At approximately 1400
CST all commercial and
FTS 2000 telephone communications to and from Byron Station was lost due to a fiber optic cable cut 20 miles North of the plant, near Rockford, Il. Licensee can contact the NRC Headquarters Operation Officer via a Control Room cell phone. NRC Headquarters Operation Officer is unable to call the site using the cell phone because incoming calls are routed through Rockford, Il. Licensee stated that the line problem is being worked on.
NRC Resident Inspector has been notified of this event by the licensee.
- * * Update 12/29/04 at 2139 EST by Koeplin to MacKinnon * * *
Commercial and
FTS telephone service returned to service. Licensee will notified the NRC Resident Inspector. R3DO (C. Lipa) &
NRR EO (Pat Hiland) notified.
