INFORMATION REPORT

May 10, 2004 SECY-04-0077

For: The Commissioners

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

Subject: SECY-04-0077 WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK 

ENDING APRIL 30, 2004

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 and 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:

T. Kim, OEDO
May 10, 2004 SECY-04-0077

For: The Commissioners

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

Subject: SECY-04-0077 WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK 

ENDING APRIL 30, 2004

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 and 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:

T. Kim, OEDO

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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING APRIL 30, 2004

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

Headquarters and Regional Office activities. 

Contact: T. Kim, OEDO by E-mail: tjk3@nrc.gov. 

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OGC * Region I 17

ADM 9 Region II 18

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SBCR * OCA 20

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*No input this week
April 30, 2004 ENCLOSURE A

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 30, 2004

Briefing of Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) on Fire Protection 

On April 23, 2004, staff from the Offices of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) and Nuclear

Regulatory Research (RES) briefed the ACRS Subcommittee on the current status of a number

of fire protection issues. These issues included resolution of post-fire safe-shutdown

associated circuit inspections; revised fire protection significance determination process; fire

risk re-quantification; and rulemaking for operator manual actions and revision to Title 10 of the

Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 50, Section 50.48, "Fire protection." Nuclear

Energy Institute (NEI) also briefed the ACRS Subcommittee providing the nuclear power

industry’s perspective on these issues. 

NRC Information Notice 2004-08: “Reactor Coolant Pressure Boundary Leakage Attributed to

Propagation of Cracking in Reactor Vessel Nozzle Welds,” dated April 22, 2004

The subject Information Notice was issued to alert addressees of cracking identified in the

nozzle-to-cap weld of control rod drive return-line penetration N10 at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power

Station (Pilgrim Station). During a planned outage in September 2003, the licensee for Pilgrim

Station conducted inspections to identify drywell leakage. On October 1, 2003, the licensee’s

inspections revealed leakage from the nozzle-to-cap weld area of control rod drive return-line

penetration N10. The NRC expects recipients to review the information in this notice for

applicability to their facilities and consider actions, as appropriate, to avoid similar problems. 

However, suggestions contained in this information notice do not constitute NRC requirements

and, therefore, do not require any specific action or written response.

NRC Information Notice 2004-09: “Corrosion of Steel Containment and Containment Liner,”

dated April 27, 2004

The subject Information Notice was issued to alert addressees of recent discovery of corrosion

in freestanding metallic containment structures and in liner plates of reinforced and prestressed concrete containment structures. As discussed in Information Notice 97-10, “Liner

Plate Corrosion in Concrete Containments,” the containment liners have safety factors well

above the theoretically calculated strains. Corrosion (metal thinning) of the liner plate or

freestanding metallic containment could change the failure threshold of the containment under

a challenging environmental or accident condition. Thinning changes the geometry of the

containment shell or liner plate, which may reduce the design margin of safety against

postulated accident and environmental loads. Recent experience has shown that the integrity

of the moisture barrier seal at the floor-to-liner or floor-to-containment junction is important in

avoiding conditions conducive to corrosion and thinning of the containment liner plate material. 

It is expected that recipients will review this information for applicability to their facilities and

consider actions, as appropriate. However, the suggestions in this information notice are not

NRC requirements; therefore, no specific action or written response is required. 
April 30, 2004 ENCLOSURE A

Construction Inspection Program Information Management System Development Meeting with

Industry

On April 26, 2004, NRR staff held a Category 2 public meeting with representatives of NEI,

Bechtel, Atomic Energy of Canada, and Toshiba to continue discussions about the form and

content of schedules for new reactor construction as well as the form and content of the reports

to document Inspections, Tests, Analysis, and Acceptance Criteria completion. The information

will be used to support the development of the Construction Inspection Program Information

Management System.

