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Official Transcript of Proceedings

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Title: Davis-Besse License Renewal Public Meeting - Afternoon Session

Docket Number: (n/a)

Location: Port Clinton, Ohio

Date: Thursday, November 4, 2010

Work Order No.: NRC-524 Pages 1-46

NEAL R. GROSS AND CO., INC. Court Reporters and Transcribers 1323 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 234-4433

NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nealrgross.com 1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING

PROCESS FOR DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR STATION

LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION

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THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSION

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

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PORT CLINTON, OHIO

The Public Meeting convened at Camp Perry Lodging

and Conference Center, Camp Perry Military Reservation, 1000 Lawrence Road, Port Clinton, Ohio.

Present on behalf of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission:

RICHARD BARKLEY

DAVID WRONA

BRIAN HARRIS

PAULA COOPER

SCOTT BURNELL

ALLAN BAKER

APRIL BEHAULT

JOHN RUTKOWSKI

DAN KIMBLE

ADAM WILSON NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nealrgross.com 2 I N D E X Welcome and Introductions, Richard Barkley. . . 3

Overview of License Renewal Process, Brian Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Overview of Environmental Review Process, Paula Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Closing Comments, Davis Wrona . . . . . . . . . 45

Adjourn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nealrgross.com 1 P R O C E E D I N G S Afternoon Session

1:30 p.m.

MR. BARKLEY: My name is Richard Barkley.

I'm the meeting facilitator for the meeting this

afternoon, and I'm very pleased to see we have a good

turnout this afternoon. We'll probably have a larger

turnout this evening for this meeting. This is on the

Environmental Impact Statement for Davis-Besse's license

renewal request.

And, what I'm going to do is go over to few

ground rules of how we conduct this public meeting. We

want to get your comments in and everyone gets a fair

share of time and the Court Reporter can actually

clearly hear your remarks.

First of all, if you would like to speak, please sign up on the yellow card up at the front. We

have at least ten people who want to speak at this point

in time. So, I will call you in the specific order to

go through and make sure we cover all the groups that

are interested in speaking.

To be fair to everyone, please limit your

remarks to a reasonable period of time. I normally ask

people to keep their remarks to five minutes. Since we

only have about ten speakers, we can give you a little NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nealrgross.com 2 more latitude than that, and we'll work through and make sure you get a fair share of time but not too much time

as we go through.

In the interest of efficiency, I will call

three people to come up and speak. That seems to be the

most efficient, so the first one will come to the

microphone, whichever one you feel comfortable at. You

can speak from this microphone or you can speak from the

podium. And, after we go through three, I will call

another three, so you have some time to prepare and are

ready to make your remarks.

I alternate typically between elected

officials and members of the public. That gives the

elected officials a chance to speak early but also

allows the public a chance to speak earlier as well.

So, we'll alternate back and forth.

Next item, please silence your cell phones

if you have one with you. Thank you very much. Again, please speak clearly into the microphone when you're

speaking because we do have a Court Reporter to record

these remarks, so we want to make sure we accurately

recover all your remarks. If you have it in a written

format, you can also turn those in to us as well.

I would ask in the interest of courtesy that

you do not interrupt the speaker when you're talking and NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nealrgross.com 3 speak only when at the microphone.

Again, written comments are welcome. If you

don't want to come to the microphone, you can turn in

written comments, and then the presenters here today

will talk to you about how you can formally turn in

written comments by mail between now and the latter part

of the month.

And, finally, if you have any questions or

concerns regarding how this meeting is being conducted, please come and see me. I will be glad to work through

any issues you may have.

I would like to introduce the NRC staff in

attendance at this meeting.

First, Dave Wrona is a Branch Chief from the

License Renewal Branch.

Secondly, Brian Harris, who is the Safety

Project Manager from NLR who will be making a

presentation coming up.

Paula Cooper, who is the Environmental

Project Manager from NLR, and she will also be making a

presentation this afternoon.

Scott Burnell, the Public Affairs Officer

from our headquarters office.

Allan Barker, the Region III State Liaison

Officer.

NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nealrgross.com 4 April Behault. She's a biologist with our Division of License Renewal.

John Rutkowski, he's the Senior Resident

Inspector at Davis-Besse, and Dave Kimble who I believe

will be replacing him in the near term.

And, finally, Adam Wilson, who is the

resident inspector.

At this point in time, I would like to turn

the meeting over to Brian Harris to make his

presentation.

MR. HARRIS: Good afternoon. My name is

Brian Harris, and I would like to thank you all for

coming out to this public information session today.

I'm NRC's Project Manager in charge of the Davis-Besse

license renewal application for Davis-Besse.

This meeting serves two purposes: To explain

the license renewal process and to gather your comments

on the environmental scoping. This slide points out two

parts of the meeting where you can get involved. We'll

have a question and answer session on the license

renewal process, and later we'll officially record your

environmental scoping comments.

Next slide, please. So, our first topic on

the agenda is the license renewal process overview. As

I said earlier, we're here to help you understand the NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nealrgross.com 5 license renewal process. I'll describe the safety review, and Ms. Paula Cooper will do the environmental

review.

