November 27, 2013 

MEMORANDUM TO: Andy Imboden, Chief 

Communications, Planning, 

 and Rulemaking Branch 

Waste Confidence Directorate 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety 

 and Safeguards 

FROM: Sarah Lopas, NEPA Communications Project Manager /RA/ 

 Communications, Planning, 

 and Rulemaking Branch 

 Waste Confidence Directorate 

 Office of Nuclear Material Safety 

 and Safeguards 

SUBJECT: SUMMARY OF NOVEMBER 4 PUBLIC MEETING IN CHARLOTTE, 

NORTH CAROLINA, TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE WASTE 

CONFIDENCE DRAFT GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 

STATEMENT AND PROPOSED RULE 

On Monday, November 4, 2013, members of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 

staff held a Category 3 public meeting at the Hilton Charlotte University Place in Charlotte, 

North Carolina. The purpose of the meeting was to provide an overview of the Waste 

Confidence draft generic environmental impact statement (DGEIS) and proposed rule, and to 

accept public comments on the documents. Participants also had an opportunity to ask 

questions about the NRC’s environmental review and rulemaking process. 

The NRC conducted an open house beginning at 6:00 p.m. EST where members of the public 

met informally with NRC staff and asked questions related to the DGEIS and proposed rule. 

The public meeting began at 7:00 p.m. EST and concluded at 11:40 p.m. EST. The meeting 

began with an introduction of NRC staff and a review of meeting ground rules, followed by a 

short presentation on the Waste Confidence DGEIS and proposed rule. The majority of the 

meeting was dedicated to receiving comments from members of the public. 

The staff's slide presentation is available in the NRC's Agencywide Document Management and 

Access System (ADAMS) under Accession No. ML13273A339. The transcript for the meeting is 

available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML13323B474. NRC handouts available at the 

meeting can be accessed at ML13319A111, ML13319A108, and ML13319A110. Posters 

displayed during the open house can be accessed at ML13279A004. The ADAMS Public 

Electronic Reading Room is accessible at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons 

who do not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing documents 

located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC’s Public Document Room reference staff at 

CONTACT: Sarah Lopas, WCD/CPRB 

 (301) 287-0675 
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1-800-397-4209, or via e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov. For convenience, web links to the staff’s 

presentation materials and the meeting transcript are also available on the Waste Confidence 

Directorate’s website at http://www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuel-storage/wcd/pub-involve.html. 

Approximately 204 people attended the meeting and 70 provided comments. Meeting 

participants included members of the public, representatives from the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency Region 4, and members of industry and public advocacy groups. A list of 

meeting participants is included as Attachment 1. 

One question about comment submission was asked during the question-and-answer period. 

Topics and concerns raised during the public comment portion of the meeting included: general 

opposition to nuclear power and support for renewable energy; calls to stop making additional 

nuclear waste; support for continuing the moratorium on issuance of licenses for facilities that 

relied on the Waste Confidence Rule; opposition to the Waste Confidence rulemaking; 

opposition to the generic approach of Waste Confidence and support for site-specific reviews; 

critique of the DGEIS assumptions, including institutional controls and replacement of dry casks 

every 100 years; critique of the NRC’s evaluation of risk from accidents; accidents caused by 

terrorism and earthquakes; Fukushima; spent fuel pool density; support for hardened onsite 

storage (HOSS); transportation of spent fuel; issues specific to local facilities including Catawba, 

Oconee, Shearon Harris, Vogtle, and the Savannah River Site; emergency planning; 

environmental justice; health effects of radiation; public involvement in the Waste Confidence 

rulemaking; support for nuclear power in light of climate change concerns; support for the 

continued safe storage of spent fuel in both pools and dry casks; support for reprocessing, 

interim storage, and a permanent geologic repository (Yucca Mountain); and support for the 

DGEIS, proposed rule, and the NRC’s 24-month timeline. 

