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Methodology for Developing the Fukushima Daiichi Daily Assessment Report
PURPOSE: The report is prepared to provide a qualitative high level assessment of daily conditions at Fukushima Daiichi that the U.S. Ambassador can use to assess the safety of American citizens in Japan.
DISCLAIMER: The development of the daily assessment report includes a number of Inputs. Some of these are objective, such as plant data provided by TEPCO, while others are subjective, such as engineering insights from the NRC's reactor and protective measures specialists In Japan. It should be recognized that there are many unknowns and uncertainties associated with having a complete understanding of conditions in each of the Dalichi reactors and spent fuel pools. As such, this tool represents the collective judgment of the NRC staff in Japan based on all available data.
For each of the major plant parameters listed below, the NRC staff assesses its status daily and bins it into one of the three categories listed. The staff uses the listed plant information and conditions in making its assessment. The arrows on the report indicate the relative trend in plant conditions from the previous day.
1. Reactor Pressure Vessel 3. Spent Fuel Pools a. Coolmng-Adequate, Challenged, or a. Cooling/Level -Adequate, Inadequate. Challenged, or Inadequate. i. Flow or Injection Rate i. Flow or Injection Rate ii. Reliability of Injection ii. Reliability of Injection iii, Source of Water iii. Source of Water b. Integrity- Intact, Challenged, or b. Integrity- Intact, Challenged, or Failed. Failed. Due to limited available Temperature indications data, this assessment relies strongly ii. Pressure readings on the NRC team's engineering 2. Primary Containment judgment. a. Flooding Status - Complete/Not 4. Protective Measures - Exposure Risk to needed, Challenged, or American citizens in Japan outside the US. Incomplete/Needed. government's recommended 50-mile i. Water Level evacuation zone. ii. Sources a. Low - 50-mile recommendation lii. Injection capacity/rate remains sufficient b. Integrity - Intact, Challenged, or b. Medium - New information has Failed. raised questions regarding the I, Pressure readings sufficiency of the 50-mile ii. Bypass evaluations recommendation. lii. Temperature indications c. High - 50-mile recommendation is no longer sufficient due to changing plant condition
O C e NC~iH' 'J L[-UR 3 Eli of 445 From: HOO Hoc Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 10:09 AM To: HOO Hoc Subject: HOO HIGHLIGHT - NRC IN MONITORING MODE AT 0946 Attachments: imageOOl.jpg
The NRC is in the Monitoring Response Mode as of 0946 on 3/11/11. Region IV will take the lead for U.S. sites and HQ for international sites to provide assistance in response to the earthquake in Japan and any adverse affects from a tsunami. This response mode change is NOT associated with event number 46668.
Joe O'Hara Headquarters Operations Officer U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Phone: 301-816-5100 Fax: 301-816-5151 email: hoo.hocPnrc.gov secure e-mail: hoolnrc.sgov.gov rt U.S.NRC Pntusrlfr A# ~asti ,La-amm~
E12 of445 Sharkey, JeI7r From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 2:37 AM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Powerful quake rocks northern Japan - Onagawa reactor automatically shuts down
Friday, March 11, 2011
Powerful quake rocks northern Japan
Kyodo News A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 rocked northeastern Japan on Friday, measuring the highest level intensity of 7 on the Japanese seismic scale, in Miyagl Prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Local police said many people were injured in the 2:46 p.m. quake, with reports of fires coming not only from the prefectural capital of Sendal but also from Tokyo, some 300 kilometers from Sendai, where a prolonged and powerful temblor was also felt. The Metropolitan Police Department said many people were injured when part of the Kudan Kaikan hall in Chiyoda Ward in central Tokyo collapsed. The agency issued a rare warning of huge tsunami for the Pacific coastal region including Iwate Prefecture. Public broadcaster NHK said a large number of cars were washed away into the sea when a tsunami hit the Kamaishl port In Iwate Prefecture. In Kyodo News' Sendai office, part of the ceiling collapsed and bookshelves and office equipment toppled over. ires occurred across a wide area, indcluding at an ironworks in Chiba Prefecture. )nagawa nuclear power plant In Mlyagi Prefecture automatically halted operations following the quake. Its operator, Tohoku .lectric Power Co., was checking whether any damage was caused. \ major blackout occurred across a wide area of northeastern Japan. -he quake affected the nation's key transportation systems, including Narita airport, which shut its runways for safety checks.
JSGS earthquake map: ttD://earthouake.usgscgov/-earthauakes/recenteasww/-Mams/10/140 35.rphp lp://earthouake.usas.noy/earthquakes/-recenlesw-w/Quakes/uscO0O1xk8.ho# details
E13 of445 Sharkey, JeffrY
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11,2011 2:50 AM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Japan: Onagawa map and details ittp:l/world-nuclear.orQ/NuclearDatabase/reactordetails.aspx?id =27570&rid=CA833697-1FFF-4CBB-B729-74C88B99Z._5
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From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 3:29 AM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Japan earthquake: Government Says No radioactive leaks at Tohoku nuke plants
Govt; No radioactive leaks at Tohoku nuke plants four nuclear The government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency says no abnormal levels of radiation have been reported at power plants in the quake-hit Tohoku region.
Power companies have suspended the operation of the plants and are checking their safety. NHK News, FrIday, March 11, 2011 15:34 +0900 (JST)
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From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 5:31 AM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Japan: media reports government has decided to declare a nuclear power emergency situation
Fire at Tohoku Elec Onagawa nuclear plant rOKYO, March 11 (Reuters) - Afire broke out at Tohoku Electric Power Co's Onagawa nuclear plant in northeastern Japan 'ollowing Friday's major earthquake, Kyodo news agency said. nrior to the Kyodo report, the company had said it had not received information on whether there had been any problems at the iuclear power plant after the disaster.
;eparately, Fukushima Prefecture, the site of a Tokyo Electric Power nuclear power plant, said on Friday the plant's reactor :ooling system was functioning, denying an earlier report that it was malfunctioning. apanese media reported that the government had decided to declare a nuclear power emergency situation, which occurs if here is confirmation of radioactivity leaks from a nucleair power plant or a reactor cooling system breaks down.
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From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 6:11 AM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Japan: Fukushima 1 & 2 cooling system problems
According to NHK TV news (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) the Fukishima 1 & 2 reactors are experiencing reactor cooling problems after diesel generator failures but also saying there Is no cause for alarm even though the government has declared a "nuclear emergency situation".
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From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 6; 13 AM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Japan Update: Emergency Cooling System Working at Quake-hit Fukushima Plant
Emergency Cooling System Working at Quake-hit Fukushima Plant rokyo Kjldo Word Service 1047 GMT 11 Mar 11 Tokyo, March 11 Kyodo -- An emergency cooling system was activated at the No. 1 reactor of the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear plant after a powerful earthquake hit northern Japan on Friday, the industry ministry said. rhe operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., notified the ministry of the move, the ministry said, adding monitors outside the facility iave detected no abnormalities.
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From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 6:34 AM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Japan's Tepco shuts seven nuclear units after earthquake
This is an older message but gives a more complete picture of the reactor situation when the earthquake hit. Japan's Tepco shuts seven nuclear units after earthquake Singapore (Platts)--11Mar2011/555 am EST/1055 GMT
Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company has shut a total of seven nuclear units at two of Its nuclear power plants in Fukushima prefecture after a 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Japan off the main Honshu island Friday, a company Spokesman said.
At its 4.4 GW Fukushima Daini plant, units 1, 2 and 3 (460 MW, 784 MW and 784 MW respectively) were operating during the earthquake and have all been shut, the spokesman said.
Units 4, 5 and 6 (784 MW, 784 MW and 1.1 GW respectively) were all offilne for maintenance.
At the Fukushima Dalichi plant, all four 1.1 GW units were running during the earthquake and were subsequently stopped, he added.
At Tepco's Kashiwazakl-Kariwa nuclear plant in the northwest, units 2, 3 and 4 were already offline for inspections, while units 1, 5, 6 and 7 were operating during the earthquake and are still operating, the spokesman said.
Fepco released a statement at 1630 Tokyo time (0730 GMT) confirming the outages, and adding: "At all the nuclear power .tatlons, monitoring posts, which monitor radiation through exhaust stacks have shown normal values. In other words, at the )resent, no radiation leaks have been confirmed."
'he company said that 4.05 million households had lost power as a result of the earthquake.
he earthquake struck at a depth of 10 km, off Sanriku InMiyagi prefecture at around 2:46 pm (0546 GMT), the Japan leteorologlcal Agency said.
he agency also issued a tsunami warning for Honshu's Pacific coast, warning of waves up to 3 meters high.
E19 of445 Sharkey, Jeffry
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 6:40 AM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Japan initiates emergency protocol after earthquake
Japan initiates emergency protocol after earthquake
11 March 2011
Nuclear Engineering International
Onagawa, Fukushima Daiichi, Fukushima Daini and Tokai nuclear power stations have automatically shut down following a magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the northeast coast of the largest island of Japan, Honshu.
All four operating plants on that coast have automatically shut down, or SCRAMmed, according to Japan Atomic Information Forum (JAIF). Higashidori 1, which is also located on Honshu's northeast coast, was shut down for a periodic inspection.
The earthquake struck at 2:45pm local time. A 6:45 pm local time report from the Japan Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency contained more information of damage and other problems in a site-by-site report.
.-A C02 fire has broken out at Onagawa nuclear power station.
Utility TEPCO has requested the establishment of a nuclear emergency response programme for Fukushima Daiichi .&3 and Fukushima Daini 1.
AIF reported that Fukushima Daiichi 1, 2 and 3 automatically shut down; units 4, 5 and 6 were in maintenance utages. Fukushima Daini 1, 2, 3 and 4 automatically shut down.
%IFhas reported that TEPCO sent the emergency report because emergency diesel generators at the two sites are ut of order. it said that there Is no report that the radiation was detected out of the site. It said that an emergency eadquarters has been set up and will Issue information hourly.
JF also reported that the Rokkasho reprocessing facility was being powered by emergency diesel generators. No her unusual events or radiation leaks have been reported. Nuclear power stations at Hamaoka, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa id Tomari are continuing normal operation, according to JAIF.
ter an accident occurs at a nuclear power plant, the licensee must notify the national Nuclear and Industrial Safety ency by law.
ninister in its controlling organisation, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, notifies the prime minister's ice. The central nuclear emergency response headquarters (NERHO) of the national government issues a nuclear ergency declaration, which also includes instructions about preventative measures. It receives technical advice m the Nuclear Safety Commission. The NERHQ sends a specialist and the NSC sends a commissioner to the site.
?r the emergency declaration is received, the local office of the national government's NERHQ arranges prqventic.o- asures based on factors including facility information, climate and monitoring.
:lear emergency response operations are coordinated in one of 20 so-called off-site centres spread across JApan, ch are close to, but not inside, nuclear facilities. The off-site centre's role is to be the main centre of information,.
El 10 of 445 incident analysis, and emergency plan organisation and direction. Two or three senior specialists for nuclear emergency preparedness work in each OFC. In normal conditions, the specialists work as nuclear power safety inspectors, checking plant operation from the viewpoint of regulation. During an emergency, the specialists organize prevention measures as a secretariat and report it to a joint council for nuclear emergency response. The joint council includes not only the local office of the national government's NERHQ and the senior specialists, but also representatives of the Nuclear Safety Commission and prefectural and municipal NERHQs. The joint council devises instructions to residents for evacuation and/or sheltering. It also instructs the emergency services and coast guard, self-defence force, Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organisation (JNES), the National Institute of Radiological Sciences, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, and other bodies. JNES has constructed a dedicated high-speed network system connecting the 20 off-site centres and other agencies called Emergency Preparedness Response Network (EPRNet). It includes video conferencing systems, e-mail, telephone, fax, and connections to a meteorological information service, a plant information collection, diagnosis, prognosis and analytical prediction tool (called ERSS), and an emergency environmental dose prediction tool (called SPEEDI).
El 11 of 445 Sharkey, Jeffry
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 12:02 PM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: U.S. delivers coolant to Japan nuclear plant: Clinton/ Plant Being Cooled
WASHINGTON I Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:05am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has transported coolant to a Jap.nese nuclear plant affected by a massive earthquake and will continue to assist Japan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday. 'We just had our Air Force assets in Japan transport some really Important coolant to one of the nuclear plants," Clinton said at a iieeting of the President's Export Council. 'You know Japan is very reliant on nuclear power and they have very high engineering standards but one of their plants came inder a lot of stress with the earthquake and didn't have enough coolant," Clinton said. lapan Reactor Being Cooled
.ONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - The World Nuclear Association, the main nuclear industry body, said on Friday that it understood he situation at Japan's Fukushima plant after a massive earthquake was under control, and water was being pumped Into Its xollng system. We understand this situation Is under control," an analyst at the association told Reuters. "he Japanese government had declared an emergency situation around the plant as a precaution and evacuated residents, saying I cooling system was not working. -he analyst said he understood that a back-up battery power system had been brought online after about an hour, and begun iumplng water back into the cooling system, where the water level had been falling.
El 12 of 445 Sharkey, Jeffry
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 12:26 PM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Japan Update: Water levels at Fukushima; Onagawa fire extinguished
Updateg: 3,000 Ordered To Evacuate Near Quake-hit Fukushima Nuclear Plant
Tokyo, March 12 Kyodo -- (EDS: ADDING FIRE EXTINGUISHED AT ONAGAWA PLANT) Japan declared a state of atomic power emergency Friday after the country, which has about 50 nuclear power reactors, was hit by a magnitude 8.8 earthquake, instructing around 3,000 residents near the Fukushlma No. 1 plant to evacuate.
Top government spokesman Yukio Edano told an evening press conference, "We have a situation where one of the reactors (of the plant) cannot be cooled down." But the chief Cabinet secretary said the evacuation instruction was only precautionary.
Edano said, "No radiation has leaked outside the reactor. The incident poses no danger to the environment at the moment." He also said early Saturday in Tokyo the incident was under control.
The post-quake situation prompted the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency to scramble for details from contacts In Japan's industry ministry, while saying in a statement that at least four nuclear power plants "closest to the quake have been safely shut down" after the 2:46 p.m. quake.
Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the Fukushima plant, reported that the water level around fuel rods was falling in the reactor. Radioactive materials could be emitted if part of a fuel rod Is exposed to the air.
But officials of the prefectural government dismissed the view that the plant Is in a critical situation, saying the top of the water is 3.4 meters above the fuel rods at the troubled No. 2 reactor.
rhe evacuation advisory was issued for people living within a 3-kilometer radius of the plant, while those living within a 10- :ilometer radius were asked to stay home, Edano said.
,rime Minister Naoto Kan declared the emergency, the first in the quake-prone country, so that authorities can easily implement mergency relief measures, Edano said. Defense Minister Toshlmi Kitazawa ordered the Self-Defense Forces to act in response to ie declaration.
he Defense Ministry dispatched a chemical corps of the Ground Self-Defense Force to the plant and Motohisa Ikeda, senior vice ,dustry minister, also left for Fukushima by an SDF helicopter.
:cording to the Industry ministry, a total of .11 nuclear reactors automatically shut down at the Onagawa plant, the Fukushima I.1 and No. 2 plants and the Tokal No. 2 plant after the strongest recorded earthquake in the country's history.
fire started at a building housing the turbine of the Onagawa plant in Miyagl at 3:30 p.m. but was put out before 11 p.m., the erator, Tohoku Electric Power Co., said, denying it had detected any signs of radiation leaks.
3ter spilled from pools containing fuel rods at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant on the Sea of Japan coast in Niigata Prefecture and Onagawa plant, the operators said, saying they saw no signs suggesting radiation leaks.
El 13 of 445 harkey, Jeffry ...... Breskovic, Clarence Bnt: Friday, March 11, 2011 1:05 PM Breskovic, Clarence ubject: Background Paper on BWR Reactors for non-Nuclear Engineers - Fukushima reactor schemnatics, containment, etc. :tachments: ANSN BWR Paper.pdf ettached a BWR reactor background paper developed by the Asian Nuclear Safety Network. This might help people who are not iclear engineers understand the jargon and the problems being described.
El 14 of 445 Boiling Water Reactor Power Plant
This material was, for a purpose to be used in a nuclear education, compiled comprehensively with a caution on appropriateness and neutrality of information, based on references of neutral organizations, suh as NRC, Wikipedia and ATOMICA, and vendors' information especially on advanced reactors. At the end of this material, references are listed.
September 2007
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i El 15 of 445 Contents
Part I. D escriptions of BW R Power plants ...... I Chapter 1. BWR Developm ent ...... 1. GeneralG...... 1.2. BW R Type ...... 2 Chapter 2. BW R Technologies ...... 5 2.1. Reactor Coolant Recirculation System and M ain Steam System ...... 5 2.2. Structure of BW Rs ...... 5 (l) BW R reactor core and internal s ...... 5 (2) Nuclear fuel ...... 6 (3) Control rod and its drive m echanism ...... 7 2.3. Engineered Safety Feature ...... 8 (1) Emergency core cooling system ...... 8 (2) Reactor containm ent ...... 10 2.4. Other System s and Equipm ent ...... I I (1) Reactor coolant clean up system ...... II (2) Reactor core isolation cooling system ...... I I (3) Residual heat rem oval system ...... I I (4) W aste processing system ...... I I (5) Fuel handling equipm ent ...... 12 (6) Fuel pool cooling and cleanup system ...... 12 (7) Turbine-generator equipment ...... 12 2.5. Power Control of BW R ...... 12 (1) Power control m ethod and self-regulating characteristics ...... 12 (2) Heat transfer and power control ...... 13 (3) Load fluctuation and reactor pressure reduction ...... 13 Chapter 3. Features of BW R ...... 13 3.1. BW R Design ...... 13 (1) Generation of steam in a reactor core ...... 13 (2) Feed water system ...... 14 (3) Fluid recirculation in the reactor vessel ...... 14 (4) Reactor control system ...... 14 (5) Steam turbines ...... 15 (6) Size of reactor core ...... 15 3.2 Advantages ...... 15 Part 2. Advanced BW Rs ...... 16 Chapter 4. ABW R Developm ent ...... 16 ii El 16 of 445 Chapter 5. ABWR Technologies ...... 18 5.1 Features of ABWR ...... 18 (I) Reactor pressure vessel and internals ...... 1 (2) External recirculation system eliminated ...... 21 (3) Internal pump ...... 21 (4) Control rod and drive mechanism ...... 23 (5) Safety - Simplified active safety systems ...... 24 (6) Digital control and instrumentation systems ...... 26 (7) Control room design ...... 27 (8) Plant construction ...... , ...... Chapter 6. Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) ...... 29 6.1 ESBWR and Natural Recirculation ...... 29 6.2 ESBWR Passive Safety Design ...... 32 Chapter 7. Current status ...... 35
iii El 17 of 445 Part 1. Descriptions of BWR Power plants
Chapter 1. BWR Development
1.1. General
Boiling water reactors (BWRs) are nuclear power reactors utilizing light water as the reactor coolant and moderator to generate electricity by directly boiling the light water in a reactor core to make steam that is delivered to a turbine generator. There are two operating BWR types, roughly speaking, i.e., BWRs and ABWRs (advanced boiling water reactors)
The outline of a BWR power plant is shown in Figure 1.
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Figure 1. Outline of BWR Power Plant
More details on the System Outline of ABWR Power Plant
A pressurized water reactor (PWR) was the first type of light-water reactor developed because of its application to submarine propulsion. The civilian motivation for the BWR is reducing costs for commercial applications through design simplification and lower pressure components.
In contrast to the pressurized water reactors that utilize a primary and secondary loop, in civilian BWRs the steam going to the turbine that powers the electrical generator is produced in the reactor core rather than in steam generators or heat exchangers. There is just a single circuit in a civilian BWR in which the water is at lower pressure (about 75 times atmospheric pressure) so that it boils in the core at about 285°C.
El 18 of 445 BWRs have been originally developed by GE. GE started its development in 1950s as light water reactor type nuclear power reactors, and the Dresden Unit-I (200,000 kWe) commissioned in July 1960 is the first BWR nuclear power station. After that, the GE company has supplied many BWRs, Siemens (KWU, Germany), ABB-Atom (Switzerland/Sweden) and Toshiba and Hitachi (Japan) also supplied many BWRS. In the following, features and types of BWRs, mainly of conventional BWRs, are explained and those of ABWRs are addressed in the next.
For BWRs, the steam void due to reactor coolant boiling has a negative-reactivity effect, which can suppress a power rise even if a positive reactivity is added. The reactor power can be controlled by two methods:, reactor-coolant recirculation-flow control and control rod ope.ration.
A BWR nuclear power plant consists of the reactor coolant recirculation system and main steam system that compose a nuclear reactor, engineered safety features that consist of the emergency core cooling system, reactor core isolation cooling system, containment cooling system and boric-acid injection system, turbine and generator equipment and other systems, such as the reactor coolant purification system, waste processing equipment, fuel handling equipment, other auxiliary equipment, etc.
1.2. BWR Type
Major reactor core parameters of BWR-2 to BWR-4, which are in operation in Japan are shown in Table 1.
Table 1 Main Parameters for BWR Core
,. Tsuruga Fukushimah Hamaoka Tokai Kashiwaza Item Unit.I Unit.I Unit-2 Unit-2 ki Unit-6 •,__ .. ___ _- (BWR-2) (BWR-3) (BWR-4) 5 (ABWR) (1) Themia .utput(MW) 1064 1380 2436 3293 3926 (2) Electrl output (MW) 357 460 840 1100 1356 (3) Core equivalent dia. (m) 3.02 3.44 4.07 4.75 5.16 (4). Core effective height (in) 3.66 3.66 3.71 3.71 j 3.71 (5) FRel assemblies (Number) 308 400 560 764 872 (6) Cantrolrod (1Number) 73 97 137 185 205 (7) Poweir'demsity (kwh) About 40 About 40 About 50 About 50 AboutIA 50
Improvement and history of BWR fuel in Japan are shown in Table 2. In 1960s, the development started including introduction of overseas technologies under license agreements, and the fuel type has been changed from 6x6 to 9x9 adopting many improvements resulting from nuclear and mechanical research and developments.
Table 2 BWR Fuel Improvement in Japan
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improvement of BWR containment is shown in Figure 2. Five types of containrments were applied for Japanese BWRs. Typical design for each type of containment is illustrated with major dimensions. The design has attained significant improvement in the total volume per output, resulting. in a large cost benefit.
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Figure 2. History of BWR Containment
4 El 21 of 445 There are two operating BWR types, roughly speaking, i.e. BWRs including their modifications and ABWRs (advanced BWRs). The first commercial power reactor constructed in U.S. was the Dresden Unit-] (full power operation in July 1960), which was the BWR-l reactor. This BWR-l reactor was dual cycle like a pressurized water reactor and adopted a dry type reactor containment vessel. The BWR-2 and the subsequent ones ware designed to increase the power density that results in a smaller core size, to simplify the system adopting a direct cycle with a steam drum provided inside a reactor vessel, to multiplex the emergency core cooling system (ECCS), and to reduce the containment vessel volume adopting a pressure-suppression-type pool, which led to the current operating BWR designs.
Chapter 2. BWR Technologies
2.1. Reactor Coolant Recirculatlon System and Main Steam System
Boiling water reactors (BWRs) are nuclear power reactors generating electricity by directly boiling the light water in a reactor pressure vessel to make steam that is delivered to a turbine generator. After driving a turbine, the steam is converted into water with a condenser (cooled by sea water in Japan), and pumped into the reactor vessel with feedwater pumps. A part of the water is sent into the reactor vessel after being pressurized with recirculation pumps installed outside of the vessel and fed into the reactor core from the bottom part of the reactor vessel with jet pumps.
Inside of a BWR reactor pressure vessel (RPV), feedwater enters through nozzles high on the vessel, well above the top of the nuclear fuel assemblies (these nuclear fuel assemblies constitute the "core") but below the water level. The feedwater is pumped into the RPV from the condensers located underneath the low pressure turbines and after going through feedwater heaters that raise its temperature using extraction steam from various turbine stages.
The feedwater enters into the downcomer region and combines with water exiting the water separators. The feedwater subcools the saturated water from the steam separators. This water now flows down the downcomer region, \which is separated from the core by a tall shroud. The water then goes through either jet pumps or reactor internal pumps that provide additional pumping power (hydraulic head). The water now makes a 180 degree turn and moves up through the lower core plate into the nuclear core where the fuel elements heat the water. When the flow moves out of the core through the upper core plate, about 12-15% of the volume of the flow is saturated steam.
2.2. Structure of BWRs
(1) BWR reactor core and internals
Reactor core and internal structures of 1,10OMWe class BWR reactor vessel are shown in Figure 3. In a reactor vessel, there are a reactor core that mainly consists of fuel assemblies and control rods in the center, equipment for generating steam for a turbine, such as a steam-water separator and a steam dryer in the upper part of the vessel, equipment for
5 E122 of 445 reactor-power control, such as control rod guide tubes and control rod drive housings in the lower part of the vessel, and a core shroud, jet pumps etc. that surrounds the reactor core and composes the coolant flow path in the periphery of reactor core.
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(2) Nuclear fuel
BWR fuel assemblies, for an example of 8x8 type, consists of 64 rods: 62 fuel rods, one spacer holding water rod and one water rod, which are arranged to a tetragonal lattice of 8x8 and enclosed in a channel box made of zircaloy as shown in Figure 4. Fuel rods are structured to contain uranium-dioxide pellets, a plenum spring etc. in a zircaloy cladding tube, of which both ends are weld-sealed with end plugs after pressurized with helium gas. The plenum is a space provided so that the fission gas discharged from fuel pellets accompanying fuel burnup is accommodated and the fuel rod internal pressure does not become excessive.
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(3) Control rod and its drive mechanism
BWR control rods are composed of blades in a shape of cruciform in order to move through the gaps formed between four channels of fuel assemblies as shown in Figure 5. Types of control rods are, in terms of the absorber materials, boron carbide (B4C), hafnium (Hf) and combination of these. A velocity limiter of an umbrella shape is provided at the lower portion of the control rod to slow down the dropping velocity in case of a control rod drop accident. Moreover, a connector to couple a control rod to a control rod drive mechanism is provided.
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There are two types of the control rod drive mechanism: hydraulic pressure drive and motor drive. Both types utilize the nitrogen-gas pressure stored in accumulators as driving power for fast insertion of control rods. When an anomaly occurs or could occur at a nuclear reactor, the fast insertion of all control rods into a reactor core is carried out all at once from the lower part of reactor core to shutdown nuclear reactor operation (it is called that a nuclear reactor is scrammed.) The boric acid solution injection system is provided to inject a neutron absorber material into the reactor core to stop reactor operation when the control rods cannot be inserted and the nuclear reactor cannot be placed in low-temperature shutdown mode.
2.3. Engineered Safety Feature
(1) Emergency core cooling system
At an abnormal event of a BWR, actuation of the reactor shutdown system (a part of the safety protection system) stops the nuclear reactor operation securely. The emergency core cooling system (ECCS) is provided for the case when a break accident occurs to reactor coolant system piping etc. and the reactor coolant is lost from a reactor core (loss of coolant accident, LOCA). This system consists of one high pressure core cooling system, one low pressure core cooling system, and three low pressure core injection (reflooder) systems. More Details on Safety Design
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Radioactive materials are released into the high temperature and high pressure coolant when a fuel failure occurs. Therefore, a reactor containment is provided so that the coolant would not discharge to the outside (Figure 7). All BWR containments are pressure suppression (pressure suppression pool) type, and the steam discharged into the containment is led to the water pool of the pressure suppression chamber, cooled and condensed, and the pressure rise within the containment is suppressed as a result. Moreover, as the temperature and pressure of the containment rise due to the fuel decay heat in a long term after an accident, it is necessary to cool the inside of the containment. Furthermore, it is also necessary to remove radioactive materials such as iodine within the containment. For such purposes, the containment spray system is provided within the containment (drywell spray, pressure suppression chamber spray). Furthermore, the standby gas treatment system is provided in the reactor building so that the radioactive materials will not be released to the outside of the containment.
*I Figure 7. BWR Containment in the Reactor Building (Improved Mark-II)
In addition, following a loss of coolant accident, the temperature of fuel cladding could rise and hydrogen could be generated by a water-metal reaction, which could impair the containment integrity due to hydrogen gas combustion. In order to prevent such a case, BWR containments are kept inert with nitrogen gas (Mark-lit type containment is designed not to use the nitrogen gas, but it is not adopted in Japan) during normal operation, and the flammability control system to prevent hydrogen combustion by recombining the generated hydrogen gas with oxygen gas.
2.4. Other Systems and Equipment
(1) Reactor coolant clean up system
The reactor coolant clean up system is provided to keep the coolant purity high, and consists of pumps, regenerative heat exchangers, non-regenerative heat exchangers, filter demineralizers, auxiliary equipment, etc.
The reactor coolant clean up system, together with the condensate cleanup system, keeps the coolant properties within the following values;
Electric conductivity (25 degrees C) 1 micro-S / cm or less Cr 0.1 ppm or less pH (25 degrees C) 5.6-8.6
(2) Reactor core isolation cooling system
The reactor core isolation cooling system is provided to inject the condensed water of residual heat removal system or condensate storage tank water, etc. into a reactor core with the turbine-driven pump using a part of the nuclear reactor steam to maintain the reactor water level, when supply of the condensate or feed water is stopped due to a certain cause after the reactor shutdown.
(3) Residual heat removal system
The residual heat removal system is provided for removal of the residual heat during a normal reactor shutdown and nuclear reactor isolation condition and for core cooling in case of a loss of coolant accident, etc.
The system consists of three independent loops, consisting of two sets of heat exchangers and three sets of pumps, which can be used in four modes by changing valve lineup. In addition, the system can cool the fuel pool using a connection line to the fuel pool cooling and cleanup system, when required.
(4) Waste processing system
Wastes generated in a plant are divided into gas, liquid and solid materials, and are processed separately. The gaseous waste, after attenuating the radioactivity to sufficiently low level with an activated-carbon-type noble gas hold-up device, is discharged from a vent stack monitoring the concentrations of radioactive materials. The liquid waste, after being collected from each generating source, is processed with a filter, a demineralizer and a waste evaporator, and is reused as make-up water or discharged. The liquid waste condensed with the waste evaporator is processed as a solid waste. The solid waste is processed by solidification, incineration, compression etc. corresponding to the type and canned in a drum for storage in a storage facility. In the solidification method, there are bituminization, plastic solidification and cement solidification. 1E El128 of 445 (5) Fuel handling equipment
Refueling is carried out once per 12 to 24 months in principle for an equilibrium cycle, and the required refueling time period is about 20 days. The number of removed fuel assemblies at one refueling is 20 to 30% of the total fuel assemblies in a core.
(6) Fuel pool cooling and cleanup system
The fuel pool cooling and cleanup system is provided to remove the decay heat of the spent fuel with the heat exchangers of the reactor building closed cooling water system to cool the fuel pool water, and to maintain the water purity and visibility of the fuel pool, reactor well and pit for the steam dryer and steam-water separator by filter-demineralization of the fuel pool water with a filter demineralizer, The fuel pool cooling and cleanup system consists of pumps, filter demineralizers, heat
exchangers, auxiliary, equipment etc.
(7) Turbine-generator equipment
(a) Steam turbine
Generally speaking, the steam turbine for nuclear power consumes more steam per unit output and is a larger size compared with the turbine for thermal power plants, as the turbine inlet steam condition is.not good compared with that for thermal power plants.
Therefore, the rotation frequency of both the high-pressure and low pressure turbines is 1,500 to 1,800 rpm.
(b) Generator
The turbine generator for nuclear power plants has no essential difference from that for thermal power plants.
2.5. Power Control of BWR
(1) Power control method and self-regulating characteristics
The BWR generates steam with pressure about 70 kg/cm2 by boiling light water in the reactor core. Moreover, the amount of steam bubbles (void) generated by the boiling is controlled with recirculation pumps (variable velocity pump) to control the nuclear reaction (power), which is called the recirculation flow control system. As control rods are withdrawn out of the core, the reactivity increases and then, the power (heat generation) increases, which results in increase of steam void leading to reduction of moderator density, and the rate of uranium fission becomes small and the reactivity decreases, which balances and stabilizes the reactor power (reactivity). As control rods are inserted into the core, the reactivity decreases and the power decreases, which results in decrease of steam void leading to increase of moderator density, and the rate of uranium fission becomes large and the reactivity increases, which balances and stabilizes the reactor power. In this way, BWRs have a self-regulating characteristic of the reactor power.
12 E129 of 445 (2) Heat transfer and power control
The heat generated in fuel rods is transferred to the reactor coolant. The magnitude of heat transferred according to the temperature difference between the heat transfer surface and the coolant has been obtained in many experiments. Since the heat transfer decreases in the transition film-boiling region in which the boiling becomes violent that could cause a burnout of fuel cladding tube, the heat transfer in the nucleate-boiling region is utilized in BWR. Therefore, the reactor operation limits are imposed on BWRs not to approach to the transition film-boiling region during normal operation and abnormal operational transients.
(3) Load fluctuation and reactor pressure reduction
When BWRs experience a load fluctuation in automatic power control mode, first of all, the reactor power is adjusted by increase or decrease of the recirculation flow. Automatic power control is adjusted during about 70%--l100% of the rated power. If electrical grid demands increase turbine generator output power, at first the power control system increases the recirculation flow that results in increase of the reactor power. The reactor pressure is controlled to be constant by opening of a turbine control valve by reactor pressure system. Opening of a turbine control valve increases the steam flow and the turbine generator output power. This method is called "the reactor master / turbine slave (nuclear reactor priority method)." In addition, when an abnormal turbine trip occurs, the steam flow is interrupted and the reactor scram occurs to protect abnormal pressure rise. Also, bypass valves are opened to bypass the steam to main condenser.
Chapter 3. Features of BWR
The BWR is characterized by two-phase fluid flow (water and steam) in the upper part of the reactor core. Light water (i.e., common distilled water) is the working fluid used to conduct heat away from the nuclear fuel. The water around the fuel elements also "thermalizes" neutrons, i.e., reduces their kinetic energy, which is necessary to improve the probability of fission of fissile fuel. Fissile fuel material, such as the U-235 and Pu-239 isotopes, have large capture cross sections for thermal neutrons.
3.1. BWR Design
(1) Generation of steam in a reactor core
In contrast to the pressurized water reactors that utilize a primary and secondary loop, in civilian BWRs the steam going to the turbine that powers the electrical generator is produced in the reactor core rather than in steam generators or heat exchangers. There is just a single circuit in a civilian BWR in which the water is at lower pressure (about 75 times atmospheric pressure) compared to a PWR so that it boils in the core at about 285°C. The reactor is designed to operate with steam comprising 12 to 15% of the volume of the two-phase coolant flow (the "void fraction") in the top part of the core, resulting in less moderation, lower neutron efficiency and lower power density than in the bottom part of the core. In comparison, there is no significant boiling allowed in a PWR because of the high pressure maintained in its primary loop (about 158 times atmospheric pressure).
13 E130 of 445 (2) Feed water system
Inside of a BWR reactor pressure vessel (RPV), feedwater enters through nozzles high on the vessel, well above the top of the nuclear fuel assemblies (these nuclear fuel assemblies constitute the "core") but below the water level. The feedwater is pumped into the RPV from the condensers located underneath the low pressure turbines and after going through feedwaler heaters that raise its temperature using extraction steam from various turbine stages.
(3) Fluid recirculation in the reactor vessel
The heating from the core creates a thermal head that assists the recirculation pumps in recirculating the water inside of the RPV. A BWR can be designed with no recirculation pumps and rely entirely on the thermal head to recirculate the water inside of the RPV. The forced recirculation head from the recirculation pumps is very useful in controlling power, however. The thermal power level is easily varied by simply increasing or decreasing the speed of the recirculation pumps.
The two phase fluid (water and steam) above the core enters the riser area, which is the upper region contained inside of the shroud. The height of this region may be increased to increase the thermal natural recirculation pumping head. At the top of the riser area is the water separator. By swirling the two phase flow in cyclone separators, the steam is separated and rises upwards towards the steam dryer while the water remains behind and flows horizontally out into the downcomer region. In the downcomer region, it combines with the feedwater flow and the cycle repeats.
The saturated steam that rises above the separator is dried by a chevron dryer structure. The steam then exits the RPV through four main steam lines and goes to the turbine.
(4) Reactor power control system
Reactor power is controlled via two methods: by inserting or withdrawing control rods and by changing the water flow through the reactor core.
Positioning (withdrawing or inserting) control rods is the normal method for controlling power when starting up a BWR. As control rods are withdrawn, neutron absorption decreases in the control material and increases in the fuel, so reactor power increases. As control rods are inserted, neutron absorption increases in the control material and decreases in the fuel, so reactor power decreases. Some early BWRs and the proposed ESBWR designs use only natural circulation with control rod positioning to control power from zero to 100% because they do not have reactor recirculation systems.
Changing (increasing or decreasing) the flow of water through the core is the normal and convenient method for controlling power. When operating on the so-called "100% rod line," power may be varied from approximately 70% to 100% of rated power by changing the reactor recirculation flow by varying the speed of the recirculation pumps. As flow of water through the core is increased, steam bubbles ("voids") are more quickly removed from the core, the amount of liquid water in the core increases, neutron moderation increases, more neutrons are slowed down to be absorbed by the fuel, and reactor power increases. As flow of
14 El 31 of 445 water through the core is decreased, steam voids remain longer in the core, the amount of liquid water in the core decreases, neutron moderation decreases, fewer neutrons are slowed down to be absorbed by the fuel, and reactor power decreases. (5) Steam turbines
Steam produced in the reactor core passes through steam separators and dryer plates above the core and then directly to the turbine, which is part of the reactor circuit. Because the water around the core of a reactor is always contaminated with traces of radionuclides, the turbine must be shielded during normal operation, and radiological protection must be provided during maintenance. Most of the radioactivity in the water is very short-lived (mostly N-16, with a 7 second half life), so the turbine hall can be entered soon after the reactor is shut down.
(6) Size of reactor core
A modem BWR fuel assembly comprises 74 to 100 fuel rods, and there are up to approximately 800 assemblies in a reactor core, holding up to approximately 140 tonnes of uranium. The number of fuel assemblies in a specific reactor is based on considerations of desired reactor power output, reactor core size and reactor power density.
!"B ' Part 2. Advanced BWRs
Chapter 4. ABWR Development
ABWRs are Generation III reactors based on the boiling water reactor. The ABWR was designed by General Electric and Japanese BWR suppliers. The standard ABWR plant design has a net output of about 1350 megawatts electrical.
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Control Rods and Control Rod Drive
Figure 8. ABWR Power Plant Structure
Major differences between the BWR and ABWR designs are as shown in Table 3: the reactor coolant pump is changed from the combination of recirculation pumps and jet pumps to internal pumps (in-reactor-vessel type pump), the control rod drive system is changed to a combination of a motor-driven drive and a hydraulic pressure drive from the hydraulic pressure drive, and the containment is a reinforced-concrete type containment vessel. In addition, the kashiwazaki kariwa Unit-6 and Unit-7 (electrical output is 1,356,000kW gross, respectively) in Japan have started commercial operation as the first operating ABWRs in the world.
16 E133 of 445 Table 3. Major Specifications for BWR and ABWR
Items ABWR Conventional BWR Electricity output MWe 1350 class 1100 class Thermal output MWt 3926 3293 Reactor pressure . gfc_ . 72.1 70.7 Feed water temperature Degree-C . 215 215 Core flow ./ About 52xi".1 About 48xi0 Fu..el type New-type 8x8 -- New-type 8x8 Number of fuel assemblies 872 764 Number of control rods 205 185 Reactor pressure vessel ID: m About 7.1 About 6.4 H: m About 21 About 22 Reactor water recirculation system Reactor internal pumps Outer recirculation pumps .(02)+ jet pumps (20) Control rod drive mechanism ______Power control Fine motion CR drive Hydraulic pressure CR (FMCRD) system drive .(CRD) system Scram Fast scram with hydraulic Fast scram with hydraulic
_ _. pressure drive pressure drive Steam flow restrictor Reactor pressure vessel Main steam pipe Venturi __nozze nozzle Emergency core cooling system Low pressure reflooder Low pressure reflooder .___.sye m._ s tqemS_._ yste 3 sste.m. High pressure core Low pressure core spray reflooder system (2 system _sy~_L__ Reactor core isolation High pressure core spray cooling system system Automatic Automatic _ depressurization system depressurization stermn Residual heat removal system 3 _y.ms(common use) 2 systems (common use) Containment Building integral-type Advanced Mark-I or made of reinforced advanced Mark-I] made of concrete steel Main turbine Type TCSF52" TC8F4)"/43" Thermal cycle 2 stage' rheating Non-reheatn Number of steam extraction 6 6 stages
More details in Standard ABWR Technical Data
17 E134 of 445 Following the Kashiwazaki-Kariwas Unit-6 and Unit-7, the Hamaoka Unit-5 of the Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc., which is the second generation ABWR adopting new technologies, started its commercial operation in January 2005 as the world's largest class output power station.
Chapter 5. ABWR Technologies
5.1 Features of ABWR
BWR characterized by the simplified direct cycle type is completed as a high reliability and safety nuclear reactor with many improvements, such as optimization of the core power density and fuel burnup, adoption of a built-in steam-water separator, multiple emergency core cooling system, etc. In addition to those improvements, ABWRs adopt the following superior technologies.
(1) Reactor pressure vessel and internals
The nuclear reactor of advanced building water reactor (ABWR) adopts the internal-pump system as a reactor-coolant recirculation system, which installs pumps in a reactor pressure vessel. The reactor internals consist of internal structures, such as steam-water separator and steam dryer, and a core support for fuel assemblies as shown in Figure 9.
18 E135 of 445 Reactor pressure vessel
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Figure 9. Reactor Pressure Vessel and Internals
Utilizing their 30 years of experience in operating BWR reactors, a special care is made in selecting the right material. Cobalt has been eliminated from the design. The steel used in the primary system is made of nuclear grade material (low carbon alloys) which are resistant to integranular stress corrosion cracking.
The ABWR reactor pressure vessel is 21 meters high and 7.1 meters in diameter.
19 E136 of 445 The base metal of the reactor pressure vessel, which contains fuel assemblies, control rods and reactor internals, is made of low alloy steel and the inside surface of the vessel is lined with stainless steel to have a corrosion resistance.
Much of the vessel, including the 4 vessel rings from the core beltline to the bottom head, is made from single forging. The vessel has no nozzles greater than 2 inches in diameter anywhere below the top of the core because the external recirculation loops have been eliminated. Because of these two features, over 50% of the welds and all of the piping and pipe supports in the primary system have been eliminated and, along with it, the biggest source of occupational exposure in the BWR.
The reactor core comprises fuel assemblies as shown in Figure 10 and control rods. Each fuel rod in fuel assemblies contains sintered pellets of low-enriched uranium within a zirconium-lined cladding. They are brought together in fuel assemblies, 8x8 arrays of fuel rods held in place by upper and lower tie plates and spacers.
Upper tie-plate
Channel fastener Channel box Outer spring
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Figure 10 ABWR Fuel
20 E137 of 445 (2) External recirculation system eliminated
One of the unique features of the ABWR is its external recirculation system elimination. The external recirculation pumps and piping have been replaced by ten reactor internal pumps mounted to the bottom head. (Refer to Figure 11)
Figure 11. Reactor Cooling Pump for BWR and ABWR
Prior to the ABWR, all large commercial nuclear steam supply. systems provided by GE from the BWR/3 through the BWR/6 designs used jet pump recirculation systems. These systems have two large recirculation pumps (each up to 9000 Hp) located outside of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV). Each pump takes a suction from the bottom of the downcomer region through a large diameter nozzle and discharges through multiple jet pumps inside of the RPV in the downcomer region. There is one nozzle per jet pump for the discharge back into the RPV and the external headers supplying these nozzles. Valves are required to isolate this piping in the event of a failure.
Consequently, reactor internal pumps eliminate all of the jet pumps (typically 10), all of the external piping, the isolation valves and the large diameter nozzles that penetrated the RPV.
(3) Internal pump
Reactor internal pumps inside of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) are a major improvement over previous BWR reactor plant designs (BWR/6 and prior). These pumps are powered by wet-rotor motors with the housings connected to the bottom of the RPV and eliminating large diameter external recirculation pipes that are possible leakage paths. The 10 internal pumps are located at the bottom of the downcomer region.
21 E138 of 445 The first reactors to use reactor internal pumps were designed by ASEA-Atom (now Westinghouse Electric Company by way of mergers and buyouts, which is owned by Toshiba) and built in Sweden. These plants have operated very successfully for many years.
The internal pumps reduce the required pumping power for the same flow to about half that required with the jet pump system with external recirculation loops. Thus, in addition to the safety and cost improvements due to eliminating the piping, the. overall plant thermal efficiency is increased. Eliminating the external recirculation piping also reduces occupational radiation exposure to personnel during maintenance.
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22 E139 of 445 (4) Control rod and drive mechanism
A operational feature in the ABWR design is electric fine motion control rod drives. BWRs use a hydraulic system to move the control rods which is driven by locking piston drive mechanism.
BWR ABWR Hydraulic drive Motor + hydraulic drive
Reactor pressure vessel
Insertion side
Motor
Figure 13. Control Drive Mechanism for BWR and ABWR
The materials in the control rods absorb neutrons and so restrain and control the reactor's nuclear fission chain reaction. The rods themselves have a cruciform cross section. They are inserted upwards, from the base of the RPV, into the rod spaces in fuel assemblies.
Fine motion control rod drives (FMCRD) are introduced in the ABWR. The control rods are scrammed hydraulically but can also scrammed by the electric motor as a backup. The FMCRDs have continuous clean water purge to keep radiation to very low levels.
23 El 40 of 445 Figure 14. Control Rod and Drive Mechanism
(5) Safety - Simplified active safety systems
ABWR has three completely independent and redundant divisions of safety systems. The systems are mechanically separated and have no cross connections as in earlier BWRs. They are electronically separated so that each division has access to redundant sources of ac power and, for added safety, its own dedicated emergency diesel generator. Divisions are physically separated. Each division is located in a different quadrant of the reactor building, separated by fire walls. A fire, flood or loss of power which disables one division has no effect on the capability of the other safety systems. Finally, each division contains both a high and low pressure system and each system has its own dedicated heat exchanger to control core cooling and remove decay heat. One of the high pressure systems, the reactor core isolation cooling (RCIC) system, is powered by reactor steam and provides the diverse protection needed should there be a station blackout.
The safety systems have the capability to keep the core covered at all times. Because of this capability and the generous thermal margins built into the fuel designs, the frequency of transients which will lead to a scram and therefore to plant shutdown have been greatly reduced (to less than one per year). In the event of a loss of coolant accident, plant response has been fully automated.
24 El 41 of 445 Any accident resulting in a loss of reactor coolant automatically sets off the emergency core cooling system (ECCS). Made up of multiple safety systems, each one functioning independently, ECCS also has its own diesel-driven standby generators that take over if external power is lost.
High pressure core flooder (HPCF) and reactor core isolation cooling (RCIC) systems: These systems inject water into the core to cool it and reduce reactor pressure.
Low pressure flooder (LPFL) system: Once pressure in the reactor vessel is reduced, this system injects water into the reactor vessel. The reactor core is then cooled safely.
Automatic-depressurization system: Should the high-pressure injection system fails, this system lowers the reactor vessel pressure to a level where the LPFL system can function.
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U~) ECCS: Emergency Core Cooling System HPCF: High Pressure Core Flooder (System), RCIC: Reactor Core Isolation Cooling (System), LPFL: Low Pressure Flooder (System), ADS: Auto-Depressurization System
25 E142 of 445 The primary containment vessel encloses the reactor pressure vessel, other primary components and piping. In the highly unlikely event of an accident, this shielding prevents the release of radioactive substances. The ABWR uses a reinforced concrete containment vessel (RCCV). Its reinforced concrete outer shell is designed to resist pressure, while the internal steel liner ensures the RCCV is leak-proof. The compact cylindrical RCCV integrated into the reactor building enjoys the advantages of earthquake-resistant design and economic construction cost.
BWR ABWR
Reactor building
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Figure 16. Reactor Containment for BWR and ABWR
(6) Digital control and instrumentation systems
The control and instrumentation (C&I) systems use state of the art digital and fiber optic technologies. The ABWR has four separate divisions of safety system logic and control, including four separate, redundant multiplexing networks to provide absolute assurance of plant safety. Each system includes microprocessors to process incoming sensor information and to generate outgoing control signals, local and remote multiplexing units for data transmission, and a network of fiber optic cables. Multiplexing and fiber optics have reduced the amount of cabling in the plant.
26 E143 of 445 (7) Control room design
The entire plant can be controlled and supervised from the centered console and the large display panel in the main control room. The left side of console and large display panel is for the safety systems and the right side is for the balance of plant (turbine-generator, feedwater system etc.). The CRTs and flat panel displays on the centered console and the large display panel allow the operator to call up any system, its subsystems and components just by touching the screen. It is possible to operate an entire system in manual operation mode.
Figure 17. Control Room Design
(8) Plant construction
The reactor and turbine building are arranged "in-line" and none of the major facilities are shared with the other units. The containment is a reinforced concrete containment vessel (RCCV) with a leak tight steel lining. The containment is surrounded by the reactor building, which doubles as a secondary containment. A negative pressure is maintained in the reactor building to direct any radioactive release from the containment to a gas treatment system. The reactor building and the containment are integrated to improve the seismic response of the building and the containment are integrated to improve the seismic response of the building without additional increase in the size and load bearing capability of the walls.
27 E144 of 445 At construction of the plant large modules which are prefabricated in the factory are used and assembled to large structure on site. A 1000 ton-crawler crane will lift these modules and place them vertically into the plant. Use of RCCV, modular construction and other construction techniques reduce construction times.
Commercial eadrock Inspection RPV Installation Fuel Loading start up
RCCV: Reinforced Concrete Containment Vessel RPV: Reactor Pressure Vessel RIN: Reactor Internals RB: Reactor Building
Figure 18. ABWR construction schedule (typical)
Particular attention was paid to designing the plant for ease of maintenance. Monorails are available to remove equipment to a conveniently located service room via an equipment hatch.
Removal of the reactor internal pumps and FMCRDs for servicing has been automated. Handling devices, which in the case of the FMCRD is operated remotely from outside the containment, engage and remove the equipment. The pump or driver is laid on a transport device and removed through the equipment hatch. Just outside the hatch are dedicated service rooms, one for the RIPs and another for the FMCRDs, where the equipment can be decontaminated and serviced in a shielded environment. The entire operation is done efficiently and with virtually no radiation exposure to the personnel.
28 E145 of 445 Chapter 6. Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR)
6.1 ESBWR and Natural Recirculation
The Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) is a passively safe generation III+ reactor which builds on the success of the ABWR. Both are designs by General Electric, and are based on their BWR design. The plant data are shown in Table 4.
Table 4. ESBWR Technology Fact Sheet
Plant Life (years) 60 Thermal Power 4,500 MW Electrical Power 1,560 MW Plant Efficiency 34.7 % Reactor Type Boiling Water Reactor Core Fuel Tye Enriched U02 Fuel Enrichment 4.2% No. of Fuel Bundles 1,132 Coolant Light water Moderator Light water Operating Cycle Length 12-24 months Outage Duration -14 days Percent fuel replaced at refueling See footnote 4 Average fuel bumup ai discharge -50,000 MWd/MT Number ofSteam Lines 4 Number of Feedwater Trains 2 Containment Parameters Design Temperature 340"F Design Pressure 45 psig Reactor Parameters Design Temperature 575"F Operating Temperature 550"F Design Pressure 1,250 psig Nominal Operating Pressure 1,040 psia Feedwater & Turbine Parameters Turbine Inlet/Outlet Temperature 543/93°F Turbine Inlet/Outlet Pressure 985/0.8 psia Feedwater Temperature 420OF Feedwater Pressure 1,050 psia Feedwater Flow 4.55 x 104 gpm Steam mass flow rate 19.31 x 106 lbs/hr Yearly Waste Generated High Level (spent fuel) 50 metric tons
29 E146 of 445 Intermediate Level (spent resins, filters, etc.) and i 1,765 cubic Low Level (compactable/non-compactable) Waste
The ESBWR uses natural circulation with no recirculation pumps or their associated piping.
Through design simplification, natural circulation in GE's ESBWR will decrease Operations and Maintenance (O&M) costs, reducing the overall cost of plant ownership. Natural circulation provides simplification over previous Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) and all Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) designs that rely on forced circulation. This improvement is accomplished by the removal of recirculation pumps and associated motors, piping, valves, heat exchangers, controls, and electrical support systems that exist with forced circulation. Natural circulation in the ESBWR also eliminates the risk of flow disturbances resulting from recirculation pump anomalies.
The ESBWR and internals is shown in Figure 19. and the natural recirculation of ESBWR. is shown in Figure 20.
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E147 of445 Figure 20. ESBWR Natural Recirculation
Natural circulation is consistent with the key objectives of the ESBWR program: a passive safety design with simplification achieved by evolutionary enhancements. Most of the components in the ESBWR design are standard to BWRs and have been operating in the commercial nuclear energy fleet for years. The main differences between natural and forced circulation are the additions of:
- A partitioned chimney above the reactor core to stabilize and direct the steam and water flow above the core.
- A correspondingly taller, open down-comer annulus that reduces flow resistance and provides additional driving head, pushing the water to the bottom of the core.
Natural circulation is a proven technology. Valuable operating experience was gained from previously employed natural circulation BWR designs. Examples of plants using only natural circulation include the Humboldt Bay plant in California and the Dodewaard plant in the Netherlands, which operated for 13 and 30 years respectively.
Today, large (>1000MW) BWRs can generate about fifty percent of rated power in natural circulation mode. The operating conditions in this mode-power, flow, stability, steam quality, void fraction, void coefficient, power density, and power distribution- are predicted by GE calculation models that were calibrated against operating plant data from LaSalle, Leibstadt, Forsmark, Confrentes, Nine Mile Point 2, and Peach Bottom 2. The ESBWR utilizes proven natural circulation technology to operate a reactor with the size and performance characteristics customers need today at one hundred percent of rated power.
31 E148 of 445 6.2 ESBWR Passive Safety Design
The passively safe characteristics are mainly based on isolation condensers, which are heat exchangers that take steam from the vessel (Isolation Condensers, IC) or the containment (Passive Containment Cooling System, PCCS), condense the steam, transfer the heat to a water pool, and introduce the water into the vessel again.
Those systems are illustrated in Figure 21 and 22.
Figure 21. Isolation Condenser System
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E149 of 445 Figure 22. Passive Containment Cooling System
This is also based on the gravity driven cooling system (GDCS) shown in Figure 23, which are pools above the vessel that when depressurization very low water level is detected in the reactor, the system opens several very large valves to reduce vessel pressure to allow these GDCS pools to reflood the vessel. and finally Figure 23. Gravity-Driven Cooling System
The core is shorter than conventional BWR plants because of the smaller core flow (caused by the natural circulation). There are 1132 bundles and the thermal power is 4500 MWth (1550 MWe).
Below the vessel, there is a piping structure which allows for cooling of the core during a very severe accident. These pipes divide the molten core and cool it with water flowing through the piping.
The probability of radioactivity release to the atmosphere is several orders of magnitude lower than conventional nuclear power plants, and the building cost is 60-70% of other light water reactors.
The energy production cost is lower than other plants due to:
I. Lower initial capital cost
2. Lower operational and maintenance cost
General Electric has recalculated maximum core damage frequencies per year per plant for its nuclear power plant designs:
BWR/4 -- I x 10-5 (a typical plant) BWR/6 -- I x 10-6 (a typical plant) ABWR -- 2 x 10-' (now operating in Japan) ESBWR -- 3 x 10.8 (submitted for Final Design Approval by NRC)
34 El 51 of 445 The ESBWR's maximum core damage frequency is significantly lower than that of the AP) 000 or the European Pressurized Reactor.
Chapter 7. Current status
As of December 2006, four ABWRs were in operation in Japan: Kashiwazaki-Kariwa units 6 and 7, which opened in 1996 and 1997, Hamaoka unit 5, opened 2004 having started construction in 2000, and Shika 2 commenced commercial operations on March 15, 2006. Another two, identical to the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactors, were nearing completion at Lungmen in Taiwan, and one more (Shimane 3) had just commenced construction in Japan, with major siteworks to start in 2008 and completion in 2011. Plans for at least six other ABWRs in Japan have been postponed, cancelled, or converted to other reactor types, but three of these (Higashidori I and 2 and Ohma) were still listed as on order by the utilities, with completion dates of 2012 or later.
Several ABWRs are proposed for construction in the United States under the Nuclear Power 2010 Program. However these proposals face fierce competition from more recent designs such as the ESBWR (Economic Simplified BWR, a generation 111+ reactor also from GE) and the API000 (Advanced, Passive, IOOOMWe, from Westinghouse). These designs take passive safety features even further than the ABWR does, as do more revolutionary designs such as the pebble bed modular reactor.
On June 19, 2006 NRG Energy filed a Letter Of Intent with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build two 1358-MWe ABWRs at the South Texas Project site.
New Reactor Licensing Applications in US including ABWR and ESBWR from 2005 to 2010 and beyond are shown in the Figure 24.
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36 E153 of 445 References
NRC HP: http://www.nrc.gov/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik i/MainPage
ATOMICA: htto://atomica.nucpal.Sr.ip/atomica/index.html
Handbook for Thermal and Nuclear Power Engineers, English Edition of the 6 'hEdition, 2002, Thermal and Nuclear Power Engineering Society of Japan (TENPES)
Nuclear Power Generation Guide, 1999 Edition, Edited by Nuclear Power Division, Public Utilities Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Published by Denryoku Shinnpou Sha (October 1999)
Outline of a LWR Power Station (Revised edition), Nuclear Safety Research Association (1992 October)
Outline of Safety Design (Case of BWR), Long-term Training Course on Safety Regulation and Safety Analysis /Inspection, NUJPEC, (2002)
Toshiba H-: http://www.toshiba.co.jp/indexj2.htm
GE HP: httn://www.ge.com/indexhtm
GE H1P, ESBWR Overview, J. Alan Beard), September 15, 2006
Nuclear Renaissance, a Former Regulator's Perspective Regarding the NRC Rrole and Activities, Ashok Thadani
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E154 of 445 Sharkey, Jeffry
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 1:14 PM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Radiation Level Rising in Fukushima Nuclear Plant Turbine Building - emergency generators dispatched
Radiation Level Rising in Fukushima Nuclear Plant Turbine Building
Fukushima, Japan, March 12 Kyodo -- The radiation level is rising in the building housing a turbine of the No. 1 reactor of the Fukushima No. I nuclear power plant following Friday's powerful earthquake, the operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Saturday.
The company also said monitoring data suggested the air pressure level has also soared inside the container of the reactor.
;tate of Emergency Declared at Fukushima Plant
"okyo,Ashi Shimbun Online 1733 GMT 11 Mar 11 :riday's devastating earthquake in the Tohoku region may have created a dangerous situation at two nuclear reactors in "ukushina Prefecture.
)fficials of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency were informed by Tokyo Electric Power Co. that the emergency ore cooling system was not working at two reactors.
i addition, another mechanism that had been used to send water to the core also stopped at 8:30 p.m.
'the cores are not sufficiently cooled, there is a danger of a possible core meltdown,
t a news conference Friday night, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said a state of emergency at a nuclear facility as declared at 4:36 p.m.
is the first time such a state of emergency has been declared.
:cording to NISA officials, although the reactor core stopped operations after the earthquake hit, water had to be ierted to the core to cool it because heat continued to be emitted from the nuclear fuel.
though workers had to initiate emergency core cooling system procedures, the lack of an external power source and failure of an emergency generator crippled the system that circulates water to the core to cool it.
PCO officials dispatched 51 generator vehicles to the reactors in an attempt to restore power. One vehicle reached of the nuclear reactors late Friday and some of that reactor's power was restored.
9;23 p.m., the central government issued an evacuation instruction for residents living within a 3-kilometer radius of No. 1 Fukushima nuclear power plant as well as an instruction to residents living within a radius of between 3 and cilometers to remain indoors.
no said no radiation leakage had been detected. I E155 of 445 The company issued an emergency evacuation order for the two reactors at the No. 1 Fukushima nuclear Power pjant. Officials from local communities gathered at a special monitoring facility in Okuma to oversee the cooling of the cores.
There was also the possibility that seawater pumps for cooling purposes may have stopped at two reactors al the No. 2 Fukushima nuclear power plant.
If those pumps remain inoperational, it could affect the emergency core cooling systems at those reactors as well.
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From. Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 1:27 PM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Secretary Clinton video on supplying "coolant" to Japan http://!6flw .gst.gov/vidggi',v oid8227552220OI'
I E157 of445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 7A47 PM To: Sharkey, Jeffry Subject: RE: Tokyo Electric Power To Release Reactor Pressure
thanks, I appredate the Clarence rule...,now time to go eat some pizzat
From. Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 7:37 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: Re: Tokyo Electric Power To Release Reactor Pressure
Got it.
Remember I set up a Clarence Rule for emails...
From: Castleman, Patrick To: Sharkey, .effry Sent: Fri Mar 1119:30:57 2011 Subject: RE: Tokyo Electric Power To Release Reactor Pressure
thanks. i'm wtying a sumary of the CA brief right now. another briefing at 11:15.
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 7:28 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Tokyo Electric Power To Release Reactor Pressure
From: reskovi ClOarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 7:27:56 PM To: &eskovic, Clarce Subject: Tokyo Electric Power To Release Reactor Pressure Auto forwarded by a Rule Tokyo Electric Power To Release Reactor Pressure power plant in Tokyo, march 12 (0Ji1 Press) - Tokyo Electric Power Co. has decided to release the pressure from reactors of a quake.hit nuclear Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan, to prevent them from breakIng down, company sources said Saturday. amount of radioactive Releasing the pressure from the company's Fukushima No. I nudear power plant by opening their valves may let a small substances leak out into the atmosphere, Kccording to Tokyo Electric Power. radius from the Power plant have been evacuated or Instructed by The safety of nearby residents will be ensured as all the resldents in a I10-kilometer the government to stay at home, according to the sources. automatically. Immediately after the 8.8-magnitude quake hit northeastern Japan, all the three operating reactors at the power Plant stopped from the normal level of 400 internal pressure is feared to have Hsen at all the reactors. The pressure in the No. I reactor Increased to 600 kIlopascals kilopescels,
the quake caused a power Meantime, Tokyo Elecric Power is striving to restore the NO. 2 O•eactOr'coolilg system. which stopped working be•-use wutage and emergency diesel power generation equipment broke down. top of Its nuclear fuel rods, the level's decline would force the llel f Nlle the reactors cooling water levels are stll kept at about 3.5 meters above the oEs exposed to air to generate radiation.
E158 of445 __ Radiation Could Already Have Leak
nuclear power plant after a magnitude 8.8 Tokyo, March 12 KyodO - Radioactive substances could already have leaked at the Fuktushima No. I earthquake hit northern Japan, the operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Saturday. Nuclear and Industr level In the control room of the No, 1 reactor of the plant, the The amount of radiation reached around 1,000 times the normal steam could spread around the facility. Safety Agency also said, The discovery suggests radioactive
The agency also said radiation has been more than eight times the normal level at a monitoring post near the main gate of the plant. orders of Prime Minister The authorities expanded the evacuation area for residents in the vicinity of the plant from a 3-kilometer radius to 10 km on the Naoto Kan, who plans to visit the facility later Saturday.
E159 of 445 I -v mim9fA i3%TTY~ In- WmTtrt~t ^nigiT1v Sharkey, ega Mi NI I ft" .------M nnmhý From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 8:07 PM To: Sharkey. Jeffry Subject: RE: NHK news reports TEPCO started to release air from Fukushima 1 reactor
Thank you! Much appredated!
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 7:41 PM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Re: NHK news reports TEPCO started to release air from Fukushlma 1 reactor
Clarence,
Thanks for all of your efforts over the past 18 hours. You have been our best source of information... because of your dedication mnd commitment.
.reatly appreciated.
West,
rom: Breskovic, Clarence bo: Breskovic, Clarence ent: Fri Mar 11 19:33:57 2Q11 ubject: NHK news reports TEPCO started to release air from Fukushlma 1 reactor his will be my last report for the time being as the regular media outlets seem to be on top of things, If you get NHK TV (Japan roadcasting Corp.) on your cable TV service I recommend watching It. ianks, arence
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From: Snodderly, Michael Sent: Friday, March 11,2011 11:58 AM Thomas; Castleman, Patrick To: Scott, Michael; Orders, William; Franovich, Mike; Hipschman, Subject: FW: Tepco website
Please see link below.
From Reckley, William Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 9:32 AM To: Snoddedy, Michael Subject: Tepco website
Mike - this has a little better descriptions than the general media stories
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El 61 of 445 Lepre, Janet
From: Lepre, Janet Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 9:14 AM To: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John; Castleman, Patrick Cc: Harves, Carolyn Subject: FW: Nuclear Energy Overview - March 10, 2011 Attachments: Nuclear Energy Overview - March 10, 2011
NEI Overview for the week.
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E162 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11,2011 9:30 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Powerful quake rocks northern Japan - Onagawa reactor automatically shuts down
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 2:37 AM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Powerful quake rocks northern Japan - Onagawa reactor automatically shuts down
Friday, March 11, 2011
Powerful quake rocks northern Japan
Kyodo News A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 rocked northeastern Japan on Friday, measuring the highest level intensity of 7 on the Japanese seismic scale, in Miyagi Prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Local police said many people were injured in the 2:46 p.m. quake, with reports of fires coming not only from the prefectural capital of Sendai but also from Tokyo, some 300 kilometers from Sendai, where a prolonged and powerful temblor was also felt. The Metropolitan Police Department said many people were injured when part of the Kudan Kaikan hall in Chiyoda Ward in central Tokyo collapsed. The agency issued a rare warning of huge tsunami for the Pacific coastal region including Iwate Prefecture. Public broadcaster NHK said a large number of cars were washed away into the sea when a tsunami hit the Kamaishi port in Iwate Prefecture. In Kyodo News' Sendai office, part of the ceiling collapsed and bookshelves and office equipment toppled over. Fires occurred across a wide area, including at an ironworks in Chiba Prefecture. Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture automatically halted operations following the quake. Its operator, Tohoku Electric Power Co., was checking whether any damage was caused. A major blackout occurred across a wide area of northeastern Japan. The quake affected the nation's key transportation systems, including Narita airport, which shut its runways for safety checks.
