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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

 

Abnormal Occurrence Report Section 208 Report Submitted to the 
Congress

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the requirements of Section 
208 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission (NRC) has published and issued another periodic 
report to Congress on abnormal occurrences (NUREG-0090, Vol. 17, No. 
2).
    Under the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, which created NRC, an 
abnormal occurrence is defined as ``an unscheduled incident or event 
that the Commission (NRC) determines is significant from the standpoint 
of public health or safety.'' NRC has made a determination that events 
involving an actual loss or significant reduction in the degree of 
protection against radioactive properties of source, special nuclear, 
and by-product material are abnormal occurrences.
    The report to Congress is for the second calendar quarter of 1994. 
The report identifies the occurrences or events that the Commission 
determined to be significant and reportable; the remedial actions that 
were undertaken are also described.
    This report addresses seven abnormal occurrences (AOs) at NRC-
licensed facilities. Five involved medical brachytherapy 
misadministrations, one involved a medical teletherapy 
misadministration, and one involved a medical sodium iodide 
misadministration. Four AOs were reported by the Agreement States as of 
August 3, 1994. Two involved medical brachytherapy misadministrations, 
one involved a radiation burn received by an industrial radiographer, 
and one involved a lost well logging source.
    The report also contains updates of seven AOs previously reported 
by NRC licensees and five AOs previously reported by Agreement State 
licensees. Three ``Other Events of Interest'' are also reported. One 
involved a deliberate coverup of an error in a diagnostic 
radiopharmaceutical administration at an NRC licensee, one involved an 
Order Suspending License and Demand for Information at an NRC licensee, 
and one involved an overexposure of an industrial radiographer at an 
Agreement State licensee.
    A copy of the report is available for inspection or copying for a 
fee at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW. (Lower Level), 
Washington, D.C. 20037, or at any of the nuclear power plant Local 
Public Document Rooms throughout the country.
    Copies of NUREG-0090, Vol. 17, No. 2 (or any of the previous 
reports in this series), may be purchased from the Superintendent of 
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Post Office Box 37082, 
Washington, DC 20013-7082. A year's subscription to the NUREG-0090 
series publication, which consists of four issues, is also available.
    Copies of the report may also be purchased from the National 
Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, 5285 Port 
Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161.

    Dated at Rockville, MD this 1st day of December 1994.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John C. Hoyle,
Acting Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 94-30051 Filed 12-6-94; 8:45 am]
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