ML19225B048
| ML19225B048 | |
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| Site: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Issue date: | 06/22/1979 |
| From: | Seyfrit K NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | Marranzino A INTERIOR, DEPT. OF, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7907230439 | |
| Download: ML19225B048 (1) | |
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Docket No. 50-274 US Geological Survey ATTN: Albert P. Marranzino, Administrator Geological Division, MS 911 P. O. Box 25046 Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 Gentleut t:
The anclosed Infornation Notice Nc. 79-16 is forwarded to you for in-formation. No specific action is requested and no written response is required.
If you desire additional infornation regarding this matter, please contact this office.
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Enclosure:
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IE Information Notice 79-16 2.
List of IE Information Notices Issued in 1979
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UNITED STATES NUCIIAR REGULATORY CO?D11SSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION MD ENFORCEMENT WASilINGTON, D.C.
20555 IE Information Notice No. 79-16 Date:
June 22, 1979 Page 1 of 1 NUCLEAR INCIDENT AT Tl[REE MILE ISLAND 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-standing 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 app' Fop ~riate NRC Regional Office.
Enclosures:
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IE Bulletin No. 79-05 with Enclosures 2.
IE Bulletin No.79-05A with Enclosures 3.
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