INFORMATION REPORT

October 16, 2003 SECY-03-0176

For: The Commissioners

From: William M. Dean, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO

Subject: SECY-03-0176 WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK 

ENDING OCTOBER 10, 2003

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/

William M. Dean

Assistant for Operations, OEDO

Contact:

L. Roche, OEDO
October 16, 2003 SECY-03-0176

For: The Commissioners

From: William M. Dean, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO

Subject: SECY-03-0176 WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK 

ENDING OCTOBER 10, 2003

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/

William M. Dean

Assistant for Operations, OEDO

Contact:

L. Roche, OEDO

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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 10, 2003

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

Headquarters and Regional Office activities. 

Contact: L. Roche, OEDO by E-mail: lar2@nrc.gov. 

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NMSS 3 OPA 11

RES 5 IP *

NSIR * SECY 12

OGC * Region I 14

ADM 8 Region II 15

CIO 9 Region III 16

CFO * Region IV 17

HR 10 OEDO *

SB/CR * OCA 18

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*No input this week
October 10, 2003 ENCLOSURE A

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Items of Interest

Week Ending October 10, 2003

Exelon Corporation to Purchase Clinton Power Station, Unit 1, Oyster Creek Nuclear

Generating Station, and Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (TMI)

On October 3, 2003, Exelon Corporation announced that it will buy British Energy’s 50 percent 

interest in AmerGen Energy Company, LLC, for $276.5 million, giving Exelon sole ownership of

AmerGen and its three nuclear plants (i.e., Clinton, Oyster Creek, and TMI). The amount

matches the offer by FPL Energy, which announced September 11 that it intended to buy

British Energy’s share of AmerGen. Under the AmerGen agreement between Exelon and

British Energy, either can exercise a “right of first refusal” by matching any bone-fide third-party

offer agreed to by the other partner.

The AmerGen sale is expected to be completed in the first half of 2004. When the transaction

is complete, Exelon will fully own eight of the ten nuclear stations it operates. The company will

continue to operate and share ownership of Peach Bottom (50% ownership) and Quad Cities

(75% ownership). Exelon also owns 50% of Salem which is operated by PSE&G.

Issuance of St. Lucie Renewed Licenses

On October 2, 2003, the Director of NRR renewed the operating licenses for St. Lucie Nuclear

Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, for an additional 20 years. The staff completed the environmental

and safety reviews in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR Parts 51 and 54. The

renewed licenses were issued within 22 months of receipt of the application submitted by the

Florida Power & Light Company. 

NRC Information Notice 2003-19: Unanalyzed Condition of Reactor Coolant Pump Seal Leakoff

Line During Postulated Fire Scenarios or Station Blackout, Dated October 6, 2003

The NRC is issuing this information notice to alert addressees to the recent identification of an

unanalyzed condition involving the design of the reactor coolant pump seal leakoff line. The

NRC anticipates that recipients will review the information for applicability to their facilities and

consider taking appropriate actions. 

NASA Quality Leadership Forum

On September 30 and October 1, 2003, staff from the Division of Inspection Program

Management (DIPM) attended the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Quality Leadership Forum at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, to provide

information on how the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) assesses licensee

corrective action programs and to understand NASA’s process. There were about 100

attendees from throughout the NASA community, including both NASA employees, and NASA

suppliers. 
October 10, 2003 ENCLOSURE B

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Items of Interest

Week Ending October 10, 2003

Blended Low-Enriched Uranium Project Overview Meeting

On September 26, 2003, staff from the Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards met with

Nuclear Fuel Services (NFS), Framatome, and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) staff and

managers at NRC Headquarters to discuss the Blended Low-Enriched Uranium (BLEU) project. 

NFS requested this meeting to provide an overview of the BLEU project for new NRC

managers. The first part of this meeting was open to the public, and one member of the public

was present. At this public meeting, NFS presented a history of the project, beginning with

President Clinton’s 1995 declaration that 200 metric tons of defense-programs weaponscapable fissile material were excess to national security needs. NFS also discussed the origins

of the materials and the events that led to TVA Nuclear signing a contract with Framatome to

prepare and process BLEU into fuel assemblies and Framatome’s contracting with NFS to

downblend and convert the uranium. NFS discussed the Urynal Nitrate Building licensing

action, which was completed in July 2003, and the BLEU preparation facility licensing action,

which is still under NRC review. This concluded the public part of the meeting.

