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Press Release II-97-01, NRC Schedules Meeting at FPC Crystal River Plant
ML20133B189
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Site: Crystal River Duke Energy icon.png
Issue date: 01/02/1997
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NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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References
PR-II-97-001, PR-II-97-1, NUDOCS 9701030026
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS REGION 11 101 Marietta St.404-33 5503 Atlanta.GA30323 Suit 2900 Tel.

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II-97-01 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Ken Clark 404-331-5503 (Thursday, January 2, 1997)

Roger Hannah 404-331-7878 NRC SCHEDULES MEETING AT FLORIDA POWER CORPORATION'S CRYSTAL RIVER PLANT The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff is scheduled to meet with officials of Florida Power Corporation on Thursday, January 9, at Florida Power Corporation's Crystal River nuclear power plant in Crystal River, Florida to discuss issues related to the operation and restart of the now-idled plant.

The neeting, scheduu:d for 12:00 noon, actually combines two meetings l

-- the first is one in a continuing series of meetings to discuss the status of FPC's progress on its Corrective Action Program at the plant; the second is a meeting of the NRC's restart panel, formed in November, with FPC.

The combined meeting will be in the plant's Nuclear Administation Building Conference Room 101 and is open for public observation.

l The Crystal River plant was voluntarily shut down in early September by FPC which identified several potential unreviewed safety questions.

In addition, the NRC staff has observed significant performance concerns at the plant during the past two years.

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