ML070120114

From kanterella
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Environmental Scoping Public Meeting Evening Session Transcripts
ML070120114
Person / Time
Site: Wolf Creek Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation icon.png
Issue date: 12/19/2006
From:
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:
References
NRC-1374
Download: ML070120114 (23)


Text

Official Transcript of Proceedings NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Title:

Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station Environmental Scoping Public Meeting Evening Session Docket Number:

50-482 Location:

Burlington, Kansas Date:

Tuesday, December 19, 2006 Work Order No.:

NRC-1374 Pages 1-21 NEAL R. GROSS AND CO., INC.

Court Reporters and Transcribers 1323 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 234-4433

1 j '0 1

2 3

4 5

6 7

8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16.

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING PUBLIC MEETING

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2006 The meeting came to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Coffey County
Library, Burlington
Branch, 410 Juniatta Street, Burlington, Kansas, Stephen Hoffman, presiding.

PRESENT:

STEPHEN T.

HOFFMAN VERONICA M. RODRIGUEZ CHRISTIAN JACOBS RANI FRANOVICH JEREMY GROOM NRC Project Manager, NRC Project Manager, NRC Environmental Branch B Chief, Division of License Renewal, NRC Reactor Inspector, NRC NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 (202) 234-4433 (202) 234-4433

2 1

2 3

4 5

6 7

8 9

10 11 12 13 114

.15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 A-G-E-N-D-A I.

Welcome and Purpose of Meeting II.

Overview of License Renewal Process III.

Overview of the Environmental Review Process IV.

Public Comments V.

Closing/Availability of Transcript NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 PAGE 3

6 12 20 20 (202) 234-4433

3

ýb -0 1

P-R-O-C-E-E-D-I-N-G-S 2

(7:00 p.m.)

3 MR.

HOFFMAN:

We'll start our meeting 4

tonight.

My name is Steve Hoffman.

I'm a Senior 5

Project Manager at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 6

or NRC as we'll refer to it tonight.

7 I'd like to welcome you to our public 8

meeting.

The subject of the meeting today is the 9

license renewal application for Wolf Creek Nuclear 10 Generating Station.

11 I'm going to be your facilitator tonight.

12 Hopefully, make sure everybody has a productive 13 meeting.

14 Before we get started, I'll give you a 15 little information on the process for the meeting 16 tonight, so you know what to expect.

First, I'm going 17 to go into the format of the meeting;
second, a

18 discussion of the simple ground rules; and then, 19 third, introduce the NRC speakers.

20 Okay.

As far as the format of the meeting 21

goes, it's going to be a two-part format.

In the 22 first part; we're going to give you some background 23 information on the license renewal process in general, 24 and specifically on the environmental review and 25 scoping process.

This way hopefully you'll have a NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 (202) 234-4433

4 1

better understanding of what we look at when we 2

evaluate a license renewal application.

3 The second part is an opportunity to 4

listen to you, to get formal comments on the 5

environmental review, and what should be in the scope 6

of the environmental review.

And the term "scoping" 7

is one that we use in preparing environmental impact 8

statements, and it basically is to define what is in 9

the scope of the review, what the issues are, and what.

10 alternatives we should possibly consider as part of 11 the process.

12 We're going to be taking written comments 13 on the scope of the environmental review, which the 14 speakers later will give you more detail on.

But just 15 to let you know, that anything that we hear tonight 16 will be given the same consideration as a written 17 comment.

18 Ground rules for the meeting pretty

19.

simple.

After we go through the presentations, we're 20 going to have a question and answer session, in case 21 we --

make sure you understand what the process is, 22

and, if you have any questions, clarify.

At that 23 time, you know, we ask that only one person speak.

We 24 are transcribing the meeting, and so we want to make 25 sure we get a clear transcript and identify who is NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 (202) 234-4433

5 1

speaking.

2 After that, we'll get into the formal 3

comment period on the environmental review process.

4 And if you decide later that you have some comments, 5

didn't speak, you can always send them in written --

6 or if you want to add more detail to any comments you 7

give tonight, you can submit those later in writing.

8 The comments tonight are important for two 9

reasons.

It alerts the staff as to what issues they 10 need to be looking at.

It also gives them the 11 opportunity to speak in more detail with you, in case 12 they need more information.

And, second, it lets 13 other people attending also know what issues might 14 possibly be of interest and that the NRC will be 15 working on.

