R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant: public asbestos record
A modern government record can still provide a useful facility anchor. At Ginna, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission identifies the plant and separately recorded a 2008 steam leak that affected asbestos lagging and triggered an emergency asbestos-project notification.
What the public record tells us
Ontario, New York
The NRC locates the R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant in Ontario, New York, about 20 miles northeast of Rochester, and identifies its operating license as issued in 1969.
Steam leak affected asbestos lagging
In March 2008, the NRC recorded an offsite notification after a steam leak affected asbestos lagging. The licensee made an emergency asbestos-project notification to the New York State Department of Labor.
A specific modern maintenance record
The NRC described the amount of damaged insulation as a minor project. The value of the record is its specificity: facility, equipment event, material and date are all identified.
How to use these records
Public records can narrow a work-history investigation when they are connected to the person who was actually there. The most useful next details are usually the worker's years, employer or contractor, department, trade, daily tasks, nearby crews, equipment and remembered materials.
What years was the worker at Ginna?
A 2008 event should not be projected backward or forward. The worker’s actual dates determine which records matter.
What department or contractor?
Operations, maintenance, outage work, construction and specialty contracting create different record paths.
What systems or insulation work?
Remembered piping, lagging, steam systems, turbines or maintenance tasks can help identify the right records.
From this workplace to the next useful question
This pathway separates what public sources document about R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant from what still must be established for a particular person.
Documented here
- EVD-GINNA-NY-01 — The NRC identifies the R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant in Ontario, New York, approximately 20 miles northeast of Rochester, with its operating license issued in 1969.
- EVD-GINNA-NY-02 — A 2008 NRC event notification stated that a steam leak affected asbestos lagging and prompted an emergency asbestos-project notification to the New York State Department of Labor; the damaged insulation was described as a minor project.
What this does not establish
Historical asbestos use or worker exposure. Conditions at another time, system or work area.
- What exact years place the person at R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant?
- What job title, department, contractor, crew or work area can narrow the history?
- Which remembered detail best fits: year or outage, system or piping area, steam work or damaged lagging?
- What employment, union, coworker, maintenance, specification or other record can connect the person to the correct time and place?
Primary and authoritative sources
Continue the investigation
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