ML19256C761

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PNO-79-65:on 790325,reactor Will Be Shutdown for eight-week Refueling Outage.Due to Limited Storage Space,Spent Fuel Was Shipped,Accompanied by Licensee & News Media
ML19256C761
Person / Time
Site: La Crosse File:Dairyland Power Cooperative icon.png
Issue date: 03/27/1979
From: Bryan S, Klinger G, Nolan F
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE)
To:
References
PNO-79-065, PNO-79-65, NUDOCS 7910120437
Download: ML19256C761 (1)


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PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION March 27,1979 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-79-65 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of event of POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance.

The information presented is as initially received without verification or evaluation and is basically all that is known by IE staff on this date.

Facility:

Dairyland Power Cooperative La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor Genoa, Wisconsin (DN 50-409)

Subject:

SPENT FUEL SHIPMENT The La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor shutdown on March 25,1979.'or an eight week refueling outage. - Because of limited storage space in the spent fuel pool, it is necessary for the licensee to ship some fuel to G.E.'s Morris, Illinois facility.

The first cask shipment left the site at about 8:15 a.m., on March 27, 1979 and was accompanied by the licensee, news reporters, and TV cameramen.

Extensive news coverage is expected.

An NRC inspector is at the reactor site to observe the cask loading and shipment.

fio press release is being planned at this time by RIII.

The States of

'4isconsin and Illinois are being notified RIII (Chicago) received notification of the shipment and the news coverage from our inspector onsite at 5:00 p.m., March 26, 1979.

This information is current as of 9:00 p.m., March 27, 1979.

Contact:

GKlingler, IE x28019 FNolan, IE x28019 SEBryan, IE x28019 Distribution:

Transmitted H St Ii9 2 Chairman Hendrie Commissioner Bradford S. J. Chilk, SECY Commissioner Kennedy Ccmmissioner Ahearne C. C. Karmierer, CA Commissioner Gilinsky (For Distribution)

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