In the closed part of the meeting, NFS discussed its plans and schedule for submittal of the

third of three BLEU licensing actions, the Oxide Conversion Facility, and requested that NRC

complete the review by July 2004. The TVA representative emphasized the importance of this

schedule to TVA’s Browns Ferry reactor reload schedule.

Meetings with Local Elected Officials on Proposed Louisiana Energy Services Enrichment Plant

On October 1-3, 2003, staff from the Divisions of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards and Waste

Management held meetings with the County Manager of Lea County, New Mexico, and the

Mayors of Eunice, Tatum, Jal, Hobbs, and Lovington, New Mexico, and Andrews, Texas. In

these meetings, staff discussed the licensing and environmental impact statement process

applicable to the Louisiana Energy Services’ proposed gas centrifuge enrichment plant planned

to be located in Eunice, New Mexico. It was decided to hold a public meeting to discuss the

plant licensing on November 4, 2003, at the Eunice Community Center.

10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70 Financial Assurance for Materials Licensees Final Rule

On October 3, 2003, the Federal Register (68 FR 25093) published this final rule amending the

regulations for financial assurance for materials licensees, including all waste brokers, bringing

the amount of required financial assurance more in line with current decommissioning costs. 

The purpose of the rule is to ensure that licensees maintain adequate financial assurance to

carry out timely decommissioning after shutdown of their licensed facilities. Licensees provide

financial assurance based on either facility-specific decommissioning cost estimates or dollar

amounts prescribed by regulation (certification amounts). The changes to the regulations focus

on areas where the likelihood of inadequate funding is high by expanding the requirements to

use facility-specific decommissioning cost estimates and raising certification amounts. The

rule updates the level of financial assurance that licensees must provide for facility

decommissioning by making changes in four areas: (1) large sealed source licensees such
October 10, 2003 ENCLOSURE B

as large irradiators may no longer use certification amounts and must base their financial

assurance on facility-specific decommissioning cost estimates; (2) all waste processor and

waste collector licensees also must provide financial assurance based only on site-specific

decommissioning cost estimates and not certification amounts; (3) decommissioning cost

estimates must now be updated at least every 3 years; and (4) the certification amounts for

licensees are increased by 50 percent. This becomes effective on December 2, 2003.

NRC and Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses Staff Visit Catholic University’s

Corrosion Facility

On October 1, 2003, staff from the Division of Waste Management and the Center for Nuclear

Waste and Regulatory Analyses visited Catholic University’s Corrosion Facility. In addition to

NRC, representatives from the State of Nevada, Egan Fitzpatrick and Malsch, Dominion

Engineering Incorporated, and Geosciences Management Institute were present. In recent

public forums, Catholic University has presented experimental results on issues that address

potential corrosion processes that may affect any potential waste packages stored under

conditions similar to those under investigation at Yucca Mountain. Staff toured the facility and

discussed some of Catholic University’s findings. 

Meeting with Holtec International on Amendment 2 to the HI-STORM 100 Certificate

of Compliance

On October 1, 2003, Spent Fuel Project Office staff met again with Holtec International to

discuss the response to the staff’s request for additional information at a previous meeting and

the new changes to the HI-STORM 100 Certificate of Compliance Amendment 2. In particular,

the discussion focused on the thermal and shielding disciplines. The implications of the new

information and impacts on the future review schedule were also discussed. This was a public

meeting. Representatives from Private Fuel Storage and PSEG Nuclear also attended.

Technical Information Exchange on Risk-Informing the Non-Reactor Regulatory Activities with

the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

On September 30 - October 2, 2003, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards staff

participated in a technical information exchange with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

(CNSC) on risk-informing the non-reactor regulatory activities. The objectives of the

information exchange were to provide an overview of the U.S. framework on risk-informing our

regulatory activities in the non-reactor areas and to learn the specific CNSC risk-informing

approach implemented in the nuclear materials regulatory program. This information exchange

was a follow-on activity from the May 2003 Trilateral Meeting between NRC, CNSC, and

Comisión Nacional de Seguridad Nuclear y Salvaguardias (Mexico). In addition to the

description of the CNSC risk-informing approach, CNSC also provided detailed information on

the tools that it has developed to implement a risk-informed nuclear materials inspection

program and shared lessons learned. CNSC is in the process of implementing the riskinforming approach in other program areas. The information received during this exchange will

be a resource for risk-informing the U.S. non-reactor regulatory activities.
October 10, 2003 ENCLOSURE C