16 The speakers tonight --

we have two main 17 speakers.

The first one is Veronica Rodriguez.

She 18 is the Project Manager responsible for the safety 19 review of the application, and she'll be giving you an 20 overview of the renewal process.

She has been with 21 the NRC for five years and has a bachelor's degree in 22 chemical engineering and a master's in project 23 management, both from the University of Puerto Rico.

24 The second speaker will be Christian 25 Jacobs.

He has been with the NRC for about seven NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 (202) 234-4433

6 1

months, but has worked for approximately five years 2

for the Army and Navy as a Project Manager and 3

Acquisition and Test Director.

He also was an 4

environmental consultant for 10 years before that.

5 He's got a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from 6

Virginia Tech and a master's in environmental 7

engineering from Johns Hopkins.

8 So with that, I thank you for being here 9

tonight to participate in the meeting.

And we'll 10 first go to Veronica, and then Christian, and we'll 11 take questions after that.

12 MS.

RODRIGUEZ:

Thanks, Steve.

13 Good evening.

My name is Veronica 14 Rodriguez, and I'm the Project Manager responsible for 15 the review of the Wolf Creek Generating Station 16 license renewal application.

17 The purpose of today's meeting is to 18 provide you with an overview of the license renewal 19 review process.

After the conclusion of this 20 presentation, the staff will be very happy to answer 21 any questions that you may have in our review or the 22 scope of our review.

23 Before I

begin the discussion of the 24 license renewal review process, I would like to take 25 a couple of minutes to talk about what do we do and NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 (202) 234-4433

7 1

what is our mission in the NRC.

The two principal 2

NRC's governing statutes are the Atomic Energy Act and 3

the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, better 4

known as NEPA.

5 The Atomic Energy Act authorizes the NRC 6

to regulate the civilian use of nuclear material.

The 7

NRC regulations are contained in the Title 10 of the 8

Code of Federal Regulations, commonly called the 9

10 CFR.

The Atomic Energy Act also authorizes the NRC 10 to grant a 40-year license for nuclear power reactors 11 and allows for renewal of these licenses.

12 It is important to note that the 40-year 13 license term was based primarily on economic 14 considerations and antitrust factors, not on safety or 15 technical limitations.

16 The second governing statute is NEPA of 17 1969.

That established a national policy for 18 considering the impact of federal decisionmaking on 19 the environment.

In exercising its authority, the NRC 20 mission is three-fold -- to ensure adequate protection 21 of public health and safety, to promote the common 22 security --

the common defense and security, and to 23 protect the environment.

24 The NRC accomplishes its mission through 25 a combination of regulatory program and processes, NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 (202) 234-4433

8 1

such as conducting inspections, issuing enforcement 2

actions, assessing licensee's performance, and 3

evaluating operating experience from nuclear 4

powerplants across the country and internationally.

5 One important element of our inspection 6

program is the resident inspector.

NRC has resident 7

inspectors at all operating nuclear powerplants.

8 Their job is to carry out our safety mission on a 9

daily basis by ensuring that these plants have 10 acceptable safety performances and are in compliance 11 with the regulatory requirements.

These inspectors 12 are considered to be the eyes and ears of the NRC.

13 Tonight we have in the audience the 14 resident inspector stationed at Wolf Creek, Mr. Jeremy 15 Groom.

Thanks, Jeremy.

16 The current operating license for Wolf 17 Creek will expire March 11, 2025.

On October 4,

2006, 18 Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation submitted an 19 application for renewal of the Wolf Creek operating 20 license for an additional 20 years.

Copies of the 21 Wolf Creek license renewal application are available 22 for your review here at the Burlington Library.

23 Two guiding principles form the basis of 24 the NRC's approach in performing a safety review.

The 25 first principle is that the current regulatory process NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 (202) 234-4433

9 1

is adequate to ensure that the licensing basis of all 2

operating plants provides and maintains an acceptable 3

level of safety.

The second principle is that the 4

current plant-specific licensing basis must be 5

maintained during the renewal term in the same manner 6

and to the same extent as during the original 7

licensing term.

8 To ensure that the plant's current 9

licensing basis is maintained during the extended 10 period of extended operation, the effects of aging 11 must be understood and addressed.

12 The staff conducts a detailed review of 13 new and existing programs and surveillance activities 14 to determine, with reasonable assurance, that the 15 effects of aging for certain plant systems, 16 structures, and components, will be adequately managed 17 or monitored.

