ML20249A015

PNS-78-058:on 781127,licensee Switchboard Operator Received Bomb Threat from on-site Extension Telephone.Licensee Elected Not to Evacuate Construction Site & Search Initiated.No Bomb Found & Normal Activities Resumed

ML20249A015
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	11/28/1978
From:	Bush L, Chapell D, Ervin N NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:
References
PNS-78-058, PNS-78-58, NUDOCS 9806150316
Download: ML20249A015 (1)

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PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION /, A November 28, 1978 g)

, PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF SAFEGUARDS EVENT-- PNS-78-58 This preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE national security or public interest significance. The information presented is as initially received without verification or evaluation and is basically all that is known by IE staff as of this date.

FACILITY: Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit No. 3 Louisiana Power and Light Company (Docket Na. 50-382)

St. Charles Parrish, Louisiana

SUBJECT:

BOMB THREAT i

At 10:20 a.m. , November 27, 1978, the licensee's switchboard operator received a bomb threat from an on-site extension telephone. The caller sa'id, "The bomb will go off 11:00 a.m." The switchboard operator recognized the voice as that of the same male that called in the bomb threat on November 22, 1978.

The licensee elected not to evacuate the constructicq site and a search was initiated. No bomb was found and normal activities were resumed at 11:20 a.m. ,

The St. Charles Parrish Sheriff Department was notified by the licensee at the time of the initial call and participated in the bomb search.

The New Orleans Office of the FBI was notified by Plant Security.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tabacco and Firearms was. notified by Region IV.

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No press release was made or planned by the licensee or the NRC.

1 The site construction progress is currently reported as 51 percent completed. There it no SNM on site.

2 The IAT was notified.

. NRC, Region IV, (Arlington) received preliminary notification of this occurrence by telephone at 11:05 a.m., November 27, 1978, from the QA Project Engineer, Louisiana Power & Light. Company. Specific details .

were provided by LP&L at 1:45 p.m. I

Contact:

NErvin, IE x28080 LLBush, IE x28080 DChapell, IE x28080 Distribution: Transmitted H St h M Chairman Hendrie Comr.lissioner Bradford S. J. Chilk, SECY Commissioner Kennedy Commissioner Ahearne C. C. Kammerer, CA k (For Distribution)

Commissioner Transmitted: MNBB Gilins bP.$ Bldg h Ob J. G. Davis, IE L. V. Gossick, EDO H. R. Denton, NRR Region 3 C1 Of S. H. Hanauer, ED0 R. C. DeYoung, NRR J. J. Fouchard, PA R. J. Mattson, NRR N. M. Haller, MPA V. Stello, NRR (MAIL)

R. G. Ryan, OSP R. S. Boyd, J. J. Cummings, 0IA H. K. Shapar, ELD SS Bldg d _O.NRR l R. Minogue, SD l C. V. Smith, NMSS

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