INFORMATION REPORT

April 12, 2002 SECY-02-0066

For: The Commissioners

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

Subject: SECY-02-0066 WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK 

ENDING APRIL 5, 2002

Contents Enclosure

Nuclear Reactor Regulation A

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards B

Nuclear Regulatory Research C*

Incident Response Operations 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:

H. Nieh, OEDO
April 12, 2002 SECY-02-0066

For: The Commissioners

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

Subject: SECY-02-0066 WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK 

ENDING APRIL 5, 2002

Contents Enclosure

Nuclear Reactor Regulation A

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards B

Nuclear Regulatory Research C*

Incident Response Operations 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.

John W. Craig

Assistant for Operations, OEDO

Contact:

H. Nieh, OEDO

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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING APRIL 5, 2002

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April 5, 2002 ENCLOSURE A

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 5, 2002

Public Meeting with Nuclear Energy Institute

On April 1, 2002, representatives from the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) met with NRC staff

and management. The meeting was requested by NEI as a follow-up to a January 17, 2002,

meeting and is the first of several periodic meetings between industry and NRC senior

management to discuss issues related to new reactor licensing. The main topics of this

meeting were: scheduling of concurrent Early Site Permit (ESP) applications, Part 52 update,

industry petitions for rulemaking, programmatic inspections, tests, analyses, and acceptance

criteria (ITAAC), and finality of ITAAC sign-offs. Representatives from Dominion, Exelon and

Entergy were in attendance. Dominion identified North Anna as the site selected for its early

site permit application. This is the first site that has been identified by a potential applicant. 

Entergy expects to identify a site in the next two to three weeks and Exelon expects to do the

same in September 2003. 

AP1000

The NRC received Westinghouse Electric Company’s design certification application for the

AP1000, dated March 28, 2002. The AP1000 standard design is an approximately 1100

megawatts electric pressurized water reactor plant in which passive safety systems are used. 

All of the safety systems are designed to be passive, where natural forces, such as gravity,

natural circulation, and stored energy (in the form of pressurized accumulators and batteries),

are used as the motive forces of these systems. The AP1000 application includes the entire

power generation complex, except those elements and features considered site-specific. The

design of the AP1000 is based closely on the AP600 design that was certified on December 16,

1999.

Control Room Habitability Guidance

On March 28, 2002, the Probabilistic Safety Assessment Branch (SPSB) issued for public

comment the final two of five draft guides (DG) addressing control room habitability. They are

DG-1114, "Control Room Habitability at Light-Water Nuclear Power Reactors," and DG-1115,

"Demonstrating Control Room Envelope Integrity at Nuclear Power Reactors." These new draft

guides complement the existing regulatory guides (RG) 1.183, "Alternative Source Terms for

Evaluating Design Basis Accidents at Nuclear Power Reactors," issued July 2000, and the two

regulatory guides that are out for public comment DG-1111, "Atmospheric Relative

Concentrations for Control Room Habitability Assessments at Nuclear Power Plants," issued

December 2001, and DG-1113, "Methods and Assumptions for Evaluating Radiological

Consequences of Design Basis Accidents at Light-Water Nuclear Power Reactors," issued

January 2002. The four draft guides endorse guidance contained in NEI 99-03, “Control Room

Habitability Assessment Guidance,” where possible. This suite of five regulatory guides

provides guidance on assessing control room habitability through assessment and testing of

control room envelope integrity and radiological analyses of the control room environment. 
April 5, 2002 ENCLOSURE A

Meeting with NEI on GSI-191, “Assessment of Debris Accumulation on PWR Sump

Performance”

On March 28, 2002, the staff met with the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) and industry

representatives to discuss planned NRC and PWR industry actions to address GSI-191. The

NRC has concluded that plant-specific analyses should be performed to determine whether

debris accumulation in pressurized water reactor (PWR) containments will impede emergency

core cooling system operation during recirculation. The industry program will include all PWR

Owners Groups and be coordinated by NEI. Key features of the industry program include a

utility configuration assessment; development of an Industry Evaluation Guide, followed by plant

specific assessments with resultant corrective actions and modifications, as necessary. 
April 5, 2002 ENCLOSURE B

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 5, 2002

Staff Attends Meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Committee on Nuclear

Quality Assurance

On March 25-28, 2002, staff from the Division of Waste Management participated in the

