Press Release-IV-04-038, NRC to Discuss Safety Significance of Inspection Planning at Cooper Nuclear Station

Press Release-IV-04-038: NRC to Discuss Safety Significance of Inspection Planning at Cooper Nuclear Station

ML042610408
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Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	09/17/2004
From:	Victor Dricks Office of Public Affairs Region II
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Press Release IV-04-038
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NRC NEWS U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Public Affairs Region IV 611 Ryan Plaza Drive - Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-4005 No. IV-04-039 September 17, 2004

Contact:

Victor Dricks E-Mail: opa4@nrc.gov Phone: 817-860-8128 NRC TO MEET WITH PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC TO DISCUSS RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL CONTROL PROGRAM AT HUMBOLDT BAY NUCLEAR PLANT Officials of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will meet with executives from Pacific Gas & Electric Co. on September 29 to discuss the control and accountability of licensed radioactive material and the search for missing fuel rod segments at the Humboldt Bay nuclear plant near Eureka, Calif. PG&E owns the plant, which shut down in 1976.

PG&E officials notified the NRC on August 17 that they have been unable to locate three 18-inch sections of a spent fuel rod that records show was removed from the reactor in 1968.

They will update the NRC on the progress of their continuing search.

The meeting, which is open to public observation, will be held between 6:30 and 9:00 p.m. at the Humboldt Bay Yacht Club, Wharfinger Building, One Marina Way, in Eureka. The public is invited to observe the meeting and the NRC staff will be available for comments and questions from the public before the meeting adjourns.