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research

Items of Interest

Week Ending October 10, 2003

Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Briefing

On October 2, 2003, staff from the Division of Systems Analysis and Regulatory Effectiveness

briefed the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) on grid reliability issues. The

briefing stemmed from a study that investigated the impact of deregulation on grid

performance, and associated impact on nuclear power plant performance. Changes include

higher transmission system loading, lower reactive capabilities, changes in operating voltage

limits, increase in times to recover, and increase in transmission line relief requests, especially

during the summer months. The presentation concluded with a summary of best practices

including understanding the seasonal effects of grid performance on switchyard and diesel

maintenance activities, and the need to establish contractual arrangements between grid and

nuclear power plant operators to maintain secure electrical power.

Cooperative Project on Primary Water Stress Corrosion Cracking (PWSCC) and Nondestructive Examination (NDE) in Nickel-base Alloys

During the recent Conference on Vessel Penetration Inspection, Cracking and Repairs

sponsored by RES and Argonne National Laboratories (see a separate highlight), the RES staff 

also held a separate workshop to discuss the proposed international cooperative project on

Primary Water Stress Corrosion Cracking (PWSCC) and Non-Destructive Examination (NDE) in

Nickel-Base Alloys and dissimilar metal welds (DMW). The objective of the cooperative

program would be to: (1) document the range of locations and crack morphologies associated

with PWSCC; (2) identify, develop and assess NDE methods for accurately detecting, sizing

and characterizing tight cracks such as PWSCC; (3) develop representative NDE mock-ups

with flaws to simulate tight PWSCC cracks, and (4) incorporate findings from other ongoing

PWSCC research programs as appropriate. 

Approximately 45 conference attendees from 10 countries and the US attended the workshop. 

It was determined through discussions that the generic implications of PWSCC are not fully

understood, although numerous events worldwide have occurred over the past three years

associated with stress corrosion cracking of nickel based alloys and DMWs at operating nuclear

power plants. Many of the workshop participants agreed that an international cooperative

program such as this is timely. Prior to the conference, two organizations, SKi (Swedish

regulatory authority) and Joint Research Center of European Commission, JRC-Petten, had 

already agreed to participate in an international program. These organizations and the NRC

are developing a framework for the program. Several other organizations, including EPRI,

have declared their intent to participate in the program. 

RES staff, with the assistance from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a

questionnaire for distribution to all workshop attendees. Responses to the questionnaire will 

identify organizations with common interests and resources, provide an update on current work

that is related to the objectives of the international cooperative program, and define specific

tasks to be included in the program.
October 10, 2003 ENCLOSURE C

Vessel Penetration Inspection, Crack Growth and Repair Conference

The four-day Vessel Penetration Inspection, Crack Growth and Repair Conference was

concluded on October 10, hosting 220 registrants, and featuring 46 presentations by regulatory

agency staff, industry representatives, and researchers worldwide. The conference convened

at the Gaithersburg-Marriott-Washingtonian Center, and attendees arrived from 14 foreign

countries and the USA. The conference was divided into five sessions: (1) Continued

Operating Experience, (2) Stress Analysis and Structural Integrity, (3) Crack Growth of NickelBase Alloys, (4) Mitigation of Cracking, and 5) Foreign Experience. The conference 

participation of the US industry was particularly encouraging, encompassing nearly half (22) of

the presentations. Many of the papers focused on recent developments in the areas of

inspection, understanding of the mechanisms of crack growth, and the mitigation of crack

growth. The timeliness of the presentations was exemplified by three contributions by the staff

at South Texas Projects, describing elements of the discovery and repair of their bottommounted instrumentation nozzles, and an up-to-the-minute presentation by a Japanese

participant describing the findings about the pressurizer nozzle leaks (three of them) discovered

three weeks ago at the Tsuruga plant. 

The conference presentations and discussions provided a comprehensive basis upon which the

NRC may be able to build regulatory and research actions in the near term, and to develop a

plan for proactive materials degradation research, in order to identify issues in the future, such

as those that may pertain to replacement components. The presentations on foreign

experience contained information useful to the NRC on how other countries are regulating

these issues. 

