ML071010318
| ML071010318 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Limerick  |
| Issue date: | 04/11/2007 |
| From: | Office of Public Affairs Region I |
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| References | |
| Press Release-I-07-016 | |
| Download: ML071010318 (2) | |
See also: see also:Press Release-I-07-016
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NRC NEWS
U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Office of Public Affairs, Region I
475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pa.
www.nrc.gov
No. I-07-016 April 11, 2007
Contact:
Diane Screnci, 610/337-5330
E-mail: opa1@nrc.gov
Neil Sheehan, 610/337-5331
NRC TO DISCUSS 2006 ASSESSMENT FOR LIMERICK NUCLEAR PLANT
AT PUBLIC MEETING SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 18
The Nuclear Regulatory Commissions annual assessment of safety performance at the
Limerick nuclear power plant, in Limerick (Montgomery County), Pa., will be the subject of a public
meeting on Wednesday, April 18.
NRC staff will meet with representatives of plant owner Exelon Generating Co., LLC, at 6:30
p.m. to discuss the assessment, which covers the period from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2006, and was
documented in a March 2nd letter to the company. The session will take place at the Limerick Energy
Information Center, at 298 Longview Road in Royersford, Pa.
Before the meeting is adjourned, NRC staff will be available to answer questions from the
public on the performance of the twin-reactor Limerick plant, as well as the role of the NRC in
providing oversight of plant safety.
Each year we take a step back to size up plant performance during the previous calendar year,
with the overarching goal of ensuring that facilities are achieving the levels of safety that are essential
to protecting the public and the environment, said NRC Region I Administrator Samuel J. Collins,
who noted the agency also conducts mid-year assessments of performance. At the meeting on April
18th, members of the public will receive information about how we go about that review process for
Limerick and other nuclear power plants across the nation. The NRC staff will also be prepared to
answer questions from attendees.
The annual assessment letter for Limerick is available on the NRC web site at:
http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/LETTERS/lim_2006q4.pdf . The notice for the
meeting, with agenda attached, is available in the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System (ADAMS) under accession number ML070880459. ADAMS is accessible at:
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html . Help in using ADAMS is available via the NRCs Public
Document Room at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at PDR@NRC.GOV .
Overall, the Limerick plant operated safely during 2006. The NRC utilizes color-coded
inspection findings and performance indicators to assess nuclear power plant performance. The colors
start with green and then increase to white, yellow or red, commensurate with the safety
significance of the issues involved. Because all of the performance indicators for the Limerick plant
were determined to be green and there were no inspection findings greater than green at the end of
2006, the plant will receive the baseline, or routine, level of inspections in 2007.
Routine inspections are performed by two NRC Resident Inspectors assigned to the plant and
by inspection specialists from the Region I Office in King of Prussia, Pa. Among the areas of plant
performance to be inspected this year by NRC specialists are activities associated with the construction
of a dry cask storage facility for spent nuclear fuel at the site, fire protection, component design bases
Current performance information for Limerick Unit 1 is available on the NRC web site at:
http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/LIM1/lim1_chart.html .
Current performance information for Limerick Unit 2 is available on the NRC web site at:
http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/LIM2/lim2_chart.html .