PNO-IV-89-016, on 890312,initial Criticality Achieved.Region IV Operational Readiness Review Insp Team on Site for First Days of Low Power Operation.Commission Meeting on Full Power License Scheduled for 890328

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PNO-IV-89-016:on 890312,initial Criticality Achieved.Region IV Operational Readiness Review Insp Team on Site for First Days of Low Power Operation.Commission Meeting on Full Power License Scheduled for 890328
ML20236B979
Person / Time
Site: South Texas STP Nuclear Operating Company icon.png
Issue date: 03/13/1989
From: Holler E
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:
References
PNO-IV-89-016, PNO-IV-89-16, NUDOCS 8903210413
Download: ML20236B979 (1)


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' March 13, 1989 PREL,IMINA'RY' NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE -- PN0-IV-89-16 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 staff on this date.

FACILITY: Houston Lighting & Power Company Licensee Emergency Classification:

South Texas Project, Unit 2 Notification of Unusual Event Docket: 50-499 Alert Site Area Emergency General Emergency X Not Applicable

SUBJECT:

INITIAL CRITICALITY At approximately 8:50 p.m. (CST) on March 12, Houston Lighting & Power Company achieved initial criticality at South Texas Project (STP), Unit 2. A Region IV operational readiness review inspection (ORRI) team is onsite this week to inspect STP, Unit 2, during the first days of low power operation.

STP, Unit 2, received a fuel load / low power licensee on December 16, 1988. A full power license Commission meeting is scheduled for March 28, 1989.

STP, Unit 1, received a fuel load / low power license on August 21, 1987, and achieved initial criticality on March 8,1988. STP, Unit 1, received a full power license on March 22, 1988, and began comercial operation on August 25, 1989. STP, Unit 1, is currently operating at 100 percent reactor power and anticipates entering its first refueling outage in September 1989.

STP, Units 1 and 2 are identical Westinghouse four-loop PWR (RESAR-41) reactors. Each unit is rated at 3800 megawatts thermal. The architect / engineer was Bechtel and the constructor was Ebasco.

The licensee plans to issue a press release.

The state of Texas will be informed.

Region IV received notification of this occurrence by telephone from the SRI at 7:30 a.m., March 13, 1989. Region IV has informed EDO, NRR, and PA.

This information has been confirmed with a licensee representative.

CONTACT: E. Holler, FTS 728-8287 DISTRIBUTION:

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