NRC: News Release - Region I - 2001-023 - NRC Chairman To Hold News Briefing After Visit to N.Y. Nuclear Plants

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No. I-01-023		May 9, 2001
CONTACT:	Diane Screnci (610) 337-5330 Neil A. Sheehan (610) 337-5331	E-mail: opa1@nrc.gov
NRC CHAIRMAN TO HOLD NEWS BRIEFING AFTER VISIT TO N.Y. NUCLEAR PLANTS
Dr. Richard Meserve, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will visit the James A. FitzPatrick and Nine Mile Point 1 and 2 nuclear power plants on Monday, May 14. He will tour the plants and meet with managers and staff at the Scriba, N.Y., facilities, which are operated by Entergy Nuclear Northeast and Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., respectively. At 3 p.m. in the FitzPatrick Training Center, on Lake Road in Scriba, Chairman Meserve will meet with interested news media representatives to discuss his visit and answer any questions reporters may have about NRC oversight of the plants. 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 has 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.