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During a tour of the Tennessee Valley Authority's Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, NRC Commissioner Jeff Baran (right) and Site Vice President Lang Hughes, view the new steam dryer that will be installed during the upcoming Unit 1 refueling outage.

NRC staff continues to track #Hurricane Michael and maintains contact with the affected sites. To learn more about how the #NRC staff, #nuclear power plants and other facilities we regulate are prepared for all weather events, watch our Severe Weather Video.

NRC Commissioner Stephen Burns, right, stands inside the Chernobyl New Safe Confinement structure currently under construction over the sarcophagus atop the remains of the Chernobyl unit 4 reactor, in Ukraine. Burns also visited the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant and met with the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine. Also pictured are Burns' staffers Nan Valliere and Jason Zorn.

NRC Executive Director for Operations Margaret Doane (center) tours the multi-unit Vogtle operating and under-construction nuclear plant site. Here, she visits the Unit 3 main control room and learns about different aspects of the room's future layout. Also pictured left to right are NRC Senior Resident Inspector Brian Kemker; Region II Administrator Cathy Haney; Joe Klecha, Southern Nuclear Company vice president of site operations, Vogtle 3&4; and Chris Cook, NRC executive technical assistant. Photo courtesy of Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc.