MN No. 13-026

U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION I

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

Licensee: NextEra Energy, Seabrook, LLC

Facilities: Seabrook Station

Docket Nos: 50-443

Date/ Time: December 18, 2013

Open House 5:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.

Public Meeting 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Location: Best Western Plus, The Inn at Hampton

815 Lafayette Road

Hampton, New Hampshire 03842

(603) 926-6771

Purpose: The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will host an open house

and public meeting with NextEra. The NRC plans to discuss NextEra's

testing program and their schedule regarding concrete degradation

caused by Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR) at Seabrook Station.

Participants: NRC

David Lew, Deputy Regional Administrator, Region I (RI)

James Trapp, Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Safety (DRS), RI

Mel Gray, Chief, Engineering Branch I, DRS, RI

William Cook, Senior Reactor Analyst (Team Leader), RI

Michael Marshall, Division of License Renewal, 

 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

NextEra

Kevin Walsh, Vice President, Seabrook Station

Rick Noble, ASR Project Manager, Seabrook Station

Dr. Oguzhan Bayrak, Director, Ferguson Structural Engineering

Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin

Public Participation: This is a Category 1 Meeting. During the open 

house, NRC staff will be available to answer questions from the public 

and discuss issues or concerns related to the Seabrook Station. 

Following the open house, the NRC will hold a meeting with NextEra. 

The public is invited to observe this meeting and will have the opportunity 

to communicate with the NRC during a question and answer period

directly following the business portion of the meeting, but before the 

meeting is adjourned.

Meeting Contact: Mel Gray, Region I

610-337-5209

E-mail: Mel.Gray@nrc.gov
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AGENDA:

5:00 – 5:45 p.m. Poster Session (NRC staff, NextEra staff, Other Organizations)

6:00 – 6:15 p.m. Opening Remarks by NRC staff

6:15 – 7:15 p.m. Presentation by NextEra on Testing Program and Schedule

7:15 – 9:00 p.m. Question and Answer Period

Additional information relative to the NRC’s oversight of the ASR conditions at Seabrook Station 

can be found on the NRC’s website at:

http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/seabrook/concrete-degradation.html

The NRC’s Policy Statement, “Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings,” effective 

May 28, 2002, applies to this meeting. The policy statement may be found on the NRC’s

website, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/commission/policy/67fr36920.html, and 

contains information regarding visitors and security. 

The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities where appropriate. 

If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this meeting, or need the meeting 

notice or other information from the meeting in another format (e.g., Braille, large print), please 

notify the NRC’s meeting contact. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation 

will be made on a case-by-case basis. Persons requiring assistance to attend the meeting shall 

make their requests known to the NRC meeting contact no later than two business days prior to 

the meeting.

Meetings are sometimes canceled or rescheduled as a result of unforeseen circumstances. 

Please confirm the meeting schedule on the NRC website under public meetings.

Approved by: ___/RA/______________

Mel Gray, Chief

Engineering Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

cc: via ListServ
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Distribution via email

Executive Director for Operations, OEDO (RIDSEDOMAILCENTER)

Deputy Executive Director for Reactor Programs, OED (RIDSEDOMAILCENTER)

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, NRR (RIDSNRROD)

Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation NRR (RIDSNRROD)

Director, Division of Inspection & Regional Support, NRR/DIRS (RIDSNRRDIRS)

Director, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, NRR/DORL (RIDSNRRDORL)

Asst. General Counsel Materials Litigation & Enforcement, OGC (RIDSOGCMAILCENTER)

W. Dean, RA

D. Lew, DRA

C. ODaniell, ORA

D. Roberts, DRP

G. Dentel, DRP

R. Barkley, DRP

M. Draxton, DRP

B. Reyes, DRP

M. Scott, DRP

C. Newport, DRP, RI

P. Cataldo, DRP, SRI

A. Cass, DRP, AA

R. Lorson, DRS

J. Trapp, DRS

M. Gray, DRS

W. Cook, DRS

N. Floyd, DRS

N. McNamara, SLO

D. Tifft, SLO

M. Marshall, NRR, License Renewal

RidsNrrPMSeabrook Resource

PNMS

B. Rini, RI, OEDO

RidsNrrDorlLpl1-2 Resource

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