CORROSION IN FIRE PROTECTION PIPING DUE TO AIR AND WATER INTERACTION

CORROSION IN FIRE PROTECTION PIPING DUE TO AIR AND WATER INTERACTION

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Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 - Notice of Public Meeting on May 7, 2013

Licensee:          Exelon Generation Company, LLC
Facilities:         Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 
Docket Nos:      50-289
Date/Time:        May 7, 2013/ 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. 
Location:
Londonderry Township Municipal Building 783 South Geyers Church Road Middletown, PA 17057 

Purpose:
The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will meet with the public to discuss the NRC’s assessment of safety performance at Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 for 2012, as described in the annual assessment letter dated March 4, 2013. The NRC will respond to questions on specific performance issues at the plant and our role in ensuring safe plant operations.

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Possible TMI-2 Exemption for Emergency Planning

APPLICABILITY OF THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FINAL RULE TO THREE MILE ISLAND UNIT 2 DECOMMISSIONING OR DECOMMISSIONED SITE

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Peach Bottom - Transmittal of Draft Safety Evaluation for Proposed Amendment Re: Relocation of Pressure and Temperature Limits Report (TAC Nos. ME8535 and ME8536)

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3 - Transmittal of Draft Safety Evaluation for Proposed Amendment Re: Relocation of Pressure and Temperature Limits Report (TAC Nos. ME8535 and ME8536)

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Response to Nuclear Energy Institute Request for Review of Draft Electric Power Research Institute Report

Response to Nuclear Energy Institute Request for Review of Draft Electric Power Research Institute Report, “Seismic Evaluation Guidance : Augmented Approach for the Resolution of Fukushima Near-Term Task Force Recommendation 2.1: Seismic”

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2013 SRBC Water Science Forum

     
              
WHAT:    2013 Susquehanna Water Science Forum
www.srbc.net/waterscienceforum/index.htm
WHEN:    October 7-8, 2013
WHERE:  Camp Hill, PA, Radisson Hotel Harrisburg
HOST:      Susquehanna River Basin Commission

On behalf of the Steering Committee, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission is pleased to announce its first-ever Susquehanna Water  Science Forum – From Science to Sustainable Water Resources Management. The Forum will  bring together water resource professionals and researchers to share current water resource  research, prioritize research needs and better coordinate activities in the Susquehanna basin.

FORUM FEATURES

Steering Committee
http://www.srbc.net/waterscienceforum/steeringcommittee.htm

Call for Abstracts (Deadline is June 1, 2013)
http://www.srbc.net/waterscienceforum/callforabstracts.htm

Student Poster Session
http://www.srbc.net/waterscienceforum/studentposter.htm

Plenary and Concurrent Sessions, Keynote Speakers, Exhibits
http://www.srbc.net/waterscienceforum/agenda.htm

Professional Credits for Professional Engineers and Geologists
http://www.srbc.net/waterscienceforum/professionalcredits.htm

Registration and Exhibit Fees (Registration will open June 10, 2013)
http://www.srbc.net/waterscienceforum/registration.htm

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Email: SRBCwaterforum@srbc.net
Contact: Jim Richenderfer, PhD, SRBC, (717) 238-0423, Ext. 224 

Susquehanna River Basin Commission
1721 North Front Street
Harrisburg, PA  17102
717-238-0423
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Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 – Request for Additional Information Regarding Fifth Inservice Test Interval Relief Request PR-01 Nuclear Services Closed Cooling Water Flow Measurement (TAC No. MF0046)

Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 – Request for Additional Information Regarding Fifth Inservice Test Interval Relief Request PR-01 Nuclear Services Closed Cooling Water Flow Measurement (TAC No. MF0046)

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Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 - Notice of Public Meeting on April 10, 2013

Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 - Notice of Public Meeting on April 10, 2013

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THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR STATION: NRC EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ANNUAL INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 05000289/2012501 AND 05000289/2012502; NRC SECURITY ANNUAL INSPECTION REPORT NO. 05000289/2012401

THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR STATION: NRC EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ANNUAL INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 05000289/2012501 AND 05000289/2012502; NRC SECURITY ANNUAL INSPECTION REPORT NO. 05000289/2012401

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SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION: NRC EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ANNUAL INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 05000387/2012501, 05000388/2012501, 05000387/2012502, AND 05000388/2012502; NRC SECURITY ANNUAL INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 05000387/2012401 AND 05000388/2012401

SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION:  NRC EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ANNUAL INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 05000387/2012501, 05000388/2012501, 05000387/2012502, AND 05000388/2012502; NRC SECURITY ANNUAL INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 05000387/2012401 AND 05000388/2012401

