ENS Event | |
|---|---|
21:00 Nov 22, 2009 | |
| Title | Fire in the 1A Switchgear Room |
| Event Description | The licensee declared a Notice of Unusual Event (NOUE) condition onsite per Emergency Action Level HU2.1 'Fire within the Protected Area not extinguished within 15 min. of detection or explosion within the Protected Area.'
The fire is in the [non-safety] 1A 7.2 kV switchgear room. Both Engineered Safety Features buses are being supplied by offsite power. The plant remains shutdown and stable in mode 5. Offsite assistance was called to fight the fire. The licensee confirmed the fire as extinguished at 1640 EST and is monitoring the area. The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.
The licensee terminated the NOUE at 1855 EST. Upon inspection of the area the licensee noted that 3 areas of non-safety switchgear were affected. Offsite assistance was used in fighting the fires and has since been released. Notified R2DO (Bartley), NRR EO (Lee), IRD (McDermott), DHS (Vestal), and FEMA (Burckhardt). |
| Where | |
|---|---|
Summer  South Carolina (NRC Region 2) | |
| Reporting | |
| Emergency class: | Unusual Event |
| 10 CFR 50.72(a) (1) (i), Emergency Class Declaration | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-4.48 h-0.187 days <br />-0.0267 weeks <br />-0.00614 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Bob Williamson 16:31 Nov 22, 2009 |
| NRC Officer: | Pete Snyder |
| Last Updated: | Nov 22, 2009 |
| 45515 - NRC Website
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Unit 1 | |
|---|---|
| Reactor critical | Not Critical |
| Scram | No |
| Before | Cold Shutdown (0 %) |
| After | Cold Shutdown (0 %) |
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