The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. at the Galley Hatch Conference Center, located at the Best Western Inn at Hampton, 815 Lafayette Road in Hampton, New Hampshire.
Overall, Seabrook operated safely during 2008. At the conclusion of last year, as assessed through 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 rest of 2009, Seabrook will receive the normal, very detailed inspection regime used by the NRC for plants that are operating well. In 2008, the NRC devoted around 6,000 hours of inspection to the facility, including three major team inspections.
“In 2008, all but one of the 26 commercial power reactors in Region I, which covers the Northeastern United States, fully met our clearly defined performance criteria. Seabrook was among those plants achieving those objectives. That means those plants will receive the normal level of NRC oversight this year if they continue to meet the high safety benchmarks set out for each site,” said NRC Region I Administrator Samuel J. Collins. “That said, our inspectors will remain on the lookout for any problems or adverse trends that might indicate a change in performance. As always, we will not hesitate to act should we identify any safety concerns.”
