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| title = PNO-V-89-047:on 890808,earthquake & Aftershock of 5.1 & 4.2 Magnitudes,Respectively,Occurred Approx 15 Miles Southwest of San Jose,Ca.Reactors Shutdown During Earthquake.Tour of GE Reactor Disclosed No Damage
| author name = North H, Yuhas G
| author affiliation = NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION &amp; ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
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| docket = 05000000, 05000073, 05000224, 05000228
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| document report number = PNO-V-89-047, PNO-V-89-47, NUDOCS 8908210170
| document type = PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR OCCURRENCE (PNO,, TEXT-INSPECTION &amp; AUDIT &amp; I&amp;E CIRCULARS
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l PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE--PNO-V-89-47 Date: Aug. 8, 1989
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' This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public interest-significance. The information presented is as initially received t:ithout verification or evaluation and is basically all that is known by Region V staff on this date.
' ' FACILITIES: General Electric                                        Emergency Classification Vallecitos Nuclear Center                          Notification of Unusual Event Pleasanton, California                             Alert Docket No. 50-73                                   Site Area Emergency General Emergency
                        .Aerotest Operations, Inc.                       X Not Applicable 3455 Fostoria Way San Ramon, California Docket No. 50-228 i
University of California Berkeley, California Docket No. 50-224

==SUBJECT:==
EARTHQUAKE 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA At 1:13 and 1:44 AM, PDT, an earthquake and aftershock of 5.1 and 4.2 magnitudes, respectively, occurred approximately 15 miles, southwest of San Jose, California. The
   -earthquake'was at a depth of 15 kilometers. The General Electric, NTR reactor and the
   ' Aerotest, TRIGA reactors-are located approximately 37 and 47 miles from the epicenter, l respectively. Both reactors were shut down at the time. The earthquake was felt at' I the GE Vallecitos facility. . An immediate tour at GE disclosed no damage. The NTR
, reactor at GE has no seismic instrumentation. The seismic instrumentation at Aerotest l was not actuated. Licensee representatives at both facilities reported no evidence of damage, and no releases of radioactive material.
The University of California, Berkeley, TRIGA reactor, 56 miles from the epicenter, has
,   been defueled and the fuel shipped offsite.
The earthquake and aftershock were widely felt in the San Francisco Bay area. There
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was considerable media attention directed at the earthquake, however none of this i   attention was associated with reactor facilities in the area.
l l This preliminary notification is issued for information only and no further action by the staff is anticipated.
R::gion V (San Francisco) received initial notification of this occurrence as a result l of personal observation and media attention at approximately 1:13 AM, PDT, August 8, 1989. The information presented herein has been discussed with licensee representatives
; and is current as of 8:15 AM, PDT, August 8, 1989. The University of California, l Berkeley, was not contacted following the event.
i- CONTACT:            G. P. Yuhas, FTS 463-3748 -  H. S. North, FTS 463-3762 0(
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