INFORMATION REPORT

September 25, 2002 SECY-02-0172

For: The Commissioners

From: John W. Craig, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO

Subject: SECY-02-0172 WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK 

ENDING SEPTEMBER 20, 2002

Contents Enclosure

Nuclear Reactor Regulation A

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards B

Nuclear Regulatory Research C

Nuclear Security and Incident Response D

General Counsel E*

Administration F

Chief Information Officer G

Chief Financial Officer H*

Human Resources I

Small Business & Civil Rights J*

Enforcement K*

State and Tribal Programs L*

Public Affairs M

International Programs N*

Office of the Secretary O

Region I P

Region II P

Region III P*

Region IV P

Executive Director for Operations Q*

Congressional Affairs R

*No input this week.

/RA/

John W. Craig

Assistant for Operations, OEDO

Contact:

M. Layton, OEDO
September 25, 2002 SECY-02-0172

For: The Commissioners

From: John W. Craig, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO

Subject: SECY-02-0172 WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK 

ENDING SEPTEMBER 20, 2002

Contents Enclosure

Nuclear Reactor Regulation A

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards B

Nuclear Regulatory Research C

Nuclear Security and Incident Response D

General Counsel E*

Administration F

Chief Information Officer G

Chief Financial Officer H*

Human Resources I

Small Business & Civil Rights J*

Enforcement K*

State and Tribal Programs L*

Public Affairs M

International Programs N*

Office of the Secretary O

Region I P

Region II P

Region III P*

Region IV P

Executive Director for Operations Q*

Congressional Affairs R

*No input this week.

/RA/

John W. Craig

Assistant for Operations, OEDO

Contact:

M. Layton, OEDO

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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 20, 2002

The Weekly Information Report is compiled by the Office of the EDO and includes highlights of

Headquarters and Regional Office activities. 

Contact: M. Layton, OEDO by E-mail: mcl@nrc.gov. 

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NRR 2 STP *

NMSS 4 OPA 17

RES 8 IP *

NSIR 9 SECY 19

OGC * Region I 20

ADM 10 Region II 21

CIO 11 Region III *

CFO * Region IV 23

HR 15 OEDO *

SB/CR * OCA 24

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*No input this week
September 20, 2002 ENCLOSURE A

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Items of Interest

Week Ending September 20, 2002

North Anna Power Station, Unit 2

North Anna, Unit 2 is in the process of inspecting the reactor vessel head control rod drive

mechanism (CRDM) penetrations for signs of cracking and boric acid leakage. Bare head

visual inspection has been completed, and under-the-head eddy current inspection is about

30% complete. The licensee has identified 6 penetrations with boric acid deposits above the

head to be suspect for leakage. Another 21 penetrations with some boric acid on the head are

considered at this time to be masked, i.e., the boric acid may not have come from through-head

leakage. The boric acid around most of those penetrations appears to have come from a

recent conoseal leak. There are no signs of head wastage as was seen at Davis-Besse. Of

the 6 suspected leakers, one was previously identified as having weld cracking and was

repaired in the outage in late 2001. Of the 21 masked penetrations, two were previously

identified as having weld cracking and repaired in late 2001. The eddy current testing, which is

incomplete, has revealed reportable indications in the welds of 5 of the penetrations.

The staff is continuing to monitor the CRDM inspectors being performed by Pressurized Water

Reactor (PWR) licensees during the fall outage season and will continually assess if current

regulatory actions remain appropriate.

Bulletin 2002-01 Requests for Additional Information

Bulletin 2002-01, “Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Degradation and Reactor Coolant Pressure

Boundary Integrity,” the requested that licensees provide the basis for concluding that their

boric acid corrosion (BACC) program was providing reasonable assurance of compliance with

the applicable regulatory requirements discussed in Generic Letter 88-05 and the bulletin. 

Many licensee responses lacked specificity. As a result, the staff has determined that requests

for additional information (RAI) will be sent to all affected licensees. The RAIs will be focused,

based on the information that was provided in their previous responses, and will request each

licensee to provide more detailed feedback on specific areas of their BACC program. In

addition, it was determined that a Regulatory Issues Summary (RIS) would be issued to

describe the course of action being taken on Bulletin 2001-01, “Circumferential Cracking of

Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles,” Bulletin 2002-01, and Bulletin 2002-02,

“Reactor Pressure Vessel Head and Vessel Head Penetration Nozzle Inspection Programs.” 

