NRC TO DISCUSS NORTH ANNA RESTART REVIEW OCT. 21 IN ROCKVILLE, MD

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a meeting Friday, Oct. 21, to discuss the 

restart readiness of the two-reactor North Anna nuclear power plant, which shut down safely 

following the Aug. 23 earthquake near Louisa, Va.

The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Commissioner’s Conference 

Room at NRC Headquarters, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Md. The Commissioners will 

hear presentations from the plant owner, Dominion Nuclear, regarding the company’s restart 

activities at North Anna. The Commission will also hear from management in the Office of 

Nuclear Reactor Regulation and the Region II office in Atlanta regarding the agency’s 

inspections and technical reviews. 

The meeting will be open to public observation and will be webcast. A detailed agenda 

and meeting slides will be available in advance on the Commission Meeting page. 

The Aug. 23 quake generated stronger ground motion than what was anticipated during 

the licensing of North Anna, located approximately 40 miles northwest of Richmond. The 

NRC’s two resident inspectors at North Anna monitored the plant’s immediate response to the 

quake, and the agency supplemented the residents with an Augmented Inspection Team Aug. 29. 

Agency staff met with Dominion on Sept. 8 to discuss the plant’s response to the quake (the 

meeting webcast is available on the NRC website). The NRC issued Dominion a Confirmatory 

Action Letter on Sept. 30, reaffirming that the company must prove the plant can operate safely 

before the agency will approve North Anna’s restart. The NRC continues to review Dominion’s 

submittals regarding the plant’s status.

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Media Notes: At this time, this event will be open for television; the agency reserves the 

right to seek a mandatory pool if demand exceeds available space. Seats on one side of the 

commission hearing room will be reserved for accredited members of the news media. 

Photographers will have limited space at the meeting in which to take photos. Movement must 

be kept to a minimum so as not to be distracting and entry into the inner well closest to the 

Commission briefing table is prohibited. 

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Plan to arrive in advance of the meeting at the NRC’s One White Flint North entrance, at 

the corner of Rockville Pike and Marinelli Road, with proper media credentials. The NRC is 

located across the street from the White Flint Metro station. Parking is available at the White 

Flint metro parking garage on Marinelli Road. Members of the media are asked to call the NRC 

Office of Public Affairs (301-415-8200) in advance to provide the names of those attending the 

meeting to assure sufficient seating.

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