ML19224C624
| ML19224C624 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 05/09/1979 |
| From: | Dieckamp H GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP. |
| To: | Udall M HOUSE OF REP. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7907050564 | |
| Download: ML19224C624 (1) | |
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3 Tne story in the H.Y. iir as of l'ny 8,1979 repartird va Ur: Ni t,it of yyir r L.w -ittee to the Tiuec l'ile Ichrd plant is crossly in error.
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he "ri u mu e :,pib" :.a..;t in th; e s.:t ;r ver:el. The p c cure
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ne ;.renura npike nio inith.te contain eut bailGing sp;ay which is re dui.,wa tu ecol i.h LLeu ral.-. c3 2ni.a th.: cc:.t;.ircent building. '. t o Lerd 'at'c!pted iodine in Un desi'n buis necident. Since building prem- 0:0 not inlied e the coatir;uin ; neci for building npray, the o.rrator t u nta off the nom.y w. as. It v.as this netion ad the building 4
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prcasure recorder tht PJ Floyd referred to as being in view of the LTC Q
inspectern ja the control ma at the tire.
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- 7. ere io no evidenac tint anyone inter-reted the ">mressure s.oike" ec:a i
i th spr!.y initiation in terrs of reactor care h t;c at the tite of the spike r.or tht myone withheld any inforrution.
i On the evening of Thurchy, hrch 29 vhen the technical st 3ff Lent to tha site to invecticate the ncci'aut uns revicuing and correhting plant anta e
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from the rr.eroaa emu cea, the spike vac r.oted and pontulated to be the l.
re alt of a hyare;en-orygen explosion within the cantsitcaut bnilding. The technical obff recognized tho.t the probable tource of may hydrogen was a
?.ircr aht:-vater reaction in the reactor core. T:le presence of.hy3 regen i
vould inilecte tint high teg?rnture condftions rant hvc existed in orler to revnt in nic;nificant reaction and hydrogen pro 3 action. Tais I) re:cpition led to naacure::ents to deduce the extent of a hydrogen bubble j
v1 Gin thu primy ruct or co >lir:g loap. Tne results of thce rmanurenents j
vere pro ptly reprted to the EM on Friday, Parch 30. In aMition, the
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first cn r cple from the conhin ent building attnap'wrc ta':en at 4:03 n.n.
l on l'--rch 31 recenled tb presence of hydro;en can and a redo:ed oxygen level cich vere suppartive of the previous lastuhto.
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I regret tht thic nget of the accident has been nisunderstood nnd I
ir.ecurately re;orted. I thiuk the full underatamiing of the %ree l'ile f'
Ichd eccident 10 of such vits1 intortree to the nation th t, the vurk Investicating the F
of yuar co:mittee nnd the other bodies tht vill ht.
acc102nt thaald not he deflected by innecurate reparting founded on
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perationc of duplicity.
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