The Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee
Notice of Plant Tour and Public Meeting
Notice Is Hereby Given that on January 23, 2008, at 8:00 A.M., the members of the Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee (“DCISC”) will conduct an inspection tour of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant (“DCPP”). This tour, which will take approximately three hours, was previously advertised to the public. Because the plant is an operating nuclear power plant the number of participants was limited and space has been assigned on the basis of prior reservation taken on a first-come, first-served basis, with priority given to those persons who were not accommodated on recent DCISC inspection tours. Prior clearance of all public attendees is required in compliance with rules of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”).
Following the tour, or in the alternative if security considerations preclude the public tour on January 23rd, the DCISC may convene an informal question and answer session at the Pacific Gas & Electric Company (“PG&E”) Community Center, 6588 Ontario Road, San Luis Obispo.
Notice is hereby further giventhat on January 23-24, 2008, at the Avila Lighthouse Suites, Point San Luis Conference Room, 550 Front Street, Avila Beach, California, a public meeting will be held by the DCISC in four separate sessions, at the times indicated, to consider the following matters:
- 1. Afternoon Session - (01/23/2008) - 1:30 P.M.
- Opening comments and remarks; receive Public Comments and Communications to the Committee; approve minutes of October 24-25, 2007, public meeting; discussion of administrative matters, including review of PG&E’s Response to the DCISC 17th Annual Report on the Safety of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Operations for the period July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007; update on financial matters and activities during 2008; review of the Open Items List; reports by Committee members, consultants and legal counsel; receive, approve and authorize transmittal of Fact-finding Reports to PG&E; and review of Committee Correspondence and documents received.
- 2. Evening Session - (01/23/2008) - 5:30 P.M.
- Committee Member Comments; receive Public Comments and Communications to the Committee; receive informational presentations requested by the Committee from PG&E on topics relating to plant safety and operations, including Plant events, operational status and performance indicators; review of the recent activities of PG&E’s Nuclear Safety Oversight Committee; recent NRC Notices of Violation, Licensee Event Reports, Non-cited Violations and NRC Performance Indicators; and review of the status of DCPP’s Tritium Monitoring Program.
- 3. Morning Session - (01/24/2008) - 8:30 A.M.
- Comments by Committee members; receive Public Comments and Communications to the Committee; receive informational presentations requested by the Committee from PG&E on topics relating to plant safety and operations, including a presentation on the results of the eSOMS clearance process during the fourteenth Refueling Outage for Unit-1 (1R14); review of the results of 2007 winter storm activity and winter storm activity during 2008; an overview of mispositioning issues and current results; and an overview of single point vulnerability studies including history, 2007 studies, results and actions.
- 4. Afternoon Session - (01/24/2008) - 1:30 P.M.
- Comments by Committee members; receive Public Comments and Communications to the Committee; consider further informational presentations from PG&E on topics relating to plant safety and operations, including a presentation on the DCPP Business Plan, the 2007 results and the goals for 2008; an overview of new control rod worth measuring process and a brief history of the BEACON core monitoring system; wrap-up discussion by Committee members, and the scheduling of future site visits, study sessions and meetings.
The specific meeting agenda and the staff reports and materials regarding the above meeting agenda items will be available for public review commencing Monday, January 21, 2008, at the Reference Department of the Cal Poly Library in San Luis Obispo. For further information regarding the public meeting, please contact Robert Wellington, Committee Legal Counsel, 857 Cass Street, Suite D, Monterey, California, 93940; telephone: 1-800-439-4688 or read the agenda on line by visiting the Committee’s website at www.dcisc.org.
Dated: January 9, 2008.