ML19246C155
| ML19246C155 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Oregon State University, Saxton, 05000106 |
| Issue date: | 06/22/1979 |
| From: | Engelken R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V) |
| To: | Popovich M Oregon State University, CORVALLIS, OR |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7907230562 | |
| Download: ML19246C155 (1) | |
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WALNUT CRE E K, CALIFORNI A 94596 June 22,1979 Docket flos. 50-243 50-106 Oregon State University Radiation Center Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Attention:
M. Popovich, Vice President Administration Gentlemen:
The enclosed Information Notice fio. 79-16 is forwarded to you for informa tion.
t'o specific action is requested and no written response is required.
If you desire additional information regarding this matter, please contact this office.
Sincerely, nflWwg CA>
P.. H. Engelken Director
Enclosures:
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IE Information flotice 79-16 2.
List of IE Information flotices Issued in 1979 (b
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UNITED STATES tlVCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTI0tl AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C.
20555 June 22, 1979 IE Information Notice No. 79-16 NUCLEAR INCIDENT AT THREE 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 c 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 appropriate NPsC Regional Office.
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Enclosures:
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IE Bulletin No. 79-05 with Enclosure 2.
IE Bulletin No,79-05A with Enclosure 3.
IE Bulletin No.79-05B with Enclosure 7: ~_,..._.
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