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From: Livermore. Dao To: ME.Ql: Hoc HOO X; tilll;.,_BOO; ILTAB-Internal
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Date: Thursday, July 30, 2020 8:53:58 AM
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Date: Thu, July 30, 2020 7:51 AM -0500 To: "Livennore, Dan" <Dan.Livennore@nrc.gov>
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https://www.tbedrive.com/the-war-zone/34800/the-night-a-drone-swam1-descended-on-palo-verde-nuclear-power-pIant Lots of HOOs and ILTAB people made it to the Drudge Report today.
The Night A Mysterious Drone Swarm Descended On Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant The mysterious case of mass drone incursions over America's most powerful nuclear power plant that only resulted in more questions and no changes.
BY TYLER ROGOWAVAN D JOSEPH TREVITHICKJU LY 29, 2020 THE WAR ZONE While the news has been filled with claims that strange unidentified craft with unexplainable capabilities are appearing over highly sensitive U.S. inst allations and assets as of late, a much less glamorous, more numerous, and arguably far more pressing threat has continued to metastasize in alarming ways-that posed by lower-end and even off-the-shelf drones. Less than a year ago and just days after the stunning drone attacks on Saudi Arabia's most critical energy production infrastructure deep in the heart of that highly defended country, a bizarre and largely undisclosed incident involving a swarm of drones occurred on successive September evenings in 2019. The location? America's most powerful nuclear plant, the Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station situated roughly two dozen miles west to Phoenix, near Tonopah, Arizona.
In a trove of documents and internal correspondences related to the event, officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) described the incident as a "drone-a-palooza" and said that it highlighted concerns about the potential for a future "adversarial attack" involving small unmanned aircraft and the need for defenses against them. Even so, the helplessness and even cavalier attitude
toward the drone incident as it was unfolding by those that are tasked with securing one of America's largest and most sensitive nuclear facilities serves as an alarming and glaring example of how neglected and misunderstood this issue is.
What you are about to read is an unprecedented look inside a type of event that is less isolated in nature than many would care to believe.
A Rapidly Accelerating Threat Troubling incidents of protracted activity by swarms of drones, including a series of very strange incidents in Colorado and neighboring states last year that the mainstream media was quick to blow off without any real evidence to prompt such a dismissal, are occurring over and near some of America's most critical infrastructure. These events are occurring as lower-end and lower-performance unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have become weaponized to increasingly remarkable degree in recent years. Even those built-in sheds in the middle of warzones have been employed with not only deadly, but also a highly disruptive effects ....~ we mentioned a moment ago, drones have even inflicted major damage to one of the world's richest and most heavily defended country's cash cow-oil production. They have also been used in an attempt to assassinate a country's ruler. And yes, the potential for them to be used for similar purposes exists right here in the United States, as well.
Even as lower-end drones that are armed with explosives and capable of precision attacks are being mass-produced overseas and America's adversaries are openly perfecting far more complex swarm capabilities, the U.S. military and federal agencies are desperately trying to play catch-up to the threat even though they had years to proactively work to nullifying it before its inevitable manifestation. It wasn't before weaponized drones were careening into and dropping bomblets on Iraq soldiers' heads during the Battle of Mosul that the U.S. military had no choice but to begin to take the issue seriously. Today, American soldiers deal with the ominous presence of drones overhead and even dropping munitions daily in overseas hotspots. America's top military commander in the Middle East is all too aware of this compounding threat and the lack of resources being placed on countering it:
"I argue all the time with my Air Force friends that the future offlight is vertical and it's unmanned," U.S. Marine General Kenneth McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, said at an event hosted by the Middle East Institute last week. "I'm not talking about large unmanned
platforms, which are the size of a conventional fighter jet that we can see and deal with, as we would any other platform."
"I'm talking about the one you can go out and buy at Costco right now in the United States for a thousand dollars,four quad, rotorcraft, or something like that that can be launched and flown," he continued. And with very simple modifications, it can make made into something that can drop a weapon like a hand grenade or something else."
"Right now, the fact of the matter is we're on the wrong side of that equation."
With all this in mind, it isn't a matter of if similar events will occur in the homeland, it's a matter of when and of what scope. As it sits now, all the warning signs are there, especially in terms of where mysterious swarms of drones are popping up without explanation.
Two Nights In Late September Douglas D. .Johnson, a volunteer researcher affiliated with the Scienhfi.c Coaliti,onfor UAP Studies (SCU), was able to obtain a large number of internal documents regarding the September drone incidents at Palo Verde from the NRC via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and kindly shared them with The War Zone. It is important to note that these documents primarily reflect the NRC's perspective rather than that of any other U.S. government agencies at the federal, state, or local levels. The Arizona Public Service Company, which operates the Palo Verde Generating Station, is also a private entity not directly subject to the FOIA.
Johnson did also submit a FOIA request for relevant documents to the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). DHS said it found 32 pages of documents related to the incident from CISA, but declined to release them, citing exemptions related to law enforcement activities. Another 17 pages of relevant records are still undergoing a review by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
This particular story starts on Sept. 29, 2019. Shortly before 11:00 PM local time at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Daphne Rodriguez, an Acting Security Section Chief at the plant, called the duty officer at NRC's Headquarters
Operations Center (HOC). Rodriguez reported that a number of drones were flying over and around a restricted area near the nuclear power plant's Unit 3, which houses one of its three pressurized water reactors.
Thomas Kendzia, a Headquarters Emergency Response Officer (HERO) at the HOC, subsequently created an incident report in the NRC's Security Information Database (SID). The HOC's policy is to have one Headquarters Operations Officer (HOO) and a Headquarters Emergency Response Officer (HERO) on duty, 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> a day, every day, with no exceptions. "The designated HOO for the shift has the primary responsibility for receiving reports and determining appropriate actions. The HERO counterpart role provides procedural, communications, and administrative support," according to a 2018 NRC Office of the Inspector General's reporL on headquarters staffing issues.
The key pmtions of the SID entry that Kendzia created, which was then updated as time went on, are as follows:
"Officer noticed several drones (5 or 6) flying over the site. The drones are circling the 3 unit site inside and outside the Protected Area. The drones have fl.ashing red and white rights and are estimated to be 200 to 300 hundred feet above the site. It was reported the drones had spotlights on while approaching the site that they turned off when they entered the Security Owner Controlled Area. Drones were first noticed at 2050 MST and are still over the site as of2147 MST. Security Posture was normal, which was changed to elevated when the d1*ones were noticed. The Licensee notified one of the NRC resident inspectors.
As of 0237 EST, no drones have been observed at the site since 2230 MST. Officers believe drones were over 2feet in diameter.
Personnel at the HOC also then called the duty officer at the NRC's Intelligence Liaison and Threat Assessment Branch (ILTAB), a division of the Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response. ILTAB's mission is to "provide strategic and tactical intelligence warning and analysis of .all threats to the US commercial nuclear sector, and serve as NRC's liaison and coordination staff to the US intelligence and law enforcement communities," according to a 2010 lniefing.
That wasn't the end of it, though, for Palo Verde. The very next night, Ismael Garcia, a Security Supervisor at the plant called ILTAB to report another drone incursion over sensitive areas.
This new information was originally added as an update to the previous incident, but the HERO on duty, Donald Norwood, eventually set up a new, separate SID entry, which again received additional updates as the situation progressed, with the key details being as follows:
Four (4) drones were observedflying beginning at 2051 MST [on Sept.
30, 2019] and continuing through the time of this report (2113 MST). As occurred last night, the drones are flying in, through, and around the owner controlled area, the security owner controlled area, and the protected area. Also, as last night, the drones are described as large with red and white flashing lights. Spotlights have not been noted tonight.
The licensee has not changed their security posture. The licensee continues to monitor the drones.
As of 0355 EDT, no drones have been observed at the site since before 0020 MST. LLEA [local law enforcement agency] surveyed the area and were unable to locate drones on the ground or anyone controlling the drones.
The licensee notified FAA (both Phoenix and Albuquerque), FBI, DHS, and the Maricopa [County, Arizona] Sheriffs Office. The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.
Palo Verde security officials had filed their own report on this second incident, which eventually made its way to NRC. It included the following narrative:
"On 9/30/19 at approximately 2051 hours0.0237 days <br />0.57 hours <br />0.00339 weeks <br />7.804055e-4 months <br />, it was reported by a Security Team Leader that Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UA Vs) were approaching the plant from the east (true east). The hours of darkness made it difficult to estimate the altitude at which the UA Vs were flying. Two Security Team Leaders [redacted]. The UA Vs appeared to have been launching from behind the mountain range at the intersection of Southern Ave and 361 Ave just east of the plant. Four UA Vs were confirmed to have been spotted at one time flying northwest over Unit 1 and returning northeast over Unit 3. LLEA (MCSO) [Maricopa County Sheriffs Office] deputies were dispatched to the area of the mountain range with a Security Unit Team Leader in an attempt to determine the
location of the UA V operators, but were unsuccessful. No other UA Vs were observed after approximately 2300 hours0.0266 days <br />0.639 hours <br />0.0038 weeks <br />8.7515e-4 months <br />."
"These UAVs are believed to have been the same UAVs thatfiew over the plant the night before on 9/29/19 at approximately 2020 hours0.0234 days <br />0.561 hours <br />0.00334 weeks <br />7.6861e-4 months <br /> (refer to CR# 14095for details)."
All required notifications were made IA W [in accordance with] 20DP-0SK49 Security Integrated Response Plan and additional Security contingency measure [sic] were implemented IA W 21SP-0SK11 Security Contingencies. No additional compensatory measures are required IA W 20SP-0SK08 Compensatory Measures for Loss ofSecurity Equipment/Effectiveness."
A Feutile Distraction?
Curiously, one of ILTAB's top priorities seemed to be getting the staff at Palo Verde, or anyone from any other NRC-licensed facility, to stop calling them in the middle of the night about reported drones. Our folks got calls last night at 2am, which is correct per the procedure," Laura Pearson, ILTAB's chief, wrote an Email on Sept. 30 to Silas Kennedy, the Chief of the Operations Branch within the Division of Preparedness and Response of NRC's Office of Nuclear Security.
"However, I am wondering if there is a way to cut down on calls in the middle of the night for issues that ILTAB can't add value to," Pearson continued. "The call last night about drones is a good example-in the middle of the night, ILTAB can't really do anything about it anyway apart from say 'ok thanks' and handle it in the morning."
Pearson raised concerns that the late-night calls "interrupts sleep" and that her staff would then arrive at work "either groggy or come in late, so there's negative returns on it from an, organizational perspective." Kennedy told her that ILTAB could, on its own accord, change its requirements for when personnel at nuclear sites would need to immediately contact the duty officer to report an incident.
Before the second drone incursion had even occurred on Sept. 30, ILTAB was already working on revising its instructions from when the HOC staff should contact them. Pearson also asked Kennedy if there was a way to halt all calls about drones in and around Palo Verde, specifically. "There is nothing ILTAB
can do about it at night, and if my staff has to be woken up about it each night, it will start to cause other problems for us. We have a small staff and having people out or late because they are not getting adequate sleep will impact our ability to get work done," she wrote in another Email on Oct. 1.
"Please place a note in the turnover log stating 'Until further notice, do not call the ILTAB duty officer from 10 pm until 6 am for drone flyovers of Palo Verde.
Send an email to ILTAB in the morning. This is specific to Palo Verde only. For all other licensed facilities, continue to follow HOO procedures until changes are made,"' Kennedy subsequently instructed other staff at the HOC.
At that time, per a subsequent Email, the list of instances in where HOOs or HEROs were supposed to immediately notify ILTAB included, but were not necessarily limited to the following:
- Ongoing security events. (basis for the drone calls since they were loitering in the OCA [owner control led areal)
- Verba l/telephone/e-mai l threats.
- Bomb threats.
- Th reats to site employees.
- Fence jumpers/intrusions.
- Security barrier penetrations.
- Discovery of weapons or explosives.
- Event involving law enforcement response/investigation on the owner-controlled area (OCA} or watercraft exclusion areas.
- Event involving FBI investigation.
- Security-related med ia attention at any level.
- Sabotage/Tampering.
Other NRC officials appear to have been unsure as to how they could necessarily help in responding to the incidents, in general. "[Palo Verde] Site security was unable to observe any identii},ing markings on the UAVs themselves or locate the operator(s), so I do not know how much additional investigation can be undertaken," an Intelligence Specialist at the Response Coordination Branch for NRC's Region IV, whose name is redacted, wrote in a separate Email.
Inconclusive Investigation The situation on the ground at Palo Verde was completely different. By Oct. 21
officials at the plant were working together resident NRC personnel, as well as local law enforcement, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS),
and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). A subsequent Email shows that the FBI's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Coordinator was specifically contacted in relation to the drones.
They were also in the process of deploying unspecified drone detection systems acquired from a company identified in one Emai] as "Area Armor." This is very likely an error in referring to Aerial Armor, which describes itse]f as having "been at the forefront of the drone defense industry since 2015 as a service provider and systems integrator for C-UAS solutions." The company's website .i:U.£Q sm:s "On countless deployments, we've worked hand in hand with local law enforcement, FAA, FBI, OHS and private security professionals throughout the US."
"This technology apparently h as a 13-mile radius and can determine the specific point from which the UAVs were launched so that LLEA / site security can locate the operator(s)," a Region IV Response Coordination Branch Intelligence Specialist, with their name redacted, possibly the same individual referenced earlier, wrote in an Email. "I confirmed with the licensee that they have coordinated the use of this counter drone technology with FAA, and they informed me that this technology only locates the UAVs; it does not interfere with the flight pattern of those UAVs in any way."
Aerial Armor supplies drone detection systems from various manufacturers, including smal1 radars and ones that work by spotting and tracking the unmanned aircraft's signal emissions. Some of them also include fu11-motion electro-optical and infrared video cameras that can be slewed to visually monitor targets of interest after the other sensors spot them.
It's not entirely clear what drove the decision at the time by the Palo Verde staff to set up systems to detect rather than knock down the drones. It's possible that the detections systems were the only ones readily available or that this was the established protocol for security at the plant at the time.
Regardless, it underscored serious questions about what the plant operators could actually do, legally, in response to the intrusions. "At this time, the pilots are not violating any laws or regulations by flying over the plant," Joseph Rivers, a now-retired Senior Level Advisor on Security fo r NRC, wrote in an Email on Oct 2.
"Since drones are aircraft and they are not violating a law, what is the action that can be taken legally if they locate the operator?" Mark Lombard, the Deputy Director of NRC's Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, asked in response. The next Email in the chain is unrelated t o that question and the one after that is redacted entirely. The last message in this particular string is also heavily censored, though it does say that "NEI h as a drone working group and we will bring these examples to them." NEI very likely refers to the Nuclear Ern.~rgy Institute, a nuclear energy trade association and lobby group in the United States.
It's unclear if whoever was flying the drones was still violating FAA regulations, which ban unmanned a ircraft from flying lower than 400 feet over "designated national security sensitive facilities," which includes nuclear power plants, even if they weren't technically breaking any laws. Arizona also has its own stat e law prohibiting drones from flying under 500 feet over any critical infrastructure, including power plants.
Without knowing the exact altitude the drones were flying at during the incursions, it's difficult to say what the exact legalities of the situation were. We also don't know for sure if authorities at Palo Verde didn't deploy counter-drone systems capable of actually knocking down unmanned aircraft later, though NRC's officials never mention any such development in the documents The War Zone reviewed.
What we do know is that by Oct. 3, with assistance from the FBI and the Department of Energy, officials at Palo Verde had begun the process of rectifying that situation and getting the airspace over the plant designated as restricted through the FAA.
"DOE is working closely with FAA to designate areas over NPPs [nuclear power plants] are no-fly zones and we are working to communicate to licensees what that means," Deputy Director Lombard wrote in an Email the following day. "At this time, we are not planning to impose new requierments [sic] on licensees, but the landscape is dynamic and changing."
None of the authorities involved in subsequent investigations into the two drone incursions over Palo Verde were able to determine the operators of the drones or their intent. ILTAB followed up with other officials within NRC on Oct. 28 to see if there had been any new developments an d had marked the two SID entries "closed unresolved" by Nov. 25.
Not An Isolated Incident
Whatever the exact story of what happened at Palo Verde might be, the internal Emails from NRC make clear that this was not an isolated incident. "We also had several high speed drones over Limerick [Generating Station in Pennsylvania]
that caused a VP to call about 8 months ago," Brian Holian, Director ofNRC's Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, 1/4Tote at one point.
"Yes, I agree that both of these overflight incidents at Palo Verde meet several criteria that we have historically used in triaging UAV overflights as particularly worthy of follow-up (# of UAYs involved, time of day, length of overflight, maneuvers, etc.)," another individual whose name is redacted added in the same Email chain.
Another response, from another redacted individual, is censored almost entirely.
"Just my two cents worth of an observation. I'm off to a tabletop exercise," the Email concludes with.
After the Palo Verde incidents, officials at ILTAB went back and checked and found 42 drone-related incident reports entered into the Security Information Database since 2016, including the two at the Arizona plant. There were a nother 15 in the system when they searched all the way back to Dec. 27, 2014. This includes another one involving a drone at Palo Verde, also "closed unresolved,"
on Dec. 21, 2017. NRC redacted information about all of these remaining cases as
non-responsive" to Douglas Johnson's FOIA request.
It's also clear that NRC hasn't been the only U.S. government entity grappling with this issue. Another Email notes that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), part of the Department of Energy, had recently added a "suspicious activity reporting requirement" with regards to incidents at sites under its jurisdiction, but that it was also unclear as to how to approach drone incursions, necessarily.
"I just met with Shana Helton [Director of the Physical & Cyber Security Policy Division of the Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response] and J eremy Bowen [Deputy Director of the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research] for a detailed discussion about drones, FERC, and where we are with reporting requirements," Geoffrey Miller, Deputy Director of the Reactor Safety Division at the NRC's Region IV office, wrote.
"I look forward to that discussion," an individual, whose name is redacted, responded. "I would love to have a better understanding of where we are going as an Agency on the topic of drones."
"This week has been Drone-a-palooza for ssure [sic]," the Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response's Deputy Director Lombard had written in an Email on Oct. 4. "With the two drone swarm flyovers at PVNGS [Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station] early in the week getting a lot of attention in the agency and outside (e.g., folks who work in the EEOB [Electrical Engineering Operating Reactors Division of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation]), we learned a lot and briefed a lot. And our DAV/drone Commission paper should go up to them next week."
Rules, regulations, and reporting requirements are, of course, just one part of the picture. Joseph Rivers, the NRC Senior Level Advisor on Security who was coordinating with various other individuals around the Palo Verde incidents, highlighted in one Email that none of this would do anything to directly prevent a hostile actor from using drones in a more nefarious way.
"I would point out that restricted airspace will do nothing to stop an adversarial attack and even the detection systems identified earlier in this email chain have limited success rates, and there is even lower likelihood that law enforcement will arrive quickly enough to actually engage with the pilots," he wrote.
"We should be focusing our attention on getting Federal regulations and laws changed to allow sites to be defended and to identify engineering fixes that would mitigate an adversarial attack before there our licensed facilities become vulnerable."
You canfind the full copies of the NRC documents as they were released to us, broken into.four parts here: Part 1, Part 2 , Part 3.,
and Part 4 .
The Changes That Never Came The "drone-a-palooza" over America's most powerful nuclear powerplant represents an intriguing and puzzling mystery. Who had the capability to put at least around a half a dozen drones up over the plant for hours on two consecutive nights and why? The fact that drone incursions aren't totally new there, or at other major nuclear facilities, is equally concerning. But above all else, these internal documents show just how naive those tasked with dealing with such threats are to the potential nefarious capabilities of readily available unmanned aircraft.
Could smaller weaponized drones have the capability to trigger a catastrophic radiological event at a powerplant like Palo Verde? These facilities and the nuclear waste stored on their grounds are hardened to some degree, but that's not really the point. Even throwing the plant into disarray and disabling it for a protracted period of time could have substantial impacts on the region as millions depend on the plant for power. Coordinated attacks on other plants across a region could have even more damning, if not somewhat unthinkable impacts.
Strategically speaking, a st andoff capability with such a low barrier of acquisition, ease of use, and with such a high-chance of evasion for its perpetrators, is highly troubling. We will talk about these elements and tie together many other threads we have been weaving over the past year in an upcoming post, but for now, the Palo Verde drone scare of 2019 should be yet another reminder of how far we are behind dealing with this threat on a legislative, informational, and defensive level.
Oh, and if you think this event may have served as something of a wakeup call for the powers that be, you are mistaken. Just a month after it occurred, the NRC made the highly controversial, if not outright dubious decision to formally decline to require owners of U.S. nuclear power and waste storage facilities to be able to defend against drones.
"Staff has determined that nuclear power plants and Category I fuel cycle facilities do not have any risk-significant vulnerabilities that could be exploited using UAVs and result in radiological sabotage, theft of special nuclear material (SNM), or substantial diversion of SNM," according to NRC's review. "Similarly, the staff has detennined that information gained from UAVvideo surveillance of an NRC-licensed facility is bounded by the type of information that could be provided by the knowledgeable insider currently permitted in the DBTs [Design-Basis Threats]."
Physicist Edwin Lyman, acting director of the Nuclear Safety Project at the Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonprofit organization, stated the following about the decision:
"The NRC's irresponsible decision ignores the wide spectrum of threats that drones pose to nuclear facilities and is out of step with policies adopted by the Department ofEnergy and other government agencies...
Congress should demand that the NRC require nuclear facility owners to update their security plans to protect against these emerging threats.
Many companies are developing technologies to protect critical infrastructure from drone attacks through early detection, tracking, and jamming ... If the NRC were to add drones to the design basis threat, nuclear plant owners would likely to have to purchase such systems.
Laws would also have to be changed to allow private facilities to disrupt hostile drone flights. But plant owners are loath to spend more on safety and security at a time when many of their facilities are struggling to compete with cheap natural gas, wind and solar.
The NRC seems more interested in keeping the cost of nuclear plant security low than protecting Americans from terrorist sabotage that could cause a reactor meltdown ... The agency needs to remember that it works for the public, not the industry it regulates."
Sadly, it's unlikely that any action will be taken when it comes to the threat posed by lower-end drones until a catastrophe occurs. We will discuss just how much is at risk and highlight other even more concerning incidents that have all but proven how capable such an asymmetric and inconvenient threat can be in the very near future.
Regardless, the Palo Verde incidents serve as yet another warning of the potential dark side of the drones that fly among us daily.
Contact the authors: Tyler@thedrive.com and Joe@thedrive.com You can reach Douglas D. Johnson via @ddecmjohnson on Twitter.
FOR OFFICIAL b'SE 0NL 1'- LJMJTED DISTRIBUTi'OiV This report may contain "law enforcement sensitive" information Please do not relay this information to individuals who do not have a "need to know" Event#: SID-02915 Security Event Description Site: Limerick Facility Type: Power Reactor - Operating Event Date/Time: 03/20120 L8 (EDT)
Notify Date/Time: 3/20/2018 5:18:00 (EDT)
Last Uptlate Date: 3120/20 18 6:04: I 0 (EDT)
Evettt Type: Drone H.E.R.O: Jeffrey HeJTera Ctlller Affiliation:
DRONE FLYOVER AT LIMERICK "On the 20th of March, at approximately 0300 EDT, a security officer posted in the owner controlled area observed a drone flying over the owner controlled area for approximately two minutes. The drone appeared in the Southeast and travelled over the owner controlled area before visual was lost. The drone was approximately 300 feet above the ground. Notifications were made to the Shift Manager and Local Law enforcement.