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PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION: NRC EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ANNUAL INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 05000277/2012501, 05000278/2012501, 05000277/2012502, AND 05000278/2012502; NRC SECURITY ANNUAL INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 05000277/2012401 AND 05000278/2012401

PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION:  NRC EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ANNUAL INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 05000277/2012501, 05000278/2012501, 05000277/2012502, AND 05000278/2012502; NRC SECURITY ANNUAL INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 05000277/2012401 AND 05000278/2012401

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Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3 - Notice of Public Meeting on April 18, 2013

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3 - Notice of Public Meeting on April 18, 2013

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PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION - NRC LICENSE RENEWAL TEAM INSPECTION REPORT 05000277/2013007

PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION - NRC LICENSE RENEWAL TEAM INSPECTION REPORT 05000277/2013007

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TMI: NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERIM CYBER SECURITY MILESTONES 1 - 7

THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT 1 - NOTIFICATION OF INSPECTION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERIM CYBER SECURITY MILESTONES 1 - 7

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REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FOR PEACH BOnOM ATOMIC POWER STATION, UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3 (TAC NOS. ME9631 AND ME9632)

REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FOR PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION, UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3 (TAC NOS. ME9631 AND ME9632)

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Epstein to speak at NRC on Emergency Preparedness

Where: NRC: Regulatory Information Conference.

http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/conference-symposia/ric/

Date: March 12, 2013.
Panel session: 3:30 to 5:00 pm.

Session Title and Description:  Promoting Success for Emergency Preparedness Guidance
NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, “Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency
Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants,” was issued in 1980. 

Following Emergency Preparedness (EP) rulemaking, the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) and the NRC initiated a multi-year process to revise NUREG?0654/FEMA-REP-1
to update existing guidance.

Public meetings occurred in August and September 2012 to engage external stakeholders. 
More public meetings and comment periods will occur throughout the planned timeline, currently
extending until 2017.  This session is targeted to complement these ongoing efforts by providing the
current status of the NUREG?0654/FEMA-REP-1 revision project.  Key questions that the NRC
and FEMA posed during the 2012 meetings will be used to encourage discussion, including “

How do stakeholders define success  with respect to the guidance revision?”

Session facilitator, Rick Daniel, Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Panelists:
• Eric Epstein, Chairman, TMI- Alert, Inc.
• Joe Klinger, Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors 
•  Ed Lyman, Union of Concerned Scientists 
• Mark Thaggard, Deputy Division of Emergency Preparedness,  NRC/NSIR

PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3, ACCEPTANCE REVIEW REGARDING PROPOSED EXTENDED POWER UPRATE (TAC NOS. ME9631 AND ME9632)

PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3, ACCEPTANCE REVIEW REGARDING PROPOSED EXTENDED POWER UPRATE (TAC NOS. ME9631 AND ME9632)

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TMI - Annual Assessment Letter for Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (Report 05000289/2012001)

Three Mile Island Nuclear Station - Annual Assessment Letter for Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (Report 05000289/2012001)

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Peach Bottom - Annual Assessment Lettter for Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Units 2 and 3 (Report 05000277/2012001 and 05000278/2012001)

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station - Annual Assessment Letter for Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station Units 2 and 3 (Report 05000277/2012001 and 05000278/2012001)

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Susquehanna - Annual Assessment Letter for Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 (Report 05000387/2012001 and 05000388/2012001)

Susquehanna Steam Electric Station - Annual Assessment Letter for Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2 (Report 05000387/2012001 and 05000388/2012001)

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TMI - Request for Additional Information Regarding 30-Day Report for Emergency Core Cooling System Model Changes Pursuant to the Requirements of 10 CFR 50.46 (TAC No. ME8237)

Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 – Request for Additional Information Regarding 30-Day Report for Emergency Core Cooling System Model Changes Pursuant to the Requirements of 10 CFR 50.46 (TAC No. ME8237)

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Waste Confidence scoping summary report and upcoming teleconference information

Greetings,

Here are a few things we would like to share with you. These documents can also be accessed on our Waste Confidence website:  http://www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuel-storage/wcd/pub-involve.html#arch. 

Today we issued the Waste Confidence scoping summary report (ADAMS Accession No. ML13060A128):  http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1306/ML13060A128.pdf.

The report provides a summary of the determinations and conclusions reached during the NRC’s scoping process for the Waste Confidence generic environmental impact statement (GEIS).  The report also contains a summary of the comments received and the NRC’s responses.  A second document (ADAMS Accession No. ML13060A130) contains scoping comments organized by category:  http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1306/ML13060A130.pdf.

We have documented our last public meeting:

• February 20 teleconference status meeting summary (ADAMS Accession No. ML13060A105):  http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1306/ML13060A105.pdf.

• February 20 teleconference status meeting transcript (ADAMS Accession No. ML13058A096):  http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1305/ML13058A096.pdf.

