Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Unit 2 issued the following announcement on April 16.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will discuss the 2019 safety performance of the Farley
and Hatch nuclear power plants during a virtual meeting scheduled for April 21.
The two-unit Farley plant is located in southern Alabama and the two-unit Hatch plant is in
southern Georgia. Both nuclear power plants are operated by Southern Nuclear Operating Co.
The session will be held from 4-5:30 p.m., Eastern Time, with NRC employees participating
who are responsible for plant inspections, including the resident inspectors based at the site. The
meeting will be accessible to the public and media via Skype. For individuals without access to Skype,
the telephone conference number is 301-415-0333, passcode 68905#.
The NRC determined that the Farley and Hatch plants operated safely during 2019 and all
inspection findings and performance indicators had very low safety significance. As a result, both
plants remain under the NRC’s normal level of oversight.
The NRC Reactor Oversight Process, which requires thousands of hours of inspection each
year, 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 at the Farley and Hatch plants are performed by NRC resident inspectors and other
inspection specialists from the NRC Region II office in Atlanta.
The annual assessment letters for the Farley plant and the Hatch plant, which include upcoming
inspection plans for the plants, are available on the NRC website. Current performance information for
Farley Unit 1, Farley Unit 2, Hatch Unit 1, and Hatch Unit 2 is also available and is updated on a quarterly
basis.
Original source can be found here.
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