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| issue date = 08/31/1987
| title = PNO-III-87-115:on 870828,DeWitt County Sheriff Dept Received Anonymous Telcon Indicating Presence of Bomb at Facility. Search Initiated & Security Measures Increased.No Device Found.Sheriff Dept Concluded That Threat Was Hoax
| author name = Creed J, Mallett B
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION &amp; ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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| docket = 05000461
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| document report number = PNO-III-87-115, NUDOCS 8709040239
| 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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PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-III-87-115 Date August 31, 1987
      ',,,,s preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE satety
  .cr public interest significance. The infomation is as initially received without verification or evaluation, Lnd is basically all that is known by the Region III staff en this date.
  . Facility:       Illinois Power Company                     Licensee Emergency Classification:
Clinton                                      X Notification of an Unusual Event Clinton, IL 61727                               Alert Site Area Emergency Docket No. 50-461                                General Emergency Not Applicable

==Subject:==
B0MB THREAT At 11:55 p.m. on August 28, 1987, the DeWitt County (Illinois) Sheriff's Department received an anonymous telephone call indicating that there was a borr'; at the Clinton Nuclear Power Station.
The licensee increased security measures at the plant and initiated a search. No device                       j
 - was found and there was no explosion. The licensee and the Sheriff's Department concluded                      l the threat was a hoax. There is no known connection between this threat and one received on                 {
August 19, 1987 (reference: PNO-III-87-109). The threat had no effect on plant operations.                  i The licensee declared an Unusual Event under its emergency response plan. The NRC's                         .
Information Assessment Team was informed of the threat and concurred with the licensee's assessment and actions.
The State of Illinois will be notified. The local Federal Bureau of Investigation and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms will also be notified.
' Region III (Chicago) was notified of the threat by the NRC Headquarters Duty Officer at
:1 a.m., August 29, 1987. This information is current as of 9 a.m., August 31, 1987.
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