Voluntary notifications will be made to the FAA and NRC."
Limerick stated that no identifiable information was able to be captured by security personnel regarding the drone flyover. Limerick contacted the Limerick Township Police and notified them of the incident. Limerick did not change security posture as a result of the incident.
Limerick will be notifying the NRC Resident Inspector.
Notified the R1 DO (McKinley), ILTAB (via email).
This report is open pending ILTAB/ILTAT review. ILTAB/ILTAT will update or close this report when appropriate.
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Redacled DescupUo" of lr,cldent DRONE FL VOVEA A I UMERICK I Redact Sulected Text I "On tho 2 1Ht1 o l M arch,.-, ,il,pP4'0xlma1e1y 03()(> EDT <\ soc,mty offletH posted In the ownor controlled ntoa ol'>sorvttd a drorw1 llyinq over lho own('lr conttollu<J area IOt approx1matety two n1111ulea The drone appB&ed 1n the Soumeatt atlO ttavellM<t ova, thd Not,llcotlont woro rn.100 10 Ill* Shl11 MMogo, ond Loonl Low onforcomont Volooto,y not*lleotlOn$ Will be made to IM FM and NAC."
Umur,ok s1ated ~*at no ldanllftable 0110,matlon was able lo be captured by Hcuroty perllOflntll regarding the drone flyover Ume,lck c001111tted tho L1mnnck Townshlp Police ano notlllttd thum ot thtl 1n1;kfont I lmonck dlf1 not ch:111,go socurnv posh.ma as A fosutt ot 1ne 1nl;k1e1,1 l trmw,c:k wJI bO ll(>ttlyh1g Iha Nf\C f=tesldur1l lm;poctor 1his fflp<>rt Is Q~n p9t1d,ng ILTAllllfA J rwVMtw ILTAB/11 I A r W'III uptjnte OlclQse Ulla rot)Ott when appropr1iltl Updates/ ILTAB Summary ll TAl/b)CT\tC ~ 1t1ec1 the FBI a WMO Coo,dinator ot 1,w, lncM;jent on 3'?012018 As no idenhty1ng toaturoa were rec(')rrloct on the dtt)ne and the OP41reto,. was not loc:atec:s. this tncWer11 UL t,elnQ clo~etl as;--un,esolved'" ILTAl will ,t,0per1 U1is lncidunl should ridcl1U0nftl lrltoi1n:1U0f1 bttcc1nu aveilttbln Last Updated Mo, 20. 2018 8:04 EDT Caller's Notification lnformallon (A) Name (R) o,gan,zatlon (A) Phone Ofhce, Dully LLEA 6 104899332 NRC's Extemal Nolllltlon Information (R); " Restricted Field" ( not viewable by general users)
Access Control Phase Tracking Dve Date M&gnedTo Phase Subm11ted Date Due Date Completed Date Extenslon/Reassignmoot Link Jettray t,,jerro,a Draft Mar20,2018 Mar 21. 2018 Mar 20, 2018 EIOAdmlmstralor ILT'AB Mar 20,2018 Mar23 2018 Mar 20, 2018 l(b)(7)(C)
JOOah Pezeshki
!(b)(7)(C) I Test !LIAS Laura Peatson Bethany Cecere page 2 of 7 August 31, 2020 09:45 AM GMT*4 2 of 7
SID# SID-02915 Br.an V*p Ashley Vowinltel Bernadene Bland Bemard PtSarcMic:k; Dw1e1BaJ11 Daniel Ccleman Davd Goldkopl Dustin Deterding HOO.HOC@nrc.g (N
Joshua Palotav LtnneWlll,s Megan Maciejewski Motlrxt;1 N1ckel!on M,cha~ Colln,s Patock McNetls Rynn Moo,e
$TEI/EN RAZZAOUE Tantche Jinks Todd Savoq&
Uw1&Wfllls O:wld Blanchara Jona111ar1 Ptea100 S10,., Sondln O~n Uvermo,e OCM1Alrl Norwood D(jllf.l ra,k Eno s,mpson HMoro Crouch Kl,rl Ol11dorlch M",k. Abrnmovu, Ryllt\ AI011atlU0t v,nco 1<100 Na1>1or Makris
, ** , 1100 Ttill 11002 Jel!toy Hi<<rOt'O s,ov~n 11~10 Ateha,n Sm1lh 8ftU1,u1y Ct1c:nrtt Ano, ow wouon Dnvld Aird Thomas Kondtm (b)(?)(C)
Kevin Walsh Watten Buckley Robe<! Ooetz Kimberly Howeu SCOII IVyk SCOII Langan Mll>ony DimllrladiS Oa111:1 Caron Darrell Rot>et1s John Chervbonl RaymoM McKtntey Raymond LO.son Jonathan G re,vos DougTiffl James Shehee Joo Walto
.lohoi Pelclla1 Don Funk Josepl, Maynon ker111elh obMr1 Ste~nOrtn Nathan Egan Test Agr'eement Allan B~rker Harral Logaras Belhany Cecere page 3 ot 7 August 31, 2020 09:45 AM GMT-4 3 of 7
SID# S ID- 02915 Jason Kou!
W~liam Maier Jesse Rolll11s Nick Ballam
.Jason Cai Judy Yu Knsfi~ Zlebotl Samuel Bazian Greoory \Nam.ck Aeklased All Mar 20, 2018 Mar21 2018 Oct t5, 2018 I
Jonah Pez.eshkl
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Test ILTAB Laura Pearson
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BnanY,p AshlayV-n4<.ot Bernadette Bland Bermud P1sarch1ck Dilnlol Bahr Daniel C<>aeman David Goldkopf Dustm Delerd1ng HOO.HOC@nrc.g (YV Joshua Pafotay Linne W1lhs Megan MaC101ewsk1 M elinda Nickelson Michael Collins Patnck McNells Ryan Moore STEVEN RAZZAOUE TanfChe Jmk s Todd Savage LnneW,llis David Blanchard Jonathan Pres1on Steve Sandin Dan Livermore Oonak:I Norwood Dong Palk Enc Simpson Howard Crouch Karl Diederich Mark Abfamovitz Ryan Alexander Vince KJco Nestor Makris Test HOO Test H002
.letttey Hettera Steven v,110 Richard Smith 8ettiany Cecere Androw WaiJgh David AJ,d Thomns Kf'ndztrl Kevin Walsh Wanen Bwl\<<3y RObeft Goolt Kimberly How*"
scoU K,yk Scon Lan an (b){?)(C)
Anthony Dlm11r!adis Bethany Cecere page 4 ot7 August 31, 2020 09:45 AM GMT-4 4 of 7
SID# S1O- 02915 Dana Caron Oarr~I Robens John Cherubini Raymond McKinley Raymond Lorson Jonathan G reives Doug Tifft James Shehee Jon Wallo John Pelchat Don Funk Joseph Maynen kenneth obnen Steven Orth Nathan Egan Test Agreement Allan Barker Harral Logaras Jason Kozal Wimam Maier Jesse Rollins Nick Ballam Jason Cai Judy Yu Knsta Ziebell S..,.mut1I BallQf\
o,eoory Wamk:I<.
S1ovo Sandin C)r~" 0<:I 15. 2018 Ocl 16 . 2018 OC1 IS, 201B Dan l..lverrnn,e Oor1nlrt Notwood DonQ Par~
encs,mpson Howard Crouch K,111 D ledtu lei, Mi&rk AbtaOK>VIIZ Ayon l\lexa1ld01 v,nco ~100 N0&tor Mo'<ns ro.i HOO Tott H002 Jollroy Horro,o S1even v1uo Aic:11ardSmtlh a.many Ceeere Ana,ow Waugh D~vld /\\rd I homa, Kenrj,11ii O.v1\IC1o Femi Kom>elh Moll Rodney Cl*O<l 8mm 1111 Phil Nntivrn"(j EIOMmln<OI/OIOI' II TAB Ocl 15, ?,0 18 Ocl 18 20IA l(bX7)(C)
Jonah PezeSllld l(b}(7)(C)
Tosi ILTAB 8emadette Bland Darnel Bahr Oan(el Coleman Oavd Goldkcpl Dustin Oeterd1rtg HOOJiOC@nro.g
°"Joshua Palotay Linne Wlll,s Megan MaC4ejewski Mellt'lda Nickelsou M<Chael Collins Patrtel\McNens Ryan Moore STEVEN RAZZAO\JE Tan,ci,eJinks Bethany Cecere page 5 of7 August 31. 2020 09:45 AM GMT-4 5 of 7
SID# S1O- 02915 Todd Savage LnneWillis David Blanchard Jonathan Preston Jeremy Grossman Steve Sandin Dan Livermore Donakf Norwood Dong Palk Enc Simpson Howard Crouch Ka,t Diederich Mark Abramovitz Ryan Alexander Vince Klco Nestor Makris Test HOO Test H002 Jeffrey Herrera Steven Vino Rtehard Smrlh Bethany Cecere Andrew Waugh David Aird Thomas Kendz*a Osvaldo Font KOnflOlh Mott ROdneyCtaw Bttatl Lin f>t\11 NaW/tdad (b)(7)(C)
Knvin Walsh Wnuen Buck.lay Robert G0<1ll Ktmbttrly Howeu 5C:Olt Krys Anmony Olm,tnacJ,t 04(-\1 Caron Onrrolt Roborts
.Jon,, c11e,ubtnl Rav,nond MQK01ley Raym<>no I OfSO"
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,lason Cai Judy Yu Samuel Bai,an Gre90ry Warnick
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Additional Document Security Managers Editors !'leaders HOO/HERO ILTAB las, Edited by Bethany Cecere on Aug 31, 2020 9:45 AM Bethany Cecere page 6 of7 August 31, 2020 09:45 AM GMT-4 6 of 7
SID# SID-02915 Commet1II LntCommenC Dan UVOffl\OrO!807J; Ocl 15, 20183;27 PM Ora/I C-a1egory ohango 10 Orono T Jelfrey Herrera (1 S47J: Mar 20, 2018 6:34 AM T l(b)(7)(C) Mar 20, 201810:13 AM ILTAB
'T Dan Livermore J807J: Oct 15, 2018 3 :27 PM Role/ISO</ All C..lflOOIY oha*IQ Oron*
Bethany Cecere page 7 of 7 August 31, 2020 09:45 AM GMT-4 7 of 7
SID # SID-02938 SID # SID-02938 Created by Richard Sm,lh on Aug to 20165.37 AM Ill AB General Info rmation -------------------------------------------
Record Number ENJI Incident Statu, S10-02938 NIA Open Closed Resol\led Closed Unresolved Geheral 1ntorm1111on 1,,cidenl / Cornmunica11on Oocufnent Dalo Aug g 2016 23115 CDT(-0500)
Subject/Short DescrlpilQn Mutt1pfe Droue Flyover Reponlng Organlrnllon Power Roaelo,
- Of)Ora!lr,q s110,Ucensea Umcri0k Sll0/Ucensee Nam11 Slate rimcu:onn u.... .,. PA (GMT 5.00) 1:ti1e,n s1a,w:J,un I Imo IUS/Ea11omJ Repon Category O,OflQ Non-Sonsltrv* At1~1:l11ll801ij (R) Sonsltive Anachme,11s Recorded on 10-Aug,2018 a1 04,30, 17 WAV Document Links E~1e,nal Lloks E~lernal Reference Number Vehlcle(s) Involved (Query)
Peraon(a) trwol11ed (Query)
Incident lnform11llon 73.71 ROPOl17 37 57 ROPOl1? 37.81 Rep011?
Yes No Yes No Yes No No11f1ca(ion Dale/11memrnezm,e Aug 10, 2018 4:28 EDT (R) Caller Name (R) Caller Title Caller Aft,11allon (RJ Call Back Phone #
Ryan Gross Secu'1ty $upcl'YIOIO<' Uccmsee 610 718*2043 HOO/HERO Richard Smtih ILTAB Duty 01nce,
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( R) Detailed Descnplton of Incident
"'On 09 At1gust 2018 al approximatety 2215 IEDTI a Secunty Officer reported a drone hying ui ffle a,ea o f 1he 500 kV I Preaarn to Badact I yard A t B,pptoJ1.1m.atel'y ~30 [EDT) MSOs (Memberot Secunay D-gantZ.al.J.Dflj ,e rfed.mulH le drones n the OCA
[Owner Cootrol Area) and fly*n(I ove, ll!e PA (Protected Areal, Security 1/'loUated b 7 nd ObselVed drones tlyw,g tn the vlCinity of the ISFSI (lndapondent Spon1 Fuel S1orago Installation] P , urbrno oot, Coohng Towers, 500 kV Yard 66 kV Yard, and 220 k V Yard. Umenck PD [Potioe Department} was notified or u;e fncltJent and 1esponded l(t the OCA. The drones wefc appr0X"lmetefy 300 500 feet In the atr and approximately 3 ~5 le&:t ,n d1emeler w ith amber Bethany Cecere page 1 of 7 August 31, 2020 09:46 AM GMT-4 1 of 7
SID # SID-02938 colored lights as well as b l1nklng 1ed and white llghlS A total o1 4-6 drones were denlltaed and observed by multl~e members of the security organization The Hlghl palh of ltie drones was ffom the South Eas1 to North West over lf"le PA clrclJng South and East ,eturnlng 10 the lnlt,al poltil the drones were first observed M ut11p1e drones took 1's same lhghl pattern fot a duratlon of approximately 20-30 minutes-. T he flight path changed to a counle1 clockwise panern over the OCA ponlon of tho planl f0< approiuma1ely 40 60 rrunu1es unnl Iha orones wore no longor observabio by Lho sec:unty tofce. The Secumy Superv1sor was In cootac1 with Limerick PO dyfw,g the duration ot situatlofl l.merldc PO patrolled areas of the OCA wrth no adverse h/ldlngs but did confirm drone actrvtty and the size ot tho drones. No identifying marks m mytn numuers could be observed 0,1 U,H oror1t:s Vulunta1y uuuncatkms {wernl maue 10 UM! FAA and FBI u rnc~~-*
The hcet,see notified the NAC Resident fospector.
Notified A100 (Cahill) and ILTABl(b)(?)(C) I This report is open pend,ng ILTAB/ILTAT review ll TABJIL TAT w"ill update O<Close U1ls repml when appropriate.
Redacted Descnptton ol Incident
- on 09 AtJgust 2018 al app,olclmalety 2215 IEDTJ. a Security Officer repo11ed a drone flying ,n lhe area ot the 500 KV yard. At a1Pt)f0Xima1e1y 2230 I Redact s,1ec1ed Text I (EDT) MSO's lt.lo"\lll'11.ll~~~:Y Organl10tl0fl) roportod mulllple drones in tho OCA (Ownor Conlrot Areal and llylng 11'10< tho PA (Pr01ec,ed Aroa).
Seourity 1nIUated a (b)(7)(F) nd observed drones flying In Ihe v1cIn1ty of the ISFSI f 100ependent Spent F uel SlCM"age lnst.sillnlion} Pad Tul'btne Root Cooling Towers
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- kV Va,d, and 220 kV Vard. Umeoct. PO (Po41Ce Departmonll was notiOed ol Ina rnetclonl nnd ,esponded lo lhe OCA.
The drones we,e appto)(,malely 300-500 leet h, the air and apQrO)(llllati&I)' 3~5 teet In <Jiamece, wltn amber cok>,ed hQhts os well as bhnkIng Ied and wnue ighi. A total ol 4-6 drones were ldenlllled and ob*erved by mulople rnembels 01 1he secu(,ry organlzatoon The 11,ghl path ol the drones wa1 lrom me South Easl to Notth West ~er tha PA circl1"g Soutti and Ease returning 10 lhe 1n1tJal poirtt tr.et drones werfil rust obse,ved Mulhple dror1es took 1hls sarne tll(Jh1 panern tor" duraOon of approximately 20*30 minute& The flight pi-tltl cl\3ng9d to a counter c lockwise pamirn ove, the OCA pan.Jon ot Itta p lr1nt In, approxunato1y 40*60 rt1lnu1es uohl lhe drones were uo longet obseNable by the 50f:ll11ty lorco The Securi1y Supervlsur was !fl cont~ct with Umeuck PO dutlnQ ll>o du,allon ol slluauon LJ,nonc, PD paltolled areas ot the OCA wllh no aovor.e lln<t,ngs but dod conllrm dfono acsv,ty and Ille ,1,e ol rhe drones- No ldentlfving marks or flight numbers could be observod OI\ lhe drones. Vol1mn1ry not,llcallona: (were] made 10 the FAA. arn:I FBI ON10as
- Th* i.cen*e* 110tllied 1ho NRC RO$odr>"1 lnspoctor.
N011l1ad A100 (Cahllli nna ILTAB ! (b)(7)(C) I Tt,., **POn ts opon pon<t,ng ILTABIILTAT ravlew ILrl\B/ILTAT W<II up<tato Of c*o** 11,1. report when opproprlola Up<lato~ / ILTAB Summary ILT/\J ~ ~1101noe<1 lho FBI WMD Coord1noror on 811012018. bYt
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Aug 10, 2018 ~:37 EDT Caller's Notification Information (R } Namo (R} Organization (R ) Phono Stove Wlnnobortor LLEA 610-495 7909
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( R) Name (R) Organlza1lon (R ) Phone FM 404 305-6150 NRC's External Notrfltlon Information (R) a " Res1rtc1ed Fleld" ( nol viewable by general users)
Access Control Phase Tracking Doe Date Assigned To Phase Sub111lttetl Date Dua Date Com11leleO Date Exter,slon1Reasslgnn1en1 lJnk Aug 10, 2018 Aug 11. 2018 Aug 10. 2018 ILTAB AUO tO. 20 t 8 Aug 16, 2018 Aug 20. 2018 1(;)~1rg1a 'l@lsrl I
JOOllh Pez.~5hkJ l(b)(?)(C)
Tesl ILTAB Bnan Yip Ashley Vowmkel Bernadene Bland Bernard PisarcMfck Daniel Bahr Damcl Coktman David Goldkopf Bethany Cecere page 2 of 7 August 31 , 2020 09:46 AM GMT-4 2 of 7
S ID # S 1O- 02931!
Dustin Oelerding HOO.HOC@nrc.g 0V Joshua Palotay LlnneWilhs Megan Maet0Jewslti Melinda Nickelson M1<:hael Collins Patrick McNelis Ryan Moore STEVEN AAZZAOUE Taniche Jink s Todd Savage Lnne Willis David Blanchard Jonathan Preston Jetemy Grossman Steve Sandin Dan Livermore Donald N orwood Do ng Park Eric Simpson Howard Crouch Kati Diederich Marl Ablamovltz Ryan Ale11a1)der V,nco Klco N*S!Ot M~~IIS Toll 1100 Toot H002
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Andrew Wough Onvld A1H1 Thoma.s KilrKJ,11 0wYI\IOo F=°Otll Ktannelh Motl l~odnty Ctal71l Bnari U1 Kevin Wnlst, Waueu 8Uf!'ktey RoOeflGootz K,01bcrly Howo" icon Ktyk SCOU Ll!ll'l~EH'I L]Anthony 01m,1nad1s oa,,acaron Darroll Row,1s Joh11 Cht=,ublnl Aaytnond Mot<lnley Raymoad Lorso" Jonall1en G re1ver,.
OOl/Q Tllll J;amas Shghee Jon Wallo John Peldl;it Don f"Llllk
.losepli Mayneh ket1neth obnit:n Steven Orth Natnatl Egan l est Agreement Altan Barker HarraJ Logara~
Jason Kozal William Maier Jesse Aoltms N"ICI< Ballam Belhany Cecere page 3 or 7 August 31 , 2020 09;46 AM GMT-4 3 of 7
SID # SID- 02931!
Jason Cai Judy Yu Krrsta 2.iebeU Samuel Bazian GremZ Warn.ck.
!(b) __Cl I EtOAdmln<<stmtor Released AN Aug 20, 2018 Aug 21. 2018 Oci 15, 2018 James Wh,toe (b)(7)(C)
I Jonah Pozesnki l{b)(7)(C)
Test ILTAB t a, ,ra Pearson l(b)(7)(C) I Ashlay Vnw1ffl<el 8ernaneno Bland Bemard l>1$a~hlc:I<
Oan,el Bahr Oantel eo-aman David Goldk01Jf Dustm Cetefdlog HOO.HOC@nrc.g av Joshua Palotay Linne Wilhs Megan Mac.te1ewski Melinda Nicketsoo M<:hael COiiins Patock McNells Ryan Moore STEVEN RAZZAOlJE Taniehe Jinks Todd Savage LMeWillis David ~anchard Jonathan Preston Jeromy Grossman Steve Sandin Dan Livermore Oonakt Norwood Dong Park Enc Simpson Howard Crouch Karl Diederich Mark Abfamov1tz Ryan Alexander Vince Kk:o Nestor Makris Test HOO Test H002 Jelfrey Herrera Steven V11.to A ieluud Stnrlh Belhany Cecere And, ew Waugh David Aird l Mmu.s Kendz_1a osvaedo Font Kenneth Mon Rodoey Clagg BrumUl Kevin Walsh Warum Buckloy Rot>etl Goalz K1111oorl)I Howoff scott Kryk Bethany Cecere EJ page 4 ot7 August 31, 2020 09:46 AM GMT-4 4 of 7
SID # SID-02938
!(b}(7\{C\
An1hony Dim1tfladls Dana Caton Darrell RobGns JoM Cherub"1I Raymond McK111!ey Raymond Lorson Jonathan G1e111es DoooTlfft James Shehee
.loo Wallo Jolin Pelchal Don Funk Josopt, Maynon keunelh obnen StevenOr1h Na1han Eoan THt Ag,oement Alt.,n Barker liattaJ l ooauts
.las011 Koz.al W,lllom Ma,or Jesse Rollins Nici<. Ballam
.Jason (.;;u Judy Yu Kns1n Zloboll Sa.rnuel Sa?*an G'°f)R wamk:k
!(b)([ ~ l I S1evn Snod1n Omn Oct 16 , :,018 Oct 15, 201~
Dan Llvermo,e Donald NofWOOd Do,,~ Park Et,c $lmp5011 Howard CtOIJC:h Kall OIOC!0!IGh M.>r~ A0tomovl1t Rv11r1 Ale,ca~o, V'"l'I Kl<lO Nestor Mt!ik.na 1011 HOO THlll002
.,ourc,y ttom,rn Slttvnn \lute R.:ha,o Smttn Be1hnny Cocero Al>IJ1owW.wgh David Aud Tho,nas Kerld:ua O.voldo Fon, Kcmne1h Mott i<o(111eyC1a1111 80SrlL.lt1 Phil Nat11JJciad Et0Adr11ln,st,af0f' ILTAB OCI 1:;. ~0 18 OCI 18 2Ulk (b)(7)(C)
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Teol llTAB Bnan Yip Ashlay Vowlnkol Bem~Uelle Bland Daniel Bahr Dan*el COiernan David Goldi<Ol)I Dustin Oe1etd,ng HOO HOC@nrc 11 ov Joshua Palot*Y Linne WIiiis Megan MacwJQwskl MeUnoa N",c~elson Michael Colhns Patrick McNelis Bethany Cecere pa_ge 5 o/ 7 August 31, 2020 09:46 AM GMT-4 5 of 7
SID# S1O- 02931!
