ML20198L461

Weekly Info Rept for Wk Ending 971226 & 980102

ML20198L461
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Issue date:	01/08/1998
From:	Blaha J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO)
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SECY-98-004, SECY-98-004-C, SECY-98-4, SECY-98-4-C, WIR-971226, NUDOCS 9801160035
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James L. Blaha, Assistant for Operations. Office of the ED0

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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 26, 1997 AND JANUARY 2, 1998 Contents Enclosure Nuclear Reactor Regulation A*

• Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards B

Nuclear Regulatory Research C*

• Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data D*

General Counsel E**

Administration F**

Chief Information Officer G

Chief Financial Officer H**

Human Resources 1*

i Small Business & Civil Rights J**

i Enforcement K**

State Programs L*

• Public Affairs M

International Programs N*

• Office of the Secretary 0

Region I P*

Region 11 P*

Region III P*

Region IV PA Executive Director for Operations 0**

Congressional Affairs R* *

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• No input Week Ending 1/2/98, original signed by:

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s POLICY ISSUE January 8. 1998 SECY 98 004 (Informat. ion) for:

The Commissioners from:

James L. Blaha, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO Sitleg:

WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 26, 1997 b

AND JANUARY 2, 1998 Contents Enclosure Nuclear Reactor Regulation A*

• Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards B

i Nuclear Regulatory Research C*

• Analysis and Evaluation of Operatic.1sl Data D*

General Counsel E**

l Administration F**

I Chief Information Officer G

Chief financial Officer H**

Human Resources 1*

Small Business & Civil Rights J**

Enforcement K*

• State Programs L*

• Public Affairs M

International Programs N*

• Office of the Secretary 0

Region i P*

Region 11 P*

Region 111 P*

Region IV PW Executive Director for Operations 0**

Congressional Affairs R* *

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Atsistant for Operations. OEDO i

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M. Leach, OEDO SECY NOTE:

To be made publicly available in 5 working days from the date of this paper

i Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Items of Interest 1

Week Ending December 26. 1997 i

Society of Nuclear Medicine and American College of Nuclear Physicians Meeting i

On December 18. 1997, the-Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards staff met with the President and Vice President Elect of the Society of l

Nuclear Medicine (SNM). President of the American College of Nuclear i

Physicians (ACNP). the SNM/ACNP government relations' liaison, and an_ attorney i

representing the SNM/ACNP.' The meeting was held-at the request of the SNH/ACNP.

Representatives of the SNM/ACNP provided Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff with a document entitled "A Framework for the Regulation of Nuclear j

Hedicine." The primary focus of the document, as well as the meeting, was to provide NRC with information regarding the risks as.ociated with the practice 1

n of_ nuclear medicine.

The organizations also used this meeting as an i

opportunity to provide staff with draft comments on the Working Group's proposed revision to the. Medical Policy Statement and revised requirements for a' radiation safety committee. quality management program, and re)orting of medical events and precursors. The staff is ) lacing a copy of tie document in the Public Document Room, and will consider t1e comments as part of the ongoing effort to revise 10'CFR Part 35.

Florida Institute of Technology Meeting On December 11 13, 1997, Fuel Cycle Licensing Branch staff visited the Florida institute of Technology (FIT) to discuss license termination.

FIT was i

authorized to possess one Pu Be source and one subcritical assembly. both of which have been returned to the Department of Energy.

The assembly consisted of enriched uranium dispersed in a polypropylene " brick." Staff briefed the licensee on procedures for license termination, and FIT will provide decommissioning records to support the termination.

Nuclear Fuel Services Submittal of Amendment Application On December 23. 19??. Nuclear Fuel Services (NFS). Erwin. Tennessee, submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission another portion of the amendment application for the new Navy fuel-project.

They expect to provide the complete amendment package by April 1998.

This is a major license amendment that will be reviewed in conjunction with renewal of NFS's Special Nuclear Material License.

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On December 8 12. 1997, the Director of the Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and i

Safeguards represented the Nuclear Regulatory Commission at a technical review meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA's) guidance document INFCIRC/225/Rev 3. "The Physical Protection of Nuclear Material." in Cardarache. France.

A representative from the Department of Energy and from Sandia National Laboratories also participated from the U.S.

A total of sixteen representatives from nine countries participated in the review.

This meeting was held to prepare for a review conference on the subject document planned for May 1998 in Vienna. Austria.

