ML19340B366
| ML19340B366 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
| Issue date: | 10/01/1980 |
| From: | Joseph Kelly NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
| To: | |
| References | |
| PNS-IV-80-011, PNS-IV-80-11, NUDOCS 8010220218 | |
| Download: ML19340B366 (1) | |
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4 Octobar l',:1980
- PRELD11 NARY' NOTIFICATION OF SAFEGUARDS EVENT -- PNS-IV-80-11 This preliminary notification constitutes'EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE-I
' national security or'public interest significance. The information presented iis=as-initially received without verification or evaluation and is basically
-all'that is known by_ LIE staff as of this date.
l-FACILITY: Arkansas Power and Light. Company
~' Arkansas Nuclear One
-Units'.1&2 Russellville, Arkansas L
_ Docket Nos. 50-313 and 50-368 I
SUBJECT:
1 BOMB' THREAT =
l At 8:40 a m. on October 1',
1980, a dispatcher at the Russellville Police Dept.-
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(Arkansas) received a ' telephone call which conveyed the message, "a bomb is set
_ at_the Nuclear Plant." The dispatcher believed,the voice to be a tape recording of a male. :It was very quick and there was no opportunity to respend..The dispatcher notified Horce.Hollis,'the. Security Manager. The Plant management notified the Resident Inspector, who in turn notified the Region.
'Mr. Hollis also notified the FBI and the Sheriff's office who-then met at the police depart-l ment to evaluate the situation. 'The Physical Security Branch is maintaining liaison. The State Programs: representative notified the State'of Arkansas. The' IAT has been notified.: No news releases are planned.
The site management initiated a search and is evaluating the situation.- No evacuation was-planned.at the' time of this notification. Law enforcement ~au-
-thorities traced the call to a pay phone on site.
Police are fingerprinting.
the phone and reviewing the status of:on site employees. Little Rock Air Force-Base dispatched a search team of bomb disposal experts equipped with trained searching dogs..
ANO,-Units'1 and 2 are pressurized water reactors.
This Preliminary Notification is issued for information only and no further
-action by IE is anticipated.
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Contact:
'J. Kelly RIV, 334-2841 V.
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