PNO-III-07-008, Point Beach Unit 1 Reactor Shutdown
| ML071690298 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Point Beach  |
| Issue date: | 06/18/2007 |
| From: | Jamnes Cameron, Robert Krsek Division of Nuclear Materials Safety III |
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| PNO-III-07-008 | |
| Download: ML071690298 (1) | |
PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION-REGION III June 18, 2007 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE - PNO-III-07-008 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The information is as initially received without verification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by the Region III staff on this date.
Facility Point Beach Unit 1 Nuclear Management Company, LLC Two Rivers, WI Docket: 50-266 License: DPR-24 Licensee Emergency Classification Notification of Unusual Event Alert Site Area Emergency General Emergency x Not Applicable
SUBJECT:
UNIT 1 REACTOR SHUTDOWN DESCRIPTION:
On June 15, 2007, reactor operators shutdown the Unit 1 reactor as required by Technical Specifications. The Unit 1 turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump was declared inoperable on June 12, 2007 when it experienced high outboard bearing temperature during a surveillance run. The licensee was unable to resolve the issue within the Technical Specification allowable outage time. The licensee made the required four hour notification.
The licensee continues to investigate the cause of the high bearing temperature and to evaluate what repairs are necessary prior to restart of Unit 1. The duration of the Unit 1 shutdown has exceeded 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br />.
The State of Wisconsin will be notified.
This information is current as of 10:30 a.m. on June 18, 2007.
The information in this preliminary notification has been reviewed with license management.
CONTACTS:
Jamnes Cameron Robert Krsek 630/829-9833 920/755-2309