The goal of the group was to identify any proposed changes needed to address technological advances, political concerns or changes in implementation practices that have occurred since the last review conference in 1993.

The IAEA will w consolidate and distribute the proposed changes to the technical review pcJ ticipants for final review before sending to IAEA member states for consideration prior to the formal review conference in 1998.

Licensee Performance Review for framatome Cogema Fuels On December 19, 1997, the Acting Deputy Regional Administrator for P.egion II, the Director. Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards. Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, and other representatives from Region 11 participated in a management meeting with Framatome Cogema to discuss the findings of the Licensee Performance Review (LPR) conducted for the period July 1. 1995, through September 28. 1997.

During the meeting Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Framatome Cogema management each discussed their perspective of the licensee's performance in the areas of safety operations, safeguards, radiological controls, facility support, and licensing activities.

The results of the-LPR will be used as a basis for establishing the NRC inspection program for the facility during the next year.

Safeguards Bilateral Meetings from Decemtier 8 19. 1997. Safeguards bilateral meetings were held by representatives of the U.S. Government (i.e., the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Department of Energy. State, and Arms Control and Disarmament Agency) with EURATOM. France. Germany, and the United Kingdom. These meetings addressed the implementation of the traditional International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards measures as well as the su.eguards strengthening measures in each State.

EURATOM has begun discussions with the IAEA toward negotiating the Protocol to the EURATOM-IAEA safeguards agreements.

They are targeting presentation of the agreements to the IAEA Board of Governors in March 1998.

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Trilateral Initiative Meeting On December 11 1997, meetings on the Trilateral Initiative were held with Russia and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna. These meetings are preliminary to drafting of new nuclear material verification agreements to enable IAEA to verify sensitive forms of nuclear material 1rreversibly released from the Russiai; and U.S.-Nuclear weapon programs.

Although the U.S. and Russia could agree on several preliminary issues l

Associated with the agreements. IAEA funding will be a dtfficult issue to i

resolve, International Atomic Energy Agency Safeguards in the U.S.

On December 19, 1997, the Subgroup on International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safeguards in the U.S. (SISUS) met at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

' Headquarters to review the status of IAEA safeguards implementat40n in the a

U.S.

The principal topic of discussion was a paper prepared by the Department of Energy on the continuing application of IAEA safeguards / verification 1 measures to nuclear materials deemed excess to the U.S. Nuclear weapon i

programs. The impetus for the paper was a request from the Subcommittee on International-Safeguards and Monitoring for an analysis of the purpose,-

funding ard legal basis for continuing IAEA involvement with these materials.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Visit to the Center for Nuclear Wiste Regulatory Analyses on Tank Waste Remediation Systems On December 16, 1997 Tank Waste Remediation Systems (TWRS) section staff visited the Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses (CNWRA). The ourpose of the visit was to familiarize Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff wit 1 some of the capabilities of CNWRA. and to discuss changes to and future work for CNWRA under this project.

The changes to the current opercting plan with CNWRA were necessitated by an Office of Management and Budget passback resource reduction for fiscal year 1999: NRC staff ~ associated with the project will undertake, on a somewhat delayeo schedule, some of the activities originally planned to be accomplished by CNWRA.

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'OfficeofNuclear' Material-Safety l ands.leguards Items'of: Interest Week'Ending January;2. 1998' U.S-Enrichment Corporation Petition Submittal On December 30. 1997; theU.S.-EnrichmentCorporation-(U3EC)submitteda Petition to:the Commission requesting _ Commission review of the Director's December 8. 1997, decision denying in part!USEC's July 31.-.1997. Certificate-

~ Amendment Request regarding Paducah Plant: Seismic. Upgrades._ Although the1

-Director granted an.18 month extension ofJthe original December-31.1997.-

! Compliance Plan Commitment completion date, the Director denied USEC's request that the 18 months extension run from the time.that the Staff completes its review of the-final design.information, updated SAR seismic analyses and updated. seismic risk analys;s. The staff has not committed to perfon.iing a-review of the-final designzinforn.ation us part of the resolution to the:

= Paducah Compliance Plan Issua 36.=.Given 'ne significance of-the seismic risk

.(identified-structural 1 vulnerabilities'with the existing structure) and the earlier Compliance Plan commitment to complete this modification as a-condition of certification. the Director concluded that-further delay nresents an unacceptable _ risk and is' contrary-to the public health and safety.

