NRC NEWS

 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 

 Office of Public Affairs, Region I

 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pa.

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No. I-06-026 April 19, 2006

Contact: Diane Screnci, 610/337-5330 E-mail: opa1@nrc.gov

Neil Sheehan, 610/337-5331

NRC TO DISCUSS 2005 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

FOR NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet with representatives of Nine Mile Point

Nuclear Station, LLC, on Wednesday, April 26, to discuss the agency’s annual assessment of safety

performance at the Nine Mile Point nuclear power plant. The period of performance to be discussed is

Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2005.

Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC, operates the twin-reactor plant, located in Scriba, N.Y.

The meeting, which will be open to the public for observation, is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. at

the plant’s Joint News Center, located at the Oswego County Airport, on County Route 176 in Fulton,

N.Y. The NRC staff will present the results of the assessment and be available to respond to questions

or comments from the public before the close of the meeting.

“As we do every year, we have carefully reviewed the safety performance of the Nine Mile

Point nuclear power plant during the previous calendar year,” NRC Region I Administrator Samuel J.

Collins said. “The meeting on April 26th will afford the public a chance to learn more about the results

of our assessment and to pose any questions they might have regarding plant performance or our

oversight activities.”

A letter sent from the NRC Region I Office to plant officials 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/nmp_2005q4.pdf . The

meeting notice, with the meeting agenda attached, is available in the NRC’s Agencywide Documents

Access and Management System (ADAMS) under accession number ML060860265. The NRC slides

for the meeting are available in ADAMS under accession number ML060950037. ADAMS is

accessible via the agency’s web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html . Help in using

ADAMS is available by contacting the NRC’s Public Document Room at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-

4737, or by e-mail at PDR@NRC.GOV .

Overall, the Nine Mile Point plant operated safely during the period. The NRC uses colorcoded inspection findings and performance indicators to assess nuclear power plant performance. The
colors start with “green” and then increase to “white,” “yellow” or “red,” commensurate with the safety

significance of the issues involved. Because all of the inspection findings and performance indicators

for Nine Mile Point Units 1 and 2 during 2005 were determined to be “green,” the plant will receive a

baseline (or routine) level of inspections during the upcoming assessment period.

Routine inspections are performed by three NRC Resident Inspectors assigned to the plant and

by inspection specialists from the Region I Office in King of Prussia, Pa. Among the areas of plant

operations to be inspected during the next year by NRC specialists are radiological safety, fire

protection and emergency planning.

Current performance information for Nine Mile Point Unit 1 is available on the NRC web site

at: http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/NMP1/nmp1_chart.html .

Current performance information for Nine Mile Point Unit 2 is available on the NRC web site

at: http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/NMP2/nmp2_chart.html .

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