No. I-08-018 

Contact: Diane Screnci, 610/337-5330 

 Neil Sheehan, 610/337-5331 

April 3, 2008

NRC TO DISCUSS ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR LIMERICK NUCLEAR PLANT AT 

PUBLIC MEETING SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 10 IN ROYERSFORD, PA. 

The results of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s annual safety performance 

assessment for the Limerick nuclear power plant will be discussed at a public meeting on 

Thursday, April 10. The session is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Limerick Energy 

Information Center, 218 Longview Road, Royersford, Pa. 

Limerick is a twin-reactor plant located in Limerick Township (Montgomery County), 

Pa., and operated by Exelon Generation Co., LLC. 

Prior to the conclusion of the meeting, NRC staff will be available to answer questions 

from the public on the plant’s performance, as well as the agency’s oversight of the facility. 

“Through a combination of inspection findings and performance indicators, we are able 

to develop a comprehensive picture of how nuclear power plants are performing with regard to 

safety,” said NRC Region I Administrator Samuel J. Collins. “As part of our commitment to 

make the findings of our reviews accessible to the public, we hold meetings near each plant once 

a year to share the details of those assessments. We look forward to the opportunity on April 10th

to present that information for the Limerick nuclear power plant.” 

The annual assessment letter for Limerick is available on the NRC web site at: 

http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/LETTERS/lim_2007q4.pdf . The notice for 

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

and Management System (ADAMS) under accession number ML080850671. ADAMS is 

accessible at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/web-based.html . Help in using ADAMS is 

available via the NRC’s Public Document Room at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by email at PDR@NRC.GOV . 

Overall, the Limerick plant operated safely during 2007. When considering nuclear 

power plant performance, the NRC uses color-coded performance indicators and inspection 

findings. 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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At the conclusion of last year, there were no performance indicators for Limerick that 

were other than “green” and no inspection findings that were “greater than green.” Therefore, 

the plant will receive the baseline, or routine, level of inspections for the remainder of 2008. 

Routine inspections are carried out by the two NRC Resident Inspectors assigned to the 

plant and by inspection specialists from the agency’s Region I Office in King of Prussia, Pa. 

Among the areas of performance at Limerick to be inspected this year by NRC specialists are 

activities associated with radiological safety, emergency preparedness, and problem 

identification and resolution. In addition, the NRC will conduct inspections on the preoperational 

testing and initial loading of the plant’s dry cask storage facility for spent fuel. 

 

Current performance information for Limerick Unit 1 is available on the NRC web site 

at: http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/LIM1/lim1_chart.html . Current 

performance information for Limerick Unit 2 is available on the NRC web site at: 

http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/LIM2/lim2_chart.html . 

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