ML20134M381

Press Release III-96-069, NRC Issues Insp Repts on Two Team Insps at Clinton Nuclear Power Station

ML20134M381
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Site:	Clinton
Issue date:	11/22/1996
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
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PR-III-96-069, PR-III-96-69, NUDOCS 9611250069
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. .- l U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ~I Region III Office of Public Affairs 801 Warrenville Road, Lisle IL 60532-4351

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NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT: RIII-96-69

-CONTACT: November 22, 1996 Jan Strasma 630/829-9663 Angela Dauginas 630/829-9662 ,

E-mails opa39nrc. gov l NRC ISSUES INSPECTION REPORTS ON TWO TEAM INSPECTIONS

( AT CLINTON NUCLEAR POWER STATION The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has issued reports on two team inspections reviewing plant operations at the Clinton l

Nuclear Power Plant as a result of a reactor shutdown which occurred September 5, 1996. ~The plant, operated by Illinois Power Company, is near Clinton, Illinois.

The plant was shut down because of the failure of a reactor recirculation pump seal. One NRC inspection team focused on the circumstances surrounding the shutdown, and the second team l reviewed' plant operations more broadly.

The NRC's letter to the utility transmitting the two reports is. attached.

l The full inspection reports are available for. review on the i

NRC's internet web site. The web address'for the reports is:

<http://www.nrc. gov /OPA/ reports >. Copies of the reports are also

! available by mail from the NRC Region III Office of Public l

Affairs.

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