Public Meeting
Notice of Public Meeting
The Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee Notice of Public Meeting
THE DIABLO CANYON INDEPENDENT SAFETY COMMITTEE
(https://www.dcisc.org)
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on October 22-23, 2025, at the Avila Lighthouse Suites Point San Luis Conference Facility located at First & San Francisco Streets, Avila Beach, California, a public meeting will be held by the Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee (DCISC) in five separate sessions, at the times indicated, to consider the following matters.
You may also participate in the DCISC's public meeting in real-time by accessing the Zoom webinar meeting via the weblink or meeting ID given below or by using any of the phone numbers provided. Webinar attendees can make oral comments or ask questions of the Committee Members during the webinar meeting by using the "Raise Your Hand" feature or by pressing *9 on your telephone keypad if joining by telephone only. If you are unable to attend or participate in real-time, you may email to dcsafety@dcisc.org with the subject line "Public Comment Agenda Item #___" (insert the item number relevant to your comment) or "Public Comment - Non Agenda Item." Comments will be reviewed and distributed before the meeting if received by noon on Tuesday, October 21, 2025. Comments received after that will be addressed during the item or at the end of the meeting. Each session will include comments by the Committee Members and an opportunity for members of the public to address remarks to the Committee.
Zoom Webinar Meeting ID: 816 7436 1192
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1. Morning Session - (10/22/2025) - 9:00 a.m. Opening comments and remarks; introduction of Committee Member Dr. Raluca O. Scarlat, receive public comments and communications to the Committee; Committee public outreach, site visits to Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP), other Committee activities, scheduling and confirmation of future fact-finding visits and public meetings, documents provided to the Committee; receive informational presentations requested by the Committee of PG&E related to plant safety and operations, including (1) update on the status of NRC Performance Indicators, Licensee Event Reports, NRC Inspection Reports and Notices of Violation, open issues raised by NRC resident inspectors, status of cross-cutting issues matrix, current and future license amendment requests and other regulatory issues, (2) current and future uses of artificial intelligence and other innovative technologies at DCPP; and a presentation by Dr. Yolanda Gil on artificial intelligence safety efforts in the U.S. and Committee discussion of potential relevance and implications for DCPP of the recent passage of California Senate Bil 53 "Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act."
2. Afternoon Session - (10/22/2025) - 1:15 p.m. Committee member comments; receive public comments and communications to the Committee; reports by Committee Technical Consultants on and approval of fact finding visits conducted on July 21-22, August 12-13 and September 16-17, 2025, and review of the Minutes of June 10-11, 2025 public meeting.
3. Evening Session - (10/22/2025) - 5:00 p.m. Committee member comments; receive report on the results and the continuing work of the Committee's Seismic Review Team, Drs. Jordan, Marshall and Oskin, to review matters concerning the seismic hazard at the DCPP site and environs by Dr. Peter Bird and others; and receive public comments and communications to the Committee.
4. Morning Session - (10/23/2025) - 9:00 a.m. Committee member comments; further discussion of future DCISC actions, initiatives, or recommendations based on the results and continuing work of the Seismic Review Team; update by the San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services Nuclear Power Plant Program Manager on County emergency services activities, local nuclear emergency planning, and the County's relationship with DCPP; review of Committee Open Items List and report on status of Committee recommendations, and consider engagement of Committee Technical Consultants.
5. Afternoon Session - (10/23/2025) - 1:15 p.m. Committee member comments; receive public comments and communications to the Committee; receive informational presentations requested by the Committee of PG&E related to plant safety and operations, including (3) State of the Plant including organizational changes, activities, power history, equipment issues, human performance issues, status of preparations for refueling outage 2R25 and other station activities since the DCISC's June 2025 public meeting, (4) report on decisions made and the bases for reducing Unit 2 power in response to local wildfires in July and August 2025; Committee discussion on the status of governmental agency interactions, administrative, funding and regulatory matters, consideration of Committee Policy on Response to DCPP emergencies, and consideration of approval of the Committee's 35th Annual Report on the Safety of DCPP Operations for the period July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025, recognition of the service of former DCISC Member Dr. Robert J. Budnitz, and wrap-up discussion by Committee members and confirmation of future site visits, study sessions and public meetings.
