PNO-III-80-101, on 800521,Region 3 Hotline to Site Was Inoperable Because Microwave Link Had Been Redesignated for Use in Linkup for President Carter Trip to State of Wa.Sys Was Again Operative on 800522
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| Site: | Point Beach  |
| Issue date: | 05/22/1980 |
| From: | Heishman R, James Smith, Warnick R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III) |
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| PNO-III-80-101, NUDOCS 8010140381 | |
| Download: ML19347B314 (1) | |
PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION g6O3 Date: Msy 22, 1980 PRELI'MINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURENCE--PNO-III-80-101 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public interest sionificance.
The infomation presented is as initially received without verification or evaluation and is basically all that is known by IE staf f as of this date.
Facility:
Wisconsin Electric Power Company Point Beach I and 2 (Docket Nos. 50-266; 50-301)
Two Creeks, WI'
Subject:
LOSS OF RED PHONE CIRCUIT TO POINT BEACH DUE TO PRESIDENT CARTER'S TRIP TO MT. ST. HELENS, WASHINGTON STATE On May 21, 1980, about 7:00 p.m. the NRC Incident Response Center called "oint Beach on a commercial line and said the hot line was inoperable. The licensee then contacted the General Telephone & Electronics Corporation (CTE), who oper-ates the local telephone system, in an attempt to correct the problem. GTE started tracking the problem back thru the Wisconsin Bell and the Bell System to Washington, D.C.
Initial indications were that a microwave link designated
" priority 3" had been taken from its user, the U.S.N.R.C., and had been redesig-nated for use in a " priority 1" link-up to the state of Washington for President Carter's use.
Apparently no one at the NRC was notified.
After several attempts to reestablish the link with the licensee, the system was again operative at 9:14 a.m. on May 22, 1980.
This PN is being issued for information only.
The State of Wisconsin is not being notified and no press release is planned.
This information was received from the licensee at 10:50 a.m. on May 22, 1980.
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Contact:
J. D. Smith, RIII, 384-2562 R. F. Warnick, RIII, 384-2565 d
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