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Event Report Forms (ERFs) are filed to the IAEA. Sometimes there are multiple event reports, updating the rating, the event description. Here you only see the latest event report

ERF send date: Mon, 10-02-1992
ERF description: On 5 February 1992 at 12:20 when the plant was on line over 200 days, with 100% RX power, 632 MW gen. power and 381 ppm boron, steam started to escaping on the secondary side, from the cap at the exit of high pressure turbine. Noise was heard by a technician in the turbine hall.
After examination it was found, that the steam was escaping through a crack 10 cm long and up to 1 cm wide. The operators lowered the power at 4 MW per minute.
The plant was off the grid at 15:26 and reactor was shut down at 15:20, and subsequently held at hot shutdown.
ERF rating date: 09-09-1992
ERF contact person: Mr. M.F. Levstek
ERF address: Vojkova 59, 1113 LJUBLJANA, Slovenia
ERF affiliation: Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration

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