Ryan Moore STEVEN RAZZAQUE Taniche Jinks Todd Savage LMe Willis David Blanchard Jonathan Preston Jeremy Grossman Steve 5aodin Dan Uvermore Donald Norwood Dong Park Enc Simpson Howard Crouch Karl Diederich Mark Ab(amovitz Ryan Alexander Vince Klco Nestor Makris Test HOO Test H002 Jelfrey Herr&ra StevenVmo Richard Smith Bethany Cecere ArvJ,owWougn David Aird Thomas Knnd11a OSvolOO Fol\l KentlOlh Mon RoctnoyCln!XI Bmin l 1t1 Pll1I N*tMdad Ke\l'iM Walsh Wanen BuckCey Rob411 Gooi, K,n\t>Orly fiowM sc;ou Krys n-* "
(b)(?)(C)
Anthoniv 0.rnl!rladls Dama Caron Oar,all Robef1S
.lonr1 crieruDull RaytllOnd McKinley Ray,nond L0fS011 Jonathan Grelves.
Ooug no, J,1mes Shehee Jon Wallo John Polchal Don Funk
,Joseph Maymm kenne1h O'Dhen S1evenO~h Nathan Egan Test Agr*aement Al1an Biirkor HarraJ Logaras
,Jason Kozal Will/am Mate,
,lesse Rollins Noek Ball*rn Jason Cai JUdy Yu Samuel Baz1an Greoo Warnick (b)(?)(C)
Addl~onal Document Security Managers Editors Readers Bethany Cecere page 6 of7 August 31, 2020 09;46 AM GMT-4 6 of 7
SID # SID- 02931!
HOO/HERO ll TAB Last Edited by Bethany Cecere on Aug 31, 2020 9:46 AM Comme111 Lut<:omnMnl Don Uverrnore f807fi Oct 15, 20183.20 PM Draft Cot'-'90,y change IQ Drone
,. Rlchatd Smith (1611)* Aug 10. 2018 6:20 AM
, . !(b)(7)(C) Aug 20. 2018 12:46 PM ILTAB T Dan Livermore (807)* Oct 15 , 2018 3:20 PM Role~.,,<IAII C<ltlf99'Y chnt,go ta Orou*
Dan Lw0tmOre (807]* Oct 15, 2018 3:20 PM Dtnff C,11ttg04'y t:hangu to Dr<mft.
Bethany Cecere page 7 of 7 August 31, 2020 09:46 AM GMT-4 7 of 7
SID # SID-02939 SID # SID-02939 Created by Richard Sm,lh on Aug 13 20181*10 AM ll.lAB General Information Record Number EN/I Incident Status SIO-02939 NIA Open Closed Resol\led Closed Unresolved General lntormatton lr1ek:Jent / Communica11on Oocurl\er11 Da10 Aug 13, 2018 0 140 EDT(-0400)
Subject/Shon Description Drones Flying Over I censee Facdlty Reporting Organ1m110n Power Roat1or - Opor*tlnu sI1e1Ucensee Umor10k SIIQ/Ucensee Na,n.i State nmezone um..uci. PA (GMT 5.00) EAS1e,n s10,w:Jo,n Tlmo 1us11:a11omJ Repon Category 0,0110 Non*So1\Slt1Vtt AU~<:hmMtij (R) Sonsltove AllachmMts Recordod on 13-Aug-2018 at 00.1323 WAV Document Links E~te, nal Lloks E~ternal Relerence Number Vehlcle(s) Involved (Query)
Peraon(a) lrwot11ed (Query)
Incident lnform11llon 73.71 ROPOl17 37 57 ROPOl1? 37.81 Repon?
Yes No Yes No Yes No No11f,ca1ktn Dale/T1mem1nezone Aug 13, 2018 0:13 EDT (R) Caller Name (A) Caller Title Caller AfMlatlon (RJ Call Back Phone #
Angel Lopez Shhl Sacunty Suporvtso, Uamsee 6 10 718*2043 HOO/HERO Richard Smtih 1,~if)(~r Offj '
(R) Detailed Descnpbon of lncldenl "On AugtJst 12 , 2018 at approximately 2335 ECT a Secunty OH1cer reported a drone hying near ttle upper parking lot I Precare to Bed.act I Al apprrudmately 2337 EDT. MSO'* jMembe, ol Secuilty O<ganlzatlon) ,eported nmttlple drones In the OCA IJy*ng towards the coollng tower and near the Spray Pond Off.cers observect drones flyl:ng East to West In a Nortt\.fW est drredtQn and c irciing ba~ 10 the East. L.irnctlck PD ind State police W8'"9 notified gt me 1ntjd9nJ :?nd responded to the l{b){7)(F) f OCA AT 2340 EDT the Secun"ty assumed al. ,i.., ilf,.)..___..,..._ _,,_...,...,......,.------,-,---,---
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he drones were approxunately 100*200 feet In lhe mr and approxi mately tour toet in diameter whh amber and Bethany Cecere page 1 ot 7 August 31, 2020 09:48 AM GMT-4 1 of 7
SID# SID-02939 orange colored blinking ~his. A total ol two drones were kJenbhed and observed by mulhple members of 1he securil)'
organtzalioo. The flighl path of the drones was from East to North West circling back lo East returning to c'he ,nrtiat point ol lhe upper parking klt. T he flight pattern for a duration of appfoxlmateJy five minutes_The total flight time was approximately 20 minutes u ntil tha drones wete no tonger observable by the security force. Security Supervisor contacted loUowmo Ageoc,es: FBI. FAA PA State PoJlce. and IJmerld( PoltCe. LWTienck PO and S1aw Pouce patroUed areas of lho OCA wl1h no adVerse findings and commltred to patr~ the area at a latef time. No identifying marks or flight numbers c04.Jld be observed on the dronos. All vohJntary r-.otiHcatlons were made to the FAA and FBI offices,~
Nolllied R100 (Cahllll and ILTAB Doty 01hc"'i(b)(7)(C)
Th,s ,epcrt IS open pendong ILTAB,ILTAT rev,ew ILTAB/ILTAT w,11 update or close this ,eport when appropnate, Redacted Descnppon of lnc*dent
-On August 12, 201 Bal appro,ilmaooly 2335 EOT a Security Ollicer reponed a drone flying near me upper parking 101. Al approx1ma1ely 2337 EDT I Redac1 S2tected Text I MSO's [Membe, of Security Orgar1lzatton) repc,rted mulhple drones In lh& OCA llylng toward9 the coohng tower and nea, the Spray Pond. Of1lcers.
observed dfofles Hying Ea.st to West In a Notth!West dfr&CIIOfl atld ar I ba.ck to !he East Uinerlek: PD aM Stale ,ce were noI1hed of the lr~ldent and responded 10 lhe OCA AT 2340 EDT ttio Socurny assumeo .... ..._,7,_..,.F....,,_,.,....,,.-,-...,,.,--,----.-----,---,,,.,,..,......,,..,.,....,,.,..,-.-,,
The d,ones we,e appro1Cmiately 100-200 leel in the au and approximately four feel m dfametet with amber and orange collored bHnkI~ Ughts A total of two dronas were ktenl~led and observed by mulhple members ol lhe security orgam.zatlon The llight path ot lho dlonHs was lrom East to North Wesl c1r0Hng back IO East tetu,nang to tile 1011141 pc11u 0111,e uppet patkloo 101. The Night pauern lor a du,at10rt of aJ)l)fox1nl4tely t,ve minutes, The total fliQtll 1lme was approximatoty 20 m-nutes uritl 1he drones were no k>noer obsetVable by the secu,,ty toroe Seeumy Supervisor oontacied lcfk:>w1ng Age.nci05.
FBI, FM, PA State Pouce. and Llmertek POIIGe. Urnork:ik PO and State Police patrolled ttreais ot 1he OC/\ with no ad\le,e.e findings and corn*"ltled to r,nt,Ql lhe area at a tater time No ldentily1ng marics or fllghl numoo,s r.ouk1 be ot>se,ved on it,.e drooes Alt voluntary ,,0t11tcatt0os we,a m;lde to the FAA and FBI olhces
- Notihed R100 (Callill) ond ILTAB Duty Oll,cer !(b)(?)(C) I 1his report 1s open p811d;og ll TAG. ILTAT review II.TABtll TAT will updRte OfCIQ~& lhls 19J>Of\ when apprc,prli,te Updat~ B Summary (b)(7XC) ....ILT~J ~*-~ otlfiect the FBI WMO Coote11noto1on 811312018 cf the incident: howttve,, ctut to cne lack of Kktn11tv-nu fe~turns on lhe d*ones a,,rt the w,nt,Olty 10 k>c- 8 rne UAV5' opornlo , , IUof\ld lottow up lti o-xpoclod LM1 Updnt&d Aug 13, 20181 :37 EDT Caller's Notlflcallon Information (R) Nre (R) O,ganlzallon Aqon< (b){7)(C) FBI (R) Nania (R) o,ganl,.iUon (R) Pl1one Wy1111 H,m1s FAA 404-305-~150 (R) Naine (A) Organlzallon (R) Phone Corpcral Pomponio Slale Pot.ca 610*51!4* 1250
( R) Name (A) Organizalion (RI Phone Othr,ttl Holtey LLEJ\ 610-495-7909 NRC's External Notlflllon Information (R) = ..Reslrlcled Fleld" ( no1 viewable by general users)
A ccess Control Phase Tracking Due Date Ass,gned To Phase Subm,lted Date Due Date Completed Date Extension/Reassignment Link RiCha1d S1t11u, Dran Aug 13, 20 18 Aug 14 2018 Aug 13 2018 EtOAdmlnl!.lralor ILTAB Aug 13, 20 18 Aug 16, 2018 Aug 20. 2018 (b)(7)(C) l(bi(j)(cf{°5b'I Test ILTAB Boan Yip Ashley Vowinl<el Bernadette Bland Bernaro PaSarchlCI~
Danfel Bahr Daniel Coleman Bethany Cecere page 2 of 7 August 31, 2020 09:48 AM GMT-4 2 of 7
S ID # S 1O- 02939 David Goldkopf Dushn Deterding HOO.HOC@nrc.g av Joshua Palotay Linne Wilhs Megan MacaeJeWSkl M elinda Nickelsoo M ichael Collins Patrick McN ells Ryan r-.Aoore STEVEN RAZZAO\JE Taniche Jinks Todd Savage Lnne Willis D avid BJanchard Jonathan Preston Jeremy Grossman Steve Sandin Dan Livermore Donald NofWOOd Doog Park Enc Simpson Howard Crouch Karl DIOOO<llll'I Mark /11><amc,y111 Aya,,, AleJ(-.ncJa, v...,o Kteo Ne!ilOr Mak11$
Toot 1100 T**t H002
.,011rwy t18tft!'{I Slttve11 V,110 Richatd Smtlll Bo1tm11y Cecere A,ll(Jrf)W WRUQh C,;avtd Aird Ttw,1118~ Kerld2d,1 Osv01d,, font Kenr,eth Moll Rodney Clagg Boan U,1 K*111n W,Jlsh W,u,er, Buei-.tey Rwort Goott K1mberty Howen
- coll Kryk Sco11 Lanmm (b)(7)(C)
Anthony 01rTHlrt.adts oai,a Caron Oarrou Roberts
,Jot111 Cherubini Raymond MCKlnley Raymond Lorson Jone1t1an G reiV&$.
Oougithl James Shehee Jon Wallo John Pelchat 0011 Funk
,losoph Maynen kertMlh ob,1e!l S1even O"h N aUran Egan Test Agreement Allan Barker Harral Logaras Jason Koza!
Wilflam Maie1
,lesse: Rollins Belhany Cecere page 3 or 7 August 31 , 2020 09;48 AM GMT -4 3 of 7
SID # SID- 02939 N"ICk Ballam Jason CaJ Ju,.fy Yu Knsta Ziebell Samuel Bazian Grnfc Warn,ck l<bf7si EtOAdmlmstrator I Released AH Aug 20, 2018 Aug 21. 2015 Oct 15. 2018 James Wh,lrie (b)(7)(C)
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,Jonah Po;i:e,;hkl l(b)(7)(C)
Test tLTAB Law a Pearson (b)(7)(C) nan Ip Ashley Vow1nk~
Bemadel!o Bland Bernard Posa<<:hk:I<
Dan,el Bahr Damcl Coleman David Goldkopl Ousbn Ootording HOO.HOC@nrc.g (1V Joshua Palo1ay L,nne Wilhs Megan Mao,e1ewskl Melinda Ntekelson M.c:hael Collins Patnck McNells Ryan Moore STEVEN RAZZAOUE Tanicha Jinks Todd Savage LnneWillis David ~anchard Jonathan Preston Jeremy Grossman Steve Sandin Dan Livermore Oonakt Norwood Dono Park Enc Simpson Howard Crouch Karl Diederich Mark Abfarnov,tz Ryan Alexander Vmce KJco Nestor Makris Test HOO Test H002 Jetfrey Herrera Steven Vllto Aic:.ha,d Smllh Sethan~ Cecere Ano,ew Wougll Dav,:, Aird Thomas Kendtia OsYl!\ldu Font Kenneth ~011 Rodney Clagg (b)(7)(C)
Kevin wa1s1, w,uren Buckley RObettGoetz Kimberly HowoM SCOII KtyK Scott lanoan l<b)(7)(C)
Bethany Cecere page 4 ot7 August 31, 2020 09:413 AM GMT-4 4 of 7
SID # SID-02939 l(b)(7)(C)
Anthony 04rni!rladis Dana Caro n Darrell Robens John Chorvblnl RaymumJ McKinley Ravmond Larson Jonathan G relves OougTIIII
.lttmes Shehee Jo,t Wallo Jolin Pelchat Don FunK J09eph Maynen to.e-nnelh obnen SteveeOrth Natnan Egan Tes1 /\gr&e1neot Affan Sarkar Harr~ lopa,as Jason Koza!
w1mam M3.lor Jesse Romns Nick Ballam Jason Cai JIJ4y Yu Knstali-11 Samuol Bazian G,eao ~ Wamk:to.
l(b)(?)(C)
Steve Sandin o,an OCt 15. 20 18 OCt 18 2018 Oel 15, ~018 Oan Uvormom 0o11ald N0IWOOd 00110 P~tk Enc S1mpS011 Howard Crou<ih Karl DI0<Wlch M~,k Ab,amov111 l=tynn Alexat.dt,r Vmce Ktoo No,101 MAkllS Te111100 I *~I 11002
.!t11fr9y Heuers S1wven Vdlo R.oharo S01n1>
Bethany Oeoom Andt~w Wauoh D.lvld Aird ThOmos Kond***
OGv~ldo Font Kennoth Motl Ro<Jnev Cl&Qq Bnan Lin Phil Nallvtdad EtOAdmlndllral0I ILTAB OCI 15. ~0 18 Clot 18. 2018 Lama Pea, son (b)(7)(C) m:1,n 1p Ashley Vowmkel 8emadctte Stana Daniel Bahr Oan,el Coleman David Goldkopf Ovstin Oeterd1ng HOO HOC@nrc.o 0V Joshua Patotay Linne Willis Megan Maae,ewslll Mstlnda Nickolson MICNae1 Cclhns Bethany Cecere pa.9e 5 ot 7 August 31, 2020 09:48 AM GMT-4 5 of 7
SID# S1O- 02939 Patrick McNelis Ryan Moore ST EVEN RAZZAOUE Taniche Jinks Todd Sa vage LMe Willis David Blanchard Jonathan Preston Jeremy Grossman Steve Sandin Dan Livermore Donald N orwood Do ng Palk Eric Simpson Howard Crouch Karl Diederich Mark Abramovitz Rvan Alexander Vince Kk:o Nestor Makris Test HOO Test H002 Jeffrey HerrMa Steven Vrtto Richatd Smith Bothai,y Cocoro Andrew Waugh David Ain;I Tt.omas Ker,d:un.
OsvolOO Font Konnolh Moll Ro(lneyCta09 Bnan LN1 Pntl Nat1v.Oad (b)(7)(C)
Kevin Walsh Wanen Buoklay RObnrl Gootz K1mb(trty ~towou MCOII t(ryk Seo11 Le11g11rl (b)(7)(C)
Anlhony D1tnltr1Mls Dan~ Caron Oara,11 Aer1s-Joh11 Cherut>tnl Raymond McKinley Raymnnd Lorson
,Jouathar1 Gre1Ves.
Doug T1flt James Shehee.
Jo11Wallo John Pelchat Oon Funk Josei,11 Maynen kenneth o'blien StevenOrl/1 Nau1an Egs11 Tost Agreement Allan Barker Harral Logaras Jason Kozal W,lllam Maier Jesse Rollins N,cl\ Ballam Jason Cai
,ludy Yu S3muel Baz:1an Greoo* Wamlck lfblCT C) I Addition~! Document Security Bethany Cecere page 6 of7 August 31, 2020 09;48 AM GMT-4 6 of 7
SID # S ID- 02939 Managers Editors Readers HOO/HERO ILTAB Las1 Edllod by Be1haoy Cece,e 011 Aug 31, 2020 9:48 AM Comments Lai l Comment Don Uvermoro 18071: Oct l fi 70 18 3 t Q PM Draft AIC--
Rich ard Smllh (1 61 IJ. Aug 13, 20 18 2:3 3 AM
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ILTAS T Dan LIVo,moro (807): Dal 16, 2018 3 :19 PM RolitosoaAII Clll"OOfY ohango to 0M)no Oun Llve,more [8071: Oat 15 , 2018 3:19 PM Orolt c.,1egory olianoo to OM)no Bethany Cecere page 7 of 7 August 31, 2020 09:48 AM GMT-4 7 of 7
SID # SID-02941 SID # SID-02941 Crealed by Andrew Waugh on A<19 24 2018 2,11 AM II.TAB General Information -------------------------------------------
Record Number ENJI Incident Status S 1O-0294-1 NIA Open Closed Resolved Closed Unresolved General lntormallon Incident / Communicat,on Document DaI0 Aug 23, 2018 21 :1~ EDT(-04001 SubJect/Shor1 Description Orone ~ lvl!y Over OCA anrl PA Reponlng OrganIui110n Power Roa010<
- Op(lrallnq Slie,Ucensee urnon,k SlI0/Licensee Na,n.i Slate nmezone um..uci. PA (GMT 5.00) EAS1e,n s10,w:Jo,n limo iUS/Ea11omJ Repon Ca1egory 010flQ (R) Sensitive Anechme nts 8.24,2018 at 0067 1 WAV 8 24 20 18 at 0057 2 WAV Notlllca1lon ol Drona Ac11vl1y OVo, OCA and PA al L,marlck Gonara Ung s1a11011. PA.pd!
Dowmenl Links External Lh1ks External Reference Number Vohlc le(s) Involved (Query)
Person(s) Involved (Query)
Incident Information 73,71 Report' 37.57 Report? 37.81 Report 1 Yes No Yes No Yes No NobhcatK>n Date/T1me/T1mezone Aug 24, 2018 0 :67 EDT (R) Caller Name (R) Caller TRle Caller Atr.~ation (R) Call Back Phone #
Johu Ctanlord Security SupeMSor licensee 610*116-2043 HOO/HERO Andrew Waugh ILTfl cf Orncer l!b1 " I (R) De1ailed Descnptlon of Incident "On August 23, 2018 at apprcKSmately 2100 [EOTI, a secunty othcer repOflod a pot0n11c1I Cirone m the v1cl111ty ct Fntz I Preoare to Redacl I Bethany Cecere page 1 ot 7 August 31, 2020 09:49 AM GMT-4 1 of 7
S ID # S ID - 02941 Lock wh.ah ,snot part ol the owner controlled a,en (OCA) at LGS [Umenck Generating Stataonl ar,d IS k>cated sou1hwes1 ol lhe p&ant on the south side o f the Schuylkill RiVcr At approximately 2 12 0 (EDT] multiple security officers posted on the south and southwest sides gf t he ptotected area rep orted m u'11ple drones In the OCA. At 2125 fEOT] l.Jmer1ck securt1y assumed ~(b)CZ)IF} !Toe Limerick Police Department and Slate ?ohce were nonflcd ot ma mclcfonl and responded to 1he OCA.
-,-he drone acdV1ty w as confirmed to be 1hree d rones appc-ox1malely 200 400 fee1 In !he a1r and f\ppro:dma1ety 3*5 feet In diameter Wrlh White and multi colon::id bhnk;1ng 1ndica10t Ughts. The flight pa1hs of the d<ones w~ld from 1he southweM to lhe soutnoast over lhe Schuylk.111 RNor Pump House In Exok>n Owner Controlled Aroa and would rope.-t this ll~ht p,iitte111 back and forth for a minimum of 40 minutes The drones !ravel path woutd venlute over the southern part o f the p,olected area in lhe vlcinffy of the ISFSI (Independent Speol Fuel Storage lnstanalion) area before contiou1ng sou1hwes1 ou1 of view of anv posted secun1y ofl'lce,. The Secuntv Supervisor contac1ed the lollowlng agencies.
- FBI - Agen~ ..(b_),.._
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FM -Kelly F'ounloy A04-30~5*50 PA Stale Pohce-PCO Pattlck Flnuea11e 610~584~1250 l tmetl(':k Police - Off1cef 610 95-7909 I wnem:k Police Office, Pa1rfdl; Murphy responded to me OCA In the Yic1nl1y of ltle personnel processing ceoter and conltrmecl d,ooa act1Y1ly soul* of l he plant In Ille vicinity of ltle 220 KV Vard Easl Coventry PoUcn O!IZS!!!ottm wooodgd i(bl[l}[.F}
19 Ille fCIJ> I ~ k a,ea *oulh of the SChuylklll Rive, and did n0t repor1 any acttvay. n,.J(b}~Ji~
J ond an volun1ary n04*flco.1,ons wore made to tho FAA and FBI ottlGos_ * .._..._...,,,..,__ _,
Tho tooonooo nottllod 1110 NRC Ros<Jont 1nwec:1or , Noilllod R10o (Janda) aod ILTAB!{b)(7){C !
Thoo rapon Is opon poodo11g ILT/18/ILTAT rovlow ILTAB/ILTAT w,11 updato or close mis report when opprop,1a10 Ae<lacled Doscnp11on or lnc,den1 "Oil August 23, 20 18 et appr01t1'"al ely 2100 [EOTI, 11 s.sourlfy offlcor tepOftod a p()tf!rl11al dr0t,tt 111 tho VH..lt"llly cl F11ll Loek wh,t:t1 la riot patt OI tt,u I Redact s,1oc1ed Text I ownor comroNed a,oa (OCA) 01 LGS (Llmorlck Genern1<1,g Station] ar1<l II loca1ed sou1hw*>1 011he plant on <ho SO\Jth side ol me Sot.iy!l(,11 Rr1er. Al approx1matotv 2120 (EOTJmu\tlpfo socuri1y fJ~)(f {Flied on lbe :;01,tb nod s011tbwet'lt .. fdc, at lbt> om1eaed own rcoonert rotd!lf,'t drones 1n 1ne OCA At 2125 [EOT) Umorlei< secunty assumed*-*-*- ) _ _The Umerlcf< Police 0'9J)artmM,,_ and Stale Pohce wure not,hnd o l the 1nc.Jdonl and responded 10 1ho OCA.
