Dive Summary:

• The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) will hold a meeting Tuesday evening regarding the future of the closed Fort Calhoun, Nebraska power plant.
• The plant first closed in 2011 for routine maintenance, but flooding along the Missouri River last summer and several regulatory violations have kept the plant closed for more than year.
• OPPD recently reached a deal with Exelon to run the plant, but the NRC won’t consider reopening the plant until it’s sure it will be safe, something for which there is no timeline.

From the article:

Nebraska regulators aren't likely to allow the troubled Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant to restart anytime soon, despite a deal that brought in a private firm to run the facility.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Omaha Public Power District will hold a public meeting Tuesday evening to provide an update on the plant that sits about 20 miles north of Omaha. The meeting will run from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Dana College's Gardner-Hawks Center in Blair. ...