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San Onofre Senior Resident Inspector Greg Warnick (left) and Resident Inspector John Reynoso at the Dana Point Safety Expo.
This
past weekend, NRC set up information booths at two events that each
drew several thousand attendees. On Thursday, Aug. 23, the resident
inspectors from the
Diablo Canyon nuclear plant joined two public affairs officers as well as the Director of the Office of Public Affairs at San Luis Obispo Market Night.
Every
Thursday night, city officials close off the downtown area in San Luis
Obispo and set up a street fair. NRC staffers interacted with about 75
individuals, answering questions on a wide range of issues ranging from
seismic safety to nuclear waste storage and transportation. This is the
third year that NRC has attended the SLO Market Nights, setting up a
booth in order to provide brochures about agency programs and functions
as well as answer questions from members of the community.
On
Saturday, Aug. 25, we did the same thing at a safety expo in Dana
Point, Calif., where we appeared side by side with representatives from
numerous Orange County public safety organizations. We set up a booth
where we were joined by the resident inspectors from
San Onofre.
There,
about 200 individuals came to the NRC booth where NRC staffers answered
questions, distributed literature and shared our safety message. We got
lots of questions about steam generator issues at the plant and brought
with us large posters that we used to describe the nature of the
problems and NRC’s role in ensuring public safety.
These
appearances are part of an ongoing effort in Region IV to expand our
public outreach initiatives and develop new ways of communicating the
agency’s mission and public safety goals with the public.
Victor Dricks
Senior Public Affairs Officer
Region IV
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