Press Release-IV-12-001, NRC Staff to Meet with Omaha Public Power District Officials to Discuss Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant

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Press Release-IV-12-001: NRC Staff to Meet with Omaha Public Power District Officials to Discuss Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant
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Issue date: 01/05/2012
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NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Public Affairs Region IV 1600 E. Lamar Blvd.

Arlington, TX 76011-4511 Telephone: (817) 860-8100 Site: www.nrc.gov Blog: http://public-blog.nrc-gateway.gov No. IV-12-001 January 5, 2012

Contact:

Victor Dricks (817) 200-1128 E-Mail: OPA4.Resource@nrc.gov Lara Uselding (817) 200-1519 NRC STAFF TO MEET WITH OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS FORT CALHOUN NUCLEAR PLANT U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet with officials from the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) in Omaha, Neb., on Jan. 19, to discuss the process it will use to maintain oversight of the Fort Calhoun nuclear plant. OPPD operates the plant, located 19 miles north of Omaha.

The meeting, which is open to public observation, will begin at 6 p.m. at the Doubletree Hotel, 1616 Dodge St.

Fort Calhoun is shut down and remains in a safe mode following flooding last spring along the Missouri River.

Conferees will discuss specifics of the process the NRC will use to monitor the plant and maintain inspection oversight during post-flooding recovery actions. The licensee was notified via letter on Dec. 13, of this transition from the normal oversight process designed for operating reactors to a program tailored for plants that have been shut down for a prolonged period and have performance issues that must be resolved prior to restart.

The letter is available through ADAMS by going to http://wba.nrc.gov:8080/ves// and doing a Simple Search for ML113470721.

Members of the NRC staff will be available to answer questions from the public after the business portion of the meeting.

News releases are available through a free Listserv subscription or by clicking on the EMAIL UPDATES link on the NRC homepage (www.nrc.gov). E-mail notifications are sent to subscribers when news releases are posted to NRC's website. For the latest news, follow the NRC on www.twitter.com/NRCgov.

NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Public Affairs Region IV 1600 E. Lamar Blvd.

Arlington, TX 76011-4511 Telephone: (817) 860-8100 Site: www.nrc.gov Blog: http://public-blog.nrc-gateway.gov No. IV-12-001 January 5, 2012

Contact:

Victor Dricks (817) 200-1128 E-Mail: OPA4.Resource@nrc.gov Lara Uselding (817) 200-1519 NRC STAFF TO MEET WITH OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS FORT CALHOUN NUCLEAR PLANT U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet with officials from the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) in Omaha, Neb., on Jan. 19, to discuss the process it will use to maintain oversight of the Fort Calhoun nuclear plant. OPPD operates the plant, located 19 miles north of Omaha.

The meeting, which is open to public observation, will begin at 6 p.m. at the Doubletree Hotel, 1616 Dodge St.

Fort Calhoun is shut down and remains in a safe mode following flooding last spring along the Missouri River.

Conferees will discuss specifics of the process the NRC will use to monitor the plant and maintain inspection oversight during post-flooding recovery actions. The licensee was notified via letter on Dec. 13, of this transition from the normal oversight process designed for operating reactors to a program tailored for plants that have been shut down for a prolonged period and have performance issues that must be resolved prior to restart.

The letter is available through ADAMS by going to http://wba.nrc.gov:8080/ves// and doing a Simple Search for ML113470721.

Members of the NRC staff will be available to answer questions from the public after the business portion of the meeting.

News releases are available through a free Listserv subscription or by clicking on the EMAIL UPDATES link on the NRC homepage (www.nrc.gov). E-mail notifications are sent to subscribers when news releases are posted to NRC's website. For the latest news, follow the NRC on www.twitter.com/NRCgov.