Event Recorder Printout of Three Mile Island Accident


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00:01:00	Pressurizer level started increasing.  Reactor Coolant System hot
(0401:37)
Approximate	leg and cold leg temperatures reached 575F.  Reactor Coolant Drain 

		Tank pressure was increasing. 


00:01:00	The Pressurizer Safety Valve (RC-RV1A) high discharge line temper-
(0401:37)
		ature alarm was received.


00:01:26	Reactor Coo1ant Drain Tank temperature normal alarm printed out. 
(0402:03)


00:01:45	Steam Generators A and B have boiled dry at this time.
(0402:22)
Approximate


00:02:01	Reactor Coolant Makeup Pump B (MU-P-1B) was stopped due to
(0402:38)
		Engineered Safeguards actuation.


00:02:04	High Pressure Injection Pump C (MU-P-lC) started automatica11y.
(0402:41)


00:03:12	Reactor Coolant Drain Tank Relief Valve (WDL-R1) lifted at 120 psig.
(0403:49)
Approximate


00:03:14	High Pressure Injection portion of Engineered Safeguards was manua1ly
(0403:51)
		bypassed.  Both Reactor Coolant Makeup Pumps A and C (MU-1P-1A 

		and MU-P-1C) were operating.


00:03:26	Reactor Coolant Drain Tank high temperature alarm received at 127.2F.
(0404:03)


00:04:38	Reactor Coolant Makeup Pump C (MU-P-1C) was stopped.
(0405:15)


00:04:38	The operator throttled the High Pressure Injection Isolation Valves
(0405:15)
Approximate	(MU-V16's).    


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