USGS earthquake map: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthQuakes/re~centeqsww/Maps/10/140 35.php http://earthquake. usqs.qov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/uscO01xka. ph# detaiIs
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E163 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 9:30AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Japan: Onagawa map and details
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 2:50 AM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Japan: Onagawa map and details http://world-nuclear.org/NuclearDatabase/reactordetails.aspx?id =27570&rid=CA833697-1FFF-4CBB-6729-74C88B99295B
E1 E1 64 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday. March 11,2011 9:30 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Japan earthquake: Government Says No radioactive leaks at Tohoku nuke plants
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 3:29 AM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Japan earthquake: Government Says No radioactive leaks at Tohoku nuke plants
Govt: No radioactive leaks at Tohoku nuke plants The government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency says no abnormal levels of radiation have been reported at four nuclear power plants in the quake-hit Tohoku region.
Power companies have suspended the operation of the plants and are checking their safety. NHK News, Friday, March 11, 2011 15:34 +0900 (JST)
E165 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 9:30 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Japan earthquake/tsunami - more reactors shut down
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 3:38 AM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Japan earthquake/tsunami - more reactors shut down
Powerful Quake Hits Northeastern Japan
Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press) -- An extremely powerful earthquake hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku at 2:46 p.m. Friday (5:46 a.m. GMT).
The quake, which also rocked a wide range of areas including Tokyo, eastern Japan, measured 7, the upper limit of the Japanese seismic intensity scale, in northern Miyagi Prefecture in the Tohoku region. Its magnitude was estimated at 7.9, the Meteorological Agency said. The agency issued a heightened tsunami alert to residents in the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima along the Pacific coast.
A tsunami with an estimated height of more than 10 meters reached the shore of Miyagi Prefecture, the agency said.
The focus of the quake is located off Miyagi Prefecture and is 10 kilometers deep.
Tohoku Electric Power Co. halted its Onagawa nuclear power plant, according to the industry ministry's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. officials said the No. 1 to No. 3 reactors of its first Fukushima nuclear plant was shut down automatically.
Operations of the firm's second Fukushima plant's No. 1 to No. 4 reactors were also suspended.
Japan Atomic Power Co. halted its Tokai nuclear power plant in Ibaraki Prefecture.
According to Miyagi police, many portions of the Tohoku Expressway were damaged.
The Tokyo Fire Department reported several injuries in central Tokyo and fires in 10 places including Daiba and Ikebukuro.
Tohoku Electric said power outage affects all areas in Aomori, Akita and Iwate Prefectures and almost all areas in Yamagata and Miyagi Prefectures.
E166 of445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11,2011 9:30 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Japan: media reports government has decided to declare a nuclear power emergency situation
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 5:31 AM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Japan: media reports government has decided to declare a nuclear power emergency situation
Fire at Tohoku Elec Onagawa nuclear plant
TOKYO, March 11 (Reuters) - A fire broke out at Tohoku Electric Power Co's Onagawa nuclear plant in northeastern Japan following Friday's major earthquake, Kyodo news agency said.
Prior to the Kyodo report, the company had said it had not received information on whether there had been any problems at the nuclear power plant after the disaster.
Separately, Fukushima Prefecture, the site of a Tokyo Electric Power nuclear power plant, said on Friday the plant's reactor cooling system was functioning, denying an earlier report that it was malfunctioning.
Japanese media reported that the government had decided to declare a nuclear power emergency situation, which occurs if there is confirmation of radioactivity leaks from a nuclear power plant or a reactor cooling system breaks down.
E167 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 9:30 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Japan: Fukushima 1 &2 cooling system problems
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 6:11 AM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Japan: Fukushima 1 & 2 cooling system problems
According to NHK TV news (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) the Fukishima 1 & 2 reactors are experiencing reactor cooling problems after diesel generator failures but also saying there is no cause for alarm even though the government has declared a "nuclear emergency situation".
El 68 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11,2011 9:30 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Japan Update: Emergency Cooling System Working at Quake-hit Fukushima Plant
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 6:13 AM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Japan Update: Emergency Cooling System Working at Quake-hit Fukushima Plant
Emergency Cooling System Working at Quake-hit Fukushima Plant
Tokyo Kyodo World Service 1047 GMT 11 Mar 11 Tokyo, March 11 Kyodo -- An emergency cooling system was activated at the No. 1 reactor of the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear plant after a powerful earthquake hit northern Japan on Friday, the industry ministry said.
The operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., notified the ministry of the move, the ministry said, adding monitors outside the facility have detected no abnormalities.
E169 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 9:30 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Japan's Tepco shuts seven nuclear units after earthquake
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 6:34 AM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Japan's Tepco shuts seven nuclear units after earthquake
This is an older message but gives a more complete picture of the reactor situation when the earthquake hit.
Japan's Tepco shuts seven nuclear units after earthquake Singapore (Platts)--11Mar2011/555 am EST/1055 GMT
Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company has shut a total of seven nuclear units at two of its nuclear power plants in Fukushima prefecture after a 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Japan off the main Honshu island Friday, a company spokesman said. At its 4.4 GW Fukushima Daini plant, units 1, 2 and 3 (460 MW, 784 MW and 784 MW respectively) were operating during the earthquake and have all been shut, the spokesman said.
Units 4, 5 and 6 (784 MW, 784 MW and 1.1 GW respectively) were all offline for maintenance.
At the Fukushima Daiichi plant, all four 1.1 GW units were running during the earthquake and were subsequently stopped, he added.
At Tepco's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in the northwest, units 2, 3 and 4 were already offline for inspections, while units 1, 5, 6 and 7 were operating during the earthquake and are still operating, the spokesman said.
Tepco released a statement at 1630 Tokyo time (0730 GMT) confirming the outages, and adding: "At all the nuclear power stations, monitoring posts, which monitor radiation through exhaust stacks have shown normal values. In other words, at the present, no radiation leaks have been confirmed."
The company said that 4.05 million households had lost power as a result of the earthquake.
The earthquake struck at a depth of 10 kin, off Sanriku in Miyagi prefecture at around 2:46 pm (0546 GMT), the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The agency also issued a tsunami warning for Honshu's Pacific coast, warning of waves up to 3 meters high.
E170 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11,2011 9:30 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Japan initiates emergency protocol after earthquake
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 6:40 AM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Japan initiates emergency protocol after earthquake
Japan initiates emergency protocol after earthquake
11 March 2011
Nuclear Engineering International
Onagawa, Fukushima Daiichi, Fukushima Daini and Tokai nuclear power stations have automatically shut down following a magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the northeast coast of the largest island of Japan, Honshu.
All four operating plants on that coast have automatically shut down, or SCRAMmed, according to Japan * Atomic Information Forum (JAIF). Higashidori 1, which is also located on Honshu's northeast coast, was shut down for a periodic inspection.
The earthquake struck at 2:45pm local time. A 6:45 pm local time report from the Japan Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency contained more information of damage and other problems in a site-by-site report.
-A C02 fire has broken out at Onagawa nuclear power station.
-Utility TEPCO has requested the establishment of a nuclear emergency response programme for Fukushima Daiichi 1&3 and Fukushima Daini 1. JAIF reported that Fukushima Daiichi 1, 2 and 3 automatically shut down; units 4, 5 and 6 were in maintenance outages. Fukushima Daini 1, 2, 3 and 4 automatically shut down.
JAIF has reported that TEPCO sent the emergency report because emergency diesel generators at the two sites are out of order. It said that there is no report that the radiation was detected out of the site. It said that an emergency headquarters has been set up and will issue information hourly.
JAIF also reported that the Rokkasho reprocessing facility was being powered by emergency diesel generators. No other unusual events or radiation leaks have been reported. Nuclear power stations at Hamaoka, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa and Tomari are continuing normal operation, according to JAIF.
After an accident occurs at a nuclear power plant, the licensee must notify the national Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency by law.
A minister in its controlling organisation, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, notifies the prime minister's office. The central nuclear emergency response headquarters (NERHQ) of the national government issues a nuclear emergency declaration, which also includes instructions about preventative measures. It
El 7r ~of 445 receives technical advice from the Nuclear Safety Commission. The NERHQ sends a specialist and the NSC sends a commissioner to the site.
After the emergency declaration is received, the local office of the national government's NERHQ arranges prevention measures based on factors including facility information, climate and monitoring.
Nuclear emergency response operations are coordinated in one of 20 so-called off-site centres spread across Japan, which are close to, but not inside, nuclear facilities. The off-site centre's role is to be the main centre of information, incident analysis, and emergency plan organisation and direction. Two or three senior specialists for nuclear emergency preparedness work in each OFC. In normal conditions, the specialists work as nuclear power safety inspectors, checking plant operation from the viewpoint of regulation. During an emergency, the specialists organize prevention measures as a secretariat and report it to a joint council for nuclear emergency response. The joint council includes not only the local office of the national government's NERHQ and the senior specialists, but also representatives of the Nuclear Safety Commission and prefectural and municipal NERHQs.
The joint council devises instructions to residents for evacuation and/or sheltering. It also instructs the emergency services and coast guard, self-defence force, Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organisation (JNES), the National Institute of Radiological Sciences, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, and other bodies.
JNES has constructed a dedicated high-speed network system connecting the 20 off-site centres and other agencies called Emergency Preparedness Response Network (EPRNet). It includes video conferencing systems, e-mail, telephone, fax, and connections to a meteorological information service, a plant information collection, diagnosis, prognosis and analytical prediction tool (called ERSS), and an emergency environmental dose prediction tool (called SPEEDI).
2 E172 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11,2011 9:34 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Castleman, Patrick; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: FW: Tsunami
From: Monninger, John Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 9:34 AM To: Sharkey, Jeffry; Sosa, Belkys; Bubar, Patrice; Dhir, Neha Cc: Batkin, Joshua; Hipschman, Thomas; Marshall, Michael Subject: Tsunami
NRC HQ and Region IV are monitoring the potential impact of tsunamis impacting NRC licensees and licensed materials.
Diablo Canyon issued a NOUE due to the Tsunami WARNING. Expected wave is predicted to be well within the Design Basis. Licensees evaluating the potential for loss of circulating water pumps and need for potential shutdown due to sea level draw down in advance of wave. No decision on shutdown at this time. Humboldt Bay ISFSI is also monitoring the event and wave heights are predicted to be within the design basis.
San Onofre is in the Tsunami ADVISORY area so they are monitoring the event. Wave heights are predicted to be well within the design basis.
Staff does not expect any impact to material licensees, including Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, and the Marianas Islands.
Staff from the Japanese regulator (NISA) were attending the RIC and are still in the US. NRC offered them access to the HQ Operations Center to facilitate communications with their government and other entities back home.
OIP has checked and is not aware of any NRC staff in Japan.
E173 of445 Castlenman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 11:38 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Japan Update: Evcuations ordered around Fukishima
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 11:37:54 AM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Japan Update: Evcuations ordered around Fukishima Auto forwarded by a Rule
Contents Japan Orders Evacuation of Residents Near N-plant ...... 1 Kyodo: Gsdf Sent To Area Near Fukushima Nuke Plant To Assist Evacuation ...... 1 3,000 Ordered To Evacuate Near Quake-hit Fukushima Nuclear Plant ...... 2 Fukushima Pref. W arns of Radiation Leak at N-plant ...... 3
Japan Orders Evacicition ofResidlent:s Near N-plant Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press) -- The government on Friday ordered evacuation of residents in a 3-kilometer radius from a quake-hit Tokyo Electric Power Co. nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan, citing a possible radiation leak.
The government, however, has confirmed no radiation leak so far. The evacuation order was issued after the 8.8-magnitude quake hit northern Japan to have all the three reactors at the power plant shut down automatically.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said at a news conference that the government called for preemptive evacuation, urging the 5,862 residents to stay calm in following the order.
The government also instructed 45,345 residents living outside the area but in a 10-kilometer radius to stay at home.
According to the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, cooling functions of the No. 2 reactor at the plant have stopped working, affected by a power outage caused by the quake.
The agency is unable to confirm cooling water levels at the reactor and the No.1 reactor. The plant's emergency diesel power generation equipment has stopped working, leading the company to dispatch power supply cars, according to the agency.
As the power supply cars have reached the plant, the company is proceeding with work to resupply electricity to restore cooling functions.
E174 of 445 The Fuk.4shima prefectural government has reported that cooling water levels at the No.2 reactor are dropping and warned that continued decline would expose nuclear fuel rods to air to generate radiation.
Reactors were also automatically shut down at the company's Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power station, with emergency supply of cooling water startingat one of them.
The nuclear safety agency said sufficient cooling water is supplied at the reactor, but tsunami prevented the agency from confirming whether pumps taking in sea water for two other reactors are working properly.
Kyodo: Gsdf Sent To Area Near Fu1i.shinia Nuhe Plant To Assist Evacuation
Tokyo, March 12 Kyodo -- A total of around 160 Ground Self-Defense Force personnel and a number of large vehicles have been dispatched to an area near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture to help evacuate local residents, a senior SDF officer said late Friday.
More than 100 members of a GSDF special unit trained to deal with chemical disasters have been advancing toward the area, SDF chief Ryoichi Oriki said at a news conference at the Defense Ministry.
Some 3,000 residents near the nuclear plant have been ordered to evacuate due to a problem with a cooling system detected at one of the six reactors at the Tokyo Electric Power Co. plant.
Meanwhile, liaison officers from U.S. Forces Japan were being sent to the ministry to coordinate the disaster response of the SDF and U.S. forces, he added.
Around 300 aircraft and about 40 vessels of the SDF have been dispatched or are being prepared for dispatch to deal with the disaster, according to the ministry.
3,000 Ordered To Evacuate Near Qualwe-hit Fulcushima Nuclear Plant Tokyo, March 11 Kyodo -- (EDS: ADDING GOVT SPOKESMAN'S COMMENTS) Japan declared a state of atomic power emergency Friday after the country, which has about 50 nuclear power reactors, was hit by a powerful earthquake, instructing around 3,000 residents near the Fukushima No. 1 plant to evacuate.
Japan's top government spokesman Yukio Edano told an evening press conference, "We have a situation where one of the reactors (of the plant) cannot be cooled down." But the chief Cabinet secretary said the evacuation instruction was only precautionary.
"No radiation has leaked outside the reactor. The incident poses no danger to the environment at the moment," Edano said.
The post-quake situation prompted the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency to scramble for details from contacts with Japan's industry ministry, while saying in a statement that at least four nuclear power plants "closest to the quake have been safely shut down" after the 2:46 p.m. quake.
Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the Fukushima plant, reported that the level of the water surrounding the fuel rods was going down in the reactor.
Radioactive materials could be emitted if part of a rod is exposed to the air.
But officials of the prefectural government dismissed a view that the plant is in any critical situation, saying the top of the water is 3.4 meters above the fuel rods at the troubled No. 2 reactor. 2 E175 of 445 The eva~uation advisory was issued for people living within a 3-kilometer radius of the plant, while those living within a 10-kilometer radius were asked to stay home, Edano said.
Prime Minister Naoto Kan declared the emergency even though no radiation leak has been detected after the magnitude 8.8 quake so that authorities can easily implement emergency relief measures, Edano said.
Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa ordered the Self-Defense Forces to act in response to the state of atomic power emergency. Also, the Defense Ministry dispatched a chemical corps of the Ground Self-Defense Force to the plant.
Motohisa Ikeda, senior vice industry minister, also left Tokyo for Fukushima on Friday evening by an SDF helicopter.
According to the industry ministry, a total of 11 nuclear reactors were automatically shut down at the Onagawa plant, Fukushima No. 1 and No. 2 plants and Tokai No. 2 plant after the biggest-magnitude quake in the country's modern history.
At the Onagawa plant in Miyagi Prefecture, a fire started at a building housing the turbine, the operator, Tohoku Electric Power Co., said, denying it detected any signs of radiation leaks.
Water spilled from pools containing fuel rods at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant on the Sea of Japan coast in Niigata Prefecture and the Onagawa plant, the operators said, saying they saw no signs suggesting radiation leaks.
Hokkaido Electric Power Co. reported no problems at its Tomari No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 plants on the northernmost main island.
There were no immediate signs of any problems at the Hamaoka nuclear plant on the Pacific coast in Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, the prefectural government said.
Fukushinla Pref. Warns of Raclia•ioii Leak ait N-plant Fukushima, March 11 (Jiji Press) -- The Fukushima prefectural government on Friday warned that water levels dropped at a reactor of a quake-hit Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> nuclear power plant, posing a threat of a radiation leak.
If the water levels at the No.2 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station of the company keep falling, nuclear fuel rods would be exposed to air to generate radiation, according to the prefecture.
The prefecture urged residents in a 2-kilometer radius from the reactor to immediately evacuate.
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From: Snodderly, Michael Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 11:58 AM To: Scott, Michael; Orders, William; Franovich, Mike; Hipschman, Thomas;, Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Tepco website
Please see link below. ..- ..
From: Reckley, William Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 9:32 AM To: Snodderly, Michael Subject: Tepco website
Mike .. this has a little better descriptions than the general media stories httP://www.tepco.co.ip/en/press/corpi-co m/release/index-e. html
William D. Reckley, Chief Advanced Reactors Branch 1 Advanced Reactor Program Office of New Reactors (301) 415-7490
E177 of 445 Castlenran, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11,2011 11:59 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Press Release: NRC Monitors Notice of Unusual Event at Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Tusnami Issues Attachments: 11-042.docx
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E178 of445 Cop~%ftREG&jZ NRC NEWS K .U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION • Office of Public Affairs Telephone: 301/415-8200 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 V4, 04, E-mail: opa.resource(nrc.gov Site: www.nrc.goy Blog: hrt p:// pub lic-b loe-_, c- gatew a y. gov - •- ¢c - • --[ " I •1 BI •I I I
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NRC MONITORS NOTICE OF UNUSUAL EVENT AT DIABLO CANYON POWER PLANT, TSUNAMI ISSUES
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, through its regional office in Arlington, Tex., is monitoring a notice of unusual event (NOUE) at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, located near San Luis Obispo, Calif. Senior NRC officials are working at the agency's Rockville, Md., headquarters to coordinate NRC activities with respect to the Japanese earthquake and subsequent tsunami.
"The NRC is closely monitoring this situation as it unfolds with respect to nuclear facilities within the United States. NRC staff is working closely with its resident inspectors who are on site to ensure safe operations," said NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E), operator of the Diablo Canyon two-reactor plant, declared a precautionary NOUE Unusual Event at 4:23 a.m. EST today after receiving a tsunami warning from the West California Emergency Management Agency. The tsunami warning was generated after an estimated 8.9 magnitude earthquake occurred off the eastern Japanese coast.
The licensee reported the Diablo Canyon plant is stable and both units remain on line. The plant is well protected against tsunami conditions as required by NRC regulations. The NRC has staff at the plant keeping track of the plant's response.
Nuclear power plants are built to withstand environmental hazards, including earthquakes and tsunamis. Even those plants that are located outside of areas with extensive seismic activity are designed for safety in the event of such a natural disaster. The NRC requires that safety- significant structures, systems, and components be designed to take into account the most severe natural phenomena historically reported for the site and surrounding area.
In addition to the Diablo Canyon plant, the NRC is also monitoring the San Onofre nuclear power plant, the Humboldt Bay spent fuel storage site and NRC-regulated nuclear materials sites in Hawaii and Alaska to name a few. Site personnel have informed the NRC they are prepared for possible tsunami effects.
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 12:02 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: U.S. delivers coolant to Japan nuclear plant: Clinton/ Plant Being Cooled
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11,2011 12:02:17 PM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: U.S. delivers coolant to Japan nuclear plant: Clinton/ Plant Being Cooled Auto forwarded by a Rule
WASHINGTON I Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:05am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has transported coolant to a Japanese nuclear plant affected by a massive earthquake and will continue to assist Japan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday. "We just had our Air Force assets in Japan transport some really important coolant to one of the nuclear plants," Clinton said at a meeting of the President's Export Council. "You know Japan is very reliant on nuclear power and they have very high engineering standards but one of their plants came under a lot of stress with the earthquake and didn't have enough coolant," Clinton said.
...... Japan Reactor Being Cooled
LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - The World Nuclear Association, the main nuclear industry body, said on Friday that it understood the situation at Japan's Fukushima plant after a massive earthquake was under control, and water was being pumped into its cooling system. "We understand this situation is under control," an analyst at the association told Reuters. The Japanese government had declared an emergency situation around the plant as a precaution and evacuated residents, saying a cooling system was not working. The analyst said he understood that a back-up battery power system had been brought online after about an hour, and begun pumping water back into the cooling system, where the water level had been falling.
I E180 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 12:06 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Castleman, Patrick; Thoma, John Subject: FW: U.S. delivers coolant to Japan nuclear plant: Clinton/ Plant Being Cooled
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From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 12:02 PM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: U.S. delivers coolant to Japan nuclear plant: Clinton/ Plant Being Cooled
WASHINGTON I Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:05am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has transported coolant to a Japanese nuclear plant affected by a massive earthquake and will continue to assist Japan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday. "We just had our Air Force assets in Japan transport some really important coolant to one of the nuclear plants," Clinton said at a meeting of the President's Export Council. "You know Japan is very reliant on nuclear power and they have very high engineering standards but one of their plants came under a lot of stress with the earthquake and didn't have enough coolant," Clinton said.
...... Japan Reactor Being Cooled
LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - The World Nuclear Association, the main nuclear industry body, said on Friday that it understood the situation at Japan's Fukushima plant after a massive earthquake was under control, and water was being .1 pumped into its cooling system. "We understand this situation is under control," an analyst at the association told Reuters. The Japanese government had declared an emergency situation around the plant as a precaution and evacuated residents, saying a cooling system was not working. The analyst said he understood that a back-up battery power system had been brought online after about an hour, and begun pumping water back into the cooling system, where the water level had been falling.
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 12:26 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Japan Update: Water levels at Fukushima; Onagawa fire extinguished
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 12:25:47 PM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Japan Update: Water levels at Fukushima; Onagawa fire extinguished Auto forwarded by a Rule
Update9: 3,000 Ordered To Evacuate Near Quake-hit Fukushima Nuclear Plant
Tokyo, March 12 Kyodo -- (EDS: ADDING FIRE EXTINGUISHED AT ONAGAWA PLANT) Japan declared a state of atomic power emergency Friday after the country, which has about 50 nuclear power reactors, was hit by a magnitude 8.8 earthquake, instructing around 3,000 residents near the Fukushima No. 1 plant to evacuate.
Top government spokesman Yukio Edano told an evening press conference, "We have a situation where one of the reactors (of the plant) cannot be cooled down." But the chief Cabinet secretary said the evacuation instruction was only precautionary.
Edano said, "No radiation has leaked outside the reactor. The incident poses no danger to the environment at the moment." He also said early.Saturday in Tokyo the incident was under control.
The post-quake situation prompted the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency to scramble for details from contacts in Japan's industry ministry, while saying in a statement that at least four nuclear power plants "closest to the quake have been safely shut down" after the 2:46 p.m. quake.
Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the Fukushima plant, reported that the water level around fuel rods was falling in the reactor. Radioactive materials could be emitted if part of a fuel rod is exposed to the air.
But officials of the prefectural government dismissed the view that the plant is in a critical situation, saying the top of the water is 3.4 meters above the fuel rods at the troubled No. 2 reactor.
The evacuation advisory was issued for peopleiliving within a 3-kilometer radius of the plant, while those living within a 10-kilometer radius were asked to stay home, Edano said.
Prime Minister Naoto Kan declared the emergency, the first in the quake-prone country, so that authorities can easily implement emergency relief measures, Edano said. Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa ordered the Self-Defense Forces to act in response to the declaration.
The Defense Ministry dispatched a chemical corps of the Ground Self-Defense Force to the plant and Motohisa Ikeda, senior vice industry minister, also left for Fukushima by an SDF helicopter.
According to the industry ministry, a total of 11 nuclear reactors automatically shut down at the Onagawa plant, the Fukushima No. 1 and No. 2 plants and the Tokai No. 2 plant after the strongest recorded earthquake in the country's history.
A fire started at a building housing the turbine of the Onagawa plant in Miyagi at 3:30 p.m. but was put out before 11 p.m., the operator, Tohoku Electric Power Co., said, denying it had detected any signs of radiation leaks.
E182 of 445 W&Aer spilled from pools containing fuel rods at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant on the Sea of Japan coast in Niigata Prefecture and the Onagawa plant, the operators said, saying they saw no signs suggesting radiation leaks.
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 1:05 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Background Paper on BWR Reactors for non-Nuclear Engineers - Fukushima reactor schematics, containment, etc. Attachments: ANSN BWR Paper.pdf
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 1:04:33 PM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Background Paper on BWR Reactors for non-Nuclear Engineers - Fukushima reactor schematics, containment, etc. Auto forwarded by a Rule
I attached a BWR reactor background paper developed by the Asian Nuclear Safety Network. This might help people who are not nuclear engineers understand the jargon and the problems being described.
E184 of 445 Boiling Water Reactor Power Plant
This material was, for a purpose to be used in a nuclear education, compiled comprehensively with a caution on appropriateness and neutrality of information, based on references of neutral organizations, suh as NRC, Wikipedia and ATOMICA, and vendors' information especially on advanced reactors. At the end of this material, references are listed.
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Part I. Descriptions of BW R Power plants ...... I Chapter I. BW R Developm ent ...... I I. 1. General ...... I 1.2. BW R Type ...... 2 Chapter 2. BW R Technologies ...... 5 2.1. Reactor Coolant Recirculation System and M ain Steam System ...... 5 2.2. Structure of BW Rs ...... 5 (I) BW R reactor core and internals ...... 5 (2) N uclear fuel ...... 6 (3) Control rod and its drive m echanism ...... 7 2.3. Engineered Safety Feature ...... 8 (1) Em ergency core cooling system ...... 8 (2) Reactor containment ...... t0 2.4. Other System s and Equipment ...... II (I) Reactor coolant clean up system ...... I I (2) Reactor core isolation cooling system ...... II (3) Residual heat rem oval system ...... II (4) Waste processing system ...... II (5) Fuel handling equipment ...... 12 (6) Fuel pool cooling and cleanup system ...... 12 (7) Turbine-generator equipm ent ...... 12 2.5. Power Control of BW R ...... 12 (I) Power control m ethod and self-regulating characteristics ...... 12 (2) Heat transfer and power control ...... 13 (3) Load fluctuation and reactor pressure reduction ...... 13 Chapter 3. Features of BW R ...... 13 3. 1. BW R Design ...... 13 (1) G eneration of steam in a reactor core ...... 13 (2) Feed water system ...... 14 (3) Fluid recirculation in the reactor vessel ...... 14 (4) Reactor control system ...... 14 (5) Steam turbines ...... 15 (6) Size of reactor core ...... 15 3.2 Advantages ...... 15 Part 2. Advanced BW Rs ...... 16 Chapter 4. A BW R Developm ent ...... 16
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El 86 of 445 Chapter 5. ABW R Technologies ...... IS 5.1 F eatu res o f AB W R ...... 18 (I) Reactor pressure vessel and internals ...... 18 (2) External recirculation system eliminated ...... 21 (3 ) Inte rn a l pu m p ...... 2 1 (4) Control rod and drive mechanism ...... 23 (5) Safety - Simplified active safety systems ...... 24 (6) Digital control and instrumentation systems ...... 26 (7) Control room design ...... 27 (8) Plant construction ...... Chapter 6. Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBW R) ...... 29 6.1 ESBW R and Natural Recirculation ...... 29 6.2 ESBW R Passive Safety Design ...... 32 Chapter 7. Current status ...... 35
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E187 of 445 Part 1. Descriptions of BWR Power plants
Chapter 1. BWR Development
1.1. General
Boiling water reactors (BWRs) are nuclear power reactors utilizing light water as the reactor coolant and moderator to generate electricity by directly boiling the light water in a reactor core to make steam that is delivered to a turbine generator. There are two operating BWR types, roughly speaking, i.e., BWRs and ABWRs (advanced boiling water reactors)
The outline of a BWR power plant is shown in Figure 1.
Containment Structure
Figure 1. Outline of BWR Power Plant
More details on the Svstem Outline of ABWR Power Plant
A pressurized water reactor (PWR) was the first type of light-water reactor developed because of its application to submarine propulsion. The civilian motivation for the BWR is reducing costs for commercial applications through design simplification and lower pressure components.
In contrast to the pressurized water reactors that utilize a primary and secondary loop, in civilian BWRs the steam going to the turbine that powers the electrical generator is produced in the reactor core rather than in steam generators or heat exchangers. There is just a single circuit in a civilian BWR in which the water is at lower pressure (about 75 times atmospheric pressure) so that it boils in the core at about 285°C.
E188 of 445 BWRs have been originally developed by GE. GE started its development in 1950s as light water reactor type nuclear power reactors, and the Dresden Unit-I (200,000 kWe) commissioned in July 1960 is the first BWR nuclear power station. After that, the GE company has supplied many BWRs, Siemens (KWU, Germany), ABB-Atom (Switzerland/Sweden) and Toshiba and Hitachi (Japan) also supplied many BWRS. In the following, features and types of BWRs, mainly of conventional BWRs, are explained and those of ABWRs are addressed in the next.
For BWRs, the steam void due to reactor coolant boiling has a negative-reactivity effect, which can suppress a power rise even if a positive reactivity is added. The reactor power can be controlled by two methods: reactor-coolant recirculation-flow control and control rod operation.
A BWR nuclear power plant consists of the reactor coolant recirculation system and main steam system that compose a nuclear reactor, engineered safety features that consist of the emergency core cooling system, reactor core isolation cooling system, containment cooling system and boric-acid injection system, turbine and generator equipment and other systems, such as the reactor coolant purification system, waste processing equipment, fuel handling equipment, other auxiliary equipment, etc.
1.2. BWR Type
Major reactor core parameters of BWR-2 to BWR-4, which are in operation in Japan are shown in Table I.
Table I Main Parameters for BWR Core
No Item Tsurugathnit- I FukushimaUnit-I HamaokaUnit-2 Unit-2Tokai Kashiwazaki Unit-6 (BWR-2) (BWR-3) (BWR-4) (BWR-5) (ABWR) (I) Thermal output (MW) 1064 1380 2436 3293 3926 (2) Electric output (MW) 357 460 840 1100 1356 (3) Core equivalent dia. (m) 3.02 3.44 4.07 4.75 5.16 (4) Core effective height (m) 3.66 3.66 3.71 3.71 3.71 (5) Fuel assemblies (Number) 308 400 560 764 872 (6) Control rod (Number) 73 97 137 185 205 (7) Power density (kw/l) About 40 About 40 About 50 About 50 About. 50
Improvement and history of RWR fuel in Japan are shown in Table 2. In 1960s, the development started including introduction of overseas technologies under license agreements, and the fuel type has been changed from 6x6 to 9x9 adopting many improvements resulting from nuclear and mechanical research and developments.
Table 2 BWR Fuel Improvement in Japan
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E189 of 445 Year/Item Objective Major Improvement Fuel Type Reactor Type Basic study on fuel material 1960 Development in Fuel rod irradiation test .6 general Core design study : . , PDR (BWR-1) Fuel manufacturing technologies .7X7 6x6 type fuel demonstration Domestic fuel performance Initial demonstration ..no7x7R Tsuruga- I (BWR-2) 1970 performance development 7x7 type fuel development (high power density and long Fukushima I-I fuel rod development) (BWR-3)
8x8 Reliability improvement Fukushima 1-2 (BWR-4) Reliability Improved 7x7 type fuel improvement development 1980 Preconditioning fuel operation 8x8 R Tokai-2 (BWR-5) 8x8 type fuel development Re-evaluation of Fukushima 11-2 preconditioning fuel operation Liner (Improved BWR-5) Availability He pressurized fuel 8x8 R improvement Two regional fuel reactivity H 1990 design High Controlled cell core Burnup
High Zirconium liner fuel Kashiwazaki-6 performance / Z high burnup fuel High bumup fuel (ABWR)
Improvement of BWR containment is shown in Figure 2. Five types of containments were applied for Japanese BWRs. Typical design for each type of containment is illustrated with major dimensions. The design has attained significant improvement in the total volume per output, resulting in a large cost benefit.
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E190 of 445 MARK-I MARK-II MARK-111 Licensed output: 500 MW Licensed output: 1100 class or less: Tsuruga- I, MW class: Fukushima lI-I, Fukushima I- 1, Onagawa- 1, Tokai-2, Kashiwazaki-I Hamaoka- I Licensed output: 800 MW class: Fukushima-1-2, 3, 4, and 5, Hamaoka-2,
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Figure 2. History of BWR Containment
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El 91 of 445 There are two operating BWR types, roughly speaking, i.e. BWRs including their modifications and ABWRs (advanced BWRs). The first commercial power reactor constructed in U.S. was the Dresden Unit-I (full power operation in July 1960), which was the BWR-! reactor. This BWR-l reactor was dual cycle like a pressurized water reactor and adopted a dry type reactor containment vessel. The BWR-2 and the subsequent ones ware designed to increase the power density that results in a smaller core size, to simplify the system adopting a direct cycle with a steam drum provided inside a reactor vessel, to multiplex the emergency core cooling system (ECCS), and to reduce the containment vessel volume adopting a pressure-suppression-type pool, which led to the current operating BWR designs.
Chapter 2. BWR Technologies
2.1. Reactor Coolant Recirculation System and Main Steam System
Boiling water reactors (BWRs) are nuclear power reactors generating electricity by directly boiling the light water in a reactor pressure vessel to make steam that is delivered to a turbine generator; After driving a turbine, the steam is converted into water with a condenser (cooled by sea water in Japan), and pumped into the reactor vessel with feedwater pumps. A part of the water is sent into the reactor vessel after being pressurized with recirculation pumps installed outside of the vessel and fed into the reactor core from the bottom part of the reactor vessel with jet pumps.
Inside of a BWR reactor pressure vessel (RPV), feedwater enters through nozzles high on the vessel, well above the top of the nuclear fuel assemblies (these nuclear fuel assemblies constitute the "core") but below the water level. The feedwater is pumped into the RPV from the condensers located underneath the low pressure turbines and after going through feedwater heaters that raise its temperature using extraction steam from various turbine stages.
The feedwater enters into the downcomer region and combines with water exiting the water separators. The feedwater subcools the saturated water from. the steam separators. This water now flows down the downcomer region, which is separated from the core by a tall shroud. The water then goes through either jet pumps or reactor internal pumps that provide additional pumping power (hydraulic head). The water now makes a 180 degree turn and moves up through the lower core plate into the nuclear core where the fuel elements heat the water. When the flow moves out of the core through the upper core plate, about 12-15% of the volume of the flow is saturated steam.
2.2. Structure of BWRs
(1) BWR reactor core and internals
Reactor core and internal structures of l,IOOMWe class BWR reactor vessel are shown in Figure 3. In a reactor vessel, there are a reactor core that mainly consists of fuel assemblies and control rods in the center, equipment for generating steam for a turbine, such as a steam-water separator and a steam dryer in the upper part of the vessel, equipment for
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E192 of 445 reactor-power control, such as control rod guide tubes and control rod drive housings in the lower part of the vessel, and a core shroud, jet pumps etc. that surrounds the reactor core and composes the coolant flow path in the periphery of reactor core.
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(2) Nuclear fuel
BWR fuel assemblies, for an example of 8x8 type, consists of 64 rods: 62 fuel rods, one spacer holding water rod and one water rod, which are arranged to a tetragonal lattice of 8x8 and enclosed in a channel box made ofzircaloy as shown in Figure 4. Fuel rods are structured to contain uranium-dioxide pellets, a plenum spring etc. in a zircaloy cladding tube, of which both ends are weld-sealed with end plugs after pressurized with helium gas. The plenum is a space provided so that the fission gas discharged from fuel pellets accompanying fuel burnup is accommodated and the fuel rod internal pressure does not become excessive.
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E193 of 445 (9x9 fuel, B-type) Upper end plag Plenum spring Fu,'I cladding Lower end plug
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Figure 4. BWR Nuclear Fuel Structure
(3) Control rod and its drive mechanism
BWR control rods are composed of blades in a shape of cruciform in order to move through the gaps formed between four channels of fuel assemblies as shown in Figure 5. Types of control rods are, in terms of the absorber materials, boron carbide (B 4C), hafnium (Hf) and combination of these. A velocity limiter of an umbrella shape is provided at the lower portion of the control rod to slow down the dropping velocity in case of a control rod drop accident. Moreover, a connector to couple a control rod to a control rod drive mechanism is provided.
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There are two types of the control rod drive mechanism: hydraulic pressure drive and motor drive. Both types utilize the nitrogen-gas pressure stored in accumulators as driving power for fast insertion of control rods. When an anomaly occurs or could occur at a nuclear reactor, the fast insertion of all control rods into a reactor core is carried out all at once from the lower part of reactor core to shutdown nuclear reactor operation (it is called that a nuclear reactor is scrammed.) The boric acid solution injection system is provided to inject a neutron absorber material into the reactor core to stop reactor operation when the control rods cannot be inserted and the nuclear reactor cannot be placed in low-temperature shutdown mode.
2.3. Engineered Safety Feature
(1) Emergency core cooling system
At an abnormal event of a BWR, actuation of the reactor shutdown system (a part of the safety protection system) stops the nuclear reactor operation securely. The emergency core cooling system (ECCS) is provided for the case when a break accident occurs to reactor coolant system piping etc. and the reactor coolant is lost from a reactor core (loss of coolant accident, LOCA). This system consists of one high pressure core cooling system, one low pressure core cooling system, and three low pressure core injection (reflooder) systems.
More Details on Safety DesiRn
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E196 of 445 (2) Reactor containment
Radioactive materials are released into the high temperature and high pressure coolant when a fuel failure occurs. Therefore, a reactor containment is provided so that the coolant would not discharge to the outside (Figure 7). All BWR containments are pressure suppression (pressure suppression pool) type, and the steam discharged into the containment is led to the water pool of the pressure suppression chamber, cooled and condensed, and the pressure rise within the containment is suppressed as a result. Moreover, as the temperature and pressure of the containment rise due to the fuel decay heat in a long term after an accident, it is necessary to cool the inside of the containment. Furthermore, it is also necessary to remove radioactive materials such as iodine within the containment. For such purposes, the containment spray system is provided within the containment (drywell spray, pressure suppression chamber spray). Furthermore, the standby gas treatment system is provided in the reactor building so that the radioactive materials will not be released to the outside of the containment.
Figure 7. BWR Containment in the Reactor Building (Improved Mark-II)
In addition, following a loss of coolant accident, the temperature of fuel cladding could rise and hydrogen could be generated by a water-metal reaction, which could impair the containment integrity due to hydrogen gas combustion. In order to prevent such a case, BWR containments are kept inert with nitrogen gas (Mark-Ill type containment is designed not to use the nitrogen gas, but it is not adopted in Japan) during normal operation, and the 10
E197 of445 flammability control system to prevent hydrogen combustion by recombining the generated hydrogen gas with oxygen gas.
2.4. Other Systems and Equipment
(1) Reactor coolant clean up system
The reactor coolant clean up system is provided to keep the coolant purity high, and consists of pumps, regenerative heat exchangers, non-regenerative heat exchangers, filter demineralizers, auxiliary equipment, etc.
The reactor coolant clean up system, together with the condensate cleanup system, keeps the coolant properties within the following values;
Electric conductivity (25 degrees C) I micro-S / cm or less Cr 0. 1 ppm or less pH (25 degrees C) 5.6 - 8.6
(2) Reactor core isolation cooling system
The reactor core isolation cooling system is provided to inject the condensed water of residual heat removal system or condensate storage tank water, etc. into a reactor core with the turbine-driven pump using a part of the nuclear reactor steam to maintain the reactor water level, when supply of the condensate or feed water is stopped due to a certain cause after the reactor shutdown.
(3) Residual heat removal system
The residual heat removal system is provided for removal of the residual heat during a normal reactor shutdown and nuclear reactor isolation condition and for core cooling in case of a loss of coolant accident, etc.
The system consists of three independent loops, consisting of two sets of heat exchangers and three sets of pumps, which can be used in four modes by changing valve lineup. In addition, the system can cool the fuel pool using a connection line to the fuel pool cooling and cleanup system, when required.
(4) Waste processing system
Wastes generated in a plant are divided into gas, liquid and solid materials, and are processed separately. The gaseous waste, after attenuating the radioactivity to sufficiently low level with an activated-carbon-type noble gas hold-up device, is discharged from a vent stack monitoring the concentrations of radioactive materials. The liquid waste, after being collected from each generating source, is processed with a filter, a demineralizer and a waste evaporator, and is reused as make-up water or discharged. The liquid waste condensed with the waste evaporator is processed as a solid waste. The solid waste is processed by solidification, incineration, compression etc. corresponding to the type and canned in a drum for storage in a storage facility. In the solidification method, there are bituminization, plastic solidification and cement solidification.
E198 of 445 (5) Fuel handling equipment
Refueling is carried out once per 12 to 24 months in principle for an equilibrium cycle, and the required refueling time period is about 20 days. The number of removed fuel assemblies at one refueling is 20 to 30% of the total fuel assemblies in a core.
(6) Fuel pool cooling and cleanup system
The fuel pool cooling and cleanup system is provided to remove the decay heat of the spent fuel with the heat exchangers of the reactor building closed cooling water system to cool the fuel pool water, and to maintain the water purity and visibility of the fuel pool, reactor well and pit for the steam dryer and steam-water separator by filter-demineralization of the fuel pool water with a filter demineralizer,
The fuel pool cooling and cleanup system consists of pumps, filter demineralizers, heat exchangers, auxiliary equipment etc.
(7) Turbine-generator equipment
(a) Steam turbine
Generally speaking, the steam turbine for nuclear power consumes more steam per unit output and is a larger size compared with the turbine for thermal power plants, as the turbine inlet steam condition is not good compared with that for thermal power plants.
Therefore, the rotation frequency of both the high-pressure and low pressure turbines is 1,500 to 1,800 rpm.
(b) Generator
The turbine generator for nuclear power plants has no essential difference from that for thermal power plants.
2.5. Power Control of BWR
(1) Power control method and self-regulating characteristics
The BWR generates steam with pressure about 70 kg/cm 2 by boiling light water in the reactor core. Moreover, the amount of steam bubbles (void) generated by the boiling is controlled with recirculation pumps (variable velocity pump) to control the nuclear reaction (power), which is called the recirculation flow control system. As control rods are withdrawn out of the core, the reactivity increases and then, the power (heat generation) increases, which results in increase of steam void leading to reduction of moderator density, and the rate of uranium fission becomes small and the reactivity decreases, which balances and stabilizes the reactor power (reactivity). As control rods are inserted into the core, the reactivity decreases and the power decreases, which results in decrease of steam void leading to increase of moderator density, and the rate of uranium fission becomes large and the reactivity increases, which balances and stabilizes the reactor power. In this way, BWRs have a self-regulating characteristic of the reactor power.
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E199 of 445 (2) Heat transfer and power control
The heat generated in fuel rods is transferred to the reactor coolant. The magnitude of heat transferred according to the temperature difference between the heat transfer surface and the coolant has been obtained in many experiments. Since the heat transfer decreases in the transition film-boiling region in which the boiling becomes violent that could cause a burnout of fuel cladding tube, the heat transfer in the nucleate-boiling region is utilized in BWR. Therefore, the reactor operation limits are imposed on BWRs not to approach to the transition film-boiling region during normal operation and abnormal operational transients.
(3) Load fluctuation and reactor pressure reduction
When BWRs experience a load fluctuation in automatic power control mode, first of all, the reactor power is adjusted by increase or decrease of the recirculation flow. Automatic power control is adjusted during about 7 0%--1 0 0 % of the rated power. If electrical grid demands increase turbine generator output power, at first the power control system increases the recirculation flow that results in increase of the reactor power. The reactor pressure is controlled to be constant by opening of a turbine control valve by reactor pressure system. Opening of a turbine control valve increases the steam flow and the turbine generator output power. This method is called "the reactor master / turbine slave (nuclear reactor priority method)." In addition, when an abnormal turbine trip occurs, the steam flow is interrupted and the reactor scram occurs to protect abnormal pressure rise. Also, bypass valves are opened to bypass the steam to main condenser.
Chapter 3. Features of BWR
The BWR is characterized by two-phase fluid flow (water and steam) in the upper part of the reactor core. Light water (i.e., common distilled water) is the working fluid used to conduct heat away from the nuclear fuel. The water around the fuel elements also "thermalizes" neutrons, i.e., reduces their kinetic.energy, which is necessary to improve the probability of fission of fissile fuel. Fissile fuel material, such as the U-235 and Pu-239 isotopes, have large capture cross sections for thermal neutrons.
3.1. BWR Design
(1) Generation of steam in a reactor core
In contrast to the pressurized water reactors that utilize a primary and secondary loop, in civilian BWRs the steam going to the turbine that powers the electrical generator is produced in the reactor core rather than in steam generators or heat exchangers. There is just a single circuit in a civilian BWR in which the water is at lower pressure (about 75 times atmospheric pressure) compared to a PWR so that it boils in the core at about 285°C. The reactor is designed to operate with steam comprising 12 to 15% of the volume of the two-phase coolant flow (the "void fraction") in the top part of the core, resulting in less moderation, lower neutron efficiency and lower power density than in the bottom part of the core. In comparison, there is no significant boiling allowed in a PWR because of the high pressure maintained in its primary loop (about 158 times atmospheric pressure).
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El 100 of 445 (2) Feed water system
Inside of a BWR reactor pressure vessel (RPV), feedwater enters through nozzles high on the vessel, well above the top of the nuclear fuel assemblies (these nuclear fuel assemblies constitute the "core") but below the water level. The feedwater is pumped into the RPV from the condensers located underneath the low pressure turbines and after going through feedwater heaters that raise its temperature using extraction steam from various turbine stages.
(3) Fluid recirculation in the reactor vessel
The heating from the core creates a thermal head that assists the recirculation pumps in recirculating the water inside of the RPV. A BWR can be designed with no recirculation pumps and rely entirely on the thermal head to recirculate the water inside of the RPV. The forced recirculation head from the recirculation pumps is very useful in controlling power, however. The thermal power level is easily varied by simply increasing or decreasing the speed of the recirculation pumps.
The two phase fluid (water and steam) above the core enters the riser area, which is the upper region contained inside of the shroud. The height of this region may be increased to increase the thermal natural recirculation pumping head. At the top of the riser area is the water separator. By swirling the two phase flow in cyclone separators, the steam is separated and rises upwards towards the steam dryer while the water remains behind and flows horizontally out into the downcomer region. In the downcomer region, it combines with the feedwater flow and the cycle repeats.
The saturated steam that rises above the separator is dried by a chevron dryer structure. The steam then exits the RPV through four main steam lines and goes to the turbine.
(4) Reactor power control system
Reactor power is controlled via two methods: by inserting or withdrawing control rods and by changing the water flow through the reactor core.
Positioning (withdrawing or inserting) control rods is the normal method for controlling power when starting up a BWR. As control rods are withdrawn, neutron absorption decreases in the control material and increases in the fuel, so reactor power increases. As control rods are inserted, neutron absorption increases in the control material and decreases in the fuel, so reactor power decreases. Some early BWRs and the proposed ESBWR designs use only natural circulation with control rod positioning to control power from zero to 100% because they do not have reactor recirculation systems.
Changing (increasing or decreasing) the flow of water through the core is the normal and convenient method for controlling power. When operating on the so-called "100% rod line," power may be varied from approximately 70% to 100% of rated power by changing the reactor recirculation flow by varying the speed of the recirculation pumps. As flow of water through the core is increased, steam bubbles ("voids") are more quickly removed from the core, the amount of liquid water in the core increases, neutron moderation increases, more neutrons are slowed down to be absorbed by the fuel, and reactor power increases. As flow of
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El 101 of 445 water through the core is decreased, steam voids remain longer in the core, the amount of liquid water in the core decreases, neutron moderation decreases, fewer neutrons are slowed down to be absorbed by the fuel, and reactor power decreases.
(5) Steam turbines
Steam produced in the reactor core passes through steam separators and dryer plates above the core and then directly to the turbine, which is part of the reactor circuit. Because the water around the core of a reactor is always contaminated with traces of radionuclides, the turbine must be shielded during normal operation, and radiological protection must be provided during maintenance. Most of the radioactivity in the water is very short-lived (mostly N-16, with a 7 second half life), so the turbine hall can be entered soon after the reactor is shut down.
(6) Size of reactor core
A modern BWR fuel assembly comprises 74 to 100 fuel rods, and there are up to approximately 800 assemblies in a reactor core, holding up to approximately 140 tonnes of
I, uranium. The number of fuel assemblies in a specific reactor is based on considerations of desired reactor power output, reactor core size and reactor power density.
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El 102 of 445 Part 2. Advanced BWRs
Chapter 4. ABWR Development
ABWRs are Generation III reactors based on the boiling water reactor. The ABWR was designed by General Electric and Japanese BWR suppliers. The standard ABWR plant design has a net output of about 1350 megawatts electrical.
Primary Containment Vessel Reactor Core and Nuclear Fuel-, Control and Instrumtentation
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Figure 8. ABWR Power Plant Structure
Major differences between the BWR and ABWR designs are as shown in Table 3: the reactor coolant pump is changed from the combination of recirculation pumps and jet pumps to internal pumps (in-reactor-vessel type pump), the control rod drive system is changed to a combination of a motor-driven drive and a hydraulic pressure drive from the hydraulic pressure drive, and the containment is a reinforced-concrete type containment vessel. In addition, the kashiwazaki kariwa Unit-6 and Unit-7 (electrical output is 1,356,000kW gross, respectively) in Japan have started commercial operation as the first operating ABWRs in the world.
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El 103 of 445 Table 3. Major Specifications for BWR and ABWR
Items ABWR Conventional BWR .•.!...... •. ou Electricity outputu...... - MWeM.W ...... -1350...... O..a...class ...... ------...... UoI1100 ... class.!s.------Thermal-output MWt 3926 3293 _Reactor pressure...... jgf/cmg . 72.1 70.7 Feed water temperature Degree-C 215 215 Coreue... ty.eflow...... _...... K&/ ...... -...... Ne.... About. 52x10-pe8x8.. ~ New--Abouttpe 48x 8x810. ..F.Uel.m....er o..f.. .r _.~ss~ ~ ,fi...... 2. x...... N ..64 ......
... Number...... of control ...... rods . .. -...... 205 ...... -----...... -...... 185 ...... Reactor pressure vessel ID: m About 7.1 About 6.4
- --...... ------...... --.....H: m...... About...... 21 ...... - About22...------...... Reactor water recirculation system Reactor internal pumps Outer recirculation pumps ...... -...... Control rod drive mechanism Power control Fine motion CR drive Hydraulic pressure CR ...... -...... - ... .. ------...... Scram Fast scram with hydraulic Fast scram with hydraulic ...... -...... pr.essure..dri.v.e...... __.. ..r-e.s_s..u.r.e. dr !y_e_...... -.-.------..-. ----.--. Steam flow restrictor Reactor pressure vessel Main steam pipe Venturi nozzle nozzle Emergency core cooling system Low pressure reflooder Low pressure reflooder § y.e .syt...... ys.em._..s~y.e~ms) ...... High pressure core Low pressure core spray reflooder system (2 system ...... sy..!e.m.s.)...... Reactor core isolation High pressure core spray ...... _0 o J n g .. yste m.m ...... s.ys tem ------...... Automatic Automatic ...... ------.-.....-.- ...... depressurizatione re.ssuZ'..s ri.....__.e ...... n systems .. .s~.m...... depesrztonssee.ýprýes ur !.zat...o.n_.sy~s.t~em ...... _RResidual es ----u._ .h..e.a.Lheat ~.. remova!m. o ----- system- t..e.!...... 3 systems__ st. -.--- (commo--.--.---.-.-.-..-~use) u.---- .. ... ~ < p use)s-tems.(on~.. Containment Building integral-type Advanced Mark-I or made of reinforced advanced Mark-Il made of concrete steel ...... iturbinein ...... PS...... _...... -.-5- .M...y.rb.-_/ -...... ------...... T.C.Y5 ...... ' ...... 1..43" ...... rm le-...... c~.l...... r aNon-reheatn...... t .... - a ing...... Number of steam extraction 6 6 stages [
More details in Standard ABWR Technical Data
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El 104 of 445 Following the Kashiwazaki-Kariwas Unit-6 and Unit-7, the Hamaoka Unit-5 of tile Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc., which is the second generation ABWR adopting new technologies, started its commercial operation in January 2005 as the world's largest class output power station.
Chapter 5. ABWR Technologies
5.1 Features of ABWR
BWR characterized by the simplified direct cycle type is completed as a high reliability and safety nuclear reactor with many improvements, such as optimization of the core power density and fuel burnup, adoption of a built-in steam-water separator, multiple emergency core cooling system, etc. In addition to those improvements, ABWRs adopt tile following superior technologies.
(1) Reactor pressure vessel and internals
The nuclear reactor of advanced building water reactor (ABWR) adopts the internal-pump system as a reactor-coolant recirculation system, which installs pumps in a reactor pressure vessel. The reactor internals consist of internal structures, such as steam-water separator and steam dryer, and a core support for fuel assemblies as shown in Figure 9.
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El 105 of 445 Reactor pressure vessel
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Figure 9. Reactor Pressure Vessel and Internals
Utilizing their 30 years of experience in operating BWR reactors, a special care is made in selecting the right material. Cobalt has been eliminated from the design. The steel used in the primary system is made of nuclear grade material (low carbon alloys) which are resistant to integranular stress corrosion cracking.
The ABWR reactor pressure vessel is 21 meters high and 7.1 meters in diameter.
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El 106 of 445 The base metal of the reactor pressure vessel, which contains fuel assemblies, control rods and reactor internals, is made of low alloy steel and the inside surface of the vessel is lined with stainless steel to have a corrosion resistance.
Much of the vessel, including the 4 vessel rings from the core beltline to the bottom head, is made from single forging. The vessel has no nozzles greater than 2 inches in diameter anywhere below the top of the core because the external recirculation loops have been eliminated. Because of these two features, over 50% of the welds and all of the piping and pipe supports in the primary system have been eliminated and, along with it, the biggest source of occupational exposure in the BWR.
The reactor core comprises fuel assemblies as shown in Figure 10 and control rods. Each fuel rod in fuel assemblies contains sintered pellets of low-enriched uranium within a zirconium-lined cladding. They are brought together in fuiel assemblies, 8x8 arrays of fuel rods held in place by upper and lower tie plates and spacers.
Upper tie-plate
Channel fastener Channel box Outer spring Uranium dioxide
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Figure 10 ABWR Fuel
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El 107 of 445 (2) External recirculation system eliminated
One of the unique features of the ABWR is its external recirculation system elimination. The external recirculation pumps and piping have been replaced by ten reactor internal pumps mounted to the bottom head. (Refer to Figure 11)
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Figure 11. Reactor Cooling Pump for BWR and ABWR
Prior to the ABWR, all large commercialnuclear steam supply systems provided by GE from the BWR/3 through the BWR/6 designs used jet pump recirculation systems. These systems have two large recirculation pumps (each up to 9000 Hp) located outside of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV). Each pump takes a suction from the bottom of the downcomer region through a large diameter nozzle and discharges through multiple jet pumps inside of the RPV in the downcomer region. There is one nozzle per jet pump for the discharge back into the RPV and the external headers supplying these nozzles. Valves are required to isolate this piping in the event of a failure.
Consequently, reactor internal pumps eliminate all of the jet pumps (typically 10), all of the external piping, the isolation valves and the large diameter nozzles that penetrated the RPV.
(3) Internal pump
Reactor internal pumps inside of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) are a major improvement over previous BWR reactor plant designs (BWR/6 and prior). These pumps are powered by wet-rotor motors with the housings connected to the bottom of the RPV and eliminating large diameter external recirculation pipes that are possible leakage paths. The 10 internal pumps are located at the bottom of the downcomer region.
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El 108 of 445 The first reactors to use reactor internal pumps were designed by ASEA-Atom (now Westinghouse Electric Company by way of mergers and buyouts, which is owned by Toshiba) and built in Sweden. These plants have operated very successfully for many years.
The internal pumps reduce the required pumping power for the same flow to about half that required with the jet pump system with external recirculation loops. Thus, in addition to the safety and cost improvements due to eliminating the piping, the overall plant thermal efficiency is increased. Eliminating the external recirculation piping also reduces occupational radiation exposure to personnel during maintenance.
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El 109 of 445 (4) Control rod and drive mechanism
A operational feature in the ABWR design is electric fine motion control rod drives. BWRs use a hydraulic system to move the control rods which is driven by locking piston drive mechanism.
BWR ABWR Hydraulic drive Motor + hydraulic drive
Reactor pressure vessel
Figure 13. Control Drive Mechanism for BWR and ABWR
The materials in the control rods absorb neutrons and so restrain and control the reactor's nuclear fission chain reaction. The rods themselves have a cruciform cross section. They are inserted upwards, from the base of the RPV, into the rod spaces in fuel assemblies.
Fine motion control rod drives (FMCRD) are introduced in the ABWR. The control rods are scrammed hydraulically but can also scrammed by the electric motor as a backup. The FMCRDs have continuous clean water purge to keep radiation to very low levels.
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(5) Safety - Simplified active safety systems
ABWR has three completely independent and redundant divisions of safety systems. The systems are mechanically separated and have no cross connections as in earlier BWRs. They are electronically separated so that each division has access to redundant sources of ac power and, for added safety, its own dedicated emergency diesel generator. Divisions are physically separated. Each division is located in a different quadrant of the reactor building, separated by fire walls. A fire, flood or loss of power which disables one division has no effect on the capability of the other safety systems. Finally, each division contains both a high and low pressure system and each system has its own dedicated heat exchanger to control core cooling and remove decay heat. One of the high pressure systems, the reactor core isolation cooling (RCIC) system, is powered by reactor steam and provides the diverse protection needed should there be a station blackout.
The safety systems have the capability to keep the core covered at all times. Because of this capability and the generous thermal margins built into the fuel designs, the frequency of transients which will lead to a scram and therefore to plant shutdown have been greatly reduced (to less than one per year). In the event of a loss of coolant accident, plant response has been fully automated.
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El 111 of 445 Any accident resulting in a loss of reactor coolant automatically sets off the emergency core cooling system (ECCS). Made up of multiple safety systems, each one functioning independently, ECCS also has its own diesel-driven standby generators that take over if external power is lost.
High pressure core flooder (HPCF) and reactor core isolation cooling (RCIC) systems: These systems inject water into the core to cool it and reduce reactor pressure.
Low pressure flooder (LPFL) system: Once pressure in the reactor vessel is reduced, this system injects water into the reactor vessel. The reactor core is then cooled safely.
Automatic-depressurization system: Should the high-pressure injection system fails, this system lowers the reactor vessel pressure to a level where the LPFL system can function.
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U() ECCS: Emergency Core Cooling System HPCF: High Pressure Core Flooder (System), RCIC: Reactor Core Isolation Cooling (System), LPFL: Low Pressure Flooder (System), ADS: Auto-Depressurization System
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El 112 of 445 The primary containment vessel encloses the reactor pressure vessel, other primary components and piping. In the highly unlikely event of an accident, this shielding prevents the release of radioactive substances. The ABWR uses a reinforced concrete containment vessel (RCCV). Its reinforced concrete outer shell is designed to resist pressure, while the internal steel liner ensures the RCCV is leak-proof. The compact cylindrical RCCV integrated into the reactor building enjoys the advantages of earthquake-resistant design and economic construction cost.
BWR ABWR
Figure 16. Reactor Containment for BWR and ABWR
(6) Digital control and instrumentation systems
The control and instrumentation (C&I) systems use state of the art digital and fiber optic technologies. The ABWR has four separate divisions of safety system logic and control, including four separate, redundant multiplexing networks to provide absolute assurance of plant safety. Each system includes microprocessors to process incoming sensor information and to generate outgoing control signals, local and remote multiplexing units for data transmission, and a network of fiber optic cables. Multiplexing and fiber optics have reduced the amount of cabling in the plant.
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El 113 of 445 (7) Control room design
The entire plant can be controlled and supervised from the centered console and the large display panel in the main control room. The left side of console and large display panel is for the safety systems and the right side is for the balance of plant (turbine-generator, feedwater system etc.). The CRTs and flat panel displays on the centered console and the large display panel allow the operator to call up any system, its subsystems and components just by touching the screen. It is possible to operate an entire system in manual operation mode.
Figure 17. Control Room Design
(8) Plant construction
Tile reactor and turbine building are arranged "in-line" and none of the major facilities are shared with the other units. The containment is a reinforced concrete containment vessel (RCCV) with a leak tight steel lining. The containment is surrounded by the reactor building, which doubles as a secondary containment. A negative pressure is maintained in the reactor building to direct any radioactive release from the containment to a gas treatment system. The reactor building and the containment are integrated to improve the seismic response of the building and the containment are integrated to improve the seismic response of the building without additional increase in the size and load bearing capability of the walls.
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E1114 of445 At construction of the plant large modules which are prefabricated in the factory are used and assembled to large structure on site. A 1000 ton-crawler crane will lift these modules and place them vertically into the plant. Use of RCCV, modular construction and other construction techniques reduce construction times.
Commercial Bedrock Inspection RPV Installation Fuel Loading start up V
* Expanded Use of Equipment and Piping Modules * Extended Use of Automatic Welding Machinery
RCCV: Reinforced Concrete Containment Vessel RPV: Reactor Pressure Vessel RIN: Reactor Internals RB: Reactor Building
Figure 18. ABWR construction schedule (typical)
Particular attention was paid to designing the plant for ease of maintenance. Monorails are available to remove equipment to a conveniently located service room via an equipment hatch.
Removal of the reactor internal pumps and FMCRDs for servicing has been automated. Handling devices, which in the case of the FMCRD is operated remotely from outside the containment, engage and remove the equipment. The pump or driver is laid on a transport device and removed through the equipment hatch. Just outside the hatch are dedicated service rooms, one for the RIPs and another for the FMCRDs, where the equipment can be decontaminated and serviced in a shielded environment. The entire operation is done efficiently and with virtually no radiation exposure to the personnel.
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E1115 of445 Chapter 6. Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR)
6.1 ESBWR and Natural Recirculation
The Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) is a passively safe generation III+ reactor which builds on the success of the ABWR. Both are designs by General Electric, and are based on their BWR design. The plant data are shown in Table 4.
Table 4. ESBWR Technology Fact Sheet
Plant Lil1e (years) 60 Thermal Power 4.500 MW Electrical Power 1,560 MW Plant Efliciency 34.7 % Reactor Type Boiling Waler Reactor Core Fuel Type Enriched U02 Fuel Enrichment 4.2% No. of Fuel Bundles 1.132 Coolant Light water Moderator Light water Operating Cycle Length 12-24 months Outage Duration - 14 days Percent fuiel replaced at refueling See footnote 4 Average fuel burnup at discharge -50.000 MWd/MT Number of Steam Lines 4 Number of Feedwater Trains 2 Containment Parameters Design Temperature 340 0F Design Pressure 45 psig Reactor Parameters Design T'emperature 5750F Operating Temperature 550OF Design Pressure 1,250 psig Nominal Operating Pressure 1,040 psia Feedwater & Turbine Parameters l'urbine Inlet/Outlet Temperature 543/93OF Turbine Inlet/Outlet Pressure 985/0.8 psia Feedwater Temperature 4207F Feedwater Pressure 1.050 psia Feedwater Flow 4.55 x 104 gpm Steam mass flow rate 19.31 x 106 lbs/hr Yearly Waste Generated High Level (spent fuel) 50 metric tons
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El 116 of 445 Intermediate Level (spent resins. filters. etc.) and 1,765 cubic Low Level (compactable/non-compactable) Waste
The ESBWR uses natural circulation with no recirculation pumps or their associated piping.
Through design simplification, natural circulation in GE's ESBWR will decrease Operations and Maintenance (O&M) costs, reducing the overall cost of plant ownership. Natural circulation provides simplification over previous Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) and all Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) designs that rely on forced circulation. This improvement is accomplished by the removal of recirculation pumps and associated motors, piping, valves, heat exchangers, controls, and electrical support systems that exist with forced circulation. Natural circulation in the ESBWR also eliminates the risk of flow disturbances resulting from recirculation pump anomalies.
The ESBWR and internals is shown in Figure 19. and the natural recirculation of ESBWR is shown in Figure 20.
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Figure 19. ESBWR and Internals
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El 1117 of 445 Figure 20. ESBWR Natural Recirculation
Natural circulation is consistent with the key objectives of the ESBWR program: a passive safety design with simplification achieved by evolutionary enhancements. Most of the components in the ESBWR design are standard to BWRs and have been operating in the commercial nuclear energy fleet for years. The main differences between natural and forced circulation are the additions of:
- A partitioned chimney above the reactor core to stabilize and direct the steam and water flow above the core.
- A correspondingly taller, open down-comer annulus that reduces flow resistance and provides additional driving head, pushing the water to the bottom of the core.
Natural circulation is a proven technology. Valuable operating experience was gained from previously employed natural circulation BWR designs. Examples of plants using only natural circulation include the Humboldt Bay plant in California and the Dodewaard plant in the Netherlands, which operated for 13 and 30 years respectively.
Today, large (>I000MW) BWRs can generate about fifty percent of rated power in natural circulation mode. The operating conditions in this mode-power, flow, stability, steam quality, void fraction, void coefficient, power density, and power distribution- are predicted by GE calculation models that were calibrated against operating plant data from LaSalle, Leibstadt, Forsmark, Confrentes, Nine Mile Point 2, and Peach Bottom 2. The ESBWR utilizes proven natural circulation technology to operate a reactor with the size and performance characteristics customers need today at one hundred percent of rated power.
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The passively safe characteristics are mainly based on isolation condensers, which are heat exchangers that take steam from the vessel (Isolation Condensers, IC) or the containment (Passive Containment Cooling System, PCCS), condense the steam, transfer the heat to a water pool, and introduce the water into the vessel again.
Those systems are illustrated in Figure 21 and 22.
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This is also based on the gravity driven cooling system (GDCS) shown in Figure 23, which are pools above the vessel that when very low water level is detected in the reactor, the depressurization system opens several very large valves to reduce vessel pressure and finally to allow these GDCS pools to reflood the vessel.
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Thc core is shorter than conventional BWR plants because of the smaller core flow (caused by the natural circulation). There are 1132 bundles and the thermal power is 4500 MWth (1550 MWe).
Below the vessel, there is a piping structure which allows for cooling of the core duriing a very severe accident. These pipes divide the molten core and cool it with water flowing through the piping.