The NRC will monitor implementation of BACC program with the use of a temporary instruction

(TI).

Meeting with BTB Jansky on September 16, 2002

On September 16, 2002 the staff met with representatives of the BTB Jansky GMBH company

of Germany to discuss their “Process Data Reconciliation Software VALI III”, proposed for use

in the measurement uncertainty recapture power uprate in nuclear power plants.

The process data reconciliation software uses existing plant instrumentation data in complex

mathematical and statistical formulations to address instrument uncertainties, thereby allowing
September 20, 2002 ENCLOSURE A

potential future users of this software to request power uprates up to 1.5% without the use of

additional feedwater instrumentation. Ultrasonic feedwater instrumentation is presently being

installed in some nuclear plants for power uprates from 1 to1.7%.

A formal submittal of the VALI III system, for staff review, is expected shortly.

NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2002-16, Current Incident Response Issues dated

September 13, 2002

The NRC is issuing this regulatory issue summary (RIS) to discuss several incident response

issues which may be of interest to nuclear power plant licensees. This RIS does not transmit

any new requirements or staff positions.

License Renewal Staff Orientation

On September 17, 2002, the License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Program (RLEP),

hosted a license renewal training/orientation session for over 130 staff members and

contractors. The focus of the session was the use of the new guidance documents to improve

the efficiency of the license renewal process. The presentations included an overview of the

license renewal requirements, review process, guidance documents, application format, and

lessons learned. Divisional management and the Office of General Counsel also presented

their expectations. The RLEP staff plans to conduct a license renewal inspection training

session at Region IV for regional inspectors on October 3, 2002.

Exelon License Renewal Application for Peach Bottom Units 2 and 3

The safety evaluation report (SER) with open and confirmatory items was issued on

September 13, 2002. The staff is scheduled to brief the ACRS on the SER on

October 30, 2002. The applicant is expected to submit additional information to address the

open and confirmatory items by November 29, 2002. The staff is scheduled to issue the final

SER by February 6, 2003.
September 20, 2002 ENCLOSURE B

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Items of Interest

Week Ending September 20, 2002

Finalization of NUREG-1623

The final version of NUREG-1623, "Design of Erosion Protection for Long-Term Stabilization,"

was published and distributed last week. This NUREG provides guidance applicable to a wide

range of NRC licensees, including the uranium mills and sites that have site decommissioning

management plans. This effort involved a multi-year task in which the Division of Fuel Cycle

Safety and Safeguards (FCSS) staff developed new criteria for the design and placement of

erosion protection. A wide range of stakeholders commented on the NUREG and FCSS staff

conducted public workshops to introduce the new guidance and design concepts. FCSS

estimates that the revised design criteria have resulted in more than 20 million dollars in

savings to NRC licensees and the Department of Energy.

Observation of the Naval Nuclear Quality Performance Evaluation of Precision

Components Corporation

On September 11-13, 2002, Division of Waste Management staff observed the Naval Nuclear

Quality Performance Evaluation of Precision Components Corporation (PCC), located in York,

Pennsylvania. PCC is the prime manufacturer of the Navy’s cannister for temporary dry

storage of nuclear spent fuel. The audit team evaluated the effectiveness of PCC’s overall

quality performance for compliance with the requirements imposed by the Naval Nuclear

Propulsion Program (NNPP). Because of NNPP involvement with the potential geological

repository for spent fuel, a representative from the Department of Energy’s Office of Civilian

Radioactive Waste Management also participated as an observer.

Fall Meeting of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

On September 10, 2002, the NRC staff attended the fall meeting of the Nuclear Waste

Technical Review Board held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The meeting agenda included

programmatic and technical subjects. The Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste,

Department of Energy (DOE), provided an overview and status of the Yucca Mountain project. 

