NRC: News Release - Region IV - 2001-020 - NRC Chairman To Hold News Briefing Following Visit to Arkansas Nuclear One

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No. IV-01-020		May 21, 2001
CONTACT:	Breck Henderson Phone: 817-860-8128 Cellular: 817-917-1227	E-mail: opa4@nrc.gov
NRC CHAIRMAN TO HOLD NEWS BRIEFING FOLLOWING VISIT TO ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE
Dr. Richard Meserve, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will visit Arkansas Nuclear One on Thursday, May 24. Chairman Meserve will tour the plant and meet with Entergy Operations, Inc. managers and staff. He will also meet with NRC resident inspectors responsible for the day-to-day inspection of the plant. Chairman Meserve will meet with interested news media representatives at 1:00 p.m. in room 246 at the Reeves E. Ritchie Training Center at the ANO plant site to discuss his visit and answer any questions reporters may have about NRC oversight of the plant. Dr. Meserve was sworn in as chairman of the NRC on October 29, 1999. Prior to that, he was a partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm of Covington & Burling, having joined the firm in 1981. From 1977 to 1981, he served on the White House staff as legal counsel to the President's Science and Technology Advisor. He also served as chairman or a member of several National Academy of Sciences committees. For a more detailed version of Dr. Meserve's biography, visit the NRC web site at: www.nrc.gov/NRC/WHATIS/meserve.vitae.html.