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Chief-Information Officer items of Interest Week Ending December 26. 1997 Freedom of Information and Privacy Act Requests Received during the 4-Day Period of December 19-24. 1997:

St Lucie, identified allegation files, 1994 to 1997 time frame.

(F01A/PA-97-484)

OlG Management Implications Report (OlG/MIR-2), NRC Response to Whistleblower Retaliation Complaints.

(F01A/PA-97-485)

Metcoa Radiation Site ("Pesses Site"). Pulaski, PA.

(F01A/PA-97-486)

Sewage sludge and ash samples from publicly owned treatment works. methodology for collecting and analyzing.

(F01A/PA-97-487)

Steam generator degradation, international plants.

(F01A/PA-97-488)

Maintenance Rule Training.

(F01A/PA-97-489)

Title transfer to 00E. low-level radioactive waste sites.

(F01A/PA-97-490)

Personnel and security records on named individuals.

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Items of Interest =

Week Ending-January:2.-f1998:

Freedom of Information a'nd Privacy Act Requests Received during the-4-Day-

-i Period of December 25,-1997-- January 1. 1998:-

' Horsepower;needed for 100 MW to-2,1_GW unit.and the type and size of the igenerator.:.(F0lA/PA-97-492) t Gutierrez Palmenberg. Inc. license package.

(F01A/PA-37-493)

So.: Texas Project.- 1997 investigatf ons regarding alleged discrimination.-

(F01A/PA-97-494)-

-Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, characterization report document referenced-on page 8-3.

(F01A/PA-97-495)

.i Waste Control Specialists. Inc., LLRW disposal site in Andrews County. TX.

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Office of Human Resources-Items of Interest Week _Ending January 2, 1998.

Arrivals CULLISON, David REACTOR ENGINEER (PFT)

RI Retirements BRADY, Raymond DIR, DFS (PFT)

ADM CLARK, Richard SR PROJECT MANAGER (PFT)

NRR CONRAN, James SR PROGRAM MANAGER (FFY)

AEOD CORTEZ, Jose SR RESEARCH PROG COORD (PFT)

RES CUNNINGHAM, Lemoine CHIEF, SAFEGUARDS BR (PFT)

NRR DUNN, Sheryl HR TEAM LEADER (PFT)

HR ENNIS, Jeay RADIATION SPECIALIST (PFT)

Ril EVANS, John DEP DIR, DBA (PFT)

OCFO FADDEN, Mary SAFEGUARDS PROG ANALYST (PFT)

NMSS FORNS, Wanda BUDGET & FINANCE ASST (PFT)

RIV FORTUNA, Shirley PROJECT MANAGER (PFT)

NMSS GERHARDT, Charles SR COMPUTER SPEC (PFT)

CIO HOLLAND, William REACTOR INSPECTOR (PFT)

Ril HOYLE, Anne PROCUREMENT SPEC (OPFT)

ADM JOHNSON, Allen PROJECT MANAGER (PFT)

NRR JOHNSON, Barbara MGMT INFO SYS ANALYST (PFT)

NRR LAZARUS, William BRANCH CHIEF (PFT)

RI MATTIA, Mary Jo BRANCH CHIEF (PFT)

NMSS RANKIN, William SR PROJihCT MANAGER (PFT)

Ril REPPERT, Brian INFO SECURITY SPEC (PFT)

ADM ROONEY, Vemon SR PROJECT MANAGER (PFT)

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l ROSS, Frederick HYDROGEOLOGIST (PFT)

NMSS SHOTKIN, Louis SR TECH ADVISOR (PFT)

RES SWETLAND, Paul PROJELi ENGINEER (PFT)

Rl TELFORD, Lois SR FACILITIES SECURITY SPEC (PFT)

ADM TOLSON, Virginia RESOURCE MGMT ANALYST (PFT)

Rl TUCKER, Edward CIVIL RIGHTS PROG MGR (PFT)

SBCR VAN CISE, Lillie ADMIN ASSISTANT (PFT)

OCM WADE, Izetta UNIT CHIEF (PFT) lRM WATKINS, Robert STAFF ASSISTANT (PFT)

OlG WECHSELBERGER, Jacob TECHNICAL PROGRAM MGR (PFT)

OEDO WILLIAMS, Garrie SR COMPUTER ANALYST (PFT)

CIO WRIGHT, Earl SR RADIATION SPECIALIST (PFT)

