ENS 40258
ENS Event | |
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07:52 Oct 18, 2003 | |
Title | Earthquake Felt on Site. Entered Emergency Action Level (Eal) 18 |
Event Description | Earthquake felt on plant site measured at 0.02g. Both Units remain at 100%
State and Local County notified by the licensee. Unusual Event declared per EAL 18, (greater than 0.01g) . Two jolts several minutes apart were felt in the Control Room. The electrical grid is stable, all Emergency Core Cooling Systems and all Emergency Diesel Generators are fully operable if needed. Licensee will perform walkdowns of the plant to check for any damage. Turbine supervisor system indicated high main turbine bearing vibration on both main turbines (cleared right away) and one of the Unit 1 Accumulator levels alarmed (also cleared right away). Following information from Earthquake Center located in Colorado: Two earthquakes both magnitude 3.4, located 10 miles Southwest of San Luis Obispo. First earthquake occurred at 0027 PDT and the other earthquake occurred at 0039 PDT. The NRC Resident Inspector will be notified.
EAL 18 exited and Unusual Event Classification terminated at 0330 PDT. Walkdown of plant completed with no damage to plant observed. R4D0 (G. Sanborn), HQPAO (Gagner), FEMA (Austin), DHS (V. Cates), DIRO (S. Frant), & (G. Holahan) notified. NRC Resident Inspector informed by licensee. |
Where | |
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Diablo Canyon California (NRC Region 4) | |
Reporting | |
Emergency class: | Unusual Event |
10 CFR 50.72(a) (1) (i), Emergency Class Declaration | |
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-3.8 h-0.158 days <br />-0.0226 weeks <br />-0.00521 months <br />) | |
Opened: | Chitwood 04:04 Oct 18, 2003 |
NRC Officer: | John Mackinnon |
Last Updated: | Oct 18, 2003 |
40258 - 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 %) |
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