ML13246A123

8/29/13 Ltr to Mr. Denight Participation in Commission Meeting on Flooding and Other Extreme Weather Events

ML13246A123
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Site:	Salem
Issue date:	08/29/2013
From:	Annette Vietti-Cook NRC/SECY
To:	Denight R Public Service Enterprise Group
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 August 29, 2013 SECRETARY Robert DeNight Operations Director Salem Nuclear Generating Station PSEG Nuclear LLC P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038-0236

Dear Mr. DeNight:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is pleased that you will participate in a public Commission meeting on Flooding and Other Extreme Weather Events, on October 16, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Commissioners' Conference Room on the first floor of the NRC's Headquarters building at One White Flint North, Rockville, Maryland. The Commission is interested in hearing your views, representing Salem Nuclear Generating Station, about approaches used to establish nuclear facility design basis for flooding and other extreme weather events, actions taken to protect nuclear facilities against flooding and other extreme weather events, and licensee actions to prepare and respond to extreme weather events. I am enclosing a copy of the meeting agenda for your information (enclosure 1). My staff will keep you informed of any updates to the agenda.

To assist the Commission in preparing for the meeting, please e-mail any written material, including slides, to Ms. Rochelle Bavol and Ms. Sandy Joosten (rochelle.bavol@nrc.gov and sandy.joosten@nrc.gov) in the Office of the Secretary, by October 8, 2013, 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, and materials provided for the meeting_will be posted on the NRC website prior to the meetung: http://www.nrc.gov/reading- rm/doc-collections/commission/tr/.

If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Bavol 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 10 minutes, discussing the important points on which you wish to focus the Commission's attention. Please avoid the use of acronyms where possible. If you do use acronyms, please explain them during your presentation.

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. Bavol in advance. If reserved parking has been arranged, please check-in with the security staff at the entrance to the NRC campus <>n 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.

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Annette Vietti-Cook Secretary of the Commission

Enclosures:

1. Draft Agenda

2. Briefing Visuals Guidance

Enclosure 1 Final: 8/29/13 (Rev.)

SCHEDULING NOTE

Title:

BRIEFING ON FLOODING AND OTHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS (Public)

Purpose:

To provide the Commission with an overview of current approaches used to establish nuclear facilities design basis for flood and other extreme weather events.

Scheduled: October 16, 2013 1:00pm Duration: Approx. 3.5 hours5.787037e-5 days <br />0.00139 hours <br />8.267196e-6 weeks <br />1.9025e-6 months <br /> Location: Commissioners' Conference Room, 1st floor OWFN

Participants:

Presentation External Panel 60 mins.*

Robert IJeNight, Operations Director, Salem Nuclear Generating Station 10 mins.*

Topics:

• Approaches used to establish nuclear facility design basis for flooding and other extreme weather events

• Actions taken to protect nuclear facilities against flooding and other extreme weather events

• Licensee actions to prepare and respond to extreme weather events Stuart Lewis, Program Manager, Risk and Safety Management, 10 mins.*

Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Topics:

• Considerations and preparations for extreme weather events Chandra S. Pathak, Principal Engineer, Engineering and Construction 10 mins.*

Branch,U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Topics:

• National efforts to coordinate studies and databases for reviewing and improving methodologies to assess extreme storm events 1

Enclosure 1 Geoff Bonnin, Chief, Hydrologic Science and Modeling Branch, Office of 10 mins.*

Hydrologic Development, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service Topics:

• Projected extreme weather events in the United States Lance Vail, Senior Research Engineer, Battelle Pacific Northwest Division 10 mins.*

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

,Iopics:

• Considerations for flooding David Lochbaum, Director, Nuclear Safety Project, 10 mins.*

Union of Concerned Scientists Topics:

• Approaches used to establish nuclear facility design basis for flooding and other extreme weather events

• Actions taken to protect nuclear facilities against flooding and other extreme weather events

• Licensee actions to prepare and respond to extreme weather events Commission Q & A 50 mins.

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NRC Staff Panel 40 mins.*

Michael Johnson, Deputy Executive Director Reactors and Preparedness Programs Eric LeE!dS, Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR)

David Skeen, Division Director, Japan Lessons Learned Directorate George Wilson, Branch Chief, Division of Operator Reactor Licensing, NRR Chris C4>0k, Branch Chief, Division of Site Safety and Environmental Analysis, Office of New Reactors (NRO)

William Ott, Branch Chief, Division of Risk Assessment, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES)

• Current methods used to establish nuclear facilities design basis for flooding and other extreme weather

• NTIF recommendation 2.1 and 2.3 flooding reviews 2

Enclosure 1

• Research activities to further enhance methods used to evaluate flooding and extreme weather

• Lessons learned from flooding at Fort Calhoun and from hurricane Sandy at Oyster Creek

• Dam safety interim staff guidance and interactions with other Federal agencies Commission Q & A 50 mins.

Discussion - Wrap-up Smins.

Documents:

Staff background material due to SECY: October 1, 2013.

Slides due to SECY: October 8, 2013.

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• Use company/organization logo, and light background.

• Slides should contain substantive information, including text, photos, and graphics and Enclosure 2 be easily readable.

• Explain/spell out acronyms or include a separate slide with a list of acronyms.

• Number pages.

• Top and side margins should be 1 inch.

• Bottom margin should be 2 inches to accommodate captioning for webcasting.

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