- Tho dtoun nctlvtly wQS co11tlm11Kt to be th,en d toues aPP4"ox1m;itnly 200 00 leo, ln the 011 and appro,dmaloly 3.5 lee1 lo dhm1etm wdfl whlto and mutti coto,ea bllnl\ina 1ndlc~10, 110111s. The 11,cm 1)4til1l ol me drones W*<* from me sou11,wes1 to me southeas1 ove, the Schuylkill Rrve, F'ump House'" E,e1on Ownor Cooirollod Aroa and would ropoat lh** *Hohl pottorn b!lek and forth tor a m,nlml.11\ of 40 mtnu,os Th* clrones travol pau1 would veoiuro ovor ll>O southern part ol U1e protected area in the v101nity of me tSFSI (Independent Spent Fuel Storage lnsta.Uat!on) aroa befor* r;on1inu1ng soutt'!weat out of view 01 any µoslod security ot11cer The Socunly Sur,<<.rvlsor contaded th lollowu ,g as:,ent:!es FBt - Aqen!(b)(7)(C)
FAA - Kully Peurtloy 4114.;J05*5150 PA State Pollee -F'CO F'a~,cli Finucane 610*58A*1250 LlrnOt>Ok Police - Otllce, 6 I 0-495-7909 t1i9 plam In \hO vicinity
- ~P0f1 anv ncl!Vltv nre umeoa~ F'ollGO Oflloer F'olflCk Murphy respondO(J 10 1110 OCA In thil 'IIClnlty 01 tho parsonn~ p,ocou111g aen1or ond oonllrrnod drono 11Ctlv,1y SO<Jth 01 rn4 }(Z)(f) 220 KV Yard. El'~! Covel"ltry Pohco Otftt;;*r Brown tnSPQnd0(1 In tho Frltl lock a r~ south Ol lhe Schuylkill R,vor Ond (ljQ not
~ nd elf VOlunt,-ty f\0IIIICHUQWI Wt!ttl made 10 1htl FAA at1d FBI o ll,ce!t."
The hoeOlseo 001,lloc:J 1hti NRC Res<ll,tll lnspec10,. Nolrlled RICO (Jonde) Dl1d ILTAB !(b)(7)(C) I T his ,eport IA-optin pttt1dJ1lQ ILTAS!ILTAT l t9\flew. lLTA81ILTAT WIil uµoato 01 close this rePort when approsm1Uil.
Upcfal~ B Summary ILTAT (b)(7} 01,1~ctOQ the FBl's WMO Coordinator rogi\rdlng 1h41 l;frono flyovor on 8/2-412018; howovOf', durt lo~ 1ncil: o t idonUfy1r,o leah1rr.. on th49 Ofontis nnd t1n 11111.t,1 liy hy lnw enforce , 1t ofhc1als 10 k>c.ate 1he Ope1A10,(s) !hit case ,a being closed '"tmte!.Olvt!Cf" Last Updated Aug 24, 2018 2; 11 EDT Caller's Nolillcallon Information (R) Organization 1%\ffiB FBI
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( R) Name (R) Orgamza6on (R) Phone Kelly Peuofoy FAA 404 305-5 150 (R) Name (R) Organization (R) Phone Paluck Fir1ucane Slate Police 6 10-5114-1250
( R) Name (R) Organization (A) F'hone Paluck Murphy LLEA 610--495-7909 NRC's Ex.ternal Notifltlon Information (R) = ..Restricted Field" ( not viewable by general users)
Access Control Phase Tracking Bethany Cecere page 2 ot7 August 31, 2020 09:49 AM GMT*4 2 of 7
SID # S ID- 02941 Due Date Assigned ro Phase Submitted Date Due Date Completed Date Extension/Reassignment Link Andrew Waugh Dmh Aug 24, 2018 Aug 25, 2018 Aug 24, 2018 EtOAdmlms-trator ILTAB Aug 24, 2018 Aug 29. 2018 Aug 24. 2018 James Wh,Ine (b)(7)(C)
,looah Pe1eshkJ
!(b)(7)(C)
Test ILTAB l(~lal(~l"'"'1 B"an Yip Ashley Vowl~el 8emac1ena BlaOC'I Berna1d P,satoh,cl<
Dan,el Bahr Oanlol Coklman Davd Golokapl Dusdn Deterding HOO HOC@nrc.o
""Joshua Palotay Linne Willis Megan Ma~1ewski Melinda Nickelson Mic:hael Collins Patnck McNells Ryan Moo<e STEVEN RAZZAOUE Tan.Che Jinks Todd Savage LMe Willis David ~anchard Jonathan Preston Jeremy Grossman Steve Sandin Oan Livermore Donald Norwood Dono Pall<
Enc Simpson Howard Crouch Karl Oledorlch Mark Abfamovitz Ryan Alexander Vince Klco Nestor Makris Test HOO Test H002 Jelfrey Herrera Steven Vitto Richard Sm,lh Bethany Cecere Androw Waugh David Atro Thomas Kendz*~
OSYl\ldO Forll Kenneth Mott RodPey Clagg 8nan un Kevin Walsh Wa11en Buckley Robe,1 Goetz K*mherty Howett scott Kryk Soon Lanoan (b)(7XC)
Anthony Oirnllrlad1s Bethany Cecere page 3 ot7 August 31, 2020 09:49 AM GMT-4 3 of 7
SID# S1O-02941 Dana Caron 0arr~I Robens John Cherubini Raymond McKinley Raymond Lorson Jonathan G reives Doug Tifft James Shehee Jon Wallo John Pelchat Don Funk Joseph Maynen kenneth obnen Steven Orth Nathan Egan Test Agreement Allan Barker Harral Logaras Jason Kozal Wimam Maier Jesse Rollins Nick Ballam Jason Cai Judy Yu Knsta Ziebell
~muo1 Baz1:in viWY%1"'"~k ,
Et0Adm1nis1ra1or Retease(1 All Aug 2~. 2018 Aug 25, 2018 Oct 15, 2016 JiJmes Wh"ll8Y (b)(7)(C)
Jona.n ezesfl (bX7)(C) 051 our p r on (bX7)(C) 8oa1l Yip flshloy Vow,nl\el Bernadette Bland Bomard PIOSJthlck Oan*ol Boh, Da.t\101Cotcman David Gold*opt Qualm Deterding HOO HOCnrc O
"".toshuo Patotay Linne W1lhs Megan M:>croiowolo Mellndo Nrokels<ln Mi,chaol CQlhns Paluck McN ehs Ryan Moofu STEVEN RAZZAOUE Taniche Jink s Todd Savage LnneWillis David ~anchard Jonathan Preston Jeremy Grossman Steve Sandin Dan Livermore Donald Norwood Dong Palk Enc Simpson Howard Crouch Kan Diederich Mark Abfamovitz Ryan Alexander Vince Kk:o Nestor Makris Test HOO Test H002 Jeffrey t-lerrera Steven Vitto Richard Smith Bethany Cecere Bethany Cecere page 4 of 7 August 31. 2020 09:49 AM GMT-4 4 of 7
SID # SID-02941 Andrew Waugh David Aird ThOma~ Kendvs Osvaldo Fonl Kenneth Mott Roclne)" Clagg
{b)(7){C)
Wam,n Buokley RObefl Goetz Kombor1y HoweN
"""" 1(/y*
Soon Lann;,,..
(b)(7)(C)
Anlhony Dim11rla.dlS Oam,Caron Danell RODetlS JO!ln ChonitMI Raymond Mtf<.inley Royrnonc1 LOfaou Jon'1Jhan Ore1vo, Oou~Tlm
,lJmOS ShQl'l(te
.Ion Wallo Jollll POICMI Don Funk Josepf1 Maynen konr1*lt1 O'bfK.111 S10Vttll0ft'1 N~lhan EQOll Tt!ot Agruomoru Al!~n Blll'ktr 1-t,maJ LogeUl!:1 Juo11 Koz.al w,111um Maior Juse Rollins NICkBDIIAm
.l.iso11 Cal Judy Yu KnslaZlebeJI SaJTitHJI B~1an 111 1,@Vilct'" -* 1 Sieve Sandin Oran OCI 15 20 !ij OCI ! & 2018 OCJ 15, :!01 0 Dan Uvermoro Dooatd No,wood Dono Par1<
E1.c Slmps.un Howoird Cmuch Kall Olooerlth Mark /\bra1novrt, Ayar1 Alexaooa, V1ot:e Kloo Nesror Makris Teot HOO Te$1 H002 J&lltey Hetreta S1even V1Ho Ricl1ard Smtih Bethany cecere Andrew Waugh Oavtl Aird Thomas Kendz@
Osvaldo Fent KontlOth Motl R <Xlney Clagg Boan Lin Phtl Nat1v1dad EtOAdmlrustralot ILTAB 0c, 15. 2U18 Ocl 18, 2018 (b)(7)(C)
Be1hany Cecere paf)e 5 ot 7 August 31, 2020 09:49 AM GMT-4 5 of 7
SID # SID-02941 Joo.ah PczeshkJ
!{b)(7)(C)
Tes! ILTAB Laura Pearson l(b)(7)(C)
Bmm Yip I
Ashley Vow,ffl<el Bernadette BJana Dan,ol B.:1hr Dan,el Co)eman David GoldkOl'f Ousbn Oe1erd1og HOO HOC@nrc Q CN Jos~ua Palolay Lwino Willis Meoao Mac,01ewsl(I MaUndn N~elson Michael Collins Paluck McNel/s Ryat1 Moo<e STEVEN AAZZAOUE I ank:he Jlnlts TOdd5avaoe lMo WIiiis David Blanchard
,lom11hAJt Pres10,1
,lmamy Orcssmo11 Stove Sandin Oan Uvermoro Oonnl{t No1WQOd OOl1q Pa,~
EucSIM~O<lt\
Howard Crouch K,\rl Olooorlcli M,1ri.. Abr:.mov111 Ry"tr'I Alb8.r)dOt v,nco Kloo NOltor M4l<rls
, ..,1100 Toot H002 JOftt&y ti&t!Ot'A Sloven V1t10 Richard 5011th Be1h1mv Coe:*,*
Andruw WOUQO Olivid Awd Themas Kenc:wa Osv$1do Font Ken1 t81h MOIi Rodney Clag\j B!1attl.Jt1 Ph1t Nauv'<fad (b)(7)(C)
Kevin Walsh Wamm Buckley Roberl Goott Kombarty Howef scou Kryk soon Langan
~ Anthony DtrmlrladlS l'Janacaron Darrell AOllt!rlS Jolln Cherut.ni Rayrnond Mc.Kinley Raymond Lorson Jonathan Gre1ves Doug Tritt James Shehee Bethany Cecere page 6 of 7 August 31, 2020 09:49 AM GMT-4 6 of 7
S ID # S ID- 02!141 Jon Wallo Jot,n Pelchal Do n Funk Joseph Maynen konne1h obnen S1even Orth Nathari Egart Tesr Agreemem Aflan Barker Harral Logams Jason Koza!
Wllllam MaJer Jesse Rollins Noek Ballam Jason Cal JUdy Yu Sal'T\&Jal Biwan Additional Document SKurlly Managers Eo11ors Reaoers HOO/HERO ILTAB U,SI ~dlled by Be1t,any Cecere on Aug l I, 2020 9*49 AM COl'ttt'Mf\lt La*I Comment Oun Uvormoro 1807): Oc:115 20183.18 PM Omit CUIOQOI)' Ohan,JO 10 o,ono Andrew Waugh [ 1790): Aug 24, 2018 2:52 AM Droll
-r !(b}(7)(C) Aug 24, 2018 2:50 PM Dan Livermore (807): Oct 15, 2018 3:18 PM Released All Cat egory c hange to Orone.
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Dr;ift Oct 15, 2018 3 :18 PM Category c hange to Orone.
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SID # SID-02979 SID # SID,-02979 Created by Howard Crouch on May 27. 2019 7 52 PW Released Ail General Inform ation Record Numbor EN# lnclde11l Status S10-02979 NIA Open Closed Resolved Closed Unresolved General Information hlcK:ient / Conlrtu1nlcahon Oocu,1teo\ DaJe May'</, 2019 t~:U< EDT(-04001 SubjecVShort Descr,pllon Orone Flyover Roportlng Organl,allon Power Rel\CI Of - OporJtlllQ Sno/Llooncoo Nnmo Stoto Roulon nmo,0110 l.lmorlck PA (GMT 5'00) Eaotam Standoro Tim* IUSIEasto,nl Roport Cntogory Orono I Gluc Personanv l<leollllable 1010 I Non Sensl11ve Auechmenrs (R) Sensitive Anachmenls Reecroed on 27-May-2019 a119,39 12.WAV OOcumu11t Llnka Exlornal Links E-xt.,roal Rftfm~r'<:tt Ntunbt),
Vehlcle(s) Involved (Query)
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Incident Information
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Yes No Yes No Yes No Notlflca110n Dale/Timemmezone May 27. 2019 19,39 EDT (R) Caller Name (R) Caller Title Caller Afhhatoon (R) CaW Back Phone II Gletm Kunkel Sectmly Lead Umetlck (6 10) 7 18-2043 HOOll-1ERO Howard Crouch (R) Detalled Descripllon of Incident At 1904 EDT, a SIie security offloerobserve.d a black qtJad--cople1 drone lly over the owner controlled area. The df"Dne was at an aJmuOO ot *s0-500 feet and flew lrom nottheast to south It did 110110,t&r over the fac,lity and Its fhght tool<.
about 5 mlnules to t raverse lhe s!te. It only made one pass OM Its 0'9ht p ath , the d,one was able to view the cooling tower. !he eas1 s.de of the protected area, the bv1ktmg that houses the reactor al'l:J ttie 500kV swltcilyard area The site dtd 001 chango 11s 5ocunty posturo due to this evont.
Tho hc:on see was In lhe p r~E1Ss ol nollfyeng FAA - Readmg. PA and did notify local law enfC1rcemenl (Montgomery Co, Sherill) and lt>e Ph<taaetpt,,a Field Ofl,ce of lhe FBI They w,11 be no~f)'ing the NRC Reso<lent Inspector Bethany Cecere page 1 of 5 August 31, 2020 09:49 AM GMT-4 1 of 5
SID # SID-02979 No<*f>ed R1DO (Arner) and ILTAB l( b)(l )(C) I This repol'I Is open pending l LTAB/1LTAT rovlew. lLTAB/ILTAT Will uJ;date Of do.so this ropon when a.ppropoate.
Redacled Description of Incident At 1904 EDT1 a sile secunty of11osrobserved a black quad,coplerdrone fly over the owner eomrolled ureR. The drone was at an alt.nude ol 450 -500 feet a,)d flew from northeast to south. It did not loller over the faetllty and ,ts flight toolc: aboul 5 mlnules to traverse the site. 11 only made one pass ex, Its lligt,t path, the drone was able to v'.ew the cooling lower, the oasl sk1e o1 tt,e protected area, the builchng thtd houses tho reacto.- and the SOOk V swttchyard area The site did not change its security poslure due to this event Tl1e IJCe11see was in tne p rocess of uoUtylng FAA* Reading PA Md did nobfy k>cal law e11lorcemen1 (Montgomery Co Sheriff) and tr,e Philadelphia Fioltl O tt1ce ol the FBt. They wlll he notlfytog the NAC Aestdenl tm;pedor NQltloed RICO (Arner) and ILTAB !(b)/7)(C !
ThtS ropon Is open pencUng IL f AB/tl TAT review lllAB/ILTAT will upc1ale Of dose !his roport when appropna1a.
Updat~ B Summary (b)(7)(C) JLtAft::.....Jotlhed F'Bl's WMO Coordma1or a t 1ncK1enl !Of aw r1rencss o n 5/28/2019, As the1e \YOIB no ldentllylnq raahires on the Orone and Ina operator was not localed, oo add1ho1\al hWeshg.3t1on expected. 1ncldcut Is c01i!Ude1ed closod I unresolved Last Upclaled MA)' ?Q ?019 1ll ~? FOT Caller's Notification lnlonnatlon (A) Name (A) 01ganlza1lon (Al Phone DISJ)alCh LI.EA (010)278-3331 (A) Name (R) Organizallon (R) Phone Ph1la<letpl10a Field Olhce FBI (2 15) 418-4000
( R) Na,ne (R) Organization (R) Pl1one ReatJ11,g FN!!lltt Oltlet, FAA (6 I 0) 374-8039 NRC's External Notllltlon lnfotmetlon (R) ~ " Restricted Fleld" (nol 11lewablo by general vsers )
Access Control Phase ,.racking Due Dale A,s,gned lo Submltled Dato Duo D1110 Complotod D31o Extenslon/Reasslgnmenl Link Howaro Crou<in o,.n May 27. 2019 May 28. 2019 Moy 28. 20 19 EtOAdtY!lnl!UalOt ILTAB Mey 28, 2019 May 30, 2019 Mey 29. 2019 Jwnor. Wh11na
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Megan MaOOjew~i Mol!nd~ Nickelson PatrK:k McNelis Ryan Moo<o STEVEN RAZZAO\JE Todd Savage Davtd Blanchard Jonathan Pteston Jeremy Grossman Richard Metulng Linne Willis Dan Livermore Donald No,v,ood Enc Simpso11 Bethany Cecere page 2 of 5 August 31, 2020 09:49 AM GMT-4 2 of 5
SID # SID-02979 Howard Crouch Karl Diederich Maril. Abramovitz Ryan Ale.tatlde, Vince Kloo Nesler Makns Te*t HOO Ta:;tH002 Jefltay Henera Rchard Sm11h Bethany Cecere AncrewWoi,gh Tnomas: KerKltln Osvaldo ,--0111 Rodney Clag~
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""Joshua Palotuy Mogan Maciejewski Mctlnda N'Okolsoo Patnck M cNel!s Ryan Moore STEVEN RAZZAOIJE Bethany Cecere page 3 of 5 August 31, 2020 09:49 AM GMT-4 3 of 5
SID# S1O- 02979 Todd Sa vage David Blanchard Jonathan Preston Jeremy Grossman Richard Mehring Linne Willis Dan Livermore Do nakf N orwood Enc Simpson Howard Crouch Kar1 Diederich Mark Abfamovitz Ryan Alexander Vince Klco Nestor Makris Test HOO Test H002 Jeffrey t-lerrera Richa,d Smith Bethany Cecere Andrew Waugh Thomas Kendzra Osvaldo Font Rodney Clagg Bnan Un Jeffrey Whited JoanM Bl\dgo Cathe1W'le Nolar, (b)(7)(C)
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!{b)(7)(C) j Additional Document Security Managers Editors Readers HOO/HERO ILTAB Last Edited by Bethany Cecere on Auy 31, 2020 9:49 AM Bethany Cecere page 4 of 5 August 31, 2020 09:49 AM GMT-4 4 of 5
SID# SID-02979 Lat Comment May 29 2019 4*37 PM
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/LTAB AN Commants T Howard Crouch (818): May 27, 2019 8:13 PM oral/
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From: Johnson Dante To: Barry. Terrence; Berry, Joshua; Bradfield. Da~id; J3)(~ Eyerr;Clark. Jefferson; Coughlin Patrjck: ~
Bowt: Negrete. PbJllo; Richardson. Rebecca((b)(7 C) Roundtree. Cliff: w1ms. Joseoh; Woyansky. Andrew
Subject:
FW: ~ I D Distribution- Limerick Drone Swarm F yover Date: Friday, August 10, 2018 11:42:56 AM Attachments: SID (003).odf I mportance: High fyi
Original Message-----
From: McKinley, Raymond Sent: Friday, August I 0. 20 I 8 11 :39 AM To: Huyck, Doug <Doug.Hu ck nrc. *ov>; Johnson, Dante <Dante.Johnson G nrc. ov>; Pearson, Laura
<Laura.Pearson@nrc.gov>; (b)(?)(C) ; Orth, Steven <Steven.Orth@nrc.gov>; Groom, Jeremy <Jeremy.Groom@nrc.gov>; Desai, Binoy
<Binoy.Desai@nrc.gov>; Rivers, Joseph <Joseph.Rivers@nrc.gov>; Gott, William <William.Gott@nrc.gov>;
Pham, Bo <Bo.Pham@nrc.gov>; Rivera, Alison <Alison.Rivera@nrc.gov>
Cc: Bream, Jeffrey <Jeffrey.Bream@nrc.gov>; Caron, Dana <Dana.Caron@nrc.gov>; Cherubini, John
<John.Cherubini@nrc.gov>; Hussar, Kenneth <Kenneth. Hussar@nrc.gov>; McCarver, Sammy
<Sammy.McCarver@nrc.gov>; Rey, Jeremiah <Jeremiah.Rey@nrc.gov>
Subject:
FW: e-l:le- SID Distribution- Limerick Drone Swarm Flyover Importance: High OUO - S~CURITY RELATED INr'OR:MATIOI~
- All, We had an unusual drone swarm fly over Limerick last night. There was no ove11 threat, but the activity was highly unusual. Several drones were involved which appeared to be on a pre-programmed flight path. We also had a picture taker with a telephoto lens in the OCA earlier in the day, but tlhe individual left the scene before security could engage the individual.
I spoke with the Security Managei- today, and I learned something new. Apparently, the FAA has a program embedded in drones that will force the drones to land if they fly within a certain bubble around PA. You have to get a code from the FAA to defeat that feature if you want to fly inside that "bubble". In this case, Security thinks that these drones were able to fly through the "bubble" over the PA, so they either had the FAA code or they were able to hack through the FAA program. I am not sure if any of you knew about this drone feature. It would be great if someone from NSIR could contact FAA to learn more about this feature and communicate it out to everyone for awareness.
Also, take a look at the thread below. My new Deputy RA (Ray Lorson) asked a good question regarding our response. While I think we handl ed this particular issue appropriately in terms of our response, I think we may need to add a section to our IAT procedure to provide some additional guidance for drones, Specifically, what might constitute a sufficient "threat" to trigger an IAT call or other NRC actions'! We should probably discuss this on our next NSIR/Regional Branch Chief Counterparts call.
I did contact the ILTAB Duty Officer ~(b)(l )(C) ~ today just for awareness. We have seen previous activity similar to this at Diablo Canyon in the past. but no recent activity to suggest coordination with this new incident at Limerick. This may be worthy of mentioning at an upcoming Threat Brief.
Please feel free to share this with anyone having a need to know that I missed.
Ray McKinley Chief, Plant Support Branch U.S. NRC Region I
OUO - SBCUftlTY ltilLATBD INFORMATION
Original Message-----
From: McKinley, Raymond Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 9:57 AM To: Lorson, Raymond <Raymond.Lorson@nrc.gov>; Yerokun, Jimi <Jimi.Yerokun@nrc.gov>; Well ing, Blake
<Blake.Welling@nrc.gov>; Greives, Jonathan <Jonathan.Greives@nrc.gov>; Pelton, David
<David. Pelton@nrc.gov>
Cc: Caron, Dana <Dana.Caron@nrc.gov>; Cherubini, John <John.Cherubini@nrc.gov>
Subject:
RE: 0tfB- SID Distribution- Limerick Drone Flyover OUO- SECURITY Rf;bAHm INf!ORMATIQN I would characterize this activity as very unusual but non-threatening. From my perspective, threatening activity would include extreme low altitude maneuvers over equipment or buildings that could potentially cause damage, actually cause damage or personnel injury, or landing in the PA or critical OCA areas such as the switchyards. I agree that it would be helpful to have a defined threshold for escalated NRC engagement. We will follow up with our peers.
- Thanks, Ray M
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From: Lorson, Raymond Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 9:28 AM To: McKinley, Raymond <Raymond.McKinley@nrc.gov>; Yerokun, Jimi <Jimi.Yerokun@nrc.gov>; Welling, Blake <Blake.Welling@nrc.gov>; Greives, Jonathan <Jonathan.Greives@nrc.gov>; Pelton, David
<David. Pelton@nrc.gov>
Subject:
RE: ~ SID Distribution- Limerick Drone Flyover Ray - thanks. Agree with reaching out. I am not fam iliar with the airspace restrictions but it sounds like part of the flite was over the plant; in any event we should engage NSIR and develop a consistent approach for how to react to events like this. I am not clear how we differentiate a threat flyover from a non-threat fl yover?