The probability of radioactivity release to the atmosphere is several orders of magnitude lower than conventional nuclear power plants, and the building cost is 60-70% of other light water reactors.
The energy production cost is lower than other plants due to:
I. Lower initial capital cost
2. Lower operational and maintenance cost
General Electric has recalculated maximum core damage frequencies per year per plant for its nuclear power plant designs:
BWR/4 -- I x 10"s (a typical plant) BWR/6 -- I x 10.6 (a typical plant) ABWR -- 2 x 10-7 (now operating in Japan) ESBWR -- 3 x 10g (submitted for Final Design Approval by NRC)
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Chapter 7. Current status
As of December 2006, four ABWRs were in operation in Japan: Kashiwazaki-Kariwa units 6 and 7, which opened in 1996 and 1997, Hamaoka unit 5, opened 2004 having started construction in 2000, and Shika 2 commenced commercial operations on March 15, 2006. Another two, identical to the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactors, were nearing completion at Lungmen in Taiwan, and one more (Shimane 3) had just commenced construction in Japan, with major siteworks to start in 2008 and completion in 2011. Plans for at least six other ABWRs in Japan have been postponed, cancelled, or converted to other reactor types, but three of these (Higashidori I and 2 and Ohma) were still listed as on order by the utilities, with completion dates of 2012 or later.
Several ABWRs are proposed for construction in the United States under the Nuclear Power 2010 Program. However these proposals face fierce competition from more recent designs such as the ESBWR (Economic Simplified BWR, a generation I11+ reactor also from GE) and the API 000 (Advanced, Passive, 1OOOMWe, from Westinghouse). These designs take passive safety features even further than the ABWR does, as do more revolutionary designs such as the pebble bed modular reactor.
On June 19, 2006 NRG Energy filed a Letter Of Intent with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build two 1358-MWe ABWRs at the South Texas Project site.
New Reactor Licensing Applications in US including ABWR and ESBWR from 2005 to 2010 and beyond are shown in the Figure 24.
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Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
ATOMICA: http://atomica.nucpal.pr.iP/atomica/index.html
Handbook for Thermal and Nuclear Power Engineers, English Edition of the 6th Edition, 2002, Thermal and Nuclear Power Engineering Society of Japan (TENPES)
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GE HP, ESBWR Overview, J. Alan Beard), September 15, 2006
Nuclear Renaissance, a Fomier Regulator's Perspective Regarding the NRC Rrole and Activities, Ashok Thadani
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 1:14 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Radiation Level Rising in Fukushima Nuclear Plant Turbine Building - emergency generators dispatched
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Radiation Level Rising in Fukushima Nuclear Plant Turbine Building
Fukushima, Japan, March 12 Kyodo -- The radiation level is rising in the building housing a turbine of the No. 1 reactor of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant following Friday's powerful earthquake, the operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Saturday.
The company also said monitoring data suggested the air pressure level has also soared inside the container of the reactor.
State of Emergency Declared at Fukushima Plant
Tokyo Asahi Shimbun Online 1733 GMT 11 Mar 11 Friday's devastating earthquake in the Tohoku region may have created a dangerous situation at two nuclear reactors in Fukushima Prefecture.
Officials of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency were informed by Tokyo Electric Power Co. that the emergency core cooling system was not working at two reactors.
In addition, another mechanism that had been used to send water to the core also stopped at 8:30 p.m.
If the cores are not sufficiently cooled, there is a danger of a possible core meltdown.
At a news conference Friday night, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said a state of emergency at a nuclear facility was declared at 4:36 p.m.
It is the first time such a state of emergency has been declared.
According to NISA officials, although the reactor core stopped operations after the earthquake hit, water had to be inserted to the core to cool it because heat continued to be emitted from the nuclear fuel.
Although workers had to initiate emergency core cooling system procedures, the lack of an external power source and the failure of an emergency generator crippled the system that circulates water to the core to cool it.
TEPCO officials dispatched 51 generator vehicles to the reactors in an attempt to restore power. One vehicle
E t- El 1 25 of 445 reached one of the nuclear reactors late Friday and some of that reactor's power was restored.
At 9:23 p.m., the central government issued an evacuation instruction for residents living within a 3-kilometer radius of the No. I Fukushima nuclear power plant as well as an instruction to residents living within a radius of between 3 and 10 kilometers to remain indoors.
Edano said no radiation leakage had been detected.
The company issued an emergency evacuation order for the two reactors at the No. 1 Fukushima nuclear power plant. Officials from local communities gathered at a special monitoring facility in Okuma to oversee the cooling of the cores.
There was also the possibility that seawater pumps for cooling purposes may have stopped at two reactors at the No. 2 Fukushima nuclear power plant.
If those pumps remain inoperational, it could affect the emergency core cooling systems at those reactors as well.
2 El1126 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 1:27 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Secretary Clinton video on supplying ."coolant" to Japan
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11,2011 1:26:43 PM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Secretary Clinton video on supplying "coolant" to Japan Auto forwarded by a Rule http://www.state.qov/video/?videoid=822755222001
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From: Svinicki, Kristine Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 1:54 PM To: Sharkey, Jeffry; Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: March 10 -- Greenwire is ready Attachments: March 10 -- Greenwire is ready
And yet a witness from the NJ Environmental department testified at the Commission's groundwater meeting that NRC needs to regulate all Unplanned releases at reactors "no matter the magnitude"
DEVELOPMEN17: N.J. proposal would waive 'unduly burdensome' enviro regulations (03 70!2011)
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection would be able to waive its own regulations that are "unduly burdensome" in approving development projects in a proposal announced yesterday.
Under the proposal, landowners could ask for waivers that fall under Republican Gov. Chris Christie's executive order last year that called for exemptions if there are conflicting rules between agencies or "unduly burdensome" regulations. For example, the rule would allow a home to be built in a protected stream buffer in New Jersey's Highlands regions if the developer agrees to install a detention basin to provide cleaner water, according to Larry Ragonese, a DEP spokesman.
Each project could be analyzed on a case-by-case basis, Ragonese said.
"We need to have some flexibility to decide what makes more sense," Ragonese said. "The goal is to make •government work. We're trying to be more than a bunch of bureaucrats."
Environmental groups say the rule would diminish environmental protections and open up natural land areas to development.
"The whole idea of a standard is it's supposed to apply to everybody," said Dena Mottola Jaborska, executive director of Environment New Jersey.
"It's very broad and very vague," she added. "Governor Christie said he wouldn't roll back environmental rules and regulations. I think this is a tool to do exactly that" (Seth Augenstein, Newark Star-Ledger, March 9).-- AP
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 1:11 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Subject: FW: March 10 -- Greenwire is ready
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11,2011 1:57 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Japan: Radioactive Steam Could Be Released From Troubled Plant
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Radioactive Steam Could Be Released From Troubled Plant
Tokyo Kyodo World Service 1819 GMT 11 Mar 11 Tokyo, March 12 Kyodo -- Japanese authorities are nearing a decision to release radioactive steam from a troubled nuclear reactor, industry minister Benri Kaieda said Saturday.
Kaieda was referring to the rising pressure inside the No. 1 reactor of the Fukushima No. 1 plant, which was hit by a powerful earthquake Friday.
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From: Thoma, John Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 2:30 PM To: Sharkey, Jeffry Subject: RE: U.S. delivers coolant to Japan nuclear plant: Clinton/ Plant Being Cooled
We must have given them a pint of Old Grand Dad.
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 12:06 PM To: Svinicki, Kdstine Cc: Castleman, Patrick; Thoma, John Subject: FW: U.S. delivers coolant to Japan nuclear plant: Clinton/ Plant Being Cooled
Huh??
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 12:02 PM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: U.S. delivers coolant to Japan nuclear plant: Clinton/ Plant Being Cooled
WASHINGTON I Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:05am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has transported coolant to a Japanese nuclear plant affected by a massive earthquake and will continue to assist Japan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday. "We just had our Air Force assets in Japan transport some really important coolant to one of the nuclear plants," Clinton said at a meeting of the President's Export Council. "You know Japan is very reliant on nuclear power and they have very high engineering standards but one of their plants came under a lot of stress with the earthquake and didn't have enough coolant," Clinton said.
Japan Reactor Being Cooled
LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - The World Nuclear Association, the main nuclear industry body, said on Friday that it understood the situation at Japan's Fukushima plant after a massive earthquake was under control, and water was being pumped into its cooling system. "We understand this situation is under control," an analyst at the association told Reuters. The Japanese government had declared an emergency situation around the plant as a precaution and evacuated residents, saying a cooling system was not working. The analyst said he understood that a back-up battery power system had been brought online after about an hour, and begun pumping water back into the cooling system, where the water level had been falling.
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11,2011 4:26 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Press Release: NRC Continues to Track Earthquake and Tsunami Issues Attachments: 11-043.docx
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11,2011 3:42 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Speech: "The First Year...." NRC Commissioner George Apostolakis, 23rd Annual Regulatory Information Conference, March 9, 2011 Attachments: s-1 1-009.docx
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No. S-1 1-009
The First Year...
Dr. George Apostolakis Commissioner U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 23rd Annual Regulatory Information Conference
March 9,2011
It is a pleasure to be participating with all of you in my first Regulatory Information Conference as a Commissioner of the NRC. First, I'd like to recognize the NRC management and staff efforts in the planning and execution of another outstanding Conference.
During my first year as a Commissioner, I have been in a learning mode. I have had the opportunity to visit some reactor and materials facilities and to speak with diverse stakeholders and interested observers in various settings, including many Commission briefings that involved bot h NRC staff and external stakeholders. I would also like to acknowledge how wise Congress' decision to establish a five-member Commission was. I always find the perspectives of my fellow Commissioners on policy matters thoughtful and interesting.
I would like to use this first opportunity to provide a sketch of my background so you can understand the views that I bring to this assignment, and to list some of the areas that are of interest to me. With that, I want you to know that my focus is the same as that of the Commission, namely, ensuring the safety and security of all our licensed activities, including operating reactors, fuel facilities, waste disposal, and the use of radioactive materials.
Before joining the NRC, I was a professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering and a professor of Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. My primary research interests were in the development of models for the assessment of risks from large technological systems with a focus on nuclear power reactors. I was also a member, and former chairman, of the NRC's Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) for over 15 years. My tenure with the ACRS has been invaluable in allowing me to step right into my role as a Commissioner since I had a decade and a half to become familiar with many of the issues the agency has faced in the past, is facing now, and is sure to face in the future. Of course, the roles of the ACRS and the Commission are very different. I now have to make actual decisions as opposed to providing advice. In addition, I am no longer allowed to interrupt speakers who come before me, thus depriving me of one of the great pleasures of being an ACRS member.
El 133 of 445 In my opinion, the NRC is the preeminent contributor to protection of public health and safety among organizations external to licensees. We must continue to ensure that the public has confidence in the strong and predictable regulatory safety and security framework of the Commission. In this regard, I note that we were given recently a new point of reference. On January 18, 2011, President Obama issued an executive order on Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review. According to this executive order, the General Principlesof Regulation include the following:
Our regulatory system must protect public health, welfare, safety, and our environment while promoting economic growth, innovation, competitiveness, and job creation.... It must allow for public participation and an open exchange of ideas. It must promote predictability and reduce uncertainty. It must identify and use the best, most innovative and least burdensome tools for achieving regulatory ends.
To the extent feasible, specify performance objectives, rather than specifying the behavior or manner of compliance that regulated entities must adopt.
Although the NRC, as an independent agency, is not subject to this executive order, I am very pleased to say that our agency has been moving its regulations in the direction of some key aspects of these principles for quite some time now. For instance, we are striving to establish performance-based regulations to the extent possible and to increase our efficiency by utilizing risk insights, as appropriate. Regarding President Obama's call for "least burdensome tools," I note that the Commission stated, way back in its 1995 Policy Statement on the use of Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA), that PRA should be used to reduce unnecessary conservatisms associated with current regulatory requirements.
Two success stories that exemplify the benefits of using risk insights are the Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) and the risk-informed In-Service Inspection (ISI) of piping. The ROP has allowed us to respond to inspection findings in a way that is commensurate to the risk significance of these findings. It has also gone a long way toward promoting predictability in the regulatory system. The risk-informed ISI has allowed both the NRC and the licensees to focus the inspections on piping segments that are susceptible to degradation mechanisms and are risk significant, thus improving safety and reducing licensee regulatory burden.
You probably have noticed that my two examples are from the reactor arena. This is because that's where most progress has been made. I would like to recognize that the agency has also made progress in the use of risk insights in its regulation of the use of radioactive materials.
In my opinion, all areas under NRC jurisdiction would benefit from greater use of risk insights. I do acknowledge, however, that the application of the methods we have developed for reactors and waste repositories to other NRC activities is not straightforward. This is particularly true for security where events do not necessarily happen because of some random phenomena but, instead, because of the deliberate actions of an adversary. In this regard, I suggest that, instead of trying to transfer risk methods that have been developed for reactors to security, we should go back to the fundamental questions that analysts ask when performing risk assessments: What can go wrong? What are its consequences? How likely is it? Starting with fundamentals is always a good idea when dealing with a new situation.
2 El1134 of 445 Now, I would like to share my thoughts on a few specific areas of interest.
The Commission has a long-standing policy of encouraging the increased use of risk information in regulatory programs and processes, to the extent supported by state-of-the-art methods and data and in a manner that complements the NRC's traditional approaches that are based on the defense-in-depth principle and large safety margins.
However, even for reactors, the use of risk information has not yet been fully integrated into the reactor licensing process. Although 10 CFR 52 (the part of the regulations that governs the issuance of early site permits, standard design certifications, and combined licenses for new reactors) requires an applicant to submit a PRA summary, current review programs and guidance are still based on 10 CFR 50 (the traditional way of licensing) and do not fully realize the potential benefits of risk informing the licensing reviews. As a consequence, I believe that the agency faces some special challenges and opportunities as it prepares to receive in the near future applications for design certification of small modular reactors (SMRs). An important question which many are asking is whether the licensing review of such reactors should be the same as that for large reactors.
In July 2010, the Chairman and I proposed to our fellow Commissioners, and they agreed, to direct the staff to provide the Commission with a policy paper that addresses the development of a framework, implementation strategy, and plans and schedules to more fully integrate the use of risk insights into pre-application activities and in the review of small modular reactor applications. Staff was also directed to focus its initial effort on how risk insights would be used to identify risk-significant systems, structures, and components (SSCs) and other aspects of the design that contribute most to safety. Near-term efforts would be focused on integral pressurized water reactor designs. In my view, the results of these efforts should allow the NRC staff to be better prepared to conduct more safety focused and efficient reviews of SMR applications and, thus, be better able to respond in a timely manner to licensing requests.
A long-term objective of this initiative is to develop a risk-informed performance-based regulatory framework building on the SMR reviews, as well as on insights gained from the Next Generation Nuclear Plant pre-application review activities and the lessons learned from the earlier Technology Neutral Framework.
The staff provided its paper to the Commission recently for review and decision. A public Commission meeting on this matter has been scheduled for March 29.
Let me now offer some further thoughts on how risk insights may inform our regulations. There have been numerous PRAs completed for the current generation of Light Water Reactors (LWRs) both in the United State and internationally. I believe it is fair to say that this wealth of knowledge combined with several decades of operating experience has given us a very good understanding of what the likely accident sequences are for LWRs.
The analysis of these potential accident sequences in a PRA is as realistic as possible and, of course, includes the possibility that plant operators may intervene and act correctly or incorrectly. However, as I said earlier, this wealth of information has not been integrated in our regulations to a significant extent. The stylized Design Basis Accidents (DBAs) continue to reign supreme. There are
3 El 135 of 445 signs, nonetheless, that important issues may not be resolved optimally within the confines of traditional design-basis analyses with their numerous conservative assumptions. An example is Generic Safety Issue (GSI) 191 ("Assessment of Debris Accumulation on PWR Sump Performance").
Following a Loss-of-Coolant Accident (LOCA), the emergency core cooling system (ECCS) is expected to cool the core by recirculating water that has settled at the bottom of the containment. This water, however, may contain debris that could clog the smnp strainers that are designed to prevent debris from entering the ECCS system and the reactor core. This clogging could inhibit reactor core cooling.
The industry has argued that using a risk-informed approach would allow for a practical assessment of plant design features and operator actions that could reduce plant dependence on sump recirculation for long-term cooling through better water management, e.g., by refilling the refueling water storage tank and manually operating the containment spray system. A strict design-basis analysis does not allow the consideration of human actions. A question that arises, then, is whether we have sufficient understanding of operator actions to allow a risk-informed approach.
I acknowledge that many people are uncomfortable with the perceived large uncertainties associated with the probabilities of operator errors. However, the NRC has expended considerable resources developing guidance for the evaluation of operator actions. For example, we have published reports on "good practices" (NUREG-1792) and we have evaluated existing human reliability analysis (HRA) methods vs. these good practices (NUREG-1842). The NRC's Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research and the industry are currently working on a consensus HRA method. The use of such a method would improve the validity, consistency, transparency and traceability of human error evaluations. Lessons learned from a series of experiments conducted at the Halden Reactor Project's human performance simulation laboratory in Norway and an international effort on better understanding the strengths and limitations of the existing HRA methods are both inputs to the effort to develop a consensus HRA method. So, the question in my mind is, given that human performance is an integral part of nuclear power operations, why do we continue to ignore the products from these research activities in our regulatory decision making? Furthermore, without feedback from regulatory decision making, how do we know we are spending our HRA research resources in the most intelligent way?
In our efforts to risk-inform the regulations, we have introduced the critical concept of the transition break size (TBS), which divides pipe breaks into two intervals. The Commission has directed the staff to define the TBS as the pipe size that is expected to fail with a frequency of 10- per year. Breaks below the TBS are subject to the current requirements in 10 CFR 50.46 for the Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS). Breaks above the TBS are subject to new requirements described in the proposed rule 10 CFR 50.46a. This voluntary proposed rule is of great significance in that it uses risk information and insights to revise the requirements associated with mitigating the stylized design basis double-ended guillotine break. A question, then, is where did the numerical value for the TBS come from?
The answer is that, because the frequency of failure of large pipes is very low, expertjudgment was used to estimate LOCA frequencies. These frequencies provided the basis for selecting the TBS. And this leads me to another topic of interest to me: the utilization of expert judgment by the NRC.
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The formal utilization of expert judgment in significant engineering issues has been pioneered by the NRC. It is a process that provides either (1) quantitative estimates for the frequency and/or significance of physical phenomena, or (2) qualitative insights into the nature, scope, and/or significance of physical phenomena. Expert judgment is used when the following conditions are present: the available data or operating experience is sparse or not directly applicable, the subject is too complex to model accurately, and the phenomena or issues have significant safety or regulatory implications.
Expert judgment has been a principal component of the technical basis for many important regulatory decisions, and its use is expected to be more prevalent in the future as issues become more complex and as technology evolves. There are many similarities but also significant differences in the approaches used in previous studies that can impact regulatory decision making
For example, a unique feature of the LOCA frequency study was the adjustment of results to account for the well-known overconfidence that is typically present in individual expert judgments. The study also recommended a less-common scheme for aggregating the individual expert results into group estimates. Sensitivity studies indicated that the selection of the aggregation scheme affected the results significantly. When the recommended, but less-common, aggregation scheme is used, the TBS for a pressurized water reactor is approximately 6 inches while aggregating using more-common methods leads to a TBS of approximately 11 inches. I believe that the NRC would benefit from formal guidance to assist the staff in choosing the method for obtaining and utilizing expert judgment to avoid the pitfalls of the past and ensure the appropriate level of effort. Selecting and documenting the appropriateness of the methods of analysis ahead of the regulatory decision should increase transparency, public confidence, and the objectivity of the results.
I would like to end this speech by telling you of an important recent initiative. Several weeks ago, the Chairman asked that I lead a Task Force for the Assessment of Options for a More Holistic Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Regulatory Approach. The Task Force is charged with developing a strategic vision, as well as options for pursuing such a regulatory approach for reactors, materials, waste, fuel cycle, security, and transportation that would continue to ensure the safe and secure use of nuclear material. The Task Force is to propose specific actions that the NRC could pursue to achieve a more comprehensive and holistic risk-informed, performance-based regulatory structure. The Task Force is expected to provide its recommendations within one year.
Realizing there were similar efforts in the past, I would like to offer my vision as to why we are pursuing this effort now and what outcomes we seek. As I said earlier, I believe the fundamental concept of risk analysis - what can go wrong, what are the consequences and how likely is it - is broadly applicable to all aspects of our regulatory functions. This set of risk triplets helps us to frame the information we need to make decisions systematically, transparently and in an integrated fashion.
A risk-informed approach is designed to focus the licensing and inspection efforts on the most risk-significant areas, thus increasing effectiveness and efficiency. With current projections for continuous flat budgets for the foreseeable future and the expected increase in the number of new reactor applications and licensing activities, I believe that the agency must adjust the way it does business. The agency must find a way to risk-inform its decision-making processes so that it can effectively prioritize its licensing reviews and inspections and focus its resources on areas of high risk significance.
5 El 137 of 445 If we were to predict what the nuclear industry may look like 20 to 30 years in the future, we can probably all agree that it may look very different than the way it does today. Consider the number of new reactor designs with passive safety features and digital instrumentation and controls, the small modular reactors, the aging issues associated with life beyond sixty years for the light water reactor fleet, the new fuel cycle facilities, and advances in the medical uses of nuclear materials, as well as changes in the security threats. With these likely changes in mind, we can easily conclude that the regulatory environment must change and adapt to ensure proper oversight and responsive licensing and inspection activities for adequate protection and regulatory enforcement. Our work on risk-informing the licensing reviews of SMRs is a good step in this direction.
Over the next 11 months, the Task Force will look candidly at where we have effectively and successfully transitioned to a risk-informed performance-based regulator)y process and where we can and must do better. Armed with these insights, we will be able to provide options and formulate strategies for the next 10 or 15 years. Although I firmly believe there is always a role for probabilistic risk analysis, I am also prepared to accept the fact that, in some of our activities, there remains work to be done to make it practical. In fact, there may be instances where the explicit use and documentation of a probabilistic approach may just not be realistic for the foreseeable future.
Clearly, this effort could not be successful without meaningful stakeholder input. We plan to start within the agency and, at the appropriate time, solicit input from external stakeholders. Recognizing that the regulators and the regulated industry have different sets of considerations and different roles and responsibilities, external stakeholder input will help us in designing sound and effective long-term strategies. I believe the NRC and the stakeholders will agree that licensing reviews that align the review focus and resources to risk-significant areas and other aspects of the design that contribute most to safety will enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the review process. The questions to which the Task Force will seek answers include the following:
I. Are the current practices adequate for accomplishing the goal of a holistic risk-informed and performance-based regulatory structure? 2. How effective have past and on-going risk-informed initiatives been? What are the relevant lessons learned from these initiatives? 3. Should the use of risk information continue to be voluntary? 4. How effective have recent major deterministic licensing actions (i.e., license renewals, power uprates, B5b mitigation strategies) been? What are the relevant lessons learned from these actions? 5. What are the visions for a holistic risk-informed, performance-based regulatory structure for reactors, materials, waste, fuel cycle, and security? 6. How can the transition from the current system to a more holistic risk-informed, performance based regulatory structure be optimized? 7. What is the schedule for achieving this regulatory structure? 8. How should this structure be implemented? 9. How should stakeholder input be considered? 10. In each area, what are the capabilities and limitations of current probabilistic risk assessment methodologies?
6 El 138 of 445 I have talked a lot about bringing more risk information into the agency's decision-making processes. I don't want to give you the impression that I do not appreciate the value of traditional approaches. The pioneers who developed nuclear power used the traditional engineering approach of requiring large safety margins and they established the philosophy of defense in depth to help manage uncertainty. I am fully aware of the value of defense in depth and safety margins in protecting us against unknown unknowns. I am also fully aware of the limitations of risk assessment. The challenge before us is how to develop a system that would increase the benefits of both approaches for managing uncertainty.
I appreciate your attention and I look forward to working with you during my time as a Commissioner. Thank you.
7 El 139 of 445 Sharkey, Jeffry
From: McKelvin, Sheila Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 4:33 PM To: Batkin, Joshua; Monninger, John; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sosa, Belkys; Bubar, Patrice; Nieh, Ho Cc: Vietti-Cook, Annette; McKelvin, Sheila; Mike, Linda; Jaegers, Cathy; Clayton, Kathleen; Champ, Billi Subject: Correspondence Attachments: NRC Japan earthquake letter 03 11 1 l.pdf
Good morning
I have attached for your information is a March 11, 2011 letter from Rep. Edward Markey, re: Earthquake in Japan
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The Honorable Greg Jaczko Chairman Nuclear Regulatory Commission 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852
Dear Chairman Jaczko:
I write to request information related to the potential impacts of the devastating earthquake in Japan on that country's nuclear facilities, as well as on the implications for our own domestic industry.
The 8.9 magnitude earthquake has caused some serious damage at two nuclear facilities in Japan. The Japanese government declared an "atomic power emergency."' Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has experienced a failure associated with its emergency diesel generators, preventing the flow of water into its cooling system. To reduce rising pressure inside the Fukushiima reactor, slightly radioactive vapor is being released.2 Residents within a 3 km radius of Fukushima have been evacuated. The United States Air Force also reportedly delivered equipment that could be used to cool the reactor.4 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is seeking information about whether the flow of cooling water has been restored, and about other nuclear power plants and research reactors in Japan.5 Nuclear fuel requires continued cooling even after a plant has shut down. Failure of the cooling system for many hours is what resulted in a partial core melt at Three Mile Island in 1979. There was also a fire in a turbine building at the Onagawa nuclear facility; Japanese authorities reported to the IAEA that it had been extinguished.7
The earthquake and tsunami pose threats to nuclear facilities in the United States. Your staff has informed mine that the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in San Luis Obispo, California has declared an 'unusual event' because of the tsunami warnings that have been issued. Taiwan, which has six nuclear reactors, issued a tsunami alert.
'http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/world/asia/12nuclear.html 2 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42025882/ns/world-news-asia-pacific/ 3 http://www.reuters.comnarticle/2011/03/1I /us-quake-japan-iaea.statement-idUSTRE72A2F820110311 4 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/I I/japan-quake-reactor-idUSL3E7EB2AI2201103 11 5 http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/201 l/sunamiupdate~html 6 http://www.nytimres.com/2011/03/I 2/world/asia/ I 2nuclear.htm 1 7 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/11 /us-quake-japan-iaea-statement-idUSTRE72A2F82011031 I
MRIWOEONl R.'[YCLED PAP.R El 141 of 445 This disaster serves to highlight both the fragility of nuclear power plants and the potential consequences associated with a radiological release caused by earthquake- related damage. We must ensure that America's nuclear power plants can withstand a catastrophic event and abide by the absolute highest standards for safety. Last year, I requested a GAO investigation8 into the adequacy of Commission regulations associated with seismic safety. Earlier this week, I wrote9 you regarding the Commission's pending approval of the design for the AP 1000 nuclear reactor, in light of concerns raised by one of the Commission's most long-serving staff that there is a risk that an earthquake at the AP1000 could result in a catastrophic core meltdown. According to this individual:
" The AP1000 shield building failed tests because it is brittle, and could shatter "like a glass cup". About 60 percent of the shield building would consist of a building material that "failed miserably" in a physical test of its ability to withstand out-of-plane shear, one of the forces caused by an earthquake. " Weak and inadequate computer simulations were used to "prove" the reactor shield is "strong enough". * Earthquake forces may have been underestimated by Westinghouse.
My concerns about the vulnerabilities of the AP 1000 reactor design are only heightened by the reports of the effect of the Japanese quake on their reactors.
I request your prompt attention to the questions raised in my earlier letter. In addition, I request that you provide me with responses to the following questions:
1) Please provide me with a detailed description of the earthquake and tsunami-related damage experienced by the nuclear facilities in Japan. If earthquake and tsunami- related damages are reported at other nuclear facilities, please also provide me with a detailed description of these damages. Please ensure that your response includes: a. a description of each specific failure that occurred b. the cause of each specific failure c. whether any radiological release occurred because of the failure d. whether each specific failure could have caused a radiological release if not promptly mitigated and e. how long each specific failure will take to fully repair 2) Please also indicate in your response whether you believe each nuclear power plant design a) that is currently in operation in this country, or b) a license for which has. been submitted for approval to the Commission for eventual construction and operation in this country can withstand an earthquake or tsunami that is comparable in strength to the one experienced in Japan. 3) Please inform me whether you believe that what happened at the Japanese reactors as a result of the earthquake suggests any need for safety improvements at any U.S. reactor, and if so, what actions the Commission is taking to ensure such improvements are made.
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El 142 of 445 4) Please inform me whether the events in Japan indicate any need for changes to the emergency response plans of U.S. nuclear power plants. Would these plans be adequate in a situation where emergency responders and other resources are needed to deal with many problems simultaneously? 5) Please indicate whether NRC regulations require nuclear reactor operators to have emergency backup power for long enough to maintain safe conditions through a crisis such as that occurring in Japan, where power may not come back online for days?'0
Please provide your response no later than close of business on Friday April 8, 2011. If you have any questions or concerns, please have your staff contact Dr. Michal Freedhoff or Dr. Ilya Fischhoff of my staff at 202-225-2836.
Sincerely,
Edward J. Marki
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 7:28 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Tokyo Electric Power To Release Reactor Pressure
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11,2011 7:27:56 PM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Tokyo Electric Power To Release Reactor Pressure Auto forwarded by a Rule
Tokyo Electric Power To Release Reactor Pressure
Tokyo, March 12 (Jiji Press) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. has decided to release the pressure from reactors of a quake-hit nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan, to prevent them from breaking down, company sources said Saturday.
Releasing the pressure from the company's Fukushima No. I nuclear power plant by opening their valves may let a small amount of radioactive substances leak out into the atmosphere, according to Tokyo Electric Power. The safety of nearby residents will be ensured as all the residents in a 10-kilometer radius from the power plant have been evacuated or instructed by the government to stay at home, according to the sources.
Immediately after the 8.8-magnitude quake hit northeastern Japan, all the three operating reactors at the power plant stopped automatically.
Internal pressure is feared to have risen at all the reactors. The pressure in the No. 1 reactor increased to 600 kilopascals from the normal level of 400 kilopascals. Meantime, Tokyo Electric Power is striving to restore the No. 2 reactor's cooling system, which stopped working because the quake caused a power outage and emergency diesel power generation equipment broke down.
While the reactor's cooling water levels are still kept at about 3.5 meters above the top of its nuclear fuel rods, the level's decline would force the fuel rods exposed to air to generate radiation.
Radiation Could Already Have Leaked at Nuke Plant
Tokyo, March 12 Kyodo -- Radioactive substances could already have leaked at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit northern Japan, the operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Saturday. The amount of radiation reached around 1,000 times the normal level in the control room of the No. 1 reactor of the plant, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency also said. The discovery suggests radioactive steam could spread around the facility. The agency also said radiation has been more than eight times the normal level at a monitoring post near the main gate of the plant.
The authorities expanded the evacuation area for residents in the vicinity of the plant from a 3-kilometer radius to 10 km on the orders of Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who plans to visit the facility later Saturday.
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 7:34 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: NHK news reports TEPCO started to release air from Fukushima 1 reactor
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11,2011 7:33:57 PM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: NHK news reports TEPCO started to release air from Fukushima 1 reactor Auto forwarded by a Rule
This will be my last report for the time being as the regular media outlets seem to be on top of things. If you get NHK TV (Japan Broadcasting Corp.) on your cable TV service I recommend watching it.
Thanks, Clarence
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From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 7:47 PM To: Sharkey, Jeffry Subject: RE: Tokyo Electric Power To Release Reactor Pressure
thanks. I appreciate the Clarence rule.....now time to go eat some pizza!
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent; Friday, March 11, 2011 7:37 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: Re: Tokyo Electric Power To Release Reactor Pressure
Got it.
Remember I set up a Clarence Rule for emails...
From: Castleman, Patrick To: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Fri Mar 11 19:30:57 2011 Subject: RE: Tokyo Electric Power To Release Reactor Pressure thanks. i'm typing a sumary of the CA brief right now. another briefing at 11:15.
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 7:28 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Tokyo Electric Power To Release Reactor Pressure
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 7:27:56 PM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Tokyo Electric Power To Release Reactor Pressure Auto forwarded by a Rule Tokyo Electric Power To Release Reactor Pressure
Tokyo, March 12 (Jiji Press) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. has decided. to release the pressure from reactors of a quake-hit nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan, to prevent them from breaking down, company sources said Saturday. Releasing the pressure from the company's Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant by opening their valves may let a small amount of radioactive substances leak out into the atmosphere, according to Tokyo Electric Power. The safety of nearby residents will be ensured as all the residents in a 10-kilometer radius from the power plant have been evacuated or instructed by the government to stay at home, according to the sources.
Immediately after the 8.8-magnitude quake hit northeastern Japan, all the three operating reactors at the power plant stopped automatically.
Internal pressure is feared to have risen at all the reactors. The pressure in the No. 1 reactor increased to 600 kilopascals from the normal level of 400 kilopascals. Meantime, Tokyo Electric Power is striving to restore the No. 2 reactor's cooling system, which stopped working because the quake caused a power outage and emergency diesel power generation equipment broke down. While the reactor's cooling water levels are still kept at about 3.5 meters above the top of its nuclear fuel rods, the level's decline would force the fuel rods exposed to air to generate radiation.
1 El 146 of 445 Radiation Could Already Have Leaked at Nuke Plant
Tokyo, March 12 Kyodo -- Radioactive substances could already have leaked at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit northern Japan, the operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Saturday. The amount of radiation reached around 1,000 times the normal level in the control room of the No. 1 reactor of the plant, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency also said. The discovery suggests radioactive steam could spread around the facility.
The agency also said radiation has been more than eight times the normal level at a monitoring post near the main gate of the plant.
The authorities expanded the evacuation area for residents in the vicinity of the plant from a 3-kilometer radius to 10 km on the orders of Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who plans to visit the facility later Saturday.
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From: Orders, William Sent; Saturday, March 12, 2011 7:18 AM To: Burnell, Scott; Franovich, Mike; Snodderly, Michael; Castleman, Patrick Cc: Brenner, Eliot Subject: Re: Latest Talking Points and Q&A
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From: Burnell, Scott To: Franovich, Mike; Orders, William; Snodderly, Michael; Castleman, Patrick Cc: Brenner, Eliot Sent: Sat Mar 12 07:04:40 2011 Subject: Latest Talking Points and Q&A
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From: Burnell, Scott To: Franovich, Mike; Orders, William; Snodderly, Michael; Castleman, Patrick Cc: Brenner, Eliot Sent: Sat Mar 12 07:04:40 2011 Subject: Latest Talking Points and Q&A
Gentlemen;
Current guidance is that all media requests go through OPA and all intergovernmental inquiries go through the Chairman's office. Thank you.
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From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 7:22 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: FW: Latest Talking Points and Q&A Attachments: 03_11 _QUAKE_talkpts5.docx: Chairman Jaczko_QA2_earthquake031111.docx
Commissioner, here is more info. There is another Commissioner Assistants' briefing at 0730. Pat
From: Burnell, Scott Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 7:05 AM To: Franovich, Mike; Orders, William; Snodderly, Michael; Castleman, Patrick Cc: Brenner, Eliot Subject: Latest Talking Points and Q&A
Gentlemen;
Current guidance is that all media requests go through OPA and all intergovernmental inquiries go through the Chairman's office. Thank you.
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TALKING POINTS
MARCH 11, 2011 JAPAN EARTHQUAKE AND WEST COAST TSUNAMI
As of 3/12/2011 5:30 a.m. EST
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is following events in Japan, including
media reports and footage of an apparent explosion at one of the Japanese
reactors damaged in the wake of the March 11 earthquake in Japan and
associated tsunami.
" The NRC is examining all available information as part of the effort to
analyze the event and understand its implications both for Japan and the
United States.
" The NRC is ready to provide whatever assistance we can to our Japanese
counterparts, should there be a specific request. The NRC is closely
El 151 of 445 coordinating its activities with other federal agencies. An NRC staff person
is participating in the USAID team headed to Japan.
" The NRC resident inspector at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant on the central California coast remained on site for the duration of that area's tsunami warning and kept track of the plant's response. The plant is operating normally -- it declared an Unusual Event at 4:23 a.m. EST on March 11 and exited the Event at 6:30 p.m. EST the same day; the plant reported minimal tsunami effects.
" The San Onofre nuclear power plant on the southern California coast is operating normally.
" The Humboldt Bay spent fuel storage site on the northern California coast was in the tsunami warning area; site personnel have informed the NRC they were unaffected by the tsunami.
" NRC-regulated nuclear materials sites in Hawaii and Alaska were unaffected by the tsunami; the NRC remains in contact with these facilities.
* The NRC has regulations in place that require licensees to design their plants to withstand the effects of tsunamis. (10CFR 50, Appendix A, Criterion 2, "Design bases for protection against natural phenomenon" requires licensees to designs structures, systems, and components important to safety to withstand the effects of natural phenomenon, including tsunamis.)
" At Diablo Canyon, the plant is safe from a tsunami. The plants ability to withstand large waves and the maximum wave height at the intake structure were determined through extensive and detailed scaled model wave testing. To prevent water from entering the intake structure and affecting the pump motors, the structure is equipped with a snorkel valve that can close.
El 152 of 445 Nuclear power plants are built to withstand environmental hazards, including earthquakes. Even those plants that are located outside of areas with extensive seismic activity are designed for safety in the event of such a natural disaster.
The NRC requires that safety-significant structures, systems, and components be designed to take into account the most severe natural phenomena historically reported for the site and surrounding area. The NRC then adds a margin for error to account for the historical data's limited accuracy. In other words, U.S. nuclear power plants are designed to be safe based on historical data from the area's maximum credible earthquake.
El 153 of 445 Questions and Answers for Chairman Jaczko March 11, 2011 Japan Earthquake/Tsunami Aftermath As of 6 a.m. 3/12/2011
1. What is the NRC doing about the emergencies at the nuclear power plants in Japan? Are you sending staff over there?
Public Answer: We are closely following events in Japan, working with other agencies of the federal government, and have been in direct contact with our counterparts in that country. In addition, we are ready to provide assistance if there is a specific request. An NRC staffer is participating in the USAID team headed to Japan.
Additional technical, non-public information: We are taking the knowledge that the staff has about the design of the US nuclear plants and we are applying this knowledge to the Japan situation. For example, this includes calculations of severe accident mitigation that have been performed.
2. What's going to happen following the explosion everyone's seen from the video footage?
Public Answer: If a similar event occurred at a U.S. nuclear power plant, the NRC would be seeking information to answer several questions, including: What's the status of the reactor core, the reactor vessel and the containment building? What radiation measurement equipment is available and what measurements are being reported? What efforts are being taken to keep the public safe? How did the explosion affect efforts to keep the nearby reactors in a safe condition? And most importantly - What can the NRC do to help?
Additional technical, non-public information:
3. What should people in Alaska, Hawaii and the West Coast do to protect themselves from fallout?
Public Answer: The available evidence shows the United States can be expected to avoid any impacts from radioactive material, so no public action is necessary- We believe there is very low risk to the US considering the long distance from the US and the type of event. The NRC continues to analyze the available information, and existing monitoring equipment can detect any materials before they could present a hazard:"
Additional technical, non-public information: NRC is working with DHS, EPA and other federal partners to ensure monitoring equipment is properly positioned, based on meterological and other relevant information.
4. Can this happen here i.e. an earthquake that significantly damages a nuclear power plant? Are the Japanese plants similar to U.S. plants?
Public Answer: All U.S. nuclear power plants are built to withstand environmental hazards, including earthquakes and tsunamis. Even those plants that are located outside of areas with extensive
El 154 of 445 seismic activity are designed for safety in the event of such a natural disaster. The NRC requires that safety-significant structures, systems, and components be designed to take into account the. most severe natural phenomena historically reported for the site and surrounding area and then goes further. Nuclear power plants are designed to be safe based on historical data and projections regarding the area's maximum credible earthquakes. The Japanese facilities are similar in design to several US facilities.
Additional technical, non-public information: The reactor design is a Boiling Water Reactor that is similar to some of the designs here in the US.
5. What would U.S. plants do in this situation?
Public Answer: The NRC requires plant designs to include multiple and diverse safety systems, and plants must test their emergency preparedness capabilities on a regular basis. Plant operators are very capable of responding to significant events. In addition, NRC regulations require plants to have plans in place that would allow them to mitigate even "worst case scenarios".
Since 9111, we have implements requirements for licensees tohave additional response capabilities for extreme situations.
Additional technical, non-public information: Our nuclear plants have procedures in place to address a variety of accident scenarios, including abnormal operating procedures and emergency plans.
6. Are U.S. power plants designed to withstand tsunamis?
Public Answer: Yes. Plants are built to withstand a variety of environmental hazards and those plants that might face a threat from tsunami are required to withstand large waves and the maximum wave height at the intake structure (which varies by plant.)
Additional, technical, non-public information: Tsunami have been considered in the design of US nuclear plants since the publication of Regulatory Guide 1.59 in 1977. Nuclear plants are designed to withstand flooding from not only tsunami, but also hurricane and storm surge. Currently the US NRC has a tsunami research program that is focused on developing additional guidance through cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the United States Geological Survey.
7. Could the Japanese situation in the nuclear power plants there end up like Chernobyl?
Public Answer: Japanese nuclear power plant designs avoid the design flaws that contributed to the Chemobyl accident. That being said, our regulatory counterparts in Japan are the best source for information regarding the current situation there.
Additional, technical, non-public information: Japanese nuclear power plants are built to a significant level of robustness where the Chernobyl facility was definitely not. The design and reactor physics of Chernobyl plant are fundamentally
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El 155 of 445 different from those of the Japanese plant. The reactor core is expected to be contained and containment is a part of the design.
8. What happens whenlif a plant "melts down"?
Public Answer: In short, nuclear power plants in the United States are designed to be safe. To prevent the release of radioactive material, there are multiple barriers between the radioactive material and the environment, including the fuel cladding, the heavy steel reactor vessel itself and the containment building, usually a heavily reinforced structure of concrete and steel several feet thick.
Additional, technical, non-public information: The melted core may melt through the bottom of the vessel and flow onto the concrete containment floor. The core may melt through the containment liner and release radioactive material to the environment.
9. Should people in Japan take KI?
Public Answer: The Japanese people should listen to the public authorities in Japan regarding protective actions. KI - potassium iodide - is one of the protective measures that might be taken in a radiological emergency in this country. We do not know if this measure is necessary or appropriate in the Japanese situation.
Additional, technical non-public information. There are a range of protective measures that we use ... the most effective is evacuation. Government officials are responsible for determining the best means to protect their public. KI is another means for protection but evacuation and sheltering are the primary means that is used.
10. Was there any damage to U.S. reactors from either the earthquake or the resulting tsunami?
Public Answer: No
Additional, technical non-public information: Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 declared an "unusual event" based on tsunami warning following the Japanese earthquake. They have since exited the "unusual event" declaration, based on a downgrade to a tsunami advisory.
11. Has this incident changed the NRC perception about earthquake risk?
Public Answer: As is prudent, the NRC will certainly be looking closely at this incident and the effects on the Japanese nuclear power plant in the future to see if any changes are necessary to NRC regulations.
Additional, technical, non-public information. We expect that there would be lessons learned, etc.
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El 156 of 445 12. Will this incident affect new reactor licensing?
Public Answer: It is not appropriate to hypothesize on such a future scenario at this point.
Additional, technical non-public information:
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 11:30 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Press Release: NRC in Communication with Japanese Regulations Attachments: 11-044.docx
From: OPA Resource Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 11:29:26 AM * To: Ash, Darren; Barkley, Richard; Batkin, Joshua; Bell, Hubert; Belmore, Nancy; Bergman, Thomas; Bolwerk, Paul; Bonaccorso, Amy; Borchardt, Bill; Bozin, Sunny; Brenner, Eliot; Brock, Terry; Brown, Boris; Bubar, Patrice; Burnell, Scott; Burns, Stephen; Carpenter, Cynthia; Chandrathil, Prema; Clark, Theresa; Collins, Elmo; Couret, Ivonne; * Crawford, Carrie; Cutler, Iris; Dacus, Eugene; Dapas, Marc; Davis, Roger; Dean, Bill; Decker, David; Dricks, Victor; Droggitis, Spiros; Flory, Shirley; Franovich, Mike; Gibbs, Catina; Haney, Catherine; Hannah, Roger; Harbuck, Craig; Harrington, Holly; Hasan, Nasreen; Hayden, Elizabeth; Holahan, Gary; Holahan, Patricia; Holian, Brian; * Jacobssen, Patricia; Jaczko, Gregory; Jasinski, Robert; Jenkins, Verlyn; Johnson, Michael; Jones, Andrea; Kock, Andrea; Kotzalas, Margie; Ledford, Joey; Lee, Samson; Leeds, Eric; Lepre, Janet; Lew, David; Lewis, Antoinette; Loyd, Susan; Magwood, William; McCrary, Cheryl; McGrady-Finneran, Patricia; McIntyre, David; Mensah, Tanya; Mitlyng, Viktoria; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Nieh, Ho; Ordaz, Vonna; Ostendorff, William; Owen, Lucy; Powell, Amy; Quesenberry, Jeannette; Reddick, Darani; Regan, Christopher; Reyes, Luis; Riddick, Nicole; RidsSecyMailCenter Resource; Riley (OCA), Timothy; Rohrer, Shirley; Samuel, Olive; Satorius, Mark; Schaaf, Robert; Schmidt, Rebecca; Scott, Catherine; Screnci, Diane; Shaffer, Vered; Shane, Raeann; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sheehan, Neil; Sheron, Brian; Siurano-Perez, Osiris; Steger (Tucci), Christine; Svinicki, Kristine; Tabatabai, Omid; Tannenbaum, Anita; Taylor, Renee; Temp, WDM; Thomas, Ann; Uhle, Jennifer; Uselding, Lara; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Virgilio, Martin; Virgilio, Rosetta; Walker-Smith, Antoinette; Weaver, Doug; Weber, Michael; Weil, Jenny; Werner, Greg; Wiggins, Jim; Williams, Evelyn; Zimmerman, Roy; Zorn, Jason Subject: Press Release: NRC in Communication with Japanese Regulations Auto forwarded by a Rule
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 2:27 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Press Release: NRC Experts Deploy to Japan as Part of U.S. Government Response Attachments: 11-045.docx
From: OPA Resource Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 2:27:06 PM To: Ash, Darren; Barkley, Richard; Batkin, Joshua: Bell, Hubert; Belmore, Nancy; Bergman, Thomas; Bollwerk, Paul: Bonaccorso, Amy; Borchardt, Bill; Bozin, Sunny; Brenner, Eliot; Brock, Terry; Brown, Boris; Bubar, Patrice; Burnell, Scott; Burns, Stephen; Carpenter, Cynthia; Chandrathil, Prema; Clark, Theresa; Collins, Elmo; Couret, Ivonne; Crawford, Carrie; Cutler, Iris; Dacus, Eugene; Dapas, Marc; Davis, Roger; Dean, Bill; Decker, David; Dricks, Victor; Droggitis, Spiros; Flory, Shirley; Franovich, Mike; Gibbs, Catina; Haney, Catherine; Hannah, Roger; Harbuck, Craig; Harrington, Holly; Hasan, Nasreen; Hayden, Elizabeth; Holahan, Gary; Holahan, Patricia; Holian, Brian; Jacobssen, Patricia; Jaczko, Gregory; Jasinski, Robert; Jenkins, Verlyn; Johnson, Michael; Jones, Andrea; Kock, Andrea; Kotzalas, Margie; Ledford, Joey; Lee, Samson; Leeds, Eric; Lepre, Janet; Lew, David; Lewis, Antoinette: Loyd, Susan; Magwood, William; McCrary, Cheryl; McGrady-Finneran, Patricia; McIntyre, David; Mensah, Tanya; Mitlyng, Viktoria; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Nieh, Ho; Ordaz, Vonna; Ostendorff, William; Owen, Lucy; Powell, Amy; Quesenberry, Jeannette; Reddick, Darani; Regan, Christopher; Reyes, Luis; Riddick, Nicole; RidsSecyMailCenter Resource; Riley (OCA), Timothy; Rohrer, Shirley; Samuel, Olive; Satorius, Mark; Schaaf, Robert; Schmidt, Rebecca; Scott, Catherine; Screnci, Diane; Shaffer, Vered; Shane, Raeann; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sheehan, Neil; Sheron, Brian; Siurano-Perez, Osiris; Steger (Tucci), Christine; Svinicki, Kristine; Tabatabai, Omid; Tannenbaum, Anita; Taylor, Renee; Temp, WDM; Thomas, Ann; Uhle, Jennifer; Uselding, Lara; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Virgilio, Martin; Virgilio, Rosetta; Walker-Smith, Antoinette; Weaver, Doug; Weber, Michael; Weil, Jenny; Werner, Greg; Wiggins, Jim; Williams, Evelyn; Zimmerman, Roy; Zorn, Jason Subject: Press Release: NRC Experts Deploy to Japan as Part of U.S. Government Response Auto forwarded by a Rule
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 2:24 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Press Release Being Published Shortly Attachments: 11-046.docx
From: OPA Resource Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 2:23:36 PM To: Ash, Darren; Barkley, Richard; Batkin, Joshua; Bell, Hubert; Belmore, Nancy: Bergman, Thomas; Bollwerk, Paul; Bonaccorso, Amy; Borchardt, Bill; Bozin, Sunny; Brenner, Eliot; Brock, Terry; Brown, Boris; Bubar, Patrice; Burnell, Scott; Burns, Stephen- Carpenter, Cynthia; Chandrathil, Prema; Clark, Theresa; Collins, Elmo; Couret, Ivonne; Crawford, Carrie; Cutler, Iris; Dacus, Eugene; Dapas, Marc; Davis, Roger; Dean, Bill; Decker, David; Dricks, Victor; Droggitis, Spiros; Flory, Shirley; Franovich, Mike; Gibbs, Catina; Haney, Catherine; Hannah, Roger; Harbuck, Craig; Harrington, Holly; Hasan, Nasreen; Hayden, Elizabeth; Holahan, Gary; Holahan, Patricia; Holian, Brian; Jacobssen, Patricia; Jaczko, Gregory; Jasinski, Robert: Jenkins, Verlyn; Johnson, Michael; Jones, Andrea; Kock, Andrea; Kotzalas, Margie; Ledford, Joey; Lee, Samson; Leeds, Eric; Lepre, Janet; Lew, David; Lewis, Antoinette; Loyd, Susan; Magwood, William; McCrary, Cheryl; ' McGrady-Finneran, Patricia; McIntyre, David; Mensah, Tanya; Mitlyng, Viktoria; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Nieh, Ho; Ordaz, Vonna; Ostendorff, William; Owen, Lucy; Powell, Amy; Quesenberry, Jeannette; Reddick, Darani; Regan, Christopher; Reyes, Luis; Riddick, Nicole; RidsSecyMailCenter Resource; Riley (OCA), Timothy; Rohrer, Shirley; Samuel, Olive; Satorius, Mark; Schaaf, Robert; Schmidt, Rebecca; Scott, Catherine; Screnci, Diane; Shaffer, Vered; Shane, Raeann; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sheehan, Neil; Sheron, Brian; Siurano-Perez, Osiris; Steger (Tucci), Christine; Svinicki, Kristine; Tabatabai, Omid; Tannenbaum, Anita; Taylor, Renee; Temp, WDM; Thomas, Ann; Uhle, Jennifer; Uselding, Lara; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Virgilio, Martin; Virgilio, Rosetta; Walker-Smith, Antoinette; Weaver, Doug; Weber, Michael; Weil, Jenny; Werner, Greg; Wiggins, Jim; Williams, Evelyn; Zimmerman, Roy; Zom, Jason Subject: Press Release Being Published Shortly Auto forwarded by a Rule
Press Release - NRC Sees No Radiation At Harmful Levels Reaching U.S.
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 4:27 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Revised - NRC Sees No Radiation at Harmful Levels Reaching U.S. From Damaged Japanese Nuclear Power Plants Attachments: 11 -046.docx
From: OPA Resource Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 4:26:31 PM To: Ash, Darren; Barkley, Richard; Batkin, Joshua; Bell, Hubert; Belmore, Nancy; Bergman, Thomas; Bollwerk, Paul; Bonaccorso, Amy; Borchardt, Bill; Bozin, Sunny; Brenner, Eliot; Brock, Terry; Brown, Boris; Bubar, Patrice; Burnell, Scott; Burns, Stephen; Carpenter, Cynthia; Chandrathil, Prema; Clark, Theresa; Collins, Elmo; Couret, Ivonne; Crawford, Carrie; Cutler, Iris; Dacus, Eugene; Dapas, Marc; Davis, Roger; Dean, Bill; Decker, David; Dricks, Victor; Droggitis, Spiros; Flory, Shirley; Franovich, Mike; Gibbs, Catina; Haney, Catherine; Hannah, Roger; Harbuck, Craig; Harrington, Holly; Hasan, Nasreen; Hayden, Elizabeth; Holahan, Gary; Holahan, Patricia; Holian, Brian; Jacobssen, Patricia; Jaczko, Gregory; Jasinski, Robert; Jenkins, Verlyn; Johnson, Michael; Jones, Andrea; Kock, Andrea; Kotzalas, Margie; Ledford, Joey; Lee, Samson; Leeds, Eric; Lepre, Janet; Lew, David; Lewis, Antoinette; Loyd, Susan; Magwood, William; McCrary, Cheryl; McGrady-Finneran, Patricia; McIntyre, David; Mensah, Tanya; Mitlyng, Viktoria; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Nieh, Ho; Ordaz, Vonna; Ostendorff, William; Owen, Lucy; Powell, Amy; Quesenberry, Jeannette; Reddick, Darani; Regan, Christopher; Reyes, Luis; Riddick, Nicole; RidsSecyMailCenter Resource; Riley (OCA), Timothy; Rohrer, Shirley; Samuel, Olive; Satorius, Mark; Schaaf, Robert; Schmidt, Rebecca; Scott, Catherine; Screnci, Diane; Shaffer, Vered; Shane, Raeann; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sheehan, Neil; Sheron, Brian; Siurano-Perez, Osiris; Steger (Tucci), Christine; Svinicki, Kristine; Tabatabai, Omid; Tannenbaum, Anita; Taylor, Renee; Temp, WDM; Thomas, Ann; Uhle, Jennifer; Uselding, Lara; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Virgilio, Martin; Virgilio, Rosetta; Walker-Smith, Antoinette; Weaver, Doug; Weber, Michael; Weil, Jenny; Werner, Greg; Wiggins, Jim; Williams, Evelyn; Zimmerman, Roy; Zorn, Jason Subject: Revised - NRC Sees No Radiation at Harmful Levels Reaching U.S. From Damaged Japanese Nuclear Power Plants Auto forwarded by a Rule
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 9:00 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Reddick, Darani; Castleman, Patrick; Thoma,-John; Lepre, Janet; Harves, Carolyn Subject: FW: Excellent NYT graphic
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From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 7:49 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: FW: 0600 EDT (March 14, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep Attachments: USNRC Earthquake-Tsunami Update.031411.0600EDT.docx
The latest update is attached. Note that in the writeup on unit 2 at Fukushima Daichi. it erroneousty states that RCIC is injecting water into the RCS. RCIC was lost at this unit sometime on Sunday.
From: LIA07 Hoc Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 6:16 AM To: LIA07 Hoc; Al Coons; Andersen, James; Anderson, Joseph; Barker, Allan; Batkln, Joshua; Bill King; Bill King 2; Brenner, Eliot; Bubar, Patrice; Castlernan, Patrick; Charles Donnell; Coggins, Angela; Collins, Elmo; Conrad Burnside; D Feighert; D Hammons; Dean, Bill; Decker, David; DIA; DIA2; Dorman, Dan; DOT; Droggitis, Spiros; DTRA; Dudek; EOP; EPA; EPA2; Franovich, Mike; Hahn, Matthew; Haney, Catherine; Harrlngton, Holly; Harry Sherwood; HHS; Hlpschman, Thomas; HOO Hoc; Howell, Linda; J H-L; Jaczko, Gregory; Jim Kish; Johanna Berkey; Johnson, Michael; Kahler, Robert; L Hammond; Leeds, Eric; Logaras, Harral; Loyd, Susan; Maler, Bill; Marshall, Michael; McCree, Victor; McDermott, Brian; McNamara, Nancy; Michelle Ralston; Miller, Charles; Miller, Chris; Monninger, John; Nan Calhoun; Navy; NIeh, Ho; NOC; Orders, William; Pace, Patti; Pearson, Laura; Peter Lyons; R McCabe; RThomson; S Horwltz; Satodrius, Mark; Schmidt, Rebecca; Seamus O'Boyle; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sheron, Brian; Snodderly, Michael; Sosa, Belkys; Steve Colman; Thomas Zerr; Tifft, Doug; Timothy Greten; Trapp, James; Trojanowski, Robert; Vanessa Quinn; W Webb; Warren, Roberta; Wiggins, Jim; Williams, Kevin; Wittick, Brian; Woodruff, Gena; Schmidt, Rebecca; Powell, Amy; Loyd, Susan; Coggins, Angela; Batkin, Joshua; [email protected]; NOC; Charles Donnell Cc: LIA09 Hoc; LIAlI Hoc Subject: RE: 0600 EDT (March 14, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep
Attached, please find a 0600 EDT situation report from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding the impacts of the earthquake/tsunami on March 14, 2011. This Update Includes information on the Japanese request for US Assistance in cooling Fukushima Daiichl Units 1, 2, and 3. Please note that this information is "OefficialUse-Y, and is only being shared within the federal family. Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions. -Jim
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 9:55 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John; Castleman, Patrick; Lepre, Janet; Harves, Carolyn Subject: FW: Congressional Correspondence Attachments: Congressman Issa Yucca Mtn.pdf
From: Champ, Billie Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 7:41 AM To: Batkin, Joshua; Monninger, John; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sosa, Belkys; Bubar, Patrice; Nieh, Ho Cc: Vietti-Cook, Annette; Jaegers, Cathy; Clayton, Kathleen; McKelvin, Sheila; Powell, Amy; Burns, Stephen Subject: Congressional Correspondence
I have attached for your information an incoming letter from Congressman Issa regarding Yucca Mountain.
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The Honorable Gregory Jaczko Chairmanl U.S. Nuclear Remulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001
Dear Chairman Jaczko:
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is conducting an investieation into the termination or the Yucca Mountain Project. In particular, the recent actions of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in connection with the Department of Energy's motion to withdraw the license application require further explanation.
File Nuclear \Vaste Policy Act of 1982 (N\VPA), established the authority of the federal government, specifically the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), to site, construct and operate a permanent geologic repository for the nation's spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high level waste (-HLW). In 1987, Congress amended the NWPA, designating Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the only site available lbr consideration.
In 2002, pursuant to the process defined by tile NWPA, Congress and tile President approved tile recommendation of the Secretary of Energy to construct a repository at Yucca Mountain. In June 2008, DOE submitted a license application to the NRC to construct and operate the proposed repository. Yet, your actions and those of current Energy Secretary Steven Chu appear to undermine congressional intent.
Tlhe U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit stated in a 2004 opinion that -Congress has settled the matter, and we. no less than the plarties, are bound by its decision."' On March 3, 2010, however, the Department of Energy filed a motion to withdraw the license application with prejudice il an antempit to ensure the Yucca Mountain Project could never be iesurrccted. 2 Affectcd parties challenged tile legality of this action, and in .[te 2010, the NRC's Atornic Sal'ety and Licensing Board (ASLB) unanittottsly denied DOE's motion, citing a lack ofauthority."
I."'LeN'tclear Encrg'i Insi.. hi. v. Emil. Proi. Agennct'. 373 F.3d 125 1. 1302 (D.C. Cir. 2004). U.S. Department ofFnergy's Motion to \Vitidraw (tar. 3. 2010): arailableai htip:.mwwwv.energv.,,ov/news,/872;=. t .htm. ASI..3 Order (Granting Intervention to Petitioners and Denying Withdrawatl Motion) (Jun. 29, 2010).
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Light months laLer. the 'ommission has still not decided whcther to review the ,\ SLI?[s decision. It has come to this Coommittce's anctiion thai Comrissioncrs William Ostendorf'. Kristinc Svinicki. and \\"illiam Iagwood filed thci i'pr imi narv" votes with the Secrctary of the Commission last suicr." Although you -lied your votc last silirnnir as well. yon delayed the resolution ofthis imatter by later withdrawing, yotr VOl. Youl proceeded to cont inuc sol itarv deliberations until a ler lhe start of the new Fiscal. year and resubmittd your Vote onilO)ctober 29t 2010." I)espite having all preliminary \otis subtnitted more than four months ago, and the enormous significance ofthe Coinmission's decision in this matter. you have failed to schedule an aflfirmation session to ratil\ those votcs. Nevertheless, until tile affirmation session is held, tile ASI1.. Bs deternination that the application cannot be wvithdrawn contlioneCs to stand. \:hile delaying a Ilnal vote on the \SLB decision. youi instructed staff to proeeed w\ith an "orderly closure" of ilic NRC's license application review.7 Nl [C stalI are liollowing you iristruction "t1o continue [tile sta flsj activities on lie Yucca Nlotuntaiin licensc application" in accordance with the "Commission's decisions on tile fiscal year 201 1 budget requesti" dutring the Pontintuiing Resolution. which by your interpretation, dictates ternination of tie rAvie\v." li response to congressional and your fellow Commissioners" questions about your i nslrition To the NRC staR'f.Yyeo have stated that neither the FY 217H 0 Appropriations Act and associated committee reports nor the FY 2011 Continuing Resohltion provided you with any express direction Oil ho\V to expend taxpayer dollars oil Yucca Mountain activities in FY 2011. ° Your fellow colimmissiotners" and a forner N RC Chairtmanl have expressed their Strollg disa,4reement \itlh this position publicly.
If you insist the staff coninue down this patlh. 1 would CXpect the "orcierly closuicr yolu requested to include a complete accounting ofthwe staffs nork to date. Part olthis effort would logically be the public release of Volume 111 of the Safety Evaluaioll RIe1loit. which contains rhe conclusions of the NRC staIf regarding the technical merils of
Liir 'imn Colillr Krlstiiic Svin ck to Semator JAimlelNhtnsoie Nov. -1. "20II)): leNix Fro= Coinl'r Will-an, ()slc'dol r'f to S•litior Jalrlcs t inhol. I(Nov. 4, 20 1t0); tieter o""II tomili'r Wj ain MdagN'ow d ito Scnaior tanlmes titliolnK(Nov. 5. 2010t). I.cllcr Iroiti (.C"hirmiia Ch¢ o1r Jlaczko to Sc•1,"matoJ.lmeli tns InhoIe (Nov. 5, 20 10). "hi 7 Sc•, lteiiotll nidtlill frotmiComr'o !" Osietitdo11i to Chaii nan .laczko ui o/., "*tis•lecinenr, wvith Siafft ButLcel (iuidaiice under I:kic:l Year 201 I Cot hniinuiig Iesotiion" (cit . 8, 2010)( t reiinater Ostlindorif Memo). Id. .Men1o froin J.lF. I)Dyer. Chicf Fitintalcial Offllicer, aid R.W. 13oichIird!. Executivte Di-rector for OIpcri'aioiis, "Gtuidace tiidter a Fiscal Year .21tIt Colinimimhe Resoltion- lOct. 4, 2010). ' Lliler Irom Rep. J kin t i ir•. t lert t Co irInniin Gregory Jiacko (OcL. 13, 20 10); letier fron Conin t. Kiistini .'inicki it Rep. Jimit Scrseiihrtib'lcr (Nov. I. 20110); OsteindorfT Menmo Nul. r nole 7. "et. lr fromn Ctthiriann l'or.or\.Jaczko to Ret). Joe Bartron (Oct. 27, 2010). ett..ecr fioii (_olnior Krisiine Sviiiki io Rep.y.te Barton (Nov. I. 2010)y leier from1 Cortluli) Wailinm oteudor'"iio Ret•. tioc I-tiswinas (Oct. 27.20101). Opet) Leiter lo Jourinalisis froni Dalc FL.Klein, roinier Chairillall. Nuicleal I-trRe acgolitrlVCom iSsnioi (Oct. 20. 200). a,,,,,hlen IIIttip: ." \\.wv.imic icart ow•nvit,••ci•-It .tic -hcriart k 4e• - rebthi ako-vucca- sliil-dovlon-aliki .
El 166 of 445 [he I lonorable ircoor.\ ,laczko March I I2()I Pae 3) thi liccIsI-al)IalicaIofll. Thus lar. tihe NI liChas only released a redacted. p)re-decisional verlsion1 Ol the (ieuIUCIil ill responsc to a Ireedom 0l" lInlbornmaion Act ("O17,A) rcquest.: The document's prc-diccisioail slale directly contradicts Commissioner Oslteldol'lts October 17. "2010. letter ihl'orining Rep. 0oc [Ilasti "- .lul\ul 15. Volume1-00. 111waS Iransmitted to the Direclor.... I1rlor concurrence and authorization to publish."" niurtlhermoni. In I tle words o l'lie AS"\ 3.3none ol'the evidence plrpovided "comprOts with the" Slalls chaiacicterizationl ol' -:R \OIluime 3 being a iwellminary draft."' .
Shorily aller taking ol iec. President (banma pledied that -the public must be able o tiruLt tihe Science and scien ileC piocess i110for1inhg public policy (lee isions."'f Likewise, ais CharuinMll. \oil ha.c strcsse,;d the in porltI.icc o1'"condItic iin] the public'.s work in all openil and transparent iilannel, L..liilor1tiunatetlv. vourt actionsun1-riotlndine• tietlerminatiol o0It1he Yucca N1loun ta in Projec 1'1i111 t lIve up to lhis p)lCde.
In order to assist [he Commnittee\with its il'Vestioit2ion, p)lease provide the lollowi ng iin formal ion and documnents:
I. A iludclinc of sinihicant evetnts related to the Comimission s review ollthe ASLB's decision oil DOl-'s motion to withdraw the Ilcense application. itcludlinLg but not limited to the Following: a. i line oFeach Cominlissionc:r s votle. b. \Withdra\\a! olany Commissioner's vole. c. Active dcliberation or discussions betwvcen Commissioners or thelir stal'l.
2. I)ocumn lits and coinmunicat lions. inclIudhic c-mails. iel'iling to thle Commissions revie\w ol'the ASLB's decision on DOE's motion to whithdraw the liceinse anppl cal ion. 3. Documents and commnuinications. inclidine c-1miIs. r'elaSling to reasons• Ior the delay betwcn the Iiline ol thie Iinal (iomminissioner's vote and lhe schedul ing o01the aFl1rn1ation session.
