Public Meeting Notice- Utility Radiological Safety Board Meeting

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                          July 2, 2009
Contact: Tamara McBride, Ohio EMA, (614) 799-3695
 
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE
Utility Radiological Safety Board (URSB) Meeting
 
The Utility Radiological Safety Board (URSB) of Ohio will meeting at the State Emergency Operations Center/Joint Dispatch Facility:
 
1:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Ohio Emergency Management Agency
2855 West Dublin Granville Road
Columbus, Ohio
 
Topics of discussion include:
 
·      Updated Status of URSB Initiatives
 
·         Midwestern Committee Report
 
·         Discussion of proposed radiological emergency planning (REP) changes
 
·     NRC – Oversight of FENOC plants
 
·     Utility Reports
o        Beaver Valley Power Station – Unit 1 outage; Unexpected start of auxiliary feedwater pump; Auxiliary feedwater actuation on valid signal; Circumferential indications on reactor coolant system drain pipe; Damage on containment liner; Auto actuation of emergency systems by invalid signal; Unusual event; Unit 2 re-rack of spent fuel
o        Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station – May 12 exercise; Completion of actions confirmatory order; April outage; Inadvertent activation of emergency planning zone sirens; transitory event
o        Perry Nuclear Power Plant – February outage; June reactor shutdown; residual heat removal pump trip
o        FENOC – Comprehensive review status; Completion of actions required by confirmatory order of 08/15/07 “Sensitivity Training/Process to Review Technical Reports”
 
The URSB is comprised of representatives from the Ohio departments of Agriculture, Health, Commerce, Public
Safety - Ohio EMA, Environmental Protection Agency, and the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. Chairperson
of the Board is Nancy J. Dragani, executive director of the Ohio Emergency Management Agency, a division of
the Ohio Department of Public Safety.