NRC: News Release - Region III - 2003-072 - NRC Oversight Panel to Discuss Davis-Besse Corrective Action Program Improvements (Revised)


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No. III-03-072		December 8, 2003
CONTACT:	Jan Strasma (630) 829-9663 Viktoria Mitlyng (630) 829-9662	E-mail: OPA3.RegionIII@nrc.gov
REVISED News release amended to include teleconference details and to change the time of the meeting from 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. CST. (10:30 a.m. EST). NRC OVERSIGHT PANEL TO DISCUSS DAVIS-BESSE CORRECTIVE ACTION PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS Printable Version
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s staff will meet with FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company officials on Wednesday, December 10, to discuss the utility’s plans for improvements to its implementation of the corrective action program at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant. The plant, which has been shut down since February 16 of last year, is located in Oak Harbor, Ohio. The meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. CST (10:30 a.m. EST) at the NRC’s Region III office, 801 Warrenville Road, in Lisle, Illinois. Visitors should report first to the Second Floor reception area. The public is invited to observe the business portion of the meeting and will have an opportunity to make comments and ask questions of the NRC staff before the meeting is adjourned. Interested individuals unable to attend may listen to the meeting via telephone by calling the teleconference line at 888-282-9575. Provide the teleconference operator the pass code "Davis Besse" and the name "Cheryl Hausman." One hundred bridge lines will be available. The meeting will also be available for public viewing by video conference at the NRC Headquarters, Room T-2B5 One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The meeting will be transcribed, and the transcript will be posted on the NRC website in several weeks. At the meeting FirstEnergy will describe planned improvements in the corrective action program as a result of the NRC’s Corrective Action Team Inspection which reviewed the company’s program to find and fix problems at the Davis-Besse plant. The preliminary results of the inspection were discussed during the November 12 public meeting between the NRC Davis-Besse Oversight Panel and FirstEnergy, and the report is in preparation. The Oversight Panel requested the December 10 meeting as part of its ongoing review of the findings of the inspection. During the November 12 meeting, FirstEnergy provided general information addressing the inspection findings. The Panel is seeking additional details and clarification of the company’s plans to improve the corrective action program. The NRC oversight panel, created on April 29 of last year, includes NRC management and staff from its Region III office in Lisle, Illinois; the NRC Headquarters office in Rockville, Maryland; and the NRC Resident Inspector Office at the Davis-Besse site.
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