So, before I get into the discussion of the

license renewal process, I would like to take a minute

to tell you about NRC, what we do and what our mission

is. We protect the public health and safety, promote

common defense and security and protect the environment

from radioactive materials that are used for civilian

purposes.

We accomplish this mission by establishing

rules and regulations, conducting inspections, issuing

enforcement actions, assessing licensing performance, and evaluating operating experience for nuclear plants

across the country and around the globe.

So, one of the ways that we protect public

health and safety is through our ongoing oversight of

nuclear power plants. The NRC's power plant oversight

covers topics such as emergency planning, security and

current safety performance every day through our

resident inspectors and additional staff at our Regional

Headquarters Offices.

For example, the NRC continues to evaluate

how First Energy is addressing the emergency

preparedness issue at Davis-Besse. The Agency issues a NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nealrgross.com 6 report on Monday of our inspection activity to this point. And, because we address security emergency

planning and current performance every day, we do not

reevaluate these issues in license renewal.

Another example of ongoing oversight is the

recent NRC mandated inspection of Davis-Besse's reactor

vessel head which reveal cracks in nozzles on the head.

While the cracks do not affect safe plant operation, the

NRC oversaw First Energy's repairs of the head and

ensured that the plant did everything necessary to keep

the plant operating safely before Davis-Besse started

this summer.

The NRC will continue to oversee these sorts

of inspection, maintenance and repair activities for

every operating plant regardless of whether the plant

has entered a new license period.

So, the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station was

originally licensed on April 22, 1977. The Atomic

Energy Act authorizes the NRC to grant a 40-year

operating license to nuclear power reactors. The plant

has been operating for 32 years under its 40-year

license, and Congress decided on the 40-year term for

economic considerations and antitrust factors, not on

safety or technical limitations. If the license is

renewed, it will then be valid until April 2037.

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(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nealrgross.com 7 License renewal involves two parallel reviews: A safety review and an environmental review.

These reviews evaluate separate aspects of the license

renewal application. The safety review focuses on the

aging of components and structures that the NRC deems

important to plant safety.

The staff's main objective is to ensure the

applicant can adequately manage the effects of aging on

the plant and will document results of our safety review

in our safety evaluation report, or SER.

For the environmental review, the staff

considers, evaluates and describes the environmental

impacts of operating the plant for an additional

20 years. The objective of the review is to determine

if the environmental impacts of the license renewal are

so great that license renewal would not become a

reasonable option. The staff prepares an Environmental

Impact Statement, or EIS, to document its environmental

review.

So, this diagram lays out the two review

paths as well as three other inputs to the Commission's

decision on whether or not to renew an operating

license, and one of their considerations is an

independent review of the staff's safety report by the

Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, or ACRS.

NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nealrgross.com 8 The ACRS is a group of scientists and nuclear safety experts who provide professional advice to the

Commission. Now, after reviewing the application, the

safety evaluation report and inspection findings, the

ACRS reports their findings and recommendations directly

to the Commission.

Hearings may also be conducted if interested

stakeholders submit concerns or contentions, and their

request for a hearing is granted. The Commission

considers the outcome of the hearing process in its

decision on whether or not to issue a new operating

license.

As part of the environmental review, the

staff consults with local, state, federal and travel

officials.

Now, I'm going to describe the license

renewal process in a little more detail with the safety

review, and Ms. Cooper will describe the environmental

review later.

So, the regulations governing a license

renewal are based on two principles: The first

principle is that the current regulations ensure that

the current licensing basis for all operating plants

provide and maintain an acceptable level of safety.

The second principle is that the plant's NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nealrgross.com 9 current licensing basis must be maintained during the renewal term. In other words, the same rule that

applies under the current license will apply to a

renewed license. In addition, a renewed license will

include conditions that must be met to ensure aging is

adequately managed so that the plant's current licensing

basis is maintained during the extended period of

operation.

The staff performs rigorous reviews of the

applicant's application and supporting documents, and

this review includes evaluating new and existing

programs and surveillance activities to determine

whether the effects of aging concerning plant structures

and components will be adequately monitored and managed.

The safety review also includes on site

audits to verify the applicant's technical basis and to

verify and confirm that the application accurately

describes the applicant's aging management programs and

activities. The staff documents the basis and

conclusions of its review in a public safety evaluation

report.

In addition, a team of specialized inspectors

travel to the site to verify that aging management

programs are being implemented, modified or planned

consistent with the license renewal application.

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(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nealrgross.com 10 The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards independently reviews the license renewal application

and the staff's safety evaluation report before making a

recommendation to the Commission regarding a proposed

action to a renewed operating license.

So, that concludes the safety review, and

I'll now hand it over to Ms. Paula Cooper.

MS. COOPER: Good afternoon. My name is

Paula Cooper. I'm the NRC's Environmental Project

Manager for Davis-Besse, and as Brian Harris described

previously in the safety review, I'm going to do the

bottom leg of the diagram and do the environmental

review.

