Press Release-IV-10-012, NRC to Hold Public Meeting with Nebraska Public Power District

Press Release-IV-10-012: NRC to Hold Public Meeting with Nebraska Public Power District

ML100990372
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Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	04/09/2010
From:	Office of Public Affairs Region IV
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Press Release-IV-10-012
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NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Public Affairs Region IV 612 E. Lamar Blvd., Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011-4125 Telephone: (817) 860-8128 No. IV-10-012 April 9, 2010

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Victor Dricks: (817) 860-8128 E-Mail: OPA4.Resource@nrc.gov Lara Uselding: (817) 276-6519 NRC TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING WITH NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will conduct a meeting with the Nebraska Public Power District on April 15 to discuss the status of the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at the Cooper Nuclear Station.

The Cooper plant has one boiling water reactor and is located 23 miles south of Nebraska City, Neb.

The meeting, which will be open to public observation, will begin at 1 p.m. in the NRCs Region IV office, 612 East Lamar Blvd, Suite 400, Arlington, Texas. Nebraska Public Power officials will discuss the status of the spent fuel storage project currently underway at the plant.

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the licensees plan to safely move spent fuel from the spent fuel pools to the dry storage casks, said Elmo E. Collins, Regional Administrator for the NRCs Region IV office in Arlington, Texas.

Members of the public will have an opportunity to ask questions of the NRC staff before the meeting concludes.

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