| Dr. William D. Travers, Executive
Director of Operations from NRC Headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, and Ellis
W. Merschoff, Regional Administrator for Region IV in Arlington, Texas, will
meet with the Board of Directors of Nebraska Public Power District Thursday,
August 8, in North Platte, Nebraska, to discuss the NRC's assessment of the
current safety performance of NPPD's Cooper Nuclear Station.
The regularly scheduled board meeting will be held in the Employee Development
Center at Gerald Gentleman Power Station, North Platte, beginning at 9 a.m.
The board meeting is open to the public.
Regulatory performance has declined at Cooper since October 2000, when
the NRC identified the first of five inspection findings with low to moderate
safety significance. Four of the findings were associated with failures in
Cooper's implementation of its emergency preparedness program, while the fifth
finding involved a compromise of the biennial requalification exam for plant
operators. While these issues are of concern to the NRC, the Cooper plant
continues to be operated in a manner that adequately protects public health
and safety.
Roger Hannah
Phone: 817-860-8128 |
