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The following event description is based o … The following event description is based on information currently available. If through subsequent reviews of this event, additional information is identified that is pertinent to this event or alters the information being provided at this time, a follow-up notification will be made via the ENS or under reporting requirements of 10 CFR 50.73.</br>An Event Classification of Unusual Event (HU1.1) was declared at 10:15 MST for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station because of an earthquake that originated in Baja California location 32.220 N, 115.276 W at 09:44 MST. Per the USGS website and via phone conversation at 10:03, the magnitude of the earthquake was preliminarily 5.5 on the Richter scale. </br>Initial walk downs of plant equipment and review of plant parameters have found no unusual conditions or damage to plant equipment. No abnormalities caused by the seismic event were observed. No reactor protection system (RPS) or engineered safety feature (ESF) actuations occurred and none were required. </br>Palo Verde Unit 1 is in mode 6 for a scheduled refueling outage and Units 2 & 3 are at 100 percent power with all offsite power supplies available. Seismic Monitoring Instrumentation system is currently functional and did not indicate a seismic event. Currently based on the Modified Mercalli scale the seismic event was below the magnitude of the 0.10g spectra Operating Basis Earthquake (OBE) and the 0.20g spectra Safe Shutdown Earthquake (SSE).</br>The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.</br> * * * UPDATE FROM JIM BLAZEK TO PETE SNYDER AT 1606 ON 4/8/10 * * * </br>Emergency classification termination was declared at 4/08/10, 12:54 MST. All required power block inspections were completed with no deficiencies noted. No other conditions required an emergency classification, there are no challenges to fission product barriers or radiological release, and plant conditions offer no possibility of adverse impact on health and safety of the public. </br>The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified of NUE termination.</br>Notified R4DO (Proulx), NRR EO (Thorp), DPR (McDermott), DHS (McDonald), and FEMA (Hollis).McDermott), DHS (McDonald), and FEMA (Hollis).
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The following event description is based o … The following event description is based on information currently available. If through subsequent reviews of this event, additional information is identified that is pertinent to this event or alters the information being provided at this time, a follow-up notification will be made via the ENS or under reporting requirements of 10 CFR 50.73.</br>An Event Classification of Unusual Event (HU1.1) was declared at 10:15 MST for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station because of an earthquake that originated in Baja California location 32.220 N, 115.276 W at 09:44 MST. Per the USGS website and via phone conversation at 10:03, the magnitude of the earthquake was preliminarily 5.5 on the Richter scale. </br>Initial walk downs of plant equipment and review of plant parameters have found no unusual conditions or damage to plant equipment. No abnormalities caused by the seismic event were observed. No reactor protection system (RPS) or engineered safety feature (ESF) actuations occurred and none were required. </br>Palo Verde Unit 1 is in mode 6 for a scheduled refueling outage and Units 2 & 3 are at 100 percent power with all offsite power supplies available. Seismic Monitoring Instrumentation system is currently functional and did not indicate a seismic event. Currently based on the Modified Mercalli scale the seismic event was below the magnitude of the 0.10g spectra Operating Basis Earthquake (OBE) and the 0.20g spectra Safe Shutdown Earthquake (SSE).</br>The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.</br> * * * UPDATE FROM JIM BLAZEK TO PETE SNYDER AT 1606 ON 4/8/10 * * * </br>Emergency classification termination was declared at 4/08/10, 12:54 MST. All required power block inspections were completed with no deficiencies noted. No other conditions required an emergency classification, there are no challenges to fission product barriers or radiological release, and plant conditions offer no possibility of adverse impact on health and safety of the public. </br>The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified of NUE termination.</br>Notified R4DO (Proulx), NRR EO (Thorp), DPR (McDermott), DHS (McDonald), and FEMA (Hollis).McDermott), DHS (McDonald), and FEMA (Hollis).
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