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Davis-Besse nuclear power plant gets a new emergency response cen

FirstEnergy opens emergency response center dedicated for Davis-Besse, Toledo Blade, 25  BY DAVID PATCH LINDSEY, Ohio — First-Energy Nuclear Operating Corp.has spent $6 million on a 12,000-square-foot building it hopes to use as little as possible.

But if disaster strikes at the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant — be it catastrophic weather, a terrorist attack, or a radiological accident within the plant itself — utility officials say the nondescript, windowless Emergency Operations Facility will enable them to keep upwith the situation and coordinate response with area officials.
“In case there’s an emergency that makes the [plant] site
inaccessible, we have someplace we can go,” Jennifer Young, a
FirstEnergy spokesman, said after a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday
morning. The facility will officially replace a smaller response
center at the plant at noon Friday…..
http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2012/10/24/FirstEnergy-opens-emergency-response-center-dedicated-for-Davis-Besse.html

October 25, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general