Several technical presentations were made that included: (1) science and engineering update

of DOE’s program; (2) regional ground-water monitoring program by Inyo County; (3) interim

report of the igneous consequences peer review panel; (4) corrosion testing; (5) repository

design; and (6) post-closure thermal conditions. A round-table discussion was held on

performance assessment results including analyses for evaluating repository barriers. A staff

member from, respectively, the Division of Waste Management and the Advisory Committee on

Nuclear Waste participated in the round-table discussion.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission/Nuclear Energy Institute/Industry Meeting On High-Burn-Up

Spent Fuel

On September 6, 2002, representatives from the Spent Fuel Project Office (SFPO), the Nuclear

Energy Institute (NEI), the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and industry attended a

meeting to discuss the recently issued Revision 2 to Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) 11, "Cladding
September 20, 2002 ENCLOSURE B

Considerations for the Transportation and Storage of Spent Fuel." SFPO staff presented an

overview of the guidance and acceptance criteria, contained in the ISG, which are focused on

the storage of high-burn-up spent fuel. NEI and industry representatives noted that with the

issuance of ISG-11, Revision 2, the staff had reached a major milestone in developing an

acceptable approach for dry cask storage of high-burn-up spent fuel. The industry had

previously identified storage of high-burn-up spent fuel as the highest priority technical issue

needing resolution for dry cask storage.

Staff and industry efforts will now focus on resolving the technical issues in the transportation of

high-burn-up spent fuel. Staff provided an overview of possible paths forward to address the

transportation issues, while EPRI representatives presented a generic approach to address the

technical issues. SFPO staff indicated that high-burn-up spent fuel reviews for transportation

casks will be done on a case-by-case basis, to support near-term industry needs, until a future

revision to the ISG is developed to address the transportation issues.

Meetings of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development/Nuclear Energy

Agency Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety, and Associated Expert Groups

On September 9-12, 2002, a member of the Spent Fuel Project Office represented the NRC at

the sixth annual meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and

Development/Nuclear Energy Agency Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS),

and at meetings of the associated expert groups in Paris, France. The WPNCS is an

international body of technical experts on nuclear criticality safety. The meetings provided a

forum for discussing criticality safety issues in the various countries represented. In addition,

the progress, ongoing activities, and future plans of the criticality safety programs in the various

countries were discussed. The WPNCS-sponsored expert groups in the areas of burnup credit,

minimum critical values, criticality excursion analysis, and experimental needs also met during

this time, and discussed each of these topics in greater detail. Thirty-four representatives from

10 countries and two international organizations attended these meetings.
September 20, 2002 ENCLOSURE C

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research

Items of Interest

Week Ending September 20, 2002

International Cooperative Agreement on Thermal-Hydraulic Code Applications and

Maintenance between the NRC and the Ministry of Economics, Republic of Croatia

On September 17, 2002, the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research forwarded an international

cooperative agreement to Croatia for signature between the NRC and the Ministry of Economy,

Republic of Croatia relating to Cooperation in the Thermal-Hydraulic Code Applications and

Maintenance Program (CAMP).

This Agreement defines the terms and conditions by which the NRC and the Ministry of

Economy, Republic of Croatia will continue cooperation in CAMP on the basis of mutual benefit

and reasonable equity and reciprocity. It is understood by the Parties that the Faculty of

Electrical Engineering and Computing, at the University of Zagreb, in the Republic of Croatia,

will carry out the commitments of and act as agent for, the Ministry of Economy under this

Agreement. The work performed under this Agreement will contribute to NRC’s goal of

maintaining nuclear safety by improving our analytical codes and to the efficient use of NRC

resources. This Agreement will become effective upon signature, and will remain in force for a

period of five years.

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development-Melt Coolability and Concrete

Interaction (OECD-MCCI) Program

Two tests were conducted recently at the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) under the OECDMCCI Program. The OECD-MCCI Program was launched in January 2002 to provide

confirmatory evidence and test data for various mechanisms to cool ex-vessel core debris by an

overlying water pool and hence, to determine the efficacy of severe accident management

strategy of flooding the reactor cavity in the event of an ex-vessel core melt release. These

tests are intended to address the effect of water ingression through cracks and pores of a

molten debris on the melt quench rate. The two tests were performed under otherwise identical

test conditions (i.e., melt mass, system pressure, etc.), but the melt composition was varied in

these experiments. Preliminary data from the experiments indicate that water ingression is a

viable coolability mechanism. Data analysis is in progress to quantify debris cooling rate by

water ingression. Results from the tests will be used to develop coolability models for

incorporation into analytical codes. The OECD-MCCI Program is hosted and coordinated by

NRC with participation by 13 OECD countries and by the U.S. Department of Energy. Other

potential coolability mechanisms such as melt eruption and crust breach will also be

investigated under this program. 
September 20, 2002 ENCLOSURE D

Nuclear Security and Incident Response

Items of Interest

Week Ending September 20, 2002

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Seventh Conference on Human Factors

and Power Plants

On September 18, 2002, a representative of the Office of Nuclear Security and Incident

Response participated in the IEEE conference held in Scottsdale, Arizona. The NRC

representative led a panel discussion entitled "Fitness-for-Duty: Beyond Drugs and Alcohol." 

