting of B steam generator resulting in elevated dose rates. No airborne identified.

Workers were briefed about local evacuation situation from last night and the morning. The NRC has confirmed no airborne radiation issues existed; in addition, the NRC is reviewing containment evacuation procedures and policy today.

The licensee has established new protocol to notify NRC and State within 60 minutes of any alarm.

The State was notified of the conditions last night. None of these conditions was the result of airborne radioactivity. (Send update to TRGs for Containment; Jerome Bettle, Emerqency Prepardness; Jeffrey Temple, Health Physics; Steven Garry, Human Performance; Michael Bogcgi, Dose Assessment; Mark BlornberQ and Public Affairs; Scott Burnell). Assigjned to Mike Brown.

Outside of Scope 3

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• (ie., Screened/reviewed againstLIC-401 criteria for initiatingan "Issue for Resolution" (IFR), which is IOEB's process for conducting further evaluation of an issue to determine what, if any, additionalactions should be taken to corrmmunicate and organizationallylearn from OpE.)

• • • NOTE: THIS

SUMMARY

IS OF USE ONLY -- MAY CONTAIN SENSITIVE INTERNAL INFORMATION*** DO NOT FO 0 ANY PORTIONS OUTSIDE OF NRC WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING PERMISSION FROM ORIGINATOR Attendees:

Mike Brown Bob Bernardo Russ Haskell Rebecca Sigmon Eric Thomas John Thorp Derek Scully (NRO) - Phone 6!.Ic '7/10M4.1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRR/DIRS/IOEB OWFN-7H23 ericthomas@nrc.gov 301-415-6772 (office)

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DCS No.: 0500028911212009 Date: November 24, 2009 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE -- PNO-1-09-006 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.

Facilit Licensee Emergency Classification Exelon Generation Company, LLC __ Notification of Unusual Event Three Mile Island, Unit 1 __ Alert Middletown, PA __ Site Area Emergency Docket: 50-289 - General Emergency X Not Applicable

SUBJECT:

THREE MILE ISLAND UNIT 1 CONTAMINATION EVENT (UPDATE)

This preliminary notification updates information previously communicated in a commissioner's technical assistant briefing, NRC Event Notification (EN 45514) and NRC Press Release (No. I 09-046).

At about 4:00 p.m., on November 21, while shut down for a refueling outage and steam generator (SG). replacement, TMI experienced local alarms inside the containment building due to airborne radioactivity levels.

As a precaution in response to the alarms, approximately 175 workers exited the containment.

Several workers alarmed the portal monitors while leaving the radiologically controlled area around the containment building due to contamination levels, and were whole body counted to assess their radiation dose. Of these workers, initially 19 workers received doses ranging from 10 mrem to 38 mrem, which is a very small fraction of the annual federal occupational exposure limit (5000 mrem/yr). The number of personnel with residual contamination continued to decrease as normal biological elimination processes of internally deposited radioactivity takes place. It is not unusual for contamination events to occur during refueling outages and workers to be processed as they were in this event.

Exelon attributed the cause of the contamination event to a change in air pressure inside the containment building that dislodged loose surface contamination in primary piping systems.

Some of the contamination became airborne and was detected by local containment air monitors. Exelon surveyed the area around the containment construction opening and did not detect any contamination. The airborne radioactivity readings returned to pre-event levels 4 to 6 hours6.944444e-5 days <br />0.00167 hours <br />9.920635e-6 weeks <br />2.283e-6 months <br /> after the initial alarms.

There was no effect on public health and safety as a result of this event. This event did not result in exceeding any emergency action levels, nor were any formal event notification criteria met. The workers that were affected by this event received radiation doses that were a small percentage of the annual occupational exposure limit. As a conservative measure, Exelon witheld these workers from future exposure pending detailed evalution.

A number of Region I personnel and Headquarters personnel have responded to this event over the weekend. The Resident Inspectors, Health Physics Specialist Inspectors, and the Public Affairs Officer responded to the site to investigate the event and to address media inquires.

Exelon issued two press releases, and the NRC issued one press release on the event. The Region I Public Affairs Officers have responded to numerous media inquiries. Region I is

continuing to follow Exelon's evaluation of this event through the NRC's baseline inspection program.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as well as several Congressional representatives, were informed of the event.

The information presented herein has been confirmed with the Site Vice President - Three Mile Island, William Noll, and is current as of November 24, 2009 at 2:23 p.m.

This PN is issued for information only.

ADAMS Accession Number: ML093280879 CONTACT: G. Scott Barber (610) 337-5232

DISTRIBUTION: (by email)

Chairman Jazcko Comm. Klein Comm. Svinicki OIP OCA OGC OPA EDO OE NRR SECY IRO NMSS ACRS OIG RES NSIR NRO PDR RSLO Regional Offices By Fax:

DOT:Trans INPO NSAC RI Resident Office Licensee: Exelon Generation Company LLC Three Mile Island, Unit 1 ADAMS Accession Number: ML093280879 SUNSI Review Complete: GSB (Reviewer's Initials)

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