The proceedings of this conference will be distributed in early January, 2004, and will contain

the handouts, full, written contributions from each author, and transcriptions of the session

summaries. The next conference in this same topical area will be hosted by EPRI, and has a

tentative schedule of late summer 2004.

Research Review Article on Hydrogeologic Parameter Estimation

One of NRC’s researchers, from the University of Arizona, was recently commissioned by the

American Geophysical Union (AGU), to prepare a research review paper, entitled “Multifacted

Nature of Hydrogeologic Scaling and Its Interpretation.” The work was published by AGU on

September 30, 2003, in the journal, Reviews of Geophysics. The paper shows how

hydrogeologic parameters (which cannot be measured directly) vary with the spatial resolution

of models. The paper identifies and summarizes significant contributions to the scientific

literature in the field of hydrogeology covering the period of 1983-2003. Many of these cited

references were authored by RES-sponsored investigators at MIT and the University of Arizona,

based on field data analyses and modeling studies of the Las Cruces Trench and Apache Leap

Research sites. NMSS staff and Agreement State regulators will be able to utilize the concepts

and framework presented in the paper to develop more realistic and technically-based

estimates of hydrogeologic parameters used in ground-water flow and transport models.
October 10, 2003 ENCLOSURE C

ACRS Subcommittee Meetings

On October 9, 2003, staff from the Division of Engineering Technology (DET) briefed the

Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) subcommittee on Reliability, Probability

Risk Assessment, and Human Factors on digital instrumentation and control research and

digital systems risk. DET staff also briefed the subcommittee on earth sciences and seismic

related research activities.
October 10, 2003 ENCLOSURE F

Office of Administration 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending October 10, 2003

List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Standardized NUHOMS® -24P, -52B, 61BT, 32PT,

and -24PT, Amendment 6, Revision (AH26 - Part 72)

On October 7, 2003, a direct final rule was published in the Federal Register (68 FR 57785), 

that revises the Standardized NUHOMS® -24P, -52B, 61BT, 32PT, and -24PT (Amendment 6)

cask system listing in the list of approved spent fuel storage casks. This action adds cask

design to the Standardized NUHOMS® cask system. The direct final rule becomes effective

December 22, 2003. 

The companion proposed rule to this direct final rule was published in the Federal Register on

October 7, 2003 (68 FR 57839 ). The comment period closes November 6, 2003.

Electronic Maintenance and Submission of Information (AH33 - 10 CFR Chapter I)

On October 10, 2003, a final rule was published in the Federal Register (68 FR 58792), that

amends NRC’s regulations to clarify when and how licensees and other members of the public

may use electronic means to communicate with the agency. The amendments are necessary

to implement the Government Paperwork Elimination Act. The NRC is also updating its

guidance on how to submit documents to the agency electronically. The final rule becomes

effective January 1, 2004. 
October 10, 2003 ENCLOSURE G

Chief Information Officer

Items of Interest

Week Ending October 10, 2003

IT Infrastructure Upgrades Scheduled for Regions III & IV

Plans are now being finalized for the network infrastructure upgrades for Regions III and IV. 

These upgrades which have already been completed for Regions I and II will provide a Gigabit

Ethernet backbone and 100MB desktop and server connectivity. Region IV’s upgrade is

scheduled to take place October 16-22, 2003 and Region III is scheduled for November 6-13,

2003.

Visitors from Japan Visit the Public Document Room

On October 7, 2003, a tour of the Public Document Room (PDR) was given to two visitors from

Japan (Ms. Kazuko Hamamoto, a Senior Chief Engineer of the Nuclear Power Engineering

Corporation (NUPEC) and Mr. Tomoaki Ohta, a Senior Consultant of Japan NUS) who were

escorted to the PDR by Ms. Deann Raleigh, a Client Manager for ScienTech. The purpose of

the visit was to gain a better understanding of the role the PDR plays in disseminating

information to the public. The visitors were given an overview of the PDR’s mission and

services to the public, the PDR’s home page, and a detailed demonstration of Web-based

ADAMS. They will use insights from this visit as they work with the Nuclear and Industrial

Safety Agency (NISA), Japan’s NRC counterpart, to provide communities located near nuclear

facilities with easy-to-understand information about nuclear safety and regulatory policies. They

will also prepare and distribute brochures, for both the public and nuclear safety regulators.

