No. III-09-018 

Contacts: 

Viktoria Mitlyng 630-829-9662 

Prema Chandrathil 630-829-9663 

 May 20, 2009 

 E-Mail: opa3@nrc.gov 

Web site: www.nrc.gov

NRC TO DISCUSS 2008 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT 

FOR FERMI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT MAY 27

 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet with representatives of Detroit 

Edison Company on Wednesday, May 27, to discuss the agency’s assessment of safety 

performance last year at the Fermi Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 2. The plant is located in Newport, 

Mich., 25 miles northeast of Toledo. 

 The meeting, which will be open to the public, is scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. EDT at 

the Monroe County Board of Commissioners’ Chambers, County Courthouse, 125 E. Second St., 

in Monroe. 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 NRC continually reviews the performance of the Fermi plant and the nation’s other 

commercial nuclear power facilities,” NRC Region III Administrator Mark Satorius said. “This 

meeting allows us to discuss our annual assessment of safety performance with the company and 

area residents. One of NRC’s main goals is to explain to people in the community how the 

agency regulates nuclear power plants.” 

 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/ferm_2008q4.pdf. 

The NRC utilizes a combination of color-coded inspection findings and performance 

indicators to measure plant performance. The colors go from “green” to “white,” “yellow” or 

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

 

 

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 The NRC’s assessment concluded that Fermi Unit 2 operated safely in 2008. All of the 

inspection findings and performance indicators for Fermi Unit 2 during 2008 were determined to 

be “green.” 

 As a result of this performance, the NRC will continue to conduct the very detailed 

routine inspections for plants that are performing well. Inspections are performed by two NRC 

Resident Inspectors assigned to the plant, and inspection specialists from the Region III Office in 

Lisle, Ill. Among the areas of plant operations to be inspected this year by NRC specialists are 

initial operator license examinations, emergency response and design and construction of the 

independent spent fuel storage pad. 

 Current performance information for Fermi is available on the NRC’s Web site at: 

http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/FERM2/ferm2_chart.html. 

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