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NRC TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING NEAR SUSQUEHANNA NUCLEAR PLANT ON CHANGES IN REACTOR OVERSIGHT The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has scheduled a public meeting for Tuesday, July 11, in Berwick, Pa., to discuss the agency's new reactor oversight process. The process was initiated in April at the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station and other commercial nuclear power plants nationwide. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Berwick Golf Club, 3095 Martzville Road, in Berwick. Members of the public will have the opportunity to ask questions of NRC staff during and after the meeting. The new oversight process uses more objective, timely and safety-significant criteria in assessing performance while seeking to more effectively and efficiently regulate the industry. Under the new process, inspections by NRC resident inspectors and regional office-based personnel are supplemented by statistical measures of plant activities called performance indicators. These performance indicators measure important safety aspects of plant operations, including the viability of redundant safety systems, emergency planning, radiation protection and security measures. Inspection findings and performance indicators for each nuclear power plant are posted on the NRC's web site every three months. The safety significance of each inspection finding or performance indicator is characterized by a color -- green, white, yellow or red. The NRC response to the inspection finding and performance indicators will be based on the significance of the items. A green finding receives normal NRC oversight, while white, yellow or red assessments receive increasing NRC involvement. Multiple red findings could result in a plant shutdown. A plain language summary of the reactor oversight process is available from the NRC Office of Public Affairs or on the web site at: www.nrc.gov/OPA/primer.htm Detailed information regarding the reactor oversight process is available on the web site at: www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/index.html # |