The objective of the panel was (1) to provide a series of brief presentations on the potential

direction of fitness-for-duty (FFD) assessments in the future, and (2) answer participants’

questions on the subject. 

The panel topics were: (1) alternatives to urine specimens, measurement technology, industry

perspective, and (2) behavioral observation. The panelists were Bill Sirois, Senior Vice

President, Circadian Technologies, Inc.; Kathleen E. Burkett, Access Control Supervisor,

American Electric Power; Dr. Valerie Barnes, President, Performance, Safety and Health

Associates; and Colonel Greg Belenky, M.D., Director, Division of Neuropsychiatry, Walter

Reed Army Institute of Research.

Preliminary Notifications

1. PNO-II-02-02-034A, Tennessee Valley Authority, UNUSUAL EVENT DECLARED -

UPDATE.

2. PNO-IV-02-048, Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University System, 

LEAK FROM FAILURE OF REACTOR POOL DIFFUSER PIPING SYSTEM.

3. PNO-III-02-037, Illinois Roof Consulting Associates, Inc., MOISTURE GAUGE 

REPORTED STOLEN.

4. PNO-II-02-035, Building and Earth Sciences - ALABAMA LICENSEE’S PORTABLE 

GAUGE STOLEN IN TENNESSEE
September 20, 2002 ENCLOSURE F

Office of Administration 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending September 20, 2002

Union of Concerned Scientists; Denial of Petition for Rulemaking (PRM-50-72)

A document that denies a petition for rulemaking submitted by the Union of Concerned

Scientists (PRM-50-72) was published in the Federal Register on September 19, 2002 (67 FR

59025). The petitioner requests that the NRC require nuclear power plant owners to submit the

performance indicator information needed for the NRC’s revised reactor oversight program. 

The petition is denied because the current voluntary program meets NRC’s regulatory needs, it

would consume additional resources to codify the current practice, and if the current practice

were to be codified, future changes in the definitions and guidance for reporting performance

indicator information might be more difficult. 

Acquisition Training

On September 17, 2002, the Division of Contracts conducted a half-day Acquisition Certification

and Training Program module entitled “Acquisition for Supervisors and Managers of Project

Managers” with 7 attendees. This workshop familiarized participants with the principles of the

acquisition process with an emphasis on policies and procedures managers need to know. 

Activity on Administrative Services and Clerical Support Contract

The first task order for clerical assistance was placed under the Administrative Services and

Clerical Support Contract, NRC-10-02-161, on August 23, 2002. The contractor employee who

will provide administrative support to the Office of General Counsel (OGC) was cleared by

security on September 9, 2002, and reported to the OGC on Tuesday, September 10, 2002. 

Contract Awards

Contract No. NRC-28-02-281(SBA No. 0303-02-205061) was awarded to Adept Consulting

Services, Inc. on August 15, 2002, for work providing document processing services associated

with entering documents into the Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System

(ADAMS) and data entry for NRC’s Region I, under SBA’s 8(a) program. The current estimated

cost of this contract is $93,392 for the base period. However, there are four one-year options

which, if exercised, will bring the total estimated cost to $510,640. The period of performance

for the base period is 12 months commencing on the award date. If all options are exercised,

the total period of performance will be 60 months. The following streamlining methods were

used: the statement of work was electronically submitted and coordinated and proposal

preparation time was reduced.

NRC-02-02-012, the five year renewal of the contract with Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)

for the Operation of the Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses (CNWRA) was signed

by the NRC Contracting Officer on September 19, 2002, and mailed to SwRI for signature. The

total estimated cost is $86,213,679 and the period of performance is September 28, 2002,

through September 28, 2007. The mission of the CNWRA is to provide technical assistance

and research in support of NRC’s high-level waste repository program under the Nuclear Waste
September 20, 2002 ENCLOSURE F

Policy Act of 1982, as amended. The following streamlining methods were used: electronic

submission of SOW, abolition of D&F for cost type contract, simplified D&F for other than

sealed bid, simplified evaluation report.