The environmental review follows guidelines

set by the National Environmental Policy Act, also

referred to as NEPA. NEPA provides the basic

architectural review format for federal environmental

reviews requiring a systematic approach and advising the

potential impact of major federal action.

At the NRC, the license renewal application

is classified as a major federal action. The

environmental review considers the impact of the

proposed action and any mitigation for those impacts be

considered to be significant. We consider alternatives

to proposed action, even the impacts associated with not NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

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As you can see, you have several

opportunities to participate in the license renewal

process. A Federal Register notice and press release

will be issued for most of these opportunities. The

environmental review begins today with the scoping

activities that reveal important issues that need to be

analyzed. During the scoping, we want your comments on

the scope of the environmental review.

The public input is the second half of our

meeting today and will be discussed later in this

session.

After studying the range of environmental

impact, we will publish a draft Environmental Impact

Statement for public comment. At that time, we will

come back and have another public meeting and issue and

request your comments on that draft. Once we collect

your comments on that draft, we will then issue our

final Environmental Impact Statement.

The opportunity for a hearing permits those

who are directly affected by the licensing

qualification. A hearing will be conducted by the panel

of administrative law judges who are called the Atomic

Safety and Licensing Board, also referred to as the NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

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This is the important milestone to the

license renewal application process. The notice of

opportunity for hearing was published on October 25th, followed by the notice of intent for hearing, the EIS, and conduct scoping on October 29th.

The period for making comments or contentions

for a hearing closes on December 27th. If you have

comments regarding the environmental review, if you

would like to see a copy of today's meeting, you will

have the opportunity to do so until December 27th as

well.

In summary, before deciding to issue a

renewed operating license, the Commission considers the

following factors:

The staff safety review which is documented

in the safety evaluation report, the staff environmental

review which is documented in the Environmental Impact

Statement, NRC's findings and conclusions from the

sections, and the recommendation by the committee on

reactor safeguards, these hearings.

If a hearing is conducted, the absence of

that process is also taken into consideration. The

typical time frame for renewing a renewed license is

22 months for review, provided that no hearing is NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

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We have made available hard copies of the

license renewal application at the (indiscernible)

public library and the Toledo Lucas County Public

Library. When the draft Environmental Impact Statement

is available, it will also be available at those

libraries as well.

Several documents have been previously

gathered and can be found on the CD located on the table

here to my right. They include the generic

Environmental Impact Statement, the license renewal

application, the three Federal Registers that have been

published to date and a copy of the frequently-asked

questions for license renewal. You can also access all

these documents on the NRC website. The LRA can be

found on the website as well.

For information relating to the scoping

comments, you can review the regulations on site and

additionally to keep informed on aspects related to the

NRC at the website.

This concludes this presentation, and I'll

turn it back over to the facilitator.

Thank you.

MR. BARKLEY: Thank you. At this point in NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nealrgross.com 14 time, we would like to ask the audience if there are any questions regarding the license renewal process. This

is not an opportunity for you to provide comments on the

Environmental Impact Statement but, rather, an

opportunity for you to ask questions regarding this

process of the staff. If you have any questions, please

go ahead and move to the center microphone and staff

will answer them; and if not, we'll move into the

comment period.

(No Response)

MR. BARKLEY: No questions? Okay, how

about we move right into the comment period then.

MS. COOPER: All right, previously, we

had presented the license renewal process, and now we're

going on to the second stage of the presentation and

that's the environmental scoping.

This completes the previous presentation, and

I would like to highlight that we're on the second step

followed by the public scoping meeting.

Scoping meetings started on October 29th with

the notice of intent to prepare an EIS and to conduct

scoping was published.

In general, we were looking for sources of

information about the environmental impact of continued

operations at Davis-Besse that we should consider when NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nealrgross.com 15 we prepare our EIS.

You can assist us in that process by telling

us, for example, what aspect of your local community we

should focus on, what local environment and economic

aspect that the NRC should examine during our

environmental review and what reasonable alternatives

are most appropriate for the area.

These are just some examples of the input

we're look for, and they represent the kind of

information we are seeking through the environmental

scoping process. Your comments today should be helpful

in providing insight of this nature.

Through the environmental review, the NRC has

established a team of staff and contractors who are

experts in various fields and disciplines. This slide

gives you an idea of the various areas we're looking at

during the environmental review. They include

terrestrial and aquatic policies, environmental justice, hydrology and radiation.

For license renewal review, NRC's

environmental staff looks at a wide range of impact. We

consult with various federal, state and local officials

as well as leaders in Indian nations, gathering

pertinent information from these sources ensuring that

it is considered in our analysis. Examples include the NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

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This slide represents the different methods

for the public's scoping comments. It shows how to

mail, fax and submit through the internet on

regulations. The scoping comments are reviewed by

December 27, 2010. In general, we are looking for

information about the environmental impact from

continued operation of Davis-Besse.

We know you are the experts in your community

so your comments today will ensure a thorough review of

the environmental, social and economic issues the NRC

should examine during our environmental review and what

reasonable alternatives are most appropriate for this

region.