Ray
Original Message-----
From: McKinley, Raymond Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 9:25 AM To: Lorson, Raymond <Raymond.Lorson@nrc.gov>; Yerokun, Jimi <Jimi.Yerokun@nrc.gov>; Welling, Blake
<Blake.Welling@mc.gov>; Greives, Jonathan <Jonathan.Greives@nrc.gov>; Pelton, David
<David.Pelton@nrc.gov>
Subject:
RE:"0t!G- SID Distribution- Limerick Drone Flyover No. There was no threat and the drones were operating in unrestricted airspace under FAA regulations. We will engage the ILTAB duty officer for awareness. This type of activity has occurred at other facilities such as Diab lo Canyon. Worthy of note, but no need for an IAT call.
Ray M
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From: Lorson, Raymond Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 9:21 AM To: McKinley, Raymond <Raymond.McKinley@nrc.gov>; Yerokun, Jimi <Jimi.Yerokun@nrc.gov>; Welling, Blake <Blake.Welling@nrc.gov>; Greives, Jonathan <Jonathan.Greives@nrc.gov>; Pelton, David
<David. Pe lton@nrc.gov>
Subject:
FW: etJ&- SID Distribution- Limerick Drone Flyover Jimi et el:
Should a coordinated flyover like this have triggered an ILTAB call?
Ray
Original Message-----
From: Greives, Jonathan Sent: Friday, August I0, 2018 7:30 AM To: Bickett, Brice <Brice.Bickett@nrc.gov>; Crisden, Cherie <Cherie.Crisden@nrc.gov>; Tifft, Doug
<Doug.Tifft@nrc.gov>; Sheehan, Neil <Neil.Sheehan@nrc.gov>; Screnci, Diane <Diane.Screnci@nrc.gov>;
Lorson, Raymond <Raymond.Lorson@nrc.gov>; Pelton, David <David.Pelton@nrc.gov>; Yerokun, Jimi
<J imi .Yerokun@nrc.gov>; Welling, Blake <Blake.Welling@nrc.gov>; Lew, David <David.Lew@nrc.gov>;
Giessner, John <John.Giessner@nrc.gov>
Cc: McKinley, Raymond <Raymond.McKinley@nrc.gov>; Caron, Dana <Dana.Caron@nrc.gov>; Cherubini, John
<John.Cherubini@nrc.gov>; Barber, Scott <Scott.Barber@nrc.gov>; Rutenkroger, Scott
<Scott.Rutenkroger@nrc.gov>; Beacon, Daniel <Daniel,Beacon@nJc .gov>; Fannon, Matthew
<Matthew.F'annon@nrc.gov>; Tmilin, Andrey <Andrey.Tmilin@nrc.gov>
Subject:
et/& SlD Distribution- Limerick Drone Flyover All, See attached for more details, but in summRrJ last night rhere was a coordinated flyover of 4-6 drones at the Limerick PA. Security enteredl{b)(7)(F) and notified LLEA who were unable to find the responsible individqnls !{b)(?)(F) ! I.imerick iilso ma.rle vol11ntai-y no1ific;itions to the FAA and FBI.
PB4 wi ll coordjnate witb DRS and PAOs/SLOs for a11y additional infonuation or follow-up.
Jon Jonad1a11 Greives, Chief Projects Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comrrussion- Region I 6 10-337-5337 (W)
!(b)(7)(C) KC) joaathan.greives@nrc.gov
- -Original Message-----
From: Hoc, HOO X Sent: Friday, August I 0, 20 18 5:53 AM To: Hoc, HOO X <HOO.Hoc@nrc.gov>
Subject:
SJD Notice: 08/ 10/2018 FOR OFFICL\L USE m>ILY - LLMITED DISTRlBUTION
SID#: SID-02938 ; Limerick ; Open The following attached report may contain "law enforcement sensitive" information . Please do not relay this information to individuals who do not have a "need to know".
Headquarters Operations Officer U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Phone: 301-816-5100 Fax: 301-816-5151 email: hoo.hoc@ nrc.gov secure e-mail: hoo l @nrc.sgov.gov
FOR OFFICIAL USE OIVLY- LIMITED DJSTRJBUT...'ON This report may contain "law enforcement sensitive" i11formatio11 Please do not relay this i11formatio11 to individuals who do ,rot have a "need to know" Event#: SJD-02938 Security Event Description Site: Limerick Fllcility Type: Power Reactor - Operating Eve11t Date/Time: 08/09/2018 America/Chicago Notify Date/Time: 8/ l0/2018 4:28:00 (EDT)
Lt1st Up,late Date: 8/ 10/2018 5:37:20 (EDT)
Event Type: Drone H.E.R.O: Richard Smith Cllller Affiliation: Licensee "On 09 August 2018 at approximately 2215 [EDT], a Security Officer reported a drone flying in the area of the 500 kV yard . At approximately 2230 [EDT] MSO's [Member of Security Organization] reported multiple drones in the OCA [Owner Control Area] and flying over the PA [Protected Area]. Security initiated a (b)(7)(F) and observed drones flying in the vicinity of the ISFSI [Independent Spen ue orage Installation]
Pad, Turbine Roof, Cooling Towers, 500 kV Yard , 66 kV Yard, and 220 kV Yard .
Limerick PD [Police Department] was notified of the incident and responded to the OCA.
The drones were approximately 300-500 feet in the air and approximately 3-5 feet in diameter with amber colored lights as well as blinking red and white lights. A total of 4-6 drones were identified and observed by multiple members of the security organization.
The flight path of the drones was from the South East to North West over the PA circling South and East returning to the initial point the drones were first observed. Multiple drones took this same flight pattern for a duration of approximately 20-30 minutes. The flight path changed to a counter clockwise pattern over the OCA portion of the plant for approximately 40-60 minutes until the drones were no longer observable by the security force. The Security Supervisor was in contact with Limerick PD during the duration of situation. Limerick PD patrolled areas of the OCA with no adverse findings but did confirm drone activity and the size of the drones. No identifying marks or flight numbers could be observed on the drones. Voluntary notifications [were] made to the FAA and FBI offices."
The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.
Notified R 1DO (Cahill) and IL TAB l~'?)
This report is open pending ILTAB/IL TAT review. ILTAB/ ILTAT will update or close this report whe11 appropriate.
Fol' Ojfieial Use 011{t1 Pt1ge2 of6
From: Kejf(er, Kevin P*/Genca-Nuc\
To: Hoc HOO X Subject : (External_Sender) SIDS REPORT LGS Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 05:36:07 02915 On 20 March 2018, at approximately 0300 hours0.00347 days <br />0.0833 hours <br />4.960317e-4 weeks <br />1.1415e-4 months <br />, a security officer posted in OCA, observed and reported a drone flying over the Owner Controlled Area . The drone appeared in the Southeast and traveled Northwest over t he OCA before visua l was lost. The drone was approximately 300 feet above the ground. Notifications were made to the Shift Manager and Loca l Law. Voluntary notifications will be made to the FAA and NRC.
Thank you, Kevin Kieffer Security Supervisor Exclot'
- L1rnerick Generating Statio11 3146 Sana:oga Road Pottstown, PA 19464
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From: Gross Ryan Patrick */GenCo-Nuc\
To: Hoc HOO X Cc: Mohr Jared*/Genco-Nuc\: stout Megan*/Genco-Nuo): Rutenkroger scou-1contractor
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[External_Sendar] SIDS 02938 Date: Friday, August 10, 2018 04:47:21 On 09 August 2018 at approximately 2215, a Security Officer reported a drone flying in the area of the 500 KV yard. At approximately ' eported multiple drones in the OCA and flying over the PA. Security initiated a (b)(7)(F) nd observed drones flying in the vicinity of the ISFSI Pad, Turbine Roof, Cooing owe rs, 00 KV Yard, 66 KV Yard, and 220 KV Yard. Limerick PD was notified of the incident and responded to the OCA. The drones were approximately 300-500 feet in the air and approximately 3-5 feet in diameter with amber colored lights as well as blinking red and white lights. A total of 4-6 drones were identified and observed by multiple members of the security organization. The flight path of the drones was from the South East to North West over the PA circling South and East returning to the initial point the drones were first observed . Multiple drones took this same flight pattern for a duration of approximately 20-30 minutes. The flight path changed to a counter clockwise pattern over the OCA portion of the plant for approximately 40-60 minutes until the drones were no longer observable by the security force. The Security Supervisor was in contact with Lim erick PD during the duration of situation. Limerick PD patrolled areas of the OCA with no adverse findings but did confirm drone activity and the size of t he drones. No identifying marks or flight numbers could be observed on the drones. All voluntary notifications made to the FAA and FBI offices.
LLEA Officers name - Steve Winneberter 610-495-7909 FAA - 404-305-5150 FBI - 215-418-4000 (Philadelphia Office)
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From: Lopez Angel M*/GenCo-Nuc\
To : Hoc HOO X Subject : [External_Sender) Limerick Drone Activity Over OCA Date: Monday, August 13, 2018 01:13:19 Attachments: Drone-Bctivity Over PA.D_OC)(;
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- Drone Activity Over OCA:
On August 12, 2018 at approximately 2335, a Security Offker reported a drone flying near the upper parking lot. At approximately 2337, MSO's reported multiple drones in the OCA flying towards the cooling tower and near the Spray Pond. Officers observed drones flying East to West fn a North/West direction and circling back to the East. Limerick PD and State police were notified of the incident and responded to the OCA. AT 2340 the Security assumed ~ (b)(?)(F) I I(b)(7)(F) I The drones were approximately 100-200 feet in the air and approximately four feet in diameter with amber and orange colored blinking lights. A total of two drones were identified and observed by multiple members of the security organization. The flight path of the drones was from East to North West circling back to East return ing to the initial point of the upper parking lot. The flight pattern for a duration of approximately five minutes. The total flight time was approximately 20 minutes until the drones were no longer observable by the security force .
Security Supervisor contacted following Agencies Mgr Site Security-John McGee MCR Shift Manager - John Harkins FBI -Agent ....
l(b-)(7_)(C_) _ _____.
FAA-Wynn Harris PA State Police - Corporal Pomponio Limerick Police - Officer Reiley Limerick PD and State Police patrolled areas of the OCA with no adverse findings and committed to patrol the area at a later time. No identifying marks or flight numbers could be observed on the drones. All voluntary notifications were made to the FAA and FBI offkes .
From: Cranford Sr John*/GenCo-Nuc)
To: Hoc HOO X Subject : (External_Sender] Notification of Drone Activity Over OCA & PA at Limerick Generating Station. PA Date: Friday, August 24, 2018 01 :07:51 Drone Activity Over OCA & PA*
On 23 August 2018 at approximately 2100, a security officer reported a potential drone in the vicinity of fritz lock which is not part of the owner controlled area at LGS and is located southwest of the plant on the south side of the Schuylkil l River. At approximat ely 2120 multiple security officers posted on the south and southwest of the rotected area re orted multi le drones in the OCA. At 2125 Limerick security assumed (b)(l)(F)
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The drone activity was confirmed to be three drones approximately 200-400 feet in t he air and approximately 3-5 feet in diameter with white and multi colored blinking ind icator lights. The flight paths of the drones were from the south west to the south east over the Sch uykil l River Pump House in Exelon Owner Controlled Area and wou ld repeat this flight pattern back and forth for a minimum of 40 minutes. The drones travel path would venture over the southern part of the protected area in t he vicinity of the ISFSI area before continuing southwest out of view of any posted security officer. The Security Supervisor contocted the following agencies.
FBI -Agent .._l (b_)[l_)(C_) _ _ _ _ _.....,
FAA- Kelly Peurifoy 404-305-5150 PA State Police - PCO Patrick Finuca ne 610-584-1250 Limerick Police - Officer 610-495-7909 Limerick Police Officer Patrick Murphy responded to the OCA in :he vicinity of the personne l processing center and confirmed drone activity south of the plant in the vicinity of the 220 KV Yard ,
East Coventry Police Officer Brown responded to the Fritz Lock area south of the Schuykill River who did not report any activity. TheJ b)(7)(F) land All voluntary notifications were made to the FAA & FBI o ices.
John M Cranford Sr Bravo Security Supervisor
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[External_Sender) SIDS Report# 2979 for Orone Activity at Limerick Date: Monday, May 27, 2019 22 :03 :24 Attachments: SIDS_May_27 2Q19.docx:
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On May 27, 2019 at Approx. 1904 a Drone was reported in the OCA by a Security Officer. The Drone was reported flying out of the North East into the Eastern section of the OCA. The Drone then flew south and then South East over the 500 KV and continued travel ing South until it was out of sight. Note the Drone never flew over into the PA. The Drone was about 400 feet off the ground and never stopped in the OCA. Shift Manager and the MSS were notified . Notifications were also made to the FBI, FAA, NRC, Local &State Law Enforcement Agencies. A SIDS report was documented (SIDS# 2979) and will be forwarded to all.
Officers were notified that the drone was in area but traveling south away from plant. SSS, SM, MSS were notified along with FBI, FAA, NRC, Local &State Law Enforcement Agencies. LLEA was dispatched to sweep the area of the drone flight path.
Joe Henderson SSS LGS SIDS#2979
From: Bower fted To: Dana c.amn [Dana,Caroo@orc goyl: John Cherubini CJohn Cherub1nl@oa: Q()yl
Subject:
FW: SID Notice #2979: 05/27/2019 Date: Tuesday, Hay 28, 2019 6:38:00 AM Attadunents: SlJ2.il'1f You probably already got this directly?
Freel Bower Acting Chief I Plant Support Branch I Division of Reactor Safety I Region I I U.S. NRC I I 2100 Renaissance Boulevard, STE 100, King ofPrussia, PA 19406 I 11: (610) 337-5200 I: (610) 731-1920 I : FredBower@nrc.gov I
-Original Message-From: Arner, Frank Sent: Monday, May 27, 2019 8:38 PM To: Greives, Jonathan <Jonathan.Greives@nrc.gov>; Bower, Fred <Fred.Bower@nrc.gov>
Subject:
FW: SID Notice #2979: 05/27/2019 FYI Frank Amer RDO
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From: Hoc, HOO X Sent: Monday, May 27, 2019 8:20 PM To: Hoc, HOO X <HOO.Hoc@nrc.gov>
Subject:
SID Notice #2979: 05/27/2019 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY~ LIMITED DISTRIBUTION SID#: SID-02979 ; Limerick ;Open The following attached report may contain "law enforcement sensitive" information. Please do not relay this information to individuals who do not have a "need to know".
Headquarters Operations Officer U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Phone: 301-816-5100 Fax: 301-816-5151 email: hoo.hoc@nrc.gov secure e-mail: hool@nrc.sgov.gov
FOR OFFICIA L USE ONL l'- LffefiTED DJSTJUBUTION This report may contain "law enforcement sensitive" information Please do not relay this information to individuals who do not have a "need to know" Event#: SlD-02979 Security Event Description Site: Limerick Facility Type: Power Reactor - Operating Event Date/Time: 05/27120 19 (EDT)
Notify Date/Time: 5/27/20 I9 I9:39:00 (EDT)
Lt1st Up,late Date: 5/29/2019 19:52:00 (EDT)
Event Type: Drone H.E.R.O: Howard Crouch Cllller Affiliation: Limerick At 1904 EDT, a site security officer observed a black quad-copter drone fly over the owner controlled area. The drone was at an altitude of 450-500 feet and flew from northeast to south. It did not loiter over the facility and its flight took about 5 minutes to traverse the site. It only made one pass. On its flight path, the drone was able to view the cooling tower, the east side of the protected area, the building that houses the reactor and the 500kV switchyard area. The site did not change its security posture due to this event.
The licensee was in the process of notifying FAA - Reading , PA and did notify local law enforcement (Montgomery Co. Sheriff) and the Philadelphia Field Office of the FBI. They will be notifying the NRC Resident Inspector.
wwn Notified R 1DO (Arner) and ILTAB (1!£L..J, This report is open pending ILTAB/IL TAT review. ILTAB/ILTAT will update or close this report when appropriate.
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From: Bower Fred To: Pana Carpn Coana Caroo@nrc.goyl; leremiah.Rey@nrc oov; John CbernbJnl OQhn Cberubinj@nrc goy};
Kenneth Hussar@nrc gov: RIIPBstP5B/SEC CRIPBSP5BSEC@usnrc.onmkrosoft; com}: Sammy McCam:r (sammv Mteaoo:c@nrc.gov}
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FW: -*Sensitlwe Securi~ Related lflfomlatlon Drone Activity at Limerick**~
Date: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 6:49:00 AM Attadlments: lmaoeQQI ong FYI From: Greives, Jonathan Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 6:40 AM To: Collins, Daniel <Daniel.Collins@nrc.gov>; Shams, Mohamed <Mohamed.Shams@nrc.gov>;
Bower, Fred <Fred.Bower @nrc.gov>; Yerokun, Jimi <Jimi.Yerokun@nrc.gov>; Krohn, Paul
<Paul.Krohn@nrc.gov>; Lew, David <David.Lew@nrc.gov>; Lorson, Raymond
<Raymond.Lorson@nrc.gov>
Cc: Tifft, Doug <Doug.Tifft@nrc.gov>; DeBoer, Briana <Briana.DeBoer@nrc.gov>; Sheehan, Neil
<Neil.Sheehan@nrc.gov>; Screnci, Diane <Diane.Screnci@nrc.gov>; Rutenkroger, Scott
<Scott.Rutenkroger@nrc.gov>; Obadina, Sarah <Sarah.Obadina@nrc.gov>; DeBoer, Joseph
<Joseph.Deboer@nrc.gov>; Beacon, Daniel <Daniel.Beacon@nrc.gov>
Subject:
- Sensitive Security Related Information- Drone Activity at Limerick***
For awareness, Exelon identified a small personal drone that traversed over the OCA last night. IT did not fly over the protected area, did not threaten personnel or equipment safety. and the site's security posture remained unchanged.
Exelon notified local law enforcement, the FAA, and the FBI field office, per station procedures, and submitted a SIDs report. ILTAB was notified.
Jon Jonathan Greives Chief, Proj ects Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects, Region 1 (610) 337-5337 (W)
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From: Gre,ves. Jonathan To: Bower. Erw: P1mitl'iadis. Antl}onv: feroas. '")an:: xtJroeoer: oamel: cah~I. Cbrntoplu;t: Young. Mm
Subject:
FW: SID Notice: 08/10/2018 Attachment same Date: Friday, August 10, 2018 10:43:09 AM on pg. 52 Attachments: SlllJHlt FYI- Got feedback from Ray that he would bave expected a call on this last night. In this case, the site didn' t call the SRI, and therefore I was not notified. We would have expected that based on a change in security posture (to l(b){7)(F) land notification ofoffsite.
That said, given that by the time I would have been notified by the SRI, the event would have been over and it wasn't threatening behavior, aot sure I wouJd have called the DD/DOD anyway and probably would have sent a text.
Just sharing for awareness if you would have taken the same approach as me. Let me know if you have different thoughts or if I"m way off on what I would have done ...still trying to figure out this whole BC thing!
--Original Message--
From: Cahill, Christopher Sent: Friday, August JO, 2018 7:46 AM To: McKinley, Raymond <Raymond.McKinley@nrc.gov>; Greives, Jonathan <Jonathan.Greives@nrc.gov>;
Rutenkroger, Scott <Scott.Rutenkroger@nrc.gov>
Subject:
FW: SID Notice: 08/10/2018
--Original Message--
From: Hoc, HOO X Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 5:53 AM To: Hoc, HOO X <HOO.Hoc@nrc.gov>
Subject:
SID Notice: 08/10/2018 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
- LIMITED DISTRIBUTION SID#: SID-02938 ; Limerick ; Open The following attached report may contain "law enforcement sensitive" information. Please do not relay this iofonnation to individuals who do not have a "need to know".
Headquarters Operations Officer U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Phone: 301-81 6-5100 Fax: 301-816-5151 email: hoo.hoc@nrc.gov secure e-mail: hool@nrc.sgov.gov
From: McKinley Raymond To: Bower Fred: Grelyes Jonathan: Scflroeder Danlef* Piro;triad;s Aotboov: Fgrdas Marc: C,ahll Christopher; Young Matt Cc: KkJkan. Brett
Subject:
RE: SID Notice: 08/10/2018 Date: Friday, August 10, 2018 12:47:55 PM QUO - SECURITY RELA TEQ INFORMAT ION
- All, We are on top of this, and the right people know in NSIR ILTAB. We are in the SIDS process. While unusual and suspicious, there was no threat, and there were no additional actions for us to take. Similar activity has occurred at other facilities. The airspace over the sites is not restricted, so drones are free to fly in that airspace as long as they comply with FAA drone operating regulations I would be careful lowering the internal notification bar too low; otherwise, we are going to be getting a lot of nuisance calls. lt"s always a judgement call, and when in doubt feel free to call. This one was odd enough that it may have warranted some earlier internal communications, but I was fine getting notified this morning, and Jon did call me early this morning. It's always a judgement call, and when in doubt feel free to call. If a drone executes threatening low altitude maneuvering that could potentially cause or actually damage to equipment or cause personnel, or if it lands inside the PA. then absolutely send up a flare to get us involved and we will engage the NSIR ILTAB Team. If your Division wants to be notified at a lower threshold. then that is up to them. but the notification threshold can be quite fuzzy to define with these drones. There is no one size fits all.
Thanks.
RayM From: Bower, Fred Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 11:53 AM To: Greives, Jonathan <Jonathan.Greives@nrc.goV>; Schroeder, Daniel <Daniel.Schroeder@nrc.gov>;
Dimitriadis, Ant hony <Anthony.Dimitriadis@nrc.goV>; Ferdas, Marc <Marc.Ferdas@nrc.goV>; Cahill, Christopher <Christopher.Cahill@nrc.gov>; Young, Matt <Matt.Young@nrc.goV>
Cc: Klukan, Brett <Brett.Klukan@nrc.gov>; McKinley, Raymond <Raymond.McKinley@nrc.gov>
Subject:
Re: SID Notice: 08/10/2018 Suggest you speak with our regional drone expert (Brett) and PSB.
Interest may be heightened due to recent exploding drone in South America that was portrayed as an assasination attempt.
Sent from my iPhone
On: IO August 2018 11 :33, "Greives, Jonathan" <Jonathan Grejves@nrc,&ov> wrote:
Thanks Dan. We' ve had drone flyovers at plants before and I envision we'll have many more in the future. This may have been a little different because it was muJtiple drones. Does anyone know how this has been communicated in the past?
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From: Schroeder, Daniel Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 11 :30 AM To: Greives, Jonathan <Jonathan,Grejves@nrc .:ov>; Bower, Fred <Fred Bower@nrc gov>;
Dimitriadis, Anthony <Anthonv Djmjtriadjs@nrc i:ov>; Ferdas, Marc <Marc Ferdas@nrc ~ov>;
Cahill, Christopher <Christopher CahjJl@nrc gov>; Young, Matt <Mart Young@nrc,i:ov>
Subject.: RE: SID Notice: 08/10/2018 Because of the uniqueness of the threat and public concern over drone attacks, this should have been elevated last night.
1 feel it would have been prudent to communicate based on the perception of a threat. If a reporter called the region this morning, it would be better for them to be prepared to address the questions.