The meeting will be webcast in real time at: http://www.slo-span.org/ and through https://www.dcisc.org. The specific meeting agenda will be available at least 72-hours before the meeting and the agenda together with the staff reports and materials regarding the above meeting agenda items will be available for public review commencing Monday, October 20, 2025, at the Special Collections and Archives Department of the Cal Poly Library in San Luis Obispo and online at www.dcisc.org. For further information regarding the public meeting, please contact Robert Rathie, Committee Assistant Legal Counsel, P.O. Box 4253, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921-4253; telephone: 1-800-439-4688 or read the agenda on line by visiting the Committee's website at www.dcisc.org.
Dated: October 12, 2025.
Agenda
DCISC Agenda for the next Public Meeting
DIABLO CANYON
INDEPENDENT SAFETY COMMITTEE ("DCISC")
(www.dcisc.org)
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Committee Members: |
Najmedin Meshkati
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Wednesday & Thursday, October 22-23, 2025
Point San Luis Conference Room
Avila Lighthouse Suites
First & San Francisco Streets, Avila Beach, California
PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA
This public meeting will be webcast in real time at:
http://www.slo-span.org/local_webcast/DCISC/stream_index.htm and through https://www.dcisc.org
This meeting is also being produced as a Zoom webinar by AGP Video Inc. and will be broadcast subsequently on San Luis Obispo local government access television, Channel 21.
Zoom Webinar Meeting ID: 816 7436 1192
Please click the link below to join the webinar
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81674361192
Zoom Webinar Meeting Telephone Only Participation: Phone one-tap: +14086380968, 81674361192# US (San Jose), +16694449171,81674361192# US; Join via audio: +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose),+1 669 444 9171 US,+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose), +1 253 205 0468 US,+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma),+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston),+1 719 359 4580 US,+1 386 347 5053 US,+1 507 473 4847 US,+1 564 217 2000 US,+1 646 876 9923 US (New York),+1 646 931 3860 US,+1 689 278 1000 US,+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC),+1 305 224 1968 US,+1 309 205 3325 US,+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago),+1 360 209 5623 US.
PARTICIPATION
You may participate in the DCISC's public meeting in person or in real-time by accessing the Zoom webinar meeting via the weblink and the webinar ID given above or by calling any of the phone numbers provided at the top of this agenda. Instructions on how to access, view and participate in remote meetings are also provided by visiting the DCISC's home page at https://www.dcisc.org/. Attendees can make oral comments or ask questions of the Committee Members during the webinar meeting by using the "Raise Your Hand" feature or by pressing *9 on your telephone keypad if joining by telephone only. If you are unable to participate in real-time, you may email to dcsafety@dcisc.org with the subject line "Public Comment Item#___" (insert the item number relevant to your comment) or "Public Comment - Non-Agenda Item." Comments will be reviewed and distributed before the meeting if received by Noon on Tuesday, October 21, 2025. Comments received after that will be addressed during the item and/or at the end of the meeting. All comments received will be read into and become part of the record, subject to a time limit determined by the presiding officer. Subject to the requirements to publish an agenda in advance, the Committee will have the option to modify its actions on items based on comments received.
In accordance with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (CA Govt. Code §§11120 et seq.) and the Committee's Policies, for each item on the Agenda the Committee reserves the right, at the discretion of the presiding officer, to limit the total amount of time allocated for public comment on particular issues and/or for each individual public commenter. A time limit for each public commenter will be announced during every session. For any public commenter(s) who previously requested and at the discretion of the presiding officer were granted additional time an announcement will be made at the beginning of the session. Public commenters will not be recognized more than once during public comments on matters not on the agenda or during consideration of an agenda item but may be called upon subsequently to respond to questions from the Committee. Public commenters may not cede time to other public commenters.
Morning Session - 10/22/2025 - 9:00 A.M.
I CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
II INTRODUCTIONS AND COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS
ADVISEMENT
The Committee may consider at any time requests to change the order of a listed agenda item. Information distributed to the Committee at a public meeting becomes part of the public record of the DCISC. A copy of written or electronic material, pictures, etc., must be provided to the Committee's Legal Counsel for this purpose. Those persons making public comments are requested and encouraged to provide copies of any prepared written materials or electronic media they intend to use in their remarks to the Legal Counsel's office prior to addressing remarks to the Committee and in sufficient time such that they may be distributed. Correspondence received and sent by the Committee is on file with the Office of the DCISC Legal Counsel and copies are available upon request. Devices for attendees who may be hearing impaired are available upon request. The meeting will be webcast in real time.
