ML18278A039

M181029: Welcome Letter to L. Cox

ML18278A039
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Issue date:	10/04/2018
From:	Annette Vietti-Cook NRC/SECY
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASH INGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 SECRETARY October 4, 2018 Mr. Lee Cox, Chief Radiation Protection Section Dept of Health and Human Services 5505 Creedmoor Rd., First Floor Raleigh , NC 27612

Dear Mr. Cox:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is pleased that you will participate in a public Commission briefing on Transformation at the NRC, on October 29, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. The Commission is interested in hearing North Carolina's perspective on the NRC staff's transformation recommendations and additional views on transformation for the agency. The NRC staff's recommendations were provided in policy paper, SECY-18-0060 Achieving Modern Risk-Informed Regulation, which is available (with enclosures) on our public website here:

https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML 1811/ML18110A186.html. The meeting will be held in the Commissioners' Conference Room on the first floor of the NRC's Headquarters building at One White Flint North, Rockville, Maryland. I am enclosing a copy of the meeting agenda for your information. My staff will keep you informed of any updates to the agenda.

To assist the Commission in preparing for the meeting , please e-mail any written material, including slides, to Ms. Denise McGovern (Denise.McGovern@nrc.gov), Mr. Glenn Ellmers (Glenn.Ellmers@nrc.gov), and Ms. Pamela Shea (Pamela .Shea@nrc.gov) in the Office of the Secretary, by October 22, 2018, so that it can be distributed to the Commission for review in advance of the meeting. PowerPoint is the preferred format, but other electronic presentation formats may be used. This Commission meeting will be webcast live at the Web address:

www.nrc.gov, and materials provided for the meeting will be posted on the NRC public website prior to the meeting : http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/commission/tr/. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Ellmers this week at 301-415-0442, or Ms. McGovern at 301-415-0681 after October 5.

Your presentation at the Commission meeting should be based on the assumption that Commissioners are familiar with the content of your written material. Please plan your oral presentation for about five (5) minutes, discussing the important points on which you wish to focus the Commission 's attention. Please avoid the use of acronyms where possible. If you do use acronyms, please explain them during your presentation.

The NRC Headquarters building is located opposite the White Flint Metro Station on Rockville Pike and Marinelli Drive, Rockville , Maryland. The White Flint Metro Station is on the Red Line of the Washington area subway system . Reserved visitor parking for Commission guests is available. If you wish to use reserved parking , please notify Mr. Ellmers or Ms. McGovern in advance. If reserved parking has been arranged , please check-in with the security staff at the

entrance to the NRC campus on Marinelli Drive when you arrive. A Security Guard will call for an escort.

Please note that visitors will be screened through metal detectors, will have their packages X-rayed, and will be required to present a picture identification card prior to signing in at the registration desk.

Sincerely,

~~-~Annette L. Vietti-Cook

Enclosures:

Draft Agenda

DRAFT: 10/4/18

Title:

TRANSFORMATION AT THE NRC (Public)

Purpose:

The purpose of the meeting is to provide the Commission with a discussion of the NRC staff's transformation recommendations and external stakeholders' views on transformation .

Scheduled: October 29, 2018 9:00 a.m.

Duration: Approx. 3 hours3.472222e-5 days <br />8.333333e-4 hours <br />4.960317e-6 weeks <br />1.1415e-6 months <br /> Location: Commissioners' Conference Room, 1st fl OWFN NRC Staff 15 mins.*

Dan Dorman, Acting Deputy Executive Director for Materials, Waste, Research, State, Tribal, Compliance, Administration, and Human Capital Programs Andrea Kock, Deputy Director, Division of Decommissioning , Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs, NMSS Topic:

Overview of transformation initiatives and recommendations Commission Q & A 5 mins.

Panel 1 30 mins.

Maria Korsnick, Chief Operating Officer, Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) 5 mins.

Dale Atkinson, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Nuclear Officer, NuScale 5 mins.

Power, LLC Geoffrey H. Fettus, Senior Attorney, Nuclear, Climate & Clean Energy 5 mins.

Program, Natural Resources Defense Council [Invited]

Ms. Anna Jerry, International Representative, International Brotherhood 5 mins.

of Electrical Workers [Invited]

Danny Bost, Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer, 5mins.

Southern Nuclear Lee Cox, Chief, Radiation Protection Section, North Carolina Department 5mins.

of Environment and Natural Resources Topic:

• Perspectives on NRC Staff transformation recommendations

• Stakeholder suggestions for other ideas the agency should explore Commission Q & A 50 mins.

Break 5 mins.

Panel2 30 mins.*

Mr. Bryan Hanson, Senior Vice President, Exelon Generation, and 5 mins.

President and Chief Nuclear Officer, Exelon Nuclear Josh Freed, Vice President for the Clean Energy Program, 5mins.

Third Way [/nvitedj Adnan Khayyat, Radiation Control Program Director, Illinois Emergency 5 mins.

Management Dave Lochbaum 5 mins.

TBD, 5mins.

Westinghouse Electric Company Heather Westra, Consultant, Prairie Island Indian Community 5mins.

Topic:

• Perspectives on NRC Staff transformation recommendations

• Stakeholder suggestions for other ideas the agency should explore Commission Q & A 50 mins.

Discussion - Wrap-Up 5 mins.

• For presentation only and does not include time for Commission Q & A's 2