NRC: News Release - Region III - 2004-046 - NRC Davis-Besse Oversight Panel to Meet Sept. 28 in Ohio

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No. III-04-046		September. 22, 2004
CONTACT:	Jan Strasma (630) 829-9663 Viktoria Mitlyng (630) 829-9662	E-mail: opa3@nrc.gov
NRC DAVIS-BESSE OVERSIGHT PANEL TO MEET SEPT. 28 IN OHIO Printable Version
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Davis-Besse Oversight Panel will meet with FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company officials on Tuesday, Sept. 28, in Oak Harbor, Ohio, to review recent operating performance and NRC inspection activities at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant. The plant resumed operation in March after a two-year shutdown to replace the reactor vessel head and make other safety system and staff performance improvements. The NRC Oversight Panel was formed in 2002 to coordinate the agency’s regulatory activities in response to the problems at Davis-Besse; during the shutdown and startup process it held monthly public meetings with the utility and continues to meet approximately bimonthly. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. in the Oak Harbor High School Auditorium, 11661 West State Rt. 163, Oak Harbor. The public is invited to observe the business portion of the meeting and will have an opportunity to make comments and ask questions of the NRC staff before the meeting is adjourned. The staff will also be available after the meeting for informal discussions with the public. “We expect to hear from utility officials how they assess their performance since the last oversight panel meeting in July,” said John Grobe, Chairman of the NRC Oversight Panel. “In addition, we will discuss the independent performance assessments being performed at the plant as well as findings of recent NRC inspections.” A transcript of the oversight panel meeting will be posted in several weeks on the NRC's web site - http://www.nrc.gov. Select "Davis-Besse/Reactor Vessel Head Degradation" from the Key Topics menu. The NRC oversight panel includes NRC managers and staff from offices in Lisle, Illinois; Rockville, Maryland; and the Davis-Besse site. Documents on the Davis-Besse corrosion issue, including further details on NRC's oversight panel activities, are posted on the NRC's web site.