ML20196B666

Transcript of 990618 Public Meeting in Rockville,Md Re Affirmation Session.Pp 1-5

ML20196B666
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Issue date:	06/18/1999
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AFFIRMATION SESSION PUBLIC MEETING Location:

Rockville, Maryland Date:

Friday, June 18,1999

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-c DISCLAIMER This is an unofficial transcript of a meeting of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission held on June 18, 1999, in the Commission's office at One White Flint North, Rockville, Maryland.

The meeting was open to public attendance and observation.

This transcript has not been reviewed, corrected'or edited, and it may contain inaccuracies.

The transcript is intended solely for general

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As provided by 10 CFR 9.103, it'is not part of the formal or informal record of decision of the matters discassed.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2

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AFFIRMATION SESSION 5

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11 Rockville, Maryland 12 Friday, June 18, 1999 13 14 The Commission met in open session, pursuant to 15 notice, at 11:30 a.m.,

Shirley A. Jackson, Chairman, l

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17 18 COMMISSIONERS PRESENT:

19 SHIRLEY A.

JACKSON, Chairman of the Commission j

i 20 NILS J. DIAZ, Commissioner

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21 GRETA J. DICUS, Commissioner 22 EDWARD McGAFFIGAN, JR.,

Commissioner 23 JEFFREY S. MERRIFIELD, Commissioner

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STAFF AND PRESENTERS SEATED AT THE COMMISSION TABLE:

2-ANNETTE L. VIETTI-COOK, Secretary of the 3

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KAREN D.

CYR, General-Counsel 5-6 7

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PROCEEDINGS 2

[11:30 a.m]

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CHAIRMAN JACKSON:

Good morning, ladies and 4

gentlemen.

This is an affirmation session.

We have two 5

items to come before us this morning.

Before I ask the 6

Secretary to lead us through the items for affirmation, do i

7 any df my colleagues have any opening comments they wish to 8

make?

I know there may be some follow-on comments.,

9 Madam Secretary, please proceed.

10 MS. VIETTI-COOK:

The first item is the Commission i

11 is being asked co act on a Memorandum and Order in response 12 to a petition for review of the antitrust issues in the 13 license transfer application for the Wolf Creek Nuclear 14 Power Reactor.

15 The Commission has voted to approve a Memorandum i

16 and Order with.the attached changes which rejects the l

17 pending hearing request.

It also directs the NRC staff to 18 initiate a rulemaking to remove any implication in current 19 rules that the NRC would conduct antitrust reviews of 20 license transfers.

21 Further, the order solicits the parties' views on 22 how best to handle the Wolf Creek license conditions and 23

-gives non-parties an opportunity to comment.

24 Would you please affirm your votes.

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-(Chorus of ayes.]

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MS, VIETTI-COOK:

For the second item I would like 2

to request your vote to hold an affirmation on the final 3

revision to 10 CFR 50.65 to require licensees to perform 4

assessments before performing maintenance on short notice.

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6 COMMISSIONER DIAZ:

No.

7 MS, VIETTI-COOK:

I will just reflect that a 8

majority of the Commission has agreed to go forward,

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9 The Commission is being asked to act on a final 10 rule amending 10 CFR 50.65 to require that power reactor 11 licensees before performing maintenance assessment and 12 manage the increase in risk that may result from the 13 maintenance activities.

The Commission, with Chairman 14 Jackson and Commissioners Dicus, McGaffigan and Merrifield 1

15 agreeing, has voted to approve the publication and

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11 6 implementation of this final rule subject to the changes in 17 the attachment.

18 Commissioner Diaz disapproved the rulemaking, 19 believing that it was no longer necessary to ensure 20 licensees are performing adequate safety assessments and 21 that_for the purposes of risk-informing the rule it should 22 be issued for public comments.

23 Would you please affirm your votes.

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[ Chorus of ayes.]

25 COMMISSIONER DIAZ:

I do have a comment, Madam ANN RILEY & ASSOCIATES, LTD.

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Secretary, and Madam Chairman.

'I would like to state for 2

the public. record that I object to rushing the maintenance 3

rule affirmation this morning.

My vote was only distributed 4

this morning to the Commissioners' office.

It contained new 5

and significant information which I think should have been 6

deliberated on.

7 I really believe that there is no reason to rush

.8 this affirmation under the present conditions.

Two or three 9

days you would.have had the same result, but you would have 10 had the ability to look at the vote.

We have been in 11 meetings all morning.

We have not been able to deliberate 12-on the votes.

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' Finally, I would like to note, and this is kind of 14 philosophy, quoting from somebody that we all know, 15 whatsoever you do to the least of your brothers you do it'to 16 yourself.

17 Thank you.

18 CHAIRMAN JACKSON:

Is there anything else to come 19 before us today?

20 MS. VIETTI-COOK:

No.

21 C11 AIRMAN JACKSON:

With that, we are adjourned.

22 (Whereupon at 10:34 a.m.,

the affirmation session 23 was concluded.)

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This isLto certify that the attached description of.a meeting of the U.S. Nuclear. Regulatory Commission entitled.

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l TITLE OF MEETING:

AFFIRMATION SESSION PUBLIC MEETING PLACE.OF MEETING:

Rockville, Maryland DATE OF MEETING:

Friday, June 18, 1999

.was held as herein' appears, is a true and accurate record of the meeting, and'that this is the original transcript thereof taken' stenographically by me, thereafter reduced to typewriting by me or under the direction of the court reporting company Trans.riber: Mike Paulus Raporter: Mike Paulus e

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