ML19246C139
| ML19246C139 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | General Atomics |
| Issue date: | 06/22/1979 |
| From: | Engelken R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | Wellhouser H GENERAL ATOMICS (FORMERLY GA TECHNOLOGIES, INC./GENER |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7907230536 | |
| Download: ML19246C139 (1) | |
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WALNUT CREE K, CALIFORNI A 94596 June 22,1979 Docket Nos. 50-163 50-89 General Atomic Company P. O. Box 81608 San Diego, California 92138 Attention: fir. H. ff. Wellhouser, f4anager fluclear Material Control Division Gentlemen:
The enclosed Information tiotice flo. 79-16 is forwarded to you for information.
tio specific action is requested and no written response is required.
If you desire additional information regardin9 this matter, please contact this office.
Sincerely, l$GU]mcLS R. H. Engelken Director
Enclosures:
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IE Information flotice 79-16 2.
List of IE Information Notices Issued in 1979 p,
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I UtilTED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHIflGTON, D.C.
20555 June 22, 1979 IE Information flotice No. 79-16 NUCLEAR INCIDENT AT i9REE MILE ISLAND Description of Circumstances:
On March 28, 1979, the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 2 experleaced core damage which resulted from a series of events @ich 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 iss d to licensees with boiling water reactors and pres-surized water reactors supplied by vendors other than Babcock and Wilcox.
flo specific action or written response to this Information flotice is required.
If you desire additional information regarding this matter, contact the Director of the appropriate NRC Regional Office.
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IE Bulletin No,79-05A with Enclosure 3.
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