| The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission staff will meet with Tennessee Valley Authority officials on Wednesday,
August 7, to discuss the Browns Ferry Unit 1 Restart Project. The meeting will
be held at 10:00 a.m. EDT in the NRC Region II office, Sam Nunn Federal Center,
61 Forsyth Street in Atlanta.
The Browns Ferry plant is located near Athens, Alabama, and all three units
at the plant were shut down by TVA in 1985. After NRC approval, TVA returned
Unit 2 to service in 1991 and Unit 3 in 1996. Unit 1 has remained shut down
since 1985 and the NRC will review its readiness to operate again after TVA
completes the activities needed for restart.
The August 7th meeting, involving NRC and TVA management, will focus on
general TVA plans to complete the work necessary to restart the unit and the
NRC role in inspecting those activities. That management meeting will be followed
by a working level meeting between TVA and NRC staff to discuss coordination
of NRC inspections with the TVA restart activities.
Both meetings are between the NRC and TVA but are open to observation by
interested members of the public. NRC officials will also be available prior
to the conclusion of both meetings to answer any questions observers may have.
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