TMI Contamination

Incident11/21/2009

Diane Screnci

Sr. Public Affairs Officer

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NRC Timeline

Saturday evening, November 21, 2009• ~ 5:30 Exelon notifies Resident Inspector• 9:30 Exelon notifies NRC PAOs/Others• 10:55 first media call to NRC – more

follow • 11:30 Exelon issues press release

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NRC Timeline

Sunday, November 22, 2009• Media calls continue• 11:20 a.m. NRC sends note to editors on media

briefing at site• 2:00 NRC meets with reporters at TMI; continues

to return calls

Monday, November 23, 2009• NRC issues press release and PN• Returns additional media calls

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Media Response

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Media Response

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Media Response

Headlines • Radiation leak investigated at

Three Mile Island (Reuters)• Nuclear radiation leaking at

Three Mile Island (Agence France-Presse)

• Workers exposed in Three Mile Island leak (ABC)

• NRC probes radiation at TMI (Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Small radiation leak detected at Three Mile Island (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

• Three Mile Island nuclear plant leaks radioactivity (CNN)

• Officials say Three Mile Island radiation not significant (AP)