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No. III-02-063 | November 27, 2002 | |
CONTACT: | Jan Strasma (630) 829-9663 Viktoria Mitlyng (630) 829-9662 |
E-mail: OPA3.RegionIII@nrc.gov |
NRC TO MEET WITH
EXELON TO DISCUSS REGULATORY SAFETY ISSUES AT BRAIDWOOD |
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
staff will meet with representatives of Exelon Generation Company, on Wednesday,
December 4, to discuss two safety performance concerns, which resulted in Braidwood’s
entering what the agency describes as a “degraded” cornerstone.
The two-unit reactor is located near Braidwood, Illinois.
The meeting will be held at 10:30 p.m. CST at the Fossil Ridge Public Library, 386 West John F. Kennedy Road, in Braidwood. The public is invited to observe the meeting and will have an opportunity to make comments and ask questions of the NRC staff before the meeting is adjourned. The meeting will focus on two “white” performance issues, of
low to moderate safety significance, which resulted in the “degradation”
of the Mitigating Systems cornerstone, and on the utility’s actions
to correct these problems. The first issue concerns two component failures
in Braidwood’s Unit 1 auxiliary feedwater system during the last quarter
of 2001. The NRC uses a performance-based regulatory safety inspection program, which utilizes a color-coded scale of increasing levels of safety significance, beginning with “green” and progressing to “white,” “yellow” or “red.” The oversight process uses performance indicators submitted by nuclear power plants and findings from NRC’s inspections to evaluate each plant’s safety performance. These findings fall into seven specific areas, or “cornerstones,” which are key indicators of the safety of plant operations. When the regulatory process identifies two “white” issues in the same cornerstone, this cornerstone is considered “degraded.” Having a “degraded” cornerstone is not an indication that the plant is unsafe, but it does result in heightened regulatory attention. Documents on Braidwood’s performance, including inspection reports and correspondence, are posted to the NRC’s web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/. Help in using the web site is available from the NRC Public Document Room staff at 301/415-4737 or 1-800-397-4209. |
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