ML12236A350

LTR-12-0457 - E-mail Tom Gurdziel Provides Fukushima-related Comments for 8-17-12

ML12236A350
Person / Time
Site:	Calvert Cliffs
Issue date:	08/17/2012
From:	Tom Gurdziel - No Known Affiliation
To:	Macfarlane A NRC/Chairman
Craver, Patti NRR/PMDA
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LTR-12-0457
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY CORRESPONDENCE CONTROL TICKET DatePrinted: Aug 21, 2012 16:15 PAPER NUMBER: LTR-12-0457 LOGGING DATE: 08/20/2012 ACTION OFFICE: C/ er o - LWPS/ KýJ1 c- EDO Tom Gurdziel DEDMRT AUTHOR: DEDR AFFILIATION: DEDCM ADDRESSEE: Chairman Resource fQfled4 66a

SUBJECT:

Provides Fukushima-related comments for 8-17-12 ACTION: Appropriate DISTRIBUTION:

LETTER DATE: 08/17/2012 ACKNOWLEDGED No SPECIAL HANDLING: EDO/SECY NOTES: Copy to Rochelle Bavol, SECY - reference title of meeting, audio.

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Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 10:41 PM To: CHAIRMAN Resource Cc: hillsc@INPO.org; bridget.frymire@dps.ny.gov; P.Kaiser@iaea.org; jicc@ws.mofa.go.jp; Uldis.Vanags@state.vt.us; thenry@theblade.com; newal@goinfo.com; Screnci, Diane;

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Fukushima-related Comments for 8-17-2012 Good morning, Meeting Comments I took 3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br /> and 14 minutes and watched the (8-7-2012) NRC-recorded "Briefing on the Status of Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Daiichi Accident." Here are some comments:

It begins with an (unrelated) Calvert Cliffs affirmation session.

It does not provide a title for the Fukushima-related meeting.

I initially had trouble hearing the audio: it being much too faint.

I was favorably impressed with the selection of members for the first, (non-NRC), panel.

Somewhere in the meeting, one commissioner stated that an overall integrated plan would have been more efficient.

He is probably right. However, I do not believe we could have accepted the time (delay) necessary for this to have been done.

Another commissioner asked both panels to identify those unknown obstacles that might occur. I was puzzled by this predict-the-future question. We are doing FLEX because we, in Japan, were unable to predict the future.

When talking of unloading BWR elevated spent fuel pools, I would prefer that the terms "5 year unloading" or "delayed unloading" be used instead of the words I heard in the meeting.

Finally, the most valuable part of the meeting to me is the identification that we can't put a limit on time, (72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br />),

that the station batteries are operable in an accident. I think this was covered by the 3 rd NRC panelist from the left in response to a question by the chairman.

Thank you, Tom Gurdziel 1