You are the primacy contacts for the NRC for

the license renewals for Davis-Besse, the Project

Manager, Brian Harris, and myself. If you have any

questions about today's meeting, we will be around to

answer questions following the meeting. If you have

questions after you leave today, you're more than

welcome to contact any one of us.

This concludes my presentation. Thank you.

MR. BARKLEY: Okay, thank you.

The first three people I would like to call NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nealrgross.com 17 are Mark Stahl of the Ottawa City Commission, and then Jere Witt of Ottawa County, and Fred Petersen of the

Ottawa County EMA.

If you would like to speak from this

microphone, that would be fine. Go ahead and lead

off.

MR. STAHL: Thanks, Mark.

Good afternoon. My name is Mark Stahl, and

I'm the President of Ottawa County Commissioners.

Ottawa County is successful because we surround

ourselves with successful community partners, and

Davis-Besse is one of those community partners, who we

look very favorably upon.

You will hear from some the other agencies, the nonprofits, the contributions that you make back to

our community helps us tremendously, and we greatly

appreciate that.

We also as Commissioners appreciate our NRC

partnership. We have had conversations with you, I

know, through the years, and we appreciate those

unbiased conversations that we've had in regard to

Davis-Besse.

So, I will let these two gentlemen fill you

in, but as President of the the Ottawa County

Commissioners, I'm here to offer our support to you, NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

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Thank you.

MR. WITT: Thanks, Mark. I appreciate you

putting Mark before Fred and I because he's our boss.

I'm Jere Witt. Many of you know me. I'm County

Administrator for Ottawa County. I've been with the

County for 32 years, and ironically when I looked at the

dates on there, I started with the County on July 20, 1978, and I believe the plant began operating in on July

31, 1978. So, we're pretty close on our birth dates

there.

I've been involved, as I said earlier, many

years with Davis-Besse and especially within the last

five to ten years. I was part of the restart overview

panel that worked for two years on the head issues. I

got my nuclear degree during that two years. I much

appreciated, and I really got a better feeling for

Davis-Besse and the nuclear industry.

I currently serve on the Company Nuclear

Review Board to ensure that Davis-Besse continues to

operate safely, and there's a bunch of nuclear experts

on there and then there's me, but it's easy for me a use

their expertise to see if Davis-Besse operates safely, and I'm happy to say that every time we've met, we have

concluded that Davis-Besse does continue to operate NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

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I attend and participate in the NRC quarterly

exit meetings of Davis-Besse, and those have been

another way for Ottawa County to keep informed on what's

going on with Davis-Besse.

I receive many, many, many more than I really

want to see daily e-mails from the plant, but the most

important one is the morning e-mail that I get every

morning that tells the current status of the plant and

the issues that are going on, and it's an easy way for

me to keep up daily. I'm kept informed by plant

management. I think I get calls in the middle of the

night any time there is an issue, and we appreciate that

because it's showing their concern that Ottawa County is

able to keep inform.

As Mark mentioned, we work closely with the

NRC. We've been meeting with them quarterly just to

bring us up to speed, hear what's going on at

Davis-Besse, and get the NRC's side of that.

I actually have a vested interest in the

plant. I own property that abuts the plant, and it's

very important to me that they keep that plant operating

safely. I have a cottage there that my -- when the head

incident happened, my grandchildren and their mother and

dad were living there, and my wife kept asking me if I NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

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We continue to watch closely to see that the

plant does operate safely. I have personally witnessed

the transformation of the site personnel in the new

safety culture, and they continue to maintain that

culture, and I think that is one of the most important

things that any nuclear power plant has to do.

I believe that the people who work at

Davis-Besse and have witnessed how they challenge each

other for safe plant operation. I don't think that was

necessarily always true years ago, but today they do, in

fact, and at many of my visits out there, I have

witnessed how they challenge each other.

Many of the Davis-Besse employees live in the

community and are important assets to Ottawa County. I

think it's very important that the corporate structure

that's been put in place to oversee the operations of

Davis-Besse continue, and I think it's a good structure.

Davis-Besse has been a great asset to the

community and are very involved in Ottawa County. We in

Ottawa County will continue to watch and make sure the

plant operates safely, but through my past involvement, I have no concerns for the safety of Davis-Besse.

We look forward to a license renewal. Ottawa NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nealrgross.com 21 County wants Davis-Besse to stay, and welcome them in the future and urge the NRC to move forward with this

license renewal.

Thank you very much.

MR. BARKLEY: Thank you Jere.

Fred?

MR. PETERSEN: Thank you. My name is Fred

Petersen. I'm the Director of the Ottawa County

Emergency Management Agency. I've been involved in the

EMA for 16 years and ten months.

I want to talk specifically about the Ottawa

County EMA's good working relationship with Davis-Besse

Power Station. Largely because of that relationship we

provide a lot of benefits.

All of our plans and procedures are thorough

and well maintained and are regularly exercised. Those

exercises are conducted specifically on the radiological

side biannually. So, every two years, FEMA comes in and

evaluates our performance plan to keep us in compliance.

Over the years that I have been associated

with the agency and even prior to that, we have had no

significant issue on our exercises, and they perform

very well.