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Nuclear Quality Assurance Main Committee

meeting. Quality Assurance professionals from Federal and private organizations attended the

meeting. The purpose of this working group is to develop, manage, and coordinate quality

assurance and quality assurance-related codes and standards. These codes and standards

are applicable to siting, design, construction, operation, and decommissioning of nuclear power

plants and nuclear fuel cycle facilities. Project teams and subcommittees met throughout the

course of the conference and discussed topics such as “Guidance on Electronic Records”;

“Risk-Based Quality Assurance”; “International Organization for Standardization (ISO9000)

Development”; and “Quality Assurance Requirements for Nuclear Facility Applications.” The

Committee members also voted on ballots effecting change in Nuclear Quality Assurance. The

ASME Committee on Nuclear Quality Assurance will hold its next meeting September 30

through October 2, 2002.

Public Meeting on NAC-MPC Spent Fuel Storage Cask Amendment/Exemption

On March 27, 2002, the Spent Fuel Project Office held a public meeting with NAC International

and Yankee Atomic Electric Company to discuss the need for an amendment and an exemption

to the NAC-MPC spent fuel storage cask. The scope of the amendment/exemption request will

include: (a) a damaged fuel can; (b) recaging of Gulf-United fuel; (c) empty fuel cages; and (d)

minor variations to Yankee class fuel. The applicant plans to submit the amendment request in

May 2002 and the exemption request in July 2002, to support fuel storage activities in 2002 at

the Yankee Rowe power plant in Rowe, Massachusetts.

Public Meeting with Pacific Gas and Electric on Diablo Canyon Independent Spent Fuel

Storage Installation

On March 28, 2002, staff from the Spent Fuel Project Office (SFPO) held a public meeting

with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to discuss the application review process and

schedule for the Diablo Canyon Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation. Based on the

meeting, SFPO will attempt to optimize scheduling of the technical review to meet the

applicant’s needs. Both SFPO and PG&E agreed that frequent communication is the key to a

successful review.

Staff Attends the Nuclear Energy Institute/Electric Power Research Institute Decommissioning

Forum 2002

On March 25-26, 2002, representatives of the Division of Waste Management and the Division

of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety took part in a Decommissioning Forum hosted by the

Nuclear Energy Institute and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in Tempe, Arizona. 

Other participants in the meeting included licensees, nuclear industry officials, and State and
April 5, 2002 ENCLOSURE B

Low-Level Waste (LLW) Compact officials. There were approximately 70 attendees. The

forum included presentations on Decommissioning Security Issues such as the current

regulatory posture and industry response. A License Termination session included “Nuclear

Regulatory Commission Lessons Learned”; “EPRI License Termination Plan (LTP) Guide”, and

outstanding LTP issues from Connecticut Yankee, Big Rock Point, Maine Yankee, and San

Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. A Decommissioning Technology session included

presentations on characterization and segmentation of reactor vessel internals; experience in

liquid processing with high-sheer filtration; an advanced decontamination process; and

validation of digital instrument response. The forum also included a session on Entombment, at

which comments from the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking were discussed, as well as

industry, LLW Compact, and States perspectives.
April 5, 2002 ENCLOSURE D

Incident Response Operations

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 5, 2002

Hatch Alert

An alert was declared at Edwin I. Hatch, Unit 2 on April 2, 2002, at 10:40 EST. The reason for

the declaration was the loss of 3 annunciator panels in the control room. The Nuclear

Regulatory Commission (NRC) entered Monitoring Phase of Normal Mode at 11:30 EST. The

Licensee determined that a failure of an electrical power supply to the panels was the source of

the problem and corrected it. The Licensee terminated the Alert at 12:37 EST and the NRC

exited Monitoring Phase of Normal Mode at 1:15 EST.

Rating for Davis-Besse Condition

On April 2, 2002, the staff issued an International Nuclear Event Scale (INES) rating of the

degraded reactor vessel head condition discovered at Davis-Besse. The staff gave this event a

provisional level 3 rating. The rating may be revised once additional information is obtained.

The staff has begun to express significant interest in foreign events rated using the INES. 

Incident Response Operations plans to conduct additional briefings and training to further

acquaint the staff with the use of the INES and the meanings of the different rating levels.

Preliminary Notifications

1. PNO-III-02-013, Rush-Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center, INTRAVASCULAR

BRACHYTHERAPY MISADMINISTRATION (UNDERDOSE).

2. PNO-II-02-014A, Thompson-Arthur Division APAC-Carolina, Inc., RECOVERED 

PORTABLE GAUGE.

