ML12054A082

Email from A. Howe, NRR to M. Khanna, NRR Et Al. FW: Draft News Release for Na AIT Exit

ML12054A082
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Site:	North Anna
Issue date:	09/16/2011
From:	Howe A Division of Operating Reactor Licensing
To:	Patrick Boyle, Meena Khanna, Martin R Plant Licensing Branch 1, Plant Licensing Branch II
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FOIA/PA-2011-0357 Press Release-II-11-056
Download: ML12054A082 (3)

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FW: Draft News Release for NA AIT Exit Attachments: 11-056.doc Comments?

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Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 10:02 AM To: Howe, Allen

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FW: Draft News Release for NA AIT Exit

Allen, Attached is the press release we plan to issue next week. We aren't looking for concurrence, but we would welcome any comments you may have.

Rick From: Hannah, Roger Sent: Friday, Septemb r 16, 2011 9:49 AM To: McCoy, Gerald; Franke, Mark; Kolcum, Gregory; Croteau, Rick; Jones, William

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Draft News Release for NA AIT Exit Please review the attached release and provide me with your approval or suggestions by Monday if possible...

Thanks and have a good weekend, Roger Hannah, APR Senior Public Affairs Officer Region II -- Atlanta, Ga.

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NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Public Affairs, Region II 245 Peachtree Center Ave., NE, Suite 1200 Atlanta, GA 30303-1257 Site: www.nrc.gov Blog: http://public-blog.nrc-gateway.gov No: 11-11-056 September 20, 2011 CONTACT: Roger Hannah (404) 997-4417 E-mail: OPA2.Resourceanrc.gov Joey Ledford (404) 997-4416 NRC SCHEDULES MEETING OCT. 3 TO DISCUSS INSPECTION AT NORTH ANNA NUCLEAR POWER STATION The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has scheduled a public meeting near the North Anna nuclear power station to discuss the preliminary results of an Augmented Inspection Team which reviewed the effects of the Aug. 23 earthquake and the plant response.

The meeting is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 3, at 1 p.m. EDT at the North Anna Nuclear Information Center, 1022 Haley Drive in Mineral, Va. The meeting will be attended by members of the NRC inspection team as well as managers from NRC headquarters in Rockville, Md. and the Region 1I office in Atlanta. After the results are presented, NRC staff will be available to answer questions from media representatives and the public.

After the quake, the North Anna station's two units automatically shut down. The company declared an Alert, the next to lowest NRC emergency classification for plant events and exited the Alert after the plant staff returned offsite power supplies. The NRC determined that an Augmented Inspection Team or AIT was the appropriate level of follow-up inspection.

An AIT is formed by the NRC to review more significant events or issues at NRC-licensed facilities. The North Anna AIT included technical experts from NRC headquarters in Rockville, Md. as well as inspectors from the regional office in Atlanta. It was led by NRC Region II Branch Chief Mark Franke and North Anna Senior Resident Inspector Greg Kolcum.

The station remains shut down and NRC regulations require that the station not start up until it can demonstrate that no functional damage occurred to those features needed for continued safe operation.

The AIT is expected to release its final inspection report later in October and that report will be available on the NRC's website.

News releases are available through a free listserv subscription or by clicking on the EMAIL UPDATES link on the NRC homepage (www.nrc.gov). E-mail notifications are sent to subscribers when news releases are posted to NRC's website. For the latest news, follow the NRC on www.twitter.com/NRCýov.