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Press Release III-97-01, NRC Staff to Meet W/Wisconsin to Discuss Recent Insp Findings & Point Beach 2 Startup Activities
ML20133B178
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Site: Point Beach NextEra Energy icon.png
Issue date: 01/02/1997
From:
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:
References
PR-III-97-001, PR-III-97-1, NUDOCS 9701030024
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Region III Office of Public Affairs 801 Warrenville Road, Lisle IL 60532-4351 NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT:

RIII-97-01 January 2, 1997 CONTACT:

Jan Strasma 630/829-9663 Angela Dauginas 630/829-9662 E-mail:

opa3@nrc. gov NRC STAFF TO MEET WITH WISCONSIN ELECTRIC TO DISCUSS RECENT INSPECTION FINDINGS AND POINT BEACH 2 STARTUP ACTIVITIES The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet January 10 with representatives of Wisconsin Electric Power Company to discuss the findings of a special NRC team inspection at the Point Beach Nuclear Power Station.

The nuclear facility is near Two Rivers, Wisconsin.

The NRC staff will also meet with utility officials to discuss the status of utility performance improvement initiatives and to consider issues to be resolved prior to restarting Unit 2 at the plant.

Unit 2 has been shut down since October of last year for refueling and for replacement of its steam generators.

The meeting to discuss the team inspection findings will be at 10 a.m. on January 10.

The second meeting will follow at 12:30 p.m.

Both meetings, which are open to public observation, will be in the Two Creeks Town Hall at Highway 42 and Tapawingo Road north of Two Rivers.

The inspection by the 10-person NRC team began December 2 at the Point Beach plant near Two Rivers, Wisconsin.

The team spent two weeks at the plant and then continued its inspection during the week of December 16 at the utility's corporate offices in Milwaukee.

The inspection was scheduled to provide a broad review of plant activities following problems in 1996 with control room operations and with the equipment testing program.

The team inspection included around-the-clock surveillance of routine activities in the plant's control room for several days.

Inspectors also reviewed maintenance, testing, and engineering activities.

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