Dive Summary:
- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued its annual assessment to the 104 power plants in operation; only Nebraska's Fort Calhoun plant was omitted from the report due to its oversight status.
- Of the 104 plants, 99 scored in the two highest performance categories and 81 of these met all safety and security performance objectives.
- Three reactors - Columbia Generating Station in Washington State, Perry 1 in Ohio, and Wolf Creek in Kansas - scored in the third category and have a "degraded" level of safety, while just Browns Ferry 1 in Alabama was found to have a safety issue of "high significance."
From the article:
A total of 81 of the country’s nuclear reactors met all safety and security performance objectives, while 18 reactors, the NRC determined, needed to resolve one or two outstanding issues of low-safety significance. The NRC will conduct additional inspections at those facilities, which are Beaver Valley 1 and 2 (Pa.); Browns Ferry 2 and 3 (Ala.); Catawba 1 (S.C.); Davis Besse (Ohio); Fermi 2 (Mich.); Fitzpatrick (N.Y.); Harris (N.C.); Nine Mile Point 1 (N.Y.); Point Beach 1 and 2 (Wisc.); Prairie Island 2 (Minn.); River Bend (La.); San Onofre 2 and 3 (Calif.); Seabrook (N.H.) and Susquehanna 1 (Pa.). Since the reporting period came to an end, Susquehanna 1 and River Bend Station have resolved their issues and transitioned to the highest performance level. ...