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TMI @ 35 Conference

The Three Mile Island Nuclear Crisis in Perspective

This event information was created Oct 9 2013 - 1:42pm, updated Dec 18 2013 - 1:05pm
 

Where

Room: Morrison Gallery

When
Thu, 03/27/2014   - Fri, 03/28/2014 


Three Mile Island

Join us at our two-day conference as we re-examine the lessons learned from the historic TMI nuclear crisis and answer important questions about how TMI set a precedent for nuclear security and safety, how it informed research, and how the event provided a catalyst for social change. We’ll also examine the management of complex catastrophic events today. What does such management look like in the era of Homeland Security?

Featuring experts from Penn State Faculty, external experts and stakeholders, historic personalities, and eyewitnesses.

This event is organized by the School of Public Affairs, Chair of Homeland Security, in collaboration with other schools and units of Penn State Harrisburg and Penn State.

Program:

A conference program flyer will be available soon — stay tuned.

Highlights include:

Oral history panel – The TMI accident from the point of view of involved/affected communities
Roundtable: TMI 1979 in perspective – Changes in nuclear security and safety
Panel: TMI and the comprehensive approach to crisis management – cross-disciplinary perspectives from Penn State research
Student panel: TMI and anti-nuclear activism
Concluding roundtable: Challenges ahead – What we did (not) learn from TMI for the era of Homeland Security
Reception hosted by the Program Office of inter-college Master program of Homeland Security, Penn State Harrisburg
Conference Dates and Times:

Thursday, March 27, noon - 6pm
Friday, March 28, 9am-6:30pm
Registration:

Register online free of charge at http://tmi-35.eventbrite.com

For further information, please contact:

Dr. Alexander Siedschlag
Professor and Chair of Homeland Security
Penn State Harrisburg

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Type: 

Response Regarding Licensee Dose Assessment Submittals Associated with Near-Term Task Force Recommendation 9.3 Related to the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident

Download ML13233A205

Type: 

Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3, Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, and Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 - Reassignment of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Branch Chief

Download ML14027A500

Type: 

Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 - Reassignment of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Branch Chief

Download ML14027A636

Type: 

Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 - Summary of Conference Calls Regarding the Fall 2013 Steam Generator Tube Inservice Inspection (TAC No. MF2799)

Download ML14015A356

Type: 

Greetings,

Due to the government shutdown and subsequent rescheduling of public meetings and extension of the public comment period, the Commission has granted the Waste Confidence Directorate a four-week extension to the overall rulemaking schedule.  However, in granting the extension, the Commission urged the Waste Confidence Directorate to continue to work towards the original September 2014 deadline for the rulemaking, and the Directorate is doing just that.  A press release regarding this announcement was issued this afternoon:  http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2014/14-003.pdf.   Any additional schedule-related announcements will continue to be made via WCOutreach e-mail and will be posted to our website at http://www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuel-storage/wcd/schedule.html.

And finally, a quick reminder that the Waste Confidence Directorate will be hosting a status update teleconference on Wednesday, January 29th, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST.  To participate, prior to the start of the meeting, please dial 1-800-475-8385 and provide the operator with passcode 80907.

Sincerely,
 
Staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Waste Confidence Directorate
 

Type: 
Power Reactor
Event Number: 49753
Facility: SUSQUEHANNA
Region: 1 State: PA
Unit: [1] [2] [ ]
RX Type: [1] GE-4,[2] GE-4
NRC Notified By: MARTIN J. LICHTNER
HQ OPS Officer: VINCE KLCO
Notification Date: 01/21/2014
Notification Time: 21:14 [ET]
Event Date: 01/21/2014
Event Time: 13:40 [EST]
Last Update Date: 01/21/2014
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section: 
50.72(b)(3)(xiii) - LOSS COMM/ASMT/RESPONSE
Person (Organization): 
HAROLD GRAY (R1DO)
 
 


Unit


SCRAM Code


RX CRIT


Initial PWR


Initial RX Mode


Current PWR


Current RX Mode


1

N

Y

99

Power Operation

99


Power Operation


2


N


Y


99


Power Operation


99


Power Operation

 

Event Text


VENT STACK RADIATION MONITORS OUT OF SERVICE 

 

"At 1340 [EST] on 1/21/2014, Susquehanna Control Room Operators received an alarm due to the lockup of a monitoring panel utilized for Vent Stack Radiation Monitors (known as SPINGs - System Particulate, Iodine, and Noble Gas). There are two monitor panels, one in the control room and one in the Technical Support Center (TSC). Both panels are fully redundant. At the time, the control room panel was out of service for maintenance. 

 

"This event rendered all five SPINGs inoperable. Additionally, control room alarm capability was not available. The associated Technical Requirement (TROs) were entered for this inoperability. In order to clear the lockup, the TSC terminal needed to be powered down and rebooted. 

 

"The TSC monitoring terminal was restored to operable status at 1352 and the associated TROs were cleared. The SPING function and control room alarm functions were inoperable for a total of 12 minutes. 

 

"In accordance with the guidance of NUREG 1022, Revision 3, Item 3.2.13, this event is being reported as an 8 hour ENS notification due to a loss of emergency assessment capability. The loss of the Stack Monitoring System was not part of a pre-planned evolution. This equipment is relied upon by control room operators and emergency response personnel to implement procedures addressing classification, assessment, and protective actions associated with the emergency plan." 

 

The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.

Type: 

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3 - Request for Additional Information Regarding License Amendment Request for Extended Power Uprate (TAC Nos. ME9631 and ME9632)

Download ML14002A176

Type: 

Nuclear failure
Latest chapter in nuke watchdog’s fight with west-end residents over GE uranium plant ends in a meltdown
By Saul Chernos

It was a meltdown that GE Hitachi and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission likely hoped to avoid.

But it happened nonetheless.

After two days of testy back and forth between residents and CNSC members at a meeting on the subject of the uranium plant at Lansdowne and Dupont December 9-11, the commissioners ended up walking out.

The session, which was scheduled to run for three days but ended after two, was nothing short of historic. It was the first time in the plant’s 50-plus-year history that locals could air concerns to the regulator – an opportunity brought about solely because of grassroots pressure.

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Type: 

REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FOR PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION, UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3 (TAC NOS. ME9631 AND ME9632)

Download ML13345B310

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