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fm NRC's Daily Report issued 11/13/95
Interesting posts from NRC. One has to do with a damaged density
gauge. The second, asserts radiation overexposure due to
contamination.
Sandy Perle
Supervisor Health Physics
Florida Power and Light Company
Nuclear Division
(407) 694-4219 Office
(407) 694-3706 Fax
sandy_perle@email.fpl.com
HomePage: http://www.lookup.com/homepages/54398/home.html
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|LICENSEE: SHILTZ, GRAVES & ASSOC. |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/10/95 |
| CITY: SOUTHBEND REGION: 3 |NOTIFICATION TIME: 08:30 [ET]|
| COUNTY: ST. JOSEPH STATE: IN |EVENT DATE: 11/09/95 |
|LICENSE#: 13-18528-01 AGREEMENT: N |EVENT TIME: 15:00[EST]|
| DOCKET: |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/10/95 |
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| SHILTZ, GRAVES & ASSOC. REPORTED THAT A DENSITY GAUGE HAS BEEN DAMAGED |
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| A DENSITY GAUGE WAS RUN OVER BY A BACK HOE. THE RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER |
| WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND SURVEYED THE AREA. NO CONTAMINATION WAS FOUND |
| IN THE AREA. THE SOURCE ROD WAS IN THE SHIELDED POSITION AT THE TIME OF |
| THE ACCIDENT. THE SOURCE ROD WAS BENT, BUT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE LEAKING. |
| |
| RADIATION LEVELS WERE 0.8 TO 1.0 mR/HR AT 1 FOOT FROM THE GAUGE. THE GAUGE |
| HAS BEEN TRANSPORTED BACK TO THE COMPANY'S STORAGE LOCATION IN SOUTH BEND. |
| THE GAUGE CONTAINS Cs-137 AND AmBe SOURCES. |
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|FACILITY: FT SAINT VRAIN REGION: 4 |NOTIFICATION DATE: 11/10/95 |
|UNIT: [1] [ ] [ ] STATE: CO |NOTIFICATION TIME: 02:47 [ET]|
|RX TYPE: [1] GA (GENERAL ATOMIC) |EVENT DATE: 11/09/95 |
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME: 22:45[MST]|
|NRC NOTIFIED BY: STAN KOLESKI |LAST UPDATE DATE: 11/10/95 |
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|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR| INIT RX MODE |CURR PWR| CURR RX MODE |
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| 1 | N N 0 DECOMMISSIONED | 0 DECOMMISSIONED |
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| OFFSITE NOTIFICATION - A MAN WENT TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL SAYING HE WAS |
| OVEREXPOSED - |
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| THE LICENSEE NOTIFIED THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OF THIS EVENT. A |
| MAN REPORTED TO ST. ANTHONY'S HOSPITAL IN DENVER STATING THAT HE HAD |
| RADIATION BURNS ON HIS ARMS. A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY HOSPITAL STAFF DID NOT |
| REVEAL ANY CONTAMINATION. A LOCAL HAZMAT TEAM (WEST MINISTER FIRE |
| DEPARTMENT) HAS BEEN CALLED. THE MAN DOES HAVE A RED SPOT ON EACH FOREARM. |
| |
| THE MAN BELIEVES THE JACKET WAS CONTAMINATED WHEN HE WAS ONSITE ON TUESDAY. |
| THE LICENSEE STATED THAT THE MAN HAD NOT BEEN IN ANY CONTAMINATED AREAS. |
| THE MAN BELIEVES HIS JACKET WAS CONTAMINATED WHEN HE TOOK IT OFF TO GET HIS |
| WHOLE BODY COUNT. HE STATED THAT HE PLACED IT ON TOP OF SOME VIALS. THE |
| LICENSEE DOES NOT KNOW OF ANY VIALS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PRESENT NEAR THE |
| COUNTER, BUT THEY ARE INVESTIGATING. |
| |
| THE WHOLE BODY COUNT WAS PERFORMED IN A SERVICE BUILDING. THERE ARE SOME |
| LABS IN THE BUILDING FOR PERFORMING COUNTS ON POTENTIALLY RADIOACTIVE |
| MATERIAL. THERE ARE NO KNOWN CONTAMINATED AREAS. THE MAN EXITED THE SITE |
| WITHOUT SETTING OFF THE PORTAL MONITOR. |
| |
| INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. |
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