3. PNO-II-02-015, Southern Nuclear Company (Hatch Unit 2), LOST ANNUNCIATION IN

CONTROL ROOM.

4. PNO-III-02-006B, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co. (Davis Besse), REACTOR VESSEL

HEAD DEGRADATION (SECOND UPDATE).

5. PNO-III-02-014, Guardian Automotive, Inc., LOST STATIC ELIMINATOR DEVICES.

6. PNO-IV-02-019, Framatome ANP, Inc., REPORT OF LOSS OF CRITICALITY SAFETY

CONTROL (BULLETIN 91-01 REPORT).
April 5, 2002 ENCLOSURE F

Office of Administration 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending April 5, 2002

Acquisition Training and Certification Program

On April 4, 2002, the Division of Contracts and Property Management conducted a mandatory

Acquisition Certification and Training Program module entitled “Organizational Conflicts of

Interest” with 21 attendees. This half-day module includes a discussion of what constitutes a

conflict of interest (COI) and how the Agency regulations treat COI. Lectures also include the

process for identifying and resolving COI situations for contract awards to both the private

sector and DOE Laboratory agreements. Class participants work in groups to analyze

situations to determine if COI exists and, if so, how to resolve the COI.

Contract Award

On April 3, 2002, a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, NRC-02-02-003, was awarded to Southwest

Research Institute (SwRI). The total estimated cost of this contract is $124,956. The work,

entitled "Technical Assistance in Evaluating an Incidental Waste Methodology for Closure of

High-Level Waste Tanks at Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory,” is a

"work for others" award to SwRI to maintain essential capabilities at the Center for Nuclear

Waste Regulatory Analyses (CNWRA). The period of performance is April 3, 2002, through

January 2, 2003. The following streamlining methods were used: SOW electronically

transmitted; waiver of audit requirements; and simplified evaluation report.

Revision of the Skin Dose Limit (Part 20)

A final rule that amends the definition and method of calculating Shallow-dose equivalents

(SDEs) was published in the Federal Register on April 5, 2002 (67 FR 16298). The final rule

specifies that the assigned SDE must be the dose averaged over the 10 square centimeters of

skin receiving the highest exposure, rather than 1 square centimeter as stated in the existing

regulation. The rule becomes effective on June 4, 2002. 
April 5, 2002 ENCLOSURE G

Chief Information Officer

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 5, 2002

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

March 29, 2002 through April 4, 2002:

Freedom of Information Act Case Log, October 1, 2000 through present for NRC (FOIA/PA2002-0205)

Material Licensing Tracking System (MLTS) for State of Florida, re: hospitals, mobile nuclear,

out patient clinics, and pharmacies licensed for radioactive materials (FOIA/PA-2002-0206)

NUREG-1717 “Systematic Radiological Assessment of Exemptions for Source and Byproduct

Materials” (June 2001) (FOIA/PA-2002-0207)

Records, re: previous requests, scientology, terrorists, anthrax, school shootings, mind

control/hypnosis, and fees owed to Dept. of VA (FOIA/PA-2002-0208)

Site Assessment - NY - 11th Avenue and West 42nd Street, 534 11th Avenue, a/k/a 560 West

42nd Street, New York County, NY (FOIA/PA-2002-0209)

“Work for Others” (WFO) Programs with Department of Energy (FOIA/PA-2002-0210)

Sellafield, England power plant, U S reaction to sanctioning of MOX fuel at site (FOIA/PA-2002-

0211)

Site Assessment - NY - W 34th and Broadway, 1293-1311 Broadway, New York, NY (FOIA/PA2002-0212)

Payroll, FY 2001, NRC Employee Payroll (FOIA/PA-2002-0213)

Research reactors, advice and recommendations by Nils Diaz, re: potential improvements

(FOIA/PA-2002-0214)

Sources of radioactive materials missing and unaccounted for since 1996 in the U.S. (FOIA/PA2002-0215)
April 5, 2002 ENCLOSURE I

Office of Human Resources

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 5, 2002

Arrivals

COLON, JR., Heriberto CONTRACT MANAGEMENT INTERN ADM

NAZARIO, Tomy NUCLEAR SAFETY INTERN NRR

WARREN, Geoffrey HEALTH PHYSICIST RIII

Departures

CORTINOVIS, Charles LEGAL INTERN OGC
April 5, 2002 ENCLOSURE L

Office of State and Tribal Programs

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 5, 2002

March 2002 Organization of Agreement States Board Meeting

On March 20-21, 2002, Staff from the Office of State and Tribal Programs attended the

Organization of Agreement States (OAS) Board Meeting. The meeting was also attended by

members of the Conference of Radiation Control Programs Directors’ (CRCPD) Board. Topics

discussed included: OAS Incorporation; a position paper on a uniform national radiation

protection policy; the upcoming August Commission brief; CRCPD and OAS coordination;

proposed revisions to NRC M.D. 8.8, “Management of Allegations;” National Materials Program

pilot studies; and the annual Agreement States meeting.

