No. III-08-005 

Contacts: 

Viktoria Mitlyng 630-829-9662 

Prema Chandrathil 630-829-9663

 March 21, 2008 

 E-Mail: opa3@nrc.gov 

Web site: www.nrc.gov

NRC TO DISCUSS 2007 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT FOR MONTICELLO 

NUCLEAR POWER PLANT 

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet with representatives of Nuclear 

Management Co. on Tuesday, April 1, to discuss the agency’s assessment of safety performance 

for last year at the Monticello Nuclear Power Plant. The plant is located in Monticello, Minn.

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

Monticello Training Center, Classroom 2, 2100 W. River St., Monticello. The NRC staff will 

present the results of the assessment, talk about the NRC and its range of activities, and be 

available to respond to questions or comments from the public before the close of the meeting. 

The public may listen to the discussion between the NRC and plant officials on a special 

telephone conference line and then participate in the subsequent discussion or raise questions of 

the NRC before the close of the meeting. To obtain the conference call phone number, interested 

persons should contact Kenneth Riemer at 630/829-9628. 

“The NRC continually reviews the performance of the Monticello plant and the nation’s 

other commercial nuclear power facilities,” NRC Region III Administrator James Caldwell said. 

“This meeting will provide an opportunity for a discussion of our annual assessment of safety 

performance with the company and with local officials and residents who live near the plant. Our 

goal is to explain the NRC oversight process and make as much information as possible available 

to the public regarding our regulation of these facilities.” 

A letter sent from the NRC Region III 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/mont_2007q4.pdf. 

The NRC’s assessment concluded that the Monticello plant operated safely during the 

period. The NRC uses color-coded inspection findings and performance indicators to assess 

nuclear plant performance. The colors start with “green” and then increase to “white,” “yellow” 

or “red,” commensurate with the safety significance of the issues involved. 

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All of the inspection findings and performance indicators for Monticello during 2007 

were determined to be “green.” As a result of this performance, the NRC will conduct the 

normal, baseline level of inspections during the upcoming year. 

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

and by inspection specialists from the Region III Office in Lisle, Ill., and the agency’s 

headquarters in Rockville, Md. Among the areas of plant operations to be inspected this year by 

NRC specialists are emergency preparedness, spent fuel storage installation, radiation protection, 

and problem identification. 

Current performance information for Monticello is available on the NRC’s web site at: 

http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/MONT/mont_chart.html. 

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