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No. III-12-013

Contact: Viktoria Mitlyng (630) 829-9662

 Jan Strasma (630) 829-9663

April 12, 2012

E-Mail: OPA3 @nrc.gov 

NRC SCHEDULES PUBLIC MEETING FOR APRIL 19 TO DISCUSS 

CLINTON NUCLEAR POWER PLANT PERFORMANCE IN 2011

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet with representatives of Exelon 

Generation Company on Thursday, April 19, to discuss the agency’s assessment of safety 

performance for the last year at the Clinton nuclear power plant. The two-unit plant is located 

near Clinton, Ill., about 23 miles southeast of Bloomington, Ill. 

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

the Clinton Elks Lodge, 1520 E. South St., in Clinton. 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 Clinton plant and the nation’s 

other nuclear power facilities,” said Acting Regional Administrator for NRC Region III Cynthia 

Pederson. “During this meeting, we will discuss the plant’s performance during last year and the

NRC’s actions to make sure the plant continues to operate safely. Those actions included

additional inspections in response to the events at the Fukushima Daiichi facilities to evaluate the 

safety of US nuclear plants. The reviews showed that Clinton and other US plants continue to 

operate safely. ”

A letter sent from the NRC Region III Office to plant officials addresses the plant’s 

annual performance and will serve as the basis for the meeting discussion. It is available on the 

NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/LETTERS/clin_2011q4.pdf.

Overall, the NRC found that the Clinton plant operated safely in 2011. All performance 

indicators and inspection findings were determined to be “green.” The NRC uses color-coded 

inspection findings and performance indicators to assess nuclear plant performance. The colors 

start with “green” and then increase to “white,” “yellow” or “red,” commensurate with the safety 

significance of the issues involved. 

Clinton will continue to receive the detailed inspection regime required for plants that are 

operating well and require no additional oversight. Inspections are performed by two NRC 

Resident Inspectors assigned to the plant and by inspection specialists from the Region III Office 
in Lisle, Ill., and the agency’s headquarters in Rockville, Md. Among the areas of plant 

operations being inspected are radiation protection, emergency preparedness, buried piping, and 

problem identification and resolution.

The most current performance information for Clinton is available on the NRC website 

at: http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/CLIN/clin_chart.html.

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