In reference to the last topic, the OAS has informed the NRC staff that they have moved the

location of their annual meeting from Rockville, Maryland to Denver, Colorado, and have

rescheduled the meeting for October 1-3, 2002. At the recent OAS Executive Board Meeting,

the OAS Board suggested alternative locations be considered for future annual meetings

including Annapolis, Maryland or one of the NRC Regional Offices.
April 5, 2002 ENCLOSURE M

Office of Public Affairs

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 5, 2002

Media Interest

There was media interest in the Augmented Inspection Team exit meeting with FirstEnergy

regarding corrosion in the Davis-Besse reactor pressure vessel head.

Chairman Meserve’s response to an inquiry from Sen. Harry Reid, Nv., about the adequacy of

computer modeling for testing high-level waste shipping casks drew media interest.

Press Releases

Headquarters:

02-036 NRC Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards to Meet April 11-13 in

Rockville, Maryland

02-037 NRC Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste to Meet April 16-18 in Rockville,

Maryland

02-038 Westinghouse Electric Company Submits Application for Design Certification

of its AP1000 Nuclear Reactor

02-039 NRC Revises Skin Dose Limits for Workers at Nuclear Facilities

02-040 NRC to Sponsor International Conference on Wire System Aging April 23-25

in Rockville, Maryland

02-041 NRC Approves Power Uprate for Clinton Nuclear Power Plant

02-042 NRC Approves Power Uprate for Waterford Electric Station, Unit 3 

02-043 NRC to Meet with FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company April 10 to Discuss

Proposed Repairs to Davis-Besse Reactor Vessel

02-044 NRC Will Hold Public Meeting on April 8 in Rockville, Maryland, to Discuss

Post 9/11 Reactor Security Activities

02-045 NRC Names Victor H. Ransom to Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

02-046 NRC Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Rule for Packaging and

Transporting Radioactive Materials

02-047 NRC Forms Office of Security to Streamline Security, Safeguards and Incident

Response Activities
April 5, 2002 ENCLOSURE M

Regions:

I-02-025 Licensing Board to Hear Oral Arguments on Millstone Spent Fuel Pool

I-02-026 NRC to Meet with RG&E to Discuss Ginna Plant Performance

I-02-027 NRC to Meet with Entergy to Discuss Fitzpatrick Plant Performance 

I-02-028 NRC To Meet with CCNPP to Discuss Calvert Cliffs Plant Performance

I-02-029 NRC To Meet with Amergen to Discuss Oyster Creek Plant Performance

I-02-030 NRC to Meet with First Energy to Discuss Beaver Valley Plant Performance

I-02-031 NRC to Meet with Entergy to Discuss Indian Point 3 Plant Performance

II-02-020 NRC to Meet with CP&L Officials to Discuss Safety Performance at Harris

Nuclear Power Plant

II-02-021 NRC to Meet with CP&L Officials to Discuss Safety Performance at Brunswick

Nuclear Power Plant

II-02-022 NRC to Meet with SCE&G Officials to Discuss Safety Performance at Summer

Nuclear Power Plant

II-02-023 NRC to Meet with Progress Energy/Florida Power Officials to Discuss Safety

Performance at Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant

II-02-024 NRC to Meet with Southern Nuclear Officials to Discuss Safety Performance

at Hatch Nuclear Power Plant

III-02-013 NRC to Meet with Exelon Generation Co. April 9 to Discuss Byron Nuclear

Power Station Safety Performance

III-02-014 NRC to Meet with Exelon Generation Co. April 10 to Discuss Braidwood

Nuclear Power Station Safety Performance

III-02-015 NRC to Meet with Nuclear Management Co. April 9 to Discuss Point Beach

and Kewaunee Nuclear Plant Safety Performance

III-02-016 NRC To Meet with American Electric Power April 12 to Discuss D.C. Cook

