ML19289G184
| ML19289G184 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 07000824 |
| Issue date: | 06/22/1979 |
| From: | James O'Reilly NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| To: | Engelder T BABCOCK & WILCOX CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7907230405 | |
| Download: ML19289G184 (1) | |
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AT LANTA, GEORGI A 30303 JUN 2 21979 In Reply Refer To:
RII:JPO 70-824 Babcock and Wilcox Company ATTN:
T, C. Engelder, Director Lynchburg Research Center P. O. Box 1260 Lynchburg, Virginia 24505 Gentlemen:
The enclosed Information Notice No. 79-16 is forvat ded 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 forwarded to you in previous correspondence dated April 13, 1979.
If you desire additional information regarding this matter, please contact this office.
Sincerely,
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[ Ja=es P. O'Reilly Director
Enclosures:
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IE Information Notice 79-16 2.
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e UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0! MISSION OFFICZ 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 Power Plant, Ur Lt 2 experienced core damage which resulted from a series of events which were is ;iated by a loss of feedwater transient. The seriousness of this incident nskes an under-standing of its causes important to research and experimental fa~ilities. This rAtice 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 from this transmittal.
IEB's similar to the 79-05 series were issued to licenaees 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 Office.
Enclosures:
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IE Bulletin No. 79-05 with Enclosures 2.
IE Bulletin No,79-05A with Enclosures 3.
Enclosures 1 and 2 were forwarded under previous correspondence dated April 13, 1979.
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