Press Release-III-19-008, NRC to Hold Open House to Discuss 2018 Performance of Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station

Press Release-III-19-008: NRC to Hold Open House to Discuss 2018 Performance of Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station

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Site:	Quad Cities
Issue date:	04/24/2019
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Press Release-III-19-008
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No: III-19-008 April 24, 2019

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Viktoria Mitlyng, 630-829-9662 Prema Chandrathil, 630-829-9663 NRC to Hold Open House to Discuss 2018 Performance of Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will discuss the 2018 safety performance of the Quad Cities nuclear power plant during an open house on May 2 in Port Byron, Ill.

The open house, to be held at the River Valley District Library, 214 S. Main St., will run from 5-6 p.m. NRC employees responsible for plant inspections, including the resident inspectors based full-time at the site, will be available to discuss the plants performance.

The two-unit Quad Cities plant, operated by Exelon Generation Co., LLC, is located approximately 20 miles northeast of Moline, Ill.

Quad Cities operated safely during 2018. At the end of the year, all inspection findings and performance indicators were of very low safety significance. As a result, it remains under the NRCs normal level of oversight, which entails thousands of hours of inspection each year.

The NRC Reactor Oversight Process 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 are performed by two NRC resident inspectors and inspection specialists from the Region III office located in Lisle, Ill.

The annual assessment letter for Quad Cities, as well as the notice for the open house, are available on the NRC website. Current performance information for Unit 1 and Unit 2 is also available.