Quiz: What is the same?

[Emil Murat <kerrembaev@YAHOO.COM>]

Greetings,



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You wrote:

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During an emergency procedures exercise in August

of last year, 

simulated radiation exposure to the public was

calculated incorrectly 

and as a result incorrect protective actions were

recommended to 

state and local authorities. 



Although Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD),

which operates the 

Cooper plant, tried to fix the problem through

revised procedures and 

personnel training, the same errors were repeated

during a drill in April. 

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Here is the Quiz:



The question: What is the SAME?



a) Two times the dose to the public was

calculated incorrectly, by making the SAME

mistakes.

b) First time there were procedural errors,

second time there were calculative errors.

c) Dose was calculated correctly both times.

d) First time they used mRem/hr, second

Sievert/hr

e) NRC requires to calculate in Sieverts.

f) First time the dose was calculated for the

liquid effluent, second for the gaseous.

g) C, D and E.

h) There are no Nuclear Power Plants in Nebraska.





Good luck.



Emil.



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NRC to up inspections at Nebraska nuclear plant

  

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - The U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) said on Thursday it will

increase its inspections at 

the 781-megawatt Cooper Nuclear Station near

Brownville, Nebraska, in 

response to errors made during an emergency

exercise that were not 

corrected. 



"The NRC concluded that the issue was of low to

moderate safety 

significance and thus constituted a 'white'

finding under the 

agency's new reactor oversight process, and

issued a Notice of 

Violation," the commission said in a statement. 



During an emergency procedures exercise in August

of last year, 

simulated radiation exposure to the public was

calculated incorrectly 

and as a result incorrect protective actions were

recommended to 

state and local authorities. 



Although Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD),

which operates the 

Cooper plant, tried to fix the problem through

revised procedures and 

personnel training, the same errors were repeated

during a drill in 

April. 



An NRC inspection ending in June concluded that

NPPD failed to 

correct "identified weaknesses" as required under

NRC regulations, 

the statement said. 



"NPPD did not contest the proposed NRC action,"

it said. 



Under the commission's performance assessment

process, the safety 

significance of each NRC inspection finding is

characterized by a 

color -- green, white, yellow, or red. A green

finding receives 

normal NRC oversight, while white, yellow, or red

assessments result 

in increasing NRC involvement, including

additional inspections. 



Commission spokesman Breck Henderson said this

would mark the third 

white finding this year in Region IV, the NRC

region which covers 21 

reactors west of the Mississippi River. 



He noted that the color-coded safety findings and

Notice of 

Violations are separate and not necessarily

issued at the same time. 



NPPD has 30 days to respond with planned

corrective actions under the 

Notice of Violation, which in this instance does

not come with a 

fine. "Every plant has a few (Notice of

Violations) each year, 

depending on what goes on," Henderson said. 



"The increased level of NRC inspection during the

coming year will 

focus on problem identification and resolution in

the emergency 

preparedness program," the statement said. 







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