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Morning Report for March 19, 2007

Headquarters Daily Report

REGION I

Pilgrim Manual Reactor Shutdown.

Licensee/Facility:

ENTERGY NUCLEAR GENERATION COMPANY
Pilgrim 1
PLYMOUTH, Massachusetts
Dockets: 05000293
[1] GE-3
License No:
Notification:

MR Number: 1-2007-0008
Date: 03/17/2007

Call from Licensee

Discussion:

On March 17, 2007, the Pilgrim reactor was manually shutdown due to increasing unidentified drywell leakage.
Upon drywell entry, a steam leak was identified from the packing of a 6-inch reactor water cleanup valve. The
valve was repacked and will be tested during plant heatup/pressurization. Startup commenced at approximately
6:00 a.m. on March 19, 2007.

Accession Numbers:

Accession No Accession Date
ML070780524 03/19/2007

Contacts:

Name Office Abbrev Phone No E-Mail
POWELL, RAYMOND J R1 (610) 337-6967 RJP@nrc.gov

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