Press Release-II-02-031, NRC Commissioner to Visit Turkey Point Nuclear Plant June 6

Press Release-II-02-031: NRC Commissioner to Visit Turkey Point Nuclear Plant June 6

ML021580276
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Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	05/31/2002
From:	Office of Public Affairs Region II
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Press Release-II-02-031
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NRC NEWS UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, REGION II 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta GA 30303 Web Site: www.nrc.gov No. II-02-031 May 31, 2002 CONTACT: Ken Clark (404)562-4416 E-mail: opa2@nrc.gov Roger Hannah (404)562-4417 NRC COMMISSIONER TO VISIT TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR PLANT JUNE 6 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Dr. Nils J. Diaz will visit Florida Power & Lights Turkey Point nuclear power plant on Thursday, June 6, to tour the facility and discuss its operation with company officials.

Commissioner Diaz will be available to meet with interested news media representatives at 2:00 p.m. in the plant training center, located at the plant site near Florida City south of Miami.

Because of potential security delays, media representatives are encouraged to arrive early and will be directed by security personnel to the meeting location.

Commissioner Diaz was first sworn in as a commissioner of the NRC on August 23, 1996 for a five-year term and nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate on October 4 last year for a second five-year term.

Before joining the NRC, Dr. Diaz was a professor of nuclear engineering at the University of Florida and director of the Innovative Nuclear Space Power and Propulsion Institute, a national consortium of universities and industry, which he founded. He also was president of Florida Nuclear Associates, Inc., a high technology research and consulting firm.

Dr. Diaz received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Villanova, in Cuba, and both Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Florida in nuclear sciences.