On 08/22/2018 at
1803 hours0.0209 days <br />0.501 hours <br />0.00298 weeks <br />6.860415e-4 months <br /> CDT, Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant declared an Unusual Event per
EAL HU4, a fire potentially degrading the level of safety of the plant.
At 1748 CDT Unit 1 received a call reporting smoke coming from the 480V Condensate Demineralizer Panel 3 in the Unit 3 turbine building elevation 557'. At approximately 1803 [CDT], the incident commander on the scene confirmed a fire inside the panel and all three units entered 0-AOI-26-1, Fire Response. The board was subsequently de-energized by operations personnel and the fire was extinguished at 1806 CDT. SM [Shift Manager] exited EAL HU4 and all three units exited 0-AOI-26-1 at 1840 CDT.
Fire operations remain on scene to monitor. A team is being assembled for damage assessment and recovery.
The fire did not affect any safety systems, no plant transients resulted, and no injuries were reported.
This event is reportable within 1 hour1.157407e-5 days <br />2.777778e-4 hours <br />1.653439e-6 weeks <br />3.805e-7 months <br /> IAW 10 CFR 50.72(a)(1)(i).
The NRC Resident inspector has been notified.
Notified
DHS SWO,
FEMA Ops,
DHS NICC,
FEMA NWC (email) and NuclearSSA (email).