Ril Departures BLACK, Eric VOUCHER EXAMINER (PFT)

RI HIGGINS, William REACTOR ENGINEER (PFT)

RI KALMAN, George SR PROJECT MANAGER (PFT)

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. Week Ending December 26.:1997 Medial'ntsrest

Newsday requested

information on ocean disposal of LLW:in'the 1950s, Press Rele6ses' Regions:-

1-97-161L NRC Proposes $4,400 Civil Penalty for Stroh Brewery Company-for Unauthorized Disposal of Gauges Holding Radioactive Material IV-97-77 NRC Staff Proposes $55.000 Fine Against Entergy for Violations at River Ber.d Nuclear Plant il er JOECEMBER 26.-1997-ENCi.0SURE ti

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Office of Public.;l fairs Items of Interest--

Week-Ending-January 2, 1998 Press Releases Reglons:

I-97-162-NRC to Take Public-Coment on Yankee-Rowe. Termination Plan I-97-163-NRC Assigns New Senior Resident Inspector to Seabrook-I-97-164 NRC-Assigns New Resident Inspector to Indian Point 3~

Plant 11-97-89 Oconee Nuclear Plant Rated " Superior" in One Area.

" Good"in Three Other Areas of NRC Assessment Report 11-97-90.

NRC Staff to Discuss Apparent Violations With West Virginia Nuclear Pharmacy on January 6 t

111-98-01.

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I Office of the Secretary items of Interest Week Ending December 26, 1997 Decision Documents Released to the Public Document Date Subject

1. SECY-97-173 8/1/97 Potential Revision to 10 CFR 50.65(a)(3) of the Maintenance Rule to Require licensees to Perform Safety Assessments

- SRM on 97-173 12/17/97 (same)

- Comission Voting 12/17/97 (same)

Record on 97-173

2. COMSECY-97-030 11/19/97 S.981. The Regulatory Improvement Act of 1997

- SRM on 12/1/97 (same)

COMSECY-97-030

- Chmn Jackson's 11/26/97 (same) coments on COMSECY-97-030

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Dicus' 12/8/97 (same) comments on COMSECY-97-030

- Com. Diaz' 12/8/97 (same) c coments on COMSECY-97-030

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McGatfigan's 12/5/97 (same) comments on COMSECY-97-030

2. COMNJD-97-006 9/10/97 Comission Procedures:

Further Issues

- SRM on 10/23/97 (same)

COMNJD-97-005

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McGaffigan's comments on COMNJD 97-006 Information Papers Released to the Public

1. SECY-97-289 12/15/97 Proposed NRC Generic Letter.

Degradation of Steam Generator Internals" Memoranda Released to the Public

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Blaha to Co,s.

10/27/97 Annual Comission Briefing on the Assistants Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP)

- SRM 12/22/97 (same)-

Federal Register Notices Issued 1.

Application for a License to Import Radioactive Waste: Allied Technology Group 4

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Office of the Secretary Items of Interest Week Ending January 2, 1998 Document Date Subject Information Papers Released to the Public

1. SECY-97-291 12/15/97 Revising Rules on Generally Licensed-and Exempt Products and the Manufacturers / Distributors of These Products (10 CFF, Parts 30, 31, and 32)

Hemoranda Released to the Public

1. M971218 12/30/97 Staff Requirements - Meeting with Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW), 10:00 A.M., Thursday, December 18, 1997 I

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Week:Ending December 26, 1997-Predecisional Enforcement Conference with J&L Testing-Company.' Inc__.

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J&L Testing isLa-nuclear gauge licensee whose NRC 11cer.se has been suspended since 1995. On December 18. 1997', a' predecisional enforcement conference was:

held with the licensee to discuss the findings of 01 Investigation Peport No.

1195-044 (which concluded that licensee officials had provided incomplete.

t inaccurate'information to NRC in 1995) and the 00L Final' Decision'and Order issued on September _23, 1997, which found that the licensee had discriminated.

against a former employee. At the conference, the licensee's legal counsel 0

stated thatsthere had been noncompliance. but it was' not willful or with-careless disregard.. The licensee described its perspective on the root cause of the violations and-described corrective actions taken and planned. The

-President of J&L Testing-contended that she did not fire the former employee who filed the complaint with 00L. Legal counsel for the licensee indicated

~that an appeal of the D0L findings is pending in the 3rd Circuit Court.

