Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Regulators plan another Neb. nuclear plant meeting

BLAIR, Neb. — Federal regulators want another update on the Omaha Public Power District's efforts to improve the Fort Calhoun nuclear plant and preparations to restart it.The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will meet with OPPD officials in Blair on April 4. The meeting at Blair High School will begin at 6 p.m. Fort Calhoun is about 20 miles north of Omaha.Fort Calhoun has been shut down since last spring's refueling. Flooding along the Missouri River forced it to remain closed last summer.Now OPPD is working to repair flood damage and address concerns about Fort Calhoun's operations.Regulators are watching Fort Calhoun closely because several problems were found at the plant over the past couple years unrelated to last summer's flooding.
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