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Forwards IE Info Notice 79-16, Nuclear Incident at Tmi. No Action Required
ML19225B047
Person / Time
Site: 05000131
Issue date: 06/22/1979
From: Seyfrit K
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To: Mullon T
DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER, OMAHA
References
NUDOCS 7907230437
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Docket No. 50-131 Omaha Veterans Administration Hospital ATTN:

Mr. T. P. Mullon Hospital Director 4101 Woolworth Aveaue Omaha, Nebraska 68105 Gentlemen:

The enclosed Information Notice No. 79-16 is forwarded to you for in-formation. No specific acti.a is requested and no written response is required.

If you desire additional information regarding this matter, please contact this office.

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATGRY COTIISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION MD ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C.

20555 IE Information Notice No. 79-16 Date:

June 22, 1979 Page 1 of 1 NUCLEAR INCIDENT AT THREE MILE ISLBT Description of Circumstances:

On March 28, 1979, the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 2 experienced core damage which resulted from a series of events which were initiated by a loss of feedwater transient.

The seriousness of this incident makes an under-s*anding of its causes important to research and experimental facilities. This notice transmits copies of Inspection and Enforcement Bulletins (IEBs) 79-05,79-05A and 79-05B to inform you of the details as known at the time the bulletins were issued.

Enclosures 1 and 3 of IEB 79-05 and Enclosure 2 of IEB 79-05A have been deleted from this transmittal.

IEB's similar to the 79-05 series were issued to licensees with boiling water reactors and pres-surized water reactors supplied by vendors other than Babcock and Wilcox.

No specific action or written response to this Information Notice is required.

If you desire additional information regarding this matter, contact the Director of the approp~riate NRC Regional Office.

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IE Butietin No. 79-05 with Enclosures 2.

IE Bulletin No.79-05A with Enclosures 3.

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