View source for PNO-IV-98-051, on 981102,flooding in Vicinity of Wolf Creek Generating Station Occurred.Licensee Has Been in Close Contact with Army Corps of Engineers,Region VII Ofc of Federal Emergency Mgt Agency Emergency Organizations

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| issue date = 11/05/1998
| title = PNO-IV-98-051:on 981102,flooding in Vicinity of Wolf Creek Generating Station Occurred.Licensee Has Been in Close Contact with Army Corps of Engineers,Region VII Ofc of Federal Emergency Mgt Agency Emergency Organizations
| author name = Brush F, Graves D
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION &amp; ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
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| docket = 05000482
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| document report number = PNO-IV-98-051, PNO-IV-98-51, NUDOCS 9811060194
| 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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November 5,1998 PRE' LIMINARY NOTIFICAllON OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE PNO-IV-98-051 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 Re0 ion IV staff in Arlington, Texas on this           !
date.
Facility                                         Licensee Emeraency Classification Wolf Creek Nuclear Oper. Corp.                Notification of Unusual Event                              j Wolf Creek 1                                    Alert                                                    !
Burlington, Kansas                             Site Area Emergency Dockets: 50-482                                 General Emergency X Not Applicable

==Subject:==
FLOODING IN THE VICINITY OF WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION As a result of high rainfall and excessive runoff in the vicinity of Wolf Creek Generating Station, the Army Corps of Engineers has increased the flow of water from the John Redmond Reservoir, located near the Wolf Creek Generating Station site, into the Neosho River. Although some local flooding has occurred in low lying areas in the town of Burlington, Kansas, no site evacuation routes have been affected, and the increased flow into the river has had no impact on plant operations. The licensee has been in close contact with the Army Corps of Engineers, the Region Vil office of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the state and county emergency organizations.
The state of Kansas has been informed. Region IV received notification of this occurrence
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by telephone from the resident inspector at approximately 3 p.m. on November 2,1998.                     !
Region IV has informed the EDO's office and NRR.                                                         ;
This information has been discLised with the licensee and is current as of 2:30 p.m. (CST) on November 5,1998.                                                                                      l W

==Contact:==
David N. Graves           Frank Brush (617)860-8141         (316)364-8653                                                          l 1
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