No. II-09-028 April 27, 2009 

CONTACT: Roger Hannah (404) 562-4417 E-mail: OPA2@nrc.gov

 Joey Ledford (404) 562-4416 

NRC SCHEDULES OPEN HOUSE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON 

2008 PERFORMANCE OF McGUIRE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has scheduled an open house for 

Tuesday, May 5, and will be available to discuss and answer questions about the agency’s 

assessment of safety performance during 2008 at the McGuire nuclear power plant. The plant, 

operated by Duke Energy, is near Huntersville, N.C. about 17 miles north of Charlotte. 

The open house is informal and scheduled from 6-8 p.m. in the McGuire plant’s Office 

Complex Auditorium, 12700 Hagers Ferry Road in Huntersville. 

NRC staff will be available to answer questions on the safety performance of the 

McGuire plant, as well as the NRC role in ensuring safe plant operation. 

“Throughout the year, we inspect and review the performance of the McGuire plant and 

all commercial nuclear plants,” NRC Region II Administrator Luis Reyes said. “We issue several 

inspection reports during the year and an overall annual assessment. This open house allows us 

to discuss that assessment with local officials and people near the plant, and answer any 

questions they may have.” 

A letter sent from the NRC Region II office to plant officials addresses the performance 

of the plant during 2008 and will serve as the basis for the meeting discussion. It is available on 

the NRC web site at: www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/LETTERS/mcg_2008q4.pdf. 

The NRC found that the McGuire plant met all NRC safety objectives during 2008, and 

performance at the plant was at a level that resulted in no additional NRC oversight during the 

first half of the year. However, an issue with inadequate corrective actions on a service water 

backwash system identified in the third quarter of 2008 placed the plant under increased NRC 

oversight including a supplemental inspection currently planned for this fall. 

 In addition to the supplemental inspection, the NRC plans to continue to conduct the 

very detailed inspections required at those plants operating well. Those inspections are by NRC 

resident inspectors assigned to the site supplemented by more specific inspections completed by 

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region-based NRC inspectors. In addition to the detailed routine inspections, the agency will 

complete some generic inspections such as operator licensing examinations, emergency 

response, spent fuel storage and ground water protection at McGuire in 2009. 

Current performance information for McGuire Unit 1 is available on the NRC web site at: 

www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/MCG1/mcg1_chart.html. Current information for 

Unit 2 is at: www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/MCG2/mcg2_chart.html. 

 

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