NRC Continues Quarterly Reviews of Pilgrim

Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station received a passing grade in a recent performance review conducted by the NRC.

In a mid-year assessment letter to Pilgrim Site Vice President Robert Smith, the NRC's division of reactor projects director, Darrell Roberts, writes that the "NRC determined the performance at Pilgrim during the most recent quarter was within the Regulatory Response Column of the NRC's Reactor Oversight Process Action Matrix based on one finding originating in the third quarter of 2011 having low to moderate safety significance (White) in the Initiating
Events Cornerstone."

Pilgrim is under additional oversight from the NRC after a during the reactor startup in May 2011.

NRC Public Affairs Officer Neil Sheehan also notes that post-Fukushima reviews are being done by Pilgrim personnel and NRC inspectors, including flooding and seismic evaluations.