18 This slide shows the content of the 19 license renewal application submitted by Wolf Creek.

20 The staff reviews this information to verify that the 21 aging effects will be adequately managed, and the 22 environmental impacts are characterized and disclosed.

23 This is a diagram that represents the 24 license renewal review process.

The top portion of 25 the diagram, or the lines and squares highlighted in NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 (202) 234-4433

10 1

red, shows the safety process.

The bottom portion of 2

the diagram, or squares and lines highlighted in green 3

the colors are not matching 4

(Laughter.)

5 for some reason.

6 (Laughter.)

7 Well, the green one is the safety.

The 8

blue or black one is the environmental process.

These 9

two reviews are conducted simultaneously to evaluate 10 two important aspects of the license renewal 11 application.

.12 The yellow figures represent an 13 opportunity for public involvement.

Today we are in 14 the first yellow figure, and we'are here to solicit

.15 your comments on the scope of the environmental 16 review.

17 During the safety

review, the staff 18 conducts audits to evaluate the adequacy of the 19 technical information in the license renewal 20 application.

NRC's qualified inspectors perform 21 onsite inspections to verify that the applicant's 22 aging management programs and activities are 23 implemented or have been planned for implementation.

24 Then, the results of the safety review are 25 documented in a

safety evaluation report and an NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 (202) 234-4433

11 1

inspection report.

The safety evaluation report is 2

then forwarded to the Advisory Committee on Reactor 3

Safeguards, or ACRS, who will perform an independent 4

review of the license renewal application and the 5

safety evaluation report.

6 The ACRS is a group of scientists and 7

nuclear experts who serve as the consulting body to 8

the Commission.

They will report their findings and 9

recommendations directly to the Commission.

10 To perform the environmental review, the 11 staff conducts an onsite audit and generates a draft 12 and a

final supplemental environmental impact 13 statement.

In the second part of this presentation,

.14.

Christian

Jacobs, the Project. Manager for the

-15 Environmental Group, will provide you with a detailed 16 overview of the environmental process.

17 In

summary, for the safety review, we 18 basically review the application, we conduct onsite 19 audits and inspection, we document our conclusions in 20 a safety evaluation report and an inspection report.

21 Then, once the ACRS has completed their independent 22 review of both the license renewal application and the 23 safety evaluation report, the committee offers the 24 recommendation to the Commission regarding the 25 proposed action to renew an operating license.

NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 (202) 234-4433

12 1

Before turning the presentation over to 2

Mr. Jacobs, I would like to mention a few important 3

areas of NRC oversight that are separate from the 4

license renewal review process.

These areas include:

5 emergency planning, security, and current safety 6

performance.

7 The NRC monitors and provides regulatory 8

oversight of activities in these three areas in an 9

ongoing basis under the current operating license.

10 Therefore, we do not reevaluate them in license 11

renewal, because they are subject to ongoing NRC 12 inspections and oversight.

13 Any issues identified in these three areas 14' are addressed immediately under the current operating

15.

license.

For more information about the reactor 16 oversight process for operating reactors, you can 17 follow the link at the bottom of this page.

18 This concludes my remarks on the safety 19 review.

Now I would like to introduce you to 20 Christian Jacobs, who will provide you with an 21 overview of the safety review I'm

sorry, 22 environmental review.

23 MR. JACOBS:

Hi.

Good evening, everybody.

24 My name is Christian Jacobs.

I'm an Environmental 25 Project Manager at the NRC.

I'm responsible for NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 (202) 234-4433

13 1

coordinating all of the environmental-related 2

activities between the NRC staff and the various 3

environmental experts that we have working for us, 4

both from our in-house staff and our contractor.

5 The result of these efforts will 6

ultimately produce an environmental impact statement 7

associated with the proposed license renewal for Wolf 8

Creek Generating Station.

The National Environmental 9

Policy Act of 1969,

NEPA, requires that all federal 10 agencies follow a systematic approach in evaluating 11 potential impacts associated with certain actions.

12 We at the NRC are required to consider the 13 impact of the proposed action and also any mitigation 14 for those impacts we consider to be significant.

We 15 are also required to consider alternatives to the 16 proposed action --

in this case, the license renewal 17 of Wolf Creek -- and other alternatives, including the 18 no action alternative.

