172 MALE it, 3 4 5 6 7 8 from that is the Japanese those they PARTICIPANT: have been and The, as I in of Shaw

understand trying dose to to

interested because with

restart concerns

systems have

rate

contracted

install

both decayheat removal and debris removal systems. So it sounds, I mean, my inference I draw

Japanese government believes they need to

construct new systems to accomplish those functions. MALE PARTICIPANT: Lots of shielding of

1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

course, yes. DR. SHERON: Matter of fact, when we what you

talked with Chuck Casto and I asked him, are know, your priorities after over there? of the

I said, said,

And he Unit 1

flooding

containment,

shielding was the next biggest priority. He said that, you know, for the Japanese because he said if the locations in equipment then and that was a concern they can't access

the plant where they have to install like because in of radiation doses, to

the

all the

equipment

the world's not installed.

going

help if

they can't get it

So shielding is

going to be the, And I

I think one of the next big efforts. did see, I can't find it in here,

but I did see somewhere where they were providing some robotics

aid that they had, over to Japan at

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173 their request. 2 MR. CRANOVITCH: Okay. And I have just

one last question for you, 4 5 What assistance are the

just more out of curiosity. Russians providing given

their experience with Chernobyl? MALE PARTICIPANT: That was the last thing

7 8 9 JG 1i 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2 21 22 23 24 25

Iread. MALE thing I PARTICIPANT: Yes, Mike, the last

heard was the Russians showed up a week ago

but then they left. MR. DR. good advice. CRANOVITCH: SHERON: Wow. That's interesting.

And their President gave them

He said don't build nuclear plants in Thank you very much. Yes, a lot of well, Monday thank

highly seismic areas. MR.

CRANOVITCH:

morning quarterbacking there. you. I appreciate that. DR. SHERON: MR. (phonetic). CONNORLY:

All right,

Any other questions? Yes, this is Mike Connorly

Commissioner Apostolakis wanted me to ask

one question and I hate to bother you guys with this. But database and it he was trying to access an IAEA

was password protected and I know that the primary source for

we were working with IAEA as coordinating data.

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