Our emergency operation center and our risk

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We feel like we're very well prepared for

anything that happens here in the county, specifically

radiological rescue emergency preparedness. But, some

of the things that we do on the radiological side that

really benefit us are lot of spill-over benefits on

preparedness work review at Davis-Besse. Those would

include, we have a great relationship with our fire, EMS, law enforcement, private response orientation in

the county, and that's because we regularly exercise

training and work with them.

So, all the events that have happened in the

county, we have been very successful with our response, and a lot of that is because of everything we do with

Davis-Besse, and how it helps with our relationship.

An example of that would be the tornado this

past June. Everyone that was involved had some sort of

role in the radiological response program. A lot of the

response procedures that we use for Davis-Besse are very

applicable to some of the things that we had to do like

HAZMAT.

The tangible things that we have is because

of Davis-Besse. One of the things that is very NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nealrgross.com 23 noticeable in the county is we have county-wide siren system. A large part of that is at the Davis-Besse

plant, and is available to us for any number of outdoor

notifications that need to be relayed; specifically, weather, very, very important to the community.

We also do a brochure calendar for our

particular State of Ohio, Lucas County, that goes to all

of our residents and provides them a plethora of

information about all types of emergency response and

what they can do in response to tornadoes, floods, HAZMAT and radiological emergency.

So, really, all this adds up to the fact that

our relationship in Ottawa County with Davis-Besse is a

benefit to the residents of Ottawa County.

Thank you.

MR. BARKLEY: Thank you.

The next three people I would like to call

are: Chris Galvin of the United Way; followed by Jackie

VanTress of OPEIU, Local 19; and following, Kimberly

Kaufman of the Black Swamp Bird Observatory.

Thank you.

MS. GALVIN: I'm Chris Galvin, Director of

the United Way in Ottawa County. The Davis-Besse

Nuclear Power Station and on a larger scale the First

Energy Corporation are a tremendous community partner to NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nealrgross.com 24 the local United Way. Since 1993, First Energy has contributed more than 13.5 Million Dollars to United Way

of Greater Toledo which serves Ottawa, Wood and Lucas

Counties. 3.1 Million came from corporate gifts, 10.4

Million from its incredibly generous employees.

First Energy has also earned United Way's

Pillar Award each year since at least 1992. Our data

doesn't go back any further than that. It seems they

consistently give more than a hundred thousand dollars

each year to the Greater Toledo campaign.

Not only does this community consistently get

solid financial support from First Energy and its

employees, but executive leadership has also

demonstrated exceptional personal commitment to our

work.

In 1993, Don Saunders chaired the local

United Way campaign, raising 12.5 Million Dollars.

In 2005, Jim Murray, now retired, but

formerly First Energy President of Ohio Operations, chaired the local United Way campaign. Under Mr.

Murray's leadership, the campaign raised 13.3 Million

Dollars. We also presented Mr. Murray with our

Prestigious Caring Award in 2006 for demonstrating value

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In 2009, Trent Smith, Regional President of

Toledo Edison First Energy, became chairman of the

United Way of Greater Toledo's Board of Trustees and has

drawn to a close on his second year of service. Mr.

Smith has gone above and beyond the level of service, dedication and commitment we typically see from board

chairs. He has become involved in virtually ever level

of our work, digging in and helping find real solutions.

In addition to these executive leaders, numerous upper-level management have supported United

Way by using their voice and relationships to help

secure financial and volunteer support as well as

advocating on behalf of the United Way and the Northwest

Ohio Region.

In addition to Don Saunders, Jim Murray and

Trent Smith, some of the stand-out employees include

Debbie Paul, Mike Adams, and Mel Lomack. Additionally, in the 1990's Jennifer Schreiber served five years as

the chair of our community impact cabinet, the highest

level of community impact volunteers who decide how

money is allocated in this community. Also joining her

on the cabinet was Jenny Ammadon. Both are now retired.

First Energy also demonstrates incredible

commitment to the communities through sponsorships and/

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In 1993 and 1994, Davis-Besse sponsored our

loaned executive program. Jim Ferris, now retired from

Davis-Besse, was the loaned executive in those

two years. First Energy has also sponsored loaned

executives over the years, from 1996 continuing for

11 years.

Employees consistently contribute to and

participate in Stamp Out Hunger and/or Scouting for Food

efforts each year. They were a major sponsor of our

Family Food Fund in 2008.

First Energy was the sponsor of our Community

Building event in 2005, and was the initiator and

sponsor of the Veterans Appreciation Event in 2006, which continued until 2009.

Davis-Besse and First Energy are a valued

community partner, both philanthropically and

economically. They have been incredible contributors to

our community over the past 20 years, and we only hope

that this will continue for at least another 20 years.

Thank you.

MR. BARKLEY: Thank you, Chris.

Jackie?

MS. VANTRESS: Good afternoon. My name is

Jackie VanTress, and I am representing OPEIU, Local 19.

NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nealrgross.com 27 "OPEIU" stands for Office and Professional Employees International Union, and we represent the clerical

support staff at Davis-Besse.