Enclosure: Meeting Attendees List 

cc: See next page 
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1-800-397-4209, or via e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov. For convenience, web links to the staff’s 

presentation materials and the meeting transcript are also available on the Waste Confidence 

Directorate’s website at http://www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuel-storage/wcd/pub-involve.html. 

Approximately 204 people attended the meeting and 70 provided comments. Meeting 

participants included members of the public, representatives from the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency Region 4, and members of industry and public advocacy groups. A list of 

meeting participants is included as Attachment 1. 

One question about comment submission was asked during the question-and-answer period. 

Topics and concerns raised during the public comment portion of the meeting included: general 

opposition to nuclear power and support for renewable energy; calls to stop making additional 

nuclear waste; support for continuing the moratorium on licensing; opposition to the Waste 

Confidence rulemaking; opposition to the generic approach of Waste Confidence and support 

for site-specific reviews; critique of the DGEIS assumptions, including institutional controls and 

replacement of dry casks every 100 years; critique of the NRC’s evaluation of risk from 

accidents; accidents caused by terrorism and earthquakes; Fukushima; spent fuel pool density; 

support for hardened onsite storage (HOSS); transportation of spent fuel; issues specific to local 

facilities including Catawba, Oconee, Shearon Harris, Vogtle, and the Savannah River Site; 

emergency planning; environmental justice; health effects of radiation; public involvement in the 

Waste Confidence rulemaking; support for nuclear power in light of climate change concerns; 

support for the continued safe storage of spent fuel in both pools and dry casks; support for 

reprocessing, interim storage, and a permanent geologic repository (Yucca Mountain); and 

support for the DGEIS, proposed rule, and the NRC’s 24-month timeline. 

Enclosure: Meeting Attendees List 

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ADAMS Accession No.: ML13331A719

OFFICE PM: NMSS/WCD/CPRB OGC BC: NMSS/WCD/CPRB 

NAME SLopas SClark(NLO) MHorn for AImboden 

DATE 11/22/13 11/26/13 11/27/13 

OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
 Enclosure 

List of Attendees 

Public Meeting to Receive Comments on the 

Waste Confidence DGEIS and Proposed Rule 

Charlotte, NC - November 4, 2013 - 7:00 – 11:40 PM EST 

 First Name Last Name Affiliation or Organization 

1 Juan M. Abendaño AREVA 

2 Hatice Akkurt Electric Power Research Institute 

3 Nawar Alchaar AREVA 

4 TJ Amos SAFE Carolinas 

5 Cee Cee Anderson Georgia Women's Action for New Directions (WAND) 

6 Jeff Archie SCE&G 

7 Deb Arnason Private Citizen 

8 Kenneth Ashe Veterans for Peace 

9 Frank Barilla AREVA 

10 Bradley Black Duke Energy 

11 Daniel Blackman Private Citizen 

12 Eric Blevins Dirty Energy Road Show 

13 Don Boulton AREVA 

14 Dori Bowman Sierra Club, Resident 

15 Ryan Brookhart American Nuclear Society, Zachry Nuclear Engineering 

16 Cynthia Bryant CB&I 

17 Ricky Buckley Entergy Nuclear 

18 Max Burjoss Private Citizen 

19 Matt Cagnetta Areva Federal Services, LLC 

20 Lee Causey North American Young Generation in Nuclear (NAYGN) 

21 Sherry Causey Private Citizen 

22 David Causey Private Citizen 

23 Anthony Chang AREVA 

24 Dave Ciesielksi AREVA 

25 Terrence Clark WNC Physicians for Social Responsibility, Chairperson 

26 Brita Larsen Clark Private Citizen 

27 Andrew Cook AREVA Operational Excellence and Innovation 

28 Elaine Cooper Sierra Club from SC 

29 Jonathan Cope Sargent and Lundy Engineering 

30 Susan Corbett South Carolina Sierra Club 

31 Fred Counsell Utility Worker Union of America Local 1-2 

32 Harold Crockett ALTRAN 

33 Susan Crotts Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL) 

34 Arthur Dailey CB&I 

35 John Daniels UNC Charlotte 

36 Azor Das AREVA 

37 Lawrence Denney Duke Energy 

38 Joseph DeVoe AREVA 
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First Name Last Name Affiliation or Organization 

