ENS 47688
ENS Event | |
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01:45 Feb 23, 2012 | |
| Title | Suspicious Package Discovered on Site |
| Event Description | The following event description is based on information currently available. If through subsequent reviews of this event additional information is identified that is pertinent to this event or alters the information being provided at this time a follow-up notification will be made via the ENS or under the reporting requirements of 10CFR50.73
At 1852 hours0.0214 days <br />0.514 hours <br />0.00306 weeks <br />7.04686e-4 months <br />, Palo Verde Unit 1 was notified of a suspicious package located in the Owner Controlled Area outside the Protected Area. Maricopa County Sheriff's Office was contacted for assistance with a bomb disposal unit. Local media has become aware of this event and expressed interest by dispatching helicopters and television crews. There are no safety systems impacted by the package and operations personnel are not hampered in their ability to operate safety related equipment. There is no release of radioactivity to the environment as a result of this package and it has not adversely affected the safe operation of the plant or health and safety of the public. All three Palo Verde units are being maintained stable at approximately 100% power. The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified.
The Maricopa County Sherriff's Office bomb disposal unit responded and inspected the package. The suspicious package contained a granular absorbent material, similar to that used to clean liquid spills. The event was terminated at 23:02 AZ MST [on 2/22/12]. The NRC Resident Inspector has been updated." Notified the R4DO (Deese). |
| Where | |
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Palo Verde  Arizona (NRC Region 4) | |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(xi), Notification to Government Agency or News Release | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-1 h-0.0417 days <br />-0.00595 weeks <br />-0.00137 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Allan Briese 00:45 Feb 23, 2012 |
| NRC Officer: | Charles Teal |
| Last Updated: | Feb 24, 2012 |
| 47688 - NRC Website
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Unit 1 | |
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| Reactor critical | Critical |
| Scram | No |
| Before | Power Operation (100 %) |
| After | Power Operation (100 %) |
Unit 2 | |
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| Reactor critical | Critical |
| Scram | No |
| Before | Power Operation (100 %) |
| After | Power Operation (100 %) |
Unit 3 | |
|---|---|
| Reactor critical | Critical |
| Scram | No |
| Before | Power Operation (100 %) |
| After | Power Operation (100 %) |