[Just A Nobody]

Does anyone know the last time there was any problem at all with one of our nuke plants?

Timing seems a little too coincidental to me...
President Bush is in India discussing nuclear power with their leaders right now.

He has also promoted building more nuke plants in the USA to relieve our dependence on foreign oil and voila...an Emergency Alert is issued at one of our plants.

[Palladin]

That's an interesting observation, but I believe it's just a coincidence.

There are minor incidents at our plants quite often. They never make the headlines.

[sefarkas]

The rules for calling the NRC are quite specific. You can see a list of 3-4 calls per day at the Event Notification Page -- Current. This is the report Susquehanna staff filed with the NRC.

ALERT DECLARED DUE TO HALON DISCHARGE IN SECURITY CONTROL CENTER

"At 21:27 on March 1, 2006, a Susquehanna security officer evacuated the security control center and notified the control room of a fire alarm and actuation of the Halon fire suppression system. The actuation of this system resulted in a potential atmosphere immediately dangerous to life and health [IDLH] of personnel in a plant vital area. The fire brigade responded to the event, donning respirators to enter the building, but saw no visible smoke or flames. As a result of an IDLH atmosphere in a plant vital area, Susquehanna entered the emergency plan at the Alert level."

The NRC Resident Inspector was informed and responded to the site. The licensee notified state, local and other government agencies. The licensee plans on issuing a press release.

Notified DHS (Hill), FEMA (Liggett), DOE (Bailey), EPA (National Response Center, Baumgartner), HHS (Riggs), and USDA (D. Timmons).

* * * UPDATE AT 0530 EST ON 3/2/06 FROM RICH KLINEFELTER TO S. SANDIN * * *

The licensee terminated the Alert 0433 EST based on the following:

Habitability was restored to the security control center by

1. Stopping the Halon discharge 2. Ventilating the affected area 3. Restoring access 4. Isolating Halon sources in the adjacent area to prevent a recurrence and, 5. Posting Fire Watches.

The licensee informed State/local agencies and the on-site NRC Resident Inspector.

Notified Region I (Perry), NRR EO (Calvo), IRD (Leach), DHS (Hill), FEMA (Liggett), DOE (Pauley), EPA (National Response Center, McCrossen), HHS (H. Peagler), and USDA (D. Timmons).