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Forwards IE Info Notice 79-16, Nuclear Incident at Tmi. No Action Required
ML19254A672
Person / Time
Site: 05000406
Issue date: 06/22/1979
From: James O'Reilly
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To: Foster L
TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, TUSKEGEE, AL
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NUDOCS 7907230412
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b-JUN 2 21979 In Reply Refer To:

RII:JPO 50-406 Tuskegee Institute ATIN:

L. H. Foster, President School of Engineering Tuskegee, Alabama 36088 Gentlemen:

The enclosed Information Notice No. 79-16 is forwarded to you for your information. No specific action is requested and no written res-ponse is required. Enclosures I and 2 to the Information Notice 79-16 were forwarded to you in previous correspondence dated April 13, 1979.

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

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[ James P. O'Reilly Director

Enclosures:

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IE Inf ormation Notice 79-16 2.

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINCION, D.C.

20555 June 22, 1979 IE Infomation 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 a loss of feedwater transient. The seriousness of this incident makes an under-standing of its causes important to research and experimental facilities. This

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notice transmits copies of Inspection and Enforement 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 vers 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 NRC Regional Of fice.

Enclosures:

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IE Bulletin No. 79-05 with Enclosures 2.

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

IE Bulletin No.79-05B Note:

Enclosures 1 and 2 were forwarded under previous correspondence dated April 13, 1979.

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