ML14163A719

Ltr to J. Scarola Re Participation in Commission Meeting on the Status of Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Accident

ML14163A719
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Issue date:	06/12/2014
From:	Annette Vietti-Cook NRC/SECY
To:	Scarola J Nuclear Energy Institute
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 SECRETARY June 12, 2014 James Scarola Executive Director- U.S. Industry Fukushima Response Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006

Dear Mr. Scarola:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is pleased that you will participate in a public Commission meeting on the status of lessons learned from the Fukushima Dai-ichi accident, on July 31, 2014, at 9:00a.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 industry, regarding progress on implementing the March 12, 2012, Orders related to station blackout and mitigating strategies. 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 July 24, 2014, 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 public website prior to the meeting: 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 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.

An te ietti-Cook Secretary of the Commission

Enclosures:

1. Draft Agenda

2. Briefing Visuals Guidance

Final: 6/12/14 SCHEDULING NOTE

Title:

BRIEFING ON THE STATUS OF LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI ACCIDENT (Public Meeting)

Purpose:

To provide the Commission with a discussion of the recent report issued by the National Research Council-National Academy of Sciences on lessons-learned from the Fukushima Dai-ichi accident and the status of actions taken by the NRC and industry in response to lessons-learned from the Fukushima Dai-ichi accident, with a focus on improved capabilities related to station blackout events.

Scheduled: July 31, 2014 9:00am Duration: Approx. 3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br /> 50 minutes Location: Commissioners' Conference Room, 1stfl OWFN

Participants:

Presentation External Panel 80 mins.*

National Academies Study 30 mins.*

(Note - participants still under consideration by NAS)

Norman P. Neureiter, Chair Acting Director of the Center for Science, Technology, and Security Policy of the American Association for the Advancement of Science B. John Garrick, Vice-Chair Senior Physicist and Senior Advisor, Brookhaven National Laboratory

{Dr. Kevin Crowley, Director, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, The National Academies} (In well)

Topic: Report on lessons learned from Fukushima (causes of the Fukushima accident, including performance of safety systems and operator response; improving plant safety and security systems and operations; and improving safety and security regulations, including processes for identifying and applying design basis events for accidents and terrorist attacks to existing nuclear plants)

Jim Scarola, Executive Director- U.S. Industry Fukushima Response 10 mins.*

(Co-Chair of the industry's Fukushima Response Steering Committee)

Topic:

• Industry progress on implementing the March 12, 2012, Orders related to station blackout and mitigating strategies

Pete Sen a, President and Chief Nuclear Officer, First Energy Nuclear 10 mins.*

Operating Company Topic:

• Improvements and challenges related to station blackout and mitigating strategies Jean-Christophe Niel, Director General, ASN 10 mins.*

Topic:

International perspective on efforts to address prolonged station blackout Joseph G. Klinger, Assistant Director, Division of Nuclear Safety, 10 mins.*

Illinois Emergency Management Agency Topic:

• State perspectives on the lessons learned from Fukushima and implementation of safety improvements related to station blackout and mitigating strategies David Lochbaum, Director, Nuclear Safety Project, Union of 10 mins.*

Concerned Scientists Topic:

• Perspectives on NRC and industry activities related to station blackout and mitigating strategies Commission Q & A 50 mins.

Break 5mins.

NRC Staff Panel 40 mins.*

Mike Johnson, Deputy Executive Director for Reactor and Preparedness Programs and Fukushima Steering Committee Chairman Eric Leeds, Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Dave Skeen, Director, Japan Lessons Learned Project Directorate Jack Davis, Director, Mitigating Strategies Directorate TBD, Regional Administrator Topics:

• Update on the progress towards implementing Tier 1 recommendations

• Progress and challenges related to mitigating strategies and station blackout

• Rulemakings related to Japan lessons learned

• Status of implementing safety improvements at plants

• National Academies report on lessons learned from Fukushima Commission Q & A 50 mins.

2

Discussion -Wrap-Up 5 mins.

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

Staff background materials due to SECY: July 17, 2014.

Slides due to SECY: July 24, 2014.

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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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