Nuclear Regulatory Commission to hold public meeting on Pilgrim March 18
Public will have the opportunity to comment following the business portion of the meeting
The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced a public meeting with Entergy set for Wednesday, March 18 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel Plymouth Harbor on Water Street.
The public is invited observe the meeting between the NRC and representatives from Entergy, the Louisiana-based company that owns the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the NRC's assessment of safety performance at Pilgrim for 2014 and the results of a the Inspection Procedure 95002 supplemental inspection completed on December 12, 2014 (see the assessment letter dated March 4, 2015 here).
The agenda for the meeting will begin with an introduction followed by a 30-minute discussion of Pilgrim's 2014 performance and the supplemental inspection results. The next 30 minutes will be spent discussing new or existing programs designed to maintain or improve Entergy's current performance. After at 10 minute break, the NRC will field questions from the public.
As a Category 1 meeting, the public will not have the opportunity to speak prior to the break, but will have the chance to communicate with NRC representatives before the meeting adjourns at 9 p.m.
An Inspection Procedure 95002 supplemental inspection is performed in response to "one degraded cornerstone or three white inputs in a strategic performance area".
http://www.capecodtoday.com/article/2015/03/08/29251-nuclear-regulatory-commission-hold-public-meeting-pilgrim-march-18
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