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{{#Wiki_filter:UnitedStatesNuclearRegulatoryCommissionOfficeofPublicAffairs,RegionI475AllendaleRoadKingofPrussia,PA19401Phone:610/337-5330Fax:610/337-5241Internet:dps@nrc.govI-96-66September30,1996Contact:DianeScrenciFORIMMEDIATERELEASENRCSTAFFSENDSINSPECTORTOINSFACILITYINSPRINGFIELD,MATOLOOKINTOWEEKENDWATERSPILLTheNuclearRegulatoryCommissionstaffhasdispatchedaninspectortotheINSnuclearlaundryfacilityinSpringfield, Massachusetts,wheresome180,000gallonsofslightly radioactivelycontaminatedwaterwasspilledovertheweekend.INSholdsanNRClicensetocleanworkclothesusedatnuclearfacilities.Italsohasanindustriallaundrywhich handlesitemsfromnon-nuclearcustomers.INSnotifiedtheNRCthatthefacilitywasfloodedbetweenthetimeworkersleftonSaturdayandreturnedyesterdaymorning, whenavalveonawashingmachinestuckopen.INSestimatesthat amaximumof180,000gallonsofwaterflowedthroughthewasher, throughthebuilding,throughthedockareaandintothestorm sewer,whichemptiesintotheDimmickPondnextdoor.INS representativestestedthewaterflowingintothestormsewerand determinedthelevelsofradioactivematerialwerelessthanthe allowablereleaselimits.INShastoldtheNRCthatsamplesof thepondwerebelowtheminimaldetectableactivity.Someofthewateralsoflowedintotheundergroundlowlevelwastestoragefacilityinthebasementofthebuilding.The floorofthelaundrywasalsounderwater.INShastakensamples throughoutthefacilityaseachareawascleaned.Accordingto INS,allofthosesampleswerebelowthedetectableactivity
 
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Press Release-I-96-066, NRC Staff Sends Inspector to Ins Facility in Springfield, Ma to Look Into Weekend Water Spill
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UnitedStatesNuclearRegulatoryCommissionOfficeofPublicAffairs,RegionI475AllendaleRoadKingofPrussia,PA19401Phone:610/337-5330Fax:610/337-5241Internet:dps@nrc.govI-96-66September30,1996Contact:DianeScrenciFORIMMEDIATERELEASENRCSTAFFSENDSINSPECTORTOINSFACILITYINSPRINGFIELD,MATOLOOKINTOWEEKENDWATERSPILLTheNuclearRegulatoryCommissionstaffhasdispatchedaninspectortotheINSnuclearlaundryfacilityinSpringfield, Massachusetts,wheresome180,000gallonsofslightly radioactivelycontaminatedwaterwasspilledovertheweekend.INSholdsanNRClicensetocleanworkclothesusedatnuclearfacilities.Italsohasanindustriallaundrywhich handlesitemsfromnon-nuclearcustomers.INSnotifiedtheNRCthatthefacilitywasfloodedbetweenthetimeworkersleftonSaturdayandreturnedyesterdaymorning, whenavalveonawashingmachinestuckopen.INSestimatesthat amaximumof180,000gallonsofwaterflowedthroughthewasher, throughthebuilding,throughthedockareaandintothestorm sewer,whichemptiesintotheDimmickPondnextdoor.INS representativestestedthewaterflowingintothestormsewerand determinedthelevelsofradioactivematerialwerelessthanthe allowablereleaselimits.INShastoldtheNRCthatsamplesof thepondwerebelowtheminimaldetectableactivity.Someofthewateralsoflowedintotheundergroundlowlevelwastestoragefacilityinthebasementofthebuilding.The floorofthelaundrywasalsounderwater.INShastakensamples throughoutthefacilityaseachareawascleaned.Accordingto INS,allofthosesampleswerebelowthedetectableactivity

level.TheNRCinspectorwilltakeindependentsamplesandmonitorthelicensee'sactivities.TheCommonwealthofMassachusettswasnotifiedandhassentarepresentativetothesite.