4. A\ timehlin oflall sin!icant events related to the "'toderl,\ closure" ol'ihe IHich- Level \Wastc Proaram and the usc o1" Nuclear WLasIC .lnd irCsources
,Sponsoe tio _reedoll of Inltbrmation .'\eA rimc Act RequIest..No. 20-12) I 1005 Fb). 1-t. 201 1). u',il lic , ; hI[p: w-vw. r •i.ov r,,IC; Iidi i-riI idaIl1)5 \X Ch -1"eb-Ca1d.1im111 (ActCeCS inn iI)n.Nt. LI 104 80 5 1). tc.iet r froin Collnlll'r \Viliinii OCendorli to Rep. Doc ll astings (Oct. 27. 2010)). S.I13 Order i [)irclhigu N RC SmatFs Show Cmuse) tIFeb. 25, 2(Ill ). Preý iden ii arack ONLam . A•eLI ,('\ .'.Ai 0. b/.''l. (.'\./ LXL'.LUI IU' (I),IIL'rIn c1/ .S'cimt i/ " #'P/c rill J','e.x'idenurhl .l/f;,,IiIr~i/i (IN-tar. 9. 20(109). (1IOIN/L' Ie Ih ip:w':•wi\..w iehiohnusc.vov' ich. !)re .s uf'it re nmarks -o il~ih -pIers.i d en-as'-iprep; red -Ifor-d lvcter' -.s ni~nc.- ol- Siteil)Ctl- 1-execii i ve-o•rdc r-aiid-scien, i fic- ihi r it -priesidcniiI m-ii'io it dtlll ' Preparcd ,•¢li rikS. The Honorible (hiecr',r . .Itizko.Chairinlan. UI.S. Nuclear I .Lehltn(,rv (Conmilissioln '.! 1irm1ountiiauion. A Sirong RegulalorFI.'uture." (M a. 9, 20110)) t/ahic el/ h:ada,',\bseareh2.nlclov'iinlws D0o,60onierS5.,I'tibrai -4LJADAMS I e2O~95FtR!2d I tbt I 18bdaOS3450&iul IIttiq(Sil2S5.
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uinder 1he Continuing Resolhtion. including hut not liMited to the NIloW!ig: a. Communic.atoion to or amon', the Commissioners or their respective stalls. 1 .l Internal communie•Ltion to NRC' stall.
5. Docuici ltsanid colnmuilicaions. including c-mails, relating to all significanl dales conccruin thle "orderly closure" of the.C High-Level Wase Programin and the use ot Nuclear W.1aste Fund resources under tihe Continuing Resolution.
6. IDoctunents and communicatlions. including c-mails. exchanged among or originated bv thieCommissioners, their respective stalTs, and Commission staff relating to the funding of the High-Lcvcl Waste Plrogram in FY201 1. This request includes any reviews or recommendations provided by the Ofikce of the General Counsel.
7. Documents and comm unicatiouts. incliding e-mails. CNchangcd among or originated by the Commissioners. Whei respccive staffs, and Comm1isson staff relating to the release of Volutie Ill o' ihe SER
S. A stalcment by each individual responsible o" revie.ing and signing Volume Ill of the SER specifving wheLher he/she received the document for final concurrence and whether and when he/she gave that concurrence.
9. I)ui' cnis anmd communications., iricI ludirlg e-m ail.s, related to the decision to develop a rel)ort separate from the SER to documert the NRC staffs technical rcvie\v activities completed to date.
10. Voltuine HI of the S-FR. in unrcdacied Anrln.
fhe (.olnllltnmite on (.)versi ght and Government Rel'orm is the principal oversight comlnittee of the Tlouse of Representatives and man at -any linie investigate "any imater" as scL orldi in House Rule X.
hlie Committee requests that tOe NRC. produtce Volume II of the SF-R in its ularected. electronic forn no later than noon on March 23. 201 1. W'e ask that you providC tile remainlng reqCUCSted inf[rnnalion and documents as soon as possible, but no later than 51:0) pim. on April I. "2_011. \V\henl prodt cing documenLS to tile Conimiltee. please deliv er prodluction sets to the NIajority Staff in Room 2157 of the Raybtun House olfice AMuildhne and the Minority Stall in Room 2471 of tIc ,RaburnHouse (Olfice [Whillng. The Committee prlrs. if possible. to receive all docullmellns in electironic Ioirmat. An attachnient to this letHer irovides adcditional infornation about responding to the Comimittec'&s requlCSt.
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If you have any questions about this requcst, please contact John Ohly of the Committee Staffat (202) 225-5074. Thank you for your attention to this malter.
Enclosure cc: The Ilonorable Elijah E. Cummrings. Ranking Minority Member
The Honotable William C. Ostendorff, Commissioner U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The Honorable George Apostolakis, Commnissioner U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The H-[onorable Kristine Svinieki, Commissioner U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The Honorable William D. Magwood. IV. Commissioner U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm ission
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Responding to Committee Document Req~uests
I. In complying with this request, You should produce all responsive documents that are in your possession, custody, or control, whether held by you or your past or present agents, employees, and representatives acting on your behalf. You should also produce documents that you have a legal right to obtain, that you have a right to copy or to which you have access, as well as documents that you have placed in the temporary possession, custody, or control of any third party. Requested records, documents, data or information should not be destroyed, modified, removed, transferred or otherwise made inaccessible to the Committee.
2. In the event that any entity, organization or individual denoted in this request has been. or is also known by any other name than that herein denoted, the request shall be read also to include that alternative identification.
3. The Committee's preference is to receive documents in electronic form (i.e., CD, memory stick, or thumb drive) in lieu ot'paper productions.
4. Documents produced in electronic Fbrmat should also be organized, identified, and indexed electronically.
5. Electronic document productions should be prepared according to the following standards:
(a) The production should consist of single page Tagged Image File ("TIF"), files accompanied by a Concordance-format load file, an Opticon reference File, and a file defining the fields and character lengths of the load file.
(b) Document numbers in the load file should match document Bates numbers and TIF file names.
(c) It the production is completed thlrough a series oF multiple partial productions, field names and filc order in all load files should match.
El 170 of 445 6. Documents produced to the Comminee should include an index describing the contents of[the production. To the extent more than one CD, hard drive, memory stick, thumb drive, box or folder is produced, each CD, hard drive, memory stick, thumb drive, box or folder should contain an index describing its contents.
7. Documents produced in response to this request shall be produced together with copies of tile labels, dividers or identifying markers with which they were associated when they were requested.
S. When you produce documents, you should identify the paragraph in the Committee's request to which the documents respond.
9. It shall not be a basis for refusal to produce documents that any other person or entity also possesses non-identical or identical copies of the same documents.
10. If any of the requested information is only reasonably available in machine-readable tbrm (such as on a computer server, hard drive, or computer backup tape), you should consult with the Committee staff to determine the appropriate format in which to produce the information.
II. If compliance with the request cannot be made in full, compliance shall be made to the extent possible and shall include an explanation of why full compliance is not possible.
12. In the event that a document is withheld on the basis of privilege, provide a privilege log containing the following information concerning any such document: (a) the privilege asserted; (b) the type of document; (c) the general subject matter; (d) the date, author and addressee; and (e) tihe relationship of the author and addressee to each other.
13. If any document responsive to this request was, but no longer is, in your possession, custody, or control, identify tile document (stating its date, author, subject and recipients) and explain the circumstances under which the document ceased to be in your possession, custody. or control.
14. If'a date or other descriptive detail set forth in this request referring to 8 document is inaccurate, but the actual date or other descriptive detail is known to you or is otherwise apparent from the context of the request, you should produce all documents which would be responsive as if the date or other descriptive detail were correct.
15. The time period covered by this request is included in the attached request. To the extent a time period is not specilied, produce relevant documents from January 1, 2009 to the present. 16. This request is continuing in nature and applies to any newly-discovered information.
Any record, document. compilation of data or information, not produced becaitse it has not been located or discovered by the return date, shall be produced immediately upon subsequent location or discovery.
El 171 of 445 17. All documents shall be Bates-stamped sequentially and produced sequentially.
18. Two sets of documents shall be delivered, one set to the Majority Staff and one set to the ivlnority Staff. When documents are produced to the Committee, production sets shall be delivered to the iMajority Staff in Room 2 157of the Rayburn House Office Building and the M'inority Staff in Room 2471of'the Rayburn House Office Building.
19. Upon completion of the document production, you should submit a written certification, signed by you or your counsel, stating that: (I) a diligent search has been completed of all documents in your possession, custody, or control which reasonably could contain responsive documents; and (2) all documents located during the search that are responsive have been produced to the Committee.
Definitions
I. The term "document" means any written, recorded, or graphic matter of any nature whatsoever, regardless of how recorded, and whether original or copy, including, but not limited to, the tollowing: memoranda, reports, expense reports, books, manuals, instructions, financial reports, working papers, records, notes, letters, notices, confirmations, telegrams, receipts, appraisals, pamphlets, magazines, newspapers,. prospectuses, inter-office and inira-office communications, electronic mail (e-mail), contracts, cables, notations of any type of conversation, telephone call, meeting or other communication, bulletins, printed matter, computer printouts, teletypes, invoices, transcripts, diaries, analyses, returns, summaries, minutes, bills, accounts, estimates, projections, comparisons, messages, correspondence, press releases, circulars, financial statements, reviews, opinions, offers, studies and investigations, questionnaires and surveys, and work sheets (and all drafts, preliminary versions, alterations, modifications, revisions, changes, and amendments of any of the foregoing, as well as any attachments or appendices thereto), and graphic or oral records or representations of any kind (including without limitation, photographs, charts, graphs, microfiche, microfilm, videotape, recordings and motion pictures), and electronic, mechanical, and electric records or representations of any kind (including, without limitation, tapes, cassettes, disks, and recordings) and other written, printed, typed, or other graphic or recorded matter of any kind or nature, however produced or reproduced, and whether preserved in writing, filn, tape, disk, videotape or otherwise. A document bearing any notation not a par: of the original text is to be considered a separate document. A draft or non-identical copy is a separate document within the meaning of this term.
2. The tem• "communication" means each manner or means of disclosure or exchange of infonmation, regardless of means utilized, whether oral, electronic, by document or otherwise, and whether in a meeting, by telephone, facsimile, email, regular mail, telexes, releases, or otherwise.
3. The terms "and" and "or" shall be construed broad!y and either conjunctively or disjunctively to bring vithin the scope of this request any information which might
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4. The terms "person" or "persons" mean natural persons, firms, partnerships, associations, corporations, SLlbsidiaries. divisions, departments, joint ventures, proprietorships, syndicates, or other legal. business or government entities, and all subsidiaries, at'filiates, divisions, departments, branches, or other units thereof.
5. The term "identify," when used in a question about individuals, means to provide the followingz information: (a) the individual's complete name and title; and (b) the individual's business address and phone number.
6. The term "referring or relating," with respect to any given subject, means anything that conslitres, contains, embodies, reflects, identifies, states, refers to, deals with or is pertinent to that subject in any manner whatsoever.
El 173 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 12:02 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Press Release: Japanese Government Asks for Assistance with Reactor Events; U.S. Government and NRC Preparing Response Attachments: 11-047.docx
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El 175 of 445 VIEW ALL EVENTS , Senate Dems, GOP will agiree on debt plan, By John T. Bennett, The Hill, February 25, 2011 Defense Cuts Must Be On The SOC LAJ MEDIA Table, Say Experts, The Talk Radio News Service, February 25, 2011
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Yemen: The Next Egypt?
Last year, the BPC's National Security Initiative (NSI) hosted a panel discussion to discuss the possibility of Yemen becoming the next Afghanistan. The event was held only weeks after the attempted Christmas Day terror attack on a Detroit-bound airplane. Now, as political protests transform the Middle East, the policy questions surrounding Yemen have shifted. Many are wondering not if Yemen will be the next Afghanistan, but rather the next Egypt. To explore Yemen's changing dynamics and introduce its updated case study, Fragilitj and Fwtremism in Yemen, NSI hosted a timely forum to address the diplomatic, governance, human rights, and national security concerns surrounding Yemen. Panelists outlined the state of U.S. counterterrorism strategy and the prospects for sustainable political reform. Watch the video>>
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 5:38 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Press Release: NRC SendsSpecial Inspection Team to Global Nuclear Fuel Plant Attachments: 11-007.ii.docx
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El 179 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 6:59 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Press Release: NRC Sends Additional Experts to Assist Japan Attachments: 11-048.docx
From: OPA Resource Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 6:59:18 PM To: Ash, Darren; Barkley, Richard; Batkin, Joshua; Bell, Hubert; Belmore, Nancy, Bergman, Thomas' Bollwerk, Paul; Bonaccorso, Amy; Borchardt, Bill; Bozin, Sunny; Brenner, Eliot; Brock, Terry; Brown, Boris; Bubar, Patrice; Burnell, Scott; Burns, Stephen; Carpenter, Cynthia; Chandrathil, Prema; Clark, Theresa; Collins, Elmo; Couret, Ivbnne; Crawford, Carrie; Cutler, Iris; Dacus, Eugene; Dapas, Marc; Davis, Roger; Dean, Bill; Decker, David; Dricks, Victor; Droggitis, Spiros; Flory, Shirley; Franovich, Mike; Gibbs, Catina; Haney, Catherine; Hannah, Roger; Harbuck, Craig; Harrington, Holly; Hasan, Nasreen; Hayden, Elizabeth; Holahan, Gary; Holahan, Patricia; Holian, Brian; Jacobssen, Patricia; Jaczko, Gregory; Jasinski, Robert; Jenkins, Verlyn; Johnson, Michael; Jones, Andrea; Kock, Andrea; Kotzalas, Margie; Ledford, Joey; Lee, Samson; Leeds, Eric; Lepre, Janet; Lew, David; Lewis, Antoinette; Loyd, Susan; Magwood, William; McCrary, Cheryl; McGrady-Finneran, Patricia; McIntyre, David; Mensah, Tanya; Mitlyng, Viktoria; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Nieh, Ho; Ordaz, Vonna; Ostendorff, William; Owen, Lucy; Powell, Amy; Quesenberry, Jeannette; Reddick, Darani; Regan, Christopher; Reyes, Luis; Riddick, Nicole; RidsSecyMailCenter Resource; Riley (OCA), Timothy; Rohrer, Shirley; Samuel, Olive; Satorius, Mark; Schaaf, Robert; Schmidt, Rebecca; Scott, Catherine; Screnci, Diane; Shaffer, Vered; Shane, Raeann; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sheehan, Neil; Sheron, Brian; Siurano-Perez, Osiris; Steger (Tucci), Christine; Svinicki, Kristine; Tabatabai, Omid; Tannenbaum, Anita; Taylor, Renee; Temp, WDM; Thomas, Ann; Uhle, Jennifer; Uselding, Lara; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Virgilio, Martin; Virgilio, Rosetta; Walker-Smith, Antoinette; Weaver, Doug; Weber, Michael; Weil, Jenny; Werner, Greg; Wiggins, Jim; Williams, Evelyn; Zimmerman, Roy; Zorn, Jason Subject: Press Release: NRC Sends Additional Experts to Assist Japan Auto forwarded by a Rule
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El 180 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 11:41 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Press Release: (Revised) NRC Sends Additional Experts to Assist Japan Attachments: 11-048R.docx
From: OPA Resource Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 11:41:04 AM To: Ash, Darren; Barkley, Richard: Batkin, Joshua; Bell, Hubert; Belmore, Nancy; Bergman, Thomas; Bollwerk, Paul; Bonaccorso, Amy; Borchardt, Bill; Bozin, Sunny; Brenner, Eliot; Brock, Terry; Brown, Boris; Bubar, Patrice; Burnell, Scott; Burns, Stephen; Carpenter, Cynthia; Chandrathil, Prema; Clark, Theresa; Collins, Elmo; Couret, Ivonne; Crawford, Carrie; Cutler, Iris; Dacus, Eugene; Dapas, Marc; Davis, Roger; Dean, Bill; Decker, David; Dricks, Victor; Droggitis, Spiros; Flory, Shirley; Franovich, Mike; Gibbs, Catina; Haney, Catherine; Hannah, Roger; Harbuck, Craig; Harrington, Holly; Hasan, Nasreen; Hayden, Elizabeth; Holahan, Gary; Holahan, Patricia; Holian, Brian; Jacobssen, Patricia; Jaczko, Gregory; Jasinski, Robert; Jenkins, Verlyn; Johnson, Michael; Jones, Andrea; Kock, Andrea; Kotzalas, Margie; Ledford, Joey; Lee, Samson; Leeds, Eric; Lepre, Janet; Lew, David; Lewis, Antoinette; Loyd, Susan; Magwood, William; McCrary, Cheryl; McGrady-Finneran, Patricia; McIntyre, David; Mensah, Tanya; Mitlyng, Viktoria; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Nieh, Ho; Ordaz, Vonna; Ostendorff, William; Owen, Lucy; Powell, Amy; Quesenberry, Jeannette; Reddick, Darani; Regan, Christopher; Reyes, Luis; Riddick, Nicole; RidsSecyMailCenter Resource; Riley (OCA), Timothy; Rohrer, Shirley; Samuel, Olive; Satorius, Mark; Schaaf, Robert; Schmidt, Rebecca; Scott, Catherine; Screnci, Diane; Shaffer, Vered; Shane, Raeann; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sheehan, Neil; Sheron, Brian; Siurano-Perez, Osiris; Steger (Tucci), Christine; Svinicki, Kristine; Tabatabai, Omid; Tannenbaum, Anita; Taylor, Renee; Temp, WDM; Thomas, Ann; Uhle, Jennifer; Uselding, Lara; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Virgilio, Martin; Virgilio, Rosetta; Walker-Smith, Antoinette; Weaver, Doug; Weber, Michael; Weil, Jenny; Werner, Greg, Wiggins, Jim; Williams, Evelyn; Zimmerman, Roy; Zorn, Jason Subject: Press Release: (Revised) NRC Sends Additional Experts to Assist Japan Auto forwarded by a Rule
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El 181 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 1:28 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Press Release: NRC Analysis Continues to Support Japan's Protective Actions
From: OPA Resource Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 1:28:15 PM To: Ash, Darren; Barkley, Richard; Batkin, Joshua; Bell, Hubert; Belmore, Nancy; Bergman, Thomas; Bollwerk, Paul; Bonaccorso, Amy; Borchardt, Bill; Bozin, Sunny; Brenner, Eliot; Brock, Terry; Brown, Boris; Bubar, Patrice; Burnell, Scott; Burns, Stephen; Carpenter, Cynthia; Chandrathil, Prema; Clark, Theresa; Collins, Elmo; Couret, Ivonne; Crawford, Carrie; Cutler, Iris; Dacus, Eugene; Dapas, Marc; Davis, Roger; Dean, Bill; Decker, David; Dricks, Victor; Droggitis, Spiros; Flory, Shirley; Franovich, Mike; Gibbs. Catina; Haney, Catherine; Hannah, Roger; Harbuck, Craig; Harrington, Holly; Hasan, Nasreen; Hayden, Elizabeth; Holahan, Gary; Holahan, Patricia; Holian, Brian; .Jacobssen, Patricia; Jaczko, Gregory; Jasinski, Robert; Jenkins, Verlyn; Johnson, Michael; Jones, Andrea; Kock, Andrea; Kotzalas, Margie; Ledford, Joey; Lee, Samson; Leeds, Eric; Lepre, Janet; Lew, David; Lewis, Antoinette; Loyd, Susan; Magwood, William; McCrary, Cheryl; McGrady-Finneran, Patricia; McIntyre, David; Mensah, Tanya; Mitlyng, Viktoria; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Nieh, Ho; Ordaz, Vonna; Ostendorff, William; Owen, Lucy; Powell, Amy; Quesenberry, Jeannette; Reddick, Darani; Regan, Christopher; Reyes, Luis; Riddick, Nicole; RidsSecyMailCenter Resource; Riley (OCA), Timothy; Rohrer, Shirley; Samuel, Olive; Satorius, Mark; Schaaf, Robert; Schmidt, Rebecca; Scott, Catherine; Screnci, Diane; Shaffer, Vered; Shane, Raeann; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sheehan. Neil; Sheron, Brian; Siurano-Perez, Osiris; Steger (Tucci), Christine; Svinicki, Kristine; Tabatabai, Omid; Tannenbaum, Anita; Taylor, Renee; Temp, WDM; Thomas, Ann; Uhle, Jennifer; Uselding, Lara; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Virgilio, Martin; Virgilio, Rosetta; Walker-Smith, Antoinette; Weaver, Doug; Weber, Michael; Weil, Jenny; Werner, Greg; Wiggins, Jim; Williams, Evelyn; Zimmerman, Roy; Zorn, Jason Subject: Press Release: NRC Analysis Continues to Support Japan's Protective Actions Auto forwarded by a Rule
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El 182 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 2:46 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: *RESEND*Press Release: NRC Analysis Continues to Support Japan's Protective Actions Attachments: 11-049.docx
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El 183 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 3:07 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Castleman, Patrick; Reddick, Darani Subject: Bingaman wants fast reactor-safety review, eyes hearing
Bingaman wants fast reactor-safety review, eyes hearing By Ben Geman -03/15/11 11:16 AM ET
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) said Tuesday that he wants the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to act quickly on assessments of whether safety standards for U.S. reactors are adequate in light of the unfolding crisis in Japan.
"I think undoubtedly they'll be taking a fresh look at the safety precautions and provisions that are in place, in light of whatever is learned from the Japanese," he said in a statement. "I hope that the Commission will quickly reach some conclusions about whether the safety precautions and provisions that it has insisted on are adequate for the future."
Bingaman credited the commission with being "fairly assiduous" in the past in demanding adequate safety at U.S. reactors, but said the Japanese crisis may spur regulatory changes in the governance of U.S. commercial reactors.
"My own view is that we need to have a diverse set of sources for energy production and nuclear power is currently responsible for 20 percent of our electricity generation," Bingaman said.
"I think nuclear power can be provided in a safe reliable way and it is possible that we will learn some things from what's happened in Japan that will persuade us to put in place additional precautions," he added.
Bingaman said he "would not be surprised if we decide to have a hearing to review the implications of what happened there for our own nuclear power generation capacity."
Japanese officials are working desperately to prevent complete meltdowns that would produce large-scale releases of dangerous radiation from reactors at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
The plant has faced a critical loss of cooling capacity after Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami.
Source: htt p://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/149599-bingaman-wants-fast-nrc-reactor-safety-review-eves-hearing
Jeffry M. Sharkey Chief of Staff Office of Commissioner Kristine L. Svinicki US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 301-415-1867 (w) 301-415-1863 (fax)
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MEMORANDUM TO: R. W Borchardt Executive Director for Operations
FROM: Annette L. Vietti-Cook, Secretary IRA/
SUBJECT: STAFF REQUIREMENTS - COMGEA-1 1-0001 - UTILIZATION OF EXPERT JUDGMENT IN REGULATORY DECISION MAKING
The staff should provide to the Commission, within 6 months, a plan for the development of guidance that will ensure that the formal utilization of expert judgment is applied consistently in regulatory decision making throughout the Agency. This plan should describe the staff's approach, schedule, and estimated resources. This plan should recognize that the development of the guidance should include the following:
a summary of past and ongoing significant NRC activities that utilized expert judgment to identify the lessons-learned, document the approaches', and identify significant differences among the approaches, ii. a survey of recent research to identify promising new approaches (or techniques that can be applied within the broader approach) to expert judgment that may be appropriate for use in nuclear applications, iii. an evaluation of recent activities within other agencies that relied on expert judgment to identify the lessons-learned, document the approaches, and identify differences among the approaches and those used in NRC activities, iv. options that match the approach with the nature and significance of the issue and the extent to which expert judgment is relied upon in regulatory decision making, v. estimates of resources associated with each option for planning purposes, vi. guidance that is prescriptive enough to ensure consistent application of expert judgment within the Agency, yet is sufficiently flexible to account for the wide diversity of issues that the Agency faces. The user should be able to tailor the approach to be applicable to the unique issue of concern, and vii. guidance must allow flexibility in application and the use of highly stylized approaches by individual researchers, as long as scrutability is maintained.
(EDO) (SECY Suspense: 6 months)
1 The expert judgment approach refers to the process used to elicit information from experts, analyze this information to develop results, and determine the implications of the results to support regulatory decision making.
El 185 of 445 cc: Chairman Jaczko Commissioner Svinicki Commissioner Apostolakis Commissioner Magwood Commissioner Ostendorff OGC CFO OCA OPA ASLBP (via E-Mail) Office Directors, Regions, ACRS, PDR
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 4:36 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Just in: Areva to supply 100 tons of boric acid and other aid to Japam
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Wednesday. March 16, 2011 4:35:20 PM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Just in: Areva to supply 100 tons of boric acid and other aid to Japam Auto forwarded by a Rule
Areva press release:
AREVA is Mobilized for Japan
Paris, March 16, 2011
Following the earthquake and tsunami that struck northern Japan, AREVA is mobilizing its forces to provide support to residents of the affected area and to the rescue workers and personnel working near the Fukushima nuclear plant.
AREVA has chartered a plane that will depart for Japan as soon as possible to deliver 3,000 activated charcoal protective masks, 10,000 overalls and 20,000 gloves. The aircraft will also carry 100 tons of boric acid, a neutron absorber, made available by EDF.
French rescue workers left for Japan early this week with radioactivity detection equipment provided by AREVA's subsidiary, Canberra, specializing in the manufacture of nuclear detection and measurement equipment. Equipment in AREVA's Tokyo offices has already been made available to the Japanese security teams.
The Group also decided as of Monday to donate one million euros to the Japanese Red Cross.
Clarence Breskovic International Policy Analyst U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of International Programs 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852, USA Tel: 1-301-415-2364 Fax: 1-301-415-2395
El 187 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 3:57 PM To: Reddick, Darani Subject: RE: NYTimes
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From: Reddick, Darani Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 3:54 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: NYTimes
"Hydrogen gas bubbling up from chemical reactions set off by the hot fuel rods produced a powerful explosion on Tuesday morning that blew a 26-foot-wide hole in the side of reactor No. 4 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant." Huh? News to me...
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 4:42 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Reddick, Darani; Castleman, Patrick; Thoma, John; Lepre, Janet; Harves, Carolyn Subject: FW: House passes 3-week CR
Original----- Message ----- From: Powell, Amy Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 4:41 PM To: Bubar, Patrice; Sosa, Belkys; Sharkey, Jeffry; Nieh, Ho; Batkin, Joshua Cc: Decker, David; Schmidt, Rebecca Subject: House passes 3-week CR
Hi all -
FYI, the House today passed a 3-week CR that will now move to the Senate for consideration.
Amy Powell Associate Director Office of Congressional Affairs U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Phone: 301-415-1673
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E1 189 of 445 Castleman, Patrick From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 8:22 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Reddick, Darani: Castleman, Patrick; Thoma, John Subject: Fw: Congressional activities tomorrow
FYI Original----- Message ----- From: Powell, Amy To: Bubar, Patrice; Sharkey, Jeffry; Nieh, Ho; Sosa, Belkys; Batkin, Joshua Cc: Schmidt, Rebecca; Coggins, Angela Sent: Tue Mar 15 20:12:52 2011 Subject: Congressional activities tomorrow
Hi all -
As you might imagine, it has been a hectic few days. I want to follow up on what Josh shared with you at your CoS staff meeting about Hill happenings tomorrow: -House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittees on Energy and Power, Environment and the Economy will hold their planned hearing with Sec. Chu and Chairman Jaczko at 930am. While FY12 budget may come up, the focus will largely be on events in Japan. As Becky mentioned, the written testimony was not changed given the timeline. We are working now to finalize the oral statement.
-Senate EPW, in a bit of an unusual occurrence, is holding a public briefing with Chairman Jaczko at 330pm tomorrow. This was just arranged today. Sen. Boxer, as Chairman, called the meeting; Sen. Inhofe and Sen. Carper are confirmed to attend but I am sure attendance from the Committee will be strong.
Amy Powell Associate Director Office of Congressional Affairs U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Phone: 301-415-1673
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:04 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Reddick, Darani; Castleman, Patrick; Thoma, John Subject: Fw: Q&A's provided to Chairman at hearing prep meeting Attachments: Chairman JaczkoQA7_031511.docx
From: Powell, Amy To: Batkin, Joshua; Sosa, Belkys; Sharkey, Jeffry; Bubar, Patrice; Nieh, Ho Cc: Coggins, Angela; Bradford, Anna; Schmidt, Rebecca Sent: Tue Mar 15 21:47:57 2011 Subject: Q&A's provided to Chairman at hearing prep meeting
Hi all-
Attached are the Q&As that were provided to Chairman Jaczko at his hearing prep meeting tonight. Content- wise, I believe that these are the same as what Anna provided to you earlier today. OCA organized the Qs by subject matter to make quick reference easier.
I will send the prepared text for his oral statement shortly.
Amy
Amy Powetl Associate Director U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Congressional Affairs Phone: 301-415-1673
1. El 191 of 445 Current as of 3/15/2011, 11:30am
Questions and Answers for Chairman Jaczko March 11, 2011 Japan Earthquake/Tsunami Aftermath
What is the Situation in Japan?
What is the NRC doing about the emergencies at the nuclear power plants in Japan? Are you sending staff over there?
Public Answer: We are closely following events in Japan, working with other agencies of the federal government, and have been in direct contact with our counterparts in that country. We have sent a total of 11 staff to Tokyo in response to the Japanese government's request for assistance. Two of those NRC staff members, knowledgeable about boiling water reactors, are already in Japan participating in the USAID team.
Additional technical, non-public information: We are taking the knowledge that the staff has about the design of the US nuclear plants and we are applying this knowledge to the Japan situation. For example, this includes calculations of severe accident mitigation that have been performed. Tony Ulses and Jim Trapp are in-country. Team led by Chuck Casto enroute from various locations.
What resources are the Japanese asking for?
The Japanese have formally requested equipment needed to cool the reactor fuel. This includes such things as pumps, fire hoses, portable generators, and diesel fuel. The NRC is coordinating with General Electric, which has plant design specifications, to ensure any equipment provided will be capable of meeting the needs of the Japanese.
Are we providing additional KI to the Japanese?
We have not been asked to provide KI.
What should the American public know about the incident in Japan?
The events unfolding in Japan are the result of a catastrophic series of natural disasters. These include the fifth largest earthquake in recorded history and the resulting devastating tsunami. Despite these unique circumstances, the Japanese appear to have taken reasonable actions to mitigate the event and protect the surrounding population. Since the beginning of the event, the NRC has continuously manned its Operations Center in Rockville, MD in order to gather and examine all available information as part of the effort to analyze the event and understand its implications both for Japan and the United States.
Are any Americans in danger- armed forces, citizens in Tokyo?
The NRC, in consultation with the White House and U.S. Embassy, has advised United States citizens in Japan to follow the protective measures recommended by the Japanese government. These measures appear to be consistent with steps the United States would take. The Department of Defense has personnel trained in radiation protective measures and is responsible for providing guidance to U.S.
El 192 of 445 armed forces. Inquiries regarding U.S. citizens in Japan should be directed to the State Department, Consular Services at 202-647-7004.
What's going to happen following the hydrogen explosions everyone's seen from the video footage?
Public Answer: The NRC is aware of the Japanese efforts to stabilize conditions at the affected reactors, and those actions are in line with what would be done in the"United States. The NRC continues to monitor information on the status of the reactor core, the reactor vessel and the containment structure - all three areas are important to controlling the situation and protecting the public.
Additional technical, non-public information:
The explosions affected the secondary containment buildings for Units 1 and 3 of the reactor plant. The primary containment was unaffected by the explosion. This does expose the spent fuel pools to atmosphere but should not affect the integrity of the spent fuel pool. With the integrity of the Secondary Containment breached it is more essential to maintain Primary Containment intact.
To provide additional protection to Primary Containment, US reactors of the containment type similar to Fukushima Unit 1 installed a hardened vent line from primary containment directly to the vent stack. A hardened vent provides a release path which would prevent an overpressurization of containment as experienced at Fukushima Unit One. Venting from the hardened vent is typically a manual operation that is controlled by the Emergency Operating Procedures as a last resort to protect the containment from failure. This vent path can be directly from the upper containment or from the torus (the preferred vent path due to scrubbing effect of the torus water).
Why did the seawater fail to cool the reactor?
Based on information available to the NRC, it appears that the seawater has been effective at providing some cooling for the reactor. While it appears that some fuel damage has occurred, there will be plenty of time once this crisis is resolved to determine the effectiveness of the measures taken in response to this event.
If Chernobyl was a 7 and Three Mile Island was a 5, when does this event move from the 4 level?
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) rates nuclear events in accordance with its International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES). IAEA has assigned the events in Japan an INES rating of 4, "Accident with Local Consequences." This rating is subject to change as events unfold and additional information becomes available. INES classifies nuclear accidents based on the radiological effects on people and the environment and the status of barriers to the release of radiation. IAEA determinations regarding the INES rating of events are made independently.
Three Mile Island was assigned an INES rating of 5, "Accident with Wider Consequences," due to the severed damage to the reactor core.
What is the worst case scenario for the plant?
In a nuclear emergency, the most important action is ensure the core is covered with water to provide cooling to remove any heat from the fuel rods. Without adequate cooling, the fuel rods will melt. Should the final containment structure fail, radiation from these melting fuel rods would be released to the
El 193 of 445 atmosphere and additional protective measures may be necessary, depending on factors such as prevailing wind patterns.
As time goes on, does the chance for a meltdown increase?
Not necessarily. Each passing hour the fuel rods will become cooler. If adequate cooling can be established and maintained, the risk of a meltdown will be mitigated.
What happens next in Japan? How long will it take to assess the damage to the reactors?
The current focus is ensuring that adequate cooling of the reactor fuel at each of the affected Japanese reactors is established and maintained. In the days, weeks, and months that follow, there will be adequate time to assess the damage and determine next steps.
Is There Any Direct Impact to US?
What should be done to protect people in Alaska, Hawaii and the West Coast from radioactive fallout?
Public Answer: The NRC continues to believe that the type and design of the Japanese reactors, combined with how events have unfolded, will prevent radiation at harmful levels from reaching U.S. territory.
Additional technical, non-public information: NRC is working with DHS, EPA and other federal partners to ensure monitoring equipment for confirmatory readings is properly positioned, based on meteorological and other relevant information.
Was there any damage to U.S. reactors from either the earthquake or the resulting tsunami?
Public Answer: No
Additional, technical non-public information: Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 were the only US plants to declare any type of an emergency classification. The site entered an "unusual event" based on a tsunami warning from the State, NOAA, NWS, Coast Guard or System Dispatcher following the Japanese earthquake. They have since exited the "unusual event" declaration, based on a downgrade to a tsunami advisory.
Could it Happen Here?
Could an earthquake in the US significantly damage a nuclear power plant? Are the Japanese plants similar to U.S. plants?
Public Answer: All U.S. nuclear power plants are built to withstand environmental hazards, including earthquakes and tsunamis. Even those plants that are located in areas with low and moderate seismic activity are designed for safety in the event of such a natural disaster. The NRC requires that safety- significant structures, systems, and components be designed to take into account even very rare and extreme seismic and tsunami events.
El 194 of 445 The Japanese facilities are similar in design to several US facilities.
Additional technical, non-public information: Currently operating reactors were designed using a "deterministic" or "maximum credible earthquake" approach. Seismic hazard for the new plants is determined using a much more robust probabilistic seismic hazard assessment approach that explicitly addresses uncertainty and very rare events, as described in RG1.208. The NRC requires that adequate margin beyond the design basis ground shaking levels is assured. The NRC further enhances seismic safety for beyond-design-basis events through the use of a defense-in-depth approach.
In addition, the NRC periodically reviews the seismic risk at operating reactors when information may have changed. Over the last few years the NRC has undertaken a program called Generic Issue 199, which is focused on assessing hazard for plants in the central and eastern US using the latest techniques (developed in part during reviews of Western U.S. plants) and determining the possible risk implications of any increase in the anticipated ground shaking levels. This program will help us assure that the plants are safe under exceptionally rare and extreme ground motions that represent beyond-design-basis events.
What would U.S. plants do in this situation?
Public Answer: The NRC requires plant designs to include multiple and diverse safety systems, and plants must test their emergency preparedness capabilities on a regular basis. Plant operators are very capable of responding to significant events. In addition, NRC regulations require plants to have plans in place that would allow them to mitigate even "worst case scenarios".
Since 9/11, we have implemented requirements for licensees to have additional response capabilities for extreme situations.
Additional technical, non-public information: U.S. nuclear plants have procedures in place to address a variety of accident scenarios, including abnormal operating procedures, emergency operating procedures, severe accident management guidelines and emergency plans. Additionally, the NRC activates ilncident Response centers in Headquarters and individual Regions as necessary for the event to provide technical monitoring and support.
The NRC is capable of providing access to many external agencies (i.e., FEMA, Homeland Security, Military, etc.) to provide any additional help that individual plant sites may need. Additionally, the NRC has access to real-time plant information through the ERDS System for each site in the US and can monitor the status anytime.
Are U.S. power plants designed to withstand tsunamis?
Public Answer: Yes. Plants are built to withstand a variety of environmental hazards. Those plants that might face a threat from tsunami are required to withstand large waves and the maximum and minimum wave heights at the intake structure (which varies by plant.)
Additional, technical, non-public information: Tsunami have been considered in the design of US nuclear plants since the publication of Regulatory Guide 1.59 in 1977, although the approaches that were used for design of the existing plants varied
El 195 of 445 significantly. Nuclear plants are designed to withstand flooding from not only tsunami, but also hurricane and storm surge; therefore there is often significant margin against tsunami flooding. However, it should be noted that Japanese experience has shown that drawdown can be a significant problem. Drawdown was not generally analyzed in the past.
Currently the US NRC has a tsunami research program that is focused on developing modern hazard assessment techniques and additional guidance through cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the United States Geological Survey. This has already lead to several technical reports and an update to NUREG 0-800. The NOAA and USGS contractors are also assisting with NRO reviews of tsunami hazard. A new regulatory guide on tsunami hazard assessment is currently planned in the office of research, although it is not expected to be available in draft form until 2012.
How many reactors are along coastal areas that could be affected by a tsunami (and which ones)?
Public Answer: Many plants are located in coastal areas that could theoretically be affected by tsunami. Two plants, Diablo Canyon and San Onofre, are on the Pacific Coast, which is known to have tsunami hazard. There are also two plants on the Gulf Coast, South Texas and Crystal River. There are many plants on the Atlantic Coast or on rivers that may be affected by a tidal bore. These include St. Lucie, Turkey Point, Brunswick, Oyster Creek, Millstone, Pilgrim, Seabrook, Calvert Cliffs, Salem/Hope Creek, and Surry. Tsunami on the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts occur, but are very rare. Generally the flooding anticipated from hurricane storm surge exceeds the flooding expected from a tsunami for plants on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast.
Additional, technical non-public information: None
What magnitude earthquake are US plants designed to?
Public Answer: Each plant is designed to a ground-shaking level that is appropriate for its location, given the possible earthquake sources that may affect the site and its tectonic environment. Ground shaking is a function of both the magnitude of and earthquake and the distance from the fault plane to the site. The probabilistic approaches currently used by the NRC account for a large number of different magnitudes.
Additional, technical non-public information: In the past, "deterministic" or "scenario based" analyses were used to determine ground shaking (seismic hazard) levels. Now a probabilistic method is used that accounts for all possible earthquakes coming from all possible sources (including background seismicity) and the likelihood that each particular hypothetical earthquake occurs.
How many US reactors are located in active earthquake zones (and which reactors)?
Public Answer: Although we often think of the US as having "active" and "non-active" earthquake zones, earthquakes can actually happen almost anywhere. Seismologists typically separate the US into low, moderate, and high seismicity zones. The NRC requires that every plant is designed for site-specific ground motions that are appropriate for their location. In addition, the NRC has specified a minimum ground shaking level to which the plants must be designed.
El 196 of 445 Additional, technical non-public information: No additional.
Has this incident changed the NRC perception about earthquake risk?
Public Answer: There has been no change in the NRC's perception of earthquake hazard (i.e. ground shaking levels) for US nuclear plants. As is prudent, the NRC will certainly be looking closely at this incident and the effects on the Japanese nuclear power plant in the future to see if any changes are necessary to NRC regulations.
Additional, technical, non-public information. We expect that there would be lessons learned, etc. It appears that the sites did not have any critical damage due to the earthquake from the fact that the emergency diesel generators initially responded to provide power to the site. The tsunami and consequential site flooding was responsible for the complete loss of power to the site, including the diesel generators which resulted in a Station Blackout.
How many U.S. plants have designs similar to the affected Japanese reactors (and which ones)?
Public answer: Thirty-five of the 104 operating nuclear power plants in the U.S. are boiling water reactors (BWRs), as are the reactors at Fukushima. Twenty-three of the U.S. BWRs have the same Mark I containment as the Fukushima reactors.
Four of the U.S. BWRs are early designs which are similar to Fukushima Unit 1.
Nineteen U.S. BWRs are similar to Fukushima Unit 3.
Additional Information
Fukushima Unit 1 is a BWR-3 with a Mark 1 containment similar to Oyster Creek, Nine Mile Point Unit 1, and Dresden Units 2 and 3.
Fukushima Unit 3 is a BWR-4 with a Mark 1 containment and a Reactor Core Isolation Cooling (RCIC) system. The remaining 31 U.S. BWRs use a Reactor Core Isolation Cooling (RCIC) system instead of an isolation condenser. Nineteen of those 31 reactors have a Mark 1 containment, while the remainder are more recent designs.
What could you say about the dangers to the American public from our nuclear plants?
As the events in Japan continue to unfold, the NRC is focused on supporting the Japanese government and people in bringing this crisis to closure in the safest manner possible. The NRC remains convinced that U.S. nuclear power plants are designed and operated in a manner that protects public health and safety. The time will come, after this crisis is behind us, to evaluate what, if any, changes are needed at U.S. nuclear power plants. We will assess all the available information and, as we have done with previous natural disasters, such as the 2007 earthquake in the Sea of Japan and the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean, evaluate whether enhancements to U.S. nuclear power plants are warranted.
Compare this incident to the Three Mile Island. What are the similarities?
The events at Three Mile Island in 1979 were the result of an equipment malfunction that resulted in the loss of cooling water to the reactor fuel. Subsequent operator actions compounded the malfunction
El 197 of 445 ultimately resulting in the partial core meltdown. While details are still developing, the events in Japan appear to be the result of an earthquake and subsequent tsunami that knocked out electrical power to emergency safety systems designed to cool the reactor fuel. In both events the final safety barrier, the containment building, contained the majority of the radioactivity preventing its release to the environment.
Is our battery backup power less effective than the Japanese?
No. US regulations do not specify the length of time that you need to have the batteries operate following a loss of offsite power (most sites plan to have battery backup capability for 8 hours). Instead, the amount of time is dependent on the site recovery strategy and is based on providing sufficient capacity to assure that the core is cooled and containment integrity and other vital functions are maintained in the event of postulated accidents.
What are US plants required to have for backup power? More than what the Japanese reactors did?
US plants need to meet 10 CFR 50 Appendix A criterion 17. Reactor units must have 2 independent power supplies. All US (except Oconee) plants have diesels and battery backup systems. Most of the US plants with diesels have two diesels per unit and those that have only one dedicated diesel have a swing diesel available. The regulations do not specify the length of time that you need to have the diesels and batteries operate following a loss of offsite power (most sites plan to run the diesels for multiple days and have battery backup capability for 8 hours). Instead the amount of time is dependent on the site recovery strategy and is based on providing sufficient capacity to assure that the core is cooled and containment integrity and other vital functions are maintained in the event of postulated accidents.
Some in the media and in Hill briefings are suggesting that Mark I containment is flawed. What are the concerns about this type of containment? Are the US plants with this safe?
BWR Mark I containments have relatively small volumes in comparison with PWR containments. This makes the BWR Mark I containment relatively more susceptible to containment failure given a core meltdown severe enough to (1) fail the reactor vessel and also (2) severe enough so that the core melt reaches the containment boundary. On the positive side, BWRs have more ways of adding water to the core than PWRs. This includes 2 water injection sources which do not rely on AC electric power. These systems include Reactor Core Isolation Cooling (RCIC) and High pressure coolant injection (HPCI).
The NRC considers BWRs with Mark I containment designs to be safe.
Will this incident affect new reactor licensing?
Public Answer: It is not appropriate to hypothesize on such a future scenario at this point.
Additional, technical non-public information: This event could potentially call into question the NRC's seismic requirements which could require the staff to re-evaluate the staffs approval of the AP1000 and ESBWR design and certifications.
El 198 of 445 With NRC moving to design certification, at what point is seismic capability tested - during design or modified to be site-specific? If in design, what strength seismic event must these be built to withstand?
The regulations related to seismic requirements are contained in 10 CFR 50 Appendix A criterion 2.
During design certification, vendors propose a seismic design in terms of a ground motion spectrum for their nuclear facility. This spectrum is called a standard design response spectrum and is developed so that the proposed nuclear facility can be sited at most locations in the central and eastern United States. The vendors show that this design ground motion is suitable for a variety of different subsurface conditions such as hard rock, deep soil, or shallow soil over rock. Combined License and Early Site Permits applicants are required to develop a site specific ground motion response spectrum that takes into account all of the earthquakes in the region surrounding their site as well as the local site geologic conditions. Applicants estimate the ground motion from these postulated earthquakes to develop seismic hazard curves. These seismic hazard curves are then used to determine a site specific ground motion response spectrum that has a maximum annual likelihood of lx10"4 of being exceeded. This can be thought of as a ground motion with a 10.000 year return period. This site specific ground motion response spectrum is then compared to the standard design response spectrum for the proposed design. If the standard design ground motion spectrum envelopes the site specific ground motion spectrum then the site is considered to be suitable for the proposed design. If the standard design spectrum does not completely envelope the site specific ground motion spectrum, then the COL applicant must do further detailed structural analysis to show that the design capacity is adequate. Margin beyond the standard design and site specific ground motions must also be demonstrated before fuel loading can begin.
Emergency Preparedness Information
What happens whenlif a plant "melts down"?
Public Answer: In short, nuclear power plants in the United States are designed to be safe. To prevent the release of radioactive material, there are multiple barriers between the radioactive material and the environment, including the fuel cladding, the heavy steel reactor vessel itself and the containment building, usually a heavily reinforced structure of concrete and steel several feet thick.
Additional, technical, non-public information: The melted core may melt through the bottom of the vessel and flow onto the concrete containment floor. The core may melt through the containment liner and release radioactive material to the environment.
Why is KI administered during nuclear emergencies?
Public Answer: KI - potassium iodide - is one of the protective measures that might be taken in a radiological emergency in this country. A KI tablet will saturate the thyroid with non radioactive iodine and prevent the absorption of radioactive iodine that could be part of the radioactive material mix of radionuclides in a release. KI does not prevent exposure from these other radionuclides.
Additional, technical non-public information. There are a range of protective measures that we use ... the most effective is evacuation. Local government officials are responsible for determining the best means to protect their public. KI is another means for protection but evacuation and sheltering are the primary means that are used.
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Any quick-hit info about how the Southeast Reactors performed during Katrina? What damage. did the flood water do? Any power loss?
The reactors performed as designed. Waterford was the most impacted while River Bend also experienced some effects.
Waterford 3 (near New Orleans, LA) did not have damage to any safety equipment during, or shortly after Katrina. They shut down on August 28, 2005, in advance of the hurricane strike. The flooding did affect local infrastructure, including communications and power distribution. However, the plant successfully used their emergency diesel generators to furnish plant power. Access was maintained to the plant throughout the event. On September 9, 2005, after a comprehensive review by FEMA and the NRC, the plant was authorized to restart.
River Bend Station (30 miles north of Baton Rouge, LA) did not experience damage to any safety relate equipment and only minimal damage to emergency planning equipment (one siren) during and after Hurricane Katrina. The station reduced power to 70 percent core thermal power on August 28, 2005, due to reduced electrical grid loads. Access was maintained to the plant throughout the event. On September 2, 2005, the plant returned to 100% power.
Also, in 1992 the eye of Hurricane Andrew, a category 5 hurricane, passed directly over the Turkey Point nuclear plant. The plant was shut down prior to the hurricane making landfall and an assessment of the plant following the hurricane demonstrated that the plant sustained very little damage and all of the safety equipment was intact. (Most of the damage was too the security fences being blown down).
El 200 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 8:14 AM To: Sharkey, Jeffry; Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: RE: 0800 call aborted
Will do. WDM has already dispatched Orders. Will let you know.
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 8:14 AM To: Castleman, Patrick; Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: Re: 0800 call aborted
Pat,
Can you go over to the Ops Ctr and get a sense of what developments may have overtaken the TA brief? Thx, Jeff
From: Castleman, Patrick To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Sent: Wed Mar 16 08:06:25 2011 Subject: 0800 call aborted
Commissioner, the 0800 Commissioner Assistants' briefing was called off because the Chairman does not want it to occur. No reason was given. Pat
El 201 of 445 Lepre, Janet
From: Lepre, Janet Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 8:39 AM To: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John; Castleman, Patrick Subject: Action - Backbround for Periodic Today
Please provide input for the following periodic added today:
1:00 Commissioner Magwood (last met 2/24)
Thank you.
Jan
I El 202 of 445 Sharkey, Jeffry
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9 El 211 of 445 Harves, Carolyn
From: Harves, Carolyn Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:51 PM To: Sharkey, Jeffry; Lepre, Janet Subject: RE: **Update 1:15pm March 16** Information on the Japanese Earthquake and Reactors in that Region
Done. Your copies are on your chair and Jan has the Commissioner's documents available when her door opens.
Carolyn
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:43 PM To: Lepre, Janet; Harves, Carolyn Subject: Fw: **Update 1:15pm March 16** Information on the Japanese Earthquake and Reactors in that Region
Please print the documents accessible via the embedded links below (copies for KLS and me).
Thx,
Jeff
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UPDATE AS OF 1:15 P.M. EDT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16:
NEI has.posted an updated version of the fact sheet Used Nuclear Fuel Storage at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Also available is a new fact sheet called Industry Taking Action to Ensure Continued Safety at U.S. Nuclear Energy Plants.
As always, please go to http://resources.nei.org/iapan for the latest updates.
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From: Harves, Carolyn Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 3:58 PM To: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John; Castleman, Patrick Cc: Lepre, Janet Subject: Swingline Optima 40 Stapler and 3-Hole Punch
FYI. We now have a Swingline Optima 40 Stapler and an Office Max Heavy Duty 3-hole Punch in our copy room. The stapler will handle up to 40 pages and the 3-hole punch will handle up to 45 pages. Please try to keep the stapler and 3-hole punch in the copy room at all times so that they will be available for everyone to use.
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1 El 213 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 1:56 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Press Release: NRC Provides Protective Action Recommendations Based on U.S. Guidelines Attachments: 11-050.pdf
------From: OPA Resource Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 1:55:20 PM To: Ash, Darren; Barkley, Richard; Batkin, Joshua; Bell, Hubert; Belmore, Nancy; Bergman, Thomas; Bollwerk, Paul; Bonaccorso, Amy; Borchardt, Bill; Bozin, Sunny; Brenner, Eliot; Brock, Terry; Brown, Boris; Bubar, Patrice; Burnell, Scott; Burns, Stephen; Carpenter, Cynthia; Chandrathil, Prema; Clark, Theresa; Collins, Elmo; Couret, Ivonne; Crawford, Carrie; Cutler, Iris; Dacus, Eugene; Dapas, Marc; Davis, Roger; Dean, Bill- Decker, David; Dricks, Victor; Droggitis, Spiros: Flory, Shirley; Franovich, Mike; Gibbs, Catina; Haney, Catherine; Hannah, Roger; Harbuck, Craig; Harrington, Holly; Hasan, Nasreen; Hayden, Elizabeth; Holahan, Gary; Holahan, Patricia; Holian, Brian; Jacobssen, Patricia; Jaczko, Gregory; Jasinski, Robert; Jenkins, Verlyn; Johnson, Michael; Jones, Andrea; Kock, Andrea; Kotzalas, Margie; Ledford, Joey; Lee, Samson; Leeds, Eric; Lepre, Janet; Lew, David; Lewis, Antoinette; Loyd, Susan; Magwood, William; McCrary, Cheryl; McGrady-Finneran, Patricia; McIntyre, David; Mensah, Tanya; Mitlyng, Viktoria; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Nieh, Ho; Ordaz, Vonna; Ostendorff, William; Owen, Lucy; Powell, Amy; Quesenberry, Jeannette; Reddick, Darani; Regan, Christopher; Reyes, Luis; Riddick, Nicole; RidsSecyMailCenter Resource; Riley (OCA), Timothy; Rohrer, Shirley; Samuel, Olive; Satorius, Mark; Schaaf, Robert; Schmidt, Rebecca; Scott, Catherine; Screnci, Diane; Shaffer, Vered; Shane, Raeann; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sheehan, Neil; Sheron, Brian; Siurano-Perez, Osiris; Steger (Tucci), Christine; Svinicki, Kristine; Tabatabai, Omid; Tannenbaum, Anita; Taylor, Renee; Temp, WDM; Thomas, Ann; Uhle, Jennifer; Uselding, Lara; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Virgilio, Martin; Virgilio, Rosetta; Walker-Smith, Antoinette; Weaver, Doug; Weber, Michael; Weil, Jenny; Werner, Greg; Wiggins, Jim; Williams, Evelyn; Zimmerman, Roy; Zorn, Jason Subject: Press Release: NRC Provides Protective Action Recommendations Based on U.S. Guidelines Auto forwarded by a Rule
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El 214 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Lepre, Janet Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:03 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine; Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John; Castleman, Patrick Cc: Harves, Carolyn Subject: FW: **Update 1:15pm March 16** Information on the Japanese Earthquake and Reactors in that Region Attachments: **Update 1:15pm March 16* Information on the Japanese Earthquake and Reactors in that Region
FYI, I received the attached from NEI re Japan.
Jan
El 215 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:01 PM To: Lepre, Janet Subject: **Update 1:15pm March 16"* Information on the Japanese Earthquake and Reactors in that Region
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UPDATE AS OF 1:15 P.M. EDT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16:
NEI has posted an updated version of the fact sheet Used Nuclear Fuel Storage at the Fukushimna Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Also available is a new fact sheet called Industry Taking Action to Ensure Continued Safety at U.S. Nuclear Energy Plants.
As always, please go to http://resources.nei.org/iapan for the latest updates.
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El 216 of 445 Sharkey, Jeffry
From: McKelvin, Sheila Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 8:35 AM To: Batkin, Joshua; Monninger, John; Bradford, Anna; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sosa, Belkys; Bubar, Patrice; Nie Ho Cc: Vietti-Cook, Annette; Jaegers, Cathy; Clayton, Kathleen; McKelvin, Sheila Subject: Incoming Congressional Correspondence Attachments: 03-16-11 Letter to Jackson and Jaczko.pdf
I have attached for your information a letter from Rep. Earl Blumenauer re: inquire about the potential risk to the West Coast communities from the... Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility in Japan.
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I El 217 of 445 EARL BLUMENAUER WASHINGTONOFFICE: T•Ho DISTRICT,OREGON 22e7 RAYBURNBUILUrIG WAsHmerON. DC 20515 (202) 225-4811 COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS FAX:(202) 225-8941
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Lisa Jackson Gregory Jaczko Administrator Chairman Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission US EPA Ariel Rios Building 11555 Rockville Pike 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Rockville, MD 20852 Washington, DC 20004
Dear Administrator Jackson and Chairman Jaczko,
I write to inquire about the potential risk to U.S. West Coast communities from the explosions and release of radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility in Japan. In a region that is already breathing air pollution from China, my constituents are concerned about radiation contamination from the facility reaching the West Coast.
While a number of experts have indicated that contamination in the U.S. as a result of the Japanese catastrophe is unlikely, I would like to better understand the agencies' contingency plans and your plan for disseminating information to concerned citizens. At your earliest convenience, please respond to me with the following information:
* What is the U.S. Government doing to monitor radiation levels over the Pacific? 9 What steps is the Government taking to plan for a scenario in which radiation is elevated to unsafe levels? - How does the Government plan to provide information about this potential risk 2 to citizens? Thank you for your attention to this request. I look forward to being able to assure my constituents that the U.S. Government has a plan and to be able to tell them where they can find more information about the situation.
Sincerel
Earl Blumenauer Member of Congress
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 9:56 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Press Release: NRC Schedules Meeting to Discuss 2010 Performance of Robinson Nuclear Power Plant Attachments: 11-008.ii.docx.doc
-From: OPA Resource Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 9:55:30 AM To: Ash, Darren; Barkley, Richard; Batkin, Joshua; Bell, Hubert; Belmore, Nancy; Bergman, Thomas; Bollwerk, Paul; Bonaccorso, Amy; * Borchardt, Bill; Bozin, Sunny; Brenner, Eliot; Brock, Terry; Brown, Boris; Bubar, Patrice; Bumell, Scott; Burns, Stephen; Carpenter, Cynthia; Chandrathil, Prema; Clark, Theresa; Collins, Elmo; Couret, Ivonne; Crawford, Carrie; Cutler, Iris; Dacus, Eugene; Dapas, Marc; Davis, Roger; i* Dean, Bill; Decker, David; Dricks, Victor; Droggitis, Spiros; * Flory, Shirley; Franovich, Mike; Gibbs, Catina; Haney, Catherine; Hannah, Roger; Harbuck, Craig; Harrington, Holly; Hasan, Nasreen; Hayden, Elizabeth; Holahan, Gary; Holahan, Patricia; Holian, Brian; Jacobssen, Patricia; Jaczko, Gregory; Jasinski, Robert; Jenkins, Verlyn; Johnson, Michael; Jones, Andrea; Kock, Andrea; Kotzalas, Margie; Ledford, Joey; Lee, Samson; Leeds, Eric; Lepre, Janet; Lew, David; Lewis, Antoinette; Loyd, Susan; Magwood, William; McCrary, Cheryl; McGrady-Finneran, Patricia; McIntyre, David; Mensah, Tanya; * Mitlyng, Viktoria; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Nieh, Ho; Ordaz, Vonna; * Ostendorff, William; Owen, Lucy; Powell, Amy; Quesenberry, Jeannette; * Reddick, Darani; Regan, Christopher; Reyes, Luis; Riddick, Nicole; RidsSecyMailCenter Resource; Riley (OCA), Timothy; Rohrer, Shirley; Samuel, Olive; Satorius, Mark; Schaaf, Robert; Schmidt, Rebecca; Scott, Catherine; Screnci, Diane; Shaffer, Vered; Shane, Raeann; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sheehan, Neil; Sheron, Brian; Siurano-Perez, Osiris; Steger (Tucci), Christine; Svinicki, Kristine; Tabatabai, Omid; Tannenbaum, Anita; Taylor, Renee; Temp, WDM; Thomas, Ann; Uhle, Jennifer; Uselding, Lara; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Virgilio, Martin; Virgilio, Rosetta; Walker-Smith, Antoinette; Weaver, Doug; Weber, Michael; Weil, Jenny; Werner, Greg; Wiggins, Jim; Williams, Evelyn; Zimmerman, Roy; Zorn, Jason Subject: Press Release: NRC Schedules Meeting to Discuss 2010 Performance of Robinson Nuclear Power Plant Auto forwarded by a Rule
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El 219 of 445 Lepre, Janet 7 1 From: Lepre, Janet Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:50 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Subject: FW: Secretary Clinton at CSIS
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El 221 of445 Harves, Carolyn
From: Harves, Carolyn Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:42 PM To: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John; Castleman, Patrick Cc: Lepre, Janet Subject: FW: Please add Elizabeth Lisann's name to each of your lists
Updated Commission Staff Telephone Listings will be placed in your In Box to reflect the new rotational in Commissioner Magwood's office as referred to below.
Thank you, Carolyn
From: Crawford, Carrie Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:02 PM To: Wright, Darlene; Baggett, Steven; Batkin, Joshua; Blake, Kathleen; Bozin, Sunny; Bradford, Anna; Bubar, Patrice; Bupp, Margaret; Chairman Temp; Clark, Lisa; Coggins, Angela; Cordes, John; Davis, Roger; Fopma, Melody; Franovich, Mike; Gibbs, Catina; Hart, Ken; Harves, Carolyn; Herr, Linda; Hipschman, Thomas; KLS Temp; Kock, Andrea; Lepre, Janet; Loyd, Susan; Mamish, Nader; Marshall, Michael; Monninger, John; Orders, William; Pace, Patti; Poole, Brooke; Reddick, Darani; Laufer, Richard; Bavol, Rochelle; Rothschild, Trip; Savoy, Carmel; Sharkey, Jeffry; Shea, Pamela; Snodderly, Michael; Sosa, Belkys; Speiser, Herald; Svinicki, Kristine; Temp, WCO; Temp, WDM; Thoma, John; Warren, Roberta; Zorn, Jason; Apostolakis, George; Temp, GEA; Tadesse, Rebecca; Castleman, Patrick; Montes, David; Dhir, Neha; Adler, James; Jimenez, Patricia; Muessle, Mary; Nieh, Ho; Ostendorff, William; Warnick, Greg; Sexton, Kimberly; Pearson, Laura; Lewis, Antoinette; Champ, Billie; McKelvin, Sheila; Mike, Linda; Ngbea, Evangeline; Lewis, Linda; Pierpoint, Christine; Wyatt, Melissa Subject: Please add Elizabeth Lisann's name to each of your lists
Hello everyone:
Elizabeth Lisann has joined. Commissioner Magwood's team as a rotated employee to assist him with various technical assignments in the office. Please ensure that you add her name to all lists, so she can successfully function on every level. Please also feel free to come by to meet and get to know Beth. She is located on 0- 18E12 in Commissioner Magwood's office and can be reached on 415-8428.
Thanks sincerely,
Carrie Crawford
El 222 of 445 Lepre, Janet
From: Lepre, Janet Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 3:17 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Subject: FW: Who's Who of American Women - Celebrating Women's History Month
Forward Who's Who 2 8 th Edition.
Jan
From: CMRSVINICKI Resource Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 3:15 PM To: Lepre, Janet; Harves, Carolyn Subject: FW: Who's Who of American Women - Celebrating Women's History Month
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From: Decker, David Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:29 PM To: Batkin, Joshua; Sharkey, Jeffry; Bubar, Patrice; Sosa, Belkys; Nieh, Ho Subject: Senate Passes the 3-Week CR Extension
We just wanted to let you know that the Senate just passed the 3-week extension to the CR (through Friday, April 8). Attached below is a statement by the White House Press Secretary.
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 17, 2011
Statement by Press Secretary Jay Carney on Senate Passage of the Three-Week Continuing Resolutionl
Today, the Senate passed a short-term funding bill that avoids a government shutdown and gives Congres, the time to find common ground on a measure to take us through the end of the fiscal year. Continuing to fund our government in two or three week increments adds uncertainty to our economy and distracts us from other urgent priorities facing our nation. Now is the time for Democrats and Republicans to come together and find a long-term solution that cuts spending without impeding our ability to win the future. We all agree we want to cut spending, which is why we have already met Republicans halfway. But we will continue to oppose harmful cuts to critical investments in education, innovation, and research and development that we need to grow our economy and create jobs - as well as oppose additions to the bill th t have nothing to do with fiscal policy. The President is optimistic that Congress can get this done.
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Castleman, Patrick
From: Svinicki, Kristine Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 6:01 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani Subject: RE: Ops Center Shift Changes
Pat, thank you. FYI: Chairman Jaczio asked today that Commissioners not go to the 0 ps Center because it is "disruptive to the staff."
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:37 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani Subject: Ops Center Shift Changes
Commissioner,
Per our discussion earlier, the Ops Center shift changes occur at 0700, 1500, and 2300.
Pat
El 226 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:17 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: Re: Ops Center Shift Changes
Thx.
From: Castleman, Patrick To: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Thu Mar 17 19:15:04 2011 Subject: RE: Ops Center Shift Changes
Jeff,
I had planned on it. The next call is at 2000, and the morning's call is planned for 0730, which I plan to take at home as I did this morning.
Pat
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 6:14 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: Re: Ops Center Shift Changes
Pat,
Can we stick with you participating in the TA calls for the balance of the week?
Thanks,
Jeff
From: Castleman, Patrick To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani Sent: Thu Mar 17 16:36:38 2011 Subject: Ops Center Shift Changes
Commissioner,
Per our discussion earlier, the Ops Center shift changes occur at 0700, 1500, and 2300.
Pat
1 El 227 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:27 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Darani Reddick; John Thoma Subject: FW: 1700 EDT (March 17, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep
From: LIA07 Hoc Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 5:46 PM Subject: 1700 EDT (March 17, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep
Attached, please find a 1700 EDT situation report from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding the impacts of the earthquake/tsunami on March 17, 2011. Please note that this information is "QOffi3a Use ©,y"and is only being shared within the federal family. Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions. -Sara
Sara K. Mroz Communications and Outreach Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response US Nuclear Regulatory Commission sara.mroz~nrc.qov LIA07.HOC(nrc.qov (Operations Center)
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El 228 of 445 Harves, Carolyn
From: Harves, Carolyn Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 7:42 AM To: Sharkey, Jeffry Subject: Phone Call - Ho Nieh (301-415-1811
Please call.
Carolyn
El 229 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 7:44 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: 0730 Conference Call
Commissioner,
We were told at 0735 that the 0730 conference call will be at 0900. We had no advance warning. I expressed displeasure to the operations officer regarding this last minute notification, and said that I would have appreciated an advance notice that the briefing could not be supported.
Pat
El 230 of 445 Lepre, Janet
From: Lepre, Janet Sent:. Friday, March 18, 2011 8:17 AM To: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John; Castleman, Patrick Subject: Action - Input for Periodic on 3121
Please provide input for the following periodic on Monday:
2:00 Commissioner Ostendorff - here 18F1 (Last met 2/28)
Thank you.
Jan
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El1231 of 445 Lepre, Janet
From: Lepre, Janet Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 8:52 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine; Sharkey, Jeffry Subject: Meeting today at 2:00 w/NDM
Commissioner Magwood's office called to schedule a meeting today at 2:00 pm for 1 hour in his office re March 21 Commission Meeting. Jeff and Patty will also attend.