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Philadelphia Veterans Administration Medical Center (PVAMC)

On December 15. 1997, the Deputy Regional Administrator and other NRC Region I staff _ toured the PVAMC facility.

During the tour, personnel were interviewed to assess the impact on radiation safety of existent communications conflicts 1

and problems that were identified during Inspection Nos.96-001 and 97-002.

On December 18, 1997. Region I management representatives viere joined by NMSS/IMNS management and OE staff at the PVAMC facility.

The 11cEnsee's planned corrective actions were discussed. A Confirmatory Action Letter (CAL) was issued Decerrber 19, 1997.

PADEP Meeting-On. Friday December 19, 1997. Region I DNMS representatives John Kinneman.

John McGrath, and Betsy Ullrich met with representatives of the Pennsylvania-Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to discuss the renewal of the Interstate Nuclear Services Corporation (INSi National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System-(NPDES) permit.

INS operates a nuclear laundry in Royersford. Pennsylvania. -The NPDES permit is the first of two authorizations INS needs from PADEP to allow them to discharge effluent from the. laundry directly to~the Schuylkill River.- PADEP representatives discussed their review of the calculations provided by_ INS regarding release of radioacU.se material to'the river, and the additional information they intend to request from INS _regarding-the radioactive material and doses to the public from the

proposed releases.

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. Region II Items of Interest-Week'Ending January 2. 1998 Duke' Energy Corporation --~0coneel On December 28. 1997. Oconee Unit 1 was shutdown from 54 percent power upon confirmation of primary-to secondary leakage in the 1A steam generator in

. excess of the Technical Specification leakage limit of 150 gallons per day (gpd). The unit was in power escalation. returning from a refueling outage, when the 400 gpd leakage was detected.

Subsequent licensee inspection of the 1A steam generator revealed leakage from two welded plugs and nine tube-to-tube sheet welds. These deficiencies have been resolved and post maintenance -

testing is currently underway.

Region II has been following the licensee's corrective act1ons.

Duke Energy Corporation -- Catawba At 7:22 p.m._on December 30, 1997, the catawba Nuclear Station declared a Notice of Unusual Event due to excessive reactor coolant leakage from Unit 1 reactor facility. The plant was increasing reactor coolant system temperature and pressure in preparation for restart after a refueling outage. The leakage was-detected when reactor coolant drain tank level, temperature, and pressure experienced step increases. After the plant was partially cooled down and depressurized the licensee identified the cause of the excessive leakage to be two partially open reactor coolant loop drain valves, No leakage was detected after these two valves were shut. There was no radioactive release cutside of the reactor containment facilities due to this leakage. The NRC ~

resident inspectors monitored the licensee's investigation and corrective actions to the leakage. including 24-hour coverage at the time of the leakage.

South Carolina Electric and Gas Company -- Sumor On January 2. 1998. the unit was shutdown from 100 percent power when a

-Technical Specification 72-hour LC0 for the A emergency diesel generator expired. The EDG failed the TS surveillance test on December 30. 1997. due to oscillations in generator frequency after the output breaker was opened following the one hour full load run.

This was the fourth failure of the A EDG since November 12. 1997. The three previous failures were caused by oscillations in generator load (kilowatt) when tied to the grid for testing.

The licensee indicated that.the previous failures were caused by problem with the electrical governor control unit and a relay in the isochronous/ droop circuit.

For the curcent failure the licensee has replaced the mechanical unit of the Woodward governor and a transition arm associated with the fuel racks.

Based on-its investigations and the problems identified with each of the failures January 2. 1998.

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0n January 2.. -1998.- Aaerican Electric-Power innounced:a management change affecting the D.-C. Cook Nuclear Power _ Station._ Douglas E.

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-the utility's nuclear generation group as Plant Manager of-0.

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- Management Meeting with Mid American Power in Reginn IV>

.0n Decsmber 22, 1997, members of the. management; team of Mid-American Power met-with the Regional: Administrator and' members of the Region IV-sta.ff. 1The'

' purpose of the meeting-was to introduce Mr. Wayne Smith,-Mid-America's new Vice President -~0perations. Mid-American is currently under a~ contractual'-

agreement with the Nebraska Public Power District for 50 percent-of-the generating capacity of the Cooper Nuclear Station._ This' agreement, which is scheduled;to_ expire in _2004,; makes Mid-American.-the majority consumer of Cooper's power, t

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