ENS 43867

v t e ENS Event
22:22 Dec 26, 2007
Title	Minor Fire On Cooling Tower Fan Shroud
Event Description	On Wednesday, December 26, 2007, at approximately 15:22 MST, a fire occurred in a fan shroud for Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station Unit 3 cooling tower number 3. The fire was knocked down by the on site fire department using the fire truck water cannon. Smoldering continued between fan shroud segments. Offsite assistance was requested in the event a pumper truck was needed due to the elevation of the cooling tower fan area. While the pumper truck was not needed, offsite personnel did assist in getting a fire hose to the top of the cooling tower. No press release is planned, but media attention has already been observed in response to media monitoring communications on local police/fire scanners. Palo Verde Unit 3 is shutdown and in Mode 5 in its thirteenth refueling outage. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Maintenance activities were in progress on the cooling tower at the time of the fire. The fire was completely extinguished at 16:45 hours and no emergency plan classification was declared or required as a result of the fire. The cooling towers are located on the owner control area outside of the protected area. The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified of the event and this ENS informational notification.

ENS 43867 +/-
Where
Palo Verde Arizona (NRC Region 4)
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Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-1.2 h-0.05 days <br />-0.00714 weeks <br />-0.00164 months <br />)
Opened:	Dann Dailey 21:10 Dec 26, 2007
NRC Officer:	Bill Huffman
Last Updated:	Dec 26, 2007
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