View source for PNO-IV-89-045, on 890703,earthquake Near Tremonton,Ut Occurred.Earthquake Safety Interlocks Did Not Trip & No Damage Occurred

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| issue date = 07/05/1989
| title = PNO-IV-89-045:on 890703,earthquake Near Tremonton,Ut Occurred.Earthquake Safety Interlocks Did Not Trip & No Damage Occurred
| author name = Murray B
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION &amp; ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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| docket = 05000000, 05000072, 05000284, 05000407
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| document report number = PNO-IV-89-045, PNO-IV-89-45, NUDOCS 8907110228
| 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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    , ,PREllMlNARY'NOT!FICAT10NOFEVENTORUNUSUALOCCURRENCE--PNO-IV-89-45 3
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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 IV staff on this date.
FACILITIES: University of Utah                                     Licensee Emergency Classification:
50-072 and 50-407                                                                     Notification of Unusual Event             j Alert
                      . Idaho State University                                                               Site Area Emergency                     R 50-284                                                                                General Emergency                        i X Not Applicable                                                I

==SUBJECT:==
EARTHQUAKE NEAR TREMONTON, UTAH At 6:44 p.m., MST, on July 3, 1989, an earthquake registering 4.5'on the                                                                      ,
Richter scale occurred near Tremonton, Utah, which is located about 75 miles                                                                  '
north of. Salt Lake City, Utah.           Region IV contacted Idaho State University, which                                                   ;
has an AGN-201 reactor, and University of Utah, which has both an AGN-201 and a                                                               i TRIGA Mark I reactor, to determine if the earthquake had any affect on the reactor facilities. Both licensees reported that the earthquake safety interlocks on the AGN-201 reactors did not trip and that no damage occurred to the facilities. There are no uranium mill licensees in that area, and the Region IV Uranium Recovery Field Office in Denver, Colorado, has not received any
       , reports regarding the earthquake from uranium mill licensees.
Neither'the licensees nor the NRC plan to issue a press release.
The states of Utah and Idaho will be informed.
Region IV received notification of this occurrence by the Headquarters Operations Officer at 7:30 p.m. , CST, on July 3,1989.
This information is current as of 11:00 a.m., CST, July 5,1989.
CONTACT:    Blaine Murray, FTS 728-8126.
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