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Event Notification Report for May 24, 2003

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center

EVENT REPORTS FOR
05/23/2003 - 05/24/2003

EVENT NUMBERS
39886

Power Reactor
Event Number: 39886
Facility: MAINE YANKEE
Region: 1     State: ME
Unit: [1] [] []
RX Type: [1] CE
NRC Notified By: TERRY WHITE
HQ OPS Officer: ERIC THOMAS
Notification Date: 05/28/2003
Notification Time: 18:44 [ET]
Event Date: 05/24/2003
Event Time: 12:00 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 05/28/2003
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
50.72(b)(2)(xi) - OFFSITE NOTIFICATION
Person (Organization):
LAWRENCE DOERFLEIN (R1)
Power Reactor Unit Info
Unit SCRAM Code RX Crit Initial PWR Initial RX Mode Current PWR Current RX Mode
1 N N 0 Decommissioned 0 Decommissioned
Event Text
OFFSITE NOTIFICATION

On 5/24/03, Maine Yankee left an inaccurate message on their answering service that provides the public with information regarding the daily release of radioactivity from the site. Due to the vacuum drying of spent fuel that was being transferred from the fuel pool to dry storage casks, the daily gaseous release from the site on 5/24/03 was 0.1 Curies, which disagreed with the level of 0.01 Curies that was left on an information telephone recording that the public can access. On 5/28/03, the licensee discovered this administrative error and informed the Maine Emergency Management Agency and the Maine Department of Health and Human Services.

The Region 1 Duty Officer was informed of this event.