Press Release-II-20-009, NRC Schedules Virtual Meeting to Discuss 2019 Safety Performance of North Anna and Surry Nuclear Power Plants

Press Release-II-20-009: NRC Schedules Virtual Meeting to Discuss 2019 Safety Performance of North Anna and Surry Nuclear Power Plants

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Site:	Surry, North Anna
Issue date:	04/15/2020
From:	Office of Public Affairs Region II
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No: II-20-009 April 15, 2020

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Roger Hannah, 404-997-4417 NRC Schedules Virtual Meeting to Discuss 2019 Safety Performance of North Anna and Surry Nuclear Power Plants Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will discuss the 2019 safety performance of the North Anna and Surry nuclear power plants during a virtual meeting scheduled for April 22.

The North Anna plant is in central Virginia and the Surry plant is in southeastern Virginia. Both plants are operated by Dominion Energy.

The session will be held from 3-4 p.m., Eastern Time, with NRC employees responsible for plant inspections participating, including the resident inspectors based at the site. The meeting will be available via Skype. For individuals without access to Skype, the telephone conference number is 301-415-0333, the passcode is 3922350#.

The NRC determined that the North Anna and Surry plants operated safely during 2019 and all inspection findings and performance indicators had very low safety significance. As a result, both plants remain under the NRCs normal level of oversight.

The NRC Reactor Oversight Process, which requires thousands of hours of inspection each year, uses color-coded inspection findings and indicators to measure plant performance. The colors start at green and increase to white, yellow or red, commensurate with the safety significance of the issues involved. Inspection findings or performance indicators with more than very low safety significance trigger increased NRC oversight.

Inspections at the North Anna and Surry nuclear power plants are performed by NRC resident inspectors and other inspection specialists from the NRC Region II office in Atlanta.

The annual assessment letters for the North Anna plant and the Surry plant, which include upcoming inspection plans for the plants, are available on the NRC website. Current performance information for North Anna Unit 1, North Anna Unit 2, Surry Unit 1, and Surry Unit 2 is also available and is updated on a quarterly basis.