NRC NEWS

 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 

 Office of Public Affairs, Region I

 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pa.

www.nrc.gov

 

No. I-06-029 May 2, 2006

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

Neil Sheehan, 610/337-5331

NRC TO DISCUSS 2005 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

FOR R.E. GINNA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet with representatives of Constellation Energy

on Tuesday, May 9, to discuss the agency’s annual assessment of safety performance at the R.E. Ginna

nuclear power plant. The period of performance to be discussed is Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2005.

Constellation Energy operates the plant, which is located in Ontario, N.Y.

The meeting, which will be open to the public for observation, is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. at

the Ontario Golf Club, 2101 Country Club Lane in Ontario. 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 Ginna nuclear

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

“The meeting on May 9th 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.”

Overall, the Ginna plant operated safely during the period. The NRC uses color-coded

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 the plant during 2005 were determined to be “green,” Ginna will receive a baseline (or routine)

level of inspections during the upcoming assessment period.

Routine inspections are performed by two 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 emergency planning, fire

protection and power uprate.

 
 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/ginn_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 ML060900089. The NRC slides

will be available in ADAMS under accession number ML060940440. 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 .

Current performance information for Ginna is available on the NRC web site at:

http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/GINN/ginn_chart.html .

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