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Report to Congress on abnormal occurrences, July--September 1989

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7157141· OSTI ID:7157141

Section 208 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 identifies an abnormal occurrence as an unscheduled incident or event that 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 July 1 to September 30, 1989. For this reporting period, there were five abnormal occurrences. One abnormal occurrence took place at a licensed nuclear power plant and involved significant deficiencies associated with the containment recirculation sump at the Trojan facility. The other four abnormal occurrences took place under other NRC-issued licenses: the first involved a medical diagnostic misadministration; the second involved a medical therapy misadministration; the third involved a radiation overexposure of a radiographer; and the fourth involved a significant breakdown and careless disregard of the radiation safety program at three of a licensee's manufacturing facilities. The Agreement States reported no abnormal occurrences during the reporting period. The report also contains information that updates some previously reported abnormal occurrences. 17 refs.

Research Organization:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (USA). Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data
Sponsoring Organization:
NRC
OSTI ID:
7157141
Report Number(s):
NUREG-0090-Vol.12-No.3; ON: TI90007273
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English