INFORMATION REPORT 

May 21, 2010 SECY-10-0064

For: The Commissioners 

From: Nader L. Mamish 

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

MAY 14, 2010 

Contents Enclosure

Nuclear Reactor Regulation A 

New Reactors B 

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C 

Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs D* 

Nuclear Regulatory Research E 

Nuclear Security and Incident Response F* 

Administration G 

Information Services H 

Chief Financial Officer I* 

Human Resources J 

Small Business and Civil Rights