PNO-V-89-057, on 890921,earthquake of 5.1 Magnitude Occurred 45 Miles Southwest of Facility.Facility Shut Down Since Jul 1976 & Reactor Vessel Defueled.Licensee Conducted Insp of Facility & No Damage Identified

PNO-V-89-057:on 890921,earthquake of 5.1 Magnitude Occurred 45 Miles Southwest of Facility.Facility Shut Down Since Jul 1976 & Reactor Vessel Defueled.Licensee Conducted Insp of Facility & No Damage Identified

ML20247Q585
Person / Time
Site:	Humboldt Bay
Issue date:	09/21/1989
From:	Garcia E, Hooker C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
To:
References
PNO-V-89-057, PNO-V-89-57, NUDOCS 8909290031
Download: ML20247Q585 (2)

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' PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-V-89_-57 Date:-September 21, 1989 i This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY. notice of events of POSSIBLE safety )

or public interest significance. The information presented is as initially received without verification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by Region V staff on this date.

FACILITY: Pacific Gas & Electric Co.- Licensee Emergency Classification Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 Notification of Unusual Event Eureka, California Alert Site Area Emergency General Emergency DOCKET NO. 50-133 X Not Applicable

SUBJECT:

EARTHQUAKE 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FACILITY At 10:41 A.M. PDT on September 21, 1989, an earthquake of 5.1 magnitude' occurred approximately 45 miles Southwest of the Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3, at Eureka, California. The. facility has been shutdown since July 1976 and the reactor vessel is defueled. The facility is currently in SAFESTOR conditions -

with all fuel stored in the Spent Fuel Pool. The earthquake was felt by the licensee and detected on their seismic recorder. The licensee conducted an inspection of the facility and no damage was identified. The NRC HQ Operations Officer was notified of this event by FEMA.

The earthquake's epicenter was 20 miles west of'Punta Gorda, California, latitude 40.2 degrees North and longitude 124.7 degrees West. :The earthquake was. centered too far from any other reactor facilities to have any eff.ect. '

Region V was first informed of this event by therNRC HQ Operations Officer by telephone at 12:20 P.M. PDT on September 21, 1989. This information-is current as of 2:30.P.M. (PDT) on September 21,'1989. ,

CONTACT: E. Garcia RV (FTS 463-3750) or C. Hooker, (FTS 463-3784).

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Date 9-21-89 Time 2:30 P.M. PDT Date 9-21-89 Time 2:45 P.M. PDT Chairman Zech EDO GPA PDR Comm. Roberts AE00 PA ARM Comm. Carr DEDR CA OIA Comm. Rogers NRR(DOEA) SLITP OSP Comm. Curtiss RES HQS. OPERATIONS OFFICER SECY. Region I NMSS Region II 01 OGC- Region III DEDS ACRS Region IV Region V Issue Date: 06/16/89 FAX T0: MAIL T0: g)

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? PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-V-89-57 Date: September 21, 1989 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice' of events of POSSIBLE safety

or public interest significance. The information presented is as initially received-without verification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by Region V

staff on this date.

-FACILITY: Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Licensee Emergency Classification Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 Notification'of Unusual Event Eureka . California Alert.

Site Area Emergency.

General Emergency DOCKET NO. 50-133 X Not Applicable

SUBJECT:

EARTHQUAKE 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FACILITY

At 10:41 A.M.- PDT on September 21, 1989, an earthquake of 5.1 magnitude occurred approximately 45' miles Southwest of the Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3, at Eureka, California. The facility has been shutdown since July'1976 and the reactor vessel is defueled. The facility is currently.in SAFEST 0R conditions with all fuel. stored in the Spent Fuel Pool. The earthquake was felt by the.

Ticensee and detected on their seismic recorder. The licensee conducted an inspection of-the facility and no damage was identified. The NRC HQ Operations Officer was notified of this event by FEMA.

The earthquake's ' epicenter was 20 miles west of Punta Gorda,' Galifornia, latitude N

' 40.2 North degrees and longitude 124.7 West degrees. 6 ' es 7h em, A tn r n

, This information is current as of 1:30 P.M. (PDT) on September 21,- . g% /d CONTACT: E. Garcia RV (FTS 463-3750) or C. Hooker, (FTS 463-3784).-

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Date 9-21-89 Time 2:30 P.M. PDT- Date 9-21-89 ' Time 2:45 P.M. PDT Chairman Zech EDO GPA PDR Comm.-Roberts- AE0D PA ARM Comm..Carr DEDR CA DIA Com. Rogers NRR(D0EA)SLITP OSP Comm. Curtiss RES HQS. OPERATIONS OFFICER

'SECY. Region I NMSS Region II 01 OGC Region III DEDS ACRS Region IV Region V.

Issue Date: 06/16/89 FAX T0: MAIL T0:

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