III PUBLIC COMMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
Anyone wishing to address the Committee on matters not appearing on the Agenda may do so only at this time. (The public may comment on any matter listed on the morning's Agenda immediately following the time the matter is considered by the Committee.) There will be a time limit for each topic and/or speaker as designated by the presiding officer as announced at the beginning of this session. No action will be taken by the Committee on matters brought up under this item, but they may be referred to staff for further study, response or action.
IV DISCUSSION, DIRECTION AND ACTION, AS APPROPRIATE, BY THE COMMITTEE, CONSULTANTS & COUNSEL
- Public Outreach, Site Visits to Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP), Other Committee Activities; Scheduling and Confirmation of Future Fact-Finding Visits and Public Meetings;
Documents Provided to the Committee.
V INFORMATION ITEMS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
- Informational Presentations Requested by the Committee of PG&E:
- Update on the Status of NRC Performance Indicators, Licensee Event Reports, NRC Inspection Reports and Notices of Violation, Open Issues Raised by NRC Resident Inspectors, Status of Cross-Cutting Issues Matrix, Current and Future License Amendment Requests, and Other Significant Regulatory Issues/Requests.
- Current and Future Uses of Artificial Intelligence and Other Innovative Technologies at DCPP.
VI INFORMATION ITEM PRESENTED BY THE COMMITTEE
- Receive a Presentation by Dr. Yolanda Gil on Artificial Intelligence Safety Efforts in the U.S., and Committee Discussion with Dr. Gil of the Potential Relevance and Implications for DCPP of the Recent Passage and Governor's Approval of California Senate Bill 53:
"Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act."
VII ADJOURN MORNING MEETING
Afternoon Session - 10/22/2025 - 1:15 P.M.
VIII RECONVENE FOR AFTERNOON MEETING
IX COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS
X PUBLIC COMMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
Anyone wishing to address the Committee on matters not appearing on the Agenda may do so only at this time. (The public may comment on any matter listed on the afternoon's Agenda immediately following the time the matter is considered by the Committee.) There will be a time limit for each topic and/or speaker as designated by the presiding officer as announced at the beginning of this session. No action will be taken by the Committee on matters brought up under this item, but they may be referred to staff for further study, response or action.
XI TECHNICAL CONSULTANT REPORTS; RECEIVE, APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE TRANSMITTAL OF FACT-FINDING REPORTS TO PG&E
- Consultant R. Ferman Wardell, PE:
Fact-finding Topics; Report on and approval of July 21-22, 2025, Fact Finding Report. - Consultant R. Ferman Wardell, PE:
Fact-finding Topics; Report on and approval of August 12-13, 2025, Fact Finding Report. - Consultant Richard McWhorter:
Fact-finding Topics; Report on and approval of September 16-17, 2025, Fact Finding Report.
XII ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES
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Review/Accept |
XIII ADJOURN AFTERNOON MEETING
Evening Session - 10/22/2025 - 5:00 P.M.
XIV RECONVENE FOR EVENING MEETING
XV COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS
XVI INFORMATION ITEM PRESENTED BY THE COMMITTEE (Cont'd.)
- Informational Presentation by the Committee's Seismic Review Team:
Report on the Results and the Continuing Work of the Seismic Review Team, Consultants Dr. Thomas Jordan, Dr. Scott Marshall and Dr. Michael Oskin, to Review Matters Concerning the Seismic Hazard at the DCPP Site and Environs Including by Dr. Peter Bird and by Others.
XVII PUBLIC COMMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
The public may comment on the matter listed on this evening's agenda immediately following the time the matter is considered by the Committee. Anyone wishing to address the Committee on matters not appearing on the Agenda may do so following comments on the matter on the agenda.. There will be a time limit for each topic and/or speaker as designated by the presiding officer as announced at the beginning of this session. No action will be taken by the Committee on matters brought up under this item, but they may be referred to staff for further study, response or action.
XVIII ADJOURN EVENING MEETING
Morning Session - 10/23/2025 - 9:00 A.M.