Dan
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From: Greives, Jonathan Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 10:43 AM To: Bower, Fred <Fred Bower@nrc e;ov>; Dimitriadis, Anthony <Antbom Djmitriadis@nrc gov>;
Ferdas, Marc <Marc Eerdas@nrc gov>; Schroeder, Daniel <Darnel Schroeder@nrc gov>; Cahill, Christopher <Chrjstophrr,Cahj))@nr:q:ov>; Young, Matt <Matt Youncrwnrc,gQ, >
Subject:
FW: SID Notice: 08/10/2018 FYI- Got feedback from Ray that he would have expected a call on this last night. In this case, the site didn't call the SRI, and therefore I was not notified_ We would have expected that based on a change in security posture ~(b)(?)(F) Iand notification of offsite.
That said, given that by the time I would have been notified by the SRI, the event would have been over and it wasn't threatening behavior, not sure I would have called the DD/ODD anyway and probably would have sent a text.
Just sharing for awareness if you would have taken the same approach as me. Let me know if you have different thoughts or if rm way off on what T would have done...still trying to figure out this whole BC thing!
--Original Message----
From: Cahill, Christopher Sent: Friday, August IO, 2018 7:46 AM To: McKinley, Raymond <Rayrnond,McKjn)eJ@nrc gov>; Greives, Jonathan
<Jonathan.Greives@nrc ~ov>; Rutenkroger, Scott <Scott,Rutenkroi:er@nrc i;iQv>
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FW: SID Notice: 08/10/2018
--Original Message---
From: Hoc, HOO X Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 5:53 AM To: Hoc, HOO X <HOO Hoc@nrc.eo\l>
Subject:
SID Notice: 08/10/2018 FOR: OFFICIAL USE ONLY - LIMITED DISTRIBUTION SID#: SID-02938; Limerick ; Open The following attached report may contain "law enforcement sensitive" information. Please do not relay this information to individuals who do not have a "need to know".
Headquarters Operations Officer U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Phone: 301-816-5100 Fax: 301-816-5151 email : hoo.hoc@nrc.~oy secure e-mail: hool@nrc sa:o i:PY
From: Md{jnley Raymond To: Lew Dayid: G1essoer John* Lorson Raymond: )'.erokun 11001: Welling Blake; Trfft Doug: Bldsett Bnce: .SW:ru:J.
DJme; Sheehan Ned; Pelton David Cc Cabll Otnstooher: Pmntnadts Anthony: Bower Fred: GreiYes Jonathan: Young Matt; Schroeder Daniel:
Bream. Jettrey: Caron Dana: Cherubini John: Hussar Kenneth* McCarver Sammy: Bev Jeremiah
Subject:
OUO: FW: Unmanned Aerial Vehldes One-Pager Date: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 2:44:30 PM Attachments: UAY O~Pager 8-31-18 t QUQ-b,* Cufv,eeme~t />eesi" ve,\ <003) docx iroaoe002.ong GYO SEGURITY REU.TE:D 1~4FORM.'\TION
- All, We checked with the NSIR SME (Joe Rivers) who was extensively involved with writing this one-pager. All of the key messages can be used publically. I would try to stick to the key messages as much as possible, but the remaining information may also be discussed with the exception of the specific Limerick information which is appropriately portion marked as OUO.
Ray McKinley Chief, Plant Support Branch U.S. NRC Region I From: Welling, Blake Sent: Friday, August 31, 2018 11:13 AM To: McKinley, Raymond <Raymond.McKinley@nrc.goV>
Cc: Yerokun, Jimi <Jimi.Yerokun@nrc.goV>
Subject:
FW: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles One-Pager Ray- FYI From: Curtis, David Sent: Friday, August 31, 2018 11:02 AM To: Miller, Chris <Chris.Mil er@nrc go 1>; King, Michael <Michael Kmg2@n. c.gcv>; Bailey, Marissa
<Marjs;,a Ba.ley@nrc gm >; Clark, Jeff <JeffCiark@nrc gov>; Franke, Mark ;
Gody, Tony <Toot Sodt@orc gov>; Lantz, Ryan <Ryan . aau@r CL go >; Lara, Julio
< ulio Lara@nrc ii?PY>; Lorson, Raymond <Ray:nond.Lorson@nrc P'i >; Louden, Patrick
<Patnck Louden@nrc goi>; Miller, Mark <[YJarb t-1,lle @nrcgm>; Munday, Joel
<;oel M undav@nrc gov>; O'Brien, Kenneth <Kenneth.O'Brien@nrc.gov>; Pelton, David
<Da 1d Pelton@orc gov>; Pretzello, Andrew <An,jrew P,etzelloCdJnrc gov>; Pruett, Troy
<Trov,Pruett@nrc.go\ >; Shuaibi, Mohammed <Mohammed s, ,,ib1 ore I ov>; Vegel, Anton
<Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov>: Yerokun, Jimi <,101 , erob1rn ° ore ,ov>; Helton, Shana
<'-hana.t-1Plton@nrc.go *>; Welling, Blake <8 at e.Welling@nrc.gm,>
Subject:
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles One-Pager As I mentioned during the Bi-Weekly HQ and Regional Division Directors Meeting this morning, attached is a one-pager on the current staff activities related to drones and NRC licensed facilities. This one-pager is intended to supplement the
information Jim Andersen provided you in a message on August 13th .
If you have additional questions or would like to discuss, please let me know.
David Curtis Deputy Director Division of Physical and Cyber Security Policy Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response U .S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission OUO SECURITY RE.LP.TED INFORMATION
Attachment is public at:
From: Bower. Fred https://nrc. barbaricumanaly To: BIIPB$1P5BISEC CB,:gion IJ tics.com/ home/daily?
SUbjec:t FW: NRC Daily News Bnef - July 30, 2020 id=5f2274ad7702d01 9c097 Date: Thursday, July 30, 20 20 12:17:34 PM 8deb#
Attachments: NRC DailY News - Jutv :,o 2020 run pdf Drones Brief summary at the top Full story further down Non-Responsive Record From: Media Analyst (NRC) <nrcrnedieanalyst@parbancum.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2020 6:45 AM To: NRC News Summary <nrcnewssummary@usnrc onmicrosoh com>
Subject:
NRC Dai ly News Brief - July 30, 2020 Good morning, Please find the attached NRC Daily News Brief for July 30, 2020. The Daily News Brief can also be found at 1,1. ~:, roi-c t;ar, a',,_, r ar--', ics c~a ,Hor JP ~;, , .
From: MdCmiey Raymond To: u::w Day)d: G/woer Jack: Lprson Raymond: perton Qay,d; Yerolrun Jun;: wel(lna Blake: xreoei P@ne:
Sheehan Ne/I: Jifft; Doug Cc Gf:e/Yes Jonathan: Bartle[. Scott: Rutenkrpger Scott; Fannon Matthew
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--000: FW: SID Notice: 08/10/2018 Date: Friday, Aul!JSt 10, 2018 9:31:55 AM Attachments: SlQ.ll!1f Attachment same I Importance: High on pg. 52 ,
OUO - S~CURJTY RELATED INFORMATION FYI. Coordinated drone activity over Limerick. There was no threat, and the drone activity is legal under FAA regulations. The licensee took appropriate action and reported the activity to local law enforcement, and made voluntary notifications to NRC, FBI, and FAA.
Plant Support Branch will reach out to ILTAB for awareness.
Ifwe receive any external inquiries, then would recommend limiting comments as follows:
- We are aware of the drone overflight activity.
- The drones did not present a threat to the facility.
- Drone overflights arc not prohibited under FAA regulations.
Ray McKinley Chief, Plant Support Branch
--Original Message--
From: Cahill, Christopher Sent: Friday, August IO, 2018 7:46 AM To: McKinley, Raymond <Raymond.McKinley@nrc.gov>; Greives, Jonathan <Jonathan.Oreives@nrc.gov>;
Rutenkroger, Scott <Scott.Rutcnkroger@nrc.gov>
Subject:
FW: SID Notice: 08/10/2018
--Original Message-From: Hoc, HOO X Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 5:53 AM To: Hoc, HOO X <HOO.Hoc@nrc.gov>
Subject:
SID Notice: 08/ 10/2018 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY LIMITED DISTRIBUTION SID#: SID-02938 ; Limerick ;Open The following attached report may contain "law enforcement sensitive" information. Please do not relay this information to individuals who do not have a "need to know".
Headquarters Operations Officer U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissio n Phone: 30 1-8 16-5100 Fax: 301-816-5151 email: hoo.hoc@nrc.gov
secure e-mail: hool@nrc.sgov.gov From: LQrson Raymond To: Petton Davjd: Lew payid: Yerokun J1m1: wemno Blake: Nrck Joseph; Trapp. James: Glessner. John Cc: Screnci Diane: Sheehan Nell; KMsao BrJ:tt* Bickett Btlce: J1ffl: Doug: Sheehan Neil SUbject: DRP Report 8/10 Date: Friday, August 10, 2018 9:54:18 AM A couple items of interest:
SIDs report for a drone flyover last night at Limerick; Ray McK sent out a separate email with more detail Talen has decided to s/d Susq 1 next Friday for a 5 day out to replace the RRP seal That's it; have a great weekend!
Ray
From: McJQnley. Raymond To: Yerokun Jlmi: Welling Blake Subjea: FW: Chris Mudrick can; drones over Umerlck Dam: Friday, August 24, 2018 3: 16:50 PM Speaking of drones ... FYI. Ray From: Huyck, Doug Sent: Friday, August 24, 2018 2 :56 PM To: McKinley, Raymond <Raymond.McKinley@nrc.goV>
Subject:
FW: Chris Mudrick call; drones over Limerick Info.
From: Bailey, Marissa Sent: Friday, August 24, 2018 2:51 PM To: Johnson, Clay <Q.,y ,1\ir:, ,,,@n .. 1;;,.v>; Chernoff, Harold< a o d rhe,ti tt~ 1 ,, r >; Pretzello, Andrew<, .r ar,_\\. P , @qr ...i...>; Pearson, Laura <.LaJ a PPa ,;pn@nrc !l . >; Huyck, Doug
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Subject:
FW: Chris Mudrick call; drones over Limerick FYI.
Maybe a heads up to the HOOs? They may be getting a report.
From: Holian, Brian Sent: Friday, August 24, 2018 T:48 PM To: Lubinski, John <Jc ,J'l ...,JbJOs @: ore gc >; Dudes, Laura < ,H ra .., de , - ,1rc ~.Jc...>
Cc:Johnson, M ichael <Michael Jotins~1Ca1 ,r~ g?. >; Castelveter, David <:...,1'1d C,te , 0 ,e ,@n c, 0 >;
Bailey, Marissa < \,e, 1ss,. Qi 1ey~n ere Erv>; Andersen, James <J...l!!le<. A "' en@ncc, ,.v>
Subject:
Chris Mudrick call; drones over Limerick I just had a short call with Chris. He was letting me know site actions for what have been repeat drone flights of extended duration over the Limerick site. He has submitted a SID notification.
He wanted to give me more detail. They are large drones with extended flight duration (eg. an hour).
The site has notified local law enforcement. FBI is also following Interestingly the Limerick site is in a no fly zone due to their proximity to Limerick air field.
The last occasion was at night. The drones - multiple - did have lights on. He is not worried about site security. But wanted to ensure we were involved and had a discussion should he get press interest Brian Holian
From: Gre!ves. Jonathan To: Bickett. Brice; Ccisden Cherie; Tifft Doug; Sheehan. Neil: Screnci Diane; Lorson. Raymond; Pelton. David:
Yerokun. Jlmi; Welilng, Blake; Lew, David; Giessner. John Cc: McKinley. Raymond: Caron. Dana; Cherubin!. John; Barber. Scott; Rutenkroger. Scott; Beacon. Daniel: EarillQn.
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RE: '6t/CkSID Distribution- Umerick Drone Flyover Date: Monday, August 13, 2018 7:24:53 AM One correction to the below email. the drone event last night did not crossover tbe PA, however did include a flyover oftbe OCA (in the vicinity of the oooli11g towers and parking lot). Sony for the confusion.
Regards, Jon
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From: Ureives, Jonathan Sent: Monday, August 13, 2018 5:49 AM To: Bickett, Brice <Brice.Bickett@nrc.gov>; Crisden, Cherie <Chcrie.Crisden@n.rc.gov>; Douglas Tifft (Doug.Tifft@nrc.gov) <Doug.Tifft@nrc.gov>; Neil Sheehan (Ncil.Shechan@nrc.gov) <Ncil.Shcchan@nrc.gov>;
Diane Screnci (Diane.Screnci@nrc.gov) <Diane.Screnci@nrc.gov>; Raymond Lorson (Raymond.Lorson@nrc.gov)
<RaymoncLLorson@mc.gov>; Peltoll, David <David.Pelton@mc.gov>: Yerokun, Jimi <Jimi.Ycrokun@nrc.gov>;
Blake Welling (Blake.Welling@nrc.gov) <Blake.Welling@nrc.gov>; David Lew (David.Lew@11Jc.gov)
<David.Lew@nrc.gov>; Giessner, John <.lohn.Oic~sncr@nrc.gov>
Cc: Raymond McKinley (Raymond.McKi11ley@nrc.gov) <Raymond.McKinley@nrc.gov>; Dana Caroll (Dana.Caron@nrc.gov) <Dana.Caron@nrc.gov>; John Cherubini (John.Chcrubini@nrc.gov)
<John.Chcrubini@mc.gov>; 0 Scott Barber (Scott.Barber@nrc.gov) <Scott.Barber@me.gov>; Scott Rutenk:rogcr (Scott.Rutenk.roger@nrc.gov) <Scolt.Rutenkrogor@nrc.gov>; Beacon, DaLJicl <Daniel.Boaco11@nrc.gov>; Fannon, Matthew <Matt.hew.Fannon@nrc.gov>; 'Andrey Turilin' <andrey.turilin@nrc.gov>
Subject:
000,. SID Distribution- Limerick Drone Flyover All.
See attached for more details, but in summary last night there was a coor
- of2 drones at the Limerick PA. This was similar to the event described last Friday. Security entered (b)(7)(F) and notified LLEA and Pennsylvania Slalo Police who were unable lo find the rcspoDsiblo individual(s). b ?)(F
!(b)(7)(F) I Limerick also made voluntary notifications to the FAA ..a_.n_ d _F._,B...1-. _A_s_s-ta-t-ed
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ttached SIDS repo11, lLTAB was notified. Thougn the drones did fly over the protected area, they did not pose a threat to Limerick personnel or SSCs.
PB4 wi ll coordinate with DRS and PAOs/SLOs for any additional information or fo llow-up.
Regards, Jon Jonathan Greives, Chief Projects Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission- Region I 610-337-5337 (W)
!(b)(7)(C) !(C) jonathan.greives@nrc.gov
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From: Hoc, HOO X Sent: Monday, August I3.20 18 I :53 AM
To: Hoc, HOO X < HOO.Hoc@nrc.gov>
Subject:
SID otice: 08/1 3/2018 FOR OFFIC IAL USE ONLY - LIMITED DISTRIBUTION SID#: SID-02939 ; Limerick ; Open The following attached report may contain "law enforcement sensitive" information . Please do not relay this information to individuals who do not have a "need to know" .
Headquarters Operations Officer U.S . Nuclear Regulatory Commiss ion Phone: 301-8 I 6-5100 Fax: 30 1-8 16-5 151 email : hoo.hoc@nrc.gov secure e-mail: hoo l @nrc.sgov. gov
Ftom: Fannon Matthew To: Gn!llles Jonathan Cc: Rutcokroqer. Scott Subjec:t: RE: -eoo- SID Distribution* Limerick Drone Ayover Date: F11day, August 24, 2018 7:51:50 AM I spoke with Bob Dickinson, the RA manager. about the differences in details from last night"s issue. He is going to reach out to the security manager and follow-up on it.
Matthew Fannon U.S. NRC Region 1 Resident Inspector, Limerick Generating Station Matthew.Fannon@nrc.gov (610)327- 1344/1345
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From: Greives, Jonathan Sent: Friday, August 24, 2018 6:35 AM To: Bickett, Brice <Brice.Bicken@nrc.gov>; Tiffi, Doug <Doug.Tiffi@nrc.gov>; Sheehan, Neil
<Neil.Sheehan@nrc.gov>; Screnci, Diane <Diane.Screnci@ nrc.gov>; Lorson, Raymond
<Raymond.Lorson@nrc.gov>; Pellon, David <David.Pelton@ nrc.gov>; Yerokun, Jimi <Jirni.Yerokun@nrc.gov>;
Welling, Blake <Blake.WeUing@nrc.gov>; Lew, David <David.Lew@nrc.gov>; Giessner, John
<John.Giessner@nrc.gov>
Cc: McKinley, Raymond <Raymond.McKinley@nrc.gov>; Caron, Dana <Dana.Caron@nrc.gov>; Cherubini, John
<John.Cherubini@ nrc.gov>; Barber, Scott <Scott.Barber@nrc.gov>; Rutenkroger, Scott
<Scott.Rutenkroger@nrc.gov>: Beacon, Daniel <Daniel.Beacon@nrc.gov>; Fannon, Matthew
<Matthcw.Fannon@ nrc.gov>; Turilin, Andrey <Andrey.Turilin@nrc.gov>
Subject:
ot:1<Y- SID Distribution- Limerick Drone Flyover All, See attached for more details, but in summary last night at approximately 9:00 p.m., there was reported drone
- at Limerick. This was similar to the previous events over the past several weeks. Security en~
(b)(/)(1-) d notified LLE.A and Pennsylvania State Pol.ice who were unable to find the responsible individual(s).
Limerick also made voluntary notifications to the FAA and FBI. As stated in the attached SIDS report, ILTAB was notified. Though the bulk of the activity was over the OCA, the drones did Oy over the protected area in the vicinity of the ISFSI, and did not pose a threat to Limerick personnel or SSCs.
('84 will coordinate with DRS and PAOs/SLOs for any additional information or follow-up.
Regards, Jon Jonathan Greives, Chief Projects Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission- Region I l(b610-337-5337
)(7)(C) klW) q jonalhan.greives@nrc.gov
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From: Hoc. HOO X Sent: Friday, August 24, 2018 2:14 AM
To: Janda, Donna <Donna.Janda@nrc.gov>
Subject:
SID Notice: 08/24/2018 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY - LIMITED DISTRfflUTIOlS:
SID#: SID-02941 ; Limerick , Open The following attached report may contain "law enforcement sensitive" information. Please do not relay this information to individuals who do not have a "need to know" Headquarters Operations Officer U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Phone: 301-816-5100 Fax: 301-816-5151 email: hoo.hoc@nrc.gov secure e-mail: hool@nrc.sgov.gov
ft"om: Grejyes Jonathan To: BJckett, Bnce: Jlffl; Douo: Sheehan. Neil: Screnci Diane: Loo, Raymond: Pekoo, pav)d: Yerolcun, JJml:
WeUlng Blake: Lew, David: Gie:.soec, John Cc: McKinley Raymond* caron Dana: 0Jerub1Q1 John: Bact>ec, Scott* BW:OKroaec Scott* Bf:acoo oan1e1: EannllD.
~ : Turihn Andrey
Subject:
-ooa- SID Distribution- Umertck Drone Flyover Datie: Friday, August 24, 2018 6:34:53 AM Attachments: Sll2.tldl AU,
- e. .
- See attached for more details, but in summary last night at approximately 9:00 p.m., there was reported dro..n..
Limerick. This was similar to the previous events over the past several weeks. Security entered(bX7)(F) d notified LLEA and Pennsylvania State Police who were unable to find the responsible individual(s).
also made voluntary notifications to the FAA and FBI. As stated in the attached SIDS report, ILTAB was e _ __
notified. Though the bulk of the activity was over the OCA, the drones did fly over the protected area in the vicinity of the ISFSI, and did not pose a threat to Limerick personnel or SSCs.
PB4 will coordinate with DRS and PAOs/SLOs for any additional information or follow-up.
Regards, Jon Jonathan Greives, Chief Projects Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects U.S. Nuclear ReguJatory Commission- Region 1
,.w.=..i.:-ol.l..1.L,'(W)
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From: Hoc, HOO X Sent: Friday, August 24, 2018 2:14 AM To: Janda, Donna <Donna.Janda@ nrc.gov>
Subject:
SID Notice: 08/24/2018 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY - LIMITED DISTltlBUTION SID#: SID-02941 ; Limerick ; Open The following attached report may contain "law enforcement sensitive" information. Please do not relay this information to individuals who do not have a "n eed to know".
Headquarters Operations Officer U.S. N uclear Regulatory Commission Phone: 301-816-5100 Fax: 301-816-5151 email: hoo.hoc@nrc.gov secure e-mail: hool@ nrc .sgov.gov
FOR OFFICIAL USE CtNL Y- LIMITED DlSTRJBUTIOlV This report may contain "law enforcement sensitive" information Please do not relay this i11formatio11 to individuals who do 11ot have a "need to know" Event#: SJD-02941 Security Event Description Site: Limerick Fllcility Type: Power Reactor - Operating Event Date/Time: 08/23/20 l 8 (EDT)
Notify Dtlte/Time: 8/24/201 8 0:57:00 (EDT)
Lt1st Up,late Dllte: 8/24/201 8 2: 11 :25 (EDT)
Eve11t Type: Drone H.E.R.O: Andrew Waugh Cllller Ajfilit1timz: Licensee "On August 23, 2018 at approximate~y 2100 [EDT], a security officer reported a potential drone in the vicinity of Fritz Lock which is not part of the owner controlled area (OCA) at LGS [Limerkk Generating Station] and is located southwest of the plant on the south side of the Schuylkill River. At approximately 2120 [EDT] multiple security officers posted on the south and southwest sides of the protected area reported multiple drones in the OCA. At 2125 [EDT] Limerick security assumed a l(b}(7)(F) I (b)(7)(F) The Limerick Police Department and tate olice were noti ied of the incident and responded to the OCA.
'*'The drone activity was confirmed to be three drones approximately 200-400 feet in the air and approximately 3-5 feet in diameter with white and multi colored blinking indicator lights. The flight paths of the drones were from the southwest to the southeast over the Schuylkill River Pump House in Exelon Owner Controlled Area and would repeat this flight pattern back and forth for a minimum of 40 minutes. The drones travel path would venture over the southern part of the protected area in the vicinity of the ISFSI
[Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation] area before continuing southwest out of view of any posted security officer. The Security Supervisor contacted the following agencies.
"FBI - ,_l (b_)(7_)(C___
) _ _ _ _ _ _ ___,
IFAA - Kelly Peurifoy 404-305-5150 PA State Police - PCO Patrick Finucane 610-584-1250 Limerick Police - Officer 610-495-7909 "Limerick Police Officer Patrick Murphy responded to the OCA in the vicinity of the personnel processing center and confirmed drone activity south of the plant in the v icinity of the 220 KV Yard. East Coventry Police Officer Brown responded to the Fritz Lock area south of the Schuylkill River and did not report any activity. The (b)(7)(F) terminated at 2215 [EDT] and all voluntary notifications were made to 'rl--e......,...,.....,..- ---,
offices."
The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector. Notified R1 DO (Janda) and ILTAB
!(b)(7)(C) !).
This report is open pending ILTAB/IL TAT review. ILTAB/ILTAT will update or close this report whe111 appropriate.
.Fol' Official TJse Only Pt1ge4 of6
From: Gretyes Jonathan To: mm Bnce: crisden oier1e: JJm, Doug: Sheehan, Neil: Serene/, P1ane: Loci9o, Raymond: Petton Davtd:
rer:otsuo l1ro1; weaioa make: L,.ew, payld; Glessoec, John Cc: MdQolev Raymond; a,ron pana* CIJembim IQhn: Barner Scptt; Butenkroacc Scott; Beacon Danlel; ~
MaWlffi; Judlio Andrey
Subject:
~ SID Distribution- Limerick Drone Ryover Date: Monday, August 13, 2018 5:49:22 AM Attachments: SlllJ2d[
All, See attached for more details, but in summary last night there was a coordinated fl over of2 drones at the Limerick.
