ML18283B575

M181029: Welcome Letter to T. Allen

ML18283B575
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Issue date:	10/10/2018
From:	Annette Vietti-Cook NRC/SECY
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 SECRETARY October 10, 2018 Dr. Todd Allen Senior Visiting Fellow Third Way 1025 Connecticut Ave . NW, Suite 400 Washington , DC 20036

Dear Dr. Allen:

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 Third Way'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) 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 Ms. McGovern at 301-415-0681.

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 bu ilding 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 Comm ission guests is available. If you wish to use reserved parking , please notify 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: 10/10/18 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, President and Chief Operating Officer, 5 mins.

Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)

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 TBD, International Representative, International Brotherhood 5 mins.

of Electrical Workers

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

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

of Health and Human Services Topic:

• Perspectives on NRG Staff transformation recommendations

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

Break 5 mins.

Panel2 30 mins.*

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

President and Chief Nuclear Officer, Exelon Nuclear Dr. Todd Allen, Senior Visiting Fellow, Third Way 5mins.

Adnan Khayyat, Radiation Control Program Director, Illinois Emergency 5mins.

Management Agency Dave Lochbaum 5mins.

Jose Emeterio Gutierrez, President and Chief Executive Officer, 5mins.

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

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 Documents:

Slides due to NRC: October 22, 2018 2