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

October 3 through October 9, 2003:

Site assessment for property located at 2101 Dixon Street, Des

Moines, Iowa

FOIA/PA-2004-0002

Employment records, medical disability, request for reasonable

accommodations, all records on named individual; policies,

regulations re: destruction of electronic data

FOIA/PA-2004-0003

AEC Contract No. AT(30-1)-3062 FOIA/PA-2004-0004

OIG investigation on named individual FOIA/PA-2004-0005

Correspondence between NRC and Wesley K. Clark, 1983-present;

Howard B. Dean, 1982-present; Richard A. Gephardt, 1971-present;

John F. Kerry, 1984-present

FOIA/PA-2004-0006

Collection of information regarding employees with law enforcement

duties, referral by Office of Personnel Management

FOIA/PA-2004-0007
October 10, 2003 ENCLOSURE I

Office of Human Resources

Items of Interest

Week Ending October 10, 2003

Arrivals

ANDERSON, Joseph EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SPECIALIST NRR

MELNICOFF, Mark RELIABILITY & RISK ANALYST NRR

WITT, Kevin GENERAL ENGINEER NRR

On-line Purchase Card System Presentation Conducted

On October 7, 2003, Office of Human Resources (OHR) staff conducted a presentation on the

on-line purchase card system for use in the OHR. Approximately 15 OHR staff members

attended this presentation. The new system will speed up the approval process for bankcard

purchases and will not require any paper transactions.
October 10, 2003 ENCLOSURE M

Office of Public Affairs

Items of Interest

Week Ending October 10, 2003

Media Interest

Problems in a recent pressure test at Davis-Besse, as the troubled Ohio nuclear plant attempts

to resume operations.

The development of an effective program by FirstEnergy Corp. for reviewing Davis-Besse’s

safety-related design issues, some dating back to when the nuclear plant went online in 1977.

Senator Reid of Nevada’s deal with the White House to have his science aide nominated to the

NRC in exchange for Reid lifting his hold on Bush administration nominations.

Press Releases

Headquarters:

03-129 NRC Denies Petition To Reference Prior Licensing Information In New

Nuclear Power Plant Applications (10/6)

03-130 NRC Advisory Committee On Nuclear Waste To Hold October Meeting In

Rockville, Maryland (10/8)

03-131 NRC Announces Availability Of Application For Early Site Permit At North

Anna Nuclear Power Plant Location (10/9)

03-132 NRC Requests Licensees To Update National Database On Nuclear

Material Holdings (10/10)

Regions:

I-03-061 NRC Sends Special Inspection Team To Ginna Nuclear Plant To Review

Containment Sump issue (10/7)

III-03-065 NRC Seeks Additional Information On Safety Significance Of Davis-Besse

Pump Problem (10/9)
October 10, 2003 ENCLOSURE O

Office of the Secretary

Items of Interest

Week Ending October 10, 2003

Document Released

to Public

Date Subject

Decision Documents

1. SRM on SECY-03-0068 10/9/03 Interagency Jurisdictional Working Group

Evaluating the Regulation of Low-Level

Source Material or Materials Containing

Less Than 0.05 Percent by Weight

Concentration Uranium and/or Thorium

Commission Voting

Record on 03-0068

10/9/03 (same)

2. SECY-03-0145 8/21/03 Proposed Rule: Medical Use of Byproduct

Material - Recognition of Specialty Boards

SRM on SECY-03-0145 10/9/03 (same)

Commission Voting

Record on 03-0145

10/9/03 (same)

Negative Consent Documents

1. SECY-03-0106 6/24/03 Update on Proposed Rule Changes to 10

CFR 40.51

SRM on 03-0106 10/8/03 (same)

Information Papers

1. SECY-03-0171 10/03/03 Weekly Information Report - Week Ending

September 26, 2003

Commission Correspondence

1. Letter to Congressman Edward J. Markey dated October 2, 2003 concerns the Microsoft

SQL Server computer worm known as “Slammer.”

2. Letter to Congress dated October 1, 2003 concerns emergency preparedness at the Indian

Point Energy Center. 

