Wednesday, July 2, 2014

United State Nuclear Regulatory Commission grants Callaway Energy Center extension for generator

By Fulton Sun, Wednesday, July 2, 2014 - The nuclear power plant in Fulton has been granted an extension to provide a power generator in case of an “external” disaster.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has extended Callaway Energy Center’s deadline to fulfill requirements under an order released in 2012 to all power reactor licensees after the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant disaster.

In the NRC order, plants are required to have a portable generator to power spent fuel pool (SFP) instrumentation to read water levels — a part of the order the NRC recently extended for Callaway as written in a letter from the NRC.

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