International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) Working Group on Inspection Practices Hosts

Workshop

Between April 25-28, 2004, NRR staff supported a workshop hosted by the IAEA’s Working

Group on Inspection Practices (WGIP) in Budapest, Hungary. The WGIP International

Workshop objectives were for inspectors and inspection program managers to formulate

consensus commendable inspection practices on several topics of interest. Topics this year

were Risk-Informed Inspections, Inspection of Licensee Performance (safety culture), and

Inspections at or near End-of-Life. 

Workshop on Proposed Emergency Planning (EP) Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and

Acceptance Criteria (ITAAC)

On April 27, 2004, NRR staff held a Category 3 public workshop to discuss the draft proposed

EP ITAAC associated with a Combined Operating License. The NRC staff, in consultation with

Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS/FEMA) staff,

developed the proposed draft EP ITAAC. Participants at the workshop included representatives

from industry, DHS/FEMA, the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Illinois. The main

topics of discussion were the role of risk information in the development of EP ITAAC, and

whether it is appropriate to have ITAAC associated with offsite actions. A Federal Register

notice (FRN) was issued to announce the workshop and to solicit comments on the proposed

draft EP ITAAC. The comment period for the FRN ends on May 27, 2004.

Public Meeting on Emergency Action Level (EAL) Change Submittals

On April 26, 2004, staff from the Emergency Preparedness Project Office (EPPO) conducted a

public meeting to discuss acceptable methods to submit and implement changes to emergency

action levels (EALs). Examples of good practices and lessons learned from recent licensee

submittals were presented and discussed. Representatives of several licensees who are in the

process of preparing EAL-scheme revisions were in attendance and stated that their planned

submittals will be modified to incorporate the guidance provided in the meeting. A list of

questions was collected during the meeting. The questions will be reviewed and answered by

EPPO and will be included on the NRC EPPO website and in ADAMS.
April 30, 2004 ENCLOSURE B

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 30, 2004

Department of Energy Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board Chairs’

Meeting on Risk-Based End States

On April 21, 2004, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection staff observed

a Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory

Board Chairs’ meeting in Washington, D.C. The Citizen Advisory Board (CAB) members who

attended were associated with nine major DOE sites (Hanford; Fernald; Idaho National

Engineering and Environmental Laboratory; Nevada Test Site; Northern New Mexico; Oak

Ridge; Paducah; Rocky Flats; and Savannah River). The purpose of the meeting was for each

CAB to identify and discuss key issues with DOE’s Assistant Secretary for Environmental

Management. DOE also presented an update on its Risk-Based End State (RBES) process,

which focuses on risk reduction and ensures consideration of appropriate risk scenarios and

future land use as drivers for remedial cleanup choices. Plans for completing the RBES Vision

documents that include public involvement were also discussed. RBES was the key issue

common to all CABs, and each CAB identified its concerns during discussions with DOE. Major

concerns expressed by the CABs included: DOE’s accelerated schedule initially preventing

public involvement; RBES resulting in less cleanup; lack of public understanding of risk and

need for risk training; the need for risk assessments to measure safety and to quantify potential

cleanup changes; and the relationship of RBES to existing cleanup agreements and the

National Environmental Policy Act process.

Staff Meeting with Rancho Seco Licensee on License Termination Plan

On April 28, 2004, Rancho Seco licensee personnel met with the Division of Waste

Management and Environmental Protection staff to discuss their License Termination Plan

(LTP), which they intend to submit in June 2005. They discussed their current

decommissioning status and their license termination approach. The staff provided feedback

on lessons learned from previous LTP submittals. The licensee and staff agreed to conduct

future meetings to discuss specific aspects of the LTP.
April 30, 2004 ENCLOSURE C

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 30, 2004

International Workshop on Subsurface Reactive Transport Modeling

On April 20-22, 2004, RES and NMSS staff, contractors, and the Center for Nuclear Waste

Regulatory Analyses (CNWRA) staff participated in an international workshop in Albuquerque,

New Mexico, on “Conceptual Model Development for Subsurface Reactive transport Modeling

of Inorganic Contaminants, Radionuclides, and Nutrients.” The workshop was an activity of the

