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Transcript: NRC CONFIRMS COMPLETION OF 2004 CONFIRMATORY ORDER REQUIREMENTS AT DAVIS-BESSE
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- September 11, 2009
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INDSTRY GROUP 99
Regulatory Intelligence Data
09-11-2009
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has determined that First
Energy Nuclear Operating Co. (FENOC) has met the terms of a 2004 NRC order
placing conditions on the restart of the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station
after a two-year shutdown following the discovery of severe reactor vessel
head degradation. The plant is located 21 miles southeast of Toledo, Ohio.
In 2002, during NRC-required inspections, plant workers discovered a football-sized
cavity atop the reactor vessel head. The cavity was caused by the accumulation
of boric acid that, contrary to NRC regulations, had not been removed from
the vessel head and was eating away at ...