Jan
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From: Lepre, Janet •' Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 9:53 AM To: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Castleman, Patrick; Thoma, John Cc: Harves, Carolyn Subject: FW: Nuclear Energy Overview March 17, 2011 - Japan Quake Attachments: Nuclear Energy Overview March 17, 2011 - Japan Quake
NEI Overview for the week.
Jan
I El 233 of 445 Lepre, Janet
From: Lepre, Janet Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 10:51 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Subject: FW: [naruc-members] NARUC Bulletin No 6-2011 March 18 Attachments: FW: [naruc-members] NARUC Bulletin No 6-2011 March 18
NARUC Bulletin No. 6 - dated March 18, 2011. A hard copy is in your reading box.
Jan
1 El 234 of 445 Harves, Carolyn
From: Harves, Carolyn Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 1:34 PM To: Sharkey, Jeffry Cc: Lepre, Janet Subject: Reserved Seats for Monday's Commission Meeting
Jeff,
Per your request, I contacted SECY and was told that Rich Laufer will reserve 5 seats for each of the Executive Assistants for Monday's 9:00 am Commission meeting.
Carolyn
Ei El 235 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 2:19 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Press Release: NRC Proposes to Amend Licensing, Inspection and Annual Fees Rule Attachments: 11-051.docx
From: OPA Resource Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 2:19:06 PM To: Ash, Darren; Barkley, Richard; Batkin, Joshua; Bell, Hubert; Belmore, Nancy; Bergman, Thomas; Bollwerk, Paul; Bonaccorso, Amy; Borchardt, Bill; Bozin, Sunny; Brenner, Eliot; Brock, Terry; Brown, Boris; Bubar, Patrice; Burnell, Scott; Burns, Stephen; Carpenter, Cynthia; Chandrathil, Prema; Clark, Theresa; Collins, Elmo; Couret, Ivonne; Crawford, Carrie; Cutler, Iris; Dacus, Eugene; Dapas, Marc; Davis, Roger; Dean, Bill; Decker, David; Dricks, Victor; Droggitis, Spiros; Flory, Shirley; Franovich, Mike; Gibbs, Catina; Haney, Catherine; Hannah, Roger; Harbuck, Craig;. Harrington, Holly; Hasan, Nasreen; Hayden, Elizabeth; Holahan, Gary; Holahan, Patricia; Holian, Brian; Jacobssen, Patricia; Jaczko, Gregory; Jasinski, Robert; Jenkins, Verlyn; Johnson, Michael; Jones, Andrea- Kock, Andrea; Kotzalas, Margie; Ledford, Joey: Lee, Samson; Leeds, Eric; Lepre, Janet; Lew, David; Lewis, Antoinette; Loyd, Susan; Magwood, William; McCrary, Cheryl; McGrady-Finneran. Patricia; McIntyre, David; Mensah, Tanya; Mitlyng, Viktoria; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Nieh, Ho; Ordaz, Vonna; Ostendorff, William; Owen, Lucy; Powell, Amy; Quesenberry, Jeannette; Reddick, Darani; Regan, Christopher; Reyes, Luis; Riddick, Nicole; RidsSecyMailCenter Resource; Riley (OCA), Timothy; Rohrer, Shirley; Samuel, Olive; Satorius, Mark; Schaaf, Robert; Schmidt, Rebecca; Scott, Catherine; Screnci, Diane; Shaffer, Vered; Shane, Raeann; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sheehan, Neil; Sheron, Brian; Siurano-Perez, Osiris; Steger (Tucci), Christine; Svinicki, Kristine; Tabatabai, Omid; Tannenbaum, Anita; Taylor, Renee. Temp, WDM; Thomas, Ann; Uhle, Jennifer; Uselding, Lara; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Virgilio, Martin; Virgilio, Rosetta; Walker-Smith, Antoinette; Weaver, Doug; Weber, Michael; Weil, Jenny; Werner, Greg; Wiggins, Jim; Williams, Evelyn; Zimmerman, Roy; Zorn, Jason Subject: Press Release: NRC Proposes to Amend Licensing, Inspection and Annual Fees Rule Auto forwarded by a Rule
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El 236 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 4:15 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Media Advisory: Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Hold Public Meeting on NRC Response to Recent Japan Event
From: OPA Resource Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 4:14:54 PM To: Ash, Darren; Barkley, Richard; Batkin, Joshua; Bell, Hubert; Belmore, Nancy; Bergman, Thomas; Bollwerk, Paul; Bonaccorso, Amy; Borchardt, Bill; Bozin, Sunny; Brenner, Eliot; Brock, Terry; Brown, Boris; Bubar, Patrice; Burnell, Scott; Burns, Stephen; Carpenter, Cynthia; Chandrathil, Prema; Clark, Theresa; Collins, Elmo; Couret, Ivonne; Crawford, Carrie; Cutler, Iris; Dacus, Eugene; Dapas, Marc; Davis, Roger; Dean, Bill; Decker, David; Dricks, Victor; Droggitis, Spiros; Flory, Shirley; Franovich, Mike; Gibbs, Catina; Haney, Catherine; :1 Hannah, Roger; Harbuck, Craig; Harrington, Holly; Hasan, Nasreen; Hayden, Elizabeth; Holahan, Gary; Holahan, Patricia; Holian, Brian; Jacobssen, Patricia; Jaczko, Gregory; Jasinski, Robert; Jenkins, Verlyn; Johnson, Michael; Jones, Andrea; Kock, Andrea; Kotzalas, Margie; Ledford, Joey; Lee, Samson; Leeds, Eric; Lepre, Janet; Lew, David; Ki Lewis, Antoinette; Loyd. Susan; Magwood, William; McCrary, Cheryl; McGrady-Finneran, Patricia; McIntyre, David; Mensah, Tanya; Mitlyng, Viktoria; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Nieh, Ho; Ordaz, Vonna; Ostendorff, William; Owen, Lucy; Powell, Amy; Quesenberry, Jeannette; Reddick, Darani; Regan, Christopher; Reyes, Luis; Riddick, Nicole; RidsSecyMailCenter Resource; Riley (OCA), Timothy; Rohrer, Shirley; Samuel, Olive; Satorius, Mark; Schaaf, Robert; Schmidt, Rebecca; Scott, Catherine; Screnci, Diane; Shaffer, Vered; Shane, Raeann; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sheehan, Neil; Sheron, Brian; Siurano-Perez, Osiris; Steger (Tucci), Christine; Svinicki, Kristine; Tabatabai, Omid; Tannenbaum, Anita; Taylor, Renee; Temp, WDM; Thomas, Ann; Uhle, Jennifer; il Uselding, Lara; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Virgilio, Martin; Virgilio, Rosetta; Walker-Smith, Antoinette; Weaver, Doug; Weber, Michael; Weil, Jenny; Werner, Greg; Wiggins, Jim; Williams, Evelyn; Zimmerman, Roy; Zorn, Jason Subject: Media Advisory: Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Hold Public Meeting on NRC Response to Recent Japan Event Auto forwarded by a Rule
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El 237 of 445 Castlelnan, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 4:27 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: *Once Again!* Media Advisory: Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Hold Public Meeting on NRC Response to Recent Japan Event Attachments' MA_03-18-2011 _Japan Briefing.docx
------From: OPA Resource Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 4:26:25 PM To: Ash, Darren; Barkley, Richard; Batkin, Joshua; Bell, Hubert; Belmore, Nancy; Bergman, Thomas; Bollwerk, Paul; Bonaccorso, Amy; Borchardt, Bill; Bozin, Sunny; Brenner, Eliot; Brock, Terry; Brown, Boris; Bubar, Patrice; Burnell; Scott; Burns, Stephen; Carpenter, Cynthia; Chandrathil, Prema; Clark, Theresa; Collins, Elmo; Couret, Ivonne; Crawford, Carrie;. Cutler, Iris; Dacus, Eugene; Dapas, Marc; Davis, Roger; Dean, Bill; Decker, David; Dricks, Victor; Droggitis, Spiros; Flory, Shirley; Franovich, Mike; Gibbs, Catina; Haney, Catherine; Hannah, Roger; Harbuck, Craig; Harrington, Holly; Hasan, Nasreen; Hayden, Elizabeth; Holahan, Gary; Holahan, Patricia; Holian, Brian; Jacobssen, Patricia; Jaczko, Gregory; Jasinski, Robert; Jenkins, Verlyn; Johnson, Michael; Jones, Andrea; Kock, Andrea; Kotzalas, Margie; Ledford, Joey; Lee, Samson; Leeds, Eric; Lepre, Janet; Lew, David; Lewis, Antoinette; Loyd, Susan; Magwood, William; McCrary, Cheryl; McGrady-Finneran, Patricia; McIntyre, David; Mensah, Tanya; Mitlyng, Viktoria; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Nieh, Ho; Ordaz, Vonna; Ostendorff, William; Owen, Lucy; Powell, Amy; Quesenberry, Jeannette; Reddick, Darani; Regan, Christopher; Reyes, Luis; Riddick, Nicole; RidsSecyMailCenter Resource; Riley (OCA), Timothy; Rohrer, Shirley; Samuel, Olive; Satorius, Mark; Schaaf, Robert; Schmidt, Rebecca; Scott, Catherine; Screnci, Diane; Shaffer, Vered; Shane, Raeann; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sheehan, Neil; Sheron, Brian; Siurano-Perez, Osiris; Steger (Tucci), Christine; Svinicki, Kristine; Tabatabai, Omid; Tannenbaum, Anita; Taylor, Renee; Temp, WDM; Thomas, Ann; Uhle, Jennifer; Uselding, Lara; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Virgilio, Martin; Virgilio, Rosetta; Walker-Smith, Antoinette; Weaver, Doug; Weber, Michael; Weil, Jenny; Werner, Greg; Wiggins. Jim; Williams, Evelyn; Zimmerman, Roy; Zorn, Jason Subject: *Once Again!* Media Advisory: Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Hold Public Meeting on NRC Response to Recent Japan Event Auto forwarded by a Rule
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El 238 of 445 NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ' Office of Public Affairs Telephone: 301/415-8200 '• "= ;, .~Washington, D.C. 20555-0001
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March 18, 20]1
***MEDIA ADVISORY***
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING ON NRC RESPONSE TO RECENT JAPAN EVENT
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will be briefed by its staff on the NRC's response to the ongoing nuclear event in Japan in a public meeting on March 21 at 9 a.m. at NRC Headquarters, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Md. The commission meeting will be open to public observation and will be webcast at: http://,wvw.nrc.gov/public-involve/public- meetings/wcbcast-live.htm 1.
Due to limited space availability, the meeting will be set up for a CBS broadcast network pool camera crew. Broadcast media outlets interested in receiving the feed should contact the network pool at 202-457-4444. For still photographers, this meeting will be pooled with AP, Reuters, AFP and Getty only.
In order for us to try to ensure sufficient seating for reporters, please notify the Office of Public Affairs at the contact information above if you plan to attend. There will be additional space available in our auditorium on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Pool photographers will have limited space at the meeting in which to take photos. Movement must be kept to a minimum so as not to be distracting and entry into the inner well closest to the Commission briefing table is prohibited. Plan to arrive in advance of the meeting at 1~ the Marinelli Road entrance of the NRC with proper media credentials. The NRC offices are located across the street from the White Flint Metro station. Parking is available at the White Flint metro parking garage on Marinelli Road.
News releases are available through a free listserv subscription at the following Web address: htt_:/i/www.nrc.•ov/rublic-involve/listserver.htmi. The NRC homepage at www.nrcov also offers a SUBSCRI BE link. E-mail notifications are sent to subscribers when news releases are posted to NRC's website.
El 239 of 445 i Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 5:13 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Press Release: NRC Informs U.S. Nuclear Power Plants on Japan Earthquake's Effects Attachments: 11-052.pdf
------From: OPA Resource Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 5:13:11 PM To: Ash, Darren; Barkley, Richard; Batkin, Joshua; Bell, Hubert; Belmore, Nancy; Bergman, Thomas: Bollwerk, Paul; Bonaccorso, Amy; Borchardt, Bill; Bozin, Sunny; Brenner, Eliot; Brock, Terry; Brown, Boris; Bubar, Patrice; Burnell, Scott; Burns, Stephen; Carpenter, Cynthia; Chandrathil, Prema: Clark, Theresa; Collins, Elmo; Couret, Ivonne; Crawford, Carrie; Cutler, Iris; Dacus, Eugene; Dapas, Marc: Davis, Roger; Dean, Bill; Decker, David; Dricks, Victor; Droggitis, Spiros; Flory, Shirley; Franovich, Mike; Gibbs, Catina; Haney, Catherine; Hannah, Roger; Harbuck, Craig; Harrington, Holly; Hasan, Nasreen; Hayden, Elizabeth; Holahan, Gary; Holahan, Patricia; Holian, Brian; Jacobssen, Patricia; Jaczko, Gregory; Jasinski, Robert; Jenkins, Verlyn; Johnson, Michael; Jones, Andrea; Kock, Andrea; Kotzalas, Margie; Ledford, Joey; Lee, Samson; Leeds, Eric: Lepre, Janet; Lew, David; Lewis, Antoinette; Loyd, Susan; Magwood, William; McCrary, Cheryl; McGrady-Finneran, Patricia; McIntyre, David; Mensah, Tanya; Mitlyng, Viktoria; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Nieh, Ho; Ordaz, Vonna; Ostendorff, William; Owen, Lucy; Powell, Amy; Quesenberry, Jeannette; Reddick, Darani; Regan, Christopher; Reyes, Luis; Riddick, Nicole; RidsSecyMailCenter Resource; Riley (OCA), Timothy; Rohrer, Shirley; Samuel, Olive; Satorius, Mark; Schaaf, Robert; Schmidt, Rebecca; Scott, Catherine; Screnci, Diane; Shaffer, Vered; Shane, Raeann; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sheehan, Neil; Sheron, Brian; Siurano-Perez, Osiris; Steger (Tucci), Christine; Svinicki, Kristine; Tabatabai, Omid; Tannenbaum, Anita; Taylor, Renee; Temp, WDM; Thomas, Ann; Uhle, Jennifer; Uselding, Lara; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Virgilio, Martin; Virgilio, Rosetta; Walker-Smith, Antoinette; Weaver, Doug; Weber, Michael; Weil, Jenny; Werner, Greg; Wiggins, Jim; Williams, Evelyn; Zimmerman, Roy; Zorn, Jason Subject: Press Release: NRC Informs U.S. Nuclear Power Plants on Japan Earthquake's Effects Auto forwarded by a Rule
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El 240 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Svinicki, Kristine Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 5:20 PM To: Sharkey, Jeffry; Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Press Release: NRC Informs U.S. Nuclear Power Plants on Japan Earthquake's Effects Attachments: 1 1-052.pdf
Stating the obvious . I ani going to want a copy of this IN.
From: OPA Resource Sent: Friday, March 1.8, 2011 5:13 PM To: Ash, Darren; Barkley, Richard; Batkin, Joshua; Bell, Hubert; Belmore, Nancy; Bergman, Thomas; Bollwerk, Paul; Bonaccorso, Amy; Borchardt, Bill; Bozin, Sunny; Brenner, Eliot; Brock, Terry; Brown, Boris; Bubar, Patrice; Burnell, Scott; Burns, Stephen; Carpenter, Cynthia; Chandrathil, Prema; Clark, Theresa; Collins, Elmo; Couret, Ivonne; Crawford, Carrie; Cutler, Iris; Dacus, Eugene; Dapas, Marc; Davis, Roger; Dean, Bill; Decker, David; Dricks, Victor; Droggitis, Spiros; Flory, Shirley; Franovich, Mike; Gibbs, Catina; Haney, Catherine; Hannah, Roger; Harbuck, Craig; Harrington, Holly; Hasan, Nasreen; Hayden, Elizabeth; Holahan, Gary; Holahan, Patricia; Holian, Brian; Jacobssen, Patricia; Jaczko, Gregory; Jasinski, Robert; Jenkins, Verlyn; Johnson, Michael; Jones, Andrea; Kock, Andrea; Kotzalas, Margie; Ledford, Joey; Lee, Samson; Leeds, Eric; Lepre, Janet; Lew, David; Lewis, Antoinette; Loyd, Susan; Magwood, William; McCrary, Cheryl; McGrady-Finneran, Patricia; McIntyre, David; Mensah, Tanya; Mitlyng, Viktoria; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Nieh, Ho; Ordaz, Vonna; Ostendorff, William; Owen, Lucy; Powell, Amy; Quesenberry, Jeannette; Reddick, Darani; Regan, Christopher; Reyes, Luis; Riddick, Nicole; RidsSecyMailCenter Resource; Riley (OCA), Timothy; Rohrer, Shirley; Samuel, Olive; Satorius, Mark; Schaaf, Robert; Schmidt, Rebecca; Scott, Catherine; Screnci, Diane; Shaffer, Vered; Shane, Raeann; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sheehan, Neil; Sheron, Brian; Siurano-Perez, Osiris; Steger (Tucci), Christine; Svinicki, Kristine; Tabatabai, Omid; Tannenbaum, Anita; Taylor, Renee; Temp, WDM; Thomas, Ann; Uhle, Jennifer; Uselding, Lara; Vietti- Cook, Annette; Virgilio, Martin; Virgilio, Rosetta; Walker-Smith, Antoinette; Weaver, Doug; Weber, Michael; Weil, Jenny; Werner, Greg; Wiggins, Jim; Williams, Evelyn; Zimmerman, Roy; Zorn, Jason Subject: Press Release: NRC Informs U.S. Nuclear Power Plants on Japan Earthquake's Effects
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El 241 of 445 Thoma, John
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 7:57 PM To: Thoma, John; Beall, James; Reddick, Darani; Lepre, Janet Subject: FW: SID Notice: 3/18/2011 Attachments: SID Notice: 3/18/2011
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El 242 of 445 Thoma, John
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From: Thoma, John Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 6:41 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Castleman, Patrick; Lepre, Janet; Harves. Carolyn Subject: FW: Nichols Ranch Final SEIS comments from EPA Attachments: ML1 10670005 Nichols Ranch March 7 EPA letter.pdf
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From: Brock, Kathryn Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 3:36 PM To: Baggett, Steven; Bradford, Anna; Kock, Andrea; Tadesse, Rebecca; Thoma, John Subject: Nichols Ranch Final SEIS comments from EPA
Daily Notes for March 9, 2011
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On March 7, FSME staff received comments on Nichols Ranch Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) from EPA Region 8. In the letter, EPA noted that the final SEIS reflected NRC's efforts to consider EPA's perspective and concerns provided on the draft SEIS. However, EPA continues to have concerns and comments similar to those on the Moore Ranch final SEIS. Most of the concerns and comments were policy and legal issues with which NRC staff has differing views from EPA. EPA was informed earlier that these outstanding issues are not likely to be fully addressed for the three SEISs (Moore Ranch, Nichols Ranch and Lost Creek). Staff will, however, continue to work with EPA on addressing these issues. Although EPA provided comments, no further NRC or EPA action is expected on the final SEIS.
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Re: NUREG - 1910, Supplement 2 Environmental Impact Statement, Final Report Nichols Ranch and Hank Unit ISR Project, Campbell and Johnson Counties, Wyoming CEQ# 20110023
Dear Mr. Persinko:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reviewed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Nichols Ranch ISR Project. The SEIS considers the environmental impacts that would be connected with NRC's issuance of a license to possess and use source material for uranium milling at the Nichols Ranch ISR Project. Our review and comments are provided pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. Section 4332(2)(c) and Section 309 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 7609.
EPA appreciates the willingness that NRC has shown to address our comments on the Nichols Ranch draft SEIS. From our initial meeting in Denver on March 30, 2010 and during subsequent monthly teleconferences. NRC has made efforts to consider EPA's perspective and concerns. Those efforts are reflected in the final SEIS, which provides a more complete analysis of the Nichols Ranch ISR project than the draft SEIS. Comments provided in this letter address key areas of improvement as well as EPA's continuing concerns with the SEIS. We hope this information will be of assistance to NRC as you move forward with this licensing decision and toward completion of future ISR-related SEISs.
One of EPA's primary concerns with the draft SEIS was the inadequate analysis of a range of reasonable wastewater disposal alternatives for the project. In its response to EPA comments, NRC maintains that it is not required to analyze a range of alternatives. and in the Nichols Ranch final SEIS, the alternatives analysis is generally limited to the proposed action and the no action alternatives. As we have discussed, EPA believes NEPA and its implementing
El 262 of 445 regulations require NRC to use the NEPA process to identify and assess the reasonable alternatives to proposcd actions that will avoid or minimize adverse effects of these actions upon human health and the environment. See 42 U.S.C. § 102(2)(E), 40 C.F.R. §§ 1500.2(e), 1502.14, 1502.16. We do acknowledge NRC's efforts to be responsive to EPA's comments in this regard. including expansion of the range of alternative wastewater disposal options to include methods or technologies not contained within the proposed license application. EPA appreciates the additional information on wastewater disposal alternatives provided in Section 2.2.2 of the final SEIS which discusses the waste disposal options. Table 2-1 compares the options, and Section 4.14.1.2 discusses the potential impacts from implementing the alternative wastewater disposal options. We also were pleased to see in Section 4.5.2.1.2.3 some additional site-specific discussion of the impacts from alternative wastewater disposal options.
However, EPA is concerned that the discussion regarding potential environmental impacts associated with waste management in the final SEIS is focused on the license applicant's proposed action and states that NRC would perform an additional environmental and safety review for a license amendment request for an alternative wastewater disposal option. EPA recommends using the SEIS to perform the environmnental and safety review of all reasonably available alternatives for wastewater management. The final SEIS does not contain enough information for a thorough comparative assessment of the management of liquid wastes during recovery operations and aquifer restoration. EPA is aware of NRC's position that it has no authority or regulatory control over an applicant's selection of any particular technology to be used at a site and that if the NRC decides to grant the license request, an applicant must comply with the license, NRC regulatory requirements, and any other applicable, relevant, or appropriate local, State or Federal requirements to operate their facility. However, an agency's regulatory authority or lack thereof should not preclude full disclosure under NEPA of potential constraints and environmental impacts associated with all reasonable alternatives to a proposed action.
The final SEIS discussion of wastewater disposal options acknowledges the potential limitations of the available by-product waste disposal capacity in the local area, yet does not address the potential limitations related to obtaining necessary injection well authorizations. Specifically, the final SEIS does not provide a thorough discussion of the constraints and potential impacts associated with the proposed use of Class I wells to inject wastewaters into the Teckla/Teapot/Parkman formations. NRC concludes that because the issuance of a State permit is necessary in order for the facility to use underground injection as a waste disposal method, the impacts will be small. EPA is concerned about leaving important details out of the discussion of potential impacts to groundwater resources and not fully informing the public and the decision- makers. A Class I disposal well must be sited below the lowermost USDW. At this site, the proposed injection zone is a potential USDW, and there are aquifers below the injection zone that may be USDWs, protected under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).
For future ISR SEISs, a more thorough discussion of the requirements and limitations of obtaining a Class .1injection well permit should be presented, including identification of potential siting constraints related to occurrence and depth of nearby underlying USDWs. In order for the applicant to use a Class I well to inject into the proposed injection zone, the proposed injection zone and all aquifers below it would need to either: (I) be exempted from protection under the
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El 263 of 445 SDWA by a determination that it meets one or more criteria under 40 C.F.R. § 146.4, or (2) fall outside the definition of USDW at 40 C.F.R. § 144.3.It is important to note that EPA has only approved aquifer exemptions for non-injection zones in rare circumstances and has not approved them for sites such as these. The SEIS should acknowledge that approval of an aquifer exemption causes aquifers to lose protection as USDWs under the SDWA. Because Class I injection may not be an available option, a thorough discussion should be presented addressing the alternative of Class V injection, including potential environmental effects and benefits due to water treatment and alternative waste disposal.
There are other examples in the final SEIS's evaluation of alternative wastewater disposal options where key information is not provided which.limits the effectiveness of the alternatives analysis. "The limitations of the final SEIS's analysis (Section 4.5.2.1.2.3) leave the following important question unanswered:
Given NRC's acknowledgment in the SEIS of insufficient evaporation rates for the evaporation ponds and land application areas to dispose of all of the process wastewater without at least one other wastewater disposal option or storage capacity, what other disposal options are available or how would additional storage capacity be obtained?
The alternatives analysis for future ISR SEISs should provide a better framework to identify the tradeoffs and finite limits to by-product disposal capacity for all wastewater disposal options. The analysis in the final SEIS suggests that the amounts of by-product 'deeommissioning-phase' waste would be greater for the alternative wastewater disposal options and thus. impacts would be larger than for geologic disposal. EPA believes that the total volume of by-product waste for the entire project life cycle could be greater for the geologic disposal option because of the larger liquid volume generated during both the uranium production and aquifer restoration phases compared to the by-product waste sediment left after evaporation that would need licensed off-site disposal. Alternative options other than geologic disposal merely shift waste disposal to the decommissioning phase whcreas, injection well disposal is occurring throughout all phases (operations. restoration, and decommissioning).
EPA is pleased to see the detailed air emissions inventory for the construction, operation, and deconmnissioning phases. The Appendix D analysis for nonroad combustion engine emissions is straightforward and makes use of generally accepted values for source emission factors from reliable published sources. EPA recommends future ISR SEISs provide similar detailed information. If ISR facilities proposed in the future present a substantial increase in emissions or are located closer to more sensitive areas, such as population centers, nonattainment areas. or sensitive Class I or Class II air regions, then a more quantitative approach to modeling direct impacts should be considered in consultation with relevant stakeholders. We also appreciate the discussion of additional factors or uncertainties in the assumptions that could increase the annual emissions estimates. For example, when the applicant did not furnish the NRC with a schedule for drilling the eight deep disposal wells, the analysis presented in Table D.3-4 provides an upper bound on the level of emissions, if all eight deep wells are drilled within the same year by a Tier 0 drilling rig. EPA thinks that it is lar more likely that the applicant will bring in the deep well-drilling contractor at one time to drill all eight wells. Since, in that more
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El 264 of 445 likely scenario, the adjusted [combined] annual diesel emissions from all drilling and construction equipment approaches 100 tons per year, we recommend a license condition requiring the applicant to use at least Tier I diesel engines as a reasonable mitigation measure to reduce the annual emissions to as low as reasonably achievable.
EPA is involved in early scoping efforts for a regional technical study being conducted by the Bureau of Land Management to help evaluate the potential future cumulative impacts of surface coal mining, coalbed methane, and other energy-related development in the Powder River Basin (PRB). The study consists of multiple tasks including development of a forecast of reasonably foreseeable development (RFD) for steam coal, coalbed methane (CBM), oil and gas. and ISR uranium production in the PRB. In 2010, the second phase of the PRB energy review was initiated to update the RFD projections in line with new forecasts to year 2030. Best available modeling technology will be used to calculate predicted air quality effects. NRC may benefit from cooperating in this regional technical study that covers much of the Wyoming East uranium milling region.
EPA appreciates the opportunity to review the Nichols Ranch final SEIS. We look forward to continued consultation with NRC regarding the uranium recovery program to support our joint national objectives of improving the prevention and mitigation of land and water impacts from the recovery of source materials and the generation of byproduct waste and ensuring the latter's long-term isolation from the human and natural environment. If you have any questions, please contact me at (303) 312-6004 or James Hanley of my staff at (303) 312- 6725.
Sincerely (7 Larry Svotoda, Director NEPA Compliance and Review Program
Enclosure: Specific technical comments cc: Larry Camper, Keith McConnell, Bill von Till. Kevin H.ueh, Patty Swain, Eldon Allison, Kerry Agen, Kristin Yannone, Marthea Rountree
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El 265 of 445 SPECIFIC TECHNICAL COMMENTS For use in Future [SR SEIS Projects
Requests for additional information or explanations
Table 2-1 on Page 2-20 does not include any information on potential impacts to USDWs from Class I disposal -the Table compares only operational aspects of the alternatives. The Table also does not include any information on the environmental benefits of solar evaporation ponds.
Section 3.5.2.3.1 - page 3-22: What is the basis for using a 0.6 ft/day value for hydraulic conductivity for the F Sand? Aquifer test data for this sand indicate that the hydraulic conductivity ranges from 0.14 to 9.4 ft/day. flow does 0.6 ft/day represent the best single point estimate for this aquifer parameter?
Lack of clarity in reworded or paraphrased regulatory language
Page 4-29/Section 4.5.2.1.2.2: We suggest that the following preferred language be used whenever discussing the aquifer exemption process for Class III wells in future ISR SEISs: In the case of extraction of minerals using injection wells, and pursuant to EPA UIC regiultions, an aquiler meeting the definition oJfundergroundsource of drinking water ('"USDW") must be designatedas an exempt aquifer within the subsurface area where mineralproduction will occur. A USD W is defined as an aquifer or its portion which supplies any public water system. or which contains a sufficient quantity of ground water to supply a public water system and currently supplies drinking water.for human consumption, or containsfewer than In,000 mg/I total dissolved solids, and which is not an exempted aquifir. Pertainingto Class III in-situ leach ("ISL ") operations,such a designation must be in compliance with 40 CFR 146.4 and approved by the Administrator. An aquij/r or aquifer portion which meets the criteriaJbra USDW may be determined to be an "exempted aquifer '"if it does not currently serve as a source of drinking water and it cannot now and will not in the future serve as a source of drinking water because it is mineral, hydrocarbonor geothermal energy producing, or can be demonstratedby a permit applicant as part of'a permit application for a Class III operation to contain minerals that consideringtheir quantity and location are expected to be commercially producible. Once exempted. the defined aquifer or its portion would no longer be protected as a USDW under the •Sfe Drinking Water Act ("SDWA '). For example, at the proposed Nichols Ranch Project. portions of the "A Sand" aquifer could potentially be exempted in defined areas related to commercial mineralproduction operations. The remaining portion of the "A Sand" aquifer. beyond the designatedexempted area, would still be considereda USDW and continue to be protected under the SDWA. At the proposed Hank Mining Unit, portions of the "F Sand" aquifer couldpotentially be exempted in defined areas related to commercial mineral production operations. The remainingportion of the "F Sand" aquifer, beyond the designated exempted area, would still be considereda USDW and continue to be protected under the SDlWA.
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El 266 of 445 Page 4-36/Section 4.5.2.1.2.3: We suggest that the following preferred language be used whenever discussing the aquifer exemption process for Class I wells in future ISR SFISs and here we use the site-specific aquifer situation for Nichols Ranch as an illustration:
Up tojbur Class I wells could be drilled at the proposed Nichols Ranch Project and.1bur Class I wells could be drilledat the proposed Hank Unit .for deep disposal of liquid wastes from the in- situ leach (JSL) Jucilities,depending on the production rates and the capacity ofeach disposal well. Under federal UIC regulations, Class I injection wells fir the disposal of hazardous. radioactive, or other industrialand municipal disposal waste injectifluids beneath the lowermost Jbrmationcontaining a USDW within one quarter mile of the well bore. The State of Wyoming is reviewing a permit applicationproposing up to eight Class I disposal wells injecting into the Teapot-Teckla-Parkman Formationat an injection depth of'2,326 m to 2,652 m [7.630 to 8. 700
However, Class I injection into the Teapot-Teckla-Parkman Formationmay not be feasible at this site because the water quality of two identified sandstone members (Sussex and Shannon which are oil-producing) o/the Cody Shale (often called Steele Shale), may be less than 10, 000 mg!L TDS. tl so. these members could be consideredas underlying USDWv, andU1Class I injection wells must inject below the lowermost USDW.
Should Class I injection not be feasible at this site due to such USDW considerations,Class V injection could be an option. However, wastes~fom ISL facility operationstypically contain radioactiveby-product material, and under UIC regulations radioactivewaste can only be injected into a Class I well. "Radioactive waste" is defined as "any waste, including byproduct material, which contains radionuclidesin concentrationswhich exceed those listed in 10 CFR part 20, appendix B table 11. column 2 " Therq/bre, Class V injection of ISLfiicility waste likely would require some treatment prior to injection to reduce radioactivewaste concentrationsto less than those listed in 10 CFR part 20. appendix B table 11, column 2.
Mistakes in Responses to Comments
Appendix B-77: Response to comment on how aquifer exemption buffer zones would be monitored and enforced. The NRC has responded that after the exempted zone of the mining unit aquifer is restored, the facility is decommissioned, and the NRC license is terminated, EPA or Wyoming regulates and monitors the exempted zone and has responsibility to ensure that the exempted zone is not used as a source of drinking water.
This is not entirely correct; EPA aquifer exemption rules provide neither authority nor the responsibility to prohibit the exempted portion of a restored aquifer from use as a drinking water source.
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El 267 of 445 Recommendations for impact mitigation measures as enforceable license conditions
EPA suggests that NRC provide some additional explanation of how excursions are monitored and managed in unconfined aquifers and what type of data will be obtained in the required "hydrogeologic test" discussed as a proposed license condition (LC) in Appendix B-Pages 72-73. Based upon our review of draft material license SUA-1597. we expect to see this discussion in Facility-specific Condition 10.9 or as a new license condition developed tbr uranium recovery in an unconfined aquifer.
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El 268 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 9:26 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John; Castleman, Patrick Subject: FYI: FOF 11.04 Exercise #3 Results (Ot1-SRI)
From: Rayland, Andrew Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 6:36 AM To: Vegel, Anton; Albert, Ronald; Correia, Richard; Franovich, Mike; Holahan, Patricia; Masse, Todd; Merzke, Daniel; Sharkey, Jeffry; VandenBerghe, John; Warren, Roberta; Way, Ralph; West, Garmon; Westreich, Barry; Wiggins, Jim; Evans, Michele; Shannon, Michael; Layton, Michael; Caldwell, Robert; Johnson, Clay; Brady, Denis; Cornelius, David; Felts, Russell; Rockhill, Rupert; Clark, Jefferson; Brooks, Kenneth; Cardenas, Daniel; Letourneau, Andrew; Gibson, Raymond; Berry, Joshua; Grigsby, Carl; Negrete, Philip; Howell, Art; Willis, Joseph Subject: FOF 11.04 Exercise #3 Results (OUO-SRI) tWO- S RI
Exercise #3
The licensee (Callaway) implemented an effective protective strategy for the target set selected. All adversaries were neutralized both inside and out of the PA.
No significant controller issues were identified.
The team conducted a preliminary exit and briefed two violations of minor significance subject to management review.
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Please note the attached Draft SRM is SENSITIVE INFORMATION-LIMITED TO THE NRC UNLESS THE COMMISSION DETERMINES OTHERWISE. These markings will only show up if you print the SRM; you will not see the markings using "view".
The attached file contains a draft SRM which is being circulated for the normal 3-day period for Commission review. As provided in the Internal Commission Procedures, the staff is "...afforded an opportunity to review the SRM to ensure that the Commission decision is clear and understandable and that resource, schedular, and legal constraints are properly considered." Please provide any responses to Ken Hart (KRH), Richard Laufer (RJL), Rochelle Bavol (RCB5), and Pam Shea (PWS).
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From: Thoma, John Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 2:06 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Sensitive Internal Information - Honeywell Plea Bargain Attachments: Honeywell One Pager-Plea with EPA.docx
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From: Brock, Kathryn Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 10:28 AM To: Baggett, Steven; Bradford, Anna; Kock, Andrea; Tadesse, Rebecca; Thoma, John Cc: Frazier, Alan Subject: Sensitive Internal Information - Honeywell Plea Bargain
Hi everyone. This is the electronic version of the one-pager I walked around this morning. Honeywell is in court right now and the sensitive nature of the attachment should be in place until they are out, sometime around 1:00. The staff is developing Q&As for this issue, which I will send along when I see them. Tony Gody is the regional lead for this, so you can contact him with questions or just ask me and I'll track down the answers.
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Environmental Protection Agency Fines Honeywell Metropolis Works
On March 11, 2011, Honeywell Metropolis Works in Metropolis, IL plans to issue a press release to announce a plea agreement regarding an Environmental Protection Agency investigation into permitting and storage of mixed waste containing potassium hydroxide and uranium at the facility. As part of the plea agreement, the company will pay a total of $12 million in fines to the Environmental Protection Agency and implement a number of additional environmental projects.
Initial NRC involvement began in March 2009, when EPA contacted NRC Region II for technical assistance in the execution of a search warrant at Honeywell Metropolis Works in Metropolis, IL. The search warrant provided for the gathering of evidence related to an ongoing investigation into concerns about storage of EPA regulated hazardous waste on site. NRC Region II staff from the Division of Fuel Facilities Inspection and the Office of Investigations conducted liaison activities with the EPA prior to the execution of the warrant to ensure that the EPA personnel are familiar with the radiological hazards associated with the facility. EPA personnel worked collaboratively with NRC staff while onsite to ensure that activities authorized under the warrant are completed in a manner that is consistent with NRC requirements associated with licensed material.
The Honeywell Specialty Chemicals (licensee) uranium conversion facility is located on a 1,100- acre site near Metropolis, IL. The licensee is authorized to possess 150 million pounds of natural uranium ore and to convert this material to uranium hexafluoride (UF 6). The uranium conversion process occurs in the Feed Materials Building (FMB). The licensee uses potassium hydroxide (KOH) in a wet scrubbing process to treat scrub emissions from the uranium hexafluoride (UF 6) production process. The KOH accumulates uranium (U) bearing compounds entrained in the emissions. The U-bearing compounds, known as "KOH muds," then settle out of the KOH and are drummed for recycling or storage. Honeywell had previously stated that they recycled the muds because of their U content and monetary value.
The KOH exhibit a very high pH and are characterized under EPA regulations as a hazardous material. Since the muds also contain NRC-licensed radioactive materials, they are also considered to be "mixed waste." The material would still have been considered hazardous under EPA regulations without regard for any licensed material that might be present. EPA requires a facility creating hazardous waste to either recycle at least 75% of its inventory of hazardous material annually, or become designated as a hazardous material storage site. If a site is designated as a hazardous material storage site, it will typically pay higher fees to EPA.
The EPA's concern was that the licensee had improperly characterized and reported the presence of hazardous material on site in accordance with EPA requirements. At some time in the past, Honeywell discontinued KOH recycling. In a letter dated May 16, 2006, the licensee stated to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency that recycling had stopped in or around 2002-2003. The licensee indicated that it had discovered on April 17, 2006 that drums containing KOH muds were accumulating at the site "in a manner that may be inconsistent with pertinent federal regulations promulgated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the corresponding Illinois regulations." The licensee stated that some KOH muds had been in storage on site since 2001 along with its intention to resume KOH recycling by the end of 2006. In February 2007, NRC Region II received an allegation that the licensee had discontinued KOH recycling and was stockpiling the material on site contrary to EPA requirements. NRC subsequently referred this allegation to the EPA in March 2007.
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El 273 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 7:16 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: FW: 03/12/2011, 0400 NRC Sitrep Attachments: Japan Sitrepl.docx
Commissioner,
Based on this sitrep, the situation continues to deteriorate. The attachment cannot be viewed on blackberry. Pat
From; LIA11 Hoc Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 5:22 AM To: Hipschman, Thomas; Marshall, Michael; Batkin, Joshua; Castleman, Patrick; Orders, William; Bubar, Patrice; Franovich, Mike; Wittick, Brian; Andersen, James; Trapp, James; Leeds, Eric; Brenner, Eliot; Miller, Charles; Wiggins, Jim; Johnson, Michael; Sheron, Brian; Schmidt, Rebecca; Haney, Catherine; Pace, Patti; Sosa, Belkys; Nieh, Ho; Sharkey, Jeffry; Harrington, Holly; Michael Dudek; Maler, Bill; Howell, Linda; Dorman, Dan; Vanessa.Ouinn(&dhs.qov; [email protected]; [email protected]; Harv..Sherwood dhs.cov; [email protected]; Seamus.O'[email protected]; Timothy.Greten~dhs.gov; (b)(6) E (b)(6) I cmc-01Odot.qov "Su"bject3/12/U011,00 NRC Sitrep
Very Respectfully,
Jason Lising US NRC Federal Liaison 301-816-5186
El 274 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Saturday. March 12. 2011 7:24 AM To: Franovich, Mike Subject: RE: Latest Talking Points and Q&A
Orders says that there is a briefing at 0730, same call in number.
From: Franovich, Mike Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 7:23 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: RE: Latest Talking Points and Q&A
No I haven't heard of one being planned but turn over is occurring now. The LT officer report didn't provide much help in hat it states possible core damage on Daiichi Unit 1. The are images on the web of the explosion at Unit 1. A video of the Japanese Prime Minister visiting F-Daichii and showing aerial shots is also on the web on SkyNews. Youtube has a video of the plant being hit by the waves. Type 'Fukushima plant ECCS' in YouTube search and you will get the video.
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 7:17 AM To: Franovich, Mike Subject: RE: Latest Talking Points and Q&A
Mike, has another CA briefing been scheduled? I haven't heard. Pat
From: Franovich, Mike Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 7:10 AM To: Burnell, Scott Cc: Brenner, Eliot; Orders, William; Snodderly, Michael; Castleman, Patrick Subject: RE: Latest Talking Points and Q&A
Thanks Scott!
From: Burnell, Scott Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 7:05 AM To: Franovich, Mike; Orders, William; Snodderly, Michael; Castleman, Patrick Cc: Brenner, Eliot Subject: Latest Talking Points and Q&A
Gentlemen;
Current guidance is that all media requests go through OPA and all intergovernmental inquiries go through the Chairman's office. Thank you.
Scott
El 275 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent:. Saturday, March 12, 2011 8:36 AM To: Reddick, Darani Subject: Re: 03/12/2011, 0400 NRC Sitrep
Thanks!
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6) I
From: Reddick, Darani To: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Sat Mar 12 08:33:26 2011 Subject: RE: 03/12/2011, 0400 NRC Sitrep
Will do. Thanks.
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 7:58 AM To: Reddick, Darani Subject: RE: 03/12/2011, 0400 NRC Sitrep
[ .jTeynever contacted me about the ca!l. I found out by chance from Bill Orders. If they call you again, could you please call me on my cell at F (b)(6) ] Thanks! And have a good day.
From: Reddick, Darani Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 7:45 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: RE: 03/12/2011, 0400 NRC Sitrep
(b)(5) I'll let you handle the 3:30 call and look forward to your summary. Have a good day!
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 7:37 AM To: Reddick, Darani Subject: Re: 03/12/2011, 0400 NRC Sitrep
Overkill is good!
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6)
From: Reddick, Darani To: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Sat Mar 12 07:36:14 2011 Subject: Re: 03/12/2011, 0400 NRC Sitrep
El 276 of 445 Doh. I'm already on the call. Oh well, I'll probably just stay listening.
From: Castleman, Patrick To: Reddick, Darani Sent: Sat Mar 12 07:29:25 2011 Subject: Re: 03/12/2011, 0400 NRC Sitrep
I'm on it. Thanks!
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman S(b)(6)]
From: Reddick, Darani To: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Sat Mar 12 07:25:30 2011 Subject: Re: 03/12/2011, 0400 NRC Sitrep
Pat - I just got a call from the HOO that they are having another call this morning at 730. Did you get that message? I'm happy to call in, but if you want to continue with this, here's the info:
S (b)(6) .. Passcode:: b)6 0730 today
Thanks, DMR
From: Castleman, Patrick To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Sent: Sat Mar 12 07:15:57 2011 Subject: FW: 03/12/2011, 0400 NRC Sitrep
Commissioner,
Based on this sitrep, the situation continues to deteriorate. The attachment cannot be viewed on blackberry. Pat
From: LIA11 Hoc Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 5:22 AM To: Hipschman, Thomas; Marshall, Michael; Batkin, Joshua; Castleman, Patrick; Orders, William; Bubar, Patrice; Franovich, Mike; Wittick, Brian; Andersen, James; Trapp, James; Leeds, Eric; Brenner, Eliot; Miller, Charles; Wiggins, Jim; Johnson, Michael; Sheron, Brian; Schmidt, Rebecca; Haney, Catherine; Pace, Patti; Sosa, Belkys; Nieh, Ho; Sharkey, Jeffry; Harrington, Holly; Michael Dudek; Maier, Bill; Howell, Linda; Dorman, Dan; Vanessa.Ouinnbdhs.gov; [email protected]; Albert.Coons@ dhs.oov; Harry.Sherwood•dhs.gov; James. Kishadhs.gov; Seamus.O'[email protected]; [email protected]; (b)(6) (b)(6) I cmc-01Odot.qov Subject: 03/12/2011, 0400 NRC Sitrep
Very Respectfully,
Jason Lising US NRC Federal Liaison 301-816-5186 2 El 277 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 10:31 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Castleman, Patrick; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: FW: 1000 NRC SITREP Attachments: Japan Sitrep2.docx
2 "0 SITREP issued.
From: LIAll Hoc Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 10:05 AM To: Hipschman, Thomas; Marshall, Michael; Batkin, Joshua; Castleman, Patrick; Snodderly, Michael; Orders, William; Bubar, Patrice; Franovich, Mike; Wittick, Brian; Andersen, James; Trapp, James; Leeds, Eric; Brenner, Eliot; Miller, Charles; Wiggins, Jim; Johnson, Michael; Sheron, Brian; Schmidt Rebecca; Haney, Catherine; Pace, Patti; Sosa, Belkys; Nieh, Ho; Sharkey, Jeffry; Harrington, Holly;E (b)(6) 1;Maier, Bill; Howell, Linda; Dorman, Dan; Schmidt, Rebecca; McDermott, Brian; [email protected]; [email protected]; Albert.CoonsCcdhs.gov; [email protected]; James.Kishddhs.qov; Timothy.Greten(dhs.qov;t (b)(6) (b)(6) L cmc-010dot.gov; pý[email protected]; Kozal, Jason Subject: 1000 NRC SITREP
All,
Attached please find a the second SITREP issued by the Federal Liaison Team.
Beth Reed US NRC Federal Liaison 301-816-5186
El 278 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Saturday, March 12. 2011 10:57 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: Fw: Latest Q&A Attachments: Chairman JaczkoQA4_earthquake03l1.docx
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6)
From: Burnell, Scott To: Franovich, Mike; Orders, William; Snodderly, Michael; Castleman, Patrick Sent: Sat Mar 12 10:04:34 2011 Subject: Latest Q&A
1 El 279 of 445 Questions and Answers for Chairman Jaczko March 11, 2011 Japan Earthquake/Tsunami Aftermath As of 10:00 a.m. 3/12/2011
1. What is the NRC doing about the emergencies at the nuclear power plants in Japan? Are you sending staff over there?
Public Answer: We are closely following events in Japan, working with other agencies of the federal government, and have been in direct contact with our counterparts in that country. In addition, we are ready to provide assistance if there is a specific request. An NRC staffer is participating in the USAID team headed to Japan.
Additional technical, non-public information: We are taking the knowledge that the staff has about the design of the US nuclear plants and we are applying this knowledge to the Japan situation. For example, this includes calculations of severe accident mitigation that have been performed.
2. What's going to happen following the steam explosion everyone's seen from the video footage?
Public Answer: If a similar event occurred at a U.S. nuclear power plant, the NRC would be seeking information to answer several questions, including: What's the status of the reactor core, the reactor vessel and the containment building? What radiation measurement equipment is available and what measurements are being reported? What efforts are being taken to keep the public safe? How did the explosion affect efforts to keep the nearby reactors in a safe condition? And most importantly - What can the NRC do to help?
Additional technical, non-public information:
3. What should people in Alaska, Hawaii and the West Coast do to protect themselves from fallout?
Public Answer: The available evidence shows the United States can be expected to avoid any impacts from radioactive material, so no public action is necessary. We believe there is very low risk to the US considering the long distance from the US and the type of event. The NRC continues to analyze the available information, and existing monitoring equipment can detect any materials before they could present a hazard.
Additional technical, non-public information: NRC is working with DHS, EPA and other federal partners to ensure monitoring equipment is properly positioned, based on meterological and other relevant information.
El 280 of 445 4. Can this happen here i.e. an earthquake that significantly damages a nuclear power plant? Are the Japanese plants similar to U.S. plants?
Public Answer: All U.S. nuclear power plants are built to withstand environmental hazards, including earthquakes and tsunamis. Even those plants that are located outside of areas with extensive seismic activity are designed for safety in the event of such a natural disaster. The NRC requires that safety-significant structures, systems, and components be designed to take into account the most severe natural phenomena historically reported for the site and surrounding area and then goes further. Nuclear power plants are designed to be safe based on historical data and projections regarding the area's maximum credible earthquakes. The Japanese facilities are similar in design to several US facilities.
Additional technical, non-public information: The reactor design is a Boiling Water Reactor that is similar to some U.S. designs, including Oyster Creek, Nine Mile Point and Dresden Units 2 and 3.
5. What would U.S. plants do in this situation?
Public Answer: The NRC requires plant designs to include multiple and diverse safety systems, and plants must test their emergency preparedness capabilities on a regular basis. Plant operators are very capable of responding to significant events. In addition, NRC regulations require plants to have plans in place that would allow them to mitigate even "worst case scenarios".
Since 9/11, we have implemented requirements for licensees to have additional response capabilities for extreme situations.
Additional technical, non-public information: Our nuclear plants have procedures in place to address a variety of accident scenarios, including abnormal operating procedures, emergency operating procedures, sever accident guidelines and emergency plans.
6. Are U.S. power plants designed to withstand tsunamis?
Public Answer: Yes. Plants are built to withstand a variety of environmental hazards and those plants that might face a threat from tsunami are required to withstand large waves and the maximum wave height at the intake structure (which varies by plant.)
Additional, technical, non-public information: Tsunami have been considered in the design of US nuclear plants since the publication of Regulatory Guide 1.59 in 1977. Nuclear plants are designed to withstand flooding from not only tsunami, but also hurricane and storm surge. Currently the US NRC has a tsunami research program that is focused on developing additional guidance through cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the United States Geological Survey.
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El 281 of 445 7. What happens when/if a plant "melts down"?
Public Answer: In short, nuclear power plants in the United States are designed to be safe. To prevent the release of radioactive material, there are multiple barriers between the radioactive material and the environment, including the fuel cladding, the heavy steel reactor vessel itself and the containment building, usually a heavily reinforced structure of concrete and steel several feet thick.
Additional, technical, non-public information: The melted core may melt through the bottom of the vessel and flow onto the concrete containment floor. The core may melt through the containment liner and release radioactive material to the environment.
8. Should people in Japan take KI?
Public Answer: The Japanese people should listen to the public authorities in Japan regarding protective actions. KI - potassium iodide - is one of the protective measures that might be taken in a radiological emergency in this country. We do not know if this measure is necessary or appropriate in the Japanese situation.
Additional, technical non-public information. There are a range of protective measures that we use ... the most effective is evacuation. Local government officials are responsible for determining the best means to protect their public. KI is another means for protection but evacuation and sheltering are the primary means that is used.
9. Was there any damage to U.S. reactors from either the earthquake or the resulting tsunami?
Public Answer: No
Additional, technical non-public information: Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 declared an "unusual event" based on tsunami warning following the Japanese earthquake. They have since exited the "unusual event" declaration, based on a downgrade to a tsunami advisory.
10. Has this incident changed the NRC perception about earthquake risk?
Public Answer: As is prudent, the NRC will certainly be looking closely at this incident and the effects on the Japanese nuclear power plant in the future to see if any changes are necessary to NRC regulations.
Additional, technical, non-public information. We expect that there would be lessons learned, etc.
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El 282 of 445 11. Will this incident affect new reactor licensing?
Public Answer: It is not appropriate to hypothesize on such a future scenario at this point.
Additional, technical non-public information:
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El 283 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 1:58 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: Fw: 1300 EST (March 12, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep Attachments: USNRC Japan SitRep.031211.1330EST.docx
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick(b)(6), Ca•tleman
From: LIA07 Hoc To: Hipschman, Thomas; Marshall, Michael; Batkin, Joshua; Castleman, Patrick; Snodderly, Michael; Orders, William; Bubar, Patrice; Franovich, Mike; Wittick, Brian; Andersen, James;[ (b)(6) I (b)(6) 1>; Trapp, James; Leeds, Eric; Brenner, Eliot; Miller, Charles; Wiggins, Jim; Johnson, Michaei; Sneron, Brian; Schmidt, Rebecca; Haney, Catherine; Pace, Patti; Sosa, Belkys; Nieh, Ho; Sharkey, Jeffry; Harrington, Holly; Jaczko, Gregory; Coggins, Angela; Loyd, Susan; Monninger, John; Pearson, Laura; Warren, Roberta; (b)(6) J>; Maier, Bill; Howell, Linda; Dorman, Dan; McDermott, Brian; vanessa.auinnadhs.qov
Attached, please find a 1330 EST situation report from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding the impacts of the earthquake/tsunami on March 12, 2011. Please note that this information is only being shared within the federal family. Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions. -Sara
Sara K. Mroz Communications and Outreach Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response US Nuclear Regulatory Commission [email protected] [email protected] (Operations Center)
1 El 284 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 7:03 PM To: Reddick, Darani Subject: Re: Japan update
Thanks, (b)(5) At last report, theywere planning on a call at 7:30 tomorrow morning. I'll definitely cover that. Check the sitrep I just forwarded. (b)(5) JThanks again. Pat
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6)
From: Reddick, Darani To: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Sat Mar 12 18:58:18 2011 Subject: Re: Japan update
Sure thing. I'll email everyone a call summary and let you know when the next scheduled call will be. Get some rest!
Darani
From: Castleman, Patrick To: Reddick, Daranf Sent: Sat Mar 12 18:23:40 2011 Subject: Re: Japan update
Darani,
Thanks for the offer. If it's not too much trouble, could you please cover tonight's briefing at 11:30? I'm a little tired and may not be at full strength. I'll definitely cover tomorrow morning's briefing.
Pat
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6)
From: Reddick, Darani To: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Sat Mar .12 17:30:07 2011 Subject: Re: Japan update
Thanks, Pat. I feel bad that you have to field the late night and early morning calls! If you want relief, just holler. :)
From: Castleman, Patrick To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John
El 285 of 445 Sent: Sat Mar 12 16:17:30 2011 Subject: Japan update
Commissioner,
(b)(5)
The next call will be at 2330, and again at 0730. Pat
2 El 286 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 7:32 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: Fw: 0630 Japan event status update Attachments: USNRC Earthquake-Tsunami Update.031211.0730EST.docx
Resent from blackberry to ensure you get the attachment--webmail doesn't appear to forward the attachment).
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman I (b)(6) I
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Sent: Sun Mar 13 06:30:40 2011 Subject: 0630 Japan event status update
I El 287 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 8:18 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: Fw: Just a tweak or two Attachments: Chairman Jaczko_QA3_earthquake031111.docx
This is an updated version of the Q and A I sent earlier.
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman I (b)(6) 1
From: Burnell, Scott To: Franovich, Mike; Orders, William; Snodderly, Michael; Castleman, Patrick Cc: Brenner, Eliot Sent: Sat Mar 12 07:33:49 2011 Subject: Just a tweak or two
Gentlemen;
Just a couple of things courtesy of the EDO.
Scott
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El 288 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 9:56 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey. Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: Fw: Latest talking points Attachments: 03 11 QUAKE talk pts6.docx
Commissioner, here are updated talking points. Pat
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6) I
From: Burnell, Scott To: Franovich, Mike; Orders, William; Snodderly, Michael; Castleman, Patrick Sent: Sat Mar 12 09:41:42 2011 Subject: Latest talking points
And on we go...
El 289 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Reddick, Darani Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 7:22 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: Re: 1830 EST (March 12, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep
Sweet - thanks!
From: Castleman, Patrick To: Reddick, Darani Sent: Sun Mar 13 07:18:30 2011 Subject: RE: 1830 EST (March 12, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep
Good morning Darani,
Thank you so so much for covering last night's call. Your summary was great! I'll be on the 0730 call. Go back to bed.
Pat
From: Reddick, Darani Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 7:13 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: Re: 1830 EST (March 12, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep
Pat - just want to confirm that you'll be on this morning's call? Thanks.
From: Castleman, Patrick To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Sent: Sat Mar 12 19:53:16 2011 Subject: Fw: 1830 EST (March 12, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6)
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El 290 of 445 (b)(6)
Cc: HOO Hoc Sent: Sat Mar 12 18:40:32 2011 Subject: 1830 EST (March 12, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep
Attached, please find a 1830 EST situation report from the US Nucdear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding the impacts of the earthquake/tsunami on March 12, 2011. Please note that this information is "cial-U1se -G'4y" and is only being shared within the federal family. Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions. -Sara
Sara K. Mroz Communications and Outreach Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response US Nuclear Regulatory Commission sara.mroz(nrc.qov LTA07.HOCconrc.gov (Operations Center)
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El 291 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 10:42 AM To: Sharkey, Jeffry Cc: Reddick, Darani Subject: Re: Update on Japan Situation
Thanks, Jeff. It is going to be a long trek. I really appreciate Darani's offer to cover last night's call, and her summary was top notch. Pat
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman I (b)(6) I
From: Sharkey, Jeffry To: Castleman, Patrick Cc: Reddick, Darani Sent: Sun Mar 13 10:37:59 2011 Subject: Re: Update on Japan Situation
Good stuff, Pat.
Thanks to you and Darani for all of your work this weekend in keeping KLS updated on events. We have a long way to go before the situation stabilizes. There will be many calls for action fromall quarters. Staying true to the facts is paramount for us as a regulator.
Jeff
From: Castleman, Patrick To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Sent: Sun Mar 13 08:46:56 2011 Subject: FW: Update on Japan Situation
Commissioner,
I got this ANS blast message in my personal email (b)(5)
Pat
From. (lb)(6) Sent: sunday, March 13, 2011 8:32 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: Fwd: Update on Japan Situation
El 292 of 445 Original----- Message ----- From: Joe Colvin
Dear ANS Members:
I'm sure you are aware of the rapidly developing situation in Japan. The ANS is working on multiple fronts to collect credible information on the incident, and distribute that information through mainstream and social media outlets.
We have communicated with our counterparts at the Atomic Energy Society of Japan to offer any technical or other assistance which may be of help.
We have set up a special page on the ANS blog (http://ansnuclearcafe.org) to aggregate media reports and provide additional information when we consider it to be credible. we are also working to organize television appearances and other media availabilities for our members so that some of the misinformation that has been presented by anti-nuclear groups can be rebutted with facts. Our goal is not necessarily to be the first on the air, but to be the most credible.
Attached you will find some talking points, along with our current analysis of the sequence of events at Fukushima I-1. I encourage you to talk to your social networks to ensure that people have the right facts and the proper perspective on this incident.
Let me know what other actions our Society should be taking during this nuclear incident.
My thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Japan.
Respectfully,
Joe Colvin
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El 293 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 11:42 AM To: Fragoyannis, Nancy Subject: Re: 0630 Japan event status update
You too. I'm off to the gym.
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6)
From: Fragoyannis, Nancy To: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Sun Mar 13 11:41:16 2011 Subject: Re: 0630 Japan event status update
Bill is great - he knows what he is talking about and isn't looking at advancing. Glad he is at the helm. Let's pray the next few days things get better. Hope you have a good day today.
Nancy Fragoyannis
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From: Castleman, Patrick To: Fragoyannis, Nancy Sent: Sun Mar 13 11:37:38 2011 Subject: RE: 0630 Japan event status update
I hope so, too. When a reactor huts down, the core continues to generate what is called decay heat. As the short-lived isotopes decay away, the am nt of decay heat decrea (b)(5)
later. He led the late Friday conference call and the calls that I wag on yesterday (DaraniBill B was covered out of lastpocket night, on blessFriday her--I during was the really day, tired)/but came back (b)(5)
From: Fragoyannis, Nancy Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 11:26 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: Re: 0630 Japan event status update
I hope you are right about diminishing possibility. It would be awful. Any more contact with Weber. Where is Bill B in all of this?
Nancy Fragoyannis Sent from NRC Blackberry 1" (b)(6)
From: Castleman, Patrick To: Fragoyannis, Nancy
El 294 of 445 Sent: Sun Mar 13 11:20:11 2011 Subject: RE: 0630 Japan event status update
Tony Ulses from NRR is already there as part of the USAID teamI I (b)(5)
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From: Fragoyannis, Nancy Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 11:15 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: Re: 0630 Japan event status update
Thanks. Heading in about 10 tonight for the graveyard shift. So really what does this all mean? Still possibility of meltdown? I heard Jim Trapp went to Japan, who else?
Nancy Fragoyannis Sent from NRC Blackberry I (b)(6)
From: Castleman, Patrick To: Fragoyannis, Nancy Sent: Sun Mar 13 07:42:06 2011 Subject: Fw: 0630 Japan event status update
Nancy, close hold please. This is the latest from the ops center. Pat
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El 295 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 2:44 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: Fw: 1400 EDT (March 13, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep Attachments: USNRC Earthquake-Tsunami Update.031311.1400EDT.docx
Next briefing at 1530.
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From: LIA07 Hoc To: Al Coons
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Attached, please find a 1400 EDT situation report from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding the impacts of the earthquake/tsunami on March 13, 2011. Please note that this information is "Qf-+ei4-e-'ýdy" and is only being shared within the federal family. Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions. -Sara
Sara K. Mroz Communications and Outreach Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response US Nuclear Regulatory Commission sara.mroz(nrc.gov LIA07.HOCbnrc.gov (Operations Center)
El 296 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Sunday. March 13. 2011 4:05 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: Fw: 1600 EDT (March 13, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep Attachments: USNRC Earthquake-Tsunami Update.031311.1600EDT.docx
This is the same as the version I sent about an hour and a half ago, (b)(5) (b)(5)
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6) I
From: LIA07 Hoc To: Al Coons
Attached, please find a 1600 EDT situation report from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding the impacts of the earthquake/tsunami on March 13, 2011. This Update includes information related to NRC's evaluation of radiation measurements from the USS Ronald Reagan. Please note that this information is "OffTat O " and is only being shared within the federal family. Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions. -Sara
Sara K. Mroz Communications and Outreach Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response US Nuclear Regulatory Commission sara.mroz(&nrc.cov [email protected] (Operations Center)
El 297 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 4:06 PM To: Fragoyannis, Nancy Subject: Fw: 1600 EDT (March 13, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep Attachments: USNRC Earthquake-Tsunami Update. 031311.1600EDT.docx
Nancy, here is the latest. Pat
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6)
From: LIA07 Hoc To: Al Coons
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Attached, please find a 1600 EDT situation report from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding the impacts of the earthquake/tsunami on March 13, 2011. This Update includes information related to NRC's evaluation of radiation measurements from the USS Ronald Reagan. Please note that this information is "Official UseO,rfv," and is only being shared within the federal family. Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions. -Sara
Sara K. Mroz Communications and Outreach Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response US Nuclear Regulatory Commission sara.mrozdnrc.qov LIAO7.HOC(nrc.qov (Operations Center)
El 298 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Reddick, Darani Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 5:45 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: Re: Latest conference call
No problem. See you tomorrow.
From: Castleman, Patrick To: Reddick, Darani Sent: Sun Mar 13 17:27:41 2011 Subject: Re: Latest conference call
Darani,
Thank you so so much! I'd really appreciate it if you could cover the call. The number and passcode are the same. It should be an interesting call because we'll probably start getting some good info from the NRC guys on the ground.
See you tomorrow. (b)(5) Pat
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6)
From: Reddick, Darani To: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Sun Mar 13 16:49:37 2011 Subject: Re: Latest conference call
Hi Pat,
If there's another call at 2330 that you'd like me to cover, let me know.
Darani
From: Castleman, Patrick To: Svinicki, Kristinie Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Sent: Sun Mar 13 16:38:28 2011 Subject: Latest conference call
Commissioner,
Bill Borchardt led the 1530 conference call. There were 25 participants.
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Pat
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From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011.10:23 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Thoma, John; Reddick, Darani Subject: Fw: 2000 EDT (March 13, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep Attachments: USNRC Earthquake-Tsunami Update.031311 .2000EDT. docx
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6) I
From: LIA07 Hoc To: LIA07 Hoc; Al Coons
Attached, please find a 2000 EDT situation report from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding the impacts of the earthquake/tsunami on March 13, 2011. This Update includes information related to NRC's evaluation of radiation measurements from the USS Ronald Reagan. Please note that this information is "ff ti- Or-" and is only being shared within the federal family. Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions. -Jim
Jim Anderson Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response US Nuclear Regulatory Commission james.andersonnrc.qov LIA07.HOCanrc.gov (Operations Center)
El 301 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 10:40 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine; Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: Fw: 2200 EDT (March 13, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep Attachments: USNRC Earthquake-Tsunami Update.031 311.2200EDT.docx
This is the same as the last message from a few minutes a (b)(5) (b)(5)
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6)
From: LIA07 Hoc To: LIA07 Hoc; Al Coons
Attached, please find a 2200 EDT situation report from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding the impacts of the earthquake/tsunami on March 13, 2011. This Update-includes information related to NRC's evaluation of radiation measurements from the USS Ronald Reagan. Please note that this information is " and is only being shared within the federal family. Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions. -Jim
Jim Anderson Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response US Nuclear Regulatory Commission [email protected] LIA07.HOCbnrc.gov (Operations Center)
El 302 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 10:55 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: Fw: 2230 EDT (March 13, 201,1) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep Attachments: USNRC Earthquake-Tsunami Update.031311 .2230EDT.docx
This is a second update to the previous messages. (b)(5) F _ (b)(5)
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Pqtrirk Castle man (b)(6)
From: LIA07 Hoc To: LIA07 Hoc; Al Coons
Attached, please find a 2230 EDT situation report from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding the impacts of the earthquake/tsunami on March 13, 2011. This Update includes information on the status of Fukushima Daiichi, Unit 3. Please note that this information is "Offfcla Us•e-uly" and is only being shared within the federal family. Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions. -Jim
Jim Anderson Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response US Nuclear Regulatory Commission james.andersonOnrc.gov
El 303 of 445 LIAO7.HOC(nrc.pov (Operations Center)
2 El 304 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman. Patrick Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 5:26 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: Fw: 0430 EDT (March 14, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep Attachments: USNRC Earthquake-Tsunami Update.031411.0430EDT.docx
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6)
From: LIA07 Hoc To: LIA07 Hoc; Al Coons
Attached, please find a 0430 EDT situation report from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding the impacts of the earthquake/tsunami on March 13, 2011. This Update includes information on the status of Fukushima Daiichi, Fukushima Daini, Onagawa, and the US Navy. Please note that this information is "Gf. ial, e nty" and is only being shared within the federal family. Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions. -Jim Jim Anderson Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response US Nuclear Regulatory Commission [email protected]
El 305 of 445 [email protected] (Operations Center)
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El 306 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 7:49 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: FW: 0600 EDT (March 14, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep Attachments: USNRC Earthquake-Tsunami Update.031411.0600EDT.docx
The latest update is attached. [ _ (b)(5) I ~(b)(5)
From: LIA07 Hoc Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 6:16 AM To: LIA07 Hoc; Al Coons; Andersen, James; Anderson, Joseph; Barker, Allan; Batkin, Joshua; Bill King; Bill King 2; Brenner, Eliot; Bubar, Patrice; Castleman, Patrick; Charles Donnell; Coggins, Angela; Collins, Elmo; Conrad Burnside; D Feighert; D Hammons; Dean, Bill; Decker, David; DIA; DIA2; Dorman, Dan; DOT; Droggitis, Spiros; DTRA; Dudek; EOP; EPA; EPA2; Franovich, Mike; Hahn, Matthew; Haney, Catherine; Harrington, Holly; Harry Sherwood; HHS; Hipschman, Thomas; HOO Hoc; Howell, Linda; J H-L; Jaczko, Gregory; Jim Kish; Johanna Berkey; Johnson, Michael; Kahler, Robert; L Hammond; Leeds, Eric; Logaras, Harral; Loyd, Susan; Maier, Bill; Marshall, Michael; McCree, Victor; McDermott, Brian; McNamara, Nancy; Michelle Ralston; Miller, Charles; Miller, Chris; Monninger, John; Nan Calhoun; Navy; Nieh, Ho; NOC; Orders, William; Pace, Patti; Pearson, Laura; Peter Lyons; R McCabe; R Thomson; S Horwitz; Satorius, Mark; Schmidt, Rebecca; Seamus O'Boyle; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sheron, Brian; Snodderly, Michael; Sosa, Belkys; Steve Colman; Thomas Zerr; Tifft, Doug; Timothy Greten; Trapp, James; Trojanowski, Robert; Vanessa Quinn; W Webb; Warren, Roberta; Wiggins, Jim; Williams, Kevin; Wittick, Brian; Woodruff, Gena; Schmidt, Rebecca; Powell, Amy; Loyd, Susan; Coggins, Angela; Batkin, Joshua; [email protected]; NOC; Charles Donnell Cc: LIA09 Hoc; LIA11 Hoc Subject: RE: 0600 EDT (March 14, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep
Attached, please find a 0600 EDT situation report from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding the impacts of the earthquake/tsunami on March 14, 2011. This Update includes information on the Japanese request for US Assistance in cooling Fukushima Daiichi Units 1, 2, and 3. Please note that this information is " .. ' and is only being shared within the federal family. Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions. -Jim Jim Anderson Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response US Nuclear Regulatory Commission [email protected] 1IA07.HOC(3nrc.Qov (Operations Center)
El 307 of 445 Harves, Carolyn
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 8:22 AM To: Reddick, Darani; Harves, Carolyn I @nrp. Janet Cc: Iqnpt Subject: RE:ILenriz (b)(6)
Carolyn,
Thanks for the background. To the extent you are able to share with Darani your plans/strategy for managing yourI (b)(6) it would be greatly appreciated.
