ENS 43671

v t e ENS Event
15:16 Sep 28, 2007
Title	Smoke from Steam Plant Startup Requiring State Notification
Event Description	At 0930 hours0.0108 days <br />0.258 hours <br />0.00154 weeks <br />3.53865e-4 months <br />, 09/28/07, the PORTS Plant Shift Superintendent's (PSS) Office was notified of an opacity exceedance, which had occurred at the X-600 Steam Plant on 09/18/07. The PORTS PSS Office notified the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) of this incident, at 1116 hours0.0129 days <br />0.31 hours <br />0.00185 weeks <br />4.24638e-4 months <br />, 09/28/07. This notification to another government agency is reportable to the NRC as a 4-Hour Event per the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) Nuclear Regulatory Event Reporting Procedure UE2-RA-RE1030, Appendix D, Section P (Miscellaneous) which states: 'USEC shall notify NRC of any event or situation, related to the health and safety of the public or on-site personnel, or protection of the environment, for which a news release is planned or notification to other government agencies has been or will be made. Such an event may include an on-site fatality or inadvertent release of radioactively contaminated materials.' The start-up of the steam boiler was completed however, problems were encountered which created smoke after the state mandated time limit for startup smoke had expired. The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector and the Department of Energy.

ENS 43671 +/-
Where
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Piketon, Ohio (NRC Region 2)
License number:	GDP-2
Reporting

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Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-0.68 h-0.0283 days <br />-0.00405 weeks <br />-9.31464e-4 months <br />)
Opened:	Ron Crabtree 14:35 Sep 28, 2007
NRC Officer:	Mark Abramovitz
Last Updated:	Sep 28, 2007
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