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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, 20-05-1997
ERF description: The research reactor LR-O in Rez was in shutdown because of a central heating reconstruction. On May 20, 1997 at 9.00 a.m. a small fire occurred in the reactor building. Isolations of pipes and cables burned in the central heat exchanger room, which is situated out of the radiological controlled area. The fire was caused by external workers and extinguished very quickly. No injuries occurred, no influence on nuclear safety was assessed. The event is reported because of a possible public interest.
ERF rating date: 20-05-1997
ERF contact person: J. DUSEK
ERF address: SLEZSKA 9, Czech Republic
ERF affiliation: SATE OFFICE FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY

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