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Forwards IE Info Notice 79-16, Nuclear Incident at Tmi. No Action Required
ML19254A676
Person / Time
Site: 05000129
Issue date: 06/22/1979
From: James O'Reilly
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
WEST VIRGINIA UNIV., MORGANTOWN, WV
References
NUDOCS 7907230418
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JUN 2 21379 In Reply Refer To:

RII:JPO 50-129 West Virginia University ATTN: Reactor Director College of Engineering Morgantown, West Virginia 26505 Gentl emen:

The enclosed Information Notice No. 79-16 is forwarded to you for your information. No specific ac;.4 :n is requested and no written res-ponse is required.

Enclosures 1 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.

Sincerely, f

[ Ja=es P. O'Rei13y Director

Enclosures:

1.

IE Inf ormation Notice 79-16 2.

List of IE Inforcation Notices Issued in 1979 Yb 7907230

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGION, 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 Puer Plant, Unit 2 experienced core damage which resulted from a series of evem a thich were initiated by a loss of feedwater transient. The seriousness of uhls 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 f rom this transmittal.

IEB 's viun '.lar to the 79-05 series were. issued to licensees with boilies water reactors and pres-surized water reactors supplied by vendors other than Babcock and Wilcox.

?'o specific action or written response to this Information Notice is required.

~ you desire additional information regarding this matter, contact the Pirector of the appropriate NRC Regional Of fice.

Enclosures:

1.

IE Bulletin No. 79-05 with Enclosures 2.

IE Bulletin No,79-05A with Enclosures 2.

IE Bulletin No.79-05B Note: Enclosures 1 and 2 were forwarded under previous correspondence dated April 13, 1979.

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