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No. 96-59 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Tuesday, April 16, 1996)
NRC STAFF APPROVES DECOMMISSIONING PLAN
FOR TROJAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has approved
Portland General Electric Company's decommissioning plan for its
Trojan nuclear power plant in Columbia County, Oregon.
Portland General decided to shut down the Trojan plant
permanently in January 1993. All the reactor fuel was then moved
into the plant's spent fuel storage pool. The plant operated
from its initial licensing in November 1975 until a leak in a
steam generator forced it to stop operation in November 1992.
The company filed a decommissioning plan with the NRC in
January 1995, outlining its plans for moving the spent fuel to an
on-site dry cask storage installation, dismantling radioactive
structures, and decontaminating the site for unrestricted use,
except for the dry-cask spent fuel storage area. The NRC offered
the public an opportunity for a hearing on the plan, but no
request was filed.
In reviewing the decommissioning plan, the NRC staff
concluded that the health and safety of the public will not be
endangered and that there are no significant environmental
impacts associated with the proposed actions.
Further details on the decommissioning plan and the staff's
action are available for public inspection at the NRC Public
Document Room, 2120 L Street NW, Washington, DC, and at the Local
Public Document Room for Trojan at the Branford Price Millar
Library, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.
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