NRC selects 8 nuke sites for new inspection plan

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Tuesday February 23, 9:12 pm Eastern Time

NRC selects 8 nuke sites for new inspection plan

WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission on Tuesday said it has chosen nuclear plants at eight 
sites to begin phasing in a new inspection, assessment and 
enforcement plan during a six-month pilot program, starting June 1. 
 

The new program will install a series of new administrative 
processes meant to streamline agency inspections.

``The NRC is, therefore, moving to measure nuclear power plant 
performance, using a combination of objective indicators, as well 
as findings from an inspection program that will focus on plant 
activities most important to safety and minimizing risk,'' said a 
NRC statement.  

The plants selected for the pilot program are: Hope Creek and 
Salem 1 and 2 near Wilmington, Del., operated by Public Service 
Electric and Gas, a unit of Public Service Enterprise Group 
(NYSE:PEG - news); Fitzpatrick, near Oswego, N.Y., operated by 
the Power Authority of the State of New York; Shearon Harris, near 
Raleigh, N.C., owned by Carolina Light & Power Co; Sequoyah 1 
and 2 near Chattanooga, Tenn., run by the Tennessee Valley 
Authority.  

Others sites are Northern States Power Co.'s (NYSE:NSP - news) 
Prairie Island 1 and 2 near Minneapolis; Quad Cities 1 and 2 in 
Moline, Ill., operated by Commonwealth Edison Co., a unit of 
Unicom (NYSE:UCM - news); Ft. Calhoun near Omaha, Neb., 
owned by the Omaha Public Power District, and the Cooper plant 
near Nebraska City, operated by the Nebraska Public Power 
District.  

The NRC said it worked with the nuclear industry to arrive at the 
selected plants, and tried to assemble a group of volunteer
facilities that represented a wide range of performance levels.

Plants also were selected to provide both a mix of pressurized-
water and boiling-water reactors and facilities of different ages,  
the NRC said. 

Sandy Perle
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