W10 Flooding: Lessons Learned and Near-Term Regulatory Actions
The session will begin with a focus on historic flooding in the United States last year, including the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. An NRC presentation will examine these events from the viewpoint of nuclear power plant safety, focusing on lessons learned and efforts to improve preparedness and response. The session will then focus on both NRC and industry activities related to Near-Term Task Force Recommendations 2.1 and 2.3 (as they relate to flooding). Finally, an international representative from Japan will discuss a study on the Tohoku earthquake and generation of the subsequent tsunami that flooded the Fukushima site.
SESSION CHAIR:
Scott Flanders, Director, Division of Site and Environmental Reviews, NRC/NRO
SPEAKERS/PANELISTS:
- Region IV Lessons Learned from 2011 Mississippi and Missouri River Flooding
Jeffrey Clark, Branch Chief, Division of Reactor Projects, NRC/Region IV - NRC Activities and Perspectives Related to the Fukushima Task Force Flooding Hazard Recommendations
Christopher Cook, Branch Chief, Division of Site Safety and Environmental Analysis, NRC/NRO - Industry Activities in Response to the Flooding Issue at Fukushima
Jim Riley, Principal Engineer, Nuclear Energy Institute - Studies on Generation Mechanism of the Tohoku Earthquake/Tsunami and Findings Obtained
Hideharu Sugino, Senior Researcher, Earthquake and Tsunami Evaluation Group, Seismic Safety Division, Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Agency
SESSION COORDINATOR(S):
Barry Miller, Sr. Project Manager, Japan Lessons Learned Project Directorate, NRC/NRR, tel: 301-415-4117, e-mail: Barry.Miller@nrc.gov
