NRC to Hold Open Meeting Thursday in Limerick

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is planning an open meeting on Thursday, March 21 from 6-8 p.m. at the Limerick Township Municipal Building, where representatives will discuss the Limerick Generating Station's annual assessment. 

Attending the meeting will be the full-time NRC resident inspectors and their supervisor, as well as staff from Exelon.

According to an NRC press release, the plant operated safely during 2012: 

"Overall, the Limerick plant -- a twin-reactor facility located in Limerick (Montgomery County) and operated by Exelon Nuclear Generation Co., LLC. -- operated safely during 2012. At the conclusion of last year, as assessed by the NRC’s Reactor Oversight Process, there were no performance indicators for the facility that were other than 'Green' (very low risk) and no inspection findings that were 'Greater than Green' (that is, none of the findings exceeded very low safety significance). As a result, Limerick Units 1 and 2 will continue to receive the NRC’s normal level of oversight during 2013, barring any changes."

The NRC's normal level of oversight still involves thousands of hours of inspections and monitoring, according to the press release. 

The full annual assessment letter is available as a PDF attached to this article.