PNO-V-81-048, on 810904,seismic Triggers Tripped.Caused by Earthquake.No Apparent Damage.Licensee Following Insp Procedures
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| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | San Onofre  |
| Issue date: | 09/04/1981 |
| From: | Sternberg D, Zwetzig G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| PNO-V-81-048, PNO-V-81-48, NUDOCS 8109090318 | |
| Download: ML20010F059 (1) | |
PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-V-81-48 DATE: Mpt. 4,1981 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public int:r::st significance.
The information is as initially received without verification or
- , valuation, and is basically all that is known by IE staff on this date.
Licensee Emergency Classification:
Notification of Unusual Event Facility: Southern California Edison Company Alert aan Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Unit 1 Site Area Emergency San Clemente, Califorr General Emergency Docket No. 50-206
,X Not Applicable
Subject:
EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA The news media reported the occurrence of an earthquake of magnitude 5.5 to 5.8 and about 15 seconds duration in southern California at about 8:50 a.m. PDT. According to early reports, the epicenter is located in the San Pedro Channel off the coast of Long Beach and about 45 miles northwest of the San Onofre site.
The Resident Inspector at San Onofre reports that the earthquake was midly felt at San Onofre, but there was no apparent damage of any kind.
The seismic triggers (setpoint = 0.01 ) ware tripped and the licensee is following the inspection procedure 9
specified for such an event.
The Resident Inspector will follow up on the licensee's findings.
Media interest is expected.
Neither the licensee nor the NRC plans to issue a news ralease.
Region V (San Francisco) received notification of this occurrence from the Resident Inspector and media reports at 9:00 a.m. on 9/04/81.
This information is current as of 9:45 a.m. on 9/04/81.
CONTACT:
G. Zwetzig, 463-3749 D. Sternberg, 463-3737 i\\. "
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