39 Ted Diamond AREVA 

40 Larkin Diem AREVA 

41 John Downey Charlotte Business Journal 

42 Monica Embrey Greenpeace USA 

43 Jerrod Ewing Westinghouse 

44 Chris Fallon Duke Energy - VP of Nuclear Development 

45 Mac Felder Private Citizen 

46 Amanda Finkes AREVA 

47 James Fortney Resident, Central Piedmont Community College Student 

48 Don Fox AREVA 

49 Victor Fregonese AREVA 

50 Avram Friedman The Canary Coalition 

51 Susanne Frisco AREVA, Women in Nuclear 

52 Carol Gantt Private Citizen 

53 Fariba Gartland AREVA 

54 Lloyd Generette U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 

55 Paul Glubert Private Citizen 

56 Rod Gooch AREVA 

57 Rodney Graham Westinghouse 

58 Pamela Greenlaw Sierra Club 

59 George Gunn Southern Nuclear 

60 William Gupton Private Citizen 

61 Jim Hamlen AREVA 

62 Tara Hands Georgia Women's Action for New Directions (WAND) 

63 Claire Hanrahan Private Citizen 

64 Courtney Hanson Georgia Women's Action for New Directions (WAND) 

65 Bobby Harper Frham Safety Products, Inc. 

66 Robin Harris AREVA 

67 Debbie Hatchett AREVA 

68 Gary Hedrick AREVA 

69 James Hennen NAYGN 

70 Bill Herwig SCE&G 

71 Tyrone Heyward NAYGN 

72 Jackie Hill Central Piedmont Community College 

73 Claude Howard BREDL 

74 Robert Howarth Physicians for Social Responsibility 

75 Adam Howell AREVA 

76 F.G. Hudsom Metcalfe PLLC 

77 Jennifer Jabon Duke Energy 

78 Andrew James NAYGN 

79 Lauren Jones AREVA, NAYGN 
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 First Name Last Name Affiliation or Organization 

80 Thomas Jones Westinghouse 

81 Ruba Kachlan NAYGN, Duke Energy 

82 Brian Kasher Private Citizen 

83 Beverly Kerr BREDL 

84 Julius Kerr Neighborhood Environmental Watch/BREDL 

85 Christine King Electric Power Research Institute 

86 Sally Kneidel Greenpeace 

87 Ken Kneidel Private Citizen 

88 Bob Krebs IBEW Local 379 

89 Peter Kublickis Private Citizen 

90 Len LaCrosse AREVA 

91 Frances Lamberts Private Citizen 

92 Amanda Lang Duke Energy 

93 Jim Lang Retired Nuclear Engineer 

94 Jean Larson Private Citizen 

95 Denise Lee PEE DEE WALL 

96 David Leising Private Citizen 

97 Mark Lewis Private Citizen 

98 James Little Carolinas Nuclear Cluster 

99 Kat Lockhara AREVA 

100 Chris Long NAYGN, Duke Energy 

101 Megan Lubniewski Duke Energy 

102 Rob Machen AREVA 

103 Mammar Maghraoui AREVA, American Nuclear Society 

104 John Manson Boy Scouts of America Troop #178 

105 Sheila Maphet SAFE Carolinas 

106 Ramona McConney U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 

107 Marianne McCormic AREVA 

108 Van McCormic AREVA 

109 Rod McCullum Nuclear Energy Institute 

110 John McGarity III Frham Safety Products, Inc. 

111 Don McGee AREVA 

112 Jeff Merrifield CB&I 

113 Fred Monroe Private Citizen 

114 Pat Moore NC WARN 

115 William Murphy III NAYGN 

116 Ryan Nash AREVA 

117 Steve Nesbit Duke Energy Corporation 

118 Aaron Newlander Sierra Club

119 Amy Newton Private Citizen 

120 Lara Nichols Duke Energy 

 
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First Name Last Name Affiliation or Organization 