On behalf of the Union, I would like to voice

our support in this public meeting. A renewal of this

license will not only promote and maintain employment

for our members who live and shop and send their

children to school in that area, but it will also assure

the delivery of reliable electric service to our

customers.

Research has shown that nuclear power is

clean, is efficient and produces more energy at a lower

cost than any other means of generation. So, it is

important that we keep this plant in operation.

Local 19 is proud of the safety record and

operations at Davis-Besse as well as the work we do here

and the service we provide to the public. OPEIU, Local

19, would like to continue to be a part of the team for

at least the next 20 years.

Thank you.

MR. BARKLEY: Thank you, Jackie.

MS. KAUFMAN: Good afternoon everybody. My

name is Kimberly Kaufman, and I'm the Executive Director

of Black Swamp Bird Observatory, and while I understand

the seriousness nature of this hearing, I'm actually NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

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My organization represents a somewhat unique

marriage, if you will, between a conservation

organization and a nuclear power plant. The general

public and, of course, all of you in the room are

certainly familiar with the fact that the nuclear power

plant resides in this part of Ottawa County, but very

few are actually aware that the power plant co-exists

with the thriving marsh that just sort of forms a hub

around the power plant.

Our organization has been conducting

migratory bird regions in this area for more than

20 years, and we really take pride in this marriage, and

we work hard like a good spouse to maintain it.

The marsh represents a critical stop-over

habitat for millions of migratory birds. And, in fact, many the world's leading bird experts consider this

marsh to be one of the most critical areas of stop-over

habitat in the entire western hemisphere.

The observatory in these 20 years have had

the full support of First Energy and Davis-Besse to

conduct this critical research and, in fact, during a

very exciting tumultus time in this country's history, we were very afraid that our consistent effort meaning NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

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in front of the power tank conducting this research

seven days a week for more than 20 years.

When the tragedy occurred on 9/11, we were

very concerned for, of course, the human tragedy, but

also concerned that our research would be interrupted.

And, in fact, Davis-Besse really fully understood the

importance of this research, and the importance of

conserving the integrity of the data set, and we didn't

miss a single day.

And, perhaps nothing else, no other event in

our history or recent history speaks more to how much

they have said they understand the critical role that

they play in local environmental and conservation issues

than that event.

So, based on our long-standing relationship, it is our opinion the Davis-Besse and First Energy have

not only worked to fully understand and fully support

the environmental issues for this local community, but

have also fully embraced the role that they play in all

of these issues.

So, it is opinion of the Black Swamp Bird

Observatory that the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant is

a critical player in bird conservation in the entire NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

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Thank you.

MR. BARKLEY: Thank you, Kimberly.

The next three people I would like to call

are Steven Inchak, who is representing Congressman

Dennis Kucinich; Beth Leggett with the American Red

Cross; and Brad Goetz of the IBEW, Local 1413.

Welcome, Steve.

MR. INCHAK: Good afternoon.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak. My

name is Steve Inchak, and I work for Congressman

Kucinich, and what I'm going to do is simply read a

letter that the Congressman sent to the NRC chairman

today, and it reads as follows. And, I would also like

to ask that you consent to include the article

referenced in the official record, which I will provide

after I read the letter. It reads as follows:

"

Dear Chairman Jackstow:

First energy should

not be allowed to continue to operate Davis-Besse

after 2017. The people of Northeast Ohio are

familiar with First Energy's pathetic record in

protecting the safety of people who live in this

region. In a series of recent articles in the

Toledo Blade, which I am enclosing, the people of

our Region are reminded about the 12-minute NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nealrgross.com 31 interruption to the feed water flow to the steam generators on June 9, 1985, which was cited as a

'potential catastrophe.'

"The people of our region are reminded of

Davis-Besse's reactor head 'weakened by years of

neglect' which nearly burst in 2002. The people

of our region are reminded that your predecessor, Harold Denton, stated in 2004 that these two

incidents represent 'the nuclear industry's

second and third lowest points after three-mile

Island.'

The people of our region are reminded that

First Energy employees tried to conceal the truth

of the 2002 incident from the Nuclear Regulatory

Agency, using tricks, 'schemes or devices' to

deliberately mislead your Agency.

"The people of our region are reminded that

David Pullman, Chief of the Justice Department's

Environmental Crime Section, said that First

Energy showed 'brazen arrogance' and 'breached the

public trust by withholding information about the

reactor head incident.

"The people are reminded that federal

prosecutors described the reactor head incident as

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"The people of our region are reminded that

First Energy paid a record fine of $33.45 Million

as a result of its actions. Of that amount, a

record $28 Million was a fine that First Energy

paid to 'avoid being criminally prosecuted for

lying to the government about the dangerous

condition of Davis-Besse's reactor head'

according to then US Attorney Greg White in 2006.

"While these fines were record fines at the

time they were imposed, I pointed out then that

the total fine was merely one percent of First

Energy's profit in 2004. While these fines may

have been record fines, they were a mere slap

on the wrist for First Energy and did nothing near

to what would have been necessary to change its

corporate culture.

