Monday, December 15, 2014

PPL Shareholder Seeks Delay of Spin Off Deal with Riverstone Holdings

December 2, 2014

Elizabeth Stevens Duane, Esquire
Assistant Corporate Secretary
PPL Services Corporation
Two North Ninth Street

Shareholder Approval for PPL Energy Supply Spin Off

(1) I, Eric Joseph Epstein, am a shareholder of PPL Corporation, and reside at 4100 Hillsdale Road, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
(2) I own 110.671 shares valued at $3,663,21.
(3) I will be holding the shares through the upcoming 2015 Shareholder Meeting.
(4) The enclosed statement verifies the value of my shares, and is consistent with PPL’s proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14 (a) of SEC Act of 1932.
(5) This resolution is less than 500 words, and was submitted before December 9, 2014.
(6) I will be introducing the following resolution at the Annual Meeting relating to the proposed spinoff:

Supporting Statement

PPL Corporation and Riverstone Holdings LLC, announced an  agreement to combine their merchant power generation businesses into a new stand-alone, publicly traded independent power producer - without shareholder approval.

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PA DEP News Release : DEP Finds Record-High Radon Level in Lehigh County Home

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Comments submitted on EPA Clean Power Plan -- filed tonight

The comments (as well as the much shorter NIRS comments) are now all posted on the front page of NIRS’ website (www.nirs.org). Please feel free to link to them!

Here are the URLs for each of the pieces of the comments:

Main, overview comments: http://www.nirs.org/climate/background/commentsonepacppby32orgs12114.pdf
Arjun’s Exhibit A comments: http://www.nirs.org/climate/background/ieercommentsregardingepacpp12114exhibita.pdf
Mark Cooper’s Exhibit B comments: http://www.nirs.org/climate/background/cooperepacppcommentexhibitb12114.pdf
Chris Shuey’s Exhibit C uranium mining health literature survey: http://www.nirs.org/climate/background/shueyuraniummininghealthliteraturesummaryexhibitc12114.pdf

NIRS comments, signed by 148 organizations: http://www.nirs.org/climate/epacppsignonletter12114.pdf
Press release on NIRS comments: http://www.nirs.org/climate/epacpppr12114.pdf

NRC Meeting Dec. 17 to Cover Industry Proposals to Reduce Emergency Planning Zones for Small Modular Reactors


No: 14-086                                                                         December 3, 2014 
CONTACT: Scott Burnell  

NRC Meeting Dec. 17 to Cover Industry Proposals to Reduce Emergency Planning Zones for Small Modular Reactors 

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet Wednesday, Dec. 17, to discuss proposals from the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for a reduced emergency planning zone for small modular reactors.

The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. in Room 2B1 of the NRC’s Two White Flint building at 11555 Rockville Pike in Rockville. The meeting will discuss NEI’s proposed generic approach, as well as an expected site-specific approach by TVA as part of its Early Site Permit application for small modular reactors at the Clinch River site in Tennessee.

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Three Mile Island News Release

Contact:
   
Ralph DeSantis

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Three Mile Island Emergency Siren Test Scheduled for Dec. 4
Sirens to sound for three minutes at 12:15 p.m.

LONDONDERRY TWP., PA.  (Dec. 2, 2014) – Exelon Generation will conduct its semi-annual, full volume test of the Three Mile Island emergency warning sirens on Thursday, Dec. 4 at 12:15 p.m.   During the test the sirens will sound for three minutes.

The emergency warning siren system consists of 96 sirens located in parts of Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties that are located within a 10-mile radius of TMI.  The purpose of the sirens is to alert residents to tune to an Emergency Alert Broadcast Station for information from Pennsylvania state officials.   During the test the Emergency Alert Broadcast system will not be activated.  

Three Mile Island Generating Station is located approximately 12 miles south of Harrisburg.  The plant generates enough carbon-free electricity for 800,000 homes.

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ECCS Computer Codes wrong for Davis Besse and TMI and Oconee and ANO

Part 21Event Number: 50636
Rep Org: AREVA, INC.
Licensee: AREVA, INC.
Region: 1
City: LYNCHBURG State: VA
County: 
License #: 
Agreement: Y
Docket: 
NRC Notified By: GAYLE ELLIOTT
HQ OPS Officer: JOHN SHOEMAKER
Notification Date: 11/25/2014
Notification Time: 10:10 [ET]
Event Date: 10/19/2014
Event Time: [EST]
Last Update Date: 11/25/2014
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section: 
21.21(d)(3)(i) - DEFECTS AND NONCOMPLIANCE
Person (Organization): 
JAMES NOGGLE (R1DO)
FRANK EHRHARDT (R2DO)
ERIC DUNCAN (R3DO)
VIVIAN CAMPBELL (R4DO)
PART 21 GROUP (EMAI)
HAROLD CHERNOFF (EMAI)
Event Text
PART 21 - DEFECT IN LOCA ANALYSIS FOR B&W PLANTS 

The following information was summarized from the report obtained from the vendor via facsimile: 

"The defect is related to the thermal conductivity model in the codes TACO3 and GDTACO which are used in the AREVA LOCA model for B&W plants. The thermal conductivity model does not adequately represent the change in conductivity with burnup for the fuel. The correction of the thermal conductivity model results in the peak cladding temperature limit in 10 CFR 50.46 (2200 degrees F) being exceeded. 

"The defect exists for the following plants: Oconee Nuclear Station Unit 1, Oconee Nuclear Station Unit 2, Oconee Nuclear Station Unit 3, Arkansas Nuclear One Unit 1, Three Mile Island Unit 1, and Davis-Besse Unit 1" 

If there are any technical questions or concerns, please contact: 

Gayle Elliott 
AREVA, lnc., 3315 Old Forest Road 
Lynchburg, VA 24501 
Ph. # 434-841-0306.