Press Release-II-14-025, NRC Schedules Open House to Discuss McGuire Nuclear Plant Performance

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Press Release-II-14-025: NRC Schedules Open House to Discuss McGuire Nuclear Plant Performance
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Issue date: 04/29/2014
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No: II-14-025 April 29, 2014 CONTACT: Roger Hannah 404-997-4417 Joey Ledford 404-997-4416 NRC Schedules Open House to Discuss McGuire Nuclear Plant Performance Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials have scheduled an open house for May 8 to provide information on the agencys assessment of the two operating units at the McGuire nuclear plant during 2013.

The informal open house is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. in the McGuire Energy Explorium, 13339 Hagers Ferry Rd., in Huntersville, N.C. The NRC staff will be available to answer questions about the safety performance of McGuire Units 1 and 2 as well as overall NRC oversight and inspection.

The McGuire plant is located near Huntersville, about 17 miles north of Charlotte. It is operated by Duke Energy.

Overall, the NRC staff concluded that McGuire Units 1 and 2 operated safely in 2013, and there were no inspection findings or performance indicators that would cause the NRC to increase its level of oversight and inspection. Based on the plants performance, the NRC staff plans to continue the detailed routine or baseline inspections all nuclear power plants receive.

Our resident and region-based inspectors spend many hours monitoring plant activities to ensure that the plant operates safely, said NRC Region II Administrator Victor McCree. We hold these meetings every year to make our staff available to people who live close to the plant and answer questions about our oversight.

Routine inspections are carried out by the NRC Resident Inspectors assigned to the plant and by inspection specialists from the Region II office in Atlanta.

The annual assessment letter for the McGuire plant, as well as current performance information for Unit 1 and Unit 2, is available on the NRC website.