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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: Tue, 16-06-1998
ERF description: On 17 April 1998, workers in the main turbine condenser bay detected a strong odor, described as that of propane or acetylene. Personnel were evacuated from the area, and the building ventilation system was used to purge the odor from the building. An ALERT Emergency Classification was declared as a precautionary measure as the licensee worked to identify and isolate the source of the odor. The source of the odor was later discovered to be an industrial lubricant from a gearbox being used in the main turbine condenser bay. This lubricant has a flash point of greater than 180 C (356F) and is not considered to be a fire hazard.
Justification:
This event is rated as out of scale in accordance with Part I-1.3 of the iNES Users Manual, as it did not involve any possible radiological hazard and did not affect the safety layers.
ERF rating date: 01-05-1998
ERF contact person: R.J. BARRETT
ERF address: United States
ERF affiliation: USNRC, EMERGENCY RESPONSE BRANCH, OFFICE FOR ANALYSIS AND EVALU

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