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Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials will meet with Southern Nuclear Operating
Company management at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 14 to discuss the results
of the agency’s initial inspection of the Farley nuclear plant license
renewal program. The Farley plant is located in southern Alabama about 18
miles southeast of Dothan, near the town of Columbia.
Southern Nuclear submitted an application to renew the licenses of the two
units at the Farley plant in September of last year, and that application,
if approved by the NRC, would extend the expiration date of the two units’
operating licenses from 2017 for Unit 1 and 2021 for Unit 2 to 2037 and 2041
respectively.
The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held at the Southern Nuclear
offices, 42 Inverness Center Parkway in Birmingham, Alabama. NRC officials
will be available prior to the close of the meeting to answer questions from
interested observers.
NRC officials say the inspection is the first of three planned license renewal
reviews at the Farley plant and was conducted to verify that the company’s
license renewal program is being implemented consistent with its license renewal
application and pertinent regulations. Subsequent NRC inspections will verify
that programs are in place to manage the material condition of the plant’s
systems, structures and components.
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