Our next meeting is coming up soon!  Our program will be at 1:00 PM on July 13, 2015 in the Horizon Conference Room Building 42 Inverness.  Our speaker will be Dr. Andrew Gaettinger who is a professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Alabama.  Dr. Gaettinger is the director of the 3D Printing Lab and will speak on 3D printing.

MEETING DETAILS:

When: Monday, July 13, 2015
Where: Inverness 42, Room 130
Board meeting: 11 a.m.
Dutch Lunch: 12:00 noon
General Meeting: 1 p.m.

See you there!

Emily Anita Shields

Date of Death Sunday, May 31st, 2015
Place of Death Birmingham, AL

Visitation
Thursday, June 4th, 2015, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Location JEFFERSON MEMORIAL
Address
1591 Gadsden Hwy
Birmingham, AL 35235

Service Information
Thursday, June 4th, 2015, 12:00pm
Location JEFFERSON MEMORIAL

Interment Information
Location JEFFERSON MEMORIAL

SNC Communications issued the following news release today:

NRC reaffirms safe operation, regulatory commitment of Farley, Hatch and Vogtle nuclear plants

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – This week, the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission held three informational open houses for the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant near Dothan, Ala., the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant near Baxley, Ga., and the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant near Waynesboro, Ga., to discuss the 2014 site assessment results. The Commission concluded that the plants met all of the NRC safety standards and that there were no major issues.

“These annual public meetings give us an opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to safety and reliability, and to hear from the communities we serve about any issues of interest or concern,” said Southern Nuclear President and CEO Steve Kuczynski. “We were pleased to share our performance results and to learn that our plant neighbors have no concerns about our plants.”

The NRC staff was joined by leaders of each plant site and representatives from Alabama Power (Farley) and Georgia Power (Hatch and Vogtle), the owner companies. At the open houses, there were visual displays of plant safety performance and the NRC’s oversight and inspection process. NRC and company representatives were available to answer questions.

“NRC inspectors continually evaluate each nuclear plant’s safety, and each year we take a detailed look at that information to identify any trends and help plan future inspections,” said NRC Region II Administrator Victor McCree. “Inspection results are available throughout the year, but these annual meetings allow us to talk to local residents and answer any questions they may have.”

Our annual spring luncheon is coming up very soon at the Pelham Civic center on May 11. We have a delicious lunch planned and our speaker this year is Bill Ball who is the EVP and Chief Transmission Officer for the Southern Company. Billy will talk on the status of the system transmission system. If you have listened to the national news lately, the country’s aging electrical transmission system and increased outage rates are an area of national concern.

SPRING LUNCHEON DETAILS:
When: Monday, May 11, 2015
Where: Pelham Civic Complex
Board meeting: 11 a.m.
Lunch will be served: 12:00 noon
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

You should be receiving an invitation in the mail soon.  Registration is due by May 1, 2015.  If you have not received your invitation, click here to view and print an invitation.