Working Group on Subsurface Reactive Solute Transport under the interagency steering

committee on multimedia environmental modeling. The workshop explored the state-of-the-art

for incorporating chemical processes into modeling the movement of inorganic contaminants,

radionuclides, and nutrients through complex natural systems. One common observation was

that the understanding of sorption processes as surface phenomena has advanced to the point

that environmental transport codes used in performance assessment should begin applying this

information in site assessments. The recommendations from this workshop will be used to

guide cooperative development of more realistic performance assessment tools for use by the

participating agencies. 

Workshop on International Developments and Cooperation on Risk-Informed Inservice

Inspection and Nondestructive Testing Qualification

On April 13-14, 2004, staff participated and presented papers at the Committee on the Safety

of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) "Workshop on International Developments and Cooperation on

Risk-Informed Inservice Inspection (RI-ISI) and Nondestructive Testing (NDT) Qualification" at

the Swedish Nuclear Inspectorate (SKI) Offices in Stockholm, Sweden. Objectives of the

Workshop were to discuss experiences, research, and initiatives related to RI-ISI and NDT. 

Attendees included regulatory, industry, and research organization representatives. US

participants also included representatives of EPRI and vendors. For several of the European

countries, implementation of RI-ISI is still emerging, and therefore, there is a significant

methods development work in progress by both regulators and industry. A major initiative is

related to development of structural reliability methodology. This is of significant interest to

NRC, and complements our activities related to development of probabilistic fracture mechanics

(PFM) codes to evaluate effects of degradations on structural integrity. 

The RES staff members also attended annual meetings of the Metals Subgroup and the Main

Working Group on Integrity of Components and Structures (WGIAGE) on April 15 and 16,

respectively. Progress on ongoing activities was discussed by the representatives of the lead

countries. Several new activities were also discussed. Items of special interest to NRC

included: ongoing benchmark project on methods to evaluate pressurized thermal shock (PTS);

ongoing survey of member countries on experiences and research activities related to Primary

Water Stress Corrosion Cracking and Alloy 600 and 690; and a possible new initiative on

benchmarking of PFM codes. 
April 30, 2004 ENCLOSURE C

Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (ACNW) Meeting on Risk-Informed Decision Making for

NMSS Activities

On April 20, 2004, staff of Division of Risk Analysis and Applications and the Risk Task Group

of NMSS briefed the ACNW on the progress made on risk-informing NMSS activities. The staff

described: (1) the proposed risk-informed decision-making process, (2) two pilot studies

performed to test the proposed risk-informed decision-making process and the lessons learned,

and (3) key issues associated with implementation of the proposed approach. The staff

requested ACNW input on the proposed risk-informed approach and relevant key issues. The

ACNW noted that the staff was making progress on risk informing NMSS activities.

Briefing of ACRS Subcommittees on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Human

Factors

On April 22, 2004, RES and contractor staff briefed the ACRS subcommittees on Reliability and

Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Human Factors on the following: (1) the draft report “Good

Practices for Implementing Human Reliability Analysis (HRA);” (2) the expert opinion elicitation

process developed as part of ATHEANA (A Technique for Human Event Analysis); and (3) the

development of the Human Event Repository and Analysis (HERA) database. 

The draft report in Item (1) addresses the NRC’s need for guidance to perform and review

HRAs and supports the implementation of Regulatory Guide 1.200, “An Approach for

Determining the Technical Adequacy of Probabilistic Risk Assessment Results For RiskInformed Activities.” RES developed a quantification approach that utilizes a formal, expert

opinion elicitation process that incorporates strategies for addressing past concerns about

expert elicitation approaches (e.g.,variation between experts in their judgments), in response to

previous ACRS recommendations on ATHEANA and the need to address uncertainties in

Human Reliability Analysis (HRA). This methodology was used to perform the PRA/HRA

associated with the pressurized thermal shock (PTS) studies and has been published in the

Reliability Engineering & System Safety journal. 