"The corrosion of the reactor head started

because the Davis-Besse reactor head was made of

an alloy that would not withstand this kind of

corrosion. All of the other operators and nuclear

reactors with similar heads confronted the

situation by replacing their reactor heads with

new heads of a different alloy that would not be

subject to this kind of corrosion.

NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

(202) 234-4433 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701 www.nealrgross.com 33 "In 2004 First Energy chose cost over safety, and it replaced the corroded reactor head with

another reactor head made of exactly the same

material.

"Six years later First Energy made us shocked

to discover that the corrosion was forming on that

inferior reactor head as well. Still, First

Energy had not learned its lesson. They wanted

to postpone the final replacement of the reactor

head with a new head made with a noncorroding

alloy until 2014.

"First Energy did not abandon that 2014

replacement date until the NRC threatened to

require Davis-Besse to shut down for an inspection

of the old reactor head every year until it was

replaced.

"Only as a result of that threat is First

Energy finally going to install a noncorroding

reactor head in 2011.

"Recent events suggest that First Energy

still has a corporate culture that is more focused

on costs and profits than on its safety.

"In 2009 Davis-Besse suffered an explosion

and fire in the power switching gear located

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"The evidence shows that this culture exists

in First Energy beyond its operation of

Davis-Besse. The NRC has been keeping a 'close

watch' on First Energy's operation at its

Perry reactor in Northeast Ohio as well. The NRC

remains concerned that Perry's safety culture is

not up to industry standards and has maintained a

close watch there for the last two years.

"Davis-Besse has been operating for

33 years. It has experienced two of the

industry's most serious nuclear incidents during

those years. This is not just bad luck. The

problems at Davis-Besse are a direct result of

First Energy's mismanagement and disregard for the

safety of people who live and work in the area and

who would be affected by any nuclear incident.

"The NRC should not grant a license to a

company that only operates safely while a

'special' inspection team is monitoring its

day-to-day activities and when a 'close watch' is

being kept on it.

"The NRC must continue to keep a close watch

on Davis-Besse between now and 2017 and then to

ensure that, first, this aging reactor with a NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

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of its current license.

"Sincerely, Dennis J. Kucinich, member of

congress."

Thank you.

MR. BARKLEY: Thank you, Steven. We will

receive that letter into the record.

Beth?

MS. LEGGETT: My name is Beth Leggett.

I'm the Director of the American Red Cross in Ottawa

County, part of the greater Toledo area chapter which is

a regional chapter for all of Northwest Ohio.

Through my position with the Red Cross, I

have seen cooperation that is envied between the

Emergency Management Agency and First Energy Davis-Besse

amongst the agency's first responders because of the

emergency preparedness that we do, we have been educated

to do over my 22 years in this position.

In Northwest Ohio, we're envied because of

the readiness that we have from the Red Cross standpoint

as well as from the whole county and the agencies that

are involved.

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we do to help us be ready and to protect the citizens of

Ottawa County.

We also because we have the mandate but we do

not receive government funds, I can speak to what Chris

Galvin of United Way said with regards to the money that

comes into the United Way. We are a United Way Agency, but even besides that, we have profited, the Red Cross

organization, from financial support on many levels from

First Energy and Davis-Besse as well as from the

volunteer aspect of the employees that respond through

the involvement of their families.

We have three or four blood drives that we

conduct at Davis-Besse that are very successful. We

have had a lot of leadership that has come out of the

Davis-Besse plant. Chuck Witt was a six-year chairman

for our local advisory board.

Currently, Terry Mortis, who is the Regional

Manager also of the Ottawa County District with First

Energy that provides a lot of leadership, a lot of

guidance to the Red Cross.

And, I'm going to take my Red Cross hat off, and I want to say that May 15, 1979, I became a new mom

for the very first time, and when my daughter was NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

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have been in it.

And, I sat here today and thought how far

I've come and how grateful I am to have had the

exposure, educationally through the community, through

my friends to see the Davis-Besse plant in a whole

different light. I was young in the Nineties. I'm a

little bit smarter now about how those things work, and

I ask hard questions and I sometimes like the answers, sometimes I'm not so sure about the answers, but I am

confident in the safety of the Davis-Besse plant and the

good that it does in the community for the people that

are involved.

Thank you.

MR. BARKLEY: Thank you, Beth.

Brad?

MR. GOETZ: Good afternoon. My name is

Brad Goetz, and I'm the Business Manager of the

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local

1413. We represent security at Davis-Besse.

I just want to say that I'm a 26-year

employee at Davis-Besse, and over the years, the safety

culture has improved greatly and continues to improve

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Davis-Besse over the years has provided a

good living, a good income for many residents of Ottawa

County and surrounding counties and especially now in a

time when unemployment is high.

We support the license renewal, and we ask

the NRC to support it as well.

MR. BARKLEY: Thank you, Brad.

There are three people who are still signed

up to speak. If there are any other people who would

like a speak, please come and see me.

The last three people I would like to call up

are Ann Heckerd of the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry, Brian Boles of FENOC, and Larry Tscherne of IBEW, Local

245.

