NRC Comes Down on TVA for Flood Plans at Two Nuclear Plants

US NRC raises oversight of TVA nuclear plants, citing flooding Platts The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday heightened its oversight of two Tennessee Valley Authority nuclear plants after confirming the federal power producer failed to protect the sites adequately from potential flood threats. NRC will ...http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/ElectricPower/21122087

NRC Comes Down on TVA for Flood Plans at Two Nuclear Plants Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Portal (blog) The NRC issued a yellow finding, its second most serious citation, at Watts Bar related to the plant's potential inability to implement some flood mitigation measures in a timely fashion during that period. Regulators also issued the plant two lower ..»http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/06/06/nrc-comes-down-on-tva-for-flood-plans-at-two-nuclear-plants-060601.aspx NRC increases oversight of 2 Tenn. nuclear plants Businessweek CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The National Regulatory Commission is increasing oversight of two East Tennessee nuclear plants because of flood-related violations. The Watts Bar and Sequoyah nuclear plants are operated by the Tennessee Valley ...http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-06-06/nrc-increases-oversight-of-2-tenn-dot-nuclear-plants TVA cited for flood standard violations Chattanooga Times Free Press In a notice published Wednesday, the NRC said TVA violated safety standards in the way it analyzed and prepared its flood assessment risk for the Sequoyah plant near Soddy-Daisy and the Watts Bar plant near Spring city, Tenn. The NRC also found that ...http://timesfreepress.com/news/2013/jun/06/tva-cited-for-flood-standard-violations/