ML121300194

May 9, 2012 Letter to Preston D. Swafford of the Tennessee Valley Authority Re Participation in the Commission Briefing on Results of the Agency Action Review Meeting on June 1, 2012

ML121300194
Person / Time
Site:	Browns Ferry
Issue date:	05/09/2012
From:	Annette Vietti-Cook NRC/SECY
To:	Swafford P Tennessee Valley Authority
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555*0001 May 9,2012 SECRETARY Preston D. Swafford Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Nuclear Power Group Tennessee Valley Authority, Nuclear 1101 Market Street LP3R Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

Dear Mr. Swafford:

The Commission looks forward to meeting with you to discuss your plans for improving performance at Browns Ferry Unit 1. The meeting will be held on Friday, June 1, 2012, from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 11 :30 a.m. in the Commission's Conference Room on the first floor of the NRC's headquarters building at One White Flint North, Rockville, Maryland. The Commission will first hear from the NRC staff, then you will discuss TVA, Browns Ferry's action plan. I am enclosing a copy of the draft meeting agenda for your information (enclosure 1).

To assist the Commission in preparing for the meeting, please e-mail any written material, including slides/viewgraphs, to Ms. Rochelle Bavol and Ms. Sandy Joosten (rochelle.bavol@nrc.gov and sandy.joosten@nrc.gov) in the Office of the Secretary, by May 24, 2012, so that it can be distributed to the Commission for review in advance of the meeting. Enclosed are guidelines for slides, jf you choose to use them (enclosure 2).

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. If you intend to use slides, they will also be posted on the NRC website prior to the meeting. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Bavol at 301-415-1651.

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 20 minutes or less, discussing the important points on which you wish to focus the Commission's attention.

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 Ms. Bavol 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,

~~~-~

An~~f-cook Secretary of the Commission

Enclosures:

1. Draft Agenda

2. Briefing Visuals Guidance

Enclosure 1 Draft: 5/9/12 SCHEDULING NOTE

Title:

BRIEFING ON RESULTS OF THE AGENCY ACTION REVIEW MEETING (AARM) (Public)

Purpose:

To provide the Commission a discussion of the results of the Agency Action Review Meeting (AARM) and to hear from licensees, as appropriate on their action plans.

Scheduled: June 1, 2012 8:30 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

Participants:

Presentation NRC Staff 45 mins.*

Bill Borchardt, Executive Director for Operations 5 mins.

• Topic: Opening Remarks Mark Satorius, Director, Office of Federal and State Materials and 10 mins.

• Environmental Management Programs Topic: Material and Waste Performance Trends John Lubinski, Deputy Director, Division of Inspection and 10 mins.*

Regional Support, NRR Topics: Reactor Industry Trends ROP Self-Assessment Results Victor McCree, Regional Administrator, Region II 20 mins.*

Topic: Licensee - Staff discussion Commission Q & A 50 mins.

Break 5 mins.

Tennessee Valley Authoritv (TVA) 20 mins.*

Preston D. Swafford, Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President, Nuclear Power Group Other TVA/Browns Ferry Executives (TBD)

Topic: TVA, Browns Ferry Action Plan 1

Enclosure 1 Commission Q & A 50 mins.

Discussion - Wrap-up 5 mins.

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

- SECY-12-0056, Fiscal Year 2011 Results of the Industry Trends Program for Operating Power Reactors.

- SECY-12-0055, Reactor Oversight Process Self-Assessment for Calendar Year 2011.

- SECY-12-0052, Annual Report to the Commission on Licensee Performance in the Materials and Waste Programs (Fiscal Year 2011).

Staff background material due to SECY: May 17, 2012.

Slides due to SECY: May 24, 2012.

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Enclosure 2 PRESENTATION TITLE Arial Black 40 on white background Date of Briefing Your name, title, office Arial Black 32

Slide Title - Arial Black 36

• Text (Arial Black 32) on white.

• Top and Side margins 1 inch min.

• Bottom margin 2 inch min.

• Number pages

• Explain acronyms or include a separate slide with list 2