View source for PNO-III-87-060, on 870424,util Authorized Permanent Shutdown of Plant Due to Economic Reasons.Plant Will Be Put in Cold Shutdown Mode within Next 2 Wks.No Organizational Changes Will Be Made But Plant Staff Will Be Reduced

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| number = ML20209G726
| issue date = 04/27/1987
| title = PNO-III-87-060:on 870424,util Authorized Permanent Shutdown of Plant Due to Economic Reasons.Plant Will Be Put in Cold Shutdown Mode within Next 2 Wks.No Organizational Changes Will Be Made But Plant Staff Will Be Reduced
| author name = Jackiw I, Ridgway K
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION &amp; ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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| docket = 05000409
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| document report number = PNO-III-87-060, PNO-III-87-60, NUDOCS 8705010048
| 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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{{#Wiki_filter:PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-III-87-60 Dat: April 27, 1987 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety cr public interest significance. The information is as initially received without v:rification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by the Region III staff on this date.
Facility: Dairyland Power Cooperative                 Licensee Emergency Classification:
Lacrosse Boiling Water Reactor               Notification of an Unusual Event Genoa, WI 54632                              Alert
___ Site Area Emergency Docket No. 50-409                            General Emergency X Not Applicable

==Subject:==
PERMANENT SHUTDOWN OF THE LACROSSE BOILING WATER REACTOR The Region III (Chicago) Office was informed by Dairyland Power Cooperative today that on April 24 the Dairyland Board had authorized the permanent shutdown of the Lacrosse Boiling Water R: actor (LACBWR) due to economic reasons. The plant will be put in the cold shutdown mode within the next two weeks, the fuel removed from the reactor and placed in the storage pool under existing storage conditions, and the facility put in a " safe store" mode.
No immediate organizational changes will be made but the plant staff will be reduced with tha discontinuation of various plant operations.
Tha licensee plans to make a public announcement at 3:30 p.m. (CDT) today.
LACBWR started commercial operations November 1, 1969 as an Atomic Energy Commission demonstration facility and was later turned over to Dairyland Power Cooperative for commercial use.
The State of Wisconsin will be notified.
R:gion III learned of the planned shutdown at approximately 8:30 a.m. on April 27, 1987.
This information is current as of 2:00 p.m., April 27, 1987.
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