NRC must OK restart of Waterford-3 after Hurricane Katrina

Washington (Platts)--29Aug2005

NRC must approve restart of waterford-3, shut in anticipation of hurricane
Katrina, said plant spokeswoman Jill Smith. Entergy's Waterford-3 is
approximately 20 miles west of New Orleans, where the hurricane made landfall
this morning. Although constructed to withstand hurricane force winds,
tornadoes, floods, and other external forces, the plant powered down in
compliance with NRC regulations on the availability of off-site response
capabilities, Smith said. In advance of the storm, NRC sent additional
personnel to Waterford-3 and two other Entergy plants--River Bend, about 81
miles west of New Orleans, and Grand Gulf, about 25 miles south of Vicksburg,
Miss. The latter two plants did not shut down but were closely monitored. The
hurricane passed through New Orleans by mid-morning, then veered north to
Mississippi.

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