Five reactors will need additional inspection and corrective actions
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said that five of the country’s 95 operational reactors came in the second-of-five performance safety and security categories in 2025, meaning they would require additional inspection and follow-up corrective action.
The NRC said in a statement that the five in the second category were Hope Creek (New Jersey), South Texas Project Unit 2, Summer (South Carolina) and Watts Bar-1 and -2 (Tennessee).
The regulator said that “five reactors were in the second performance category for 2025 as they need to resolve one or two items of low safety significance”.
The country’s other 90 reactors were all ranked in the top category for their safety and security. The NRC said that the Waterford-3 site in Louisiana was also ranked in the top band, having resolved issues of low safety significance over the year.
No reactors were ranked in the lowest three categories, with the lowest requiring a reactor to shut down in order to address performance problems.
The NRC said it would host meetings in the spring and summer to discuss the annual assessments for each plant. Plants will also receive an NRC inspection plan for the year ahead, with ongoing updates available.
