No. IV-10-024 

Contact: Victor Dricks: (817) 860-8128 

 Lara Uselding: (817) 276-6519 

June 11, 2010 

 E-Mail: opa4@nrc.gov

NRC TO HOLD TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THE DIABLO CANYON 

NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ON JUNE 29 

 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold two public meetings on June 29 to discuss 

issues regarding the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, located near San Luis Obispo, Ca. 

 The NRC staff will hold an informal open house from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. during which 

subject matter experts will be available to answer questions on the safety performance at the 

Diablo Canyon nuclear plant as well as on issues related to seismic, security, public radiation 

safety and license renewal. There will be no formal presentation during the Open House. 

From 6 - 10 p.m. the staff will hold a “Town Hall” style meeting tailored to maximize 

public participation, including a period in which members of the public can talk informally with 

NRC staff. 

 Both meetings will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 333 Madonna Road, in San Luis 

Obispo. 

 “Each year, the NRC assesses the performance of all of the nation’s commercial nuclear 

power plants,” said Region IV Administrator Elmo E. Collins. “The open house gives us an 

opportunity to meet with local residents for informal discussions. The Town Hall meeting has 

worked well in the past in fostering discussions between members of the public and the NRC. 

We look forward to meeting with members of the community and answering questions they may 

have regarding issues related to Diablo Canyon.” 

A letter sent from the NRC Region IV Office to plant officials addresses the performance 

of the plant during 2009 and will serve as the basis for the afternoon discussion. It is available on 

the NRC web site at: 

http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/LETTERS/diab_2009q4.pdf. 

The NRC said Diablo Canyon operated safely during 2009 and will receive the detailed 

inspection regime during 2010 used by the NRC for plants in this category. 

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Additionally, the NRC has identified a substantive cross-cutting issue in the area of 

problem identification resolution. 

 “While you have implemented a range of substantial corrective actions to address the 

cross-cutting theme, these actions have yet to prove effective in mitigating the continuing trend,” 

the NRC said in its letter to PG&E. “We will monitor your progress in addressing this 

cross-cutting issue through baseline inspections, including semi-annual trend reviews and the 

biennial problem identification and resolution team inspection. This substantive cross-cutting 

issue will remain open until we determine that corrective actions have resulted in sustained 

improved performance.” 

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

and by inspection specialists from the Region IV office in Arlington, Texas. 

Current performance information for Diablo Canyon Unit 1 is available on the NRC web 

site at: http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/DIAB1/diab1_chart.html. Information 

for Unit 2 is available at: 

http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/DIAB2/diab2_chart.html. 

 

The NRC plans to videotape the Town Hall meeting, which will be broadcast at a later 

date on SLO-Span, the San Luis Obispo County government cable access channel. 

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