Every
once in awhile, one of our public meetings will outgrow its original
location and we have to find a different venue. This sort of situation
gets more complicated when there’s not much time to find a new location,
and that’s what happened with our meeting next week to discuss the
recently announced earthquake re-evaluations of U.S. commercial nuclear
power plants.
The
meeting’s now being held at the San Mateo Marriott on 1770 S. Amphlett
Blvd. in San Mateo, Calif. The meeting will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
PDT on April 2 and from 9 a.m. to noon PDT on April 3.
If
you’re interested in the meeting but can’t make it to San Mateo, you
can also participate via teleconference and webinar. For information on
calling in or participating in the webinar, please contact Christopher
Gratton at
301-415-1055 or
christopher.gratton@nrc.gov.
NRC
staff at the meeting will talk with nuclear power plant representatives
about the generic methods to meet two agency requests for information.
The first calls for reanalysis of each U.S. reactor’s earthquake risk.
The second requires the plants to “walk down” each reactor to identify
any near-term actions for enhancing earthquake resistance. Each U.S.
nuclear power plant will develop specific plans for these efforts in the
near future. These measures are included in the NRC’s recent
information request to
all U.S. nuclear power plants, part of our ongoing implementation of
changes in response to last year’s events at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear power plant.
Scott Burnell
Public Affairs Officer
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