The Osborne Office Park near Eastgate Mall.The Osborne Office Building is similar to a dozen other Brainerd offices with the insurance, tax and mortgage businesses it houses on three of its six floors.
But on floors two through four behind secured elevators and some windowless offices, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission annually trains more than 2,000 of its nuclear plant inspectors and radiation specialists in simulators that duplicate the various types of American reactors the NRC oversees.
The NRC is expanding its presence in the Osborne building to help add new digital training facilities for the next generation of nuclear power, NRC spokesman Ken Clark said Wednesday.
The federal agency is expanding its 60,000-square-foot lease by another 4,000 square feet to provide additional office and classroom space in the Osborne building.
According to the city building inspection department, P&C Construction Inc. is renovating the fourth floor of the Osborne building to expand the NRC’s space under a $292,000 contract.