The objective of HERA in Item (3) is to extract information on human performance from

operational experience, simulators, and the open literature and make it readily available to

human reliability and human factors analysts. HERA will support better integration of existing

human performance information in rulemaking, licensing and oversight. Examples are: licensee

applications for plant modifications, evaluation and feedback to licensee programs, and the

identification of safety concerns. 

OECD Halden Reactor Project (HRP) staff also provided an overview of the HRP efforts for

designing and performing simulator experiments specifically for HRA. Subcommittee members

stated that the HRP HRA activities are promising for addressing important issues related with

the modeling of human performance in HRA and for quantifying human failure events and that

they would like to have further discussions with the staff on this topic in the future.

Meeting on Pressurized Water Reactor Sump Performance

On April 28, 2004, staff members from RES, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

(NMSS), and NRR conducted a public meeting at NRC Headquarters on Generic Safety Issue
April 30, 2004 ENCLOSURE C

(GSI)-191, "Assessment of Debris Accumulation on Pressurized Water Reactor Sump

Performance." Other participants included representatives from the Office of Public Affairs,

ACRS, Electric Power Research Institute, Westinghouse Owners’ Group and licensees. The

meeting objective was to discuss the status of the cooperative research effort by industry and

the NRC to determine and characterize the chemical by-products that may develop in a

representative post-loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) containment environment. This research

is being conducted in response to a concern raised by the ACRS on this subject, and to support

resolution of GSI-191. NRC and industry representatives presented preliminary analytical

results supporting the test program, the draft final test plan for the integrated chemical effects

test, and provided an update of the selection process for the test facility. 
April 30, 2004 ENCLOSURE D

Nuclear Security and Incident Response

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 30, 2004

Preliminary Notifications

1. PNO-I-04-011a, Baxter Healthcare Corporation - UPDATE TO UNSHIELDED SOURCE

RACK AT IRRADIATOR IN PUERTO RICO AND FORMATION OF AN AUGMENTED

INSPECTION TEAM (AIT).

2. PNO-I-04-011, Baxter Healthcare Corporation - UNSHIELDED SOURCE RACK AT

IRRADIATOR IN PUERTO RICO.

3. PNO-III-04-005, Missouri Baptist Medical Center - BRACHYTHERAPY MEDICAL

EVENT.
April 30, 2004 ENCLOSURE F

Office of Administration 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending April 30, 2004

Revision of Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery for FY 2004 (AH37 - Parts 170 and 171)

On April 26, 2004, a final rule that amends the licensing, inspection, and annual fees charged to

the NRC’s applicants and licensees was published in the Federal Register (69 FR 22664). The

final rule ensures the NRC’s compliance with the Omnibus Budget and Reconciliation Act of

1990. The Act mandates that the NRC recover approximately 92 percent of its budget authority

in Fiscal Year 2004, less amounts appropriated from the Nuclear Waste Fund. The amount to

be recovered for FY 2004 is approximately $545.3 million. The final rule becomes effective

June 25, 2004.

Public Records (AH12 - Part 9)

On April 27, 2004, a proposed rule that would amend the regulations concerning availability of

agency records under the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act was published in the

Federal Register (69 FR 22737). The proposed rule would reflect changes in officials who

initially deny access to records or who deny access to records whose initial denial has been

appealed. The proposed rule would also establish procedures under which the NRC would

provide predisclosure information to submitters of confidential business or commercial

information. The comment period for this action closes July 12, 2004.