XIX RECONVENE FOR MORNING MEETING
XX COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS
XXI DISCUSSION, DIRECTION AND ACTION, AS APPROPRIATE, BY THE COMMITTEE, CONSULTANTS & COUNSEL (Cont'd.)
- Discussion of Future DCISC Actions, Initiatives, or Recommendations Based on the Results and Continuing Work of the Seismic Review Team's Review of the Seismic Hazard at the DCPP Site and Environs.
XXII INFORMATION ITEM PRESENTED BY THE SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (OES)
Update by the San Luis Obispo County Emergency Services & Nuclear Power Plant Program Manager Ms. Kelly Van Buren on County Emergency Services Activities, Local Nuclear Emergency Planning, and the County's Relationship with DCPP.
XXIII DISCUSSION, DIRECTION AND ACTION, AS APPROPRIATE, BY THE COMMITTEE, CONSULTANTS & COUNSEL (Cont'd.)
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Discussion/Action |
XXIV PUBLIC COMMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
Anyone wishing to address the Committee on matters not appearing on the Agenda may do so at this time. (The public may comment on any matter listed on this morning's agenda immediately following the time the matter is considered by the Committee.) There will be a time limit for each topic and/or speaker as designated by the presiding officer as announced at the beginning of this session. No action will be taken by the Committee on matters brought up under this item, but they may be referred to staff for further study, response or action.
XXV CLOSED SESSION - Personnel Matters - (Govt. Code §11126).
XXVI DISCUSSION, DIRECTION AND ACTION, AS APPROPRIATE, BY THE COMMITTEE, CONSULTANTS & COUNSEL (Cont'd.)
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Discussion/Approval |
XXVII ADJOURN MORNING MEETING
Afternoon Session - 10/23/2025 - 1:15 P.M.
XXVIII RECONVENE FOR AFTERNOON MEETING
XXIX COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS
XXX PUBLIC COMMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
Anyone wishing to address the Committee on matters not appearing on the Agenda may do so only at this time. (The public may comment on matters listed on this morning's agenda immediately following the time the matter is considered by the Committee.) There will be a time limit for each topic and/or speaker as designated by the presiding officer as announced at the beginning of this session. No action will be taken by the Committee on matters brought up under this item, but they may be referred to staff for further study, response or action.
XXXI INFORMATION ITEMS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE (Cont'd.)
- Informational Presentations Requested by the Committee of PG&E:
- State of the Plant Update including Organizational Changes, Significant Past and Future Plant Activities, Power History, Significant Equipment Issues, Significant Human Performance Issues, Status of Preparations for Refueling Outage 2R25, and Other Station Activities since the DCISC's June 2025 Public Meeting.
- Decisions Made and Their Bases for Reducing Unit 2 Power in Response to Area Wildfires in July and August 2025.
XXXII DISCUSSION, DIRECTION AND ACTION, AS APPROPRIATE, BY THE COMMITTEE, CONSULTANTS & COUNSEL (Cont'd.)
- Status of Governmental Agency Interactions, Discussion of Administrative and Regulatory Matters Including Funding Matters, Consideration of Approval of Policy on Committee Response to Diablo Canyon Power Plant Emergencies, and Other Committee Business.
- Approval of the DCISC 35th Annual Report on Safety of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Operations, July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025.
XXXII RECOGNITION OF DCISC MEMBER'S SERVICE: DR. ROBERT J. BUDNITZ
XXXIV CONCLUDING REMARKS & DISCUSSION BY COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF FUTURE DCISC ACTIVITIES
- Future Actions by the Committee.
- Further Information to Obtain/Review.
- Confirmation of Future Site Visits, and Public Meetings.
XXXV ADJOURNMENT OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWELFTH PUBLIC MEETING
The DCISC's policy is to schedule its public meetings in locations that are accessible to people with disabilities and to remain in compliance with state guidelines on communicable disease prevention. Hand sanitizers and face coverings are available in the meeting room. The Avila Lighthouse Suites Point San Luis Conference Room is a wheelchair accessible facility. A person who needs a disability-related accommodation or modification in order to participate in the meeting may make a request by contacting the DCISC office (in CA 800-439-4688 or (831) 647-1044) or by sending a written request to the DCISC office at P.O. Box 4523, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921-4523. Providing your request at least five business days before the meeting will help ensure availability of the requested accommodation.