On 5/2/2012 at approximately
0914 hours0.0106 days <br />0.254 hours <br />0.00151 weeks <br />3.47777e-4 months <br />, a Duke Energy contract worker performing activities in the Unit 3 reactor basement (currently defueled in a planned refueling outage), experienced dizziness and subsequently experienced a loss of consciousness. Upon discovery, the plant emergency medical team was dispatched to aid the individual. The individual soon regained consciousness but was immediately transported, via ambulance, to a local hospital for treatment. Accompanying the individual were two (2) radiation protection and one (1) Duke energy Public Affairs individuals. The individual was transported out of the protected area at approximately
1005 hours0.0116 days <br />0.279 hours <br />0.00166 weeks <br />3.824025e-4 months <br />. Because the potentially contaminated individual's back could not be surveyed prior to being transported offsite, the individual was considered potentially contaminated. As such, this event is being reported as an 8-hour prompt report pursuant to
10CFR50.72(b)(3)(xii).
On 5-2-2012 at approximately 1100 hours0.0127 days <br />0.306 hours <br />0.00182 weeks <br />4.1855e-4 months <br />, the radiation protection personnel that accompanied the individual to the medical facility reported that the individual was determined not to be contaminated. As a result, no follow-up status report is planned.
The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.
