NRC: News Release - Region IV - 2005-016 - NRC to Discuss 2004 Performance Assessment for Comanche Peak Nuclear Plant


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No. IV-05-016		May 6, 2005
CONTACT:	Victor Dricks Phone: 817-860-8128	E-mail: OPA4.Resource@nrc.gov
NRC TO DISCUSS 2004 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT FOR COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR PLANT Printable Version
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet with representatives of TXU Power on May 10 to discuss the results of the agency’s 2004 assessment of safety performance at the Comanche Peak nuclear plant, located near Glen Rose, Texas. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the Somervell County Expo Center, 202 Bo Gibbs Blvd., Glen Rose. Before the session is adjourned, NRC staff will be available to answer questions from the public on the plant’s safety performance, as well as the agency’s role in ensuring safe operation of the facility. "Each year the NRC staff evaluates the performance of each of the nation’s commercial nuclear plants," said Region IV Administrator Bruce S. Mallett. "This meeting gives us a chance to discuss our assessment with the company, local officials and residents near the plant. We want to make this information available to the public and answer any questions people may have about the plant." Overall, Comanche Peak operated safely during 2004 and will receive baseline inspections during 2005. Baseline inspections are performed by the NRC Resident Inspectors assigned to the plant and by inspection specialists from the Region IV office and the agency’s headquarters in Rockville, Md. A letter sent from the NRC Region IV Office in Arlington, Texas, to plant officials will serve as the basis for the meeting. It is available on the NRC web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/LETTERS/cp_2004q4.pdf . Current information for Comanche Peak Unit 1 is available on the NRC web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/CP1/cp1_chart.html. Information for Unit 2 is available at: http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/CP2/cp2_chart.html.
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