Press Release-I-06-020, NRC to Discuss 2005 Performance Assessment for Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant

Press Release-I-06-020: NRC to Discuss 2005 Performance Assessment for Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant

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Issue date:	04/10/2006
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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-06-020 April 10, 2006

Contact:

Diane Screnci, 610/337-5330 E-mail: opa1@nrc.gov Neil Sheehan, 610/337-5331 NRC TO DISCUSS 2005 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT FOR PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet with representatives of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., on Tuesday, April 18, to discuss the agencys annual assessment of safety performance at the Pilgrim nuclear power plant. The period of performance to be discussed is Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2005.

Entergy operates the plant, located in Plymouth, Mass.

The meeting, which will be open to the public for observation, is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. at the John Carver Inn, 25 Summer St. in Plymouth. (Directions are available on the inns web site at:

http://www.johncarverinn.com/directions.php .) The NRC staff will present the results of the assessment and be available to respond to questions or comments from the public before the close of the session.

As we do every year, we have carefully reviewed the safety performance of the Pilgrim nuclear power plant during the previous calendar year, NRC Region I Administrator Samuel J. Collins said.

The meeting on April 18th will afford the public a chance to learn more about the results of our assessment and to pose any questions they might have regarding plant performance or our oversight activities.

A letter sent from the NRC Region I Office to plant officials addresses the performance of the plant during the period and will serve as the basis for the meeting discussion. It is available on the NRC web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/LETTERS/pilg_2005q4.pdf . The meeting notice, with the meeting agenda attached, is available in the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under accession number ML060940370. The NRC slides for the meeting are available in ADAMS under accession number ML060940408. ADAMS is accessible via the agencys web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html . Help in using ADAMS is available by contacting the NRCs Public Document Room at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at PDR@NRC.GOV .

Overall, the Pilgrim plant operated safely during the period. The NRC uses 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 inspection findings and performance indicators for the plant during 2005 were determined to be green, Pilgrim will receive a baseline (or routine) level of inspections during the upcoming assessment period.

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 operations to be inspected during the next year by NRC specialists are radiological safety, fire protection and emergency planning.

Current performance information for Pilgrim is available on the NRC web site at:

http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/PILG/pilg_chart.html .