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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, 15-04-1991
ERF description: A fire ignited in switchgear building. It resulted in a loss of off-site power and reactor scram. All four diesel generators started as planned and all safety features functioned normally. The unit was 8.5 hours without off-site power. The event did not cause any radiation doses or radioactive releases.
BASIS FOR RATING: Initiator: A long-term loss of off-site power caused by a fire(possible).
Safety function availability: Full.
Table A2: A2 -1. Level 2 is more appropriate because the event leadsto the re-evaluation of safty provisions.
DIFFICULTIES IN RATING:
ERF rating date: 13-04-1991
ERF contact person: Mrs. K. Tossavainen
ERF address: P.O. Box 14, Finland
ERF affiliation: Finnish Centre for Radiation and, Nuclear Safety

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