PA. This was similar to the event described last Friday. Security entered (b){7)(F) d notified LLEA and Pennsylvania State Police who were unable to find the responsible individual(s). ....,.....,.......__ _ _ _ _ _ ___.
!(b)(l)(F) ! Limerick also made voluntary notifications to the FAA and FBI. As stated in the attached SIDS report. ILTAB was notified. Though the drones did fly over the protected area, they did not pose a threat to Limerick personnel or SSCs.
PB4 will coordinate with DRS and PAOs/SLOs for any additional information or follow-up.
Regards, Jon Jonathan Greives, Chief Projects Branch 4 Division ofReactor Projects U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission- Region I 610-337-5337 (W)
(b)(l)(C) C)
Jona an.gre1ves@nrc.gov
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From: Hoc, HOO X Sent: Monday, August 13, 20 18 1:53 AM To: Hoc, HOO X <HOO.Hoc@nrc.gov>
Subject:
SID Notice: 08/13/2018 FOR OHICIAL USE ONL t - LIMlTED DISTRIBUTION SID#: SID-02939 ; Limerick ;Open The following attached report may contain "law enforcement sensitive" information. Please do not relay this information to individuals who do not have a "need to know".
Headquarters Operations Officer U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Phone: 301-816-5 100 Fax: 301-816-5151 email: hoo.hoc@nrc.gov secure e-mail: hoo l @nrc.sgov.gov
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY - LIMITED DISTRIBUTION This report may contain "law enforcement sen.'litive" information Please do not relay tltis i11formatio11 to individuals who do ,wt have a "need to know" Event#: SID-02939 Security Event Description Site: Limerick Fllcility Type: Power Reactor - Operating Eve11t Date/Time: 08/ 12/20 I 8 America/New York Notify Date/Time: 8/ 13/2018 0: I3 :00 (EDT)
Lt1st Up,late Date: 8/13/201 8 I :37:00 (EDT)
Event Type: Drone H.E.R.O: Richard Smith Cllller Affilit1tion: Licensee "On August 12, 2018 at approximately 2335 EDT, a Security Officer reported a drone flying near the upper parking lot. At approximately 2337 EDT, MSO's [Member of Security Organization] reported multiple drones in the OCA flying towards the cooling tower and near the Spray Pond. Officers observed drones flying East to West in a North/West direction and circling back to the East. Limerick PD and State police were notified of the incident and res anded to the OCA. AT 2340 EDT the Securit assumed a (b)(?)(F) The rones were approxIma e y ee in e air an approximate y our eet in diameter with amber and orange colored blinking lights. A total of two drones were identified and observed by multiple members of the security organization. The flight path of the drones was from East to North West circling back to East returning to the initial point of the upper parking lot. The flight pattern for a duration of approximately five minutes. The total flight time was approximately 20 minutes until the drones were no longer observable by the security force. Security Supervisor contacted following Agencies: FBI, FAA, PA State Police, and Limerick Police. Limerick PD and State Police patrolled areas of the OCA with no adverse findings and committed to patrol the area at a later time. No identifying marks or flight numbers could be observed on the drones. All voluntary notifications were made to the FAA and FBI offices."
. . ~~
Notified R1 DO (Cahill) and ILTAB Duty Officer (C)
This report is open pending ILTAB/IL TAT review. ILTAB/ILTAT will update or close this report when appropriate.
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From: Ruteo krogcr, Scott To: G[:elves Jonathan Oonathan Gretves@ncc gov): Mddnley Raymond (Raymond McKinley@nrc gov); caron Dana CDana.caron@orc gov): Cherubin! John CJohn.O,erubJn!@occ qoy)
Cc: Fannon Matthew (Matthew fannoo@nrc oov)
Subject:
Limerick SIDS 02938 Date: Friday, August 10, 2018 6:58:00 AM
Subject:
SIDS 02938 On 09 August 2018 at approximately 2215, a Security Officer reported a drone flying in the area of the 500 KV yard . At approximately ' reported multiple drones in the OCA and flying over the PA. Security initiated a (b)(7)(F) nd observed drones flying in the vicinity of the ISFSI Pad, Turbine Roof, Cooing Towers, 500 KV Yard, 66 KV Yard, and 220 KV Yard. Limerick PD was notified of the incident and responded to the OCA. The drones were approximately 300-500 feet in the air and approximately 3-5 feet in diameter with amber colored lights as well as blinking red and white lights. A total of 4-6 drones were identified and observed by multiple members of the security organization . The flight path of the drones was from the South East to North West over the PA circling South and East returning to the initia l point the drones were first observed. Multiple drones took this same flight pattern for a duration of approximately 20-30 minutes. The flight path changed to a counter clockwise pattern over the OCA portion of the plant for approximately 40-60 minutes unt il the drones were no longer observable by the security force. The Security Supervisor was in contact with Limerick PD during the duration of situation. Limerick PD patrolled areas of the OCA with no adverse find ings but did confirm drone activity and the size of the drones. No identifying marks or flight numbers could be observed on the drones. All voluntary notifications made to the FAA and FBI offices.
From: Ruten)<roaer scatt*ceontractor - GenCP:tJucl To: Rutenkrooec Scott subject: [Extemal_Sender] FW: SIDS 02938 Date: Friday, August 10, 2018 6:23:33 AM From: Gross, Ryan Patrick:(GenCo-Nuc)
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 4:47 AM To: hoo.hoc@nrc.gov Cc: Mohr, Jared:(GenCo-Nuc) <Jared.Mohr@exeloncorp.com>; Stout, Megan:(GenCo-Nuc)
<Megan.Stout@exeloncorp.com>; Rutenkroger. Scott:(Contractor - GenCo-Nuc)
<Scott.Rutenkroger@exeloncorp.com>; Keiffer, Kevin P:(GenCo-Nuc)
<Kevin.Kieffer@exeloncorp.com>
Subjeci:: SIDS 02938 On 09 August 2018 at approximately 2215, a Security Officer reported a drone flying in the area of the 500 KV yard. At approximately ' reported multiple drones in the OCA and flying over the PA. Security initiated a (b)(7)(F) and observed drones flying in the vicinity of the ISFSI Pad, Turbine Roof, Coo mg owers, 500 KV Yard, 66 KV Yard, and 220 KV Yard. Limerick PD was notified of the incident and responded to the OCA. The drones were approximately 300-500 feet in the air and approximately 3-5 feet in diameter with amber colored lights as well as blinking red and white lights. A total of 4-6 drones were identified and observed by multiple members of the security organization. The flight path of the drones was from the South East to North West over the PA circling South and East returning to the initial point the drones were first observed. Multiple drones took this same flight pattern for a duration of approximately 20-30 minutes. The flight path changed to a counter clockwise pattern over the OCA portion of the plant for approximately 40-60 minutes until the drones were no longer observable by the security force. The Security Supervisor was in contact with Limerick PD during the duration of situation. Limerick PD patrolled areas of the OCA with no adverse findings but did confirm drone activity and the size of the drones. No identifying marks or flight numbers could be observed on the drones. All voluntary notifications made to the FAA and FBI offices.
LLEA Officers name - Steve Winneberter 610-495-7909 FAA - 404-305-5150 FBI - 215-418-4000 (Philadelphia Office)
MSSO - Jared Mohr 610-718-2044 NRC - Scott Rutenkroger 610-718-4318 cant1:l--llltt:Ssage and any attachment may contain informatio
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From: Kratty James To: Rutenkroger Scott; Fannon Matthew: Heinly, Justin: Smith. Bnan: oaun. Travjs: Micewskl Laura Cc: Barber Scott; Iudlio Andrey: sreenivas Y; Hood Tanya: Tobin, Jennifer
Subject:
PB4 status 3/20/18 Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 7:43:06 AM Attachments: QJ-20-201s dooc
Branch 4 I BRIDGE: 9-1-866-721-2755, pass ~ I 03120/18 Dally Status I New info In bold DRP Status Boa rd hems I Proi ect Mananers I LM: V. Sreeni\las I PB: Jemv Tobin SO: Tam,a Hood Branch Items Trainln9 Requirements - Post Ouallflcalion and Refresher Training Tracker (Update quarterly)
Backup and Objecllvib Visits - Required annually for Backup and Objectivity (Update quarterly)
Backshift Hours - (.bu!!) (EID (SQ) lnseector BC Accomll:!!niment- Inspector Aecompanimenl by BC required annually (Update quarterly)
LIMERICK UNIT 1 I Rx Power: 87% I Risk: Green I Unldenlilied Leabge: 0.05 gpm I AL:0 W-end Coveraoe: Scott/Matt I 1R17: 3/26-4121M6 I AL 1: 19Xl> .046 Al2: /3xl> .056 AL3: 2x > .061 Unplanned/Significant TSA None Major Activities Onslte None Other Items: (Security, EP, Stakeholder Interest)
None Potential Rndlngs -1Q18 None LIMERICK UNIT 2 I Rx Power: 100% I Risk: Green I Unidentified LNkage: 0.03 gpm I AL: 0 Weekend Coveraae: See Above I 2R15: 4115 - 5/05/19 I AL1; (9XI> .022 AL2: (3xl> .029 AL3: 2x > .033 Unplanned/Significant TSA None.
Major ActlvitiH Onslte Downpower lo 98'1. for followup control rc::J pattern adjustment , 21 GO - 2200 Other Items: (Security, EP, StakeholderInterest)
LPT blade cracking, turbine replacement has 1n1ertocklng blades PotentJal Findings -1Q18 None LIMERICK COMMON Unplanned/Si9nlflcanl TSA None Major Activities Onsite FYI three SIDS reports from Sunday th,ougt, this morning
!Non-Responsive Record 3/20 -0300 - drone flying over lhe OCA from ~outhca,;t lo northwest aboul 300 feel above i;ru.nd. v1£1,al I
. contact was lost and no operators were ouscrvc*::J Loca, police, r-AA, and NRC 11ot1fications were made.,
!Non-Responsive Record I Other Items: (Security, EP, Stakeholder lnten,st)
No adVerse weather impacts Potential Andlnos -1 Q18
- r an-Responsive Record I
l PEACH BOTTOM UNrT 2
- 1Non-Responsive Record I
Non-Responsive Record
ISUSQUEHANNA UNIT 1 l Non-Responsive Record I
Non-Responsive Record
From: Rutenkrgger Sc.ott To: Krattv, James: Bact>er, Scott CC: HeJDIY, Justin: Sroitb Brian: Fannon Matthew: oaun I@vis; MJcewsJ11 Laura: sreenJyas Y Bee: Buteokroger Scott fSmtt Rutenkrooe@>nrc,ggyl Subjea: Limerick Plant Status Tuesday 3/20/18 Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 7:13:00 AM Limerick Unit 1 87%
Green 0.05 gpm
- No activities of significance Unit 2 100%
Green 0 .03 gpm
- Downpower to 98% for followup control rod pattern adjustment, 2100 - 2200 Common
- No activities of significance.
- FYI - three SIDS reports from Sunday through this morning o 3/18 1110 - three individuals on OCA taking photographs, left prior to being contacted o 3/19 1325 - three individuals (different from previous) on OCA taking photographs, local police department did interact, individuals compliant o 3/20 -0300 - drone flying over the OCA from southeast to northwest about 300 feet above ground . Visual contact was lost and no operators were observed . Local police , FAA, and NRC notifications were made.
From: Lorson Raymond To: Grejyes. Jonathan: Pelton. Dayid Subject : RE: ette- SID Distribution- Limerick Drone Flyover Date: Friday, August 10, 2018 11:34: 19 AM Sounds good; its always nice to update and revise the policy. At the same time we are all smart thinking individuals and should have discretion in how we support our safety mission.
Ray From: Greives, Jonat han Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 10:52 AM To: Lorson, Raymond <Raymond.Lorson@nrc.gov>; Pelt on, David <David.Pelton@nrc.gov>
Subject:
RE: OOB- SID Distribution- L*merick Drone Flyover Separately. I'm sharing with the other BCs as a learning. I reviewed our DRP policy for when the residents should notify the BC after-hours (again, had he been called). The only security-related item in there is:
A security event or events that require a security investigation I was surprised there wasn't one for a change in security posture. The reason I looked there is because that is what we used at SUS for communicating expectations to the site for when we should be called. The thought was that if I'm expected to call the BC, then I better make sure I get notified. We had a couple other lower threshold items included as well.
In this case, there's one in there for notification of offsite authorities so we should have been covered regardless.
I'll take a look if this should be added to a future revision to the policy.
Jon From: Greives, Jonathan Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 10:45 AM To: Lorson, Raymond <Raymond Lorson@nrqoy>; Pelton, David <David Pelton@nrc,gov>
Subject:
RE:000- SID Dist ribution- L merick Drone Flyover Agree. Scott and I talked earlier and are aligned with that as well.
From: Lorson, Raymond Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 10:43 AM To: Greives, Jonathan <Jonathan Gre ves@nrc gov>; Pelt on, David <David Pelton@nrc gov>
Subject:
RE:006=-SID Distribution- L*merick Drone Flyover Got it; thanks. Given the change in security posture a courtesy heads up when the licensee had time wou ld have been appreciated. I would not want to interfere with their response of course and recognize it is during the back shift; nonetheless would have been a nice to have heard in real time issues like this.
Ray From: Greives, Jonat han Se nt: Friday, August 10, 2018 10:36 AM To: Lorson, Raymond <Raymond Lorson@nrc PY>; Pelt on, David <Dayid Pe!ton@nrc PY>
Subject:
RE: -ette-- SID Distri bution- L merick Drone Flyover Thanks for the feedback Ray. I did not get a call on this until this morning, but Scott also did not get a call from the site. He has already affirmed with them that he would have expected a call. They did send him an email (~0500), but that is not sufficient to make him aware after hours.
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From: Lorson, Raymond Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 9:20 AM To: Greives, Jonathan <Jonathan.Greives@nrc.gov>; Pelton, David
<David.Pelton@nrc.gov>
Subject:
RE:-ot::tEr- SID Distribution- Limerick Drone Flyover Jon - thanks; not sure if you got a call on this or not but I would have been interested in hearing about this last night.
Ray
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<Diane,Screnci@nrc.gov>; Lorson, Raymond <Raymond.Lorson@nrc,gov>; Pelton, David
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Cc: McKinley, Raymond <Raymond.McKinley@nrc.gov>; Caron, Dana
<Dana.Caron@nrc.gov>; Cherubini, John <John Cherubini@nrc.gov>; Barber, Scott
<Scott Barber@nrc.gov>; Rutenkroger, Scott <Scott,Rutenkroger@nrc gov>; Beacon, Daniel <Daniel.Beacon@nrc.gov>; Fannon. Matthew <Matthew.Fannon@nrc.gov>; Turilin.
Andrey <Andrey.Turi Iin@nrc.gov>
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G-1::Je,a-SID Distribution- Limerick Drone Flyover All, See attached for more details, but in summary last ni ht there was a coordinated flyover of 4-6 drones at the Limerick PA. Security entered (b)(?)(F) nd notified LLEA who were unable to find the responsible individuals. (b)(7)(F) l(b)(?)(F) p merick also made voluntary notifications to the FAA and FBI.
PB4 will coordinate with DRS and PAOs/SLOs for any additional information or follow-up.
Jon Jonathan Greives, Chief Projects Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission- Region 1 610-337-5337 (W) l~~~~~~an .gre,vt ~borc.gov
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From: Hoc. HOO X Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 5:53 AM To: Hoc, HOO X <HOO.Hoc@nrc.gov>
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SID Notice: 08/10/2018 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONL'Y - LIMITED DISTRIBUTION SID#: SID-02938 ; Limerick ; Open The following attached report may contain "law enforcement sensitive" information. Please do not relay this information to individuals who do not have a "need to know".
Headquarters Operations Officer U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Phone: 301-81 6-5100 Fax: 301-816-5151
email: hoo.hoc@nrc.gov secure e-mail: hoo1@nrc.sgov.gov
From: Gre!ves. Jonathan To: Lew Dayjd
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RE:~ID Distribution- Limerick Drone Flyover Date: Monday, August 13, 2018 7:26:00 AM Sorry for the confusion Dave. It was only the OCA this time. I sent a correction to the larger group, From: Lew, David Sent: Monday, August 13, 2018 6:35 AM To: Greives, Jonathan <Jonathan.GreNes@nrc.gov>
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Re : ette=-S ID Distribut ion- L merick Drone Flyover Jon, Did you mean OCA or did the drones actually fly over the protected area? Dave On: 13 August 20 18 05:49, Greives, Jonathan" <Jonathan,Grejves@nrc gov> wrote:
All, See attached for more details, but in summary last night there was a coordinated fl yover of 2 drones at the Limerick PA. This was simi lar to the event described Last Friday. Security entered (b)(7)(F)
!(b)(7)(F) !and notified LLEA and Pennsylvania State Police who were unable to find the respoos1 e individual(s).!(b)(7)(F) ILimerick also made voluntary notifications to the FAA and FBI. As stated in the attached SIDS repo11, [LTAB was notified.
Though the drones did fly over the protected area, they did not pose a tJu-eat to Limerick personnel or SSCs.
PB4 will coordinate with DRS and PAOs/SLOs for any additional information or fol low-up.
Regards, Jon Jonatban Greives, Chief Projects Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm ission- Region I 610-337-5337 (W)
!{b)(?)(C) tC) jonathan greives@nrc.gov
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From: Caron Dana To: Giessner. John Cc: Gceives. Jonathan: McKinley Raymond
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FW:-ootr- SID Distribution- Limerick Drone Flyover Date: Monday, August 13, 2018 7:56:44 AM Ray will be late this morningl(b)(?)(C) ~
This drone issue was a hot topic at the NEI Security/EP Summit in June (I was presenting for a couple of things). It is my understanding that the air space above NPPs is still public.
The NOTAM (notice to airmen) that the FAA issued years ago is applicable to drones, but it just says do not loiter above. It is not a no fly zone.
There are requirements associated with drones that were likely not followed in these cases:
minimum/maximum altitude, notification of airports within a certain distance (Limerick airport is certainly within this distance from the site), and line of site piloting which is required unless you have an FAA exemption.
At the summit, industry discussed some sites that are attempting to get FAA approval for a no fly zone or at least an exemption to "take action" on drones over their airspace. Nothing substantive from those efforts with FAA yet.
Let me know if you want someone to stop down.
Dana C. Caron Senior Physical Security Inspector Region 1, Plant Support Branch 1 Office: 610-337-5140 Cell: l(b)(?)(C) I From: Greives, Jonat han Sent: Monday, August 13, 2018 7:29 AM To: Caron, Dana <Dana.Caron@nrc.gov>
Cc: McKinley, Raymond <Raymond.McKin ley@nrc.gov>
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FW:""O'\::ter- SID Distribut ion- Limerick Drone Flyover
- Dana, I heard that Ray may be late and wanted you to have the question from Jack and my initial response.
Jon From: Greives, Jonat han Se nt: Monday, August 13, 2018 7:26 AM To: Giessner, John <John Gjessner@nrc gov>; McKin ley, Raymond <Raymond McKinley@nrc gov>
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RE: -eOO-- SID Distri bution- Limerick Drone Flyover
- Jack, I think that may have been in a response email from Ray McKinley. I'm on the road at Peach Bottom today, but will make sure Ray stops down to answer your questions.
All that said, my understanding is that the basis is that it's public airspace and as long as they are operating in accordance with FAA drone guidelines, it is not against the law. That said, similar to a photographer that parks on public property and takes pictures of a NPP, plant security engages LLEA to attempt to intercept the responsible parties to identify their intentions and would likely request voluntary deletion of any photographs.
- Regards, Jon From: Giessner, John Sent: Monday, August 13, 2018 7:10 .AM
To: Greives, Jonathan <Jonat han Greives@nrc gov>; M cKinley, Raymond
<Raymond.McKinley@ nrc.gov>
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Re:--et:t&--SID Distribution- L,merick Drone Flyover Thanks Jon. One of your talking points last time was about the legality ( I think I recall ) and saying there is no prohibition. I know there has been debate but is it nrc position that drones inside the PA don't have a legal precedent; ie not considered private property because it's in the ai r. Just want to m ake s ure I understand. Stop down for a couple minutes Jack Thanks!
On: 13 August 2018 05:49, "Greives, Jonathan" <Jonathan Grejyes@nrc gov> wrote:
All.
See attached for more details, but in summary last night there was a coordinated flyover of 2 drones at the Limerick PA. This was similar to the event described last Friday. Security entered (b)(7)(F) ilb\17\/F\ land notified LLEA and Pennsylvania State Police who were unable to find the respons1 e individual(s).!{b)(7)(F) I Limerick also made voluntary notifications to the FAA and FBI. As stated in the attached SIDS report. ILTAB was notified.
Though the drones did fly over the protected area, they did not pose a threat to Limerick personnel or SSCs.
PB4 will coordinate with DRS and PAOs/SLOs for any additional information or follow-up.
Regards, Jon Jonathan Greives, Chief Proj ects Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission- Region l 610-337-5337 (W) l(b)(7)(C) l(C)
,ona h es@nrc.goy
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SfD Notice: 08/1 3/20 I 8 FOR OFF ICIAL USE ONLY- LIMITED DISTRI.BUTION SID#: SJD-02939 ; Limerick ; Open The fo llowing attached report may contain "law enforcement sensitive" infonnation. Please do not relay this information to individuals who do not have a "need to know" .
Headql1arters Operations Officer U.S. uclear Regu latory Commission Phone: 301-816-5 100 Fax: 301-816-5151 email: hoo.hoc@nrc gov secure e-mail: hool @orc sgov.gov
From: McKinley. Raymond To: Grejves. Jonathan
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Re:-ot::16--SID Distribution- Limerick Drone Flyover Date: Friday, August 24, 2018 7:58:54 AM Thanks. I' ll be heading in to the office. I'll be there around 9:30.
Ray M On: 24 August 20 18 06:34, "Greives, Jonathan" <,Jonathan,Grejyes@nrc ~ov> wrote:
See aLlachecl for more cleLails, bul in summary lasl nighl al approximately 9:00 p.m., I.here was reported drone activity at Limerick. This was similar to the previous events over the past several weeks. Security entered {b){7)(F) and notified LLEA and Pennsylvania State Police who were unable to find tbe respons1 e rn 1v1 ual(s). Limerick also made voluntary notifications to the FAA and FBI. As stated in the attached SIDS report, fLT AB was notified. Though the bulk of the activity was over the OCA. the drones did fly over the protected area in the vicinity of the ISFSI , and did not pose a threat lo Limerick personnel or SSCs.
PB4 will coordinate with DRS and PAOs/SLOs for any additional information or fol low-up.
Regards, Jon
.Jonathan Greives, Chief Projects Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission- Region I 610-337-5337 (W)
!(b)(?)(C) l(C) jonathan.greives@nrc.gov
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SID Notice: 08/24/20 I 8 FOR OFf!ClAL USE 01'<~LY - UMITED DlSTRIBUTlON SID#: SID-0294 1 ; Limerick ; Open The fo llowing attached report may contain "law enforcement sensitive" i11formation. Please do nol relay this information to individuals who do not have a "need to know" .
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From: Young. Matt To: Lew. David: Lorson. Raymond: Pelton. David: Krohn. Paul: Yerokun. Jjmj: Welling. Blake Cc: Grejyes. Jonathan: carfang. Erin: Pimitriadjs. Anthony: Jackson. Donald: ~ ; McKinley. Raymond : QenteJ..
