Headquarters Daily Report

                         OCTOBER 04, 1996

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PRIORITY ATTENTION REQUIRED  MORNING REPORT - REGION I  OCTOBER  4, 1996

Licensee/Facility:                     Notification:

Peco Energy Company.                   MR Number: 1-96-0087
Limerick 1 2                           Date: 09/27/96
Philadelphia,Pennsylvania              Voice Mail                         
Dockets: 50-352,50-353
BWR/GE-4,BWR/GE-4                     

Subject: IMPROPER RELEASE OF RADIOACTIVE SOURCES                         

Discussion:

On September 27, 1996, the licensee informed NRC Region I that two       
radioactive strontium 90 sources (0.25 uCi each) had been improperly     
released from the site and disposed of, apparently at a metal melting    
facility. The sources were contained in large, portable airborne         
radioactivity monitors called PINGs (particulate, iodine, and noble gas  
monitors).  The two PINGs, which each contained one source, were released
("excessed") to a local junk dealer in September 1994.  The two sources  
were, however, not discovered to be missing until April 1996.  Each PING 
(of this design) normally contained five sources but one of the five     
sources was left in each of the two PINGs.  The PINGs were subsequently  
sold by the local junk dealer to a facility in Trenton, New Jersey that  
collects and distributes metals for melting.  The sources, according to  
the licensee, could produce a worst case contact dose rate of about 4    
rads/hr (0.04 Gy/hr).  The licensee indicated that, due to the location  
of the sources in the PINGs, their design, and the high probability that 
the PINGs were melted, the sources presented no significant personnel    
exposure risk.  The licensee indicated that its review determined that   
the matter was not reportable.  The licensee was continuing to determine 
the exact disposition of the PINGs and reasons the sources were not      
detected missing earlier.                                                
                                                                         
The licensee performed a comprehensive inventory of the station's sealed 
radioactivity sources and concluded that all other sources were accounted
for.                                                                     

Regional Action:

The regional staff continues to follow the licensee's actions in response
to this event.  The states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania have been      
notified.                                                                

Contact:  Ronald Nimitz              (610)337-5267
          Paul Bonnett               (610)327-1344
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