ML19269F039
| ML19269F039 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 08/01/1979 |
| From: | Bush L, James J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| To: | |
| References | |
| PNS-79-083, NUDOCS 7911140482 | |
| Download: ML19269F039 (1) | |
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PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION August 1, 1979 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF SAFEGUARDS EVENT PNS-79-83
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L' This oreliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE f
national security or oublic interest sionificance.
The information oresented i
_is as initially received without verification or evaluation and ic basically all that is known by IE staff as of this date.
Facility:
Metropolitan Edison Company Three Mile Island Unit 1 and 2 Docket Nos. 50-289 and 50-320 Middletown, Pennsylvania
Subject:
VITAL AREA 000R NOT SECURED On July 31, 1979, at approximately 7:50 p.m. during a routine security patrol, a door which provides acces.s to the Unit 2 Control Building basement and the equipment hatch area came open when pulled apparently due to a mechanical failure of the locking mechanism.
There was no indication of tampering.
A search pro-cedure was initiated at 7:54 p.m. and all access and egress control points to Units 1 and 2 were secured including the North and South Bridge access locations.
The search was completed at 8:20 p.m. with negative results and all access control points returned to normal operations.
The door has been secured and the locking mechanism is being repaired.
Media interest is expected because of the continued interest in the nuclear industry.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has been informed at 10:20 a.m.
on August 1, 1979.
A press release is not planned by the licensee or NRC.
The IAT has been notified.
NRC, Region I, (Philadelphia) received notification of this occurrence by telephone from the NRC Resident Office at 8:25 a.m. on August 1,1979.
Contact:
J. W. James IE, x27077 L.
L. Bush IE, 28080 Distribution:
Transmitted H St Chairman Hendrie Commissioner Bradford S. J. Chilk, SECY Commissioner Kennedy Commissioner Ahearne C. C. Kammerer, CA Co:rmissioner Gilinsky ACRS (For Distribution)
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MNBB P. Bldg 5
V. Stello, IE L. V. Gossick, EDO H. R. Denton, NRR Region ~
H. L. Ornstein, ED0 R. C. DeYoung, NRR J. J. Fouchard, PA R. J. Mattson, NRR N. M. Haller, MPA D. Vassallo, NRR
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R. G. Ryan, OSP D. Eisenhut, NRR J. J. Cummings, DIA H. K. Shapar, ELD SS Bldg R. Minogue, SD W. J. Dircks, NMSS
- 5. Levine, RES 21M 3M PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION
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