UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 

August 9, 2016 

IN RESPONSE, PLEASE 

 REFER TO: M160726 

MEMORANDUM TO: Victor M. McCree 

 Executive Director for Operations 

 Maureen Wylie 

 Chief Financial Officer 

FROM: Annette Vietti-Cook, Secretary /RA/ 

SUBJECT: STAFF REQUIREMENTS – MEETING WITH NRC 

STAKEHOLDERS, 9:00 A.M., TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2016, 

AUDITORIUM, TWO WHITE FLINT NORTH, ROCKVILLE, 

MARYLAND (OPEN TO PUBLIC ATTENDANCE) 

In response to a request made by Senator James Inhofe at the April 6, 2016 hearing of the 

Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, the Commission held a meeting with 

NRC stakeholders to hear their perspectives on the NRC’s regulatory programs. The 

Commission was informed on a range of issues by State and tribal representatives, nongovernmental organizations, industry, organized labor, vendors, academia, and the medical 

community, as well as a former NRC Commissioner and a former NRC Chairman. 

The participants included: 

• Dale Atkinson, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Nuclear Officer, NuScale 

• Shelley Buck, Tribal Council President, Prairie Island Indian Community 

• Dr. Fred Fahey, President, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging; Medical 

Representative to the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors; Director of 

Nuclear Medicine/PET Physics, Boston Children’s Hospital; Professor of Radiology, 

Harvard Medical School 

• Dr. Ashley Finan, Senior Project Manager for Energy Innovation, Clean Air Task Force 

• Sherrie Flaherty, Chairman, Organization of Agreement States 

• Peter Gaillard, Manager Licensing Operations, TerraPower, LLC 

• Paul Gunter, Director, Reactor Oversight Project, Beyond Nuclear 

• Bryan Hanson, Chief Nuclear Officer, Exelon 

• Yassin Hassan, Nuclear Engineering Department Heads Organization, and Head, 

Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University 

• David Heacock, President and Chief Nuclear Officer, Dominion Nuclear 

• Anna Jerry, International Representative, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 

• Dennis Koehl, Chief Executive Officer, South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company 

• Maria Korsnick, Chief Operating Officer, Nuclear Energy Institute 

• David Lochbaum, Director, Nuclear Safety Project, Union of Concerned Scientists 
• Dr. Allison M. Macfarlane, George Washington University, Professor of Public Policy and 

International Affairs; Director, Center for International Science and Technology Policy; 

Director, International Science and Technology Policy M.A. Program 

• Jeffrey Merrifield, Partner, Pillsbury Law 

• Gary Mignogna, President and Chief Executive Officer, AREVA 

• Philip D. Moeller, Senior Vice President, Edison Electric Institute 

• Wayne Norton, President and CEO of Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co. and 

Yankee Rowe Nuclear Power Station; Chief Nuclear Officer of Maine Yankee; and 

Principal Spokesperson for Decommissioning Plant Coalition 

• Jim Riccio, Nuclear Policy Analyst, Greenpeace 

• Janet Schlueter, Senior Director, Radiation and Materials Safety, Nuclear Energy 

Institute 

• Katie Sweeney, Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs, and General Counsel, National 

Mining Association 

During the course of the meeting, the participants identified a number of possible improvements 

in NRC activities. 

Staff shall provide an information paper to the Commission by September 15, 2016 that 

identifies each substantive issue or recommendation raised at the meeting or in any subsequent 

correspondence to the Commission related to the meeting that is received by August 15, 2016. 

For each substantive issue or recommendation identified, the paper shall do one of the 

following: 

1. If the issue or recommendation raised has been previously addressed by the NRC, 

concisely explain how it was dispositioned by the agency and identify Commission or 

staff decisions reflecting the outcome and rationale; 

2. If the issue or recommendation raised is currently under review by the NRC, concisely 

describe how the current NRC efforts, in the staff’s view, are addressing the issue or 

recommendation raised; 

3. If any substantive issue or recommendation was raised but has not been resolved or is 

not part of current NRC efforts, the paper should explain whether the staff believes 

action is warranted and, if so, describe a path forward for further agency evaluation. An 

appropriate action may include expanding the scope of a current NRC effort. 

cc: Chairman Burns 

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