ENS Event | |
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18:45 Dec 21, 2004 | |
| Title | Unusual Event Declared Due To A Grass Fire. |
| Event Description | A small grass fire started near Texas A&M Gamma Shack and headed away from the Gamma Shack and away from Texas A&M TRIGA Reactor Confinement building (located 100 yards away from the fire). The grass fire did not threaten the Gamma Shack or the Reactor Confinement building. Licensee entered an unusual event per Standard Operating Procedure Section 9, Procedure D.1 (major fire - major fire is a fire that cannot not be extinguished with one fire extinguisher). The reactor was scrammed at 1249 CST and all 5 rods fully inserted into the core (reactor was at 1000 KW when it was scrammed). Local Fire Department and local police responded. Fire Department extinguished the fire. No damage to the Gamma Shack. Gamma Shack is used to store cesium-137 and cobalt-60 calibration sources (sources were stored down in their respective wells). Licensee exited the Unusual Event at 1347 CST after the fire was extinguished by the local fire department. The TRIGA reactor will be restarted later this afternoon. No releases or injuries due to the fire. |
| Where | |
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| Texas A&M University College Station, Texas (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | R-83 |
| Reporting | |
| Emergency class: | Unusual Event |
| 10 CFR 50.72(a) (1) (i), Emergency Class Declaration | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-3.97 h-0.165 days <br />-0.0236 weeks <br />-0.00544 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Warren Reece 14:47 Dec 21, 2004 |
| NRC Officer: | John Mackinnon |
| Last Updated: | Dec 21, 2004 |
| 41275 - NRC Website
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