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| No. IV-03-009 | March 21, 2003 | |
| CONTACT: | Victor Dricks Phone: 817-860-8128 |
E-mail: opa4@nrc.gov |
NRC TO MEET WITH
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON TO DISCUSS |
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| Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff
will meet with representatives of the Southern California Edison Company on
Thursday, April 3, to discuss the results of the agency’s annual assessment
of safety performance at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. The facility,
which includes two operating reactors, is located near San Clemente, Calif.,
and is operated by SCE.
The meeting, which will be open to the public for observation, is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. at the Country Inn San Clemente, 35 Via Pico Plaza, San Clemente. Before the session is adjourned, NRC staff will be available to answer questions from the public on the safety performance of the plant, as well as the role of the NRC in ensuring safe plant operation. The performance period to be discussed is January 1 to December 31, 2002. In addition, NRC staff will provide an overview of how the agency’s Reactor Oversight Process works. A letter sent from the NRC Region IV Office to representatives of SCE addresses
the performance of the plant during the period and will serve as the basis
for the meeting discussion. It is available on the NRC web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/LETTERS/sano_2002q4.pdf “Overall, San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully met all cornerstone objectives,” the letter says. However, because the number of automatic reactor shutdowns at Unit 2 exceeded a threshold during the first quarter of 2003, NRC will schedule and conduct a supplemental inspection there, in addition to the baseline inspections at the site. In addition, the letter notes: “As you are aware, since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the NRC has issued several Orders and threat advisories to enhance security capabilities and improve guard force readiness. We have conducted inspections to review your implementation of these requirements and have monitored your actions in response to changing threat conditions. For calendar year 2003, we plan to continue these inspections and conduct portions of the security baseline inspection program, as well as perform additional inspections to evaluate your compliance with new requirements that may be ordered.” Current performance information for San Onofre Unit 2 is available on the
NRC web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/SANO2/sano2_chart.html |
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