ML19254A675
| ML19254A675 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 05000124 |
| Issue date: | 06/22/1979 |
| From: | James O'Reilly NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Parkinson T VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIV., BLACKSB |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7907230416 | |
| Download: ML19254A675 (1) | |
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ATL ANT A GEORGIA 30303 JUN 2 21979 In Reply Refer To:
RII:JPO 50-124 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ATTN:
T. F. Parkinson, Director Nuclear Laboratory Blacksburg, Virginia 24060 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 1 and 2 to the Information Notice 79-16 were f orwarded to you in previous correspondence dated April 13, 1979.
If you desire additional inf ormation regarding this r.atter, please contact this office.
Sincerely, I
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[ Ja=es, P. O'Reilly Director
Enclosures:
1.
IE Inf ormation Notice 79-16 2.
List of IE Inf orr.ation Notices Issued in 1979 7907230 '//6*
S UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULAIORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENTORCEMENT 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 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 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 were issued to licensees with boiling water reactors and pres-surized water reactors supplied by vendors other
.sn 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 Office.
Enclosures:
1.
IE Bulletin No. 79-05 with Enclosures 2.
IE Bulletin No,79-05A with Enclosures 3.
IE Bulletin No. 79-CSB Note: Enclosures 1 and 2 were forwarde.d under previous correspondence dated April 13, 1979.
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