ML11292A161

Summary of Meeting with Beyond Nuclear Regarding Their 10 CFR 2.206 Petition to Suspend Operating Licenses of General Electric Mark I Boiling Water Reactors

ML11292A161
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone, Hatch, Monticello, Dresden, Peach Bottom, Browns Ferry, Nine Mile Point, Fermi, Oyster Creek, Hope Creek, Cooper, Sequoyah, Pilgrim, Brunswick, Vermont Yankee, Duane Arnold, Quad Cities, FitzPatrick
Issue date:	10/20/2011
From:	Siva Lingam Plant Licensing Branch II
To:
Lingam S
References
G20110262, TAC ME6040
Download: ML11292A161 (5)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 October 20,2011 LICENSEES: SEE ENCLOSURE 1 FACILITIES: SEE ENCLOSURE 1 SUB..IECT:

SUMMARY

OF OCTOBER 7, 2011, MEETING WITH BEYOND NUCLEAR REGARDING THEIR 10 CFR 2.206 PETITION TO SUSPEND OPERATING LICENSES (OLs) OF GENERAL ELECTRIC (GE) MARK I BOILING WATER REACTORS (BWRs) (TAC NO. ME6040)

On October 7,2011, a Category 3 public meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and representatives of the Beyond Nuclear at NRC Headquarters, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The list of attendees is provided as Enclosure 2.

On April 13, 2011, Mr. Paul Gunter and Mr. Kevin Kamps representing Beyond Nuclear, hereafter called as the petitioners, submitted a petition pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.206 regarding the suspension of OLs of GE Mark 1 BWRs.

The petitioners addressed the NRC Petition Review Board (PRB) on June 8, 2011. The PRB recommendations were transmitted to the petitioners bye-mail on August 16, 2011. The purpose of the October 7, 2011, meeting was to provide the petitioners a second opportunity to address the NRC PRB.

As described in Management Directive 8.11, "Review Process for 10 CFR 2.206 Petitions," the petitioners are provided the second opportunity to address the PRB in order to provide any relevant additional explanation and support for the petition in advance of the PRB's final evaluation. The meeting was recorded by the NRC's Operations Center and transcribed by a court reporter. The transcript is provided as Enclosure 3.

Members of the public were in attendance by teleconference. Public Meeting Feedback forms were not received.

-2 Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-1564, or at Siva.Lingam@nrc.gov.

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Siva P. Lingam, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 11-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, 50-296, 50-325, 50-324, 50-298, 50-237,50-249, 50-331, 50-341, 50-333, 50-321, 50-366, 50-354, 50-263, 50-245, 50-220, 50-219, 50-277, 50-278, 50-293, 50-254, 50-265, and 50-271

Enclosures:

1. List of Licensees and Facilities

2. List of Attendees

3. Transcript cc w/encls:

Mr. Paul Gunter, Director Mr. Kevin Kamps, Director Reactor Oversight Project Nuclear Waste Specialist Beyond Nuclear Beyond Nuclear 6930 Carroll Avenue 6930 Carroll Avenue Suite 400 Suite 400 Takoma Park, MD 20912 Takoma Park, MD 20912 Additional Distribution via Listserv

OCTOBER 7, 2011 LIST OF LICENSEES AND FACILITIES 10 CFR 2.206 PETITION SECOND PUBLIC MEETING BEYOND NUCLEAR PRESENTATION BEFORE THE NRC PETITION REVIEW BOARD Licensee Facility Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry 1, 2 and 3 Progress Energy Brunswick 1 and 2 Nebraska Public Power District Cooper 1 Exelon Corporation, LLC Dresden 2 and 3 FPL Group, Inc. Duane Arnold 1 Detroit Edison Company Fermi 2 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Fitzpatrick 1 Southern Nuclear Operating Company Hatch 1 and 2 PSEG Nuclear, LLC Hope Creek 1 Northern Power States Company Monticello 1 Dominion Generation Millstone 1 (decommissioned)

Constellation Energy Nine Mile Point 1 Exelon Corporation, LLC Oyster Creek 1 Exelon Corporation, LLC Peach Bottom 2 and 3 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Pilgrim 1 Exelon Corporation, LLC Quad Cities 1 and 2 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Vermont Yankee 1 Enclosure 1

OCTOBER 7, 2011 LIST OF ATrENDEES 10 CFR 2.206 PETITION SECOND PUBLIC MEETING BEYOND NUCLEAR PRESENTATION BEFORE THE NRC PETITION REVIEW BOARD (PRB)

Beyond Nuclear (Petitioners)

Paul Gunter Kevin Kamps Co-petitioners Dale Bridenbaugh (Retired Nuclear Engineer) (by phone)

Arnie Gundersen (Fairewinds Associates) (by phone)

Deborah Katz (Citizens Awareness Network) (by phone)

Louis Zeller (Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League) (by phone>>

Randy Kehler (Safe and Green Energy Campaign) (by phone)

Michael Mariotte (Nuclear Information and Resource Service)

Bobbie Paul (Georgia Women's Action for New Direction) (by phone)

Scientech, CWFC Robert Nelson Jana Bergman Merrilee Banic Michael Clark Siva P. Lingam AREVA Sam Miranda Vijay Goel David K. White Edward Smith Kamal Manoly Tanya Mensah GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Lauren Gibson Ron Albert Patricia Campbell NRC (By Phone) Nuclear Information and Resource Service Mel Gray (Region 1) Dominique French Harold Christensen (Region 2)

David Hills (Region 3)

Tom Farnholtz (Region 4)

Enclosure 2

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