Also, we have announced our next monthly public teleconference status meeting.  The focus of this meeting will be the scoping summary report.  Participants will be provided an opportunity to ask clarifying questions on the scoping summary report.  Please note that discussion in this forum will not be considered as formal comments and will not be considered in the GEIS development.

• March 20, 2013 from 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. EST, meeting notice (ADAMS Accession No. ML13063A465):  http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1306/ML13063A465.pdf.

• Prior to the start of the meeting, please dial 1-800-857-2553 and provide the operator with passcode 3682386

Sincerely,

Staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Waste Confidence Directorate

UCS annual NRC and nuclear safety report

Good Day:

Attached is the stand-alone executive summary and full report for "The NRC and Nuclear Power Plant Safety in 2012: Tolerating the Intolerable." They are being released on Thursday, March 7, 2013 at noon eastern time and we ask that the information be embargoed until then.

On March 11, 2011, I was on Capitol Hill to brief Congressional staffers on what was then the first in an annual series of reports on the NRC and nuclear safety. Since then, I've learned two things:
1) Try not to schedule briefings a few hours after major international nuclear disasters.
2) An annual series of reports means you gotta do one every year.

As in past reports, this year's report contains a section summarizing the "near-misses" last year - times when an event or discovery at a plant prompted the NRC to dispatch a team to investigate what happened and why. The NRC reported on 14 such near-misses in 2012.

Our report also contains a section on commendable outcomes achieved by the NRC last year. The NRC's hosting an international conference on security last December tops the list in our book.

We also have a somewhat longer section detailing bad outcomes last year. Topping, or bottoming, that section was the latest safty culture survey of the NRC's work force. The survey revealed a huge gap between how NRC's senior managers viewed things and how the NRC's rank and file viewed them --- the senior managers seeing no problems across the board. Could explain why the NRC "tolerates the intolerable" - nothing is intolerable when you don't give a damn.

For the first time, this year's report contains a trending section with observations from the three annual reports. Special recognition goes out to the Wolf Creek nuclear plant with four near-misses in three years - it hasn't missed a year yet. Like the Wizard of Oz being re-run every year, Wolf Creek having a near-miss each year has become tradition.

Thanks,

Dave Lochbaum
UCS

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TMIA Hosts Documentary from Sundance on March 27, 2013

Three Mile Island Alert
315 Peffer Street Harrisburg, PA 17102

NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release March 4, 2013

For more information:
Tickets: Kay Pickering 717-233-7897
Issues: Eric Epstein 717-541-1101
Film: Don Argott or Sheena M. Joyce
215-238-0707 http://914pictures.com

The Atomic States of America to Play in Harrisburg
The directors of a documentary that garnered rave reviews at last year’s Sundance Film Festival will bring their film to Harrisburg’s Midtown Cinema to benefit Three Mile Island Alert (TMIA) on at 6PM on Wednesday, March 27.
The Atomic States of America journeys to nuclear reactor communities around the country to provide a comprehensive exploration of the history and impact of nuclear power and to investigate the truths and myths about nuclear energy. The film introduces people who have been on the front lines of this issue for decades, including community advocates, journalists, physicists, nuclear engineers, NRC inspectors, and former government officials. Prominently featured is TMIA’s Eric Epstein, who shares insights about the industry gained over his decades of activism.
Co-directors Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce will be on hand to answer questions about the film.
The event at the Midtown Cinema starts with a wine and cheese reception at 6PM, followed by the showing of the film at 6:30, and concludes with Argott, Joyce, and Epstein fielding questions from the audience. Tickets are $10 each and available from TMIA.

WHAT:        Showing of the film The Atomic States of America to benefit Three Mile Island Alert
WHEN:       6:00PM, Wednesday, March 27, 2013
WHERE:     Midtown Cinema, 250 Riley Street, Harrisburg
WHO:          Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce, co-directors
FOR TICKETS:     Kay Pickering at 717-233-7897
                               Or purchase online at www.TMIA.com
                               Tickets also on sale at Transit News at the Harrisburg Transportation Center

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Status of 60-Day Response to Issuance of Flooding Integrated Assessment Guidance Related to the Near-Term Task Force Recommendation 2.1, Flooding Reevaluations

Status of 60-Day Response to Issuance of Flooding Integrated Assessment Guidance Related to the Near-Term Task Force Recommendation 2.1, Flooding Reevaluations

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NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2013-02 Impact of Sequestration on NRC Activities and NRC Stakeholders

NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2013-02 Impact of Sequestration on NRC Activities and NRC Stakeholders

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Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 – Review of Steam Generator Tube Inspection Report for Fall 2011 Outage (TAC No. ME8735)

Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 – Review of Steam Generator Tube Inspection Report for Fall 2011 Outage (TAC No. ME8735)

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