Report to Congress on abnormal occurrences, January-March 1986. Volume 9, No. 1

Technical Report · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:5121955

Section 208 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 identifies an abnormal occurrence as an unscheduled incident or event which the Nuclear Regulatory Commission determines to be significant from the standpoint of public health or safety and requires a quarterly report of such events to be made to Congress. This report covers the period from January 1 to March 31, 1986. The report states that for this reporting period, there were two abnormal occurrences at the nuclear power plants licensed to operate. The events were (1) a loss of power and water hammer event and (2) a loss of integrated control system power and overcooling transient. There were five abnormal occurrences at the other NRC licensees. The events were (1) a rupture of a uranium hexafluoride cylinder and release of gases, (2) a therapeutic medical misadministration, (3) an overexposure to a member of the public from an industrial gauge, (4) a breakdown of management controls at an irradiator facility, and (5) a tritium overexposure and laboratory contamination. There were four abnormal occurrences reported by the Agreement States. Three of the events involved radiation injuries to people working either as radiographers or assistant radiographers; the other event involved contamination of a scrap steel facility. The report also contains information updating some previously reported abnormal occurrences.

• Research Organization: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (USA). Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data
• OSTI ID: 5121955
• Report Number(s): NUREG-0090-Vol.9-No.1; ON: TI87900048
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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