In other words, if the NRC 19 decides not to approve the license renewal for Wolf 20 Creek, what are the environmental impacts?

21 The NRC has determined that an 22 environmental impact statement, or

EIS, will be 23 prepared for any proposed license renewal of nuclear 24 plants.

In preparing an EIS, the NRC conducts a 25 scoping process.

The purpose of the scoping process NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 (202) 234-4433

14 1

is to identify any important issues and information to 2

be analyzed in depth.

3 We are now in the scoping process for Wolf 4

Creek, and we're here today gathering comments and 5

collecting public --

or gathering information and 6

collecting public comments on the scope of the review.

7 Simply put, what special issues should the staff 8

consider in preparing the environmental impact 9

statement for Wolf Creek?

We not only need to 10 determine if there are significant issues, but also

11.

identify and eliminate from detailed study the issues

12.

that are not significant.

13 With that framework, I want to provide an

.14.:

overview of an environmental-review.

In the 1990s,,

15 the NRC staff developed a generic environmental impact 16 statement, or GEIS.

The GEIS documented the 17 environmental impacts of renewing the operating 18 licenses for all the nuclear plants in the nation.

As 19 a result of that analysis, the NRC was able to 20 determine that a number of environmental issues were 21 common or similar to all nuclear powerplants.

22 The environmental impacts associated with 23 those issues were found to be small at all sites.

The 24 NRC staff will search for any new and significant 25 information that might call into question the NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 (202) 234-4433

15 1

conclusions that were previously reached in the GEIS 2

for those issues that were common to all powerplant 3

sites.

4 In

addition, the NRC staff will also 5

search for new issues not addressed in the GEIS.

The 6

NRC also concluded that there are several issues to 7

which a generic determination could not be reached, 8

and for *these issues the NRC will prepare a site-9 specific supplemental environmental impact statement, 10 or SEIS.

11 And that's why we're here today requesting 12 your comments on the scope of the site-specific 13 environmental statement for Wolf Creek.

When the 14 review is completed, the GEIS and the site-specific 15 environmental impact statement will be the complete 16 record for the environmental review.

17 Next slide.

18 This diagram shows an overview of all the 19 subject matter areas that we'll be looking into and 20 we'll be evaluating during our review.

You can see 21 all of those in the handouts that you received at the 22 registration table.

23 Next slide, please.

24 So how does the public provide input for 25 decisionmaking?

This diagram shows all of the sources NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 (202) 234-4433

16 1

of information that are used for the license renewal 2

decision.

Today, we are here soliciting your comments 3

on the'scope of the environmental review, and we will 4

consider all comments received during the scoping 5

period in developing the draft supplemental 6

environmental impact statement.

That's how the 7

cofnments you provide here today will play into the 8

overall process.

9 Also, there's an opportunity to request a 10 hearing in the license renewal proceedings.

This 11 opportunity for hearing closes on January 29,

2007, 12 and original information about the hearing process is 13 attached in the handouts that you received at the 14 registration table.

15 Specifically, if.you look at the Federal 16 Register notice, it provides the information on how to 17 request a hearing in the proceedings.

I would like to 18

clarify, though, that the hearing opportunity and the 19 public comments on the scope of the environmental 20 review are two different processes.

Today we are here 21 to consider your comments on the scope of the 22 environmental review.

23 Next slide, please.

24 So there are several ways you can provide 25 comments on the scope of the environmental review.

NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 (202) 234-4433

17 1

You can provide comments today during the comment 2

period of this meeting, and those comments will carry 3

the same consideration as any other comment that you 4

might submit in writing.

5 If you are not ready to provide a comment 6

today, you can send your comments via regular mail.

7 The address is shown on the screen.

It's also 8

included in your handouts.

9 You can also send us your comments to the 10 e-mail address that we have set up specifically for 11 requesting comments.

It's WolfCreekEIS@nrc.gov.

It's 12 also shown here.

And you can also submit comments in 13 person at.the NRC.

14 I want to mention that the scoping period 15 also closes on January 29,.2007.

So to assure 16 consideration of your comments, we request that you 17 provide them by that date.

18 Next slide, please.

19 This is going to be interesting.

All 20 right.

21 The proposed review schedule for Wolf 22 Creek is presented here, and it's posted on the NRC's 23 website, which is what I suggest you look at to see, 24 because all of the items highlighted in yellow --

25 (Laughter.)

NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 (202) 234-4433

18 1

Yes.

Do we have asterisks next to them?

2 Yes, the stars.

They're the opportunities for public 3

involvement.

Right now, we are in the scoping 4

process, as I mentioned.

And the scoping period, as 5

I said

earlier, ends on January 29, 2007.

The 6

opportunity for hearing also closes on that same date.

7 This information, again, was provided in 8

the Federal Register notice, and it's included in the 9

handouts.

Once we receive your comments, we will 10 develop a scoping summary report that will provide 11 responses to all comments received and will indicate 12 how the comments will be addressed in our review.

A 13 copy of the scoping summary report will be sent to you 14 if you provided your address at the registration 15 table.

16 We currently expect to issue that report 17 in May 2007.

Over the next eight months, we will 18 develop the draft supplemental environmental impact 19 statement and issue a draft SETS in August 2007.

20 There will be a 75-day period between August 24, 2007, 21 and November 7,

2007, for the public to provide 22 comments on the draft SETS.

23 Another public meeting will be held, at 24 this same location here, the library, on October 3, 25 2007.

The purpose of the October public meeting is to NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 (202) 234-4433

19 1

present'preliminary results of the staff's review and 2

solicit comments on the draft SEIS.

All comments 3

received on the draft SEIS will be addressed and/or 4

incorporated into the final SEIS.

The final SEIS will 5

be published in March 2008.

6 Next slide, please.

7 This slide points --

or this slide lists 8

the points of contact for the safety and environmental 9

reviews.

It's also in your handouts.

If you have 10 questions or need information, you can reach any of 11 the persons listed here.

12

Also, several., documents, like the 13 application, the draft SEIS, the scoping summary.

14 report, and the final SEIS,.and.some other documents:

15 that we have yet -- that have yet to be produced will 16 be available at this library.

You can also find those 17 documents at the NRC website, and the address is 18 listed at the bottom of the page.

19 This concludes my remarks, and I'd like to 20 turn the meeting back over to Steve Hoffman.

21 MR. HOFFMAN:

Thank you, Christian.

Thank 22 you, Veronica.

23 At this

point, we'd like to take 24 questions, if anybody needs any clarification or 25 didn't understand anything.

NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 (202) 234-4433

20

[,

1 (No response.)

2 Okay.

Then, we'll get the public comments 3

on the scoping of the environmental review, if there 4

are any.

5 (No response.)

6 Okay.

Seeing no questions or comments, 7

I'm going to ask Rani Franovich to do the closing 8

portion.

9 MS.

FRANOVICH:

Thank you, Steve.

I just 10 wanted to take the opportunity to thank everyone for 11 coming out tonight.

12 I know nobody had comments or questions 13 here tonight, but if you change your mind, you decide 14 you'd like to submit something, please feel free to do 15 so.

Again, Veronica and Christian are the points of 16

contact, and their contact information is in the 17 handout.

18 I also wanted to remind everyone that the 19 opportunity for hearing and the opportunity to submit 20 comments on the scope of the environmental review 21 closes on January 29th.

22 And the last thing I wanted to mention is 23 that we have an NRC public meeting feedback form.

You 24 may have gotten one of these when you registered at 25 the front table.

If there's anything you can think of NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 (202) 234-4433

t.

1 2

3 4

5 6

7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 21 that we can do to run these meetings better, ways we can improve, ways we can do it different that could better meet the needs of the audience, please let us know.

We'd be very interested in getting that feedback from you.

You're welcome to leave it on the table or give it to a member of the NRC staff, or you can fold it up and mail it in.

The postage is prepaid.

And with that, thank you all for coming, and have a good night.

(Whereupon, at 7,:24 p.m., the proceedings in the foregoing matter were concluded.)

NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 (202) 234-4433

t.

CERTIFICATE This is to certify that the attached proceedings before the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the matter of:

Name of Proceeding: Wolf Creek Nuclear Public Scoping Meeting Docket Number:

50-482 Location:

Burlington, Kansas were held as herein appears, and that this is the original transcript thereof for the file of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission taken by me and, thereafter reduced to typewriting by me or under the direction of the court reporting company, and that the transcript is a true and accurate record of the foregoing proceedings.

Pedg Bown Official Reporter Neal R. Gross & Co.,

Inc.

NEAL R.'GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nealrgross.com