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Closed door meeting between nuclear regulators and — FirstEnergy Corp

FirstEnergy’s nuclear security an issue in an NRC closed-door meeting, Cleveland.com  By John Funk, The Plain Dealer  August 26, 2013  KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa — FirstEnergy Corp.’s nuclear operating company has asked for a closed-door meeting with top federal regulators about security issues at the company’s nuclear reactor near Pittsburgh.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said on Monday that it would meet with company representatives on Sept. 5 at an NRC regional headquarters near Philadelphia.

Security forces at FirstEnergy’s Beaver Valley power plant apparently failed part of a routine “force-on-force” exercise in April. Beaver Valley contains two reactors.

The details of the force-on-force exercise are classified and may never be made public, but the NRC earlier this month warned the company in a public letter that it was considering a citation against the company because the security failure looked significant….. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/08/firstenergys_nuclear_security.html

August 27, 2013 - Posted by | safety, USA

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