UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 

REGION I 

2100 RENAISSANCE BLVD., SUITE 100 

KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406-2713 

 July 7, 2015 

 

 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Public Meeting Summary 

LICENSEE: NextEra Energy, Seabrook, LLC 

FACILITY: Seabrook Station Unit 1 

MEETING IDENTIFIER: 20150909 / Region I MN 15-011 

On June 18, 2015, the NRC conducted an open house beginning at 6:00 p.m. where 

members of the public met informally with NRC staff and asked questions related to Seabrook 

performance, license renewal, and concrete structures monitoring. The public meeting ran from 

7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Ten NRC staff members were present. The meeting was facilitated by 

Mr. Richard Barkley, an NRC in-house facilitator. 

The meeting began with an introduction of NRC staff, followed by short presentations on the 

performance of the facility and recent progress on the issue involving alkali-silica reaction (ASR) 

in the concrete of safety-related structures at Seabrook as well as license renewal. Almost all of 

the meeting was dedicated to answering questions from the public, principally on the ASR issue. 

Approximately 40 people participated in the meeting. Six participants asked questions, several 

coming to the microphone more than once to ask follow-on questions. In addition to members 

of the public, meeting participants included representatives of the offices of two Congressional 

members as well as the emergency planning offices in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. 

The NRC’s assessment letter can be found in the Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) under Accession Number ML15062A127. The annual 

assessment meeting notice can be found in ADAMS under Accession Number ML15155A685. 

ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 

 /RA/ 

____________________ 

Glenn T. Dentel, Chief 

Projects Branch 3 

Division of Reactor Projects 
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 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Public Meeting Summary 

LICENSEE: NextEra Energy, Seabrook, LLC 

FACILITY: Seabrook Station Unit 1 

MEETING IDENTIFIER: 20150909 / Region I MN 15-011 

On June 18, 2015, the NRC conducted an open house beginning at 6:00 p.m. where members 

of the public met informally with NRC staff and asked questions related to Seabrook 

performance, license renewal, and concrete structures monitoring. The public meeting was 

scheduled from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. and actually ran until 8:25 p.m. Ten NRC staff members 

were present. The meeting was facilitated by Mr. Richard Barkley, an NRC in-house facilitator. 

The meeting began with an introduction of NRC staff, followed by short presentations on the 

performance of the facility and recent progress on the issue involving alkali-silica reaction (ASR) 

in the concrete of safety-related structures at Seabrook as well as license renewal. Almost all of 

the meeting was dedicated to answering questions from the public, principally on the ASR issue. 

Approximately 40 people participated in the meeting. Six participants asked questions, several 

coming to the microphone more than once to ask follow-on questions. In addition to members 

of the public, meeting participants included representatives of the offices of two Congressional 

members as well as the emergency planning offices in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. 

The NRC’s assessment letter can be found in the Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) under Accession Number ML15062A127. The annual 

assessment meeting notice can be found in ADAMS under Accession Number ML15155A685. 

ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. 

____/RA/_____________ 

Glenn T. Dentel, Chief 

Projects Branch 3 

Division of Reactor Projects 

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