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Press Release II-96-101, Summer Nuclear Plant Rated Superior in Three Areas, Good in Fourth Area of NRC Assessment Rept
ML20135D059
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Site: Summer South Carolina Electric & Gas Company icon.png
Issue date: 12/06/1996
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NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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PR-II-96-101, NUDOCS 9612090222
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION I REGION II 101 Marietta St., Suite 2900

. Atlanta, GA 30323 i

No. II-96-101 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Ken Clark (404) 331-5503 (Friday, December 6, 1996)

Roger Hannah (404) 331-7878 l SUMMER NUCLEAR PLANT RATED " SUPERIOR" IN THREE AREAS, j " GOOD" IN FOURTH AREA OF NRC ASSESSMENT REPORT The Summer nuclear power plant received performance ratings of

" superior" in three areas and " good" in the fourth area of the j Nuclear Regulatory Commission's latest systematic assessment of

licensee performance (SALP) of the facility.

I The SALP report was sent today to South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, which operates the facility near Columbia, South Carolina.

It evaluates the plant's October 26 of this year. performance from January 29, 1995, th
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1 4 NRC and SCE&G officials will discuss the report during a meeting set i for 1:00 p.m. Monday, December 16, at the Summer site. The meeting

will be open for public observation. NRC officials will be 4

available after the meeting to speak with reporters, state and local j officials, and members of the public.

NRC systematic assessment reports rate licensees in four functional i areas - plant operations, maintenance, and plant

support - and assign ratings of Categoryengineering, 1, 2 or 3 depending on ,

{ whether their performance in those areas was superior, good or J j -adequate.

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2 ThereportonSummergivestheplantaCatebcating" operations, engineering and maintenance, in ry 1 rating in plant superior" )'

j performance, and a Category 2 rating in plant support, indicating

" good" performance.

i In.the previous SALP report in March 1995, the plant received the j same Category 1 or " superior" ratings in operations and maintenance.

Performance in engineering improved from Category 2 (good) to
Category 1 (superior). Performance in plant support declined from j Category 1 (superior) to Category 2 (good).

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i EDITORS: A copy of the full SALP report is available from this office. SALP reports are also available on the NRC's Internet web site (http://www.nrc. gov /OPA) and by e-mail

subscription. To receive SALP reports by e-mail as they are issued, send an e-mail to listproc@nrc. gov with the
following message
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< yourlastname.

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