121 Adam Nygaard Duke Energy, NAYGN 

122 Stephen O'Flynn O'Brien AREVA 

123 Stan Olmstead Private Citizen 

124 Mary Olson Nuclear Information Resource Service 

125 James Parello Westinghouse 

126 Lewis Patrie Western NC Physicians for Social Responsibility 

127 Valerie Patterson Duke Energy 

128 Charles Pennington NAC International 

129 Matthew Petrunyak Westinghouse 

130 Ana Pisani NAYGN, Duke Energy 

131 Wallace Ponder AREVA 

132 Richard Pospiech Private Citizen 

133 Christine Pulley Duke Energy 

134 Geoffrey Purvis AREVA 

135 Steve Randle In Art Designs 

136 Kitty Richards Private Citizen 

137 Betsey Rivard Georgia Women's Action for New Directions (WAND) 

138 David Robinson Private Citizen 

139 Thomas Rodack Westinghouse Electric 

140 Timothy Rogers Duke Energy 

141 Kyle Rome Westinghouse Electric Company 

142 Nicholas Ruane Westinghouse 

143 Gerald Rudolph Sierra Club 

144 Stephen Rundle Private Citizen 

145 Don Safer Tennessee Environmental Council, Board Chairman 

146 Jennifer Saucier NAYGN, Duke Energy 

147 Caroline Sawyer Private Citizen 

148 TJ Scott Duke Energy 

149 RoseMary Seymour Central Piedmont Community College 

150 Jacky Shoulders NAYGN, Westinghouse Electric Company Charlotte 

151 Rita Sipe Duke Energy 

152 Douglas Sipes Westinghouse Electric Company 

153 James Smith AREVA 

154 Paul Snead Duke Energy 

155 Laura Sorenson SAFE Carolinas 

156 Ole Sorenson Private Citizen 

157 John Spitzberg Veterans for Peace Chapter 099 

158 Hayley Staten Westinghouse Electric 

159 Tammy Stein Central Piedmont Community College Student 

160 Ed Stein Private Citizen 

161 Lin Stewart AREVA 

162 Tracy Stover Westinghouse 
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 First Name Last Name Organization 

163 Paris Stringfellow AREVA 

164 Mark Sugimoto Westinghouse Electric 

165 Carl Sweet AREVA 

166 Courtney Tampas SCE&G 

167 Tina Taylor Private Citizen 

168 Ellen Thomas Private Citizen 

169 Elizabeth Thompson Private Citizen 

170 Jeff Thordahl CASEnergy 

171 Willie Tomlin Shell Bluff, Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League 

172 Pamela Torres-Jiminez Westinghouse 

173 Charles Utley Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League 

174 Chona Vallencour Westinghouse 

175 Gordon Vytlacil Generation mPower 

176 Christine Waters UX Consulting Company 

177 Greg Watts Private Citizen 

178 Jay Wellwood Westinghouse Electric Company 

179 Ashleigh Wesley Southern Nuclear 

180 Joshua Wilkins Frham Safety Products, Inc. 

181 Dennis Williford AREVA 

182 Christa Winfrey Resident, Mecklenburg County 

183 JD Winfrey Resident, Mecklenburg County 

184 Nicholas Wood Private Citizen 

185 Robert Wylie Duke Energy 

186 Hassan Yusuf Central Piedmont Community College Student 

187 Louis Zeller BREDL 

188 Chip Cameron Facilitator 

189 Jennifer Davis NRC 

190 Andy Imboden NRC 

191 Miriam Juckett Southwest Research Institute 

192 Joey Ledford NRC 

193 Lisa London NRC 

194 Sarah Lopas NRC 

195 Keith McConnell NRC 

196 Jessie Muir-Quintero NRC 

197 Christine Pineda NRC 

198 Sarah Price NRC 

199 TR Rowe NRC 

200 Carrie Safford NRC 

201 John Stamatakos Southwest Research Institute 

202 Andrew Stuyvenberg NRC 

203 Michael Wentzel NRC

204 Susan Wittick NRC