CLOSED MEETING: EPRI, NRC, DOE September 30, 2011

On January 3, 2012, the NRC released the following restricted amount of contents of the closed meeting. You may view the any of the four documents at NRC's ADAMS.

Closed Mtg. Btwn. NRC, DOE, and EPRI.

Accession Number: ML113120189
Date Released: Tuesday, January 3, 2012


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ML113120182 - Memo re: Closed Meeting Between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research; The U.S. Department of Energy; and the Electric Power Research Institute. (3 page(s), 12/22/2011)

ML113120193 - Meeting Agenda for 9/30/2011 Btwn. NRC, DOE, and EPRI. (2 page(s), 12/22/2011)

ML113120203 - Meeting Participants List - 9/30/11 Mtg. Btwn. NRC, DOE and EPRI. (1 page(s), 12/22/2011)

ML113140453 - RES Staff Presentation Handouts Materials NRC-RES/EPRI Coordination Meeting Friday, September 30, 2011. (23 page(s), 12/22/2011)

Following is the two page memo of the closed meetiong that is dated 12/22/2011. Note that on page 2 we are told: "In the future, staff will evaluate whether part or all of the meeting can be opened to the public."

December 22, 2011
MEMORANDUM TO: Brian W. Sheron, Director
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
FROM: Brett A. Rini, Technical Assistant /RA/ B. Holian for B. Rini
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research

SUBJECT: CLOSED MEETING BETWEEN THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION, OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH;
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; AND THE ELECTRIC POWER
RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.

On September 30, 2011, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC’s) Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) staff met with representatives of the U.S. Department of Energy(DOE) and Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. (EPRI) to:

(1) Discuss ongoing and future research including potential projects as a result of the
Fukushima-Daiichi accident.

(2) Exchange current research and development (R&D) activities and plans of interest to all parties to identify potential opportunities for collaborative research projects.

(3) Identify progress made and any obstacles to making progress in tasks identified in the addenda to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between NRC and EPRI on Cooperative Nuclear Safety Research (ADAMS Accession No. ML092290122).

Enclosure 1 of this meeting summary provides a list of the meeting participants.
A closed meeting notice was issued to the meeting participants on September 21, 2011
(ADAMS Accession No. ML112640017). A high-level draft agenda was included as an
attachment to the meeting notice.

The meeting consisted of several presentations by RES staff and representatives of DOE and EPRI. These presentations were organized by topic areas of interest that had been coordinated among the meeting participants in advance.

Enclosure 2 provides the final meeting agenda that identifies these topic areas and includes a detailed schedule for the meeting.

Enclosure 3 provides handout materials that RES staff used for their presentations. Following staff review of the RES handouts used during the meeting, staff determined that the handouts could be released to the public.

CONTACT: Brett Rini, RES
301-251-7615
Brett.Rini@nrc.gov

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The meeting objectives were accomplished through discussions that accompanied and followed presentations throughout the day. In the future, staff will evaluate whether part or all of the meeting can be opened to the public.

Enclosures:

1. List of Meeting Participants
2. Final Meeting Agenda
3. RES Staff Presentation Handout Materials

DISTRIBUTION
Jennifer Uhle
Brian Holian
Michael Case
Richard Correia
Kathy Halvey Gibson
Richard Rivera-Lugo
Jeanne Dion
Vered Shaffer
Thomas Nicholson
Ghani Zigh
Marty Stutzke
Steven Schaffer
Richard Lee
Rosemary Hogan
Aladar Csontos
Mirela Gavrilas
Annie Kammerer
Kevin Coyne
Patricia Santiago
David Stroup
Russell Sydnor
Sean Peters
David Skeen