ML16116A005

4/13/2016 - Summary of Annual Assessment Meeting for Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station

ML16116A005
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	04/22/2016
From:	Arthur Burritt NRC/RGN-I/DRP/PB5
To:
Burritt A
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 2100 RENAISSANCE BLVD., SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406-2713 April 22, 2016 MEETING

SUMMARY

LICENSEE:

ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.

FACILITY:

PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION

SUMMARY

OF PUBLIC MEETING On April 13, 2016, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:45 p.m., a public annual assessment meeting was conducted between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and representatives from Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (Pilgrim) at the Hotel 1620 at Plymouth Harbor in Plymouth, MA.

During the meeting, NRC staff provided an overview of inspection activities and overall performance assessment for the station for calendar year 2015. Pilgrim representatives provided a presentation to discuss their operating performance and site focus areas since the last annual assessment meeting. After the presentations, a discussion was held between the NRC and Pilgrims staff regarding the stations performance improvement initiatives while in the Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone Column of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process Action Matrix.

Following the discussion of plant performance, the NRC held a question and answer session, during which interested stakeholders were able to ask questions or make statements in a public forum. The NRC staff responded to a number of questions from members of the public, including concerns about the stations performance; security; decommissioning activities and funding; and Pilgrims commitment to safe operation until their cessation of operation.

Approximately 91 people attended the meeting, including representatives from state and local governments. Following the question and answer session, NRC personnel were available to speak individually with stakeholders.

The NRCs annual assessment letter can be found in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) with Accession Number ML16061A419. The annual assessment meeting notice can be found in ADAMS with Accession Number ML16090A233.

ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

______/RA/____________

Arthur L. Burritt, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 5 Division of Reactor Projects

Enclosures:

1. Public Meeting Sign-in Sheet (ML16111A831)

2. NRC Annual Assessment Meeting Presentation (ML16111A889)

3. Entergy Annual Assessment Meeting Presentation (ML16112A156)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 2100 RENAISSANCE BLVD., SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406-2713 April 22, 2016 MEETING

SUMMARY

LICENSEE:

ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.

FACILITY:

PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION

SUMMARY

OF PUBLIC MEETING On April 13, 2016, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:45 p.m., a public annual assessment meeting was conducted between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and representatives from Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (Pilgrim) at the Hotel 1620 at Plymouth Harbor in Plymouth, MA.

During the meeting, NRC staff provided an overview of inspection activities and overall performance assessment for the station for calendar year 2015. Pilgrim representatives provided a presentation to discuss their operating performance and site focus areas since the last annual assessment meeting. After the presentations, a discussion was held between the NRC and Pilgrims staff regarding the stations performance improvement initiatives while in the Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone Column of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process Action Matrix.

Following the discussion of plant performance, the NRC held a question and answer session, during which interested stakeholders were able to ask questions or make statements in a public forum. The NRC staff responded to a number of questions from members of the public, including concerns about the stations performance; security; decommissioning activities and funding; and Pilgrims commitment to safe operation until their cessation of operation.

Approximately 91 people attended the meeting, including representatives from state and local governments. Following the question and answer session, NRC personnel were available to speak individually with stakeholders.

The NRCs annual assessment letter can be found in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) with Accession Number ML16061A419. The annual assessment meeting notice can be found in ADAMS with Accession Number ML16090A233.

ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

______/RA/____________

Arthur L. Burritt, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 5 Division of Reactor Projects

Enclosures:

1. Public Meeting Sign-in Sheet (ML16111A831)

2. NRC Annual Assessment Meeting Presentation (ML16111A889)

3. Entergy Annual Assessment Meeting Presentation (ML16112A156)

ML16116A005 SUNSI Review Non-Sensitive Sensitive

Publicly Available

Non-Publicly Available OFFICE RI/DRP RI/DRP NAME BLin/BL ABurritt/ALB DATE 4/21/16 4/21/16