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NRC yet to complete its evaluation of flood defenses installed at Fort Calhoun nuclear plant — Other flooding matter “still under investigation”

Published: June 24th, 2011 at 2:47 pm ET
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A Nuclear Plant’s Flood Defenses Trigger a Yearlong Regulatory Confrontation, New York Times, June 24, 2011:

[...] “We presented our analysis to them, which we felt indicated that the design basis (for the flooding threat) should remain 1,009 feet,” rather than 1,014 feet, [OPPD spokesman Jones] said. [..."W]e believe we are now in compliance with the NRC and are awaiting a final inspection[..."]

The NRC has not completed its evaluation of the new defenses installed at Fort Calhoun, nor has it resolved how OPPD handled the new information about flood threat that the NRC says the utility received via the Corps of Engineers [A 2003 assessment that raised the high-risk flood threat levels by approximately 3 feet]. [...]

“We think they had the information, and acted on it, but not in the way they should have,” said George. “Their documentation did not reflect that [information].” The matter is still under investigation.

Published: June 24th, 2011 at 2:47 pm ET
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