Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Unit 2 issued the following announcement on May 28.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will hold a public webinar on June 18 to discuss
the agency’s annual assessment of safety performance at nuclear power plants in Pennsylvania and
Maryland.
Beaver Valley 1 & 2, in Shippingport, Pa., are operated by Energy Harbor Nuclear; and
Susquehanna 1 & 2, in Salem Township, Pa., are operated by Talen Energy. Limerick 1 & 2, in
Limerick, Pa.; Peach Bottom 2 & 3, in Delta, Pa.; and Calvert Cliffs 1 and 2, in Lusby, Md., are
operated by Exelon Nuclear.
The purpose of the webinar is to provide information regarding the plants’ safety
performance in 2019 and the NRC’s oversight activities at the facilities. The online meeting is
scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. Participants will be able to view slides prepared by NRC staff and
ask questions either orally or in writing via a web page established to host the session. Advance
online registration is required to participate.
Beaver Valley, Calvert Cliffs, Limerick, Peach Bottom and Susquehanna operated safely in
2019, with the inspection findings and performance indicators for each unit assessed as green, or of
very low safety significance, at the end of the year. As a result, each plant in 2020 will receive the
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
describe 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 NRC resident inspectors assigned to each of the plants and
specialists from the agency’s Region I Office in King of Prussia, Pa.
The annual assessment letters for the plants, as well as the webinar notice, are available on
the NRC website. Current plant performance indicators for all of the units are also available on the
website and are updated on a quarterly basis.
Original source can be found here.
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