Drill Scenario Comment: A Rebuttal

[rkathren@tricity.wsu.edu (Ron L. Kathren)]

Ernie is totally incorrect; two workers at the Trojan Nuclear Plant WERE NOT
KILLED at the Trojan Nuclear Plant during a refueling outage.  However, two
workers received an acute external exposure during a fuel transfer
operation, but the doses were at least an order of magnitude below the
LD50/30 for acute exposure.  Among the contributing causes of the accident,
which was investigated by both the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the
State of Oregon, were design flaws, instrument failure, and improper procedures.

Ron Kathren, CHP





  At 03:29 PM 1/12/98 -0600, Egoitein wrote:
>Two workers were killed during a refueling outage at the Trojan nuclear plant
>many years ago.   They were inside the containment near the fuel transfer tube
>where spent fuel is moved from the refueling cavity to the spent fuel pool.  I
>wonder about the validity of your calculations.   Ernie
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