As a result of a competitive request for quotation (RFQ) sent to GSA federal supply schedule

vendors, a firm, fixed price type Delivery Order No. ADR-10-02-167 was awarded to Kroll

Security Services of Vienna, VA on September 19, 2002. The contractor will assess existing

organizational physical security procedures and protective force staffing, and conduct an

independent physical security assessment of the NRC Headquarters facilities. The period of

performance is two months and is valued at $41,923. The delivery order was awarded in 60

days using email issuance of the RFP, fax submission of the proposals, and simplified

evaluation criteria.
September 20, 2002 ENCLOSURE G

Chief Information Officer

Items of Interest

Week Ending September 20, 2002

Freedom of Information and Privacy Act Requests received during the period of

September 13, 2002 through September 19, 2002:

Sylvania Electric Products Division, Hicksville NY facilities, licensing, environmental complaints,

violations, reports, investigations, and conservation actions (FOIA/PA-2002-0412)

TIA 96-389, NRR’s reply (FOIA/PA-2002-0413)

800 and 1300 Series staff promoted from Grade 14 to 15, last 5 years (FOIA/PA-2002-0414)

Part 21 reports for STP and Comanche Peak from construction to present (FOIA/PA-2002-

0415)

Event notification and Part 21 reports, Waste Control Specialists, Andrew Co., TX, 1994 to

present, all proposals, correspondence, rulings and actions (FOIA/PA-2002-0416)

Availability pay, OI, 2000-2001, all documents (FOIA/PA-2002-0417)

Audit reports conducted by Advanced Technologies Laboratories International Inc. (FOIA/PA2002-0418)

NUREG/BR-0216, "Radioactive Waste: Production, Storage, Disposal" (FOIA/PA-2002-0419)

Correspondence and meeting documents between members of Congress and their staffs and

NRC, dated after August 1992 (FOIA/PA-2002-0420)

Correspondence and meeting documents between the President, Vice President, and members

of the Executive Branch and their staffs and the NRC from August 1992 to present (FOIA/PA2002-0421)

Correspondence and meeting documents between any State governors and their staffs and

NRC dated after August 1992 to present (FOIA/PA-2002-0422)

IG Investigation on named individuals, 11/2000 to present (FOIA/PA-2002-0423)

Entergy Corporation, all publicly available records regarding power plants it operates (Indian

Point 2&3, Fitzpatrick, River Bend 1, Waterford 3, Grand Gulf 1, Pilgrim 1, Vermont Yankee and

Arkansas 1&2) (FOIA/PA-2002-0424)
September 20, 2002 ENCLOSURE I

Office of Human Resources

Items of Interest

Week Ending September 20, 2002

Arrivals

ARRIGHI, Russell* PROJECT MANAGER NRR

CORTINOVIS, Charles** LEGAL INTERN OGC

ROBERTS, Darrell*** TECHNICAL ASSISTANT NRR

TANNENBAUM, Anita SECRETARY RIV

WILLIAMS, Kevin HEALTH PHYSICIST (EP) NRR

YEROKUN, Jimi* TECHNICAL ASSISTANT NRR

Retirements

JOHNSON, Terry SENIOR HYDROLOGIST NMSS

Departures

KRAYER, Peter BRANCH CHIEF RIV

MALLOY, Molly STUDENT ENGINEER RI

OUTEN, Sally**** SECRETARY NMSS

*Transferring from RI

**Effective 9/19/02 - badging only

***Transferring from RII

****Effective 9/18/02
September 20, 2002 ENCLOSURE M

Office of Public Affairs

Items of Interest

Week Ending September 20, 2002

Media Interest

A report published in Science Magazine countering assertions that the nation’s nuclear plants

are vulnerable to attacks like the one on the World Trade Center, received media interest.

There was continuing interest in FirstEnergy Company’s efforts to repair damage to its DavisBesse reactor in Ohio. Region III officials held a public meeting in Oak Harbor to discuss its

oversight of the licensee’s activities.

There was interest in an incident at the Sequoyah nuclear power plant in which a contract

worker set off explosive-detecting alarms and improperly entered a secure area.