Contract Award

On April 21, 2004, a cost-plus-fixed fee contract, no. NRC-04-04-072, was awarded to

Advanced Systems Technology and Management, an 8(a) firm, for work involving the

developmental assessment of thermal-hydraulic capabilities of the TRACE code. The period of

performance is eight months and the total estimated cost of the contract is $199,977.00.
April 30, 2004 ENCLOSURE G

Chief Information Officer

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 30, 2004

Executive Order 13166, “Improving Access to Services for Persons With Limited English

Proficiency”

Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) staff met with representatives from the Office of

Small Business and Civil Rights (SBCR) to discuss how to apply provisions of Executive Order

13166 to certain NRC public information. The order asks Federal Agencies to improve access

to services for people with limited English proficiency. OCIO and SBCR are investigating best

practices in other agencies to determine the most effective way to satisfy the order.

NRC Announcements Daily Email Testing

The combined Daily E-mail of NRC Announcements test was very successful. The change to

the announcements program generated a high level of interest as evidenced by over 700

responses to the integrated feedback form. Eighty-nine percent of the respondents preferred

the combined daily email, while eleven percent preferred the current multiple individual E-mails. 

In addition, hundreds of comments were also received. Based on this feedback, several

modifications will be made prior to the introduction of this service in May 2004.

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

April 23 through April 29, 2004:

Site Assessment, Los Alamos Inn, 2201 Trinity Dr., Los Alamos NM,

subsurface radioactive contamination

FOIA/PA-2004-0215

Pipe Fabricators in USA with nuclear compliance certification FOIA/PA-2004-0216

Davis-Besse inspection results memo from Senior Resident Inspector FOIA/PA-2004-0217

Tri-State Industrial Laundries, Inc., (Environmental Laundries, Inc.),

Utica, NY, termination license

FOIA/PA-2004-0218

Interstate Industrial Laundry & Decontamination Service, Santa Fe,

NM, original license

FOIA/PA-2004-0219

Contracts/Purchase Orders for lodging facilities in the state of

Pennsylvania

FOIA/PA-2004-0220

Uniroyal Chemical Co. Inc [Crompton Manufacturing Co], 720 Fairport

Nursery Rd, Painesville, OH, FUSRAP Site, all records

FOIA/PA-2004-0221

Employee listing, GS-10 & above, working or living in State of Virginia FOIA/PA-2004-0222

Site assessment, Acadiana Gulf of Mexico Access Channel

(AGMAC), land use history to locate contamination

FOIA/PA-2004-0223

NRC Personnel Manual, Handbook, & Directives, all updates since

01/01/01

FOIA/PA-2004-0224
April 30, 2004 ENCLOSURE G

Breeder Test Facility (BTF) bldg. of General Electric Nuclear Energy

facility at 175 Curtner Ave, San Jose, CA, Description of

manufacturer, trade name, supplier, model & origin of 2-megawatt

gas heater

FOIA/PA-2004-0225

Spent Fuel Pool - analysis of a spent fuel pool accident scenario and

assessments of vulnerability since 09/11/01

FOIA/PA-2004-0226

Correspondence between NRC and Peter Deutch, Betty (Elizabeth)