Jeff
From: Reddick, Darani Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 8:20 AM To: Harves, Carolyn; Sharkey, Jeffry Cc: Lepre, Janet Subject: Re: (b)(6) OK with me.
From: Harves, Carolyn To: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani Cc: Lepre, Janet Sent: Mon Mar 14 07:47:50 2011 Subject:F- (b)(6)
Darani and Jeff,
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Thank you, Carolyn
El 308 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 9:50 AM To: Fragoyannis, Nancy Subject: RE: How was your shift?
Okey dokey. Do you still want me to feed you information, or are you on distribution?
From: Fragoyannis, Nancy Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 9:48 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: RE: How was your shift?
Yep.
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 9:47 AM To: Fragoyannis, Nancy Subject: RE: How was your shift?
Get some rest. Are you back on duty tonight?
From: Fragoyannis, Nancy Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 9:46 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: RE: How was your shift?
Lot going on. Technical stuff. Exhausted and just finishing up emails and heading home.
Nancy
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 9:24 AM To: Fragoyannis, Nancy Subject: How was your shift?
It sounds like things are not getting any better.
El 309 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Svinicki, Kristine Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 12:45 PM To: Castleman, Patrick; Sharkey, Jeffry Subject: FW: SENSITIVE SRM - COMSECY-1 1-0002 - ACRS Member Reappointments Attachments: SRM-CmSyll-0002.docx
(b)(5)
From: Wright, Darlene Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 12:38 PM To: Adler, James; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Apostolakis, George; Baggett, Steven; Bates, Andrew; Batkin, Joshua; Blake, Kathleen; Bollwerk, Paul; Bozin, Sunny; Bradford, Anna; Brown, Theron; Bubar, Patrice; Bupp, Margaret; Burns, Stephen; Butler, Gail; Castleman, Patrick; Chairman Temp; Clark, Lisa; Coggins, Angela; Cordes, John; Crawford, Carrie; Cutchin, James; Davis, Roger; Dhir, Neha; Doane, Margaret; Fopma, Melody; Franovich, Mike; Gibbs, Catina; Hackett, Edwin; Hart, Ken; Harves, Carolyn; Hawkens, Roy; Hayden, Elizabeth; Henderson, Karen; Herr, Linda; Hipschman, Thomas; Hudson, Sharon; Jimenez, Patricia; KLS Temp; Kock, Andrea; Lepre, Janet; Loyd, Susan; Lui, Christiana; Mamish, Nader; Marshall, Michael; Mitchell, Reggie; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Moore, Scott; Muessle, Mary; Nieh, Ho; OCA Distribution; OPA Resource; Orders, William; Ostendorff, William; Pace, Patti; Perry, Jamila; Poole, Brooke; Rabideau, Peter; Reddick, Darani; Laufer, Richard; RidsEdoDraftSrmVote Resource; RidsOcaaMailCenter Resource; RidsOcfoMailCenter Resource; RidsOgcMailCenter Resource; RidsOigMailCenter Resource; RidsOipMailCenter Resource; Bavol, Rochelle; Rothschild, Trip; Joosten, Sandy; Savoy, Carmel; Sharkey, Jeffry; Shea, Pamela; Snodderly, Michael; Sosa, Belkys; Speiser, Herald; Svinicki, Kristine; Tadesse, Rebecca; Temp, GEA; Temp, WCO; Temp, WDM; Thoma, John; Warnick, Greg; Warren, Roberta; Zorn, Jason Cc: Lewis, Antoinette Subject: SENSITIVE SRM - COMSECY-11-0002 - ACRS Member Reappointments
(ML1 10730394)
Please note the attached SRM is SENSITIVE INFORMATION-LIMITED TO THE NRC UNLESS THE COMMISSION DETERMINES OTHERWISE. These markings will only show up if you print the SRM; you will not see the markings using "view".
In an effort to keep the NRC staff informed of Commission decisions in a timely manner, attached for your information are the Staff Requirements Memoranda (SRMs) signed by the Secretary on March 14, 2011. Please make additional distribution to interested staff members in your office.
El 310 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Monday, March 14; 2011 1:10 PM To: Hart, Ken; Dhir, Neha; Bubar, Patrice; Nieh, Ho; Bavol, Rochelle; Bupp, Margaret; Burns, Stephen; Clark, Lisa; Coggins, Angela; Davis, Roger; Laufer, Richard; Reddick, Darani; Shea, Pamela; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Zorn, Jason; Baggett, Steven; Bradford, Anna; Castleman, Patrick; Kock, Andrea; Tadesse, Rebecca; Thoma, John; Franovich, Mike; Hipschman, Thomas; Batkin, Joshua; Marshall, Michael; Orders, William; Snodderly, Michael; Warnick, Greg Cc: Adler, James; Batkin, Joshua; Blake, Kathleen; Bozin, Sunny; Chairman Temp; Crawford, Carrie; Doane, Margaret; Droggitis, Spiros; EDO_ETAs; Fopma, Melody; Gibbs, Catina; Greathead, Nancy; Harves, Carolyn; Hayden, Elizabeth; Henderson, Karen; Herr, Linda; Hudson, Sharon; Jimenez, Patricia; Joosten, Sandy; KLS Temp; Kreuter, Jane; Lepre, Janet; Lewis, Antoinette; Loyd, Susan; Lui, Christiana; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Moore, Scott; Olive, Karen; Pace, Patti; Pearson, Laura; Poole, Brooke; Rothschild, Trip; Savoy, Carmel; Sosa, Belkys; Speiser, Herald; Svinicki, Kristine; Temp, GEA; Temp, WCO; Temp, WDM; Warren, Roberta; Wright, Darlene; Akstulewicz, Brenda; Allwein, Russell; Belmore, Nancy; Brenner, Eliot; Brown, Milton; Dyer, Jim; Mamish, Nader; Mayberry, Theresa; Mitchell, Reggie; Muessle, Mary; Powell, Amy; Pulley, Deborah; Quesenberry, Jeannette; RidsEdoDraftSrmVote Resource; RidsOgcMailCenter Resource; Schmidt, Rebecca; Smolik, George Subject: RE: Draft SRM on COMGBJ-11-0001 - FY2013 High-Level Planning Guidance Attachments: (b)(5) I
Thanks,
Jeff
From: Hart, Ken Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 9:15 AM To: Dhir, Neha; Bubar, Patrice; Nieh, Ho; Bavol, Rochelle; Bupp, Margaret; Burns, Stephen; Clark, Lisa; Coggins, Angela; Davis, Roger; Hart, Ken; Laufer, Richard; Reddick, Darani; Shea, Pamela; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Zorn, Jason; Baggett, Steven; Bradford, Anna; Castleman, Patrick; Kock, Andrea; Tadesse, Rebecca; Thoma, John; Franovich, Mike; Hipschman, Thomas; Batkin, Joshua; Marshall, Michael; Orders, William; Sharkey, Jeffry; Snodderly, Michael; Warnick, Greg Cc: Adler, James; Batkin, Joshua; Blake, Kathleen; Bozin, Sunny; Chairman Temp; Crawford, Carrie; Doane, Margaret; Droggitis, Spiros; EDO ETAs; Fopma, Melody; Gibbs, Catina; Greathead, Nancy; Harves, Carolyn; Hayden, Elizabeth; Henderson, Karen; Herr, Linda; Hudson, Sharon; Jimenez, Patricia; Joosten, Sandy; KLS Temp; Kreuter, Jane; Lepre, Janet; Lewis, Antoinette; Loyd, Susan; Lui, Christiana; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Moore, Scott; Olive, Karen; Pace, Patti; Pearson, Laura; Poole, Brooke; Rothschild, Trip; Savoy, Carmel; Sosa, Belkys; Speiser, Herald; Svinicki, Kristine; Temp, GEA; Temp, WCO; Temp, WDM; Warren, Roberta; Wright, Darlene; Akstulewicz, Brenda; Allwein, Russell; Belmore, Nancy; Brenner, Eliot; Brown, Milton; Dyer, Jim; Mamish, Nader; Mayberry, Theresa; Mitchell, Reggie; Muessle, Mary; Powell, Amy; Pulley, Deborah; Quesenberry, Jeannette; RidsEdoDraftSrmVote Resource; RidsOgcMailCenter Resource; Schmidt, Rebecca; Smolik, George Subject: Draft SRM on COMGBJ-11-0001 - FY2013 High-Level Planning Guidance
Please review the changes to the draft SRM on COMGBJ-1 1-0001 (FY2013 High-Level Planning Guidance) in the attached file (gbjl 1-0001 .b.docx). This is Version B. Please respond by March 15, 2011.
Note that changes shown in Version B reflect new proposals or areas where a majority position is not yet clear.
Thanks. Ken El 311 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 1:20 PM To: Sharkey, Jeffry Subject: RE: FOLLOWUP FROM COS MEETING - (b)(5)
Thanks.
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 12:04 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Castleman, Patrick; Reddick, Darani Subject: FW: FOLLOWUP FROM COS MEETING - (b)(5)
FYI
From: Vietti-Cook, Annette Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 11:51 AM To: Sharkey, Jeffry; Coggins, Angela; Sosa, Belkys; Nieh, Ho; Bubar, Patrice Cc: Rothschild, Trip; Champ, Billie; McKelvin, Sheila; Mike, Linda Subject: FOLLOWUP FROM COS MEETING -1 (b)(5) I
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1 El 312 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 2:14 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: Fw: 1330 EDT (March 14, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep Attachments: USNRC Earthquake-Tsunami Update.031411.1330EDT.docx
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Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6)
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Cc: LIA09 Hoc; LIA1I Hoc Sent: Mon Mar 14 14:06:39 2011 Subject: 1330 EDT (March 14, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep
Attached, please find a 1330 EDT situation report from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding the impacts of the earthquake/tsunami on March 14, 2011. This Update includes information on the Japanese request for US Assistance in cooling Fukushima Daiichi Units 1, 2, and 3. Please note that this information is "GfftdaUenly" and is only being shared within the federal family. Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions.
El 313 of 445 Yen Chen US Nuclear Regulatory Commission [email protected] (Operations Center)
El 314 of 445 Lepre, Janet
From: CMRSVINICKI Resource Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 3:29 PM To: Lepre, Janet; Harves, Carolyn Subject: FW: Why are you silent?
Original----- Message ----- From: Roger Mattson [mailto (b)(6) Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 2:43 PM To: CMRAPOSTOLAKIS Resource; CMRSVINICKI Resource; CMRMAGWOOD Resource; CMROSTENDORFF Resource; [email protected] Cc: OPA Resource Subject: Why are you silent?
Dear NRC Commissioners,
Having lived through the accident and the public relations nightmare of TMI, I have a special empathy for your current situation. However, I am writing to tell you that you are making a tragic mistake with respect to Fukushima.
Americans from coast to coast are concerned for the events unfolding there. Many of them write and call me asking for answers. However, I can speak to only a few of them and even then I have no reliable information. Meanwhile the media are full of wannabe experts operating on too little information. Confusion reigns and you remain silent. That is the mistake of which I speak.
I am sure that you too have a dearth of information, but you have more than the rest of us. And you can, if you choose, tell us what is really going on. In addition, sketchy information is beginning to leak out that causes more questions than it provides answers. For example, where is the fuel handling crane that we see missing from the satellite photos after the hydrogen explosion in Unit 3? Are all three reactor vessels at high pressure discharging steam through the SRVs to the torus or are they all at lower pressure discharging steam through the MSIVs to the turbines? Why isn't the sea water getting into the reactor vessels? If plant radiation is being detected 100 miles off shore, why have the IAEA and the Japanese classified this as a local event? I could go on, but you get the picture.
Once upon a time, in the heat of the moment, I asked NRC Chairman Hendrie who he was protecting by not ordering a precautionary evacuation at TMI. That simple question got us off the dime and we at least moved children and pregnant women away from the plant.
I ask you now; who are you protecting by remaining silent?
If it is the industry, then you are on the wrong course. The industry is way ahead of you in informing the public to the best of its ability. Marvin Fertel, NEI's president, is a hero in my book for going on "Meet the Press" yesterday, but I wager that his information is more sketchy than yours.
If it is your reputation, then you run a great risk. Your reputation and the respect that the American people have long held for the NRC are eroding hour by hour as this tragedy unfolds.
If it is our relations with the Japanese, then tell them that you must speak now to fulfill your obligations to Americans and then offer any aid with the accident and its aftermath that you can possibly provide.
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El 315 of 445 Meanwhile, other federal agencies are doing their best to keep us informed, e.g., NOAA, NASA, and USGS. But you are the keepers of nuclear safety wisdom. We look to you for that, more than anyone else.
One of you should hold a news conference yet today and tell us what you know and what you do not know.
Speak! Please.
Roger
Roger J. Mattson, PhD
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El 316 of 445 Lepre, Janet
From: Lepre, Janet Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 3:50 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry Subject: FW: Why are you silent? Attachments: FW: Why are you silent?
FYI, please see the attached e-mail from Roger Mattson.
Jan
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El 317 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 5:26 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: Re: 1530 Conference Call
I will request them.
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6)
From: Svinicki, Kristine To: Castleman, Patrick Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Sent: Mon Mar 14 17:17:02 2011 Subject: RE: 1530 Conference Call
Thanks. Members of the Commission have not received updated Q&As or talking points in some days. It might be good for us to have the current version.
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 4:12 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: 1530 Conference Call
Commissioner,
Marty Virgilio briefed the 1530 conference call, which had 28 participants.
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2 El 319 of 445 Sharkey, Jeffry
From: Gibbs, Catina Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 5:14 PM To: Baggett, Steven; Batkin, Joshua; Blake, Kathleen; Bozin, Sunny; Bradford, Anna; Bubar, Patrice; Bupp, Margaret; Chairman Temp; Clark, Lisa; Coggins, Angela;, Cordes, John; Crawford, Carrie; Davis, Roger; Fopma, Melody;, Franovich, Mike; Gibbs, Catina; Hart, Ken;, Harves, Carolyn;, Herr, Linda; Hipschman, Thomas; KLS Temp; Kock, Andrea; Lepre, Janet; Loyd, Susan; Mamish, Nader; Marshall, Michael; Monninger, John; Orders, William; Pace, Patti; Poole, Brooke; Reddick, Darani; Laufer, Richard; Bavol, Rochelle-, Rothschild, Trip;, Savoy, Carmel; Sharkey, Jeffry: Shea, Pamnela;' Snodderly, Michael; Sosa, Belkys; Speiser, Herald; Svinicki, Kristine- Temp, WCO; Temp, WDM; Thoma, John; Warren, Roberta; Zorn, Jason; Apostolakis, George;, Temp, GEA; Tadesse, Rebecca; Castleman, Patrick; Montes, David; Dhir, Neha; Adler, James; Jimenez, Patricia;, Muessle, Mary;, Nieh, Ho; Ostendorif, William;, Warnick, Greg;. Sexton, Kimberly;, Pearson, Laura Cc: Lewis, Antoinette; Wright, Darlene Subject: Chairman Jaczko's Supplemental vote on SECY-1 1-0 028 (Part 26 managing fatigue) Attachments: Supplemental GBJ-cmt-SP1 1-0028.doc
Attached please find Chairman Jaczko's approved/disapproved vote with attached comments supplemental to his vote dated 3/4/11.
El 320 of 445 NOTATION VOTE
RESPONSE SHEET
TO: Annette Vietti-Cook, Secretary
FROM: Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko
SUBJECT: SECY-11-0028 - OPTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING AN ALTERNATIVE INTERIM REGULATORY APPROACH TO THE MINIMUM DAYS OFF PROVISIONS OF 10 CFR PART 26, SUBPART I, "MANAGING FATIGUE"
Approved X Disapproved X Abstain __
Not Participating _
COMMENTS: Below X Attached X None
The attached comments supplement my vote dated 3/4/11.
/RA! SIGNATURE
3/11/11 DATE
Entered on "STARS" Yes x No
El 321 of 445 Chairman Jaczko's Supplemental Comments on SECY-11-0028, "Options for Implementing an Alternative Interim Regulatory Approach to the Minimum Days Off Provisions Of 10 CFR Part 26, Subpart I, Managing Fatigue"
I appreciate Commissioners Apostolakis' and Ostendorff's support for use of an accelerated limited scope rulemaking to provide an alternative requirement to the non-outage minimum days off requirements in 10 CFR Part 26, Subpart I. Considering the much shorter timeframe it will take to issue an accelerated limited scope rulemaking, I agree with my colleagues that the use of enforcement discretion that is tied to the implementation of an accelerated limited scope rulemaking would be appropriate in this circumstance.
IRA/ 3/11/11 Gregory B. Jaczko Date
El 322 of 445 Sharkey, Jeffry
From: Gibbs, Catina Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 5:16 PM To: Baggett, Steven; Batkin, Joshua; Blake, Kathleen; Bozin, Sunny; Bradford, Anna;, Bubar, Patrice; Bupp, Margaret;, Chairman. Temp; Clark, Lisa; Coggins, Angela; Cordes, John; Crawford, Carrie; Davis, Roger; Fopma, Melody; Franovich, Mike; Gibbs, Catina; Hart, Ken; Harves, Carolyn; Herr, Linda; Hipschman, Thomas; KLS Temp; Kock, Andrea; Lepre, Janet; Loyd, Susan;, Mamish, Nader; Marshall, Michael; Monninger, John; Orders, William; Pace, Patti; Poole, Brooke; Reddick, Darani; Laufer, Richard; Bavol, Rochelle; Rothschild, Trip; Savoy, Carmel: Sharkey, Jeffry; Shea, Pamela; Snodderly, Michael; Sosa, Belkys; Speiser, Herald; Svinicki, Kristine; Temp, WCO; Temp, WDM; Thoma, John; Warren, Roberta; Zorn, Jason; Apostolakis, George;, Temp, GEA; Tadlesse, Rebecca; Castleman, Patrick; Montes, David; Dhir, Neha;, Adler, James; Jimenez, Patricia;, Muessle, Mary; Nieh, Cc: Ho; Ostendorff, William; Warnick, Greg; Sexton, Kimberly;, Pearson, Laura Lewis, Antoinette; Wright, Darlene Subject: Chairman Jaczko's Supplemental vote on SECY-1 1-0003 (Status of enforcement discretion request and rulemaking... Part 26... Managing Fatigue) Attachments: Supplemental GBJ-cmt-SP1 1-0003.docx
Attached please find Chairman Jaczko's approved/disapproved vote with attached comments supplemental to his vote dated 2/16/11.
El 323 of 445 NOTATION VOTE
RESPONSE SHEET
TO: Annette Vietti-Cook, Secretary
FROM: Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko
SUBJECT: SECY-11-0003- STATUS OF ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION REQUEST AND RULEMAKING ACTIVITIES RELATED TO 10 CFR PART 26, SUBPART I, "MANAGING FATIGUE"
Approved X Disapp'roved X Abstain
Not Participating __
COMMENTS: Below X Attached X None
The attached comments supplement my vote dated 2/16/11.
IRA/ SIGNATURE
3/11/11 DATE
Entered on "STARS" Yes x No
El 324 of 445 Chairman Jaczko's Supplemental Comments on
SECY-11-0003, "Status of Enforcement Discretion Request and Rulemaking Activities Related To 10 CFR Part 26, Subpart I, Managing Fatigue"
I appreciate Commissioners Apostolakis' and Ostendorff's support for use of an accelerated limited scope rulemaking to provide an alternative requirement to the non-outage minimum days off requirements in 10 CFR Part 26, Subpart I. Considering the much shorter timeframe it will take to issue an accelerated limited scope rulemaking, I agree with my colleagues that the use of enforcement discretion that is tied to the implementation of an accelerated limited scope rulemaking would be appropriate in this circumstance.
IRA/ 3/11/11 Gregory B. Jaczko Date
El 325 of 445 Sharkey, Jeffry
From: Marshall, Michael Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 6:45 PM To: Hart, Ken; Baggett, Steven; Bavol, Rochelle; Castleman, Patrick; Franovich, Mike; Hipschman, Thomas; Batkin, Joshua; Laufer, Richard; Orders, William; Sharkey, Jeffry; Shea, Pamela; Snodderly, Michael; Thoma, John; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Warnick, Greg Cc: Hackett, Edwin; Adler, James; Batkin, Joshua; Blake, Kathleen; Bozin, Sunny; Bubar, Patrice; Burns, Stephen; Chairman Temp; Clark, Lisa; Crawford, Carrie; Davis, Roger; Dhir, Neha; Doane, Margaret; Droggitis, Spiros; EDO_ETAs; Fopma, Melody; Gibbs, Catina; Greathead, Nancy; Harves, Carolyn; Hayden, Elizabeth; Henderson, Karen; Herr, Linda; Hudson, Sharon; Jimenez, Patricia; Joosten, Sandy; KLS Temp; Kreuter, Jane; Lepre, Janet; Lewis, Antoinette; Loyd, Susan; Lui, Christiana; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Moore; Scott; Nieh, Ho; Olive, Karen; Pace, Patti; Pearson, Laura; Poole, Brooke; Reddick, Darani; Rothschild, Trip; Savoy, Carmel; Sosa, Belkys; Speiser, Herald; Svinicki, Kristine; Temp, GEA; Temp, WCO; Temp, WDM; Warren, Roberta; Wright, Darlene Subject: RE: Draft SRM on COMSECY-1 1-0002 - ACRS Reappointments
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Michael L. Marshall, Jr. Policy Advisor for Reactors Office of the Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Phone: 301-415-1750 Ernail: michael.marshall(,nrc..qov
From: Hart, Ken Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 4:04 PM To: Baggett, Steven; Bavol, Rochelle; Castleman, Patrick; Franovich, Mike; Hart, Ken; Hipschman, Thomas; Batkin, Joshua; Laufer, Richard; Marshall, Michael; Orders, William; Sharkey, Jeffry; Shea, Pamela; Snodderly, Michael; Thoma, John; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Warnick, Greg Cc: Hackett, Edwin; Adler, James; Batkin, Joshua; Blake, Kathleen; Bozin, Sunny; Bubar, Patrice; Burns, Stephen; Chairman Temp; Clark, Lisa; Crawford, Carrie; Davis, Roger; Dhir, Neha; Doane, Margaret; Droggitis, Spiros; EDO ETAs; Fopma, Melody; Gibbs, Catina; Greathead, Nancy; Harves, Carolyn; Hayden, Elizabeth; Henderson, Karen; Herr, Linda; Hudson, Sharon; Jimenez, Patricia; Joosten, Sandy; KLS Temp; Kreuter, Jane; Lepre, Janet; Lewis, Antoinette; Loyd, Susan; Lui, Christiana; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Moore, Scott; Nieh, Ho; Olive, Karen; Pace, Patti; Pearson, Laura; Poole, Brooke; Reddick, Darani; Rothschild, Trip; Savoy, Carmel; Sosa, Belkys; Speiser, Herald; Svinicki, Kristine; Temp, GEA; Temp, WCO; Temp, WDM; Warren, Roberta; Wright, Darlene Subject: Draft SRM on COMSECY-11-0002 - ACRS Reappointments
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Thanks, Ken
El 326 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 9:28 PM To: Reddick, Darani Subject: Fw: ACTION: Commissioners Assistants Briefing Notification
Hi, Darani,
Forwarding this FYI, knowing that you are already aware. Thanks again for covering this call. Just saw on the news that there are new developments that may not be good.
Pat
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6)
From: ANS.HOCcnrc.qov
There will be an Commissioners Assistants Briefing given by the NRC HQ at 23:30 concerning the Reactor Events in Japan. Call (b)(6) approximately 5 minutes before the scheduled start time. When prompted, enter security codeF(b)(6) You may call 301-816-5164 at this time and follow the voice prompts if you do not wish to receive this notification from our Automatic Notification System.
El 327 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 7:25 AM To: Harves, Carolyn; Sharkey, Jeffry; Thoma, John; Reddick, Darani Cc: Lepre, Janet Subject: Re: FYI: Talking Points & Q&As
Thanks, Carolyn. All, I took the 6 am call and am leaving home now.
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman l (b)(6)
From: Harves, Carolyn To: Sharkey, Jeffry; Thoma, John; Reddick, Darani; Castleman, Patrick Cc: Lepre, Janet Sent: Tue Mar 15 07:06:17 2011 Subject: FW: FYI: Talking Points & Q&As
From: LIA07 Hoc Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 6:27 PM To: Pace, Patti; Speiser, Herald; Gibbs, Catina; Lepre, Janet; Harves, Carolyn; Blake, Kathleen; Savoy, Carmel; Crawford, Carrie; Jimenez, Patricia; Herr, Linda; Bozin, Sunny Subject: FYI: Talking Points & Q&As
Per request, attached are the latest talking points and Q&As for all Commissioners' offices.
El 328 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 7:27 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: Fw: FYI: Talking Points & Q&As Attachments: Talking Points 2.pdf; Talking Points for Chairman 245 PM 3-14-11 .doc; State Q&A Rev 1.pdf
As requested.
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6) I
From: Harves, Carolyn To: Sharkey, Jeffry; Thoma, John; Reddick, Darani; Castleman, Patrick Cc: Lepre, Janet Sent: Tue Mar 15 07:06:17 2011 Subject: FW: FYI: Talking Points & Q&As
From: LIA07 Hoc Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 6:27 PM To: Pace, Patti; Speiser, Herald; Gibbs, CaUna; Lepre, Janet; Harves, Carolyn; Blake, Kathleen; Savoy, Carmel; Crawford, Carrie; Jimenez, Patricia; Herr, Linda; Bozin, Sunny Subject: FYI: Talking Points & Q&As
Per request, attached are the latest talking points and Q&As for all Commissioners'. offices.
El 329 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 8:22 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry: Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: Fw: 0730 EDT (March 15, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep Attachments: USNRC Earthquake-Tsunami Update.031511.0730EDT.docx
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6)
From: LIA07 Hoc To: F (b)(6)
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Cc: LIA07 Hoc; LIA09 Hoc; LIA11 Hoc Sent: Tue Mar 15 07:48:14 2011 Subject: 0730 EDT (March 15, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep
Attached, please find a 0730 EDT situation report from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding the impacts of the earthquake/tsunami on March 15, 2011. This Update includes information on the Fukushima Daiichi Units 2 and 4. Please note that this information is '"cffical Use OWn" and is only being shared within the federal family. Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions. -Jim
El 330 of 445 Jim Anderson Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response US Nuclear Regulatory Commission james.andersonCnrc.gov LIAO7.HOC~nrc.gov (Operations Center)
El 331 of 445 Sharkey, Jeffry
From: Wittick, Brian Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:14 AM To: Sharkey, Jeffry Cc: Lepre, Janet Subject:. FW: INPO SNPM visit
Jeff,
I wanted to check with you on whether the Commissioner can support the INPO SNPM seminar on 2 May. We will soon need to be able to ask one of the other Commissioners to support if Commissioner Svinicki is unable, and I have been holding off scheduling the rest of the agenda until I have a Commissioner confirmed.
Thanks for your assistance.
Brian Wittick Executive Technical Assistant for Reactors Office of the Executive Director for Operations U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 301-415-2496 (w):I (b)(6) (C)
From: Lepre, Janet Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 2:43 PM To: Wittick, Brian Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry Subject: RE: INPO SNPM visit
Hi Brian. We will get back to you on this request.
Thank you.
Jan
From: Wittick, Brian Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 1:29 PM To: Lepre, Janet Subject: INPO SNPM visit
Janet,
Any word on the Commissioner supporting the May 2 INPO SNPM visit?
Thanks, Brian Wittick Executive Technical Assistant for Reactors Office of the Executive Director for Operations U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 301-415-2496 (w); (b)(6) (c)
El 332 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:16 AM To: Milligan, Patricia Subject: RE: And another one...
Call when you have time.
From: Milligan, Patricia Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:14 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: Re: And another one...
Yep Sent from my NRC Blackberry Patricia A Milliqan, CHP RPh (b)(6)
From: Castleman, Patrick To: Milligan, Patricia Sent: Tue Mar 15 10:12:04 2011 Subject: RE: And another one...
No doubt. I've been doing the conference calls and feeding info to my boss. Are you on the PMT?
From: Milligan, Patricia Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:10 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: Re: And another one...
Working backshift at ops center. Interesting events. (b)(5) Sent from my NRC Blackberry Patricia A Milli an, CHP RPh S (b)(6)
From: Castleman, Patrick To: Milligan, Patricia Sent: Tue Mar 15 10:09:18 2011 Subject: And another one... of your favorite people:
Suppliers Said To Be Running Out Of KI Stocks. The Wall Street Journal (3/15, Rockoff) reports that some manufacturers are running low of potassium iodide supplies, as Americans take steps to guard against radiation contamination of the thyroid gland. Anbex Inc., a leading supplier, rapidly exhausted its stocks of 14-tablet KI packages and Alan Morris, who heads up the firm said they were receiving about three orders a minute for the $10 packages.
El 333 of 445 Castleman, Patrick From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 1:58 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: FW: 1330 EDT (March 15, 2011) USNRC EarthquakelTsunami SitRep Attachments: USNRC Earthquake-Tsunami Update.031511 .1330EDT.docx
Latest sitrep attached. No word on when the next conference call will occur.
From: LIA07 Hoc Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 1:55 PM To: LIA07 Hoc Cc: LIA09 Hoc; LIA$1 Hoc; LIA01 Hoc; HOO Hoc Subject: 1330 EDT (March 15, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep
Attached, please find a 1330 EDT situation report from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding the impacts of the earthquake/tsunami on March 15, 2011. This Update includes information on dose rates near Fukushima Daiichi, Fukushima Daiichi plant parameters, and NRC PMT hypothetical Worst Case Analyses. Please note that this information is "OffiaUse ýO " and is only being shared within the federal family. Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions. -Jim
Jim Anderson Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response US Nuclear Regulatory Commission james.anderson@ nrc.qov LIA07.HOCdnrc.qov (Operations Center)
El 334 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 3:55 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Lepre, Janet' Sharkey, Jeffry, Reddick, Darani Subject: FW: DRAFT SRM - SECY-10-0137 - Proposed Rule: Requirements for Access Authorization and Physical Protection During Nuclear Power Plant Construction (RIN 3150-A165)
Commissioner,
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From: Bavol, Rochelle Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 3:46 PM To: Baggett, Steven; Bavol, Rochelle; Castleman, Patrick; Franovich, Mike; Hart, Ken; Hipschman, Thomas; Batkin, Joshua; Laufer, Richard; Marshall, Michael; Orders, William; Sharkey, Jeffry; Shea, Pamela; Snodderly, Michael; Thoma, John; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Warnick, Greg; Pearson, Laura Cc" Adler, James; Batkin, Joshua; Bavol, Rochelle; Blake, Kathleen; Bozin, Sunny; Bubar, Patrice; Burns, Stephen; Chairman Temp; Clark, Lisa; Crawford, Carrie; Davis, Roger; Dhir, Neha; Doane, Margaret; Droggitis, Spiros; EDO ETAs; Fopma, Melody; Gibbs, Catina; Greathead, Nancy; Hart, Ken; Harves, Carolyn; Hayden, Elizabeth; Henderson, Karen; Herr, Linda; Hudson, Sharon; Jimenez, Patricia; Joosten, Sandy; KLS Temp; Kreuter, Jane; Laufer, Richard; Lepre, Janet; Lewis, Antoinette; Loyd, Susan; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Moore, Scott; Nieh, Ho; Olive, Karen; Pace, Patti; Pearson, Laura; Poole, Brooke; Reddick, Darani; Rothschild, Trip; Savoy, Carmel; Sharkey, Jeffry; Shea, Pamela; Sosa, Belkys; Speiser, Herald; Svinicki, Kristine; Temp, GEA; Temp, WCO; Temp, WDM; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Warren, Roberta; Wright, Darlene Subject: FW: DRAFT SRM - SECY-10-0137 - Proposed Rule: Requirements for Access Authorization and Physical Protection During Nuclear Power Plant Construction (RIN 3150-A165)
Note staff comments on this draft SRM provided below.
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From: Andersen, James Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 3:38 PM To: Hart, Ken; Laufer, Richard; Bavol, Rochelle Cc: Sanfilippo, Nathan; Johnson, Michael; Holahan, Gary; Matthews, David; Williams, Donna Subject: FW: DRAFT SRM - SECY-10-0137 - Proposed Rule: Requirements for Access Authorization and Physical Protection During Nuclear Power Plant Construction (RIN 3150-A165)
SECY, please forward on as appropriate.
OEDO respectively submits the following comment on the subject draft SRM for Commission consideration:
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El 335 of 445 (b)(5)
From: RidsEdoDraftSrmVote Resource Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 9:15 AM To: Ash, Darren; Borchardt, Bill; Boyd, Lena; Buckley, Patricia; Clarke, Deanna; Cohen, Miriam; EDO-StaffAssistants; Flory, Shirley; Fry, Jeannie; Garland, Stephanie; Johnson, Michael; Mamish, Nader; Matakas, Gina; Miles, Patricia; Miller, Charles; Owen, Lucy; Riddick, Nicole; RidsAdmMailCenter Resource; RidsCsoMailCenter Resource; RidsFsmeOd Resource; RidsHrMailCenter Resource; RidsNmssOd Resource; RidsNroMailCenter Resource; RidsNrrOd Resource; RidsNsirMailCenter Resource; RidsOeMailCenter Resource; RidsOiMailCenter Resource; RidsOIS Resource; RidsResOd Resource; RidsRgnlMailCenter Resource; RidsRgn2MailCenter Resource; RidsRgn3MailCenter Resource; RidsRgn4MailCenter Resource; RidsSbcrMailCenter Resource; Thomas, Loretta; Virgilio, Martin; Walker, Dwight; Weber, Michael Subject: FW: DRAFT SRM - SECY-10-0137 - Proposed Rule: Requirements for Access Authorization and Physical Protection During Nuclear Power Plant Construction (RIN 3150-A165)
From: Lewis, Antoinette Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 4:27 PM To: Baggett, Steven; Bates, Andrew; Batkin, Joshua; Bavol, Rochelle; Blake, Kathleen; Bozin, Sunny; Bradford, Anna; Bubar, Patrice; Bupp, Margaret; Bums, Stephen; Chairman Temp; Clark, Lisa; Coggins, Angela; Cordes, John; Crawford, Carrie; Davis, Roger; Fopma, Melody; Franovich, Mike; Gibbs, Catina; Hackett, Edwin; Hart, Ken; Harves, Carolyn; Henderson, Karen; Herr, Linda; Hipschman, Thomas; Hudson, Sharon; Joosten, Sandy; KLS Temp; Kock, Andrea; Laufer, Richard; Lepre, Janet; Loyd, Susan; Mamish, Nader; Marshall, Michael; Monninger, John; Moore, Scott; Orders, William; Pace, Patti; Poole, Brooke; Reddick, Darani; RidsEdoDraftSrmVote Resource; Rothschild, Trip; Savoy, Carmel; Sharkey, Jeffry; Shea, Pamela; Snodderly, Michael; Sosa, Belkys; Speiser, Herald; Svinicki, Kristine; Temp, GEA; Temp, WCO; Temp, WDM; Thoma, John; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Warren, Roberta; Zorn, Jason; Tadesse, Rebecca; Joosten, Sandy; Castleman, Patrick; Montes, David; Dhir, Neha; Adler, James; Jimenez, Patricia; Muessle, Mary; Nieh, Ho; Ostendorff, William; Warnick, Greg; Apostolakis, George; Sexton, Kimberly; Pearson, Laura; Lui, Christiana Cc: Wright, Darlene; Lewis, Antoinette Subject: DRAFT SRM - SECY-10-0137 - Proposed Rule: Requirements for Access Authorization and Physical Protection During Nuclear Power Plant Construction (RIN 3150-A165)
The attached file contains a draft SRM which is being circulated for the normal 3-day period for Commission review. As provided in the Internal Commission Procedures, the staff is "...afforded an opportunity to review the SRM to ensure that the Commission decision is clear and understandable and that resource, schedular, and legal constraints are properly considered." Please provide any responses to Ken Hart (KRH), Richard Laufer (RJL), Rochelle Bavol (RCB5), and Pam Shea (PWS).
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El 336 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 4:27 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Reddick, Darani; Castleman, Patrick Subject: Crystal 3
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On March 14, Progress Energy identified additional delamination in the Crystal River Unit 3 containment. The licensee was nearing the completion of the tendon tensioning process when acoustic monitors identified an unusual noise signature. Subsequent analysis by impulse- response testing confirmed that new delamination had developed. In light of this information, the public meeting scheduled for March 22 to discuss the plant's restart may be postponed.
El 337 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:39 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Reddick, Darani: Castleman, Patrick Subject: Fw: Prep Material for Attachments: Chairman JaczkoQA7_031511.docx -
From: Bradford, Anna To: Bubar, Patrice; Sharkey, Jeffry;Sosa, Belkys; Nieh, Ho Cc: Batkin, Joshua; Coggins, Angela Sent: Tue Mar 15 18:37:31 2011 Subject: RE: Prep Material for
Hi Patty,
Attached are the Q&As that we received from OPA at 11:30 today. I'm not sure if the other Commission offices already received it or not, so I apologize if this is a duplicate. Anyway, this is the most recent version that we have.
Anna Bradford Policy Advisor for Nuclear Materials Office of Chairman Jaczko U.S. Nuclear Reguiatory Commission 301-415-1827
From: Bubar, Patrice Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:17 PM To: Coggins, Angela; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sosa, Belkys; Nieh, Ho Cc: Batkin, Joshua; Bradford, Anna Subject: RE: Prep Material for
Angela - please clarify how this material relates to the hearing tomorrow. Is there a prepared statement the Chairman is using tomorrow?
I don't believe Commissioner Magwood's office has received the Qs and As from OPA.
Additionally - please clarify what the Chairman will be using as remarks at the meeting/hearing with the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee tomorrow.
Thank you.
Patty Bubar Chief of Staff Office of Commissioner William D. Magwood U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 301-415-1895
El 338 of 445 From: Coggins, Angela Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 5:57 PM To: Sharkey, Jeffry; Sosa, Belkys; Bubar, Patrice; Nieh, Ho Cc: Batkin, Joshua; Bradford, Anna Subject: Prep Material for
I-i ever3one! In addition to the Q&,As that I believe you alheady received f'orn OPA, this is a one-pager that staff has been updating for the Chairman's use and that Mr. Borchardt used as prep for today's hill briefing. 1 believe it is just a surnmm"ar of the more detailed status reports you receive, but in case you find it useful, I thought I would provide. Thanks!
Angela B. Coggins Policv Director Office of Chairman Gregoiry1. ,Jaczko U.S. Nuclear Regulatory' Comranission :3o0-41.5-1828/aneta.coggins anrc.gov
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El 339 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 7:20 PM To: Sharkey, Jeffry: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Reddick, Darani Subject: RE: Prep Material for
Some recommendations to consider:
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:38 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Reddick, Darani; Castleman, Patrick Subject: Fw: Prep Material for
From: Bradford, Anna To: Bubar, Patrice; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sosa, Belkys; Nieh, Ho Cc: Batkin, Joshua; Coggins, Angela Sent: Tue Mar 15 18:37:31 2011 Subject: RE: Prep Material for
Hi Patty,
Attached are the Q&As that we received from OPA at 11:30 today. I'm not sure if the other Commission offices already received it or not, so I apologize if this is a duplicate. Anyway, this is the most recent version that we have.
Anna Bradford Policy Advisor for Nuclear Materials Office of Chairman Jaczko U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 301-415-1827
El 340 of 445 From: Bubar, Patrice Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:17 PM To: Coggins, Angela; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sosa, Belkys; Nieh, Ho Cc: Batkin, Joshua; Bradford, Anna Subject: RE: Prep Material for
Angela - please clarify how this material relates to the hearing tomorrow. Is there a prepared statement the Chairman is using tomorrow?
I don't believe Commissioner Magwood's office has received the Qs and As from OPA.
Additionally - please clarify what the Chairman will be using as remarks at the meeting/hearing with the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee tomorrow.
Thank you.
Patty Bubar Chief of Staff Office of Commissioner William D. Magwood U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 301-415-1895
From: Coggins, Angela Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 5:57 PM To: Sharkey, Jeffry; Sosa, Belkys; Bubar, Patrice; Nieh, Ho Cc: Batkin, Joshua; Bradford, Anna Subject: Prep Material for
Hi everyone! In addition to the Q&As that I believe you already received from OPA, this is a one-pager that staff has been updating for the Chairman's use and that NIMr.Borchardt used as prep for today's hill briefing. I believe it is just a summary of the more detailed status reports you receive, but in case you find it useful, I thought I would provide. Thanks!
Angela B. Coggins Policy Director Office of Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 01-4,.1i-1828/[email protected]
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El 341 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Svinicki, Kristine Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 8:22 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: RE; Was there an afternoon call today?
Got it Thavi..:4
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 7:55 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine; Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani Subject: Re: Was there an afternoon call today?
They have changed the schedule. We now have calls at 0800 and 2000. I will be on the call in just a few minutes and will report afterward.
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6)
From: Svinicki, Kristine To: Castleman, Patrick; Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani Sent: Tue Mar 15 19:51:42 2011 Subject: Was there an afternoon call today?
Or will we wa;i a soih ,I;\; " an update? Is there an 11:30?
From: LIA07 Hoc Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 1:55 PM To: LIA07 Hoc Cc: LIA09 Hoc; LIAll Hoc; LIA01 Hoc; HOO Hoc Subject: 1330 EDT (March 15, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep
Attached, please find a 1330 EDT situation report from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding the impacts of the earthquake/tsunami on March 15, 2011. This Update includes information on dose rates near Fukushima Daiichi, Fukushima Daiichi plant parameters, and NRC PMT hypothetical Worst Case Analyses. Please note that , I, t:on is "Omcia ýu y" and is only being shared within the federal family. Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions. -Jim
Jim Anderson Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response US Nuclear Regulatory Commission [email protected] LIA07.HOCInrc.nov (Operations Center)
El 342 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:50 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Reddick, Darani; Castleman, Patrick; Thoma, John Subject: Fw: Prepared text of NRC Chairman Jaczko's oral statement Attachments: FINAL - GBJ oral statement 031611 .docx
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From: Powell, Amy To: Sharkey, Jeffry; Bubar, Patrice; Sosa, Belkys; Nieh, Ho; Batkin, Joshua Cc: Coggins, Angela; Schmidt, Rebecca Sent: Tue Mar 15 22:03:44 2011 Subject: Prepared text of NRC Chairman Jaczko's oral statement
Hi all -
Attached is the prepared text for Chairman Jaczko's oral statement tomorrow at the House Energy and Commerce subcommittees' hearing. We will work from the same text to open the Senate EPW public briefing that afternoon.
Amy
Amy Powell Associate Director U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Congressional Affairs Phone: 301-415-1673
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Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 5:55 AM To: Sharkey, Jeffry; Svinicki, Kristine; Reddick, Darani Subject: RE: CNN Breaking News
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Castleman,
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:52 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine; Castleman, Patrick; Reddick, Darani Subject: Fw: CNN Breaking News
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Original----- Message ----- From: CNN Breaking News
-- Workers at Japan's damaged nuclear power plant have suspended operations and evacuated, chief Cabinet secretary says.
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El 344 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 5:59 AM To: Castieman, Patrick Cc: Reddick, Darani; Svinicki, Kristine Subject: Fw: CNN Breaking News
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Original----- Message ----- From: CNN Breaking News
-- Workers at Japan's damaged nuclear power plant have returned after being evacuated, Tokyo Electric Power Company says.
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El 345 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:04 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: Fw: 0600 EDT (March 15 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep Attachments: NRC Status Update 3-.15.11--0600am.pdf
The 0730 call has been moved to 0600.
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6)
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Mar 15 06:01:58 2011 Sent: Tue Mar 15 06:01:58 2011 Subject: 0600 EDT (March 15 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep
Attached, please find a March 15, 2011, 0600 EDT situation report from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding the impacts of the earthquake/tsunami. This Update includes information related to NRC's evaluation of radiation measurements from the USS Ronald Reagan. Please note that this information is "'Gf+G1-Use-&*" and is only being shared within the federal family. Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions.
-Rebecca
El 346 of 445 Rebecca Stone Office. of Nuclear Security & Incident Response US Nuclear Regulatory Commission [email protected] (Operations Center) [email protected]
El 347 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Wednesday. March 16, 2011 6:48 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: Fw: 0630 EDT (March 16, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep Attachments: NRC Status Update 3-16.11--0630am.pdf
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6)
From: LIA07 Hoc To: Andersen, James; Anderson, Joseph; Ash, Darren; Baggett, Steven; Barker, Allan; Batkin, Joshua; Boger, Bruce; Borchardt, Bill; Bradford, Anna; Brenner, Eliot; Smith, Brooke; Brown, Milton; Bubar, Patrice; Camper, Larry; Carpenter, Cynthia; Castleman, Patrick; Ader, Charles; Casto, Chuck; Coggins, Angela; Collins, Elmo; Correia, Richard; Dapas, Marc; Dean, Bill; Decker, David; Dickman-Disabled-11/14/2010, Paul; Dorman, Dan; Droggitis, Spiros; Dyer, Jim; ET02 Hoc; Evans, Michele; Franovich, Mike; Apostolakis, George; Gibbs, Catina; Glitter, Joseph; Gott, William; Grobe, Jack; Hahn, Matthew; Haney, Catherine; Harrington, Holly; Hipschman, Thomas; Holahan, Gary; Holahan, Patricia; HOO Hoc; Howell, Art; Howell, Linda; Foster, Jack; Jackson, Donald; Jaczko, Gregory; Johnson, Andrea; Johnson, Michael; Kahler, Robert; Foggie, Kirk; Kock, Andrea; Kozal, Jason; Leeds, Eric; LIA01 Hoc; LIA02 Hoc; LIA03 Hoc; LIA06 Hoc; LIA08 Hoc; LIA11 Hoc; Logaras, Harral; Loyd, Susan; Magwood, William; Maier, Bill; Marshall, Jane; Marshall, Michael; McCree, Victor; McDermott, Brian; McNamara, Nancy; Miller, Charles; Miller, Chris; Monninger, John; Morris, Scott; Nieh, Ho; NSIRDDSPILTABDistribution; Ordaz, Vonna; Orders, William; Ostendorff, William; Pace, Patti; Pearson, Laura; Pederson, Cynthia; Plisco, Loren; Powell, Amy; RI IRC; R2 IRC; R3 IRC; R4 IRC; Reddick, Darani; Reyes, Luis; Devercelly, Richard; ROO hoc; Satorius, Mark; Schmidt, Rebecca; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sheron, Brian; Snodderly, Michael; Sosa, Belkys; Speiser, Herald: Svinicki. Kristine: Thoma. John:.Tifft, Doug; Kolb, Timothy; Ulses, Anthony; Nakanishi, Tony; Tracy, Glenn; Trapp (b)(6) ; Trapp, James; Trojanowski, Robert; Uhle, Jennifer; Virgilio, Martin; Warnick, Greg; Warren, Roberta; Weber, Michael; Westreich, Barry; Wiggins, Jim; Cook, William; Williams, Kevin; Wittick, Brian; Woodruff, Gena; Zorn, Jason Sent: Wed Mar 16 06:45:36 2011 Subject: 0630 EDT (March 16, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep
Attached, please find a 0630 EDT situation report from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding the impacts of the earthquake/tsunami on March 16, 2011. This Update includes information on dose rates near Fukushima Daiichi, Fukushima Daiichi plant parameters, and NRC PMT hypothetical Worst Case Analyses. Please note that this information is "&TheiL' -t~sLtniy'" and is only being shared within the federal family. Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions.
Yen Chen US Nuclear Regulatory Commission LIAO7.HOCanrc.qov (Operations Center)
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From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 9:25 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: FW: March 16 0800 Ops Center Update
Note from GBJ's staff
From: Hipschman, Thomas Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 8:28 AM To: Franovich, Mike; Snodderly, Michael; Castleman, Patrick; Orders, William Subject: March 16 0800 Ops Center Update
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As many of you heard the Chairman said no briefing at 8am. New briefing format at a later time. Commission Offices will be informed. However, Brian McDermott came on shortly after and did give an brief update. He agreed I could sent you a quick update
Unit 4 serious explosion - degradation of building, spent fuel pool no longer retains water, some of the building walls have collapsed spent fuel pool heating up, indication of smoke Unit 2 also challenged - spent fuel pool also degraded, lot of focus, Units 1 and 3, not in a lot better shape
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Coordinating with DOE with dose projections lntornzl Inform.._tion Only-
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From: Thoma, John Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 1:41 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry: Reddick, Darani; Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Nonproliferation Assessment Attachments: Australia SILEX 123 NPAS.pdf
Commissioner Svinicki,
Attached is a copy of the nonproliferation assessment performed by DOS for the SILEX process. I knew it existed but had never read it (b)(5)
John
From: Frazier, Alan Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 1:17 PM To: Bradford, Anna; Thoma, John; Baggett, Steven; Tadesse, Rebecca; Kock, Andrea Subject: Nonproliferation Assessment
Commissioner's Assistants,
Recently, a Commission office, requested a copy of the attached nonproliferation assessment which was performed by the DOS pursuant to Section 123 a. of the AEA. I have not been able to verify that all Commission offices have a copy of the assessment so I am providing it tobe sure.
As I am sure you are all aware, the assessment is relevant to the PRM 70-9 "10 CFR Part 70 [Docket No. PRM-70-9; NRC-2010-0372] Francis Slakey on Behalf of the American Physical Society Petition for Rulemaking." Here is a link to the Rulemaking docket that ADM opened for this PRM: http://www.reqgulations.gov/#!docketDetail:dct=FR+PR+N+O+SR: rpp=l 0:so=DESC:sb=postedDate; po=O:D=N RC-2010-0372
Alan
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From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:45 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: FW: 1400 EDT (March 15, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep Attachments: USNRC Earthquake-Tsunami Update.031611.1400EDT.docx
From: LIA07 Hoc Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:17 PM To: Andersen, James; Anderson, Joseph; Ash, Darren; Baggett, Steven; Barker, Allan; Batkin, Joshua; Boger, Bruce; Borchardt, Bill; Bradford, Anna; Brenner, Eliot; Smith, Brooke; Brown, Milton; Bubar, Patrice; Camper, Larry; Carpenter, Cynthia; Castleman, Patrick; Ader, Charles; Casto, Chuck; Coggins, Angela; Collins, Elmo; Correia, Richard; Dapas, Marc; Dean, Bill; Decker, David; Dickman-Disabled-11/14/2010, Paul; Dorman, Dan; Droggitis, Spiros; Dyer, Jim; ET02 Hoc; Evans, Michele; Franovich, Mike; Apostolakis, George; Gibbs, Catina; Glitter, Joseph; Gott, William; Grobe, Jack; Hahn, Matthew; Haney, Catherine; Harrington, Holly; Hipschman, Thomas; Holahan, Gary; Holahan, Patricia; HOO Hoc; Howell, Art; Howell, Linda; Foster, Jack; Jackson, Donald; Jaczko, Gregory; Johnson, Andrea; Johnson, Michael; Kahler, Robert; Foggie, Kirk; Kock, Andrea; Kozal, Jason; Leeds, Eric; LIA01 Hoc; LIA02 Hoc; LIA03 Hoc; LIA06 Hoc; LIA08 Hoc; LIA11 Hoc; Logaras, Harral; Loyd, Susan; Magwood, William; Maier, Bill; Marshall, Jane; Marshall, Michael; McCree, Victor; McDermott, Brian; McNamara, Nancy; Miller, Charles; Miller, Chris; Monninger, John; Morris, Scott; Nieh, Ho; NSIRDDSPILTABDistribution; Ordaz, Vonna; Orders, William; OST05 Hoc; Ostendorff, William; Pace, Patti; Pearson, Laura; Pederson, Cynthia; Plisco, Loren; Powell, Amy; R1 IRC; R2 IRC; R3 IRC; R4 IRC; Reddick, Darani; Reyes, Luis; Devercelly, Richard; ROO hoc; Satorius, Mark; Schmidt, Rebecca; Sharkey, Jeffry; Sheron, Brian; Snodderly, Michael; Sosa, Belkys; Speiser, Herald; Svinicki, Kristine; Thoma, John; Tifft, Doug; Kolb, Timothy; Ulses, Anthony; Nakanishi, Tony; Tracy, Glenn; Trapp; Trapp, James; Trojanowski, Robert; Uhle, Jennifer; Virgilio, Martin; Warnick, Greg; Warren, Roberta; Weber, Michael; Westreich, Barry; Wiggins, Jim; Cook, William; Williams, Kevin; Wittick, Brian; Woodruff, Gena; Zimmerman, Roy; Zorn, Jason; Casto, Chuck; Cook, William; Devercelly, Richard; Foggie, Kirk; Foster, Jack; Kolb, Timothy; Nakanishi, Ton Smith, Brooke; Ulses, Anthony Cc: (b)(6) 9 Subject: 1400 EDT (March 15, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep
Attached, please find a 1400 EDT situation report from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding the impacts of the earthquake/tsunami on March 16, 2011. This Update includes information on the status of the units at Fukushima Daiichi, NRC recommendations to Americans in Japan, and NRC PMT hypothetical Worst Case Analyses. Please note that this information is "-f-fisal Use On!y" and is only being shared within the federal family, Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions. -Jim
Jim Anderson Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response US Nuclear Regulatory Commission james.anderson@ n rc.qo_ LIA07.HOC@nrc.•ov (Operations Center)
El 351 of 445 Sharkey, Jeffry
From: Baggett, Steven Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:38 PM To: Bubar, Patrice; Hart, Ken; Dhir, Neha; Nieh, Ho; Bavol, Rochelle; Bupp, Margaret; Burns, Stephen; Clark, Lisa; Coggins, Angela; Davis, Roger; Laufer, Richard; Reddick, Darani; Shea, Pamela; Vietti- Cook, Annette; Zorn, Jason; Bradford, Anna; Castleman, Patrick; Kock, Andrea; Tadesse, Rebecca; Thoma, John; Franovich, Mike; Hipschman, Thomas; Batkin, Joshua; Marshall, Michael; Orders, William; Sharkey, Jeffry; Snodderly, Michael; Warnick, Greg Cc: Adler, James; Blake, Kathleen; Bozin, Sunny; Chairman Temp; Crawford, Carrie; Doane, Margaret; Droggitis, Spiros; EDO_ETAs; Fopma, Melody; Gibbs, Catina; Greathead, Nancy; Harves, Carolyn; Hayden, Elizabeth; Henderson, Karen; Herr, Linda; Hudson, Sharon; Jimenez, Patricia; Joosten, Sandy; KLS Temp; Kreuter, Jane; Lepre, Janet; Lewis, Antoinette; Loyd, Susan; Lui, Christiana; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Moore, Scott; Olive, Karen; Pace, Patti; Pearson, Laura; Poole, Brooke Subject: Re: Draft SRM on COMGBJ-11-0001 - FY2013 High-Level Planning Guidance
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Steve
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From: Laufer, Richard Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:54 PM To: Baggett, Steven; Bavol, Rochelle; Bradford, Anna; Castleman, Patrick; Hart, Ken; Kock, Andrea; Laufer, Richard; Shea, Pamela; Tadesse, Rebecca; Thoma, John; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Franovich, Mike; Hipschman, Thomas; Batkin, Joshua; Marshall, Michael; Orders, William; Sharkey, Jeffry; Snodderly, Michael; Warnick, Greg; Bupp, Margaret; Burns, Stephen; Clark, Lisa; Coggins, Angela; Davis, Roger; Reddick, Darani; Zorn, Jason Cc: Adler, James; Batkin, Joshua; Blake, Kathleen; Bozin, Sunny; Bubar, Patrice; Chairman Temp; Crawford, Carrie; Dhir, Neha; Doane, Margaret; Droggitis, Spiros; EDO_ETAs; Fopma, Melody; Gibbs, Catina; Greathead, Nancy; Harves, Carolyn; Hayden, Elizabeth; Henderson, Karen; Herr, Linda; Hudson, Sharon; Jimenez, Patricia; Joosten, Sandy; KLS Temp; Kreuter, Jane; Lepre, Janet; Lewis, Antoinette; Loyd, Susan; Lui, Christiana; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Moore, Scott; Nieh, Ho; Olive, Karen; Pace, Patti; Pearson, Laura; Poole, Brooke; Rothschild, Trip; Savoy, Carmel; Sosa, Belkys; Speiser, Herald; Svinicki, Kristine; Temp, GEA; Temp, WCO; Temp, WDM; Warren, Roberta; Wright, Darlene Subject: Request for TA Brief in advance of May 3 Commission meeting on Human Capital and EEO
The staff would like to brief the TAs on the subject topic. (See below) Proposed times are: Wednesday (4/27) at 9:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. or 1:00 p.m. Thursday (4/28) at 9:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. or 1:00 p.m.
Please let SECY know if your office can support these times.
Thanks, Rich
From: Davis, Kristin Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:17 PM To: Bavol, Rochelle Cc: Andersen, James; McLaughlin, Terri Subject: OHR Request for TA Brief (March 2011).docx
Rochelle - HR and SBCR would like to brief the Commission TAs prior to the May 3rd Human Capital and EEO Briefing. We did this last year and it was very successful. Please see the request below.
Thank you, Kris
Subiect: Request for Commission Technical Assistant Briefing on the Status of Human Capital and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO).
Summary: The Office of Human Resources and Office of Small Business and Civil Rights staff request to brief the Commission Technical Assistants prior to the May 3, 2011 Commission Briefing on the Status of Human Capital and Equal Employment Opportunity.
Rationale for Request: This annual briefing provides the Commission important information related to human capital and EEO initiatives. Much of the material is supplied in a background binder prior to the briefing therefore eliminating the need to discuss general information during the actual briefing. Meeting with the Commission Technical Assistants prior to the briefing gives them the opportunity to ask questions related to the background material and to suggest areas of possible interest to the Commissioners which may result in discussions during the question and answer portion of the briefing.
Key Messages:
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* Strategies for sustaining employee morale (Tracy Scott, HROP, OHR) " Update on iLearn (Emaad Burki, HRTD, OHR) • EEO update (Anthony Barnes, SBCR)
Proposed Times: Proposed briefing times are: Wednesday, April 27, 2011: 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 27, 2011: 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 27, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Thursday April 28, 2011: 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Thursday, April 28, 2011: 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Thursday, April 28, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 4:24 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: GNOSIS 2011-03-16
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 4:23:48 PM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: GNOSIS 2011-03-16 Auto forwarded by a Rule
GNOSIS News 2011-03-16
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Arms Control
Report: FMCT and Pakistan: futuristic perspectives ....An FMT should be concluded in such a way that it should represent a non-discriminatory approach; address legitimate security concerns of all its member states; accommodate present realities and become a real and practical foundation for a world free of nuclear weapons. By focusing on regional security dynamics the international community can bring onboard countries like Pakistan. Otherwise it would become difficult for Pakistan to join an FMT at the expense of its national security....
South Korea to Ease Strategic Materials Control For Exporters South Korea will ease control over exports of strategic materials that can be used for military purposes for companies adhering to a state-sponsored compliance program, the government said Tuesday. The Ministry of Knowledge Economy said the deregulation, which will go into effect on Wednesday, is designed to reduce red tape on materials that can be used to make weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Under the revision, two types of materials that require prior export authorization will be taken off the control list, with rules governing one material to be eased to reflect practical considerations. SEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap)
Cooperation
Chile: government Ratifies Nuclear Agreement With US Despite Crisis in Japan Santiago El Mercurio publishes a report by R. Franco and C. Saldivia on Chile's decision to go ahead with the nuclear agreement with the United States that is to be signed on 18 March, despite the current crisis in Japan. Santiago El Mercurio 2011-03-16
India.-Japan nuclear deal becomes uncertain The fate of proposed India- Japan nuclear deal has become uncertain following explosions at nuclear power plant in Japan in the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami four days ago, said local daily The Tribune on Monday. India and Japan have been negotiating a nuclear agreement since June last year. NEW DELHI, March 14 (Xinhua)
Energy Policy
Finland: Too Early To Tell Effects of Japan Crisis on Finnish Reactor Plans
El 355 of 445 Finnish power company Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said Wednesday [ 16 March] it was too early to say how Japan's nuclear crisis might affect the construction of a new state-of-the-art nuclear reactor in western Finland. "There are no immediate changes to the construction plans in the works, due to the fact that we don't really know exactly what happened at the Fukushima plant," Jouni Silvennoinen, project director for the unfinished reactor, told AFP. HELSINKI, March 16, 2011 (AFP)
Turkey to Stick to Nuclear Plant Construction Projec The current accident at a nuclear power plant in Japan will not make Turkey pull the plug on the current construction of its first nuclear power station, a facility Russia is helping build, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. Turkey and Russia are sticking to the schedule in building the nuclear plant, to be situated near the town of Akkuyu on the Mediterranean coast, Erdogan told a news conference after talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. MOSCOW. March 16 (Interfax)
Germany: Construction of Offshore Wind Farms Facing Delays, Rising Costs Construction of offshore wind farms off Germany's northern coast in the North and Baltic Seas has faced significant delays, even as the country's utility companies tackle one project after another abroad. Things have fallen so far behind that government officials are happy to see anything happen at all. Spiegel Online in English 1359 GMT 16 Mar 11
China Suspends Construction Approval for New Nuclear Power Plants The Chinese government decided Wednesday to temporarily stop authorizing construction plans for nuclear power stations in the wake of radioactive leaks from a Japanese nuclear plant hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami Friday. The State Council, China's Cabinet, also ordered relevant departments to conduct emergency safety checks at existing nuclear plants, according to a statement issued after an executive meeting chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao. Beijing, March 16 Kyodo
Polish nuclear plans unchanged by meltdown risk in Japan The Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland has said that fears of a nuclear disaster in Japan following last Friday's earthquake and tsunami would not disturb Poland's own plans to develop two nuclear plants. At a press conference in Gdarisk Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Poland was not prone to seismic activity, while spokesperson Pawet Gras added that safety will be one of the government's principal criteria when it selects technology for the nuclear plant. 15th March 2011, Warsaw Business Journal
European Commission: Energy Efficiency Plan 2011 "...The measures proposed in this Plan aim at closing the gap in reaching the EU's 20% energy saving target as well as at helping to realise our 2050 vision of a resource efficient and low carbon economy, as well as aiming at increased energy independence and security of supply. Fully implementing this plan should deliver important energy savings: it is estimated that the actions of the public sector and the new minimum efficiency requirements for appliances should yield savings of up to 100 Mtoe and that comparable savings can also be expected from measures in the transport sector and from energy savings for consumers from their energy suppliers."