MS. HECKERD: I am Ann Heckerd, the Food

Coordinator for the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry, and

I'm going to talk more on the economic aspect.

Davis-Besse has been very generous with their

donations to the Food Pantry in the past years. I also

would like to say that if it were to close, they may be

coming to our Food Pantry, and I would hate to see that.

MR. BARKLEY: Thank you, Ann.

Brian?

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Our license renewal is a high priority item

for the state and for the county. We have had a number

of people working on this project now for well over a

year -- I see a number of those members are here -- to

put together a good product which we have submitted to

the NRC for their review.

It's a priority for us as a company because

Davis-Besse is a significant asset to our company. It

provides a large source of safe, reliable, environmental

friendly electricity to the surrounding area.

It is also important from a license renewal

aspect, 20 additional years of this asset to provide for

the employment opportunities for the local community, and many of our young engineers are graduating from

college today who wonder if nuclear power is a viable

future and a career path. It's important to know that

plants such as Davis-Besse and others are undergoing

renewal process have a future that they can depend on.

At Davis-Besse we do commit to ensuring the

public safety and protecting the environment. I'm sure

the review as we go through this license renewal process

will bear that out, and as evidenced by a number of the

speakers here, we do enjoy a very good relationship with NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.

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Thank you.

MR. BARKLEY: Thank you, Brian.

Finally, Larry?

MR. TSCHERNE: Thank you and good

afternoon. My name is Larry Tscherne. I'm the Business

Manager for IBEW, Local 245, the International

Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

We represent 22 counties here in the

Northwest Ohio, including Ottawa County here. But, in

addition to that, we also represent over 200 physical

workers at Davis-Besse that provide operations, maintenance, chemistry, radiation and protection of the

plant.

Now, what I'm going to talk about here

briefly isn't an opinion. It's a fact. I know that

from our members and the involvement that I have with

the plant, and not only with the plant but with senior

management. I'll go as far as the President of FENOC, Jim Lynch, who includes all the other business managers, the leadership of the local unions from the entire

FENOC. We meet on a regular basis a couple times a year

with the President. We share and open up any type of

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We do the same thing with the Plant Manager

at Davis-Besse, with the Maintenance Manager at

Davis-Besse.

We have worked over a number of issues, going

into outages, we have heard testimony here about the

head incident. Let me tell you the type of relationship

that we have been able to develop in the goal of working

together in a good labor-management relationship which

is important and critical, especially in this type of

industry.

During that incident, the plant, as you know, was down for, what, two years, maybe a little less.

Over that period of time and the hundreds of man hours

that were involved, multiple shift changes. You can't

imagine what we had to go through to get that plant back

up and running. We had four grievances filed; four out

of the entire period of time.

I only use that as an example because when we

meet, we continue to talk about the safety culture and

good maintenance practices which leads me to my next

point.

The safety culture, the dedication of the

employees, training and the craftsmanship are second to

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development of the training.

So, with that said, I would have to say that

First Energy has been open and honest in all of their

discussions with us. There's never been a time where I

haven't been able to call either Akron or the plant and

get an answer. It's just been terrific.

In addition to that, we not only work out

local issues but something more important or just as

important. We work together on issues in Washington

also through our labor management committee. A lot of

people probably aren't aware of that, but we do that

through our Land Pact Committee.

By extending the license here at Davis-Besse, it would continue to provide good clean power that's

critical. In addition to that also supporting the

much-needed tax base, not only to this area but to the

state, and I'm confident along with our members, that

IBEW, Local 245, that Davis-Besse will continue to be

safe, not only for the employees but also for the area.

Thank you.

MR. BARKLEY: Thank you.

I'll make one last call for anyone who would

like to make a statement.

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MR. BARKLEY: Hearing none, what I will do

is invite Mr. Wrona to come up and make some last-

minute remarks, and I very much appreciate your

cooperation in running this meeting very, very smoothly.

Thank you.

MR. WRONA: Thank you, Rich.

I'm David Wrona. I'm the Branch Chief in the

NRC who is responsible for the Davis-Besse license

renewal. I have three or four sentences here at 2:20.

First of all, thank you for allowing us to

come out and briefly explain our process which we'll do

a detailed review of the application to ensure that it

meets all of our requirements.

Secondly, I would like to thank you for

participating in our environmental scoping process.

This meeting is not the only way for you to provide us

comments. As was shown on one of the slides, you can

mail in comments to us, you can provide them to us on

the website. We will take these through December 27th.

So, if you go home tonight and what somebody said

sparked some comments in your head, feel free to use

either one of those methods, all three of those methods

on that slide will get those comments to us.

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those fashions, we're going to address and make

publically available scope and summary report which we

will issue sometime in the future, but it will be on our

website. If you signed up through our list serve, you

will receive a copy of that scoping summary report.

So, with that, I would like a thank you for

coming in again.

MR. BARKLEY: Thanks, Dave. This meeting

the adjourned. Thank you.

(Whereupon, the proceedings were concluded at

2:30 p.m.)