NRC TO HOLD MAY 17th PUBLIC MEETING, OPEN HOUSE IN TARRYTOWN, N.Y.,

TO DISCUSS INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ANNUAL ASSESSMENT

 Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will conduct a public meeting and open house on 

Thursday, May 17, regarding the agency’s annual assessment of safety performance for the Indian 

Point nuclear power plant.

 The public meeting and open house will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. at the DoubleTree 

Hotel, at 455 South Broadway in Tarrytown, N.Y. (Directions are available at: 

http://doubletree1.hilton.com/en_US/dt/hotel/TERHIDT-DoubleTree-by-Hilton-Hotel-TarrytownNew-York/directions.do .) During the open house, which begins at 6 p.m., members of the public 

will have an opportunity to talk on a one-on-one basis with NRC inspectors assigned to the plant 

and NRC managers about plant-related topics. Starting at 7 p.m., at the same location, the NRC will 

conduct a public meeting at which agency staff members will take questions from audience 

members.

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., owns and operates Indian Point, which is the site of

two operating pressurized-water reactors and is located in Buchanan (Westchester County), N.Y.

Overall, Indian Point operated safely during 2011. At the conclusion of last year, as assessed 

by the NRC’s Reactor Oversight Process, there were no performance indicators for Indian Point 

Units 2 and 3 that were other than “Green” (very low risk) and no inspection findings that were 

“Greater than Green” (all findings were of very low safety significance). Therefore, for the rest of 

2012, Indian Point Units 2 and 3 will receive the very detailed inspection regime used by the NRC 

for plants that are operating well. In 2011, the NRC devoted approximately 11,000 hours of 

inspection to the Indian Point facility.

“Throughout 2011, our inspectors kept close watch on safety performance at all 104 

commercial power reactors operating in the United States. Indian Point Units 2 and 3 were among 

those that met our clearly defined performance criteria last year,” NRC Region I Administrator Bill 

Dean said. “In addition, our inspectors spent time in 2011 verifying that there were no immediate 

safety concerns at U.S. nuclear power plants following the March events at the Fukushima Daiichi 

facility in Japan. Those reviews indicated the plants remained safe for continued operation.”

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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Office of Public Affairs, Region I 

475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pa. 19406

E-mail: opa1@nrc.gov 

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Contact: Diane Screnci, (610) 337-5330

 Neil Sheehan, (610) 337-5331

May 3, 2012

Email: opa1.resource@nrc.gov
The NRC utilizes a combination of color-coded inspection findings and performance

indicators to measure plant performance. The colors start with “Green” and then increase to

“White,” “Yellow” or “Red,” commensurate with the safety significance of the issues involved.

The agency issues reports on performance at specific plants twice a year: during the mid-cycle,

or mid-point, of the year, and at the conclusion of the year. Inspection findings and performance

indicators are also updated on the NRC’s web site, www.nrc.gov, each quarter. Following the

release of an annual assessment report every March, the NRC meets with the public in the vicinity 

of each plant to discuss the results. The meetings are in keeping with the agency’s commitment to 

transparency with regard to its activities.

The annual assessment for the Indian Point plant is available on the NRC web site at: 

http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/LETTERS/inpt_2011q4.pdf. The notice for the 

open house is available in the NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management

System (ADAMS) under accession number ML12108A042. ADAMS is available at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/web-based.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.Resource@NRC.GOV.

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

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

Among the areas of performance at Indian Point to be inspected this year by NRC specialists are 

activities associated with proposed license renewal commitments for Indian Point Unit 2, the dry 

cask storage of spent nuclear fuel, emergency preparedness, radiological safety and activities 

associated with maintaining systems and components to ensure they are ready to perform their 

safety function.

 

Current performance information for Indian Point Unit 2 is available on the NRC web site 

at: http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/IP2/ip2_chart.html. Current performance 

information for Indian Point Unit 3 is available on the NRC web site at: 

http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/IP3/ip3_chart.html.

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