Global & Regional Energy
'Backgrounder': Review of World Nuclear Power Development From the establishment of the world's first nuclear plant in the former Soviet Union in 1954, to a large-scale utilization of nuclear power in the 1970s, and to the meltdown of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986, the pursuit of nuclear energy for electricity underwent a circle of expansion and decline. However, nuclear power has regained popularity in recent years. BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua)
Government & Public Sector
2 El 356 of 445 Cuba Offers Medical Aid, Rescuers to Japan Cuba on Tuesday said it has offered Japan assistance to grapple with the effects of last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami. The communist island, while cash poor, has a wealth of highly-trained medical personnel who are the envy of Latin America, and more skilled workers than it can gainfully employ. Havana, March 15, 2011 (AFP)
Chinese Doctor Recommends Drinking Tea To Combat Radiation Want a good tip to fend off the threat of radiation poisoning? The answer is to drink more tea, said a Chinese medicine doctor Wednesday. Lu Chih-hong, president of the Sheng Te Tang Chinese Medical Hospital in Taichung City, central Taiwan, suggested the public take more tea to avoid the effects of radioactive fallout that may come from Japan. Taipei, March 16 (CNA)
Czech politicians stand behind nuclear energy The Czechs' ambition to become one of the biggest producers of nuclear energy in Europe still stands -- despite the events in Japan and the skepticism in Germany and other European countries. Prague Hospodarske Noviny Online in Czech 16.Mar 11
Switzerland: Japanese Nuclear Crisis Raises Fears Over Swiss Safety Switzerland has suspended the building of new nuclear plants amid concerns that potential dangers were underestimated. But nuclear skeptics say more needs to be done to protect existing plants from natural disasters. Switzerland is taking a long hard look at its nuclear power industry in the wake of the catastrophe in Japan. Bonn DW-WORLD.DE 1442 GMT 16 Mar 11
EU Energy Ministers To Hold Special Meeting To Discuss Impact of Japan Crisis European Union energy ministers will hold an extraordinary meeting next week to assess the impact of quake- hit Japan's nuclear crisis on the vital industry, the EU's president said Wednesday. Herman Van Rompuy said the ministers will hold talks in Brussels on Monday to "discuss the consequences forthe energy sector and markets, and the response we can give." European heads of state and government will then debate the consequences of the Japanese catastrophe at a long-scheduled summit on March 24-25, he said. BRUSSELS, March 16, 2011 (AFP)
UK Energy Secretary Commissions Study Into Lessons From Japan's Nuclear Crisis An official inquiry into whether Japan's nuclear crisis holds lessons for the safety of Britain's nuclear power stations will "affect" investment in a new generation of reactors, according to Chris Huhne, the energy secretary. The report, to be compiled by Dr Mike Weightman, the chief nuclear inspector, will cover the UK's existing reactors and the programme to build new ones. Mr Huhne's commissioning of the study comes at a delicate moment in the UK's ambition to build nuclear power stations at eight sites in England and Wales. The first, at Hinkley Point in Somerset, is scheduled to begin operating in 2018. London FTcom in English 15 Mar 11
Ja-an: Tepco, Government Blasted for Slow Response To Nuclear Plant Disaster Radiation leaks at the quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant have highlighted the slow response to the disaster bythe plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), as well as the central government. Prime Minister Naoto Kan belatedly set up an ad hoc joint headquarters for the government and TEPCO on March 15, four days after the killer earthquake and tsunami that devastated a wide area along the Pacific Coast in northeastern and eastern Japan, leaving at least 3,700 people dead and about 22,000 missing. Some officials familiar with the case said the Kan government's response to the nuclear accidents was too slow. Mainichi Daily News Online 1643 GMT 16 Mar 11
Gerrany Cripples Itself With Nuclear Angst Sales of Geiger counters have gone through the roof in Germany in recent days, and people have been buying so many iodine pills that medical experts have warned of the health risks of taking them. It only makes sense, said the Federation of German Pharmacists, "if there is a radioactive cloud directly over Germany." Judging by the near-panic with which Europe's largest nation is responding to the Fukushima incident, one might assume that a
3 El 357 of 445 toxic cloud had already arrived. But the reaction has been strikingly angst-ridden in Germany, which is over 5,500 miles away from Japan. The Japanese, one could be forgiven for thinking, are facing their plight with a lot more stoicism than the Germans. Der Spiegel, 2011-03-15
Japanese Leaders Leave People in the Dark Leaders in Japan have not comported themselves well since Friday's disaster. Information has been in short supply and distrust among the Japanese has begun to spread. Now, the blame game has begun in earnest. Der Spiegel, 2011-03-15
Japan: Accurate information key to effective crisis management The issuing of evacuation orders for areas near a nuclear power plant where explosions have occurred without clarifying what is the actual situation at the plant has only caused anxiety to the public.... relevant organizations have failed to provide consistent information to the public. The Prime Minister's Office, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) and Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) and other organizations concerned have so far held separate news conferences to explain what has happened to the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant. Since TEPCO, which operates the plant, is the primary information source, there are time lags and gaps in the accuracy of information announced by the power supplier and other entities. The Mainichi Daily News, 2011-03- 15
Belgium Authority Advocating Nuclear Energy Tax To Promote 'Fair Competition' The federal regulator of the Belgian energy market, the Regulatory Commission for Electricity and Gas (CREG), advocates a tax on energy generated by nuclear plants. The CREG said that such a tax already exists in Germany. This proposal comes out of the recommendation in a report released on Wednesday [ 9 March] by the International Energy Agency (IEA) to Belgium to review its nuclear power output. "For Electrabel [Belgian energy provider], this means lower production costs," said CREG spokesman Laurent Jacquet. "But it is not fair to new players in the industry. The tax on energy generated by nuclear power could thus promote fair competition," he said. The regulator would ensure that this tax is not passed along to consumers," said Laurent Jacquet. Brussels RTBF.be in French 10 Mar 11
Industry
French Advisor Sees 'Advantage' for French NPP Providers From Incidents in Japan The nuclear accident in-Japan could help French [nuclear power] industry, whose trademark is safety," said Henri Guaino, special adviser to President Nicolas Sarkozy. Asked if the events in Japan would have a negative impact on this sector, he replied: "Ido not think so. I would argue the opposite, because France, in particular, has demonstrated its concern for safety," he said during the broadcast of Le Grand Jury RTL-LCI-Le Figaro television show. "So, I think it should give our, nuclear industry an advantage over nuclear providers from other countries, where security takes second place." France's Areva is the world's number one nuclear power provider, and the French public utility EDF is the top supplier of nuclear-generated electricity. Paris lefigaro.fr in French 13 Mar 11
Iran To Export Nuclear Products Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Director Fereydoun Abbasi Davani has said that Iran is determined to lay the foundations for the export of nuclear products to other countries. The AEOI director stated that Iran must take the measures necessary to enable it to export domestically manufactured nuclear products and provide other states with services that will help them access nuclear technology meant for peaceful purposes. Tehran Iranian Labor News Agency 0715 GMT 14 Mar 11
Media & Publications
Survey: Leaders More Optimistic On Transatlantic Relations Than General Public
4 El 358 of 445 A new opinion survey released today shows that American and European leaders consider the state of transatlantic relations to be better than the public on either side of the Atlantic. Transatlantic Trends, 2011-03- 15
Reactors
Canada: Pickering nuclear plant suffers minor water leak Canada's nuclear regulator has reported a water leak at a nuclear power plant in Pickering. Ontario Power Generation, which sells electricity in the province, notified the CNSC about the leak shortly before midnight on Monday. Because of a pump seal failure, 73,000 litres of demineralized water were released at the Pickering A nuclear generating station earlier that day, the CNSC says. National Post, March 16, 2011 1:02 PM
South Korea To Offer Boric Acid To Japan Korea plans to transfer its reserve of boric acids to Japan to help the country stabilize quake-damaged nuclear reactors that have started to release radioactive material, the government said Wednesday. The Ministry of Knowledge Economy said that Tokyo requested assistance of the key material vital for stopping fission nuclear reactions after its own stockpile was largely used up at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., which operates South Korea's 21 commercial reactors, said it has 309 tons of the material in powder form and could transfer 52.6 tons in the next few days, the ministry said. It said the remainder is adequate for six months of use. SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap)
Spain To Review Safety at Nuclear Power Plants Spain's government said Wednesday [ 16 March) it will review security measures at all its six nuclear power plants in the wake of the disaster in Japan. "A review of the safety systems of all the reactors in the country will take place," Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian told parliament. "Specifically, a supplementary seismic survey has been requested as well as a study on the risk of flooding." MADRID, March 16, 2011 (AFP)
Armenian nuclear plant secure against earthquakes - country's energy expert The Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP) is secure against an earthquake, an Armenian nuclear expert has said. Vahram Petrosyan, director of the Armenian scientific-research institute for the operation of nuclear power plants, Armatom, said continuous work aimed at increasing the nuclear plant's security was under way and that Armenia strictly adhered to IAEA rules on increasing the plant's security, the Novosti-Armenia news website said. Yerevan Novosti Armenia 1450 GMT 15 Mar 11
Slovakia To Upgrade Nuclear Plants To Prevent Japan-Style Explosions of Hydrogen Marta Ziakova, head of the Slovak Nuclear Supervision Office: we are now planning additional safety upgrades, thanks to which we will start using in our nuclear power plants installations that will render the hydrogen harmless so as to prevent the risk of its explosion. Bratislava [email protected] 15 Mar 11
Pakistan: PAEC Plans To Install Modern Nuclear Reactor at Chashma The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission [PAEC] will set up a modern nuclear reactor at Chashma. This reactor will be set up at C-Il and C-IV of Chashma Nuclear Power Project and Pakistan's friendly neighbor China will cooperate in this regard. These reactors will be purely for the acquisition of power and defense purposes. Meanwhile, the C-Il plant has been completed. Sources said that C-l1 will soon be made functional and start supplying 300 MW power to the national grid. Islamabad Ausaf 14 Mar 11 pp 5, 8
Lithuanian Prime Minister: Belarus Nuclear Plant 'Very Serious Threat' Lithuania has used up all political measures to prevent the construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant next to the Lithuanian border, and now has the only way out -- to address international organizations, Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius said. Vilnius, Mar 16 (ELTA)
China Ordering Safety nspections of Nuclear Facilities
5 El 359 of 445 China on Wednesday ordered safety inspections of the country's nuclear plants and suspended approval of new projects after quake and tsunami disasters in Japan led to an atomic crisis. The State Council, or cabinet, issued the order as Chinese authorities stepped up radiation monitoring of passengers and goods from neighbouring Japan as fears mounted about harmful nuclear contamination from the stricken country. BEIJING, March 16, 2011 (AFP)
Iran: Fuel Assemblies Unloaded From Bushehr NPP; Checked For Presence of Metal Chips Tomorrow, specialists are to complete the unloading of-fuel assemblies from the reactor of the first Iranian NPP [nuclear power plant) in the city of Bushehr. As an informed source close to the project told Nezavisimaya Gazeta, they are to be studied for the presence of metallic chips. The power generation start-up of Bushehr is being postponed for now. In the worst case, there will be a 2-month delay. Iranian parliamentarians are blaming Russia for everything, while in Moscow they are shifting the responsibility onto Tehran, saying: "The miser pays twice." Moscow Nezavisimaya Gazeta Online 28 Feb 11 ppl, 6
Iran: Russia promises Bushehr plant to become operational on schedule President Dmitry Medvedev, in a telephone conversation with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has said that Russia will make every effort to make the Bushehr nuclear power plant fully operational at the planned time. Medvedev also said that Russia is determined to enhance its ties with Iran in all areas. EHRAN, March 15 (MNA)
Fukushima triggers debate in India (Seismic map of India) India's 20 commissioned nuclear reactors are built with adequate earthquake emergency backups and do not suffer from two key factors that appear to have worked against the Fukushima plant, atomic energy scientists and officials said today. An earthquake of the scale of the one in Japan, followed by a tsunami, would however likely have significantly damaged - if not crippled - the Indian reactors too. Hindustan Times, 2011-03-14
India: EPR technology proposed for Jaitapur has to be evaluated Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairperson Srikumar Banerjee on Monday said the EPR technology proposed at Jaitapur would have to be evaluated for safety from the context of earthquakes and tsunamis coming together. Addressing a press conference here, Dr. Banerjee and other heads of India's nuclear establishment sought to dispel myths about the accident in Japan. The Hindu, 2011-03-15
Switzerland to review safety at nuclear power plants Energy Minister Doris Leuthard has ordered safety to be re-examined at Swiss nuclear power plants following blasts at a Japanese power station hit by a tsunami. She has also decided to suspend requests to build new replacement nuclear power stations in Switzerland possibly delaying the timetable for a nationwide vote in 2013. Leuthard reaffirmed that there was no direct danger to the Swiss population from the nuclear incidents in Japan or from Switzerland's five nuclear power facilities. Bern swissinfo.ch 1607 GMT 14 Mar 11
Kazakhstan to conduct safety assessment of planned, nuclear power plant Kazakhstan would carry out an extra safety and risk assessment of a scheduled nuclear power plant near the western port city of Aktau, a nuclear official said Monday. The plant is designed to operate with a Russian VBER- 300 nuclear reactor. ALMATY, March 14 (Xinhua)
Russian: Rosatom Complains Of Irregular Data n Japan Nuclear Situation The information on the situation with the nuclear power stations in Japan is not sufficient and is coming in at irregular intervals, a statement from experts of the Rosatom (the State Nuclear Energy Corporation) headquarters for monitoring the situation at Japanese nuclear stations has said, as quoted by Russian news agency Interfax on 14 March. Moscow Interfax 0811 GMT 14 Mar 11
South Korea: Experts Divided Over Safety of Nuclear Plants The release of radioactivity Saturday from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant after the massive earthquake that rocked Japan has once again sparked debate over the safety of South Korea's own nuclear plants. The Lee
6 El 360 of 445 Myung-bak [Yi Myo'ng-pak] administration says South Korea's nuclear plants are earthquake-resistant, having been designed to resist a quake of 6.5 magnitude, but environmental groups counter that the possibility of an accident remains strong since South Korea is not an earthquake-free zone. Seoul Hankyoreh 0557 GMT 14 Mar 11
GE to offer technical assistance to Japan General Electric Co. of the United States, which supplied the nuclear reactors at the quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, said Tuesday it will offer technical assistance to the Japanese government and the plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. More than 1,000 engineers from the company's joint venture with Hitachi Ltd., the Wilmington, North Carolina-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Inc., will provide assistance, it said. Responding to a request by Tokyo Electric, GE will also provide 10 truck-mounted gas turbines for emergency use to address power shortages in Japan, it said. NEW YORK, March 15, Kyodo
Vietnam: Powering up Ninh Thuan Reactor plans Preparations for Ninh Thuan 1 and 2 projects are now underway. Both projects are in the stage of finding strategic partners and drawing feasibility studies. As estimated, it needs between 18 to 24 months to finalise feasibility studies. The Vietnamese government is intensifying efforts to embrace preparatory activities for key nuclear power plant right in the first half of 2011 to be able to commence construction of Ninh Thuan I nuclear power plant in 2014. Vietnam Net, 2011-03-13
French watchdog puts Japan nuclear accident at level five or six *The nuclear accident in Fukushima has reached a level of seriousness "beyond the Three Mile Island level (level five) without reaching that of Chernobyl" (level seven - highest level), the president of the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN), Andre-Claude Lacoste, said on Monday [14 March). "We feel that we are at least at level five and no doubt at level six, and I'm talking with the approval of my Japanese colleagues," Andre-Claude Lacoste said during a joint press briefing given by the ASN-IRSN (Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety Institute). Paris, 14 March 2011 (AP)
India: NPCIL develops first nuclear reactor for thorium utilisation The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) today said it has developed the first of its kind nuclear reactor for thorium utilisation, whose design was under review of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB). "We have developed the first of its kind Advance Heavy Water Reactor(AHWR) having 300 MW capacity for thorium utilisation, whose design is under review of AERB," NPCIL director (technical) SA Bhardwaj said. (Daily News & Analysis) 2011-03-12
Safety
Indian Govt Orders Radiation Testing Of Food Originating From Japan Authorised officers of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) at Indian ports, airports have been asked to get food originating from Japan after March 11, 2011 to be tested for radiation, the order said. The Department of Revenue, Government of India, has also been requested to advise all the customs points in the country where imported food is cleared, to test samples on similar lines. India imports processed foods, sea food, oil seeds and seeds of vegetables such as cauliflower and cabbage come from Japan. Tehran IRNA 0855 GMT 16 Mar 11
Taiwan: Three Day Radioactive Grace Period Radioactive fallout from Japan's troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is not expected to hit Taiwan in the coming three days, Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said in a statement Wednesday (Mar. 16). The bureau made the forecast amid the spiraling crisis at the complex, where three active reactors were seriously impaired by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and following tsunami on Mar. 11. The bureau said that recorded radiation levels around Taiwan were not currently showing any abnormalities, remaining at a normal 0.2
7 El 361 of 445 microsieverts per hour, and they were not likely to increase in the next three days given current weather patterns. Taipei Want China Times 0855 GMT 16 Mar 11
Thailand To Offer Potassium Iodide Tablets to Japan-Bound Travelers The Thai Public Health Ministry plans to hand out free potassium iodide tablets to people traveling to northern Japan in the wake of radiation leaks from a stricken nuclear power plant, officials said Wednesday. The government has ordered the state-run pharmaceutical agency to produce 15,000 potassium iodide pills as the first step. The pills will be available free at international airports in Bangkok and Phuket, where flights to Japan are operated, according to the ministry officials. Bangkok, March 16 Kyodo
India: 20 Years, 92 Quakes: Ground Trembles Beneath Jaitapur's Feet Jaitapur area falls in the seismic zone 3 category, and data from the Geological Survey of India shows that between 1985 and 2005, there were 92 earthquakes. The biggest earthquake in Jaitapur, recorded in 1993, measured 6.2 on the Richter scale. The ground is unstable, say activists and geologists, and there is no guarantee *that the government's safeguards will protect the people and ecologically sensitive Konkan coast from a nuclear disaster should there be another earthquake. Mumbai The Times Of India Online 16 Mar 11
France: Areva's CEO Sees 'Lessons To Be Learned' From NPP Flooding in Japan Japan is experiencing an overall catastrophe. The earthquake in itself did not cause the problem with the nuclear reactors. It was the tsunami that followed it. The waves were one meter higher than the maximum height planned for. If there was a mistake made, it was in not planning for such a high wave. We need to draw a lesson from that. Paris lefigaro.fr in French 15 Mar 11
*, Meltdown 101: What are spent-fuel pools and why are they a threat? Spent-fuel pools are shielded only by the buildings at Japan's Fukushimi I nuclear power plant, and three have now been damaged by explosions. Low-level radiation leaking from the pools could dramatically worsen if the water levels drop low enough for spent rods to burn. Christian Science Monitor, 2011-03-15
Red Wine may~heip against Nuclear Toxins * It may sound frivolous to advise the unfortunate Japanese currently facing the trauma of possible radio active nuclear radiation, to drink red wine to neutralize the toxic effects but this was the refrain after the Chernobyl disaster and a study in 2008 by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine indicative of a scientific basis of the advisory gains more relevance. India Wine Academy, 2011-03-14
Poland's Prime Minister Tusk: Poland's Nuclear Energy Program Must Be Safe The prime minister asserts that the planned nuclear power plant in Poland will be safe. However, experts are warning that it will be difficult to talk the public into such an investment following explosions in a nuclear power plant in Japan. Warsaw rp.pl in Polish 14 Mar 11
* EU Holds Fact-Finding Meeting on Nuclear Safety * European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger (Germany) convened a fact-finding meeting on nuclear safety on 15 March, inviting EU energy ministers, national nuclear regulators, and industry representatives. The EU-focused Europolitics reported that the European Commission admits that it needs first-hand information on contingency plans and safety measures in place in the EU in the event of seismic activity. This includes information on controls carried out by national authorities, safety requirements for earthquakes, and emergency power supply systems for reactor cooling. A Commission spokeswoman said that this was the "very first meeting" of its kind and was a "fact-finding" meeting, the aim of which was to find "any lessons that need to be drawn" from the situation in Japan. European Union -- OSC Summary 15 Mar 11
South Africa has 'nuclear safety culture': Eskom South Africa was "well-equipped" to have nuclear power stations and had a "nuclear safety culture", Eskom said on Monday. ar 14, 2011 2:07 PM I By Sapa
El 362 of 445 Malaysia: Gerakan Party Wants Review of Nuclear Plans Following Japan Crisis Gerakan broke ranks with its Barisan Nasional (BN) partners and called today for a government review of nuclear energy plans. This comes on the heels of a series of explosions at a Japanese nuclear plant -- sparking fears of radiation leaks in the aftermath of Friday's massive earthquake. A rare earth plant being built in Kuantan has also piqued concern over radiation pollution, as reports have suggested that it may be a repeat of a similar Bukit Merah plant shuttered in 1992 that has been linked to seven leukemia deaths there. Kuala Lumpur The Malaysian Insider 14 Mar 11
France: We Cannot Guarantee Absolutely There Will Never Be an Accident "...The ASN's constant position has been that it is not possible to absolutely guarantee that there will never be a nuclear accident, but we are doing all we can to assure that the likelihood of occurrence and its consequences are as low as possible. It is no coincidence that we impose draconian safety measures on operators and we constantly strengthen and improve them." Paris LeFigaro.fr in French 14 Mar 11
Security
India: Atomic plants remain targets of terror groups, MoS tells Lok Sabha The government on Tuesday said atomic power plants in the country are under threat from various terrorist groups. Minister of State for Home Mullappally Ramachandran said in view of the prevailing security scenario, the atomic power plants continue to remain targets of terrorist groups. "Central security agencies review security of atomic power plants periodically and make specific recommendationsto enhance the security wherever required," he told the Lok Sabha. Central Chronicle, 2011-03-15
India: Stolen Cobalt-60 isotopes partial!y recovered The government today, march 14, 2011, said 15 disused and decayed Cobalt-60, a radioactive isotope, were stolen from state-run SAIL's Durgapur plant in January. Of them, two isotopes with their two operational lead shields have since been recovered, Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. Economic Times, India 2011-03-14
Clarence Breskovic International Policy Analyst U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of International Programs 11555 Rockville Pike Rockvilie, MD 20852, USA Tel: 1-301-415-2364 Fax: 1-301-415-2395 Alternate Email: (b)(6)
9 El 363 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Orders, William Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 5:19 PM To: Kammerer, Annie Cc: Franovich, Mike; Castleman, Patrick; Sharkey, Jeffry; Snodderly, Michael Subject: RE: Seismic Q&As 3-16-11 3am version
Annie Thank you very much. As promised, in the cc list of this email is a list of other Commission staff that will benefit greatly from your efforts.
Thanks again
Bill
William T. Orders Reactors Technical Assistant Staff of Commissioner William D. Magwood IV 310-415-8430 Willia [email protected]
From: Kammerer, Annie Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 3:59 PM To: Morris, Scott; Orders, William Subject: Fw: Seismic Q&As 3-16-11 3am version
Here's today's version
Cheers. Annie
Sent from an NRC blackberry Annie Kammerer mobile[ (b)(6) bbl (b)(6) J annie kammerer(,nrc..lov
From: Kammerer, Annie To: Kammerer, Annie; Hiland, Patrick; Skeen, David Cc: Howe, Allen; Nelson, Robert; Stutzke, Martin; Glitter, Joseph; Rihm, Roger; McDermott, Brian; Hasselberg, Rick; Chokshi, Nilesh; Munson, Clifford; Cook, Christopher; Flanders, Scott; Ross-Lee, MaryJane; Brown, Frederick; Glitter, Joseph; Howe, Allen; Case, Michael; Ruland, William; Dudes, Laura; Karas, Rebecca; Ake, ]on; Munson, Clifford; Hogan, Rosemary; Uhle, Jennifer; Marshall, Michael; Uselding, Lara; Randall, John; Allen, Don; Burnell, Scott; Hayden, Elizabeth; Pires, Jose; Graves, Herman; Candra, Hernando; Murphy, Andrew; Murphy, Andrew; Pires, lose; Hogan, Rosemary; Sheron, Brian; Dricks, Victor; Warnick, Greg; Reynoso, John; Lantz, Ryan; Markley, Michael; Devlin, Stephanie; Nguyen, Quynh; Meighan, Sean; Vegel, Anton; Lantz, Ryan; ]ones, Henry; Bagchi, Goutam; McIntyre, David; Thomas, Eric; Mahoney, Michael; Polickoski, James Sent: Wed Mar 16 04:14:09 2011 Subject: Seismic Q&As 3-16-11 3am version
El 364 of 445 All,
Here's the latest version of the seismic Q&As. It is (I believe) a big improvement from yesterday. We had quite a few new questions today, which were included here (not all with answers yet).
A sharepoint site is being set up for the Q&As. The link will be provided as soon as we have it so that anyone can get the latest version.
We are continuing to compile the questions that come in and update the seismic Q&A document. If you have suggested changes, or want to provide missing answers, please forward them to me (annie) for compilation. Please also CC Cliff Munson and Jon Ake.
This is a living document and will be updated daily in the foreseeable future.
Cheers, Annie
PS: the following people have questions assigned in this document or volunteered to help. Please look for your name or for the gaps in your area of expertise. Also, please review the questions in your area of expertise: Goutarn Bagchi, Nilesh Chokshi, Henry Jones, Rich Raione. Mike Markley (if you can get me help on some), Jose Pires, Lara Uselding (help me get the RIV questions to the right people), Jon and Cliff. Thanks for the help!
From: Kammerer, Annie Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 3:41 AM To: Hiland, Patrick; Skeen, David Cc: Howe, Allen; Nelson, Robert; Stutzke, Martin; Giitter, Joseph; Rihm, Roger; McDermott, Brian; Hasselberg, Rick; Kammerer, Annie; Chokshi, Nilesh; Munson, Clifford; Cook, Christopher; Flanders, Scott; Ross-Lee, MaryJane; Brown, Frederick; Glitter, Joseph; Howe, Allen; Case, Michael; Ruland, William; Dudes, Laura; Karas, Rebecca; Ake, Jon; Munson, Clifford; Hogan, Rosemary; Uhle, Jennifer; Marshall, Michael; Uselding, Lara; Randall, John; Allen, Don; Burnell, Scott; Hayden, Elizabeth; Pires, Jose; Graves, Herman; Candra, Hernando; Murphy, Andrew; Murphy, Andrew; Pires, Jose; Hogan, Rosemary; Sheron, Brian; Dricks, Victor; Warnick, Greg; Reynoso, John; Lantz, Ryan; Markley, Michael Subject: latest version of Q&As
All,
This is the first draft of the seismic-specific Q&As. It is pretty rough and there are many answers still missing, but people have contributed a lot and we thought it may be useful for many people trying to answer questions coming in.
We are continuing to compile the questions that come in and update the seismic Q&A document. If you have suggested changes, or want to provide missing answers, please forward them to me for compilation.
This is a living document and will be updated daily in the foreseeable future.
Annie
Dr. Annie Kammerer, PE Senior Seismologist and Earthquake Engineer US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington DC 20555 mobile (b)(6) 131
2 El 365 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 6:32 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani Subject: Re: Japan update
Commissioner,
I will attempt to procure it.
Pat
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From: Svinicki, Kristine To: Castleman, Patrick Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani Sent: Wed Mar 16 18:26:42 2011 Subject: RE: Japan update
I would like a copy of the INPO event report with recommended actions, if we can get our hands on it.
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 8:59 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: Japan update
Commissioner,
Jack Grobe led the 2000 conference call. There were 20 participants.
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Pat
2 El 367 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 6:37 PM To: LIA07 Hoc Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani Subject: INPO Event Report
We would like to have a copy of the INPO event report on the Fukushima event. Please advise if you can provide this or, if not, where we can get it. Thanks.
Pat Castleman Office of Commissioner Svinicki
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(65)
El 368 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 6:47 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani Subject: Fw: FYI - Release of INPO Event Report Level 1 -- Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Station Fuel Damage Caused by Earthquake and Tsunam Attachments: INPO Event Report (IER) LI-1 1-1 .pdf
Importance: High
* Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6)
From: LIA07 Hoc To: Castleman, Patrick Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani * Sent: Wed Mar 16 18:45:10 2011 Subject: FW: FYI - Release of INPO Event Report Level 1 -- Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Station Fuel Damage Caused by Earthquake and Tsunam
Here is the event report ...
"Please be advised that this voluntarily provided document is copyrighted and Limited Distribution, and is not releaseable to the public (even under FOIA requests) as it has been granted exclusion from FOIA under the previous Affidavit sent and accepted by the NRC."
From: RST01 Hoc Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 6:43 PM To: LIA07 Hoc Subject: FW: FYI - Release of INPO Event Report Level 1 -- Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Station Fuel Damage Caused by Earthquake and Tsunam Importance: High
From: Weber, Michael Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 6:32 PM To: RST01 Hoc; LIA05 Hoc Subject: FYI - Release of INPO Event Report Level 1 -- Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Station Fuel Damage Caused by Earthquake and Tsunam Importance: High
From: Wittick, Brian Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 7:42 AM To: Nguyen, Quynh; Meighan, Sean; Andersen, James; Virgilio, Martin; Weber, Michael; Muessle, Mary; Williams, Donna; Merzke, Daniel
El 369 of 445 Cc: OIP Distribution Subject: FW: Release of INPO Event Report Level 1 -- Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Station Fuel Damage Caused by Earthquake and Tsunam Importance: High
Attached please find the INPO Level 1 Event Report
Brian Wittick Executive Technical Assistant for Reactors Office of the Executive Director for Operations U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 301-415-2496 (w), (b)(6[ (c)
From: Mortensen, George K (INPO) Fmailto:[email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 6:10 AM To: Boger, Bruce; Wittick, Brian Subject: FW: Release of INPO Event Report Level 1 -- Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Station Fuel Damage Caused by Earthquake and Tsunam Importance: High
Bruce.
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Best Wishes! George Mortensen INPO - External Relations Program Manager
2 El 370 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 7:24 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: Fw: 1900 EDT (March 16, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep Attachments: USNRC Earthquake-Tsunami Update.031611.1900EDT.pdf
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From: LIA07 Hoc Sent: Wed Mar 16 19:12:55 2011 Subject: 1900 EDT (March 16, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep
Attached, please find a 1600 EDT situation report from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding the impacts. of the earthquake/tsunami on March 13, 2011. This Update includes information related to NRC's evaluation of radiation measurements from the USS Ronald Reagan. Please note that this information is '`Crfd Ue Oly"and is only being shared within the federal family. Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions. -Sara
Sara K. Mroz Communications and Outreach Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response US Nuclear Regulatory Commission sara.mrozbnrc.qov LIA07.HOCfnrc.qov (Operations Center)
I El 371 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
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El 377 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 6:22 AM To: Sharkey, Jeffry; Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: Re: Seismic Q&As March 17th 2am update
Will do.
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6)
From: Sharkey, Jeffry To: Castleman, Patrick; Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Sent: Thu Mar 17 06:18:33 2011 Subject: Re: Seismic Q&As March 17th 2am update
Pat,
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Thanks,
Jeff
From: Castleman, Patrick To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Sent: Thu Mar 17 05:48:48 2011 Subject: FW: Seismic Q&As March 17th 2am update
From: Kammerer, Annie Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 2:36 AM To: Kammerer, Annie; Hiland, Patrick; Skeen, David; Case, Michael; RST01 Hoc Cc: Howe, Allen; Nelson, Robert; Stutzke, Martin; Glitter, Joseph; Rihm, Roger; McDermott, Brian; Hasselberg, Rick; Chokshi, Nilesh; Munson, Clifford; Cook, Christopher; Flanders, Scott; Ross-Lee, MaryJane; Brown, Frederick; Guitter, Joseph; Howe, Allen; Ruland, William; Dudes, Laura; Karas, Rebecca; Ake, Jon; Munson, Clifford; Hogan, Rosemary; Uhle, Jennifer; Marshall, Michael; Uselding, Lara; Randall, John; Allen, Don; Burnell, Scott; Hayden, Elizabeth; Pires, Jose; Graves, Herman; Candra, Hernando; Murphy, Andrew; Murphy, Andrew; Pires, Jose; Hogan, Rosemary; Sheron, Brian; Dricks, Victor; Warnick, Greg; Reynoso, John; Lantz, Ryan; Markley, Michael; Orders, William; Santiago, Patricia; Snodderly, Michael; Baggett, Steven; Sosa, Belkys; Davis, Roger; Franovich, Mike; Castleman, Patrick; Sharkey, Jeffry; Boska, John; Ma, John; Tegeler, Bret; Patel, Pravin; Shams, Mohamed; Morris, Scott; Brenner, Eliot; Harrington, Holly; Seber, Dogan; Ledford, Joey; Johnson, Michael; Virgilio, Martin; Holahan, Vincent; Bergman, Thomas Subject: Seismic Q&As March 17th 2am update
El 378 of 445 All,
As promised, a sharepoint site has been set up where our friends in NRR will be posting the latest version of the Seismic Q&A document on an ongoing basis. If someone would prefer to use the sharepoint site, instead of being on this distribution list, please let me know... http:///portal.nrc. gov/edo/nrr/NRR%20TA/FA Q%2ORelated%20to%2OEvents%200ccuring%20ino%2OJapan/F orms/AIItems.aspx
This latest update has a number of new questions (not many with answers today, but we are working hard). A high priority question we are working on is "how many plants are near a mapped active fault". We're focusing on anything within 50 miles. We're also pulling relevant questions from the congressional inquiries we just received; and will also give these high priority to support any needs by NRR.
Many new figures and some draft fact sheets have added to the "additional information" section. These include the NRO half of a tsunami fact sheet... a description of the tsunami research is still to come from RES.
Some good news: Yesterday's version seems to have been widely forwarded around the agency. So, we are also starting to get some excellent questions from staff looking forward. This is allowing us to feel that we are finally getting out in front of things to a small degree. Also, our team has grown and we now have someone acting as source of seismic expertise for the 11pm to 7 am shift. This means that we now have seismic experts available to the RST and OPA at the Op Center 24 hours, with 2 people during the day. That extra support is allowing us to get this out at least an hour earlier today ©
We are continuing to compile the questions that come in and update the seismic Q&A document. If you have suggested changes, or want to provide missing answers, please forward them to me for compilation.
This is a living document and will be updated daily in the foreseeable future.
Happy St. Paddy's Day. May the world (especially our friends in Japan) have the luck of the Irish today.
Cheers, Annie
Dr. Annie Kammerer, PE Senior Seismologist and Earthquake Engineer US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington DC 20555 mobile (b)(6) BB
From: Kammerer, Annie Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 3:41 AM To: Hiland, Patrick; Skeen, David Cc: Howe, Allen; Nelson, Robert; Stutzke, Martin; Giitter, Joseph; Rihm, Roger; McDermott, Brian; Hasselberg, Rick; Kammerer, Annie; Chokshi, Nilesh; Munson, Clifford; Cook, Christopher; Flanders, Scott; Ross-Lee, MaryJane; Brown, Frederick; Giitter, Joseph; Howe, Allen; Case, Michael; Ruland, William; Dudes, Laura; Karas, Rebecca; Ake, Jon; Munson, Clifford; Hogan, Rosemary; Uhle, Jennifer; Marshall, Michael; Uselding, Lara; Randall, John; Allen, Don; Burnell, Scott; Hayden, Elizabeth; Pires, Jose; Graves, Herman; Candra, Hernando; Murphy, Andrew; Murphy, Andrew; Pires, Jose; Hogan, Rosemary; Sheron, Brian; Dricks, Victor; Warnick, Greg; Reynoso, John; Lantz, Ryan; Markley, Michael Subject: latest version of Q&As
All, 2 El 379 of 445 This is the first draft of the seismic-specific Q&As. It is pretty rough and there are many answers still missing, but people have contributed a lot and we thought it may be useful for many people trying to answer questions coming in.
We are continuing to compile the questions that come in and update the seismic Q&A document. If you have suggested changes, or want to provide missing answers, please forward them to me for compilation.
This is a living document and will be updated daily in the foreseeable future.
Annie
Dr. Annie Kammerer, PE Senior Seismologist and Earthquake Engineer US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington DC 20555
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3 El 380 of 445 Sharkey, Jeffry
From: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 6:24 AM To: Sharkey, Jeffry Subject: ACTION: Commissioners Assistants Briefing Notification
There will be a Commisioners Assistants Briefing viven by the Executive Team at 0800 EST on March 17, 2011 concerning the nuclear events in Japan. Call (b)(6) approximately 5 minutes before the scheduled start time. When prompted, enter the security codd (b)(6), repeatSX . Please respond to the voice prompts indicating whether you plan to participate in the briefing.
El 381 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 6:28 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine; Sharkey, Jeffry; Darani Reddick; John Thoma Subject: FW: ACTION: Commissioners Assistants Briefing Notification
This morning's briefing has been moved to 0800.
From: [email protected] ([email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 6:15 AM Subject: ACTION: Commissioners Assistants Briefing Notification
There will be a Commisioners Assistants Briefing given by the Executive Team at 0800 EST on March 17, 2011 concerningQte nuclear events in lapan. Call (b)(6) Opproximately 5 minutes before the scheduled start time. When prompted, enter the security cod4( ,(6jrepeat . olease respond to the voice prompts indicating whether you plan to participate in the briefing.
El 382 of 445 Thomna, John
From: Thoma, John Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 6:50 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani Subject: FW: Special Inspection Team Charter for GNF-A Attachments: Special Inspection Charter (2).pdf
Commissioner Svinicki,
FYI, a Special Inspection Team is being sent to Global Nuclear Fuel - America L.L.C. to investigate a recent failure to maintain mass control of U02. Basically too much U02 had built up on a HEPA filter at a U02 Sinter Test Grinding Station.
John
From: Frazier, Alan Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 5:01 PM To: Bradford, Anna; Thoma, John; Baggett, Steven; Tadesse, Rebecca; Kock, Andrea Cc: Brock, Kathryn; Andersen, James Subject: FYI: Special Inspection Team Charter for GNF-A
Commissioner's Assistants,
Attached is the Special Inspection Team Charter for GNF-A for RII to inspect and assess the facts and circumstances surrounding the failure to maintain mass control within the U02 Sinter Test Grinding Station HEPA filter enclosure. As you know, the issue was reported to the NRC Operations Center on March 2, 2011, (Event # 46650) and the team is onsite this week.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Alan
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El 383 of 445 0 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257
March 11,2011 MEMORANDUM TO: Omar R. L6pez, Team Leader Global Nuclear Fuel- America, L.L.C., Special Inspection
FROM: Victor M. McCree, Regional Administrator /RA/ by L. Wert for
SUBJECT: SPECIAL INSPECTION TEAM CHARTER FOR GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL-AMERICA, L.L.C., DOCKET NO. 70-11113 (INSPECTION REPORT NO. 70-1113/2011-006)
This memorandum confirms the establishment of a Special Inspection Team (SIT) at Global Nuclear Fuel - America, L.L.C. (GNF-A) to inspect and assess the facts and circumstances surrounding the failure to maintain mass control within the U02 Sinter Test Grinding Station HEPA filter enclosure. The issue was reported to the NRC Operations Center on March 2, 2011, (Event # 46650). You are the inspection leader and should report your status directly to me. Nicole Coovert and Christian M. Fisher are assigned as members of the team to assist in completing the objectives of the Charter. The onsite inspection should begin on March 14, 2011.
Management Directive 8.3, "NRC Incident Investigation Program," was used to evaluate the level of NRC response for this operational event. Based on the deterministic criteria the staff concluded that this issue led to the loss of a significant safety function; involved possible adverse generic implications; involved significant design defects involving safety-related equipment; involved repetitive events involving safety-related equipment; and involved questions pertaining to licensee operational performance. NRC determined that the appropriate level or response was to conduct a Special Inspection.
The inspection will be performed in accordance with the guidance of Inspection Procedure (IP) 88003, IP 88020, and the applicable provisions of IP 93812; and will be consistent with Management Directive 8.3 and Manual Chapter 2600. The report will be issued within 30 days of the completion of the inspection.
A copy of the Charter is enclosed for your use. The objectives of the inspection are to gather information and make appropriate findings and conclusions in the areas listed in the Charter. These results will be used as a basis for any necessary follow-up. As indicated in the Charter, the foremost objective is to determine the safety implications and adequacy of the licensee's corrective actions for the issues which resulted in the event.
Enclosure: As stated
CONTACTS: Marvin D. Sykes, RII/DFFI Anthony T. Gody, RII/DFFI 404-997-4629 404-997-4701
El 384 of 445 MEMORANDUM TO: Omar R. L6pez, Team Leader Global Nuclear Fuel - America, L.L.C., Special Inspection
FROM: Victor M. McCree, Regional Administrator IRAI by L. Wert for
SUBJECT: SPECIAL INSPECTION TEAM CHARTER FOR GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL-AMERICA, L.L.C., DOCKET NO. 70-11113 (INSPECTION REPORT NO. 70-1113/2011-006)
This memorandum confirms the establishment of a Special Inspection Team (SIT) at Global Nuclear Fuel - America, L.L.C. (GNF-A) to inspect and assess the facts and circumstances surrounding the failure to maintain mass control within the U0 2 Sinter Test Grinding Station HEPA filter enclosure. The issue was reported to the NRC Operations Center on March 2, 2011, (Event # 46650). You are the inspection leader and should report your status directly to me. Nicole Coovert and Christian M. Fisher are assigned as members of the team to assist in completing the objectives of the Charter. The onsite inspection should begin on March 14, 2011.
Management Directive 8.3, "NRC Incident Investigation Program," was used to evaluate the level of NRC response for this operational event. Based on the deterministic criteria the staff concluded that this issue led to the loss of a significant safety function; involved possible adverse generic implications: involved significant design defects involving safety-related equipment; involved repetitive events involving safety- related equipment; and involved questions pertaining to licensee operational performance. NRC determined that the appropriate level or response was to conduct a Special Inspection.
The inspection will be performed in accordance with the guidance of Inspection Procedure (IP) 88003, IP 88020, and the applicable provisions of IP 93812; and will be consistent with Management Directive 8.3 and Manual Chapter 2600. The report will be issued within 30 days of the completion of the inspection.
A copy of the Charter is enclosed for your use. The objectives of the inspection are to gather information and make appropriate findings and conclusions in the areas listed in the Charter. These results will be used as a basis for any necessary follow-up- As indicated in the Charter, the foremost objective is to determine the safety implications and adequacy of the licensee's corrective actions for the issues which resulted in the event.
Enclosure: As stated
CONTACTS: Marvin D. Sykes, RII/DFFI Anthony T. Gody, RII/DFFI 404-997-4629 404-997-4701 *see previous concurrence
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OFFICE RII:DFFI RII:DFFI NMSS RII:ORA SIGNATURE IRA by MS/ IRA by AG/ IRA by PS for IRA by LWI JK via email_/ NAME MSykes* AGody" JKinnenman LWert DATE 3/9/2011 3/912011 3/10/2011 3/11/2011 3/ /2011 31 /2011 3/ /2011 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES YES NO YES NO YES NO
OICUIAL RtECOu COPUUIY DOCUMENTI NAME: G:kDNMSIIW-hliII\EVENTSI G~LUAL NUCLEAR FUELkSPECIAL INSPECT ION CHARTER (2).DOCX
El 385 of 445 Special Inspection Team Charter Global Nuclear Fuel - Americas Failure to Maintain Mass Control in HEPA Filter Housing
Event
On February 1, 2011 at Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas (GNF-A), the licensee noticed a high differential pressure (Ap) of approximately 4 inches of H20 across the filtration unit in the U0 2 Sinter Test Grinding Station. The licensee, using an approved procedure, replaced the pre-filter on February 1. Approximately 4 kilograms of U0 2 powder was removed from the pre-filter. The system was returned to service; however, the licensee did not see a reduction in the Ap readings.
On February 5, the licensee again removed the system from service and replaced the HEPA filter. During this activity, approximately 26.9 kilograms of U0 2 powder was removed from the HEPA. The combination of material removed from the pre-filter and HEPA totaled
30.9 kilograms of U0 2 powder, slightly less than the safe mass limit of 31 kilograms for dry U0 2 powder. The licensee stated that a Ap of 4 inches H20 would normally be reached before 25 kilograms of U0 2 accumulated on the HEPA filter. This particular HEPA filter is believed to have been in service for approximately two years. The licensee entered this occurrence into their near miss tracking database and continued to operate the UO2 Sinter Test Grinding Station.
On March 1, while performing routine non-destructive analysis (NDA) of the ventilation duct around the U0 2 Sinter Test Grinding Station HEPA enclosure, the licensee identified material in the transition section of the HEPA filter enclosure. The licensee re-entered the system and removed approximately 15.3 kilograms of U02 powder. This additional U0 2 powder was determined to have been present in the HEPA enclosure since at least February 1. Therefore, approximately 46 kilograms of U0 2 powder was present and uncontrolled in HEPA filter enclosure.
Upon discovery of the additional material in the transition section of the enclosure, the licensee shutdown the U0 2 Sinter Test Grinding Station and the other grinders in the facility to assess the extent of condition. GNF identified similar grinders and reviewed historical Ap data for all of the HEPA enclosures. No other examples of excessive material accumulation were identified. The licensee determined that all other grinder HEPA enclosures had a different design, no common issues were noted. The U02 Sinter Test Grinding Station remained shutdown but all other grinders were returned to service while the licensee conducts a root cause investigation.
GNF relied on mass and moderation control to ensure double contingency and this condition represented a loss of mass control. Although the licensee has reported that moderation control was not impacted, double contingency was no longer satisfied. GNF reported this event on March 2, 2011 (EN 46650) but did not specify the reporting criteria. A preliminary review of the issue by the staff indicates that the issue may have been reported in accordance with 10 CFR 70 Appendix A (b)(1), "Any event or condition that results in the facility being in a state that was
Enclosure
El 386 of 445 . 2 not analyzed, was improperly analyzed, or is different from that analyzed in the Integrated Safety Analysis, and which results in failure to meet the performance requirements of 10 CFR 70.61."
Objectives
The objectives of the inspection are to: 1) review the facts surrounding the failure to maintain mass control within the of U02 Sinter Test Grinding Station HEPA filter enclosure; 2) assess the licensee's response to the higher than anticipated U0 2 mass in the HEPA enclosure; and 3) evaluate the licensee's immediate and long term corrective actions to prevent recurrence. To accomplish these objectives, the following tasks will be completed:
1. Develop a timeline of the licensee's actions leading up to and following this process upset condition.
2. Determine the actual and potential safety significance to the workers, public, and the environment. 3. Evaluate the adequacy of the licensee's response to this process upset condition including operator response and maintenance effectiveness.
4. Evaluate the adequacy of licensee's event reporting.
5. Evaluate the adequacy of the licensee's causal analysis and extent of condition review.
6. Evaluate the adequacy of the licensee's immediate and long term corrective actions; and actions to prevent recurrence. 7. Evaluate the adequacy of the licensee's integrated safety analysis to ensure that performance requirements are met for this and related accident scenarios.
Documentation
Document the inspection findings and conclusions in an inspection report within 30 days of the completion of the inspection.
El 387 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:00 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry: Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: FW: 0600 EDT (March 17, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep Attachments: NRC Status Update 3-17.11--06.00am.pdf
From: LIA07 Hoc Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 6:42 AM Cc: LIA07 Hoc Subject: 0600 EDT (March 17, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep
Attached, please find .a 0600 EDT situation report from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations• Center regarding the impacts of the earthquake/tsunami on March 17, 2011. This Update includes information related to the status of the Fukushima Daiichi Facility. Please note that this information is "Oand is only being shared within the federal family. Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions.
-Jim Jim Anderson Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response US Nuclear Regulatory Commission ijames.anderson~3nrc.gov LIA07.HOC(nrc.qov (Operations Center)
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El 388 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:02 AM To; Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: FW: ACTION: Commissioners Assistants Briefing Notification
They have moved the briefing back to 0730.
From: ANS .HOC~nrc.gov Fmailto:ANS .HOC~cnrc.oovl Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:01 AM Subject: ACTION: Commissioners Assistants Briefing Notification
The commissioner's Assistants Briefing has been changed from 0800 to 0730 on 03/17/11. Call (b)(6) approximately 5 minutes before the scheduled time. Whien prompted, enter the security codd (b)(6) ýollowed by the # sign.
El 389 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:15 AM To: Sharkey, Jeffry Subject: RE: Resend Press Release: NRC Provides Protective Action Recommendations Based on US Guidelines
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:00 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: Fw: Resend Press Release: NRC Provides Protective Action Recommendations Based on US Guidelines
Let's discuss this morning.
From: Caputo, Annie (EPW)
Where are these dose estimates coming from? I haven't seen anything that suggests these numbers. Are you all privy to info that's not being shared?
From: Riley (OCA), Timothy fmailto: Timothy. RileyOCAanrc.gov1 Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:22 PM To: Riley (OCA), Timothy Subject: Resend Press Release: NRC Provides Protective Action Recommendations Based on US Guidelines
NRC PROVIDES PROTECTIVE ACTION RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON U.S. GUIDELINES Under the guidelines for public safety that would be used in the United States under similar circumstances, the NRC * believes it is appropriate for U.S. residents within 50 miles of the Fukushima reactors to evacuate. Among other things, in the United States protective actions recommendations are implemented when projected doses could exceed 1 rem to the body or 5 rem to the thyroid. A rem is a measure of radiation dose. The average American is exposed to approximately 620 millirems, or 0.62 reni, of radiation each year from natural and manmade sources.
El 390 of 445 In making protective action recommendations, the NRC takes into account a variety of factors that include weather, wind direction and speed, and the status of the problem at the reactors. Attached are the results of two sets of computer calculations used to support the NRC recommendations. In response to nuclear emergencies, the NRC works with other U.S. agencies to monitor radioactive releases and predict their path. All the available information continues to indicate Hawaii, Alaska, the U.S. Territories and the U.S. West Coast are not expected to experience any harmful levels of radioactivity.
News releases are available through a free subscription at the following Web address: http://www.nrc.gov/public- involve!listserver.htnil. The NRC homepage at www.nrc.jov also offers a SUBSCRIBE link. E-mail notifications are sent to subscribers when news releases are posted to NRC's website.
Timothy Riley Congressional Affairs Officer U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Congressional Affairs Phone: 301-415-8492 Blackberry:7 (b)(6)
2 El 391 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:21 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: Fw: 0700 EDT (March 17, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep Attachments: NRC Status Update 3-17.11--07.00am.pdf
Here's an update to the 0600 sitrep. An observatior (b)(5) (b)(5)
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From: LUA07 Hoc To: LIA07 Hoc Sent: Thu Mar 17 07:16:01 2011 Subject: 0700 EDT (March 17, 2011) USNRC Earthquake/Tsunami SitRep
Attached, please find a 0700 EDT situation report from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding the impacts of the earthquake/tsunami on March 17, 2011. This Update corrects information about the US State Department's actions for employees in Japan. Please note that this information is "Official 19f4y-" and is only being shared within the federal family. Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions.
-Jim
Jim Anderson Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response US Nuclear Regulatory Commission james.anderson(anrc.gov LIAO7.HOCbnrc.gov (Operations Center)
I El 392 of 445 Sharkey, Jeffry
From: Rothschild, Trip Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:43 AM To: Mohseni, Aby; Hirsch, Patricia; Haney, Catherine; Schmidt, Rebecca; Droggitis, Spiros; Poole, Brooke; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Muessle, Mary; Weber, Michael; Ash, Darren; Nichols, Russell; Sealing, Donna; Holonich, Joseph; Powell, Amy; Young, Mitzi; Burns, Stephen; Itzkowitz, Marvin; Dorman, Dan; Batkin, Joshua; Coggins, Angela; Clark, Lisa; Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Sosa, Belkys; Davis, Roger; Bubar, Patrice; Bupp, Margaret; Nieh, Ho; Zorn, Jason; Crockett, Steven; Croston, Sean; Suttenberg, Jeremry; Cordes, John Cc: Kokajko, Lawrence; Davis, Jack; Stablein, King Subject: RE: Congressional request for Yucca documents
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ssag e - .... ----O rig- inal Me From: Mohseni, Aby Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:41 AM To: Hirsch, Patricia; Haney, Catherine; Schmidt, Rebecca; Droggitis, Spiros; Poole, Brooke; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Muessle, Mary; Weber, Michael; Ash, Darren; Nichols, Russell; Sealing, Donna; Holonich, Joseph; Powell, Amy; Young, Mitzi; Burns, Stephen; Rothschild, Trip; Itzkowitz, Marvin; Dorman, Dan; Batkin, Joshua; Coggins, Angela; Clark, Lisa; Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Sosa, Belkys; Davis, Roger; Bubar, Patrice; Bupp, Margaret; Nieh, Ho; Zorn, Jason; Crockett, Steven; Croston, Sean; Suttenberg, Jeremy; Cordes, John Cc: Kokajko, Lawrence; Davis, Jack; Stablein, King Subject: RE: Congressional request for Yucca documents
Patricia,
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From: Hirsch, Patricia Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 1:37 PM To: Mohseni, Aby; Haney, Catherine; Schmidt, Rebecca; Droggitis, Spiros; Poole, Brooke; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Muessle, Mary; Weber, Michael; Ash, Darren; Nichols, Russell; Sealing, Donna; Holonich, Joseph; Powell, Amy; Young, Mitzi; Burns, Stephen; Rothschild, Trip; Itzkowitz,. Marvin; Dorman, Dan; Batkin, Joshua; Coggins, Angela; Clark, Lisa; Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Sosa, Belkys; Davis, Roger; Bubar, Patrice; Bupp, Margaret; Nieh, Ho; Zorn, Jason; Crockett, Steven; Croston, Sean; Suttenberg, Jeremy; Cordes, John Subject: RE: Congressional request for Yucca documents
Further instructions: Number 1: timeline -SECY is in the lead to develop Number 4: timeline should be developed by NMSS in the lead.
Those paragraphs as I read them, only ask for the timelines-if the office preparing the timeline needs to consult other offices or rely on documents, those documents need to be maintained, but not produced unless responsive to other questions.
Pat Hirsch Assistant General Counsel for Legal Counsel, Legislation and Special Projects Mail Stop 0-15 D21 301-415-0563
From: Mohseni, Aby
El 393 of 445 Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 12:37 PM To: Hirsch, Patricia; Haney, Catherine; Schmidt, Rebecca; Droggitis, Spiros; Poole, Brooke; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Muessle, Mary; Weber, Michael; Ash, Darren; Nichols, Russell; Sealing, Donna; Holonich, Joseph; Powell, Amy; Young, Mitzi; Burns, Stephen; Rothschild, Trip; Itzkowitz, Marvin; Dorman, Dan; Batkin, Joshua; Coggins, Angela; Clark, Lisa; Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Sosa, Belkys; Davis, Roger; Bubar, Patrice; Bupp, Margaret; Nieh, Ho; Zorn, Jason; Crockett, Steven; Croston, Sean; Suttenberg, Jeremy; Cordes, John Subject: RE: Congressional request for Yucca documents
Patricia, The Committee letter requests electronic version of Vol 3 by March 23, as opposed to your email that stated April 1. See quote below from committee's letter.
The Committee requests that the NRC produce Volume III of the SER in its unredacted, electronic form no later than noon on March 23, 2011. \Ve ask that you provide the remaining requested information and documents as soon as possible, but no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 1,2011.
Aby
From: Hirsch, Patricia Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 10:46 AM To: Haney, Catherine; Schmidt, Rebecca; Droggitis, Spiros; Poole, Brooke; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Muessle, Mary; Weber, Michael; Ash, Darren; Nichols, Russell; Sealing, Donna; Holonich, Joseph; Powell, Amy; Young, Mitzi; Burns, Stephen; Rothschild, Trip; Itzkowitz, Marvin; Dorman, Dan; Batkin, Joshua; Coggins, Angela; Clark, Lisa: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Sosa, Belkys; Davis, Roger; Bubar, Patrice; Bupp, Margaret; Nieh, Ho; Zorn, Jason; Crockett, Steven; Croston, Sean; Suttenberg, Jeremy; Cordes, John Subject: Congressional request for Yucca documents
Hopefully, you have all seen the yellow announcement that was posted yesterday concerning the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform request for information and documents concerning Yucca. (if you haven't, I have pasted it below, and I attached the Committee's request) First order of business is to get from each of you an estimate of a reasonable date you can provide OGC your responsive documents, or in some instances, the requested timelines. While the request itself set the 23rd of March as the due date for most of the documents, and April 1, for the delivery of the un-redacted SER volume 3, I understand that the committee staff has indicated these dates can be pushed back a while due to the emergency in Japan.
Notwithstanding the fact that my name is on the yellow announcement as the point of contact, it will actually "take a village" to get this done. In OGC, Sean Croston and Jeremy Suttenberg will be staffing this with me, if I am out, Steve Crockett will be acting for me.
I know everyone is busy and I really appreciate everyone's cooperation with this task. Thanks!
Pat Hirsch Assistant General Counsel for Legal Counsel, Legislation and Special Projects Mail Stop 0-15 D21 301-415-0563
Announcement No. 033
Date: March 15, 2011 To:
El 394 of 445 All NRC Employees
SUBJECT:
DOCUMENT HOLD INSTRUCTIONS RE: YUCCA HIGH LEVEL WASTE REPOSITORY
The House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has requested documents and information related to the Yucca High-Level Waste Repository matter. NRC employees are directed to maintain all pertinent documents falling within the scope of the request, which is described below. Requested records, documents, data, or information should not be destroyed, modified, removed, transferred or otherwise made inaccessible. The request includes documents or information in your possession or control or held by employees or agents acting on your behalf. The request includes electronically stored information (ESI) which is the preferred format, as well as hard copies of documents.
What You Need to Do
It is your responsibility to ensure that any potentially relevant information related to this matter/case that is within your possession, custody, or control, is preserved and not destroyed, even if the policy or practice of your office would normally dictate otherwise.
What Must Be Preserved
The information that must be preserved includes Electronically Stored Information ("ESI"), hard copies of documents, and tangible things. ESI includes, but is not limited to, computer files of any type (word processing documents, e-mail messages, spreadsheets, calendar entries, and flash memory media, including USB drives and memory cards). It includes not only information stored on NRC computers but can also include information stored on home computers, personal laptop computers, PDAs such as Palm Pilots and Blackberries, and mobile phones, if used for NRC work.
All information, including privileged information, must be preserved.
If you identify responsive documents, you will receive additional instructions for producing this information for provision to the Committee. In the meantime, please carefully review this e-mail and preserve all materials in accordance with these instructions.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding which materials should be preserved or how they should be preserved, or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact Patricia Hirsch, Assistant General Counsel for Legal Counsel, Legislation and Special Projects at 301-415-1607 or by e- mail
RECORDS and INFORMATION REQUESTED: 1.
A timeline of significant events related to the Commission's review of the ASLB's decision on DOE's motion to withdraw the license application, Including, but not limited to the following: a)
Filing of each Commissioner's vote b)
3 El 395 of 445 Withdrawal of any Commissioner's vote c)
Active deliberation or discussions between Commissioners or their staffs.
2.
Documents and communications, including e-mails, relating to the Commission's review of the ASLB's decision on DOE's motion to withdraw the license application.
3.
Documents and communications, including e-mails, relating to reasons for the delay between the filing of the final Commissioner's vote and the scheduling of the affirmation session.
4.
A timeline of all significant events related to the "orderly closure" of the High-Level Waste Program and the use of Nuclear Waste Fund resources under the Continuing Resolution, including but not limited to the following: a)
Communication to or among the Commissioners or their respective staffs b)
Internal communication to NRC staff
5.
Documents and communications, including e-mails, relating to all significant dates concerning the "orderly closure" of the High-Level Waste Program and the use of Nuclear Waste Fund resources under the Continuing Resolution.
6.
Documents and communications, including e-mails, exchanged among or originated by the Commissioners, their respective staffs, and the Commission staff relating to the funding of the High-Level Waste Program in FY201 1. This request includes any reviews or recommendations provided by the Office of the General Counsel.
7.
Documents and communications including e-mails exchanged among or originated by the Commissioners, their respective staffs, and Commission staff relating to the release of Volume III of the SER.
8.
El 396 of 445 A statement by each individual responsible for reviewing and signing Volume Ill of the SER specifying whether he/she received the document for final concurrence and whether and when he/she gave that concurrence.
9.
Documents and communications, including e-mails, related to the decision to develop a report separate from the SER to document the NRC staff's technical review activities completed to date.
10.
Volume III of the SER, in un-redacted form.
IRA/
Stephen G. Burns General Counsel
5 El 397 of 445 Lepre, Janet
From: CMRSVINICKI Resource Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 8:02 AM To: Lepre, Janet; Harves, Carolyn Subject: FW: Japan!!!
From: Mike Abt ImaIlt: (b)(6) Sent: Wednesday, Marc 16, 2011 9:48 PM To: CMRSVINICKI Resource Subject: Japan!!!
Hello,
I would like to ask a very simple question. I understand the answer in terms of operational costs, but in terms of an emergency, why can't liquid nitrogen or another super-cold liquid be used to'cool the reactor(s) in Japan?
I look forwardto hearing back from you!
Very best regards, Mike Abt (b)(6)
I El 398 of 445 Lepre, Janet
From: Lepre, Janet Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 8:29 AM To: OPA Resource Cc: Harves, Carolyn Subject: FW; Japan!fl Attachments: FW: Japan!!
Forwarding the attached e-mail from Mike Abt, (b)(6)
Thank you.
Jan
Janet L. Lepre, Administrative Assistant Office of Commissioner Svinicki U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission MS O-16G4 Washington, DC 20555 Phone: 301-415-1855 [email protected] UJS.NRC
I El 399 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 9:11 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Reddick, Darani; Castleman, Patrick Subject: Fw: eWash Message Attachments: FW: eWash: WH 129
From: Vietti-Cook, Annette To: Batkin, Joshua; Coggins, Angela; Hayden, Elizabeth; Borchardt, Bill; Virgilio, Martin; Weber, Michael; Svinicki, Kristine; Sharkey, Jeffry; Apostolakis, George; Sosa, Belkys; Bubar, Patrice; Magwood, William; Ostendorff, William; Nieh, Ho; Burns, Stephen; Rothschild, Trip; Doane, Margaret; Mamish, Nader Sent: Thu Mar 17 08:35:18 2011 Subject: FW: eWash Message
The Chairman is in this meeting discussing these agenda items at this time.
From: NRCHQ Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:36 AM To: Vietti-Cook, Annette; Wright, Darlene; Lewis, Antoinette; McKelvin, Sheila; Mike, Linda; Champ, Billie Cc: NRCHQ Subject: eWash Message
Attached eWash Message
El 400 of 445 Sharkey, Jeffry From: Hirsch, Patricia Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 10:11 AM To: Mohseni, Aby; Haney, Catherine; Schmidt, Rebecca; Droggitis, Spiros; Poole, Brooke; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Muessle, Mary; Weber, Michael; Ash, Darren; Nichols, Russell; Sealing, Donna; Holonich, Joseph; Powell, Amy, Young, Mitzi- Burns, Stephen; Rothschild, Trip; Itzkowitz, Marvin; Dorman, Dan; Batkin, Joshua; Coggins, Angela; Clark, Lisa; Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Sosa, Belkys: Davis, i. Roger; Bubar, Patrice; Bupp, Margaret; Nieh, Ho; Zorn, Jason; Crockett, Steven; Croston, Sean; Suttenberg, Jeremy; Cordes, John Cc: Kokajko, Lawrence; Davis, Jack; Stablein, King Subject: RE: Congressional request for Yucca documents
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Pat Hirsch Assistant General Counsel for Legal Counsel, Legislation and Special Projects Mail Stop 0-15 D21 301-415-0563
-----Original Message ----- From: Mohseni, Aby K Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:41 AM To: Hirsch, Patricia; Haney, Catherine; Schmidt, Rebecca; Droggitis, Spiros; Poole, Brooke; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Muessle, Mary; Weber, Michael; Ash, Darren; Nichols, Russell; Sealing, Donna; Holonich, Joseph; Powell, Amy; Young, Mitzi; Burns, Stephen; Rothschild, Trip; Itzkowitz, Marvin; Dorman, Dan; Batkin, Joshua; Coggins, Angela; Clark, Lisa; Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Sosa, Belkys; Davis, Roger, Bubar, Patrice; Bupp, Margaret; Nieh, Ho; Zorn, Jason; Crockett, Steven; Croston, Sean; Suttenberg, Jeremy; Cordes, John Cc: Kokajko, Lawrence; Davis, Jack; Stablein, King Subject: RE: Congressional request for Yucca documents
Patricia,
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Aby 4 From: Hirsch, Patricia 2 Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 1:37 PM To: Mohseni, .Aby; Haney, Catherine; Schmidt, Rebecca; Droggitis, Spiros; Poole, Brooke; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Muessle, Mary; Weber, Michael; Ash, Darren; Nichols, Russell; Sealing, Donna; Holonich, Joseph; Powell, Amy; Young, Mitzi; Burns, Stephen; Rothschild, Trip; Itzkowitz, Marvin; Dorman, Dan; Batkin, Joshua; Coggins, Angela; Clark, Lisa; Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Sosa, Belkys; Davis, Roger; Bubar, Patrice; Bupp, Margaret; Nieh, Ho; Zorn, Jason; Crockett, Steven; Croston, Sean; Suttenberg, Jeremy; Cordes, John Subject: RE: Congressional request for Yucca documents
Further instructions: Number 1: timeline -SECY is in the lead to develop Number 4: timeline should be developed by NMSS in the lead.
Those paragraphs as I read them, only ask for the timelines-if the office preparing the timeline needs to consult other offices or rely on documents, those documents need to be maintained, but not produced unless responsive to other questions.
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El 401 of 445 Fat Hirsch Assistant General Counsel for Legal Counsel, Legislation and Special Projects Mail Stop 0-15 D21 301-415-0563
From: Mohseni, Aby Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 12:37 PM To: Hirsch, Patricia; Haney, Catherine; Schmidt, Rebecca; Droggitis, Spiros; Poole, Brooke; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Muessle, Mary; Weber, Michael; Ash, Darren; Nichols, Russell; Sealing, Donna; Holonich, Joseph; Powell, Amy; Young, Mitzi; Burns, Stephen; Rothschild, Trip; Itzkowitz, Marvin; Dorman, Dan; Batkin, Joshua; Coggins, Angela; Clark, Lisa; Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Sosa, Belkys; Davis, Roger; Bubar, Patrice; Bupp, Margaret; Nieh, Ho; Zorn, Jason; Crockett, Steven; Croston, Sean; Suttenberg, Jeremy; Cordes, John Subject: RE: Congressional request for Yucca documents
Patricia, The Committee letter requests electronic version of Vol 3 by March 23, as opposed to your email that stated April 1. See quote below from committee's letter.
The Committee requests that the NRC produce Volume III of the SER in its unredacted, electronic form no later than noon on March 23, 2011. \Ve ask that you provide the remaining requested information and documents as soon as possible, but no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 1,2011.
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From: Hirsch, Patricia Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 10:46 AM To: Haney, Catherine; Schmidt, Rebecca; Droggitis, Spiros; Poole, Brooke; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Muessle, Mary; Weber, Michael; Ash, Darren; Nichols, Russell; Sealing, Donna; Holonich, Joseph; Powell, Amy; Young, Mitzi; Burns, Stephen; Rothschild, Trip; Itzkowitz, Marvin; Dorman, Dan; Batkin, Joshua; Coggins, Angela; Clark, Lisa; Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Sosa, Belkys; Davis, Roger; Bubar, Patrice; Bupp, Margaret; Nieh, Ho; Zorn, Jason; Crockett, Steven; Croston, Sean; Suttenberg, Jeremy; Cordes, John Subject: Congressional request for Yucca documents
Hopefully, you have all seen the yellow announcement that was posted yesterday concerning the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform request for information and documents concerning Yucca. (if you haven't, I have pasted it below, and I attached the Committee's request) First order of business is to get from each of you an estimate of a reasonable date you can provide OGC your responsive documents, or in some instances, the requested timelines. While the request itself set the 23rd of March as the due date for most of the documents, and April 1, for the delivery of the un-redacted SER volume 3, I understand that the committee staff has indicated these dates can be pushed back a while due to the emergency in Japan.
