Press Release-IV-14-010, NRC to Hold Public Meeting to Discuss Status of Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station

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Press Release-IV-14-010: NRC to Hold Public Meeting to Discuss Status of Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station
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Issue date: 04/30/2014
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No: IV-14-010 April 30, 2014 CONTACT: Victor Dricks (817) 200-1128 Lara Uselding (817) 200-1519 NRC to Hold Public Meeting to Discuss Status of Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will meet with Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) officials on May 13 to discuss the status of performance improvement activities at the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant. The plant, operated by OPPD, is located 19 miles north of Omaha, Neb.

The meeting will be held from 6 - 9 p.m. at the Omaha Marriot, 10220 Regency Circle, in Omaha, NRC officials will answer questions from the public after the business portion of the meeting.

The plant remains under the NRCs increased oversight and the discussion will center on the status of OPPDs improvement initiatives in the engineering and operations performance areas, results of self-assessment activities, and effectiveness of the corrective action process.

These items are part of the post-restart Confirmatory Action Letter and must be resolved before the plant would be allowed to return to the NRCs reactor oversight process. The plant restarted Dec.

18, 2013, after a shutdown of 32 months.