The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s annual assessment of safety performance at the R.E. Ginna nuclear power plant, in Ontario, N.Y., will be the subject of a public meeting on Wednesday, April 25.

NRC staff will meet with representatives of plant owner Constellation Energy, LLC, at 7 p.m. to discuss the assessment, which covers the period from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2006, and was documented in a March 2 letter to the company. The session will take place at Ontario Town Hall, 1850 Ridge Road, Ontario.

Before the meeting is adjourned, NRC staff will be available to answer questions from the public on the performance of the Ginna plant, as well as the role of the NRC in providing oversight of plant safety.

Overall, the Ginna plant operated safely during 2006. The NRC utilizes color-coded inspection findings and performance indicators to assess nuclear power plant performance. The colors start with “green” and then increase to “white,” “yellow” or “red,” commensurate with the safety significance of the issues involved. At the conclusion of last year, all of the performance indicators for Ginna were  determined to be “green.” Because all of the performance indicators for the plant were determined to be “green” and there were no inspection findings greater than “green” at the end of 2006, the facility will receive the baseline, or routine, level of inspections in 2007.