PNO-IV-07-009, Entergy Operations, Inc., Arkansas Nuclear One, Alert at Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2, 10/24/2007
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| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
| Issue date: | 10/24/2007 |
| From: | NRC Region 4 |
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| Download: ML072970431 (1) | |
October 24, 2007 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE -- PNO-IV-07-009 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 IV, Arlington, Texas, staff on this date.
Facility Licensee Emergency Classification Entergy Operations, Inc. Notification of Unusual Event Arkansas Nuclear One X Alert 1448 S. R. 333 Site Area Emergency Russellville, AR 72801 General Emergency Not Applicable Dockets: 50-368 Licenses: NPF-6
SUBJECT:
ALERT AT ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE UNIT 2 DESCRIPTION: At 11:05 p.m., (CDT), on October 23, 2007, Entergy Operations declared an Alert at Arkansas Nuclear One - Unit 2 following a brief fire in an electrical panel resulting in the loss of a division of safety equipment. The redundant division of safety equipment was not affected by the event. The licensee reported that the fire had immediately extinguished itself once electrical power was isolated to the affected panel. Both units were operating at 100 percent power at the time of the event and remain at full power.
The licensee exited the Alert at 1:33 a.m. (CDT) on October 24, 2007. The licensee is investigating the cause of the fire and performing repairs prior to restoring power to the affected systems.
The NRC resident inspector responded to the site and monitored licensee actions in response to the event. The NRC will conduct inspections to evaluate this event and licensee corrective actions.
The state of Arkansas has been notified. This information has been discussed with the licensee and is current as of 10:30 a.m. (CDT) on October 24, 2007. There has been limited media interest in this event.
This preliminary notification is issued for information only.
ADAMS ACCESSION NUMBER: ML072970431 CONTACTS: Geoff Miller Victor Dricks 972-989-2529 817-860-8128 gbm@nrc.gov vld@nrc.gov