Castor, or Alex (Alexander) Penelas

FOIA/PA-2004-0227
April 30, 2004 ENCLOSURE I

Office of Human Resources

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 30, 2004

Arrivals

Charles Bechhoefer Consultant ASLBP

Michael L. Brown Operations Engineer R-I

Anna Buseman-Williams Student Engineer R-I

Margaret Chatterton Consultant NMSS

Rebecca Erickson Sr. Budget Analyst OCFO

Vijay Goel Electrical Engineer NRR

Jeffrey D. Grant Emergency Response Coordinator NSIR

Leroy Hardin IT Specialist ASLBP

Douglas W. Hase Security Analyst NSIR

Christopher L. Jackson Contract Mngt. Spec (Intern) ADM

May (Xiaomei) Ma Budget Analyst RES

Amanda Mariani Secretary (OA) HR

Sheri Minnick Regional State Program Officer R-I

Paul E. Norian Consultant RES

Brooke D. Poole Attorney OGC

Charles Stancil Reactor Engineer R-IV

Stacey Sakai Nuclear Safety Intern NRR

Glenn W. Tuttle MC&A Physical Scientist NSIR

Samuel Fowler Student Engineer R-II

Shirley Xu Health Physicist R-I

Retirements

Charles Bechhoefer Administrative Judge (Legal) ASLBP

Angela T. Chou Reactor Engineer NRR

Charles E. Fitzgerald IT Specialist (PLCYPLN) OCIO

Linda O. Lessler Paralegal Specialist OGC
April 30, 2004 ENCLOSURE I

John McGrath Sr. Health Physicist R-I

Robert D. Rhoten Secretary (OA) NRR

Barbara A. Hawkins Sr. Payroll Technician OCFO

Departures

Linda S. Frueh Special Assistant NMSS

Eileen Neff Criminal Investigator OI
April 30, 2004 ENCLOSURE M

Office of Public Affairs

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 30, 2004

Media Interest

The Office of Public Affairs (OPA) responded to significant media inquiries on the following:

The Vermont Yankee uprate application and the potentially missing spent fuel rod fragments.

Security and the potential for terrorist attacks against U.S. nuclear plants.

Impacts on NRC’s license review if DOE documents are not available in the Licensing Support

Network six months in advance of the application for the Yucca Mountain waste repository.

Other Public Affairs Items

OPA, along with the Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response (NSIR), participated in a

tabletop exercise sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security on how federal agencies

would handle the public affairs aspects of a response to a terrorist attack involving biological

weapons.

OPA participated with other offices in a tabletop exercise on a hypothetical response to a

terrorist attack at the Indian Point nuclear plant.

OPA staff assisted at public meetings for the Indian Point and Dresden power plants.

OPA helped NSIR host about 30 students in connection with the American Society of

Mechanical Engineering, including a tour of the Operations Center.

Press Releases

Headquarters:

04-048 NRC Amends Licensing, Inspection and Annual Fees Rule (4/26)

04-049 NRC to Discuss Quality of Yucca Mountain Information with DOE May 5 in

Las Vegas (4/26)

04-050 NRC Issues Regulatory Issue Summary Concerning Electric Grid Reliability

(4/27)

04-051 NRC Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards to Meet May 6-8 in

Rockville, Maryland (4/28)

Regions:

I-04-024 NRC to Discuss Annual Performance Assessment of Susquehanna Nuclear

Power Plant (4/26)
April 30, 2004 ENCLOSURE M

I-04-025 NRC Begins Special Inspection of Irradiator Facility in Puerto Rico (4/27) 

III-04-027 NRC to Meet with Exelon Generation Company to Discuss Performance of

Dresden Nuclear Plant (4/27)

III-04-028 NRC to Meet with Exelon Generation Company to Discuss Performance of

LaSalle Nuclear Plant (4/30)

III-04-029 NRC to Meet with Nuclear Management Co. to Discuss Performance of

Palisades Nuclear Plant (4/30)

IV-04-020 NRC Proposes $6,000 Fine Against All Tech Corp., of Pocatello, Idaho

(4/28)

IV-04-021 NRC Proposes $12,000 Fine for High Mountain Inspection Service (4/28)
April 30, 2004 ENCLOSURE O

Office of the Secretary

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 30, 2004

Document Released

to Public

Date Subject

Information Papers

1. SECY-04-0059 04/09/04 Progress Report for the National Materials

Program Pilot Projects

2. SECY-04-0060 04/13/04 Loss-of-Coolant Accident Break

Frequencies for the Option III Risk-Informed

Reevaluation of 10 CFR 50.46, Appendix K

to 10 CFR Part 50, and General Design

Criteria (GDC) 35

3. SECY-04-0067 04/23/04 SECY-04-0067 Weekly Information Report -

Week Ending April 16, 2004

Memoranda

1. M040413 04/28/04 Staff Requirements - Briefing on Research

Programs, Performance, and Plans

Commission Correspondence

1. Letter to Congresswoman Sue W. Kelly, dated 04/22/2004, responds to letter regarding

electrical cable separation issues at the Indian Point 2 NPP.

