No. I-11-005

Contact: Diane Screnci, 610/337-5330

 Neil Sheehan, 610/337-5331

April 4, 2011

E-mail: opa1@nrc.gov

NRC TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING ON APRIL 13 IN DELTA, PA., TO DISCUSS

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF PEACH BOTTOM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

 Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, April 13, 

regarding the agency’s annual assessment of safety performance for the Peach Bottom nuclear 

power plant during 2010.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. at the Peach Bottom Inn, at 6805 Delta Road in 

Delta (York County), Pa. Prior to the session’s conclusion, there will be an opportunity for 

members of the public to ask questions of the NRC staff regarding the plant’s performance, as well 

as the NRC’s oversight of the facility.

Peach Bottom, which is the site of two operating boiling-water reactors, is located in Delta. 

It is owned and operated by Exelon Nuclear.

“Our Annual Assessment reviews allow us to step back and gauge whether the nuclear 

power plants we regulate are on the right track in terms of performance and adhering to the highest 

levels of safety,” NRC Region I Administrator Bill Dean said. “Once we’ve completed these 

evaluations, we reach out to the public to share that information and to receive their feedback at a 

location near each plant. We welcome and value these exchanges.”

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

indicators to measure plant performance. The colors start with “green”, representing very low safety 

significance, and increase to “white”, “yellow” or “red”, commensurate with the significance of the 

issues involved.

Overall, Peach Bottom operated safely during 2010. At the conclusion of last year, as 

assessed by the NRC Reactor Oversight Process, there were no performance indicators for the plant 

that were other than “Green” and no inspection findings that were “Greater than Green.” Therefore, 

for the remainder of 2011, Peach Bottom will continue to receive the very detailed inspection 

regime used by the NRC for plants that are operating well.

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

and by inspection specialists from the agency’s Region I Office in King of Prussia, Pa. In 2010, the 

NRC devoted 5,500 hours to inspection of the facility, including two major team inspections. 

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Among the areas at Peach Bottom being inspected this year are emergency preparedness; 

radioactive material handling, storage and transportation; the dry cask storage of spent nuclear fuel; 

and the plant’s problem identification and resolution program.

The agency issues its review of performance at specific plants twice a year. Inspection 

findings and performance indicators are also updated on the NRC’s web site, www.nrc.gov, each

quarter. Following the release of the annual performance reviews every March, the public is 

provided with an opportunity to discuss the results. The meetings, which are held in the vicinity of 

the plant, are in keeping with the NRC’s commitment to transparency and openness with regard to 

its activities.

The annual assessment letter for Peach Bottom is available on the NRC web site at

http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/LETTERS/pb_2010q4.pdf. The notice for the 

public meeting is available in the NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and

Management System (ADAMS) under accession number ML110910108. ADAMS is available

at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Help in using ADAMS can be obtained via the

NRC’s Public Document Room at 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at

PDR.Resources@NRC.GOV. 

Current performance information for Peach Bottom Unit 2 is available on the NRC web site 

at http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/PB2/pb2_chart.html. Current performance 

information for Peach Bottom Unit 3 is available on the NRC web

site at http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/PB3/pb3_chart.html.

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