Press Release-I-02-015, NRC to Discuss Millstone Performance with Dominion Nuclear

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Press Release-I-02-015: NRC to Discuss Millstone Performance with Dominion Nuclear
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Issue date: 03/14/2002
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NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, REGION I 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 No. I-02-015 March 14, 2002 CONTACT: Diane Screnci, (610) 337-5330 E-mail: opa1@nrc.gov Neil A. Sheehan, (610) 337-5331 NRC TO DISCUSS MILLSTONE PERFORMANCE WITH DOMINION NUCLEAR Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will take part in two public meetings regarding the Millstone nuclear power plant on Thursday, March 21. The facility, which has two operational reactors, is located in Waterford, Conn., and operated by Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.

At 1:30 p.m. that day , NRC staff will meet with representatives of Dominion Nuclear at the Leland F. Sillin Nuclear Training Center, located at the plant off Rope Ferry Road, to discuss the results of the agencys annual assessment of Millstones safety performance. The meeting will be open to the public for observation. Before the session is adjourned, NRC staff will be available to answer questions from the public on the safety performance of Millstone Units 2 and 3 and the role of the NRC in ensuring safe plant operation.

The performance period to be discussed is April 1, 2001, to December 31, 2001. NRC staff will also provide an overview of the agencys Reactor Oversight Process.

At 7 p.m. that day, NRC staff will hold a joint meeting with Connecticuts Nuclear Energy Advisory Council to discuss the annual assessment results for Millstone, as well as the NRCs implementation of its Reactor Oversight Process. In addition, the NRC will discuss the results of a special inspection that was conducted regarding two fuel rods determined to be missing from the permanently shutdown Millstone Unit 1 nuclear plant. That meeting, which will also be open to the public for observation, will take place at Waterford Town Hall, 15 Rope Ferry Road in Waterford. As with the earlier meeting, NRC staff will be available to answer questions from the public before adjournment.

A letter sent from the NRC Region I office to Dominion Nuclear addresses plant performance during the period and will serve as the basis for the discussions. It is available on the NRC web site at:

http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/LETTERS/mill_2001q4.pdf Current performance information for Millstone Unit 2 is available on the NRC web site at:

http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/MILL2/mill2_chart.html Current performance information for Millstone Unit 3 is available on the NRC web site at:

http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/MILL3/mill3_chart.html

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