Nuclear Power Station Safety Performance

IV-02-015 NRC to Meet with Entergy Operations, Inc. to Discuss Safety Performance at

River Bend

IV-02-016 NRC to Meet with Energy Northwest to Discuss Safety Performance at

Columbia Generating Station 

IV-02-017 NRC to Meet with Entergy to Discuss Safety Performance at Grand Gulf

IV-02-018 NRC to Meet with Entergy to Discuss Safety Performance at Arkansas

Nuclear One
April 5, 2002 ENCLOSURE M

IV-02-019 NRC to Meet with SCE to Discuss Safety Performance at SONGS

IV-02-020 NRC to Meet with PG&E to Discuss Safety Performance at Diablo Canyon

IV-02-021 NRC to Meet with Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Co. to Discuss Safety

Performance at Wolf Creek
April 5, 2002 ENCLOSURE O

Office of the Secretary

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 5, 2002

Document Released

to Public

Date Subject

Decision Documents

1. SRM on SECY-00-0201 03/29/02 Proposed Rule - 10 CFR Part 40

Amendments to Require NRC Approval for

Transfer from Licensees to Exempt Persons

Commission Voting

Record on 00-0201

03/29/02 (same)

Negative Consent Documents

1. SECY-02-0044 03/14/02 Annual Status Report for FY 2001 on the

Administration of the NRC’s Requalification

Program and the Results of Initial Operator

Licensing Examinations

SRM on 02-0044 04/3/02 (same)

Information Papers

1. SECY-02-0056 03/28/02 SECY-02-0056 Weekly Information Report -

Week Ending March 22, 2002

2. SECY-02-0046 03/18/02 Proposed Bulletin: “Reactor Vessel Head

Degradation and Reactor Coolant Pressure

Boundary Integrity”

3. SECY-02-0051 03/22/02 Annual Paper - NRC Staff Participation in

IAEA and NEA Activities

Memoranda

1. M020319 4/1/02 Staff Requirements - Briefing on Office of

Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES)

Programs, Performance, and Plans

2. M020403 4/3/02 Staff Requirements - Affirmation Session

Commission Correspondence

1. Letter to Congress dated April 5, 2002, apprises of an organizational change the NRC is

undertaking to enhance the safeguards and security programs.
April 5, 2002 ENCLOSURE O

2. Letter to the White House, OHS, DOE, FEMA, FBI, DOJ, DOT, CIA and DOD dated April

5, 2002, apprises of an organizational change the NRC is undertaking to enhance the

safeguards and security programs. 

3. Letter to Senator Harry Reid dated April 2, 2002, provides response to request for

information on how NRC evaluates the safety of containers used to transport spent

nuclear fuel by rail and road. 

4. Letter to Congress dated March 25, 2002, provides NRC’s response to the General

Accounting Office report entitled “Nuclear Regulation - Progress Made in Emergency

Preparedness at Indian Point 2, but Additional Improvements Needed.”

Federal Register Notices Issued

1. Nuclear Energy Institute; Receipt of Petition for Rulemaking... Notice of receipt.

2. Final Rule - Revision of the Skin Dose Limit, 10 CFR Part 20.
April 5, 2002 ENCLOSURE P

Region I

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 5, 2002

Meeting with State of Rhode Island

On April 3, 2002, the Region I Regional State Agreements Officer and a representative from the

Office of State and Tribal Programs met with the Rhode Island Radiation Program Director and

staff to discuss the status of the State’s radioactive materials program. The meeting focused

on the State’s efforts to reduce their inspection backlog and preparation for the Integrated

Materials Performance Evaluation Program review scheduled for October 2002
April 5, 2002 ENCLOSURE P

Region II

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 5, 2002

Southern Nuclear Company - Hatch Unit 2 Alert Declaration

On April 2, 2002, the licensee was in an ALERT emergency classification status from 10:40 am

- 12:37 p.m. The ALERT was declared, based on the intermittent loss of power to three

annunciator alarm panels in the Hatch Unit 2 main control room. The unit operated at 100

percent power throughout the event. The licensee declared an alert in accordance with their

emergency plan. The licensee repaired the cause of the loss of annunciation panels (i.e., the

failure of a power supply) and restored the panels to service prior to exiting the ALERT.

