ML12187A460

E-mail from Timothy Riley on NRC Update 12/22 - Davis Besse

ML12187A460
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Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	12/02/2011
From:	Riley T Office of Congressional Affairs
To:	Babcock D, Schulman H, Steyer R, Butterfield N US SEN (Senate)
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FOIA/PA-2012-0217
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Rileey (OCA), Timothy From: Riley (OCA), Timothy Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 12:53 PM To: 'DougBabcock@brown.senate.gov'; nickbutterfield@portman.senate.gov; Steyer, Ryan; Schulman, Howard

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NRC update 12/2: Davis-Besse Good afternoon, The licensee at Davis-Besse provided updated analyses and calculations to the NRC late yesterday afternoon.

The NRC technical staff are actively reviewing these documents and could reach a conclusion regarding the functionality of the shield building late today. If this were to happen, the licensee would be permitted to begin restart operations, (the restart process is projected to take at least 50 hours5.787037e-4 days <br />0.0139 hours <br />8.267196e-5 weeks <br />1.9025e-5 months <br /> before the reactor reaches criticality).

I will keep you informed and will send an email this evening or during the weekend ifthe NRC does reach a conclusion regarding the shield building functionality. Please contact me via Blackberry with any questions.

Thank you, Timothy Riley Congressional Affairs Officer U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Congressional Affairs Phone: 3014 0 Blackberry: Ib6) J From: Riley (OCA), Timothy Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 2:48 PM To: 'Doug_Babcock@brown.senate.gov'; nick butterfieldQportman.senate..qov; Steyer, Ryan; Schulman, Howard

Subject:

NRC update: Davis-Besse Good afternoon, Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant has not yet restarted from its recent refueling outage and reactor-vessel head-replacement. The NRC staff continues its review of the cracks found in the shield building and their safety implications. If the NRC reaches a conclusion that the plant is safe for restart, I will promptly notify your offices.

We are planning to hold a public meeting the week of December 12, 2011; 1will provide details as soon as they are confirmed.

Please contact me with any questions, Timothy Riley Congressional Affairs Officer U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Congressional Affairs Phone: 3014 Blackberry: [(b)(6)

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