UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 

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 AFFIRMATION SESSION 

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 PUBLIC MEETING

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

Commission Hearing Room 

11555 Rockville Pike 

Rockville, Maryland 

May 21, 2015 

The Commission met in open session, pursuant to notice, at 8:55 AM., Stephen G. 

Burns, Chairman, presiding. 

COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: 

STEPHEN G. BURNS, Chairman of the Commission 

KRISTINE L. SVINICKI, Member of the Commission 

WILLIAM C. OSTENDORFF, Member of the Commission 

JEFF BARAN, Member of the Commission 

STAFF AND PRESENTERS SEATED AT THE COMMISSION TABLE: 

MARGARET DOANE, General Counsel 

ANNETTE VIETTI-COOK, Secretary of the Commission 
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 DISCLAIMER 

This is an unofficial transcript of a meeting of the United States Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission on May 21, 2015, in the Commission=s office at One White Flint North, Rockville, 

Maryland. The meeting was open to public attendance and observation. This transcript has not 

been reviewed, corrected or edited, and it may contain inaccuracies. 

The transcript is intended solely for general information purposes. As provided by 

10 CFR 9.103, it is not part of the formal or informal record of decision of the matters discussed. 

Expressions of opinion in this transcript do not necessarily reflect final determination or beliefs. 

No pleading or other paper may be filed with the Commission in any proceeding as the result of, 

or addressed to, any statement or argument contained herein, except as the Commission may 

authorize. 
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[8:55 a.m.] 

 P R O C E E D I N G S 

 CHAIRMAN BURNS: Good Morning. We have an Affirmation Session one item to 

come before us, I’ll have the Secretary lead us through it please. 

 ANNETTE VIETTI-COOK: This is on Pacific Gas and Electric Diablo Canyon Power 

Plant, Units 1 and 2. The Commission is being asked to act on a Memorandum and Order 

responding to a request for a hearing by Friends of the Earth on an asserted de facto

amendment of Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s operating licenses for the Diablo Canyon 

Power Plant, related to new seismic information and analysis. 

The Commission has voted to approve a Memorandum and Order with Commissioner Svinicki 

dissenting in part, that denies the hearing request in part and refers the request in part to the 

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel and in part to the Executive Director for Operations 

for disposition under 10 C.F.R. § 2.206. 

 Would you please affirm your votes? 

 CHAIRMAN BURNS: Aye. 

 COMMISSIONER SVINICKI: Aye. 

 COMMISSIONER OSTENDORFF: Aye. 

 COMMISSIONER BARAN: Aye. 

 ANNETTE VIETTI-COOK: That’s all I have. 

 CHAIRMAN BURNS: Thank you. 

 
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 CERTIFICATE 

This is to certify that the attached description of a meeting of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission entitled: 

TITLE OF MEETING: Affirmation Session 

 (PUBLIC MEETING) 

PLACE OF MEETING: Rockville, Maryland 

DATE OF MEETING: May 21, 2015 

was held as herein appears, is a true and accurate record of the meeting, and that this is the 

original transcript thereof taken stenographically by me, thereafter reduced to typewriting by 

me or under the direction of the court reporting company. 

 /RA/ 

Transcriber: Patty Jimenez

Reporter: (TAPE RECORDING)