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G20110717/LTR-11-0547/EDATS: SECY-2011-0528 - Email Response to Thomas Saporito NRC Transparency

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Site:	Browns Ferry, North Anna
Issue date:	09/30/2011
From:	Rakovan L J NRC/EDO, NRC/RGN-II
To:	Saporito T Saprodani Associates
Rakovan L J
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From:Garland, StephanieSent:Thursday, December 08, 2011 3:02 PM To:Garland, Stephanie

Subject:

FW: NRC Transparency From: Rakovan, Lance Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 10:38 AM

To: saporito3@gmail.com

Cc: Landau, Mindy; Harrington, Holly; DeMiranda, Oscar

Subject:

RE: NRC Transparency Mr. Saporito -

You e-mail was forwarded to me to respond to. I am a Senior Communications Assistant at the

NRC and facilitate many of our public meetings.

First of all, let me apologize for what I will characterize as the "stacking" of NRC public meetings

involving subjects stakeholders might be interested in. I can assure you

that we are serious about

involving the public in our processes and do not wish to create any

circumstances that would

prevent members of the public from participating in our public meetings.

Unfortunately, conducting

such a large number of public meetings means there will be times when

conflicts occur with our

scheduling, especially when different staff members are scheduling

meetings under different

constraints. I agree that we can do better when it comes to avoiding

conflicts and will speak with

the staff that are in charge of our public meeting schedule about

monitoring our schedule closer to

take steps to, if at all possible, avoid these kinds of situations in

the future. I will also take steps to

communicate with staff in general and provide guidance on avoiding these

types of conflicts.

In the meantime, I will check with the staff that are in charge of the three meetings you noted to

see if any of them are being transcribed, summarized or otherwise

captured in a way that you can

know what discussions occurred at these meetings.

Please let me know if you have any questions, Lance J Rakovan Senior Communications Specialist

Office of the Executive Director for Operations

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Washington, DC 20555

(301) 415-2589

(301) 415-2700 fax

lance.rakovan@nrc.gov

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From: saporito3@gmail.com [1] On Behalf Of

Thomas Saporito Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 7:27 AM To: Jaczko, Gregory

Cc: DeMiranda, Oscar

Subject:

NRC Transparency

Dear Chairman Jaczko:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has maintained that it is a

transparent agency

affording members of the public ample opportunity to participate in NRC

meetings held with

agency licensees so that the public may better understand the operations

of the agency.

However, recent scheduling activities by the NRC demonstrate that the

agency holds little

regard for the public's interest and availability to attend and

participate in scheduled NRC

public meetings.

For example: the NRC currently has the following public meetings

scheduled:

• October 3rd, at 9am central time - Entergy Operations - regulatory

conference - public

meeting

• October 3rd, at 1pm eastern time - North Anna Earthquake AIT -

Public Meeting

• October 3rd, at 1pm eastern time - Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant -

public meeting

As can be seen from the above, the NRC's scheduling process leaves much

to be desired and

seriously limits the public's ability to attend the agency's schedule

public meetings. Thus, the

public is FORCED to choose which NRC meeting to attend!

It is respectfully requested that the Commission ORDER its subordinate

Regional Offices to

reschedule the above meetings to allow members of the public a fair

opportunity to attend ALL

of the above scheduled public meetings. Moreover, please ensure that all

future NRC public

meetings are coordinated to permit members of the public to attend each

meeting.

Kind regards,

______________________________________

Thomas Saporito, Senior Consultant

Email: thomas@saprodani-associates.com

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