An ‘extraordinarily severe’ emergency: the radioactive leak at Harborview

[Marlin]

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An 'extraordinarily severe' emergency: the radioactive leak at Harborview


https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2019/06/an-extraordinarily-severe-emergency-the-radioactive-leak-at-harborview/?fbclid=IwAR3rOX9zgPMZrY4yMorJNJG2fB7WpdluEpNC6MZlOV_MJn6exo9dN5Z7aHc

[scotoma]

$$$$$$$$$, but whose $$$$$$$$$ are they?

[fiveeleven]

Glad I wasnt the shift tech for this one !! 2800Ci. of 137 = roughly 11,122R/hr at 11.81". Plus in a "talcum powder" form in the capsule -yikes. Once again, the RP gods were smiling down(and of course a stellar initial response) on the incident as it could have truly been a whole lot worse. I seem to recall a situation at a now defunct plant that due to perceived shipping woes - Pb bricks housing irradiated in-core flux detectors were to be cut to retrieve detectors and ship them. This tale wasnt conceived in a stuporous state of mind - it was reality. After much adoo about something being made by the RPTs who would cover the work - a more costly but way better solution was successfully performed. As once again demonstrated - it really doesnt matter how radiation interacts with matter until it matters, and then it matters a lot.

[GLW]

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/2019/20190510en.html

[fiveeleven]

Good data in affore-mentioned event status. Sounds like the facility RP team performed well. Take into consideration all the local stuff and the off-site medical facility response ? Lots of ground needs to be covered and to have it roll smoothly along with an auto-scram and a non-license FFD - Just another day with the ion-pears.

[GLW]

Good data in affore-mentioned event status. Sounds like the facility RP team performed well. Take into consideration all the local stuff and the off-site medical facility response ? Lots of ground needs to be covered and to have it roll smoothly along with an auto-scram and a non-license FFD - Just another day with the ion-pears.

kinda sorta seems they may not have been aware that the capsule was breached as soon as the breach occurred,...

S - see not the spill!!!
W - was that a spill?!?
I - I don't know, wadda you think?!?!
M - my gawd, where'd this crap come from?!?!?!
S - SPILL!!!!!!!!

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