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SHUT DOWN OF MAPS UNITS 1 AND 2 FOLLOWING INABILITY TO MEET MINIMUM STAFF REQUIREMENT

During power operation, the supervisors and tradesmen of the incoming
crew of I shift on 8.1.91 did not turn up for duty and the supervisors and tradesmen of the III shift on 7.1.91 left their locations. Units were manned with engineers and planned shutdown effected.
BASIS FOR RATING: Rating level of 1 was selected as per the guidelines 4.5 (additional guidance) which states as follows: "certain events may occur on a plant, whilst they do not in any way affect the reactor safety directly are nevertheless of some significance because they reveal deficiencies in the safety culture of the plant. Such events could involve human error procedural inadequacies or violation of procedure and could be categorized as level-1.
DIFFICULTIES IN RATING:

Location: KALPAKKAM-1
Event date: Mon, 07-01-1991
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