Press Releases

Headquarters:

02-108 NRC Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste to Meet September 25-26 in

Las Vegas

Regions:

I-02-059 NRC to Discuss Apparent Violation Involving Nuclear Gauge with N.J. Firm
September 20, 2002 ENCLOSURE O

Office of the Secretary

Items of Interest

Week Ending September 20, 2002

Document Released

to Public

Date Subject

Decision Documents

1. SECY-02-0127 7/11/02 Proposed Response to State of Ohio on its

Assured Isolation Storage Facility Draft

Rules

SRM on 02-0127 9/5/02 (same)

Commission Voting

Record on 02-0127

9/5/02 (same)

2. SECY-02-0138 7/22/02 Denial of Petition for Rulemaking on

Mandatory Submittal of Performance

Indicator Information Needed for the

Reactor Oversight Process (PRM-50-72)

Information Papers

1. SECY-02-0165 09/11/2002 SECY-02-0165 Weekly Information Report -

Week Ending September 6, 2002

Commission Correspondence

1. Letter to Congressman Edward J. Markey dated September 13, 2002 concerns conflicting

accounts of a FedEx shipment of iridium-192 from Sweden, via Paris, France, to the United

States. 

2. Letter to Congress dated September 13, 2002 provides July report on the status of NRC’s

licensing and regulatory duties. 

3. Letter to Governor George E. Pataki, New York, responds to request that the NRC and the

Federal Emergency Management Agency review the safety and security measures in place

at Indian Point and other nuclear facilities. 

Federal Register Notices Issued

1. Union of Concerned Scientists - Denial of Petition for Rulemaking.
September 20, 2002 ENCLOSURE P

Region I

Items of Interest

Week Ending September 20, 2002

Indian Point Unit 2

On September 18, 2002, the NRC and FEMA briefed Congresswomen Kelly and Lowey,

Congressman Gilman and staff members from Senator Schumer and Senator Clinton’s offices,

in separate meetings on the plans for the Indian Point Unit 2 Emergency Preparedness

Exercise on September 24th. Topics discussed include the preparations for, and conduct of, the

exercise week activities, and general questions on both emergency planning and securityrelated issues. 

Region I Host to IAEA Fellow 

Dr. Dejanira da Costa Lauria, representing the Brazilian Department of Environmental Radiation

Protection, met with Region I managers and staff to discuss decommissioning issues and

regulatory guidance. She also observed NRC inspections at two NRC Site Decommissioning

Management Plan facilities during the past week. Her scientific visit was awarded by the IAEA

Fellowship Program and was coordinated by the National Research Council at the National

Academies. 
September 20, 2002 ENCLOSURE P

Region II

Items of Interest

Week Ending September 20, 2002

Duke Energy Corporation - Full Scale Oconee Emergency Exercise

On September 17, 2002, Region II participated in the NRC/Oconee Emergency Exercise by

sending a Site Team to the licensee’s Emergency Operations Facility and the Oconee site in

South Carolina. The Deputy Regional Administrator participated as the Site Team

Leader/Director of Site Operations. 

The State Liaison Officer participated as a member of the Regional Assistance Committee in

the full scale Oconee exercise, involving officials of the State of South Carolina and applicable

local governments.
September 20, 2002 ENCLOSURE P

Region IV

Items of Interest

Week Ending September 20, 2002

21st Century Technologies, Inc., Docket 030-34261

On September 17, 2002, the Region IV Regional Administrator, the Division of Nuclear

Materials Safety Director, along with members of the Region IV staff held a meeting with 21st

Century Technologies, Inc., management members to discuss NRC concerns with the

licensee’s answers to Confirmatory Action Letter (CAL) 04-02-005, issued on May 21, 2002. 

The CAL was issued in response to the licensee’s continued distribution of exempt products

(gun sights and bow sights) containing millicurie quantities of tritium which do not appear to

have been submitted for Sealed Source and Device Registry review and approval, and

subsequently would not be authorized by the license. The meeting also focused on NRC

concerns that the licensee did not fully satisfy the requirements of the CAL by failing to perform

a detailed review of each product distributed to determine if each product is being

manufactured in accordance with its sealed source and device registry. 
September 20, 2002 

Office of Congressional Affairs

Items of Interest

Week Ending September 20, 2002

CONGRESSIONAL HEARING SCHEDULE, NO. 66

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