The NRC resident inspector was onsite and responded to the control room and Region II

activated their Incident Response Center during the event. After consultation with the Offices of

Nuclear Reactor Regulation and Incident Response Operations, Region II entered the

monitoring mode. The licensee has established an Event Review Team to determine the cause

of the failed power supply.

Entrance Meeting with the Regional Administrator and Senior Managers to Discuss the

Upcoming Inspector General’s Audit Review in Region II

On April 4, 2002, the Assistant Inspector General for Audits; Staff Assistant for Planning and

Reporting; and the Team Leaders for the areas of Information Technology & Administration,

Financial Management, and Technical, met with the Regional Administrator and senior

managers. The purpose was to discuss the scope of the Inspector General Audit Review of

Region II from April 15 - May 3, 2002. The Region provided an overview of the Region’s

organization and challenges and discussed the information in the background books, provided

to the audit teams.

Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Annual Assessment Meetings

On April 2, 2002, a Region II Branch Chief in the Division of Reactor Projects held the ROP

Annual Assessment meeting for the H. B. Robinson nuclear plant at the Hartsville City Hall in

Hartsville, SC. 

Florida Power Corporation - Crystal River Nuclear Plant

On April 2-4, 2002, the Region II State Liaison Officer participated in an emergency

preparedness drill conducted by the licensee and officials of the State of Florida and applicable

local governments. This was to provide insights as to NRC interface during these drills, as a

part of the NRC’s outreach program in this area.
April 5, 2002 ENCLOSURE P

Region IV

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 5, 2002

SONGS Management Changes

Southern California Edison Company, licensee for the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

(SONGS), announced the following management changes, effective May 1, 2002.

R. Krieger, Vice President, Operations and Maintenance, will assume the position of Vice

President of Power Production, which is outside of the nuclear area. J. Wambold, currently

Vice President Business Planning and Financial Services, will assume the position as Vice

President, Operations and Maintenance. Site Security and Site Emergency Preparedness

divisions will report directly to J. Wambold. Business Planning and Financial Services,

Business Administration and Workforce Planning, Nuclear Communications, Nuclear Human

Resources and Labor Relations will also report to J. Wambold. 

D. Nunn, Vice President, Engineering Technical Services, will assume additional

responsibilities, including the Decommissioning Project and Nuclear Information Services.

R. Waldo, currently Operations manager, has been selected as the Plant Manager and will

have responsibilities for Operations, Maintenance, Health Physics, Chemistry, and Training. He

will report to J. Wambold.

Annual Assessment Meeting with Nebraska Public Power District

On April 2, 2002, the NRC met with Nebraska Public Power District officials to discuss the

results of the NRC’s annual assessment of performance at Cooper Nuclear Station. Cooper

Nuclear Station was in the Degraded Cornerstone Column of the Action Matrix at the end of the

assessment period, and entered the Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone Column on April 1,

2002. The meeting was well attended by the public, state and local officials, plant employees,

and the media. Members of the public expressed interest in the impact that the NRC’s

assessment of Cooper’s performance would have on the continued operation of the plant. 
April 5, 2002 

Office of Congressional Affairs

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 5, 2002

CONGRESSIONAL HEARING SCHEDULE, NO. 48

OCA

Contact

DATE

&

PLACE

TIME WITNESS SUBJECT 

Gerke 04/09/02

2154 RHOB

10:00 GAO, Treasury, OMB Report Card on Financial

Management at Federal Agencies

Reps. HoGov’t EffiGovernm

Keeling 04/10/02

S-407

 4:00 Chairman Meserve, Los

Alamos, LLNL, Cal TechClosed Briefing

Radiological Dispersal Devices Senators 

Foreign R

Keeling 04/11/02

SD-342

 9:00 TBA Establishing a Department of

National Homeland Security

Senators Governm

Keeling 04/11/02

2123 RHOB

 1:00 Commission, NEI, and others

Open Hearing Becoming AClosed Executive Session

Security at Nuclear Power Plants Reps. Gre

Oversight Energy an

Keeling 04/11/02

SH-216

 2:00 UCS and NEI Nuclear Facility Security Senators 

Appropria

Gerke 04/23/02

SD-342

10:00 TBA Human Capital and the Federal

Government

Senators Oversight Governm

Combs 04/25/02

2322 RHOB

10:00 Chairman Meserve, Secretary

Abraham, Gov. Guinn (R-NV),NEI, GAO, US PIRG, NARUC,and others

Yucca Mountain Nuclear WasteRepository

Reps. BaEnergy anEnergy an
April 5, 2002