Wednesday, April 08, 2015

Go USA: NRC Commissioner Ostendorff is Going to Answer My Email



Seems Ostendorff made a mistake. Wonder how many eyes seen the letter before he sent it to me. 
Now reads like this:

 | received a copy of your March 28, 2015, email to the Chairman of the NRC related to concerns about a portion of my Congressional testimony at the March 4, 2015, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Hearing. 

WASHINGTON, DC. 20555-0001
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER
April 8, 2015 
Mr. Michael Mulligan
P. O. Box 161 Hinsdale, NH 03451
Dear Mr. Mulligan, 
| received a copy of your March 28, 2015, email to the Chairman of the NRC related to concerns about a portion of my Congressional testimony at the March 24, 2015, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Hearing. 
In particular, you indicated a concern that I knowingly made a false statement regarding the number of deaths that have occurred as a result of the operation of a commercial reactor. I recognize that I could have been clearer in my communications if I had stated that no deaths have ever occurred as a result of radiation related to the operation of a commercial reactor. My statement was made in the context of the NRCs safety mission regarding US. civilian use of radioactive materials and the nature of the hearing. It was not my intent to imply that there has never been a death related to an industrial accident at a nuclear power plant, such as the death at Arkansas Nuclear One. 
In the future, I will be clearer in my communications. It would never be my intention to make a false or misleading statement or to disrespect the families who have lost loved ones. 

Sincerely, 

William C. Ostendorff
cc; Stephen G. Burns, Chairman

This explains his tricky lawyerly response to me?  
Commissioner William C. Ostendorff 

(Photo of Commissioner William C. Ostendorff)The Honorable William C. Ostendorff was sworn in for a second term as a Commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on July 7, 2011, to a term ending on June 30, 2016. His first term was from April 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011. 
Mr. Ostendorff has a distinguished career as an engineer, legal counsel, policy advisor, and naval officer. Before joining the NRC, Mr. Ostendorff served as the Director of the Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy and as Director of the Board on Global Science and Technology at the National Academies. 
Mr. Ostendorff came to the National Academies after serving as Principal Deputy Administrator at the National Nuclear Security Administration from April 2007 until April 2009. From 2003 to 2007, he was a member of the staff of the House Armed Services Committee. There, he served as counsel and staff director for the Strategic Forces Subcommittee with oversight responsibilities for the Department of Energy's Atomic Energy Defense Activities as well as the Department of Defense's space, missile defense and intelligence programs. 
Mr. Ostendorff was an officer in the United States Navy from 1976 until he retired in 2002 with the rank of Captain. During his naval career, he commanded an attack submarine, an attack submarine squadron and served as Director of the Division of Mathematics and Science at the United States Naval Academy. 
Mr. Ostendorff earned a bachelor’s degree in systems engineering from the United States Naval Academy and law degrees from the University of Texas and Georgetown University. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas.
This is why I think a professional nuclear plant employee would think "operation of a commercial reactor" means a reactor core and all the rest the plant.

 Here it is in the NRC words on their oversight page. The agency "reactor" oversight actually means commercial nuclear power "plants" It means the "reactor" and all the rest of the "plant". 
Operating Reactor Oversight Power Reactors

The reactor oversight process for power reactors uses a variety of tools to monitor and evaluate the performance of commercial nuclear power plants. The process is designed to focus on those plant activities most important to safety.
In new reactor licencing, they just don't licence the reactor (core), they licence the reactor and the rest of the plant including the secondary system. 

...Right, generally the little people have access to high government officials…this is what this signifies to me.

Commissioner Ostendorff's office just gave me a call saying the commissioner is going to personally answer my concerns. 
NRC Commissioner Ostendorff: False Senate Statement AndIndicating He Is A Captured Regulator (loss of neutrality)

What if the world is the way it is, because vast the majority of us just doesn't participate in government…

I consider him a big man with just answering my tough accusation....

So here is the response.
http://steamshovel2002.blogspot.com/2015/03/nrc-commissioner-ostendorff-false.html  
NRC Commissioner Ostendorff: False Senate Statement And Indicating He Is A Captured Regulator (loss of neutrality)  
NRC Commissioner Ostendorff: False Senate Statement And Indicating He Is A Captured Regulator (loss of neutrality) 
Energy & Water Development Subcommittee: FY16 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Budget Hearing 

What Ostendorff actually said. 
Senate Hearing (1:58:00) 
Senator Alexander: "How many deaths have we ever had as a result of the operation of a Navy Reactor" 
Commissioner Ostendorff: "None" 
Senator Alexander: "How many deaths have we ever had as a result of the operation of a commercial reactor." 
Commissioner Ostendorff: "None".     
So here is the response.
WASHINGTON, DC. 20555-0001
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER
April 8, 2015 
Mr. Michael Mulligan
P. O. Box 161 Hinsdale, NH 03451 
Dear Mr. Mulligan, 
| received a copy of your March 28, 2015, email to the Chairman of the NRC related to concerns about a portion of my Congressional testimony at the March 24, 2015, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Hearing. 
In particular, you indicated a concern that I knowingly made a false statement regarding the number of deaths that have occurred as a result of the operation of a commercial reactor. I recognize that I could have been clearer in my communications if I had stated that no deaths have ever occurred as a result of radiation related to the operation of a commercial reactor. My statement was made in the context of the NRCs safety mission regarding US. civilian use of radioactive materials and the nature of the hearing. It was not my intent to imply that there has never been a death related to an industrial accident at a nuclear power plant, such as the death at Arkansas Nuclear One. 
In the future, I will be clearer in my communications. It would never be my intention to make a false or misleading statement or to disrespect the families who have lost loved ones. 

Sincerely, 

William C. Ostendorff
cc; Stephen G. Burns, Chairman



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