ML113130492

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Ltr to W. Gates Re Participation in Commission Meeting on Plans for Improving Performance at Fort Calhoun on 2/22/12
ML113130492
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Site: Fort Calhoun Omaha Public Power District icon.png
Issue date: 11/09/2011
From: Annette Vietti-Cook
NRC/SECY
To: Gates W
Omaha Public Power District
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 November 9, 2011 SECRETARY W. Gary Gates Chief Executive Officer and President Omaha Public Power District 444 South 16th Street Mall Omaha, NE 68102

Dear Mr. Gates:

The Commission looks forward to meeting with you to discuss your plans for improving performance at Fort Calhoun. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 22,2012, from 9:00 a.m. to approximately 11 :30 a.m. in the Commission's Conference Room on the first floor of the NRC's headquarters building at One White Flint North, Rockville, Maryland. The Commission will first hear from the NRC staff, then you will present OPPD, Fort Calhoun's action plan. I am enclosing a copy of the draft meeting agenda for your information (enclosure 1).

To assist the Commission in preparing for the meeting, please e-mail any written material, including slideslviewgraphs, to Ms. Rochelle Savol and Ms. Sandy Joosten (rochelle.bavol@nrc.gov and sandy.joosten@nrc.gov) in the Office of the Secretary, by February 14, 2012, so that it can be distributed to the Commission for review in advance of the meeting. Enclosed are guidelines for slides, if you choose to use them (enclosure 2).

PowerPoint is the preferred format, but other electronic presentation formats may be used. This Commission meeting will be webcast live at the Web address: www.nrc.gov. If you intend to use slides, they will also be posted on the NRC website prior to the meeting. If you have any questions, please contact Ms .. Savol at 301-415-1651.

Your presentation at the Commission meeting should be based on the assumption that Commissioners are familiar with the content of your written material. Please plan your oral presentation for 30 minutes or less, discussing the important points on which you wish to focus the Commission's attention.

The NRC Headquarters building is located opposite the White Flint Metro Station on Rockville Pike and Marinelli Drive, Rockville, Maryland. The White Flint Metro Station is on the Red Line of the Washington area subway system. Reserved visitor parking for Commission guests is available. If you wish to use reserved parking, please notify Ms. Savol in advance. If reserved parking has been arranged, please check-in with the security staff at the entrance to the NRC campus on Marinelli Drive when you arrive. A Security Guard will call for an escort. Please.

note that visitors will be screened through metal detectors, will have their packages x-rayed, and will be required to present a picture identification card prior to signing in at the registration desk.

Sincerely,

~o:w-&J--

Annette L. Vietti-Cook Secretary of the Commission

Enclosures:

1. Draft Agenda
2. Briefing Visuals Guidance

Enclosure 1 Draft: 11/9/11 SCHEDULING NOTE

Title:

BRIEFING ON FORT CALHOUN (Public)

Purpose:

To provide the Commission a discussion of the staff's and licensee's plans for addressing performance deficiencies at Fort Calhoun.

Scheduled: February 22, 2012 9:00 am Duration: Approx. 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br />, 35 minutes Location: Commissioners' Conference Room, 1st fl OWFN

Participants:

Presentation NRC Staff Panel 15 mins.*

Bill Borchardt, Executive Director for Operations Elmo Collins, Regional Administrator, Region IV Kriss Kennedy, Director, Division of Reactor Projects, Region IV Topic: Discussion of the background and staff plan Commission Q & A 50 mins.

Break 5 mins.

Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) 30 mins.*

W. Gary Gates, Chief Executive Officer and President David Bannister, Vice President, Chief Nuclear Officer, Fort Calhoun Station Timothy Nellenbach, Division Manager, Nuclear Operations, Fort Calhoun Station Topic: OPPD, Fort Calhoun Action Plan Commission Q & A 50 mins.

Discussion - Wrap-up 5 mins.

  • For presentation only and does not include time for Commission Q & A's Documents:

Staff background material due to SECY: February 7, 2012.

Slides due to SECY: February 14, 2012.

1

Enclosure 2 PRESENTATION TITLE Arial Black 40 on white background Date of Briefing Your name, title, office Arial Black 32

Slide Title - Arial Black 36

  • Text (Arial Black 32) on white.
  • Top and Side margins 1 inch min.
  • Bottom margin 2 inch min*

.* Number pages

  • Explain acronyms or include a separate slide with list 2