Federal Register Notices Issued

1. Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, 512th ACRS meeting notice (5/5-8/04).

2. Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Establishment of Atomic

Safety and Licensing Board. 

3. Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences, Fiscal Year 2003, Dissemination of

Information. 

4. Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes, meeting notice (5/13/04). 
April 30, 2004 ENCLOSURE P

Region I

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 30, 2004

PPL Susquehanna Announces Mr. Britt McKinney as the Vice President-Nuclear Site

Operations

PPL Susquehanna, LLC announced that Mr. Britt T. McKinney has been named the Vice

President - Nuclear Site Operations at the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station and will report

directly to Mr. Bryce Shriver, PPL Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer. 

Mr. McKinney is currently the Site Vice President at Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station. 

Indian Point

On April 27, 2003, the Regional Administrator conducted the Annual Assessment Meeting for

Indian Point. The meeting was well attended by local elected officials, public interest groups,

members of the media, and representatives of several members of Congress. The meeting

started at 7:00 p.m. and ran until 12:30 a.m., allowing time for more than 25 individuals to ask

questions and make statements on a variety of topics, including plant performance, emergency

preparedness, spent fuel storage, and security.

On April 28, 2003, the Regional Administrator participated in the Homeland Security Council

Policy Coordinating Committee/Department of Homeland Security sponsored security table top

exercise at Indian Point.

On April 29, 2003, the Indian Point Emergency Preparedness Exercise Coordination Team

sponsored an outreach meeting with representatives from the State of New York, the four

counties surrounding Indian Point, and Entergy. A representative from the Senator Clinton’s

office also attended the meeting. Topics included Federal participation in the June 8th

exercise, a tutorial on reactor accident progression, and emergency preparedness in the post

9/11 environment. The presentations by Region I, the Office of Nuclear Security and Incident

Response, and the Emergency Preparedness Project Office were well received. Some county

participants expressed continued skepticism regarding existing emergency plans, confounding

factors associated with terrorism related events, and their desire to have a specific plan to

integrate crisis and consequence management.
April 30, 2004 ENCLOSURE P

Region II

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 30, 2004

Tennessee Valley Authority - Browns Ferry Predecisional Enforcement Conference

On April 28, 2004, representatives from Tennessee Valley Authority attended a Predecisional

Enforcement Conference in the Regional Office. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss

the apparent violation involving deficiencies in the Browns Ferry Unit 1 Recovery Quality

Assurance Program, related to implementation of weld repairs in the Unit 1 torus.

Federal Women’s Program (FWP) Awards Ceremony in Region II

On April 28, 2004, the Region II FWP sponsored the first Awards Ceremony in the Regional

Office. This ceremony was held to recognize individuals who have volunteered their time and

service during sponsored events and programs. 
April 30, 2004 ENCLOSURE P

Region III

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 30, 2004

End-of-Cycle Performance Assessment Meetings

During the week of April 26, 2004, members of the regional staff held end-of-cycle performance

assessment meetings for the Quad Cities and Dresden nuclear power plants. The meetings

were held in the vicinity of each of the plants.

Meeting with Nuclear Management Company (NMC) on Emergency Plan

On April 29, 2004, members of the Region III staff met in the regional office with

representatives of NMC to discuss the results of the NMC fleet-wide review of Emergency

Plans’ emergency action level changes and corrective actions and to discuss regulatory

perspectives on historical emergency plan changes. 
April 30, 2004 

Office of Congressional Affairs

Items of Interest

Week Ending April 30, 2004

CONGRESSIONAL HEARING SCHEDULE, NO. 57

OCA

Contact

DATE &

PLACE

TIME WITNESS SUBJECT 

Keeling 05/11

2322 RHOB

2:00 DOE DOE Nuclear Security (Open/Closed) Reps. Gre

Oversight Energy an

Long 05/13

2175 RHOB

1:00 TBA Federal Employees’ Compensation Act Reps. Nor

Workplace Education 

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