Site experienced
high winds and sustained weather related damage to mobile offices and isolated site power outages. Plant wide assessment in progress. Plant systems are still operational and have not been impacted by the wind damage. No chemical hazards have been identified at this time.
AC power was lost to the offsite Public Warning System
sirens, but battery power available for
72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br />. Licensee has requested expedited action from the electric utility company to return
AC power to the
siren system. The site
EOC was activated to assist the on shift personnel with weather damage assessment and the licensee was in an Unclassified Emergency.
The licensee notified the McCracken County Sheriff's Dispatch office, Kentucky Division of Emergency Management, and the DOE Oak Ridge Operations Center.
- * * UPDATE PROVIDED AT 1339 EDT ON 09/14/08 FROM STEVE WAGNER TO JEFF ROTTON * * *
Licensee provided a courtesy notification that they had terminated their unclassified emergency at 1232 CDT and deactivated their EOC. All damage to the site was minor and they have established recovery teams.
The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector. Notified IRDMOC (McMurtray), R2DO (Payne) and
NMSS EO (Brach)