Notwithstanding the fact that my name is on the yellow announcement as the point of contact, it will actually "take a village" to get this done. In OGC, Sean Croston and Jeremy Suttenberg will be staffing this with me, if I am out, Steve Crockett will be acting for me.
I know everyone is busy and I really appreciate everyone's cooperation with this task. Thanks!
Pat Hirsch Assistant General Counsel for Legal Counsel, Legislation and Special Projects Mail Stop 0-15 D21 301-415-0563
2 El 402 of 445 Announcement No. 033
Date: March 15, 2011 To:
All NRC Employees
SUBJECT:
DOCUMENT HOLD INSTRUCTIONS RE: YUCCA HIGH LEVEL WASTE REPOSITORY
The House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has requested documents and information related to the Yucca High-Level Waste Repository matter. NRC employees are directed to maintain all pertinent documents falling within the scope of the request, which is described below. Requested records, documents, data, or information should not be destroyed, modified, removed, transferred or otherwise made inaccessible. The request includes documents or information in your possession or control or held by employees or agents acting on your behalf. The request includes electronically stored information (ESI) which is the preferred format, as well as hard copies of documents.
What You Need to Do
It is your responsibility to ensure that any potentially relevant information related to this matter/case that is within your possession, custody, or control, is preserved and not destroyed, even if the policy or practice of your office would normally dictate otherwise.
What Must Be Preserved
The information that must be preserved includes Electronically Stored Information ("ESI"), hard copies of documents, and tangible things. ESI includes, but is not limited to, computer files of any type (word processing documents, e-mail messages, spreadsheets, calendar entries, and flash memory media, including USB drives and memory cards). It includes not only information stored on NRC computers but can also include information stored on home computers, personal laptop computers, PDAs such as Palm Pilots and Blackberries, and mobile phones, if used for NRC work.
All information, including privileged information, must be preserved.
If you identify responsive documents, you will receive additional instructions for producing this information for provision to the Committee. In the meantime, please carefully review this e-mail and preserve all materials in accordance with these instructions.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding which materials should be preserved or how they should be preserved, or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact Patricia Hirsch, Assistant General Counsel for Legal Counsel, Legislation and Special Projects at 301-415-1607 or by e- mail
RECORDS and INFORMATION REQUESTED: 1.
A timeline of significant events related to the Commission's review of the ASLB's decision on DOE's motion to withdraw the license application, Including, but not limited to the following: a)
3 El 403 of 445 FHing of each Commissioner's vote b)
Withdrawal of any Commissioner's vote c)
Active deliberation or discussions between Commissioners or their staffs.
2.
Documents and communications, including e-mails, relating to the Commission's review of the ASLB's decision on DOE's motion to withdraw the license application.
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Documents and communications, including e-mails, relating to reasons for the delay between the filing of the final Commissioner's vote and the scheduling of the affirmation session.
4.
A timeline of all significant events related to the "orderly closure" of the High-Level Waste Program and the use of Nuclear Waste Fund resources under the Continuing Resolution, including but not limited to the following: a)
Communication to or among the Commissioners or their respective staffs b)
Internal communication to NRC staff
5.
Documents and communications, including e-mails, relating to all significant dates concerning the "orderly closure" of the High-Level Waste Program and the use of Nuclear Waste Fund resources under the Continuing Resolution.
6.
Documents and communications, including e-mails, exchanged among or originated by the Commissioners, their respective staffs, and the Commission staff relating to the funding of the High-Level Waste Program in FY201 1. This request includes any reviews or recommendations provided by the Office of the General Counsel.
7.
4 El 404 of 445 Documents and communications including e-mails exchanged among or originated by the Commissioners, their respective staffs, and Commission staff relating to the release of Volume III of the SER.
8.
A statement by each individual responsible for reviewing and signing Volume Ill of the SER specifying whether he/she received the document for final concurrence and whether and when he/she gave that concurrence.
9.
Documents and communications, including e-mails, related to the decision to develop a report separate from the SER to document the NRC staff's technical review activities completed to date.
10.
Volume III of the SER, in un-redacted form.
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Stephen G. Burns General Counsel
5 El 405 of 445 Lepre, Janet
From: CMRSVINICKI Resource Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:06 AM To: Lepre, Janet; Harves, Carolyn Subject: FW: suggestion - Japan
Original----- Message ----- From: Jonathan Mandell [(tb)(6) Sent: Thursday, March 17, 201 1.1 :02 AM To: CMRSVINICKI Resource Subject: Re: suggestion - Japan
Waiting for your response.
On 3/17/11, Jonathan Mandell <1 (b)(6) wrote: > Hello Ms. Svinicki,
> I got your email off the NRC website. I had an idea for the Japan crisis. > They need water over the nuclear reactors - could they cloud seed > above the reactors to help make it rain?
> Respectfully,
> Jonathan
> Jonathan Mandell >1 (b)(6)
Sent from my mobile device
Jonathan Mandell (b)(6)
El 406 of 445 Svinicki, Kristine
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:50 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: FW: RASCAL Runs justifying U.S. PARs Attachments: RASCAL Run of 03152011 0251AM (used in 03162011 NRC Press Release).pdf; RASCAL Run of 03162011 1224PM (used in 03162011 NRC Press Release).pdf; RASCAL Run of 03152011_0256AM.pdf
Commissioner,
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Pat
From: Wittick, Brian Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:36 AM To: Castleman, Patrick; Warnick, Greg; Marshall, Michael; Hipschman, Thomas; Snodderly, Michael; Orders, William; Franovich, Mike Cc: Frazier, Alan; PMTERDS Hoc; Brock, Kathryn; Merzke, Daniel Subject: RASCAL Runs justifying U.S. PARs
Attached are the requested RASCAL runs for your information.
Please let us know if you desire additional information.
Thanks, Brian Wittick Executive Technical Assistant for Reactors Office of the Executive Director for Operations U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 301-415-2496 (w); (b)(6) (c
I El 407 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Thursday,. March 17, 2011 2:28 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: GNOSIS News 2011-03-17
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Arms Control
Iran: Diplomats say new Iran weapons materials seized Agence France Presse, March 17, 2011 Thursday 8:39 AM GMT: South Korea and Singapore have intercepted suspE nuclear and weapons materials bound for Iran that breach UN sanctions imposed on the Islamic republic, diplomat Thursday. The two seizures, made in the past six months but only revealed now, add to a growing list of alleged Irai attempts to breach an international arms embargo, which are bringing mounting pressure to tighten sanctions, the "South Korea authorities found more than 400 suspicious tubes in a jet cargo at Seoul airport in December," one di told AFP, giving details from a report to the UN Iran sanctions committee.
Malaysian Police Seize Possible WMD Parts [Sun2Surf, 16 Mar] KUALA LUMPUR (March 16, 2011): Police seized two containers loaded with parts of equipmen believed used to make weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear warheads, from a vessel in Port Klang aboul ago. The contraband, comprising dismantled parts, was found in the containers on board a Malaysian-registered sh was bound for the Middle-East.
Cooperation
Taiwan Considering Nuclear Safety Mechanism With China Taipei, March 17 (CNA) -- Taiwan's Atomic Energy Council has started internal discussions on whether to establish mechanism with China that would allow the two sides to notify each other in case of nuclear disasters, an official o Cabinet-level Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said Thursday.
EU Commission Says Technical Team Ready To Leave for Japan Brussels EUROPOLITICS in English 17 Mar 11: The European Commission has announced that a technical evaluation
El 408 of 445 logistics coordination team often people from the MIC (the European civil protection system's information and mc mechanism), with a 'radiological and nuclear' component, is ready to head out to Tokyo. In its announcement, on I March, the Commission also confirmed that the Japanese government had requested humanitarian aid: mattresse. water bottles and water tanks.
Energy Policy
Israeli premier scraps plans for nuclear power plant Earthtimes, 2011-03-17: Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided not to go ahead with I build a nuclear power plant as a result of the earthquake-induced nuclear disaster in Japan, Israel Radio reported. government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the report. The plant was to have provided eli
Italy nuclear revival grounded by Japan disaster MILAN, March 17 (Reuters) - Japan's reactor crisis means Italy's plans to reintroduce nuclear power look dead in th ahead of a June referendum on the issue. Concern has risen that the Japan disaster may approach the extent of th Chernobyl accident, which was instrumental in turning Italian sentimenet against nuclear power in a national refer. in 1987. The government, which had so far stuck to its guns, appeared to soften its stance on the nuclear programr Industry Minister Paolo Romani said on Thursday Italy needed time to reflect on its nuclear programme.
Indonesia to continue planning for nuclear power plants JAKARTA, March 16 (Reuters) - Indonesia will continue planning to build nuclear power plants in the earthquake pr archipelago, despite a nuclear radiation crisis threatening Japan, an official from the national energy board said on Wednesday. Southeast Asia's largest economy is seeing strong economic growth but power supply -- mostly from fired plants -- has been struggling to keep up and brownouts are common. "In relation to nuclear, we are sticking bill for long term development which says we must have nuclear power plants by 2019," said Effendi.
Brazil Nuclear Plans Under Scrutiny After Japan Radiation Leaks SAO PAULO (Dow Jones, 2011-03-16)--The Japanese nuclear crisis is increasing pressure on Brazilian officials to cha Latin American country's plans to increase its nuclear power base, yet some say that decision would have more to politics than "technical reasons." Brazil is building its third nuclear power plant, the $5.1 billion Angra 3, with a gen. capacity of 1,405 megawatts, and has plans to build as many as four more plants by 2030. But the recent radiation Japanese facilities after the earthquake and tsunami there may force a change in the Brazilian government's plans. Representatives have already asked for Brazil's congressional environmental committee to meet to discuss the cot energy plan, which calls for an expansion of nuclear power by at least 5,000 MW over the next two decades.
Government & Public Sector
Belgium Criticizes German Decision To Close Down 7 Nuclear Power Plants Frankfurt/Main FrankfurterAllgemeine 17 Mar 11: The German decision to temporarily close down the country's s( oldest nuclear power plants has met with criticism in Belgium. While Interior Minister Annemie Turtelboom spoke "onesided and frivolous solo action," Energy Minister Paul Magnette warned against the economic consequences. or six countries took this action, energy supply in the EU would have a real problem," the socialist politician said. Magnette, who himself supports a speedy nuclear phaseout, left it open when Belgium will decide on closing down
2 El 409 of 445 facilities.
China Lacks Nuclear Energy Laws, Nuclear Energy Act in Limbo 27 Years TokyoJijiWeb in Japanese 15 Mar 11: Shanghai - With the accidents at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station, speci from China are now expressing concerns about China's lack of legislation that pertains to the safety and managemE nuclear power. China is advancing at a rapid pace with the construction of nuclear power plants in order to suppor increasing energy demands of its nation and to achieve energy conservation goals. However, 27 years have passed China embarked on efforts to enact the "Nuclear Energy Act", which would serve as the nation's basic law on nucle power, but there is still no prospect of a legislative bill being assembled. The 2 1st Century Economy Report, a Chine newspaper, reported this information on 15 March.
Lithuanian Parliament Passes Resolution on Belarusian, Russian N-Plant Projects VILNIUS, Mar 17, BNS -- The Lithuanian parliament on Thursday [ 17 March] passed a resolution on safety of nuclea plants that are planned to be built in Lithuania and close to its borders. Petras Austrevicius, a Liberal Union MP, sai. Lithuania should "assess" its bilateral relations with Belarus, which plans to build a nuclear power facility just 50 kil. away from Vilnius.ln the resolution, drafted by the parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, the Seimas (parliament concern that radiation exposure areas of the planned nuclear power plants in Belarus and Russia's Kaliningrad regi( spread over to Lithuania's territory and reach the capital of Vilnius and other cities and settlements, and affect the River basin.
Japan and the uses of adversity The Economist, 2011-03-17: The rest of Asia watches with horror, pity and admiration. FEW bright spots illuminate bleak sequence of calamities unfolding in Japan. But here are two: the quotidian, stoic heroism with which so mane' Japanese have responded to devastating loss and terrifying danger; and the outpouring of sympathy and support f( from around the world. In the many parts of Asia where anti-Japanese sentiment runs deep, the disasters may evei turning-point in attitudes, bringing a new respect and warmth to perceptions of Japan.
French lawmakers questioning nuclear executives Businessweek, 2011-03-16: French lawmakers will question nuclear industry executives about the safety of the nat nuclear plants in an emergency session called in the wake of Japan's atomic crisis. Wednesday's meeting in the low of parliament will include the chiefs of nuclear reactor builder Areva and Electricite de France, the world's biggest ( of nuclear plants.
Japan: Bungling, cover-ups define Japanese nuclear power TOKYO (AP) 2011-03-17 - Belhind Japan's escalating nuclear crisis sits a scandal-ridden energy industry in a comfy relationship with government regulators often willing to overlook safety lapses. Leaks of radioactive steam and wo contaminated with radiation are just part of the disturbing catalog of accidents that have occurred over the years a belatedly reported to the public, if at all. In one case, workers hand-mixed uranium in stainless steel buckets, instei processing by machine, so the fuel could be reused, exposing hundreds of workers to radiation. Two later died. "Ev is a secret," said Kei Sugaoka, a former nuclear power plant engineer in Japan who now lives in California. "There's enough transparency in the industry."
India: Leaked Cable on Bribes for Nuclear Deal Sets Off Furor in India 2011-03-16, NYT: NEW DELHI - India's parliament erupted in outrage on Thursday over a report of an American di cable that described insiders in the governing Congress Party showing off chests of money and boasting of paying L wavering lawmakers to secure passage of a critical 2008 vote on a landmark civilian nuclear deal between India an( United States. The revelations, contained in a July 18, 2008, cable obtained by Wikileaks, portray a massive, all-oul
3 El 410 of 445 by the Congress Party to win a confidence vote in India's parliament that could have toppled the wobbly coalition government and doomed the nuclear deal. In the cable, written five days before the critical vote, a political aide to influential Congress Party lawmaker told a United States Embassy diplomat that one small regional political party h already been paid millions of dollars in bribes for support.
China To Crack Down on Hoarding Amid Salt Panic Over Japan's Nuclear Problem BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- China's top economic planner Thursday ordered crackdown on hoarding of daily nec( amid a salt panic spreading throughout the nation. The National Development and Reform Commission said in an u notice issued Thursday that local price control authorities should counter rumors about shortages of daily necessiti hoarding of these goods. Rumors in some Chinese cities say that radiation has leaked into the sea from the Fukushi Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan, compromising the safety of salt taken from the sea in the future. Another reasc people have rushed to buy is that salt with iodine is believed to help protect people from nuclear radiation.
EU: Brussels nuclear debate goes into meltdown EU Observer, 2011-03-17: The European commissioner in charge of climate action, Connie Hedegaard, has signallei decisions on commissioning new energy capacity are "very much likely to be influenced" by the Fukushima nuclear in Japan. In an indication of how the European Commission's nuclear thinking is changing, Hedegaard told a EuropE Energy Association (EWEA) conference on 16 March that "we still have a profound choice". "We can say that if we want nuclear, we should have even more cheap fossil fuels to replace it, or we could say: 'Why not use this opportL address the necessity of moving towards a low-carbon emissions society?"'. "I think we should do that," she added
Germany: 'Merkel's Nuclear Realignment Is an Embarrassment' Der Spiegel, 2011-03-16: Chancellor Angela Merkel's hurried shutdown of seven nuclear reactors in Germany came surprise. And it has not been well received. German commentators say that the decision has seriously damaged he credibility
Industry
Insurance industry watches Fukushima nuclear leak closely Deutsche Welle, 2011-03-17: The highly specialized German Nuclear Reactor Insurance Association (DKVG) partiallh Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant to the tune of tens of millions of euros. But the Cologne-based insurer won't be pi anything. "We do have a stake in the risks in Japan, generally speaking. But the property insurance and liability insL policies exclude damages from earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions," DKVG chief executive Dirk Harbruclý Deutsche Welle.... The DKVG is a complex network that draws on the resources of numerous German insurers and insurers. For each nuclear reactor it insures, it covers up to 256 million euros in damage to third parties. Plant oper have to assume unlimited liability for all claims beyond that value, which is why the four large companies operatinf reactors in Germany - E.ON, RWE, Vattenfall and EnBW - have banded together in a sort of insurance pact.
Media
Social Media: Radiation data being crowdsourced to fill info gaps Toronto Star, 2011-03-17: Amateur radiation watchers worried about how much information they're getting have j in to distribute minute-by-minute data on radiation levels in Japan and the United States. A social and community website in Tokyo, altTokyo.com, has added a constantly updating graph of radiation levels to its regular informatioi
4 El 411 of 445 events in the Japanese capital. "Geiger inside on a window sill, 2nd floor, been running for months," the site admin said in explaining his methods to the dozens of new registrants who latched on to his feed on Thursday alone. A uS channel also has been uploading and streaming information from other radiation monitoring sites in Japan and we! Angeles.
Reactors
Spanish premier orders safety review at nuclear power plants Madrid El Pois.com in Spanish 17 Mar 11: Madrid: Yesterday Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero made an public appearance in the Congress [of Deputies - lower house of parliament] to try to deliver a message of calm abc Spanish nuclear power stations following the disaster in Japan. He said that the power plants are safe, but that he I asked the Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) for an audit of the conditions at all of them. The analysis refers to the possil natural disaster occurring and checking whether it would affect their installations.
Armenia to Increase Safety At Nuclear Plant YEREVAN. March 17 (Interfax) - Armenia plans to boost safety measures at its nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Sargsyan said in the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee in Belgium, the government press center sail events in Japan make this especially urgent. Naturally, we are discussing safety improvements at our nuclear powe with international organizations, responsibility for energy security," Sargsyan said, adding that international organi. and donor countries are assisting Armenia in the effort. IAEA specialists are scheduled to visit Armenia in April, thE chairman of the state committee on nuclear security, Ashot Martirosyan, told Interfax. The delegation will include reactor specialists who will study plant operations.
Philippine Science Secretary Supports Proposal To Open Bataan Nuclear Plant Manila Philstar.com in English 17 Mar 11 : MANILA, Philippines - Amid the developing nuclear crisis in Japan, Scien. Secretary Mario Montejo expressed support for the opening of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) but stresse. precautions should be implemented. "From the technical side, the BNPP has also a containment chamber. So, that similar (to nuclear power plants in Fukushima) but it uses a higher, a different kind of technology even better than in Japan," Montejo said. He said the design load for earthquake of the BNPP is more reliable.Unlike the power plan quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plants in Japan, Montejo said the BNPP was constructed to withstand earthquakes an tsunamis.
Japan: Russian Experts Believe Fukushima NPP May Be Spared The Worst MOSCOW. March 17 (Interfax) - Experts from the Kurchatov Institute do not believe in the possibility of a self-indui chain reaction at the Fukushima I nuclear power plant. "Ithink that the core meltdown of five reactors is the worst may happen. Most probably, this cannot be avoided," Institute Deputy Director Yaroslav Shtrombakh told a Thursd conference in Moscow. "So far, we believe there is no self-induced chain reaction there," he added.
China to Build FoUrth Generation Nuclear Power Station Independently SinoCast, March 16, 2011 Wednesday 6:17 AM EST : The construct will start at the end of this month or at the begii next month, disclosed Mu Zhanying, general manager of China Nuclear Engineering Group Co. The investment in tl project as well as the spending on R&D will reach CNY 5 billion, and it will take approximately four years to complel project, added the general manager of the nuclear power station builder. The Rongcheng-based nuclear power sta project is a joint venture among China Huaneng Group, China Nuclear Engineering Group, and Tsinghua University separately with a stake of 47.5, 32.5, and 20 percent. The three parties will jointly construct and operate the proje( total installed capacity of 4 million kilowatts in the long run, China's first high-temperature gas-cooled reactor pilot
5 El 412 of 445 station. A nuclear power station with the fourth generation technology developed independently by China will soc earth in Rongcheng, a city in the coastal eastern Chinese province of Shandong..
India: Why should Jaitapur be made a guinea pig for untested reactor? DNA, March 17, 2011 Thursday: The Japanese are the world's best experts in earthquake-resistant designs. They ar most knowledgeable in protective designs against tsunami impact. Japan is a country that has a superb disaster management organisation throughout their nation, and an often-rehearsed working team to handle such emergen contrast, in India, we are most disorganised and unprepared for the handling of emergencies of any kind of even m severity. The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board's (AERB's) disaster preparedness oversight is mostly on paper and th they once in a while conduct are half-hearted efforts which amount more to a sham. There needs to be a total re- organisation of the AERB, making it totally independent of the DAE secretary and made technically much stronger recruitment of reputed senior specialists into that organisation. The ethical standards in the PMO, DAE, NPCIL and have fallen considerably, especially since 2004, perhaps because of the current prime minister's direct interference these institutions to meet the political ends of getting the Indo-US nuclear deal passed through parliament. All alo! nuclear agencies of the government have also colluded with, and were assisted by, large Indian and foreign corpor houses and their federations interested in the sizeable nuclear power market they are helping to create in India.
Czech PM Necas Rejects Shutdown of Nuclear Plants Prague, March 16 (CTK) - The Czech Republic does not plan to shut down its nuclear power plants, Prime Minister F Necas (Civic Democrats, ODS) told the Czech Radio today, responding to the events in Japan and the temporary shL of seven German reactors. "I cannot imagine that we would shut down nuclear power plants. That would lead to ec problems on the verge of an economic disaster in our country. We will certainly not do this," Necas said. An entire of other developed countries, such as France, are not at all considering reducing nuclear energy production, he adc
Japan: Tepco, Others To Discontinue Building Nuke Facilities in Aomori Aomori, Japan, March 17 Kyodo -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. will discontinue the construction of a new nuclear pow. in Higashidori, Aomori Prefecture, in the wake of severe accidents inflicted on its Fukushima No. I nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture by last week's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami, a company official said Thursday. Electr Development Co., known as J-Power, and Recyclable-Fuel Storage Co., which is partly owned by TEPCO, also told tl Aomori prefectural government the same day that they will shelve their respective projects to build nuclear faciliti( the time being.
Japan: Sdf Trucks Begin Shooting Water at Crisis-hit Fukushima Reactor Tokyo, March 17 Kyodo -- The Self-Defense Forces' fire trucks began shooting high-pressure streams of water Thur. evening at the crisis-hit No. 3 reactor of the Fukushima No. I nuclear power plant. The move is part of an unprecee attempt to cool down the reactor's apparently overheating fuel pool, after SDF helicopters dropped tons of water the day.
Safety
Japan: Fukushima witness: 'The main road out of here is gridlocked; rationing' EuroNews, March 16, 2011 Wednesday: The residents of crisis-hit Fukushima face an uncertain future. The town is suffering under the weight of a potential nuclear meltdown, a shattered infrastructure, a lack of fuel, gridlocked ro snow. (If there is a meltdown).."We will just hop in the car and head directly west to relatives -that's on the way tc other coast, we don't have enough gas to get really much further, but again our options are limited. Going north w,
6 El 413 of 445 to go through the Sendai area, which will be difficult. Heading south to Tokyo, depending on the wind, Tokyo is jusi much at risk of radiation as here. The main road out of here - and you have to remember the expressways are close everything except emergency traffic - the main regular road out of here is gridlocked, it is very, very slow going and you get.on that road you won't be able to find any more petrol and I don't know what's going to happen after that.
Japan Sets Limits on Radiation for Food Tokyo, March 17 (Jiji Press) -- Japan's health ministry on Thursday imposed numerical restrictions for radiation leve food in the wake of radiation leaks from a quake-hit nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Jal Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry notified prefectural governments of the regulations the same day and urged th ensure that food with radiation exceeding the levels set under the regulations will not be shipped or sold under thE sanitation law. There have so far been no confirmed cases of food breaching the numerical limits, ministry officials
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South Korea: Police Identify Man Responsible for Spreading False Radiation Rumor SEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- Police said Thursday they have identified the original source of a false radiation rumo rapidly spread nationwide earlier this week through text messages and social networking Web sites, amid growing a radioactive crisis unfolding from Japan's quake-stricken nuclear plant. The National Police Agency's cyber investig unit said a 28-year-old Seoul office worker allegedly first spread the warning message to his acquaintances through online messenger service early Tuesday. The man, identified only by his last name Byun, said he notified others aft( receiving a fake English message from his Vietnamese friend that warned the Korean Peninsula of possible contami from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
India: Kaiga tritium leak case still unresolved The Times of India (TOI), March 16, 2011 Wednesday: The tritium poisoning episode at Kaiga Generating Station (I, which exposed about 50 employees to increased levels of radiation 16 months ago, remains unsolved though polio investigation is still on. Uttara Kannada superintendent of police Raman Gupta told TOI: "There is no breakthrough for cooperation of KGS authorities, Gupta said there's problem on that count. He added it's a case of mischief. "Wh are no eyewitness, it's always difficult. There are also some technicalities which are beyond our domain, though wE trying our best to deal with them," he said. Global Nuclear Open Source Information Service (GNOSIS) 2011-03-17
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From: Baggett, Steven Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 2:34 PM To: Wright, Darlene; Bates, Andrew; Batkin, Joshua; Bavol, Rochelle; Blake, Kathleen; Bozin, Sunny; Bradford, Anna; Bubar, Patrice; Bupp, Margaret; Burns, Stephen; Chairman Temp; Clark, Lisa; Coggins, Angela; Cordes, John; Crawford, Carrie; Davis, Roger; Fopma, Melody; Franovich, Mike; Gibbs, Catina; Hackett, Edwin; Hart, Ken; Harves, Carolyn; Henderson, Karen; Herr, Linda; Hipschman, Thomas; Hudson, Sharon; Joosten, Sandy; KLS Temp; Kock, Andrea; Laufer, Richard; Lepre, Janet; Loyd, Susan; Mamish, Nader; Marshall, Michael; Monninger, John; Moore, Scott; Orders, William; Pace, Patti; Poole, Brooke; Reddick, Darani; RidsEdoDraftSrmVote Resource; Rothschild, Trip; Savoy, Carmel; Sharkey, Jeffry; Shea, Pamela; Snodderly, Michael; Sosa, Belkys; Speiser, Herald; Svinicki, Kristine; Temp, GEA; Temp, WCO; Temp, WDM; Thoma, John; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Warren, Roberta; Zorn, Jason; Tadesse, Rebecca; Joosten, Sandy; Castleman, Patrick; Montes, David; Dhir, Neha; Adler, James; Jimenez, Patricia; Muessle, Mary; Nieh, Ho; Ostendorff, William; Warnick, Greg; Apostolakis, George; Pearson, Laura; Lui, Christiana Cc: Lewis, Antoinette Subject: RE: DRAFT SRM - SECY-11-0003/SECY-11-0028 (Managing Fatigue)
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From: Wright, Darlene Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 4:37 PM To: Baggett, Steven; Bates, Andrew; Batkin, Joshua; Bavol, Rochelle; Blake, Kathleen; Bozin, Sunny; Bradford, Anna; Bubar, Patrice; Bupp, Margaret; Burns, Stephen; Chairman Temp; Clark, Lisa; Coggins, Angela; Cordes, John; Crawford, Carrie; Davis, Roger; Fopma, Melody; Franovich, Mike; Gibbs, Catina; Hackett, Edwin; Hart, Ken; Harves, Carolyn; Henderson, Karen; Herr, Linda; Hipschman, Thomas; Hudson, Sharon; Joosten, Sandy; KLS Temp; Kock, Andrea; Laufer, Richard; Lepre, Janet; Loyd, Susan; Mamish, Nader; Marshall, Michael; Monninger, John; Moore, Scott; Orders, William; Pace, Patti; Poole, Brooke; Reddick, Darani; RidsEdoDraftSrmVote Resource; Rothschild, Trip; Savoy, Carmel; Sharkey, Jeffry; Shea, Pamela; Snodderly, Michael; Sosa, Belkys; Speiser, Herald; Svinicki, Kristine; Temp, GEA; Temp, WCO; Temp, WDM; Thoma, John; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Warren, Roberta; Zorn, Jason; Tadesse, Rebecca; Joosten, Sandy; Castleman, Patrick; Montes, David; Dhir, Neha; Adler, James; Jimenez, Patricia; Muessle, Mary; Nieh, Ho; Ostendorff, William; Warnick, Greg; Apostolakis, George; Pearson, Laura; Lui, Christiana Cc: Lewis, Antoinette Subject: DRAFT SRM - SECY-11-0003/SECY-11-0028 (Managing Fatigue)
The attached file contains a draft SRM which is being circulated for the normal 3-day period for Commission review. As provided in the Internal Commission Procedures, the staff is "...afforded an opportunity to review the SRM to ensure that the Commission decision is clear and understandable and that resource, schedular, and legal constraints are properly considered." Please provide any responses to Ken Hart (KRH), Richard Laufer (RJL), Rochelle Bavol (RCB5), and Pam Shea (PWS).
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 3:59 PM To: Batkin, Joshua; Bubar, Patrice; Nieh, Ho; Sosa, Belkys Cc: Reddick, Darani Subject: FW: eWash: WH 124 Attachments: 4411001653b.pdf
Annette,
Thanks for the update - very informative. Commissioner Svinicki took note of the actions for NRC mentioned in the 5 t' and 61h bullets, and believes the Commission would benefit from having copies of the material provided to the restricted interagency (results of the plume model scenarios and assessment of a core meltdown).
Thanks,
Jeff
From: Vietti-Cook, Annette Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 8:26 AM To: Jaczko, Gregory Cc: Batkin, Joshua; Coggins, Angela; Monninger, John; Brenner, Eliot; Hayden, Elizabeth; Borchardt, Bill; Virgilio, Martin; Weber, Michael; Svinicki, Kristine; Sharkey, Jeffry; Apostolakis, George; Sosa, Belkys; Bubar, Patrice; Magwood, William; Ostendorff, William; Nieh, Ho; Burns, Stephen; Rothschild, Trip; Doane, Margaret; Mamish, Nader; Harrington, Holly; Borchardt, Bill; Virgilio, Martin; Weber, Michael; Schmidt, Rebecca; Powell, Amy Subject: FW: eWash: WH 124
Summary of conclusion from the Deputies meeting March 14.
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2 El 417 of 445 El 418 of 445 Sharkey, Jeffry
From: Vietti-Cook, Annette Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 6:00 PM To: Brenner, Eliot; Hayden, Elizabeth; Borchardt, Bill; Virgilio, Martin; Weber, Michael; Svinicki, Kristine; Sharkey, Jeffry; Apostolakis, George; Sosa, Belkys; Bubar, Patrice; Magwood, William; Ostendorff, William; Nieh, Ho; Burns, Stephen; Rothschild, Trip; Doane, Margaret; Mamish, Nader; Schmidt, Rebecca; Powell, Amy Cc: Champ, Billie; McKelvin, Sheila; Mike, Linda; Bates, Andrew Subject: FW: eWASH WH0131 Attachments: 4411001710a.pdf
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FYI, Agenda for tomorrows Deputies Meeting that Chairman plans to attend.
From: Parsons, Darryl Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 5:34 PM To: Vietti-Cook, Annette Cc: Wright, Darlene; Lewis, Antoinette; McKelvin, Sheila; Mike, Linda; Champ, Billie; NRCHQ Subject: FW: eWASH WHO131 Importance: High
Annette,
This has just been received.
Best - Darryl Parsons
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3 El 421 of 445 Thomna, John
From: Svinicki, Kristine Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 6:32 PM To: Thoma, John Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani Subject: RE: ISANPRA Comparison
If it fits with my schedule, I would once again accept his invitation. Thank you-
From: Thoma, John Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 2:01 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani Subject: ISA/PRA Comparison
Commissioner Svinicki,
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From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:24 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani Subject: RE: Ops Center Shift Changes
Commissioner,
You're welcome. I will be on the next call at 2000.
Understood about GBJ's request. (b)(5)
Pat
From: Svinicki, Kristine Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 6:00 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani Subject: RE: Ops Center Shift Changes
Pat, thank you. FYI: Chairman Jaczko asked today that Commissioners not go to the Ops Center because it is "disruptive to the staff."
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:37 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani Subject: Ops Center Shift Changes
Commissioner,
Per our discussion earlier, the Ops Center shift changes occur at 0700, 1500, and 2300.
Pat
El 423 of 445 Reddick, Darani
From: Svinicki, Kristine Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 8:00 PM To: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani Subject: FW: Briefing on NRC Response to Recent Nuclear Events in Japan followed by Agenda Planning, Monday, 3/21 Beginning 9 am Attachments: 110321 NRC Response to Events in Japan VERSION B Scheduling Note.docx
Importance: High
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From: Vietti-Cook, Annette Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:33 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine; Apostolakis, George; Magwood, William; Ostendorff, William Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Lepre, Janet; Sosa, Belkys; Blake, Kathleen; Bubar, Patrice; Crawford, Carrie; Nieh, Ho; Zorn, Jason; Coggins, Angela; Batkin, Joshua; Burns, Stephen; Rothschild, Trip; Bates, Andrew; Bavol, Rochelle; Laufer, Richard; Borchardt, Bill Subject: Briefing on NRC Response to Recent Nuclear Events in Japan followed by Agenda Planning, Monday, 3/21 Beginning 9 am
Because of the short timeframe and great interest in this event, I am sending this to you directly. Attached for your review and approval is the Scheduling Note for the Commission Briefing on NRC Response to Recent Nuclear Events in Japan. The Commission agreed on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, to hold this meeting on short notice. My plan is to announce the Commission Briefing tomorrow morning on the NRC public website, which provides the title of the meeting, date, time and location. A Federal Register Notice is also sent, but will not be published before the meeting. My understanding is that OPA will be doing a press release. Once you have approved the Scheduling Note it will be posted on the public website along with NRC staff presentation slides that are consistent with the Commission's approved scheduling note. This is our usual practice. Staff is working on background material and slides which we expect tomorrow.
This Commission meeting will be followed by an Agenda Planning Session in the 1 8 'h floor conference room. The Commission would discuss the scheduling of meetings the Commission would like to have in response to the events in Japan. The Commission will also consider the scheduling of the meetings and papers that are already on its agenda.
Annette
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From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 9:49 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry Subject: Re: 2000 Conference Call
You're welcome.
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman S (b)(6) I
From: Svinicki, Kristine To: Castleman, Patrick Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Thu Mar 17 21:47:23 2011 Subject: Re: 2000 Conference Call
Thanks Pat. Very helpful.
From: Castleman, Patrick To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Sent: Thu Mar 17 21:37:33 2011 Subject: 2000 Conference Call
Commissioner,
The 2000 conference call was led by Jack Grobe. There were 30 participants. (b)(5) (b)(5)
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The next call will occur tomorrow morning at 0730. Pat
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From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 6:27 AM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry- Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: FW: USNRC Earthquake-Tsunami Update.031811.0600EDT Attachments: NRC Status Update 3-18 11-0600am.pdf
From: LIA07 Hoc Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 6:14 AM To: LIA07 Hoc Subject: USNRC Earthquake-Tsunami Update.031811.0600EDT
Attached, please find a 0600 EDT from March 18 situation report from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding the impacts of the earthquake/tsunami on March 11, 2011.
Please note that this information is "6+f4a4P4s " and is only being shared within the federal family.
Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions.
Thank you,
Rebecca Clinton EBT Coordinator
El 427 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 7:11 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: Re: Seismic Q&As March 18th 5am update
Pis do
From: Castleman, Patrick To: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Fri Mar 18 06:52:55 2011 Subject: Fw: Seismic Q&As March 18th 5am update
Not sure we need to fwd to KLS
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Patrick Castleman (b)(6)
From: Kammerer, Annie To: Kammerer, Annie; Hiland, Patrick; Skeen, David; Case, Michael; RST01 Hoc Cc: Howe, Allen; Nelson, Robert; Stutzke, Martin; Guitter, Joseph; Rihm, Roger; McDermott, Brian; Hasselberg, Rick; Chokshi, Nilesh; Munson, Clifford; Cook, Christopher; Flanders, Scott; Ross-Lee, MaryJane; Brown, Frederick; Ruland, William; Dudes, Laura; Karas, Rebecca; Ake, Jon; Hogan, Rosemary; Uhle, Jennifer; Marshall, Michael; Uselding, Lara; Randall, John; Allen, Don; Burnell, Scott; Hayden, Elizabeth; Pires, Jose; Graves, Herman; Candra, Hernando; Murphy, Andrew; Sheron, Brian; Dricks, Victor; Warnick, Greg; Reynoso, John; Lantz, Ryan; Markley, Michael; Orders, William; Santiago, Patricia; Snodderly, Michael; Baggett, Steven; Sosa, Belkys; Davis, Roger; Franovich, Mike; Castleman, Patrick; Sharkey, Jeffry; Boska, John; Ma, John; Tegeler, Bret; Patel, Pravin; Shams, Mohamed; Morris, Scott; Brenner, Eliot; Harrington, Holly; Seber, Dogan; Ledford, Joey; Johnson, Michael; Virgilio, Martin; Holahan, Vincent; Bergman, Thomas; Webb, Michael; Manoly, Kamal; Khanna, Meena; Screnci, Diane; Thomas, Eric; Nguyen, Quynh; Meighan, Sean Sent: Fri Mar 18 06:50:33 2011 Subject: RE: Seismic Q&As March 18th 5am update
All,
Please see the updated version of the Seismic Q&As.
Among today's highlights: *We added a Terms and Definitions section at the end of the document. (We know that an acronyms list would be helpful too, but it will have to wait a little) *The "additional information" section has been split into tables, plots, and fact sheets *Ahigh-level draft fact sheet on NRC's seismic regulations has been added *We added a section to track outstanding questions that have come in from congress. This will support those who get the tickets in the short terms (most likely NRR). The questions will be moved to the appropriate sections long term (as long as they are not duplicates.)
I'm sure we all agree this has been a crazy week!. We're hoping that the weekend workload is lighter (if only because we won't get as many email from in house) and we can clean up this document and fill in some of the missing answers in preparation for the news story changing. We're trying hard to get out in front of the next wave. Cheers, Annie
El 428 of 445 From: Kammerer, Annie Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 2:36 AM To: Kammerer, Annie; Hiland, Patrick; Skeen, David; Case, Michael; RST01 Hoc Cc: Howe, Allen; Nelson, Robert; Stutzke, Martin; Glitter, Joseph; Rihm, Roger; McDermott, Brian; Hasselberg, Rick; Chokshi, Nilesh; Munson, Clifford; Cook, Christopher; Flanders, Scott; Ross-Lee, MaryJane; Brown, Frederick; Glitter, Joseph; Howe, Allen; Ruland, William; Dudes, Laura; Karas, Rebecca; Ake, Jon; Munson, Clifford; Hogan, Rosemary; Uhle, Jennifer; Marshall, Michael; Uselding, Lara; Randall, John; Allen, Don; Burnell, Scott; Hayden, Elizabeth; Pires, Jose; Graves, Herman; Candra, Hernando; Murphy, Andrew; Murphy, Andrew; Pires, Jose; Hogan, Rosemary; Sheron, Brian; Dricks, Victor; Warnick, Greg; Reynoso, John; Lantz, Ryan; Markley, Michael; Orders, William; Santiago, Patricia; Snodderly, Michael; Baggett, Steven; Sosa, Belkys; Davis, Roger; Franovich, Mike; Castleman, Patrick; Sharkey, Jeffry; Boska, John; Ma, John; Tegeler, Bret; Patel, Pravin; Shams, Mohamed; Morris, Scott; Brenner, Eliot; Harrington, Holly; Seber, Dogan; Ledford, Joey; Johnson, Michael; Virgilio, Martin; Holahan, Vincent; Bergman, Thomas Subject: Seismic Q&As March 17th 2am update
All,
As promised, a sharepoint site has been set up where our friends in NRR will be posting the latest version of the Seismic Q&A document on an ongoing basis. If someone would prefer to use the sharepoint site, instead of being on this distribution list, please let me know... htt://p.ortal•nrc.gov/edo/nrr/NRR%2OTA/FAQo%•ORelated%2Oto%2OEvents%200ccuring%2Oin%2OJapan/F orms/Aliltems,asox
This latest update has a number of new questions (not many with answers today, but we are working hard). A high priority question we are working on is "how many plants are near a mapped active fault". We're focusing on anything within 50 miles. We're also pulling relevant questions from the congressional inquiries we just received; and will also give these high priority to support any needs by NRR.
Many new figures and some draft fact sheets have added to the "additional information" section. These include the NRO half of a tsunami fact sheet... a description of the tsunami research is still to come from RES.
Some good news: Yesterday's version seems to have been widely forwarded around the agency. So, we are also starting to get some excellent questions from staff looking forward. This is allowing us to feel that we are finally getting out in front of things to a small degree. Also, our team has grown and we now have someone acting as source of seismic expertise for the 1 1pm to 7 am shift. This means that we now have seismic experts available to the RST and OPA at the Op Center 24 hours, with 2 people during the day. That extra support is allowing us to get this out at least an hour earlier today 0
We are continuing to compile the questions that come in and update the seismic Q&A document. If you have suggested changes, or want to provide missing answers, please forward them to me for compilation.
This is a living document and will be updated daily in the foreseeable future.
Happy St. Paddy's Day. May the world (especially our friends in Japan) have the luck of the Irish today.
Cheers, Annie
Dr. Annie Kammerer, PE Senior Seismologist and Earthquake Engineer US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington DC 20555 (b)(6) mobile
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From: Kammerer, Annie Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 3:41 AM To. Hiland, Patrick; Skeen, David Cc: Howe, Allen; Nelson, Robert; Stutzke, Martin; Glitter, Joseph; Rihm, Roger; McDermott, Brian; Hasselberg, Rick; Kammerer, Annie; Chokshi, Nilesh; Munson, Clifford; Cook, Christopher; Flanders, Scott; Ross-Lee, MaryJane; Brown, Frederick; Glitter, Joseph; Howe, Allen; Case, Michael; Ruland, William; Dudes, Laura; Karas, Rebecca; Ake, Jon; Munson, Clifford; Hogan, Rosemary; Uhle, Jennifer; Marshall, Michael; Uselding, Lara; Randall, John; Allen, Don; Burnell, Scott; Hayden, Elizabeth; Pires, Jose; Graves, Herman; Candra, Hernando; Murphy, Andrew; Murphy, Andrew; Pires, Jose; Hogan, Rosemary; Sheron, Brian; Dricks, Victor; Warnick, Greg; Reynoso, John; Lantz, Ryan; Markley, Michael Subject: latest version of Q&As
All,
This is the first draft of the seismic-specific Q&As. It is pretty rough and there are many answers still missing, but people have contributed a lot and we thought it may be useful for many people trying to answer questions *i coming in.
We are continuing to compile the questions that come in and update the seismic Q&A document. If you have . suggested changes, or want to provide missing answers, please forward them to me for compilation.
*: This is a living document and will be updated daily in the foreseeable future.
Annie
Dr. Annie Kammerer, PE Senior Seismologist and Earthquake Engineer US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Washington DC 20555 mobile (b)(6) BB
3 El 430 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 7:55 AM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: GNOSIS News 2011-03-18
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 7:55:16 AM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: GNOSIS News 2011-03-18 Auto forwarded by a Rule
01 Global Nuclear Open Source Information Service (GNOSIS) 2011-03-18 OIP Portal: http://portal.nrc.qov/OCM/ip/default.aspx OIP News Page: http:/lportal.nrc.qov/OCMliplnewsldefault.aspx
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Bombing of Libya Would Become "gift" For Violators Non Non-proliferation Regime - Russian MOSCOW. March 18 (Interfax) - The UN Security Council resolution imposing a no-fly zone over Libya will play into the hands of violators. proliferation of weapons of mass destruction regime, Alexei Arbatov, the head of the International Security Center of the Institute of Work and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said. "An attack against Libya would be a gift for all violators of the Non Proliferation Treaty," Arbatov said on Friday. "If Libya becomes an object of a military operation, it will lead some countries to believe tha would think of threatening Gaddhafi with a military operation now if he had not voluntarily given up his nuclear program several years agc
GAO: More Progress Needed in Implementing Recommendations for IAEA's Technical Coopel Program GAO, 2011-03-17: As GAO reported in 2009, neither State nor IAEA seeks to systematically limit TC assistance to countries that (1) the U States has designated as state sponsors of terrorism-Cuba, Iran, Sudan, and Syria; (2) are not party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferati, Nuclear Weapons-India, Israel, and Pakistan; and (3) have not completed comprehensive safeguards or additional protocol agreements v The former head of the TC program told GAO that requests for TC assistance are evaluated strictly on technical merits. GAO found that th( sufficient and timely information provided by IAEA on project proposals limits the ability of DOE and the national laboratories to fully asse. proliferation concerns associated with the program. Full Report: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d11482t.pcif
Energy Policy
German Environment Ministry Researchers Say Nuclear Exit Possible by 2017 Bonn DW-WORLD.DE 1602 GMT 17 Mar 11: Germany could cover its energy needs without nuclear power by 2017, the research group for environment ministry has said. It added that by 2050, all the country's energy needs could be covered by renewables. The research group answers scientific questions for the German environment ministry, the Umweltbundesamt, has calculated that the country could complete from nuclear energy by as early as 2017 and that consumers would not see an appreciable increase in their energy bills. The German gcvE in the wake of the nuclear crisis in Japan, ordered the shut-down of the seven oldest of the country's 17 nuclear power plants.
Germany: The High Price of Merkel's Nuclear About-Face Der Spiegel, 2011-03-17:Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to temporarily shut down seven nuclear reactors could cost the industry mor a half-billion euros and result in Germany not meeting its C02 emission reduction goals. The rest of the world is taking a wait-and-see apr
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Bitter Weather Puts Brakes on Rescues in Japan Beijing Global Times Online 18 Mar 11: Thick snow covered the wreckage littering quake-hit Japan Thursday, further hindering rescue effo anyone alive in the debris. "The strong smell of bodies and the dirty seawater make searching extremely difficult," Yin Guanghui, a memb( Chinese rescue team working in the battered town of Ofunato, told AFP. More than 10 countries and regions have sent personnel to assist rescue work. Visibility, however, has dropped considerably, and some rescue teams were pulling back Thursday, fearing they would be un; back to their bases because of the snow and ice. The United Nations said the snow, rain and "extraordinarily cold weather" had worsened nation's emergency and were complicating relief efforts that were already hampered by frequent aftershocks.Heavy blizzards hit Japan's n region overnight, covering tsunami-razed areas in deep snow and vital highways in treacherous black ice.
South Korea: President Hosts 'Emergency Meeting,' Orders Full Review of Nuclear Safety SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak [Yi Myo'ng-pak] on Friday [ 18 March] ordered an across-the-board safety check c Korea's nuclear reactors, as Japan's nuclear crisis set the alarm bells ringing in this country also dependent on atomic power for much of it demands. Lee issued the order at an emergency meeting of government officials and civilian experts to discuss ways to prevent the Japan nuclear troubles, according to Lee's office Cheong Wa Dae [ROK Office of the President]. Japan is on the verge of its worst-ever nuclear ca after last week's massive quake and tsunami struck a nuclear power plant in its northeastern region.
Indian Officials Worry Nuclear Liability Law May 'Further Drive Away' Suppliers New Delhi Hindustan Times Online 18 Mar 11: New Delhi -- Japan's nuclear crisis has sparked concerns within the atomic energy establish India that cautious foreign firms may now balk at inking nuclear pacts with India because of differing liability norms reinforced by Fukushii concern is that the liability law will, after the Japan crisis, further drive away suppliers from tying up with us," a senior Nuclear Power Corf India Limited (NPCIL) official told HIT.
Romanian Government Sets Up Crisis Cell To Monitor Japan Nuclear Situation Bucharest, March 17 /Agerpres/ -- The Government on Sunday [ 20 March] will have a special meeting to assess the situation in Japan in organize the evacuation of the Romanian citizens in the Asian country after the problem at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. During th( meeting Prime Minister Emil Boc decided the creation of a crisis cell subordinated to the National Commission for Nuclear Activities Control following the proposal made by Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Baconschi, a cell that could provide the Government information of the prol the situation, considering that CNCAN is the official contact point in Romania of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Governmc spokesperson Ioana Muntean told a press conference at the Victoria Palace.
Japan official: Disasters overwhelmed government 2011-03-18, YAMAGATA, Japan (AP) -- A top Japanese official acknowledged Friday that the government was overwhelmed by the scale oi week's twin natural disasters, slowing its response to the nuclear crisis that was triggered by the earthquake and tsunami that left at least people dead. The admission by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano came as Japan reached out Friday to the U.S. for help in stabilizing it, overheated, radiation-leaking nuclear complex, and as the country reclassified the rating of the nuclear accident from Level 4 to Level 5 of level international scale. Nuclear experts have been saying for days that Japan was underplaying the crisis' severity.
Germany's Eco-Trap: Is Environmentalism Really Working? Der Spiegel, 2011-03-18: Germany is among the world leaders when it comes to taking steps to save the environment. But many of the n are not delivering the promised results. Biofuels have led to the clear-cutting of rainforests, plastics are being burned rather than recycled generation lightbulbs have led to a resurgence of mercury production.
Industry
Japan's Nissan To Monitor Vehicles for Radioactivity OSAKA, Japan, March 18, 2011 (AFP) - Nissan Motor said Friday it would monitor all its vehicles made in Japan for radioactivity, amid inte concern over efforts to avert a nuclear catastrophe at a stricken atomic plant. "We will continue to implement all appropriate measures to the public that all products from our company remain within globally accepted safety standards," the company said in a statement. The te: continue "until we are confident that any risk of contamination is completely removed," the automaker said.
Reactors
China: Guangdong Nuclear Plant's Earthquake-Proof Claims Draw Fire
2 El 432 of 445 Beijýýig Globbl Times Online 18 Mar 11: China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group is facing criticism from Internet users for apparently maki unrealistic claims about the ability of their facilities to withstand a strong earthquake. An official of the company, which runs eight nuclear projects, said their plants could withstand a large earthquake that may occur once in every 10,000 years, Chengdu Business Daily reporte.
U.S. Military Considering Dispatch of 450-member Radiation Unit To Japan Washington, March 18 Kyodo -- The U.S. military is considering sending to Japan a unit of about 450 personnel trained in radiation manag help the country deal with its cascading nuclear crisis, Adm. Robert Willard, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, said Thursday. The unit is capable of monitoring radioactive material and decontamination.
Japan's Nuke Agency Raises Accident Severity Level To 5 From 4 Tokyo, March 18 Kyodo -- Japan's nuclear safety agency said Friday that it has raised the severity level of the country's nuclear accident ii the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station to 5 from 4 on a 7-level international scale. The provisional evaluation would mean that the c disaster has come to the same level as the Three Mile Island accident in the United States in 1979. Among the six reactors at the power p No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 reactors that were operating at the time of the magnitude 9.0 quake halted automatically, but the cores are believ( partially melted as they lost their cooling functions after the quake.
Hungary's nuclear plant to undergo stress test Budapest Business Journal, 2011-03-18: State secretary for energy affairs 36nos Bencsik announced that Hungary's only nuclear power pl; will undergo tests to ensure the facility's long term safety. The decision was made in accordance with the EU's plans, after the incident at I Fukushima plant in Japan. A Greenpeace expert claimed to CNBC.com on Wednesday that Hungary's reactors, just like those in Slovakia a Czech Republic, are more dangerous than the European average, because they don't have secondary containment. The Paks plant has inst hermetically sealed building and a localization tower.
Regulatory Affairs
UK Regulator Mike Weightman on events in Japan HSE, 2011-03-17: Mike Weightman, chief nuclear inspector and head (director) of the Health and Safety Executive's Nuclear Directorate, I independent nuclear safety and security regulator, said: "Since Friday, the Health and Safety Executive's Nuclear Directorate has been mo events in Japan closely. We have provided specialist technical advice to the UK Government and ensured there are no immediate implicati, safety of the UK nuclear facilities. "Chris Huhne , Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, has asked me to provide a report on I implications of the unprecedented events in Japan and the lessons to be learned for the UK nuclear industry. There will be an interim repoi May 2011 and a final report within six months.
Safety
IAEA plans special meeting Monday (March 21, 2011) on Japan nuclear plants TOKYO, March 18 (Reuters) - The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Friday that the U.N. atomic watchdog plans to t extraordinary meeting on Japan's nuclear plants next Monday. Yukiya Amano, the head of the agency, announced plans for the meeting d news conference in Tokyo.
Clarence Breskovic International Policy Analyst U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of International Programs 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852, USA Tel: 1-301-415-2364 Fax: 1-301-415-2395 Alternate Email: (b)(6)
3 El 433 of 445 Thoma, John
From: Thoma, John Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 8:24 AM To: Reddick, Darani Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Extension Request: 3/17/11, Response Requested by 3/31/11 Attachments: Current X2011 0317.doc; X2010 0712(REV).doc
Darani,
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John
From: Shea, Pamela Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 6:38 AM To: Adler, James; Baggett, Steven; Batkin, Joshua; Bavol, Rochelle; Blake, Kathleen; Bozin, Sunny; Bradford, Anna; Bubar, Patrice; Bupp, Margaret; Castleman, Patrick; Chairman Temp; Clark, Lisa; Coggins, Angela; Crawford, Carrie; Davis, Roger; Dhir, Neha; Fopma, Melody; Franovich, Mike; Gibbs, Catina; Hart, Ken; Harves, Carolyn; Herr, Linda; Hipschman, Thomas; Jimenez, Patricia; Kock, Andrea; Laufer, Richard; Lepre, Janet; Loyd, Susan; Marshall, Michael; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Nieh, Ho; Orders, William; Pace, Patti; Pearson, Laura; Reddick, Darani; Savoy, Carmel; Sharkey, Jeffry; Shea, Pamela; Snodderly, Michael; Sosa, Belkys; Speiser, Herald; Svinicki, Kristine; Tadesse, Rebecca; Temp, GEA; Temp, WCO; Temp, WDM; Thoma, John; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Warnick, Greg; Warren, Roberta; Zorn, Jason Subject: Extension Request: 3/17/11, Response Requested by 3/31/11
Please review the attached extension and closure requests and respond by March 31. 2011.
Thank you. Pam
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From: Svinicki, Kristine Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 12:45 PM To: Castleman, Patrick; Sharkey, Jeffry Subject: FW: SENSITIVE SRM - COMSECY-1 1-0002 - ACRS Member Reappointments Attachments: SRM-CmSyl 1-0002.docx
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From: Wright, Darlene Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 12:38 PM To: Adler, James; Vietti-Cook, Annette; Apostolakis, George; Baggett, Steven; Bates, Andrew; Batkin, Joshua; Blake, Kathleen; Bollwerk, Paul; Bozin, Sunny; Bradford, Anna; Brown, Theron; Bubar, Patrice; Bupp, Margaret; Burns, Stephen; Butler, Gail; Castleman, Patrick; Chairman Temp; Clark, Lisa; Coggins, Angela; Cordes, John; Crawford, Carrie; Cutchin, James; Davis, Roger; Dhir, Neha; Doane, Margaret; Fopma, Melody; Franovich, Mike; Gibbs, Catina; Hackett, Edwin; Hart, Ken; Harves, Carolyn; Hawkens, Roy; Hayden, Elizabeth; Henderson, Karen; Herr, Linda; Hipschman, Thomas;. Hudson, Sharon; Jimenez, Patricia; KLS Temp; Kock, Andrea; Lepre, Janet; Loyd, Susan; Lui, Christiana; Mamish, Nader; Marshall, Michael; Mitchell, Reggie; Monninger, John; Montes, David; Moore, Scott; Muessle, Mary; Nieh, Ho; OCA Distribution; OPA Resource; Orders, William; Ostendorff, William; Pace, Patti; Perry, Jamila; Poole, Brooke; Rabideau, Peter; Reddick, Darani; Laufer, Richard; RidsEdoDraftSrmVote Resource; RidsOcaaMailCenter Resource; RidsOcfoMailCenter Resource; RidsOgcMailCenter Resource; RidsOigMailCenter Resource; RidsOipMailCenter Resource; Bavol, Rochelle; Rothschild, Trip; Joosten, Sandy; Savoy, Carmel; Sharkey, Jeffry; Shea, Pamela; Snodderly, Michael; Sosa, Belkys; Speiser, Herald; Svinicki, Kristine; Tadesse, Rebecca; Temp, GEA; Temp, WCO; Temp, WDM; Thoma, John; Warnick, Greg; Warren, Roberta; Zorn, Jason Cc: Lewis, Antoinette Subject: SENSITIVE SRM - COMSECY-11-0002 - ACRS Member Reappointments
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Please notethe attached SRM is SENSITIVE INFORMATION-LIMITED TO THE NRC UNLESS THE COMMISSION DETERMINES OTHERWISE. These markings will only show up if you print the SRM; you will not see the markings using "view".
In an effort to keep the NRC staff informed of Commission decisions in a timely manner, attached for your information are the Staff Requirements Memoranda (SRMs) signed by the Secretary on March 14, 2011. Please make additional distribution to interested staff members in your office.
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From: Svinicki, Kristine Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 12:09 PM To: Sharkey, Jeffry; Castleman, Patrick; Reddick, Darani Subject: FW: Ideas
I don't know this i,.1,idL!.;u'.), ý:)u this miqht be the first of many ideas that get submitted to me and other members of the Cormis$:,. (b)(5) Thanks.
From: CMRSVINICKI Resource Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 10:48 AM To: Lepre, Janet; Harves, Carolyn Subject: FW: Ideas
From: JIM SHOMO [mailt (b)(6) Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:33 PM To: CMRSVINICKI Resource Subject: Ideas
Hey Kristine,
Boy, it took some work to find your email address. Too bad the NRC's website just doesn't have a 'contact us' email address. Thanks for providing a path to your facebook page which then had your email listed.
Anyways, I'm just a regular guy working at the Army's research center at APG, MD. But I had an idea that I though would be good to pass along. It's concerning all the problems going on in Japan at their Nuclear Power Plants. Why don't these facilities just have an emergency power connector so that the military could fly in a portable generator, plug in and go? If it isn't required at our US power plants, it should be. The Army could have a large generator flown in within hours of most locations, providing a third level of backup protection in all out disasters.
Just an idea, Jim FYI, You have a nice photo on facebook. The look great in front of our flag!!
El 436 of 445 Svinicki, Kristine
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 1:19 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani Subject: FW: Request for Info Attachments: OBE SSE question (3).xlsx
Commissioner,
This may be useful for Monday's Commission meeting. I'm routing hardcopy through Jeff. Pat
From: Marshall, Michael Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 11:44 AM To: Snodderly, Michael Cc: Sosa, Belkys; Davis, Roger; Franovich, Mike; Castleman, Patrick; Orders, William; Hipschman, Thomas; Wittick, Brian, Warnick, Greg Subject: RE: Request for Info
Mike,
Attached is the table provided to the Chairman.
Michael L. Marshall, Jr. Policy Advisor for Reactors Office of the Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Phone: 301-415-1750 Email: michael.marshall'a.nrc.qov
From: Snodderly, Michael Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 11:41 AM To: Wittick, Brian Cc: Sosa, Belkys; Davis, Roger; Franovich, Mike; Castleman, Patrick; Orders, William; Hipschman, Thomas; Marshall, Michael Subject: Request for Info
Brian,
I understand that there may be a table that was used to support the recent congressional hearings that shows the seismic design basis, and perhaps the design basis for other external events, for a number of US plants. Would it possible to get a copy of this table? Are you aware of a descrintion of the Fukushima nlants and their seismic desion bases? I (b)(5)
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I El 437 of 445 Mike Snodderly Technical Assistant for Reactors to Commissoner Apostolakis U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Phone: 301-415-2241 Email: michael.snodderly(cnrc..gov
2 El 438 of 445 Svinicki, Kristine
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday. March 18, 2011 1:46 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Reddick, Darani Subject: FW: eWash Message
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From: Vietti-Cook, Annette Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 1:44 PM To: Sharkey, Jeffry Subject: FW: eWash Message
I am just catching up on some emails.
From: Batkin, Joshua Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 3:26 PM To: Vietti-Cook, Annette; Muessle, Mary; Borchardt, Bill; Virgilio, Martin; Weber, Michael; Coggins, Angela Subject: RE: eWash Message
Annette - Actually upon further review, please refer the Commissioner offices to the March 1 61h press release where we made that data public.
We'll let you know if anything else comes out of the NSAD. Thanks.
From: Vietti-Cook, Annette Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 3:16 PM To. Muessle, Mary; Borchardt, Bill; Virgilio, Martin; Weber, Michael; Coggins, Angela; Batkin, Joshua Subject: FW: eWash Message
Commissioner Svinicki requested the information that has been or will be shared with the interagency on the results of its plume model scenarios, and the assessment of the implications of a core meltdown. This was something tasked to NRC see attached Summary of Conclusions from March 14 Deputies Meeting bullet 5. She would also be interested in the recommendation on when we might share U.S. plume models with the Government of Japan (Bullet 6).
Please let me know who I should contact to obtain the information.
From: NRCHQ Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:32 AM To: Vietti-Cook, Annette; Wright, Darlene; Lewis, Antoinette; McKelvin, Sheila; Mike, Linda; Champ, Billie Cc: NRCHQ Subject: eWash Message
Attached eWash message.
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From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 2:03 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Subject: FW: Japan OIP SharePoint Site Updated
From: Breskovic, Clarence Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 2:02:21 PM To: Breskovic, Clarence Subject: Japan 0IP SharePoint Site Updated Auto forwarded by a Rule
http://portal.nrc.gov/OCM/ip/countries/iapan/default.aspx
Clarence Breskovic International Policy Analyst U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of International Programs 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852, USA Tel: 1-301-415-2364 Fax: 1-301-415-2395 Alternate Email: (b)(6)
1. El 440 of 445 Castleman, Patrick
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 6:38 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: Fw: USNRC Earthquake-Tsunami Update - 1800 EDT (March 18, 2011) Attachments: USNRC Earthquake-Tsunami Update.031811.1800EDT.pdf
Sent from an NRC Blackberry Paqtrick Castlean S (b)(6) '
From: LIA07 Hoc Sent: Fri Mar 18 18:36:50 2011 Subject: USNRC Earthquake-Tsunamf Update - 1800 EDT (March 18, 2011)
Attached, please find an 1800 EDT March 18, 2011 status update from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center regarding the impacts of the earthquake/tsunami.
Please note that this information is "3 IU ny" and is only being shared within the federal family.
Please call the Headquarters Operations Officer at 301-816-5100 with questions. -Sara
Sara K. Mroz Communications and Outreach Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response US Nuclear Regulatory Commission [email protected] [email protected] (Operations Center)
El 441 of 445 Svinicki, Kristine
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 7:50 PM To: Svinicki, Kristine Cc: Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani Subject: FW: Another Request
Commissioner,
This is the staff's response to the request for the list of equipment that we provided USAID. I will continue to pursue.
Pat
From: Andersen, James Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 4:48 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Cc: Wittick, Brian; Brock, Kathryn; Merzke, Daniel; Bowman, Gregory; Frazier, Alan Subject: RE: Another Request
Pat, we provided the request to the Operations Center yesterday. They have not been able to address it due to other higher priorities.
Jim A.
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 3:43 PM To: Frazier, Alan Cc: Wittick, Brian; Andersen, James; Brock, Kathryn; Merzke, Daniel; Bowman, Gregory Subject: RE: Another Request
Alan, et al,
What is the prognosis on this request? Multiple offices really want this information because of its relevance to the Commission meeting that starts at 0900 on Monday.
Thanks. Pat
From: Frazier, Alan Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:15 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Cc: Wittick, Brian; Andersen, James; Brock, Kathryn; Merzke, Daniel; Bowman, Gregory Subject: RE: Another Request
I will see what I can do.
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:08 PM To: Frazier, Alan Cc: Wittick, Brian; Andersen, James; Brock, Kathryn; Merzke, Daniel; Bowman, Gregory Subject: Another Request
Alan, et al,
El 442 of 445 At the 1530 Monday conference call, it was reported that we had provided USAID with a list of additional equipment that could be brought in to help with mitigation. This list was largely developed from B5b. I have heard that the reactor safety team is maintaining this list. Could you please provide it to the Commission offices? Thanks! Pat
From: Frazier, Alan Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 3:50 PM To: Castleman, Patrick Cc: Wittick, Brian; Andersen, James; Brock, Kathryn; Merzke, Daniel; Bowman, Gregory Subject: RE: RASCAL Runs justifying U.S. PARs
Pat,
We have passed this along to the right people in the Ops Center and they are looking into it along with a long list of other action items. We will let you know when we hear something back.
Regards,
Alan L. Frazier Executive Technical Assistant Office of the Executive Director for Operations U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 301-415-1763
From: Castleman, Patrick Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:54 AM To: Wittick, Brian; Warnick, Greg; Marshall, Michael; Hipschman, Thomas; Snodderly, Michael; Orders, William; Franovich, Mike Cc: Frazier, Alan; PMTERDS Hoc; Brock, Kathryn; Merzke, Daniel; Sharkey, Jeffry; Reddick, Darani; Thoma, John Subject: RE: RASCAL Runs justifying U.S. PARs
There is a problem with the press release. It says that the second set of values is from a four unit site. Actually, it appears that the second set of values is derived from the SPENT FUEL POOLS of Fukushima Daichi Units 2, 3, and 4. Shouldn't our press release be fixed?
From: Wittick, Brian Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:36 AM To: Castleman, Patrick; Warnick, Greg; Marshall, Michael; Hipschman, Thomas; Snodderly, Michael; Orders, William; Franovich, Mike Cc: Frazier, Alan; PMTERDS Hoc; Brock, Kathryn; Merzke, Daniel Subject: RASCAL Runs justifying U.S. PARs
Attached are the requested RASCAL runs for your information.
Please let us know if you desire additional information.
Thanks, Brian Wittick
2. El 443 of 445 Executive Technical Assistant for Reactors Office of the Executive Director for Operations U.S. Nuclear Reguflatorv Commission 301-415-2496 (w); (b)(6) I (c)
3 El 444 of 445 Thomna, John
From: Sharkey, Jeffry Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 10:33 PM To: Thoma, John; Beall, James; Reddick, Darani; Lepre, Janet Subject: FW: Senior Managers Availability for 03-21-2011 to 03-27-2011 Attachments: FYI: Senior Managers Availability for 03-21-2011 to 03-27-2011
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