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Title: Loss of main and auxiliary feedwater event at the Davis-Besse Plant on June 9, 1985

Abstract

On June 9, 1985, Toledo Edison Company's Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant, located in Ottawa County, Ohio, experienced a partial loss of feedwater while the plant was operating at 90% power. Following a reactor trip, a loss of all feedwater occurred. The event involved a number of equipment malfunctions and extensive operator actions, including operator actions outside the control room. Several operator errors also occurred during the event. This report documents the findings of an NRC Team sent to Davis-Besse by the NRC Executive Director for Operations in conformance with the staff-proposed Incident Investigation Program.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
5388922
Report Number(s):
NUREG-1154
ON: TI85902000
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; DAVIS BESSE-1 REACTOR; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; FEEDWATER; HUMAN FACTORS; LOSS OF COOLANT; US NRC; ACCIDENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POWER REACTORS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; US ORGANIZATIONS; WATER; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; 220900* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Reactor Safety; 210200 - Power Reactors, Nonbreeding, Light-Water Moderated, Nonboiling Water Cooled

Citation Formats

. Loss of main and auxiliary feedwater event at the Davis-Besse Plant on June 9, 1985. United States: N. p., 1985. Web. doi:10.2172/5388922.
. Loss of main and auxiliary feedwater event at the Davis-Besse Plant on June 9, 1985. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5388922
. 1985. "Loss of main and auxiliary feedwater event at the Davis-Besse Plant on June 9, 1985". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5388922. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5388922.
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title = {Loss of main and auxiliary feedwater event at the Davis-Besse Plant on June 9, 1985},
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abstractNote = {On June 9, 1985, Toledo Edison Company's Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant, located in Ottawa County, Ohio, experienced a partial loss of feedwater while the plant was operating at 90% power. Following a reactor trip, a loss of all feedwater occurred. The event involved a number of equipment malfunctions and extensive operator actions, including operator actions outside the control room. Several operator errors also occurred during the event. This report documents the findings of an NRC Team sent to Davis-Besse by the NRC Executive Director for Operations in conformance with the staff-proposed Incident Investigation Program.},
doi = {10.2172/5388922},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985},
month = {Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985}
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