FORT CALHOUN: LOSS OF ENS, HPN, PMC, AND RSC PHONE ...

At 0327 CDT, a call was received from the NRC Operations Center for Emergency Notification System (ENS) phone status check on the commercial phone line. The ENS phone system had no incoming rings, nor a dial-tone. The NRC Headquarters Operations Officer (HOO) was to submit a trouble ticket.

At 0949 CDT, Emergency Planning personnel were working with Verizon Communications to determine the cause of the loss of the ENS phone. Verizon had isolated the problem to the American Broadband network and was working to resolve the problem.

At 1010 CDT, Emergency Planning personnel identified that the Health Physics Network (HPN) line, the Protective Measures Counterpart [PMC] and Reactor Safety Counterpart [RSC] lines with the NRC had also been lost. The Conference Operations Network (COP) and all other commercial phone lines were functional and remained available. All areas were reachable by commercial phone lines.

At 1022 CDT, the FCS Control Room was informed by Emergency Planning personnel of the communication means that were lost. The Emergency Plan per EPIP-OSC-1 was reviewed and verified no initiating conditions applied.

At 1034 CDT, Emergency Planning personnel verified the communications problem with ENS, HPN, the Protective Measures Counterpart and Reactor Safety Counterpart lines was limited to the Fort Calhoun site. The Emergency Operations Facility (EOF) was not affected.

At 1054 CDT, the ENS phone was restored to the FCS Control Room. This was verified by FCS placing a call to the NRC Operations Center. The NRC Operations Center then returned the call. All communications were satisfactorily restored.

At 1132 CDT, the Protective Measures Counterpart line was restored.

At 1142 CDT, the HPN and Reactor Safety Counterpart lines were restored.

This is being reported per 10CFR50.72(b)(3)(xiii) for 'Any event that results in a major loss of emergency assessment capability, off site response capability, or communications capability.

Source: http://nucpros.com/content/fort-calhoun-loss-ens-hpn-pmc-and-rsc-phone-lines

megamillions winner kansas jayhawks mega millions results louisville lotto numbers susan powell megamillions winners