SEQUOYAH SIRENS - STORM KNOCKED OUT POWER TO 23 OF 108 EMERGENCY SIRENS

SEQUOYAH - NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/20/2003

OFFSITE NOTIFICATION TO STATE OF TENNESSEE MADE DUE TO LOSS OF POWER TO EMERGENCY SIRENS

The following information was obtained from the licensee via facsimile:

"On June 11, 2003, 23 of the 108 emergency sirens were out of service because of a storm passing through the area, causing power outages. The TVA Operations Duty Specialist notified the State of Tennessee of the loss of the sirens. This report is being made to NRC in accordance with 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(xi) as a situation, related to the health and safety of the public or on-site personnel, or protection of the environment, for which a news release is planned or notification to other government agencies has been made. As power was restored to the area, the sirens were returned to service.

"This report is being made at this time since Sequoyah Operations personnel have become aware that the State of Tennessee was notified by the TVA Operations Duty Specialist on June 11, 2003."

The TVA Operations Duty Specialist is based in a location different from the Sequoyah plant.

The licensee has notified the NRC Resident Inspector.

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|Power Reactor                                    |Event Number:   39952       |
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| FACILITY: SEQUOYAH                 REGION:  2  |NOTIFICATION DATE: 06/20/2003|
|    UNIT:  [1] [2] []                STATE:  TN |NOTIFICATION TIME: 16:08[EDT]|
|   RXTYPE: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP                |EVENT DATE:        06/11/2003|
+------------------------------------------------+EVENT TIME:        22:00[EDT]|
| NRC NOTIFIED BY:  JAY WHITWORTH                |LAST UPDATE DATE:  06/20/2003|
|  HQ OPS OFFICER:  HOWIE CROUCH                 +-----------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------+PERSON          ORGANIZATION |
|EMERGENCY CLASS:          NON EMERGENCY         |LEONARD WERT         R2      |
|10 CFR SECTION:                                 |                             |
|APRE 50.72(b)(2)(xi)     OFFSITE NOTIFICATION   |                             |
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+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|UNIT |SCRAM CODE|RX CRIT|INIT PWR|   INIT RX MODE  |CURR PWR|  CURR RX MODE   |
+-----+----------+-------+--------+-----------------+--------+-----------------+
|1     N          N       0        Cold Shutdown    |0        Cold Shutdown    |
|2     N          Y       100      Power Operation  |100      Power Operation  |
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