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| event date = 09/19/2003 02:24 EDT | | event date = 09/19/2003 02:24 EDT | ||
| last update date = 09/19/2003 | | last update date = 09/19/2003 | ||
| title = Loss | | title = Loss of Emergency Siren Capability Due to Adverse Weather Conditions | ||
| event text = TMI is notifying the NRC Operations Center in accordance with 10 CFR 50.72 (b)(2)(xi), Notification of Other Government Agency and 10 CFR 50.72 (b)(3)(xiii) Major Loss of Emergency Preparedness Capabilities. At 0224 AM on Friday, September 19 it was determined that 25 of 79 of the public emergency sirens for Three Mile Island Unit 1 were inoperable due to loss of power due to Tropical Storm Isabel. Subsequently, it has been determined that 32 of 79 of the sirens are inoperable. The inoperable sirens are located throughout the five risk counties around TMI. The inoperability of the sirens around TMI impacts a large segment of the population. | | event text = TMI is notifying the NRC Operations Center in accordance with 10 CFR 50.72 (b)(2)(xi), Notification of Other Government Agency and 10 CFR 50.72 (b)(3)(xiii) Major Loss of Emergency Preparedness Capabilities. At 0224 AM on Friday, September 19 it was determined that 25 of 79 of the public emergency sirens for Three Mile Island Unit 1 were inoperable due to loss of power due to Tropical Storm Isabel. Subsequently, it has been determined that 32 of 79 of the sirens are inoperable. The inoperable sirens are located throughout the five risk counties around TMI. The inoperability of the sirens around TMI impacts a large segment of the population. | ||
Contingency actions have been established for the deficient sirens. Automatic route alerting, that is the coordinated use of vehicles that will make loudspeaker announcements throughout affected areas will be utilized if the need should arise prior to restoration of power to the inoperable sirens. Local power company line crews have been notified of the loss of power to the sirens and are working to restore power on a priority basis to the sirens. | Contingency actions have been established for the deficient sirens. Automatic route alerting, that is the coordinated use of vehicles that will make loudspeaker announcements throughout affected areas will be utilized if the need should arise prior to restoration of power to the inoperable sirens. Local power company line crews have been notified of the loss of power to the sirens and are working to restore power on a priority basis to the sirens. | ||
Latest revision as of 22:25, 1 March 2018
| Where | |
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Three Mile Island  Pennsylvania (NRC Region 1) | |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(xi), Notification to Government Agency or News Release 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-1.02 h-0.0425 days <br />-0.00607 weeks <br />-0.0014 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | John Schork 05:23 Sep 19, 2003 |
| NRC Officer: | Steve Sandin |
| Last Updated: | Sep 19, 2003 |
| 40178 - NRC Website
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Three Mile Island with 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(xi), Notification to Government Agency or News Release, 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), Loss of Emergency Preparedness | |