~ ; Barber Scott: Shaffer steve: Rosebrook Andrew; Ayala Juan; Hardgrove Matthew; Bogugewski Peter:
Safouri . Christopher; Allen. Eben; Beacon. Daniel The remaining 31 pages of the
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- Official Use Only - Exelon Drop In Pre-Brief Information*** attachment discusses topics that are Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 2:57:15 PM not related to drones, and are being Attachments: Exelon Proo-in 10-24-2018 Briefing Package Eioai,docx withheld as non-responsive records Attached is an updated Pre-brief package. I have fixed some minor editorial issues and added a paragraph on "Project Legacy" to the Personnel/Org Changes section.
Official Use Only Sensitive lute, ual and Security-Related Information Pre Decisional Exelon Drop-in Visit to NRC Region I October 24, 2018 Exelon Attendees Chris Mudrick, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Exelon Nuclear Tom Dougherty, Senior Vice President, Mid-Atlantic Operations, Exelon Nuclear George Gellrich, Vice President - Licensing, Regulatory Affairs, and Corporate Security Jim Barstow, Director, Mid-Atlantic Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Exelon Nuclear Dave Helker, Manager, Mid-Atlantic Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Exelon Nuclear Dave Gudger, Manager for Mid-Atlantic Licensing Northeast, Exelon Generation - Nuclear, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania Exelon General Discussion Topics
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- Exelon Physical Security Issues Increased drone activities in the past year at several Exelon sites. Speclfically Limerick has had several SID reports in the past few months reporting that several drones were observed flying over the owner controlled area. Exelon is working with local and federal law enforcement agencies to address the issue. NSIR is engaged with other agencies to address drones in general Non-Responsive Record 2
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From: Bawer. Fred To: Diane Screnci /Diane Screnci@nrc goy)i Scott. Michael Cc: ~ ; Neil Sheehan rNeH Sheehan@nrc.gov); Barber. Scott: Esch. Nicole; Greives. Jonathan: ~
Siln:lJ.!e!; l.iD.....f!rifi; matthew.fannon@nrc.gov; Meier. Peter; Rutenkroger. Scott /Scott.Rutenkroger@nrc.gov\:
Jurmn Andrey: Ennis. Bick; Hughey John
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ACE LITTER: Attend NRC meeting May 21 to voice concerns about Limerick nuke plant Date: Thursday, May 21, 2015 7:14:00 AM Info Only The Mercury (http://www,pottsmerc.com )
LETTERS: Attend NRC meeting May 21 to voice concerns about Limerick nuke plant Wednesday, May 20. 2015 Diane Screnci's April 19 letter claiming "Safety is primary concern of NRC" is refuted by reality.
If NRC's primary concern was safety, NRC would be closing Limerick Nuclear Plant as soon as possible, NRC has in fact shown reckless disregard for the consequences of Limerick Nuclear Plant operations on the people in the Greater Philadelphia Region , Despite ACE's repeatedly expressed public concerns on a broad range of unprecedented health and safety issues related to Limerick, NRC's responses have shown that NRC really doesn't care about health and safety. NRC's reckless disregard is identified by inaction related to Limerick's threats and harms below:
- More radiation releases from Limerick using high-bum fuel
- Radioactive contamination of vital drinking water resources
- Depletion and pollution of drinking water for almost two million people from Pottstown to Philadelphia
- Massive PMIO air pollution (more deadly than ozone) from Limerick's cooling towers
- Faster corrosion of equipment and systems than estimated
- Unprecedented earthquake risk could result in Fukushima-like multiple meltdowns
- Tons of deadly high-level radioactive wastes piling up on-site, in our back yard, with no long-term safe solution
- More dangerous high-level radioactive waste storage and transport from using high bum fuel
- Limerick is less safe four years after Fukushima, NRC failed to require Exelon comply with NRC's post Fukushima recommendations to minimize meltdown risks
- Inadequate safeguards against terrorists air strikes, missiles, drones and cyber attack threats
- Derailment and/or explosions from crude oil bomb trains traveling through the Limerick site Costs to Exelon always trump public safety in NRC decisions. Exelon is making a mockery of NRC's 2012 Post-Fukushima Orders to prevent meltdowns. NRC is allowing Exelon to delay costs of compliance (for up to seven years, maybe longer),
That seriously jeopardizes the health and financial interests of millions of people in the Greater Philadelphia Region because NRC' s 2012 recommendations were about mitigating meltdown risks at Limerick, Meltdown threats are increasing dramatically at Limerick from massive fracking that can trigger earthquakes, to tornado wind/missile hazards, and cyber and drone attacks. Yet, Limerick' s Fukushima like reactors are no safer now than before the Fukushima meltdowns in 2011:
- Despite increasing risks for Limerick meltdowns, NRC allowed Exelon to avoid costs for radiation filters. In 2012, NRC's own staff said these filters were imperative, regardless of cost to industry, because the vents installed to minimize explosions would become "radioactive fire hoses into the sky." Three years after NRC's 2012 orders, Exelon still doesn't even have plans completed for vents.
- Despite increasing risk of earthquakes from fracking, and the unprecedented risk of meltdowns from Limerick's reactors and fuel pools built with substandard cement directly over fault fractures, NRC is ignoring risks. Four other earthquake faults are within 17 miles of Limerick. Even the August 23, 2011 Virginia earthquake jolted Limerick. Miles of Limerick's underground pipes and cables vital to preventing meltdowns can be disrupted, yet are not actually inspected. Often, NRC allows Limerick's monitoring systems to remain inoperable for long periods of time, even over a year sometimes. NRC's solution to Limerick's unprecedented earthquake risks: Allow Exelon until 2019 to complete a "self serving seismic study." Hardly risk reduction!
- Despite increasing tornado risks, even in our region, NRC admitted in its March 17 audit report that Limerick is not reasonably protected against the tornado wind/missile hazard. Equipment needed to mitigate a tornado would not be available.
NRC' s PR people appear to be either uninformed or ethically challenged. How could Ms.
Screnci claim NRC cares about safety?
NRC is holding a public meeting at the Limerick Township Building Thursday, May 21 ,
(right before Memorial Day weekend). Another tactic to limit public participation. If you can attend, please talk to ACE members with graphics identifying all the reasons why NRC should close Limerick if they really care about our safety. For more information see www acereport.org or email aceactivjsts@comcast.net.
-Donna Cuthbert ACE URL: http://www.pottsmerc,comlopioion/201 50520/letten-attmd-nrc-meetiog-may to-voice-concern s-about-Iimerick-nuke-pl ant
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From: Bower, Fred To: "Margaret Thompson": "Laurie Pinkham": "G Scott Barber rScott.Barber@nrc.gov\": Klukan. Brett: ~
Turilin"; Ennis. Rick Cc: Scott Michael: .llieb...J::!o; Diane Screnci /Diane.Screnci@nrc.gov\: Neil Sheehan (Neil.Sheehan@nrc.gov) : llift.
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ACE"s AAM Document Submittal Attachment public at Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 7:10:00 AM ML15146A226 Attachments: NRC HAS LOST TOUCH WITH REALITY,odf (b)(5)
All others, FYI only Thanks all, Fred
From: Bower, Fred To: Zjedonis. Adam
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RE: NRC Daily News Brief - July 30, 2020 Date: Thursday, July 30, 2020 10:20:00 AM Thanks for shari ng. I had not seen it In the news clips yet.
I vague ly remember it bei ng in a SID from last year; however, they are not widely distributed. You may or may not be aware that well before that, Limerick experienced something similar if I recal l correct ly.
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NRC Da il y News Brief- Ju ly 30, 2020 Good morning, Please find the attached NRC Daily News Brief for Ju ly 30, 2020. The Daily News Brief can also be found at httos://nrc.barbaricumanalvtics.com/Home/Da llv.
From: Gce!ves Jonathan To: Bower. Fred
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RE: SID Notice: 08/10/2018 Date: Friday, August 10, 2018 12:10:36 PM Thanks. Yeah , Scott is looking into that He already provided them feedback that he expected a call, but we're going to confirm what they should have done by procedure.
Scott indicated they're going through a revision to that procedure right now.
From: Bower, Fred Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 12:04 PM To: Grelves, Jonathan <Jonath an.Gre 1ves@nrc.gov>
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Re : SID Notice: 08/10/2018 Jon, Another thought Exelon has a procedure for when to notify the resident staff The residents should check to verify if the procedure was properly implemented for thjs event and consider feedback to t he licensee or a request for a procedw-e revision.
Sent from my iPho ne On: 10 August 201 8 11:33 ,
"Greives, Jonathan" <Jonathan.Greives@nrc gov> wrote:
Thanks Dan. We've had drone flyovers at plants before and f envision we'll have many more in the future. This may have been a little different because it was m ultiple drones. Does anyone know how this has been communicated in tbe past?
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From: Schroeder, Dan iel Sent: Friday, August I 0, 20 I 8 11:30 AM To: Greives, Jonathan <Jonathan Grejves@nrc.gov>; Bower, Fred <Fred.Bower@nrc gov>;
D imitriadis, Anthony <Anthony.Dimitriadis@nrc.gov>; Ferdas, Marc <Marc.Fcrdas@nrc.~ov>;
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RE: SID Notice: 08/ I 0/201 8 Because of the uniq ueness of the threat and public concern over drone attacks, this should have been e levated last night.
1 feel it would have been prudent to communicate based on the perception of a threat. If a re porter called the region tbis morning, it would be be tter for them to be prepared to address tbe questions.
Dan
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From: Grcives, Jonathan Sent: Friday, August I0, 2018 I 0:43 AM To: Bower, Fred <Fred Bower@nrc gov>; Dimitriadis, Anthony <Anthon>' Dimitriadjs@nrc gov>;
Ferdas, Marc <Marc Ferdas@nrc.gov>; Schroeder, Daniel <Danje].Schroeder@nrc gov>; Cah ill, Christopher <Christopher Cahm@nrc gov>; Young, Matt <Matt Young@nrc gov>
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FW: STD Notice: 08/ 10/20 18 FYI- Got feedback from Ray that he would have expected a call on this last night. In this case, the site didn't call the SR I, and therefore I was not notified. We woLdd have expected that based on a change in security posture l(b)(?)(F) land notification of offsite.
That said, given that by the time I would have been notified by the SRI, the event wou ld have been over and it wasn't threatenjng behavior, not sure I would have called the DD/DDD anyway and probably would have sent a text.
Just sharing for awareness if you would have taken the same approach as me. Let me know if you have different thoughts or if1f'm way off on what I would have done...still tryLng to figure out this whole BC thing!
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From: Cahill, Christopher Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 7:46 AM To: McKinley, Raymond <Raymond McKin1ey@nrc.gov>; Greives, Jonathan
<Jonathan.Greivcs@nrc.gov>; Rutenkroger, Scott <Scott.Rutenkroger@orqNY>
Sllbject: FW: SID Notice: 08/ I0/2018
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srn Notice: 08/ l 0/20 18 liGR OFFIClAL USE ONLY - LITvllTED DISTRIBUTION SID#: SID-02938 ; Limerick ; Open The following attached report may contain "law enforcement sensitive" i11fonnation. Please do not relay this information to individuals who do not have a "need to know".
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From: Nct<iolev, Raymond To: KJukan Brett: Teator. Ieffi:eY Subjecb RE:-ooe--SID Distribution- Llmeridt Drone SWilrm Ayover Date: Thursday, August 16, 2018 8:S4:42 PM Yes, from what I have since learned, your description is accurate.
Thanks.
Ray From: Klukan, Brett Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 12:05 AM To: Teator, Jeffrey <Jeffrey.Teator@nrc.gov>; McKinley, Raymond <Raymond.McKinley@nrc.gov>
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RE: 000- SID Distribution- Limerick Drone Swarm Flyover Ray ,
I'm no expert but I'm not sure what FAA program the security manager is referencing. I'm guessing that he's thinking of a gee-fencing feature (voluntarily) implemented by certain drone manufacturers such as OJI, for certain models or drones ((1) bttps llwww.heliguy.com/blog/2017/02/16/heliguys..guide-to-geofeociog/: (2) bttps*llwww theatlaotic com/technology/archive/2017/03/dranes-,ov,s,ble-fence-president/5183610. Such features rely on data provided by FAA to establish "no-fly-zones." However, just to be clear, not all drones are equipped with this kind of safety technology
- Cheers, Brett From: Teator, Jeffrey Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 1:52 PM To: McKinley, Raymond <E...iu:w nd M t ral '" rr:iiu,< ,,,w>; Klukan, Brett <l,rL*lt Klukan@on Jr >
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Re:~ SID Distribution- Limerick Drone Swarm Flyover Got it Ray. Thanks. Jeff On: 10 August 2018 12:56, "McKinley, Raymond"
OUO SECURITY RELATED INFORMATION Brett and Jeff, FYI.
RayM
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FW: OUO- SID Distribution- Limerick Drone Swarm Flyover Importance: High 000 - SECORI f Y RELA I ED INFORMATION
- All, We bad an unusual drone swarm fly over Limerick last night. There was no overt threat, but the activity was hjghly wmsual. Several drones were involved which appeared to be on a pre-programmed flight path. We also had a picture taker with a telephoto lens in the OCA earlier in the day, but the individual left the scene before security could engage the individual.
I spoke with the Security Manager today, and I learned something new. Apparently, the FAA has a program embedded in drones that will force the drones to land if they fly within a certain bubble around PA. You have to get a code from the FAA to defeat that feature if you want to fly inside that "bubble". ln this case, Security thinks that these drones were able to fly through the "bubble" over the PA, so they either had the FAA code or they were able to hack through the FAA program. I am not sure if any of you knew about this drone feature. It would be great if someone from NSJR could contact FAA to learn more about this feature and communicate it out to everyone for awareness.
Also, take a look at the thread below. My new Deputy RA (Ray Lorson) asked a good question regarding our response. While I think we handled this particular issue appropriately in terms of our response, I think we may need to add a section to our lAT procedure to provide some additional guidance for drones. Specifically, what might constitute a sufficie nt "threat" to trigger an IAT call or other NRC actions? We should probably discuss this on our next NSIR/Regional Branch Chief Counterparts caJI.
I did contact the ILTAB Duty Officer~b)(7)(C) ~oday just for awareness. We have seen previous activity similar to this at Dia lo Canyon m the past, but no recent activity to suggest coordination with this new incident at Limerick. This may be worthy of mentioning at an upcoming Threat Brief.
Please feel free to share this with anyone having a need to know that I missed.
Ray McKinley Chief, Plant Support Branch U .S. NRC Region I OUO - SECUR:ITY RELATED INFURMA I ION
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From: McKinley, Raymond Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 9:57 AM
To: Lorson, Raymond <Ra>mond.Lorson@nrc gov>; Yerokun, Jimi < J1mi,Yerokun@nrc.gov>;
Welling, Blake <Blake Wellim:@nrc- GOY>; Greives, Jonathan <JQ,.a1han Cireives(q'nrc l,"!QY>; Pelton, David < Dayjd Pdton@nrc go)>
Cc: Caron, Dana <Dana Carorna11 re ~ov>; Cherubini, John <John Chernbioi@orc ~en>
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RE:-OUO- SID Distribution- Limerick Drone Flyover OUO - SECURITY RELATED INFORMATION' l would characterize this activity as very unusual but non-threatening. From my perspective, threatening activity would include extreme low altitude maneuvers over equipment or buildings that could potentially cause damage, actually cause damage or personnel injury, or landing in the PA or critical OCA areas such as the switchyards. 1 agree that it would be helpful to have a defined threshold for escalated NRC engagement. We will follow up with our peers.
- Thanks, RayM
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From: Lorson, Raymond Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 9:28 AM To: McKfoley, Raymond <Ramwnd \t1cKmk_y@urc ~*n >; Yerokun, Jimi
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RE: 8Be- SID Distribution- Limerick Drone Flyover Ray - thanks. Agree with reaching out. l am not familiar with the airspace restrictions but it sounds like part of the flite was over the plant; in any event we should engage NSIR and develop a consistent approach for how to react to events like this. I am not clear how we differentiate a threat flyover from a non-threat flyover?
Ray
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From: McKinley, Raymond Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 9:25 AM To: Lorson, Raymond <Ravmond I orson(dl~>; Yerokun, Jimi < Jimj Ycmkun ulnrc ruv>;
Welling, Blake < Blake Wellimnzimc,i:QY>; Greives, Jonathan <.Jonathan G1\*1vcs@rm; vsw>; Pelton,
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David <Dn I eltonw*orc ~ov>
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RE: 00-Q- SID Distribution- Limerick Drone Flyover No. There was no threat and the drones were operating in unrestricted airspace under FAA regulations. We will engage the ILTAB duty officer for awareness. This type of activity has occurred at other facilities such as Diablo Canyon. Worthy of note, but no need for an IAT call.
RayM
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From: Lorson, Raymond Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 9:21 AM To: McKinley, Raymond < Ra)*mqnd,Ms,Kmk)'. a nrc i,:,,, >; Yerokun. Jimi
<Iirui Yerokun@nrc r,ov>; Welling, Blake <Blake Wel)jn~@nrc: i:ov>; Greives, Jonathan
<lonathan.Grejve:,(g'nr~ i,:ov>; Pelton, David <David Pc)too@mc i:O\>
Subject:
FW: CUO- SID Distribution- Limerick Drone Flyover Jimi et el:
Should a coordinated flyover like this have triggered an ILTAB call?
Ray
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From: Greives, Jonathan Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 7:30 AM To: Bickett, Brice <~.a ~nrc,ioy>; Crisden, Cherie <Urne,C0>den@nrc ~ov>; Tiffi, Doug <Dou2 T;rn,,i-ncc 2ov>; Sheehan, Neil <Ned Sheehan@na; ~ov>; Screnci, Diane
<Dume Screnci@nrc 2ov>; Lorson, Raymond <Raymond I orson@nrc l;PY> ; Pelton, David
<David Pc!ton@orc ~ov>; Yerokun, Jimi <Jjnu Ycrokunf,)nrc !!UY>; Welling, Blake
<Bfakc.Wellioe@nrc ~ov>; Lew, David <David Lcw@mc ~uv>; Giessner, John
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Cc: McJGnJey, Raymond <Raymond,McKjnley@nrc i:ov>; Caron, Dana <.Qana.C'aron~nrc i!PY>;
Cherubini, John <Jobu.rberubioi(?i1nn; ~o, >; Barber, Scott <ScoH Barbt*rccunr~..&OY>; Rutenkroger, Scott <Scot\ Bwrnkrnl'cr@nrc 1;ov>; Beacon, Daniel <Darnel Beacon@nrc,eov>; Fannon, Matthew
<~iattht-w l*armon,tl;mt ~oy>; Turilin, Andrey <Andrey I milio@orc ~oy>
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Ut:10- SID Distribution- Limerick Drone Flyover All, See attached for more details, but in summ re was a coordinated flyover of 4-6 drones at the Limerick PA. Secuµ*~C!l':tll:a..1~:.tf.L _.....1aw1.nm1~U.LJ:A.~:ia.;were unable to find the responsible individuals. (b)(7)(F) Limerick also made voluntary notifications to the FAA and FBJ.
PB4 will coordinate with DRS and PAOs/SLOs for any additional information or follow-up.
Jon Jonathan Greives, Chief Projects Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission- Region 1 610-337-5337 (W)
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From: Hoc, HOO X Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 5:53 AM To: Hoc, HOO X <HOO I wc,a* uc gov>
Subject:
SID Notice: 08/10/2018 FOR OFFICJAL USE 01\'LY LIMITED DISTRIBUTION SID#: SID-02938 ; Limerick ; Open The following attac hed report may contain "law enforcement sensitive" information. Please do not relay this information to individuals who do not have a "need to know".
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(U//FOUO) As you know, drone flights over NPPs are becoming more and more common (including two recent incidents at Limerick involving multiple drones during hours of darkness). The attached Joint Intelligence Bulletin is being forwarded to you for your situational awareness.
(Ul/FOUO) Since it is a OHS product, it cannot be shared with licensees without the specific approval of OHS. However, those licensee security managers who have HSIN accounts should be able to pull it up Greg l(b)(?)(C)
Sr. Intelligence Specialist Intelligence Liaison & Threat Assessment Team US. NRG l(b)(7)(C) rg:oe) 2in-color-nrc-Togo I ej Non-Responsive Record
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FW: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles One-Pager Date: Thursday, October 22, 2020 9:43:23 AM Attachments: imaoe002.ono From: Dimitriadis, Anthony Sent: Monday, March 4, 2019 2:47 PM To: Cline, Leonard <Leonard Clioe@nrc gov>: Boguszewski, Peter <Feter Boguszewski@nrc.gov>
Cc: Ziedonis, Adam <Adam.Ziedorns@nrc.gov>
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FW: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles One-Pager One more Anthony Dimitriadis, Chief Projects Branch 5 Division of Reactor Projects l'~-* .....'11..
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US NRC Region I 2100 Renaissance Blvd King of Prussia, PA 19406 Telephone: 610-337-6953 (office)
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From: Welling, Bla ke Sent: Monday, March 04, 2019 2:34 PM To: Dimitriad is, Anthony <Anthony Dimjtriad1s@orc gov>
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FW: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles One-Pager From: Welling, Bla ke Sent: Friday, August 31, 2018 11:22 AM To: Lew, David <David Lew@nrc gov>; Giessner, John <John Gjessner@nrc gov>
Cc: Yerokun, Jimi </jmj Yerokun@nrc goy>
Subject:
FW: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles One-Pager Dave/Jack, NSIR just shared this one-pager with us. It mentions the multiple drone flights around
Limerick this month Blake From: Curtis, David Sent: Friday, August 31, 2018 11:02 AM To: Miller, Chris <Chrjs.Miiler@nrc eov>; King, Michael <Michael King2@nrc gov>; Bai ley, Marissa
<Marissa.Badey@nrc.gov>; Clark, Jeff <Jeff C!ark@nrc.gov>; Franke, Mark <Mark.Franke@nrc gov>;
Gody, Tony <Tonv.Gody@nrc gov>; Lantz, Ryan <Ryan.Lantz@nrc.gov>; Lara, Julio
<Julio Lara@nrc gov>; Lorson, Raymond <Raymond Lorson@nrc gov>; Louden, Patrick
<Patrick.Louden@nrc.gov>; Miller, Mark <Mark.Miller@nrc gov>; Munday, Joel
<Joel Munday@ncc 1:ov>; O'Brien, Kenneth <Kenneth.O"Brien@nrc.gov>; Pelton, David
<Pav1d Pelton@nrc gov>; Pretzello, Andrew <Andrew Pretzello@nrc gov>; Pruett, Troy
<Troy Pruett@nrc gov>; Shuaibi, Mohammed <Mohammed Shuaibi'@nrc gov>; Vegel, Anton
<Anton Yegel@orc eov>; Yerokun, Jimi <Jimi Yerokun@nrc eov>; Helton, Shana
<Shana Helton@nrc gov>; Welling, Blake <Blake Weiling@nrc gov>
Subject:
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles One-Pager As I mentioned during the Bi-Weekly HQ and Region al Division Directors Meeting this morning, attached is a one-pager on the current staff activities related to drones and NRC licensed facilities. This one-pager is intended to supplement the information Jim Andersen provided you in a message on August 13 th .
If you h ave additional questions or would like to discuss, please let me know.
David Curtis Deputy Director Division of Physical and Cyber Security Policy Office of Nuclear Security a nd Incident Response U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (o) 30 1-287-3607 (m) l(b)(?)(C) I 1n