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People living near the Cooper nuclear plant received the second false alarm in two weeks Sunday when the National Weather Service issued a civil emergency message that it quickly retracted. The NWS broadcast the message over its pager notification system at 3:49 p.m. while preparing for an upcoming emergency...

Police and the Nebraska Public Power District are investigating the death of a worker at the Cooper nuclear plant Tuesday, although the circumstances suggest he died from natural causes. The control room received a report at 7:38 a.m. that a radiological technician was found unresponsive on the reactor's...

UPDATED - Another Midwestern utility has shelved plans for an extended power uprate, this time at the Cooper nuclear plant between Omaha, Neb., and Kansas City, Mo. On Friday, the board of the Nebraska Public Power District voted against a project to increase the plant's output by 18 percent. It...

The Nebraska Public Power District will pursue an extended power uprate at the Cooper nuclear plant and recently signed $44.7 million in contracts with GE-Hitachi to that end.

The Nebraska Public Power District held its July 14-15, 2011, Board of Directors’ meeting in Columbus, Nebraska. The following Cooper nuclear projects and improvements were approved: Capital project for License Renewal Project Supplement #3 for $605,127; Flood control barrier project for $513,000; Engineer’s certificate for the reactor feed pump turbine refurbishment for an amount not to exceed...

A water-filled berm at the Fort Calhoun nuclear plant deflated Sunday, the Omaha Public Power District reported. Apparently punctured by heavy equipment operating nearby, the berm was among several barriers protecting plant buildings from extreme flood conditions on the adjacent Missouri River. The plant remained under an unusual event declaration, the lowest of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's...

Early Sunday the Cooper Nuclear Station notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of an unusual event, making it the second plant in Nebraska on guard against severe flooding along the Missouri river. A release from the Nebraska Public Power District said operators anticipated this weekend's notification as they carefully monitored river levels and planned for water releases by the Army Corps of...

The Nebraska Public Power District held its December 9-10, 2010, Board of Directors’ meeting in Columbus, Neb. The following items were acted upon for Cooper Nuclear Station (CNS): Rejected a contract for refueling platform replacement at CNS. The Board authorized management to negotiate with vendors that can supply the unit, and bring back a contract for approval that is in a form acceptable to management...

Nebraska Public Power District officials are looking forward to operating Cooper Nuclear Station an additional 20 years, following the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s approval to renew the facility’s operating license. NPPD Chief Executive Officer and President Ron Asche and Board of Directors’ Chairman Larry Linstrom attended the event at NRC’s headquarters in Rockville, Md., where the official...

- Edited By Chris Reed - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued its final safety evaluation report (SER) for the proposed renewal of the operating license for the Duane Arnold Energy Center and Cooper Nuclear Station, and concluded that there are no open items that would preclude license renewal for an additional 20 years of operation each. NextEra Energy Duane Arnold submitted an application to the NRC in...

"Cooper Station is a safe and reliable part of NPPD's generation portfolio, providing Nebraskans with a low-cost, carbon-free energy resource," - Edited by Chris Smith - The Nebraska Public Power District announces the promotion of Brian O'Grady to the position of Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer at its Cooper Nuclear Station near Brownville, Neb. O'Grady is an employee of Entergy...

“The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the licensee’s plan to safely move spent fuel from the spent fuel pools to the dry storage casks,” said Elmo E. Collins, Regional Administrator for the NRC’s Region IV office in Arlington, Texas. - Source NRC - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will conduct a meeting with the Nebraska Public Power District on April 15 to discuss the status of the Independent Spent...

Cooper Nuclear Station agreement extended for an additional 15 years - By Linton Levy - Entergy Nuclear, the nation’s second largest nuclear power operator, has signed an agreement with Nebraska Public Power District to extend management support services to Cooper Nuclear Station until January 2029. The original contract between the companies, signed in 2003, was for the remaining years of the plant’s original...

Outages are extremely complex and intricate and require every person involved to rise to the challenge,” said Brian O’Grady - By Linton Levy - Employees at Cooper Nuclear Station, owned by Nebraska Public Power District, completed the station’s 25th refueling outage. The station, located in the southeast corner of Nebraska near the community of Brownville, synchronized with the grid at 10:40 a...