NRC Receives Event Notification Involving Watts Bar Power Reactor in Tennessee
September 03, 2019
September 03, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54252) involving the Watts Bar power reactor in Tennessee:
MANUAL TRIP DUE TO LOSS OF STEAM GENERATOR LEVEL CONTROL
"While operating at 100 percent power, the Watts Bar Unit 1 reactor was manually tripped at 2055 EDT on August 31, 2019 due to loss of steam generator #2 level control. The trip was not complex. All control and shutdown bank rods inserted properly in . . .
MANUAL TRIP DUE TO LOSS OF STEAM GENERATOR LEVEL CONTROL
"While operating at 100 percent power, the Watts Bar Unit 1 reactor was manually tripped at 2055 EDT on August 31, 2019 due to loss of steam generator #2 level control. The trip was not complex. All control and shutdown bank rods inserted properly in . . .