BLAIR, Neb. (AP) – Federal regulators plan to increase their oversight of Omaha Public Power District’s Fort Calhoun nuclear plant because of a new regulatory violation at the plant. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Tuesday that the failure of a key electrical part during a test last year represented only a low to moderate safety risk. But Fort Calhoun will receive
additional scrutiny because this new violation follows a significant safety concern that regulators found last year. The new oversight level for Fort Calhoun will be determined in
September. The NRC says the part’s failure didn’t pose a danger to the public because other backup systems were working.