The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has scheduled a public meeting concerning the August uranium hexafluoride leak at the Honeywell Metropolis Works uranium conversion plant in Illinois. The focus of the meeting, set for Nov. 19 in Metropolis, will be the commission’s results from its probe of the event.
The leak occurred Aug. 1 during maintenance activities. The plant declared an alert, which is the lower classification of NRC’s two emergency levels, prompting an NRC special inspection. No one was injured in the incident, and the NRC determined there had been no public exposure to the uranium hexafluoride.
For the inspection, the NRC examined how the event played out, how Honeywell responded, and data about the material, including how well the plant’s detection and sampling systems operated.
The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. local time at 900 W. 10th Street in Metropolis. NRC will answers questions from the public following dissemination of inspection results.
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