NRC Receives Event Notification Involving Hope Creek Power Reactor in New Jersey
August 05, 2019
August 05, 2019
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54198) involving the Hope Creek power reactor in New Jersey:
MANUAL REACTOR TRIP AND MANUAL ACTUATION OF REACTOR CORE ISOLATION COOLING
"At 1947 [EDT] on 8/3/19, with Hope Creek in Mode 1 at 37 percent power, the reactor was manually scrammed due to loss of condenser vacuum. All control rods fully inserted into the core. All safety systems responded as designed and . . .
MANUAL REACTOR TRIP AND MANUAL ACTUATION OF REACTOR CORE ISOLATION COOLING
"At 1947 [EDT] on 8/3/19, with Hope Creek in Mode 1 at 37 percent power, the reactor was manually scrammed due to loss of condenser vacuum. All control rods fully inserted into the core. All safety systems responded as designed and . . .