3. Letter to Governor M. Michael Rounds dated October 1, 2003 concerns proposal for

developing a deep underground laboratory in South Dakota and also the decision to

establish a Scientific and Technological Facilities Authority. 
October 10, 2003 ENCLOSURE O

Federal Register Notices Issued

1. NEI Denial of Petition for Rulemaking (PRM 52-1).

2. Financial Assurance for Materials Licensees -Final Rule.

3. Electronic Maintenance and Submission of Information - Final Rule.

4. Application to Amend License to Import Nuclear Facilities or Materials - Philotechnics, Ltd.

5. ASLBP Designation of Presiding Officer - Fansteel, Inc.
October 10, 2003 ENCLOSURE P

Region I

Items of Interest

Week Ending October 10, 2003

CFC Logistics, Inc.

On October 2, 2003, the CFC Logistics, Inc., a newly-licensed underwater irradiator, received

its first shipment of cobalt-60 sealed sources. The licensee loaded the sources into the

irradiator on October 3 and expects to begin production irradiation soon. Region I inspectors

were onsite during receipt and loading of the sources.

On October 3, 2003, management from the Division of Nuclear Materials Safety, met with

Congressman James Greenwood and his staff at his Doylestown, PA office to discuss the

licensing of the CFC Logistics irradiator and the concerns expressed by local residents.

Region I and II Consolidation

Consolidation of the Regions I and II materials programs became effective October 1, 2003. As

a result of this reorganization, Region I Division of Nuclear Materials Safety (DNMS) is now 

responsible for licensing, inspection, enforcement, allegations, and event response for

approximately 2500 materials licensees in the eastern United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin

Islands. In addition, Region I DNMS will be responsible for oversight of 14 Agreement States

through Regional State Agreement Officers.
October 10, 2003 ENCLOSURE P

Region II

Items of Interest

Week Ending October 10, 2003

Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., Management Meeting in Headquarters

On October 9, 2003, the Regional Administrator, was in Headquarters to attend a management

meeting with Nuclear Fuel Services. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss security

issues.

Carolina Power and Light Company - H. B. Robinson Emergency Exercise

On October 6-10, 2003, the State Liaison Officer participated as a member of the Regional

Assistance Committee in the full scale H. B. Robinson exercise, involving officials of the State

of South Carolina and the applicable local governments.

Honeywell International, Inc. - Special Inspection

During the week of October 6-10, 2003, a team conducted a special inspection into the causes

and circumstances surrounding recent leaks of chemicals impacting on or in the uranium

conversion portion of the plant. The team identified the causes for the incidents and reviewed

the licensees corrective actions to date and planned future actions.

Continuity of Operations Plan Training

On October 6, 2003, the Region II managers attended training on the Continuity of Operations

Plan (COOP) conducted by the Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response.
October 10, 2003 ENCLOSURE P

Region III

Items of Interest

Week Ending October 10, 2003

NRC Davis-Besse Oversight Panel Public Meetings

On October 7, 2003, the NRC Davis-Besse Oversight Panel held two meetings at the Camp

Perry National Guard facility near Oak Harbor, Ohio. The first meeting was between the panel

and FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co. officials to discuss the status of activities at the DavisBesse plant in response to the reactor vessel head degradation. The second meeting was an

evening public session to review NRC activities involving Davis-Besse and to respond to

questions and concerns from the public.

Meeting on Davis-Besse Inspection Findings

On October 8, 2003, the NRC Davis-Besse Oversight Panel met with FirstEnergy Nuclear

Operating Co. officials at the Davis-Besse Administration Building near Oak Harbor, Ohio, to

discuss the preliminary findings of the recently completed NRC systems health inspection which

looked at the effectiveness of design reviews performed by FirstEnergy on plant safety

systems.
October 10, 2003 ENCLOSURE P

Region IV

Items of Interest

Week Ending October 10, 2003

Management Changes at Cooper Nuclear Station

Effective October 9, 2003, Stewart Minahan began his duties as the new Acting Site Vice

President/General Manager for the Cooper Nuclear Station. Mr. Minahan was most recently the

Manager of Operations at the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Generating Facility.

Missouri Senator visits the Callaway Plant

On October 9, 2003, Senator Jim Talent of Missouri visited Callaway Plant. The licensee

briefed the senator on facility security and conducted a plant tour.
October 10, 2003 

Office of Congressional Affairs

Items of Interest

Week Ending October 10, 2003

CONGRESSIONAL HEARING SCHEDULE, NO. 34

OCA

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