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| issue date = 10/21/1986
| title = PNO-I-86-085:on 861021,train Collided W/Propane Tank Truck Outside Site,Resulting in Minor Propane Leak.Plant Fire Brigade Commander Dispatched to Site.No Addl Action by Licensee Necessary
| author name = Elsasser T
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION &amp; ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION I)
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| docket = 05000271
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| document report number = PNO-I-86-085, PNO-I-86-85, NUDOCS 8610280169
| document type = PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR OCCURRENCE (PNO,, TEXT-INSPECTION &amp; AUDIT &amp; I&amp;E CIRCULARS
| page count = 1
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DCS No: 50271861021 Date: October 21, 1986 PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-I-86-85 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 I staff on this date.
Facility:                                  Licensee Emergency Classification:
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp.                Notification of Unusual Event Vermont Yankee                                    Alert Vernon, Vermont                                   Site Area Emergency DN 50-271                                         General Emergency X   Not Applicable

==Subject:==
TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENT - VERMONT YANKEE At approximately 9:11 a.m. on October 21, 1986, a train collided with a propane tank truck outside the site, approximately 800 meters from the Vermont Yankee containment.
The collision occurred where a rail line crosses Route 142, southwest of the facility.
The accident resulted in a minor propane leak from the tank truck which was subsequently corrected at approximately~11:00 a.m. by employees from the company who owned the tank truck.
This accident was reported to Vermont Yankee control room at approximately 9:30 a.m.
by plant security guards at gate 2 who heard a report of the accident on a local radio
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station. The licensee dispatched the fire brigade commander and other personnel to the accident site to perform a first hand evaluation of the event. The shift supervisor subsequently reviewed the site emergency plan and the emergency notification procedure and determined that no additional action by the licensee was necessary. Additionally, local authorities decided not to evacuate either the elementary school or the post
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office which were in the immediate vicinity of the collision site.
No action by NRC Region I is planned in response to this event.           The Resident inspector is on site and is following licensee actions. The State of Vermont is aware of the accident. This information is current as of 2:30 p.m., October 21.
CONTACT:     T. Elsasser 488-1378 DISTRIBUTION:
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