The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
staff will meet with Duke Energy Company officials on Tuesday, April 15, to
discuss the results of NRC's annual assessment of safety performance at the
Catawba nuclear power plant near Rock Hill, South Carolina.
The meeting will be held at 1:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of the
Rock Hill City Hall, located at 155 Johnston Street, next to the York County
library, in Rock Hill. . The public is invited to observe the meeting, and
NRC officials will be available before the conclusion of the meeting to answer
any questions.
A letter from the NRC to Duke Energy addresses plant safety performance during
the previous year and forms the basis for the meeting discussions. The letter
states that, overall, Catawba operated in a manner that preserved public health
and safety and that plant performance was at a level requiring no additional
NRC inspection beyond normal baseline activities. The letter is available
from Region II Public Affairs and on the NRC web site at www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/LETTERS/cat_2002q4.pdf .
It says the NRC staff will review activities at Catawba in response to a 2002
NRC Bulletin on reactor pressure vessel head and vessel head nozzle penetration
programs and continue inspections of the plant’s implementation of NRC
security advisories and Orders to evaluate compliance with new requirements
that may be ordered.
Current performance indicators for the two units at the Catawba plant are
available at www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/CAT1/cat1_chart.html
and
www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/CAT2/cat2_chart.html
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