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From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Ostendorff, William Friday, March 11, 2011 7:23 PM Franovich, Mike Nieh, Ho; Warnick, Greg Re: UPDATE on Fukishima-Daiichi

Thanks Mike. I will standby for your updates. Would appreciate clarification as soon as possible on core damage rad levels and evacuation posture. WCO

--- Original MessageFrom: Franovich, Mike To: Ostendorff, William Cc: Nieh, Ho; Warnick, Greg Sent: Fri Mar 11 19:08:01 2011 Subject: UPDATE on Fukishima-Daiichi
Sir,

The TA brief involved the NRC Executive Team (Borchardt, info as follows but info is still unreliable:

Weber,

Virgilio) and others.

Basic

El The Chairman, Eric Leeds, and one NRC technical expert from our reactor safety team will be at a deputy Principals meeting at the White House this evening to discuss the Japanese event and U.S. assistance.

El Chairman's office to provide any key info to other Commissioner offices (messages, based on meeting at Whitehouse (Monninger needs to check with Josh first).

etc..)

El Fed government response to impact on U.S. USAID if technical assistance is needed.

may stand down.

NRC made itself available to

El

The staff has used the TEPCO and IAEA press releases and other sources to piece information regarding the units in question and provide technical details on what they believe the designs to be and similarity to US plants. It appears that emergency diesel generators operated for about an hour before they failed. (some believe the Tsunami water damaged the EDGs). The radiation levels are approximately 1000 times above normal (conflicting reports as to where, one source believes those were the readings outside of the Unit 2 control room).

El The staff (Bill Ruland, et al.) did a "what if" scenario using a worst case assumption. By using the SOARCA analysis for Peach Bottom (BWR/4 design), the scenario use is a loss of all emergency power, the reactor core cooled using a RCIC pump until station battery power
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The timeline -n SOARCA appears to match the depletes, core damage occurs hours later. timeline of events for Fukishima Unit 2 regarding the time when containment is vented to This is simply a worst case scenario if the Chairman is asked prevent containment failure. the question.

El Eliot Brenner noted we have much media interested in getting NRC on camera to discuss the He event but he is in a holding pattern regarding any further NRC public communication. USAF denies noted DOS backed off Secretary Clinton's "~coolant remark" that she misspoke. that it helped deliver "coolant" to the plant.

NEI has had contact with Japan El Marty Virgilio did do an outreach NEI/WANO and INPO. scant info. NEI was informed that contain pressure on Unit 2 industry but they are getting was two times design pressure).

El Cindi Peterson of Region III indicated that Exelon may have been asked by General These two Electric to run their simulators for Dresden and Quad Cities to model scenarios. US plants are similar to Fuki Unit I and Unit 2 respectively.

El

Borchardt cautioned against "what ifing" too much at this time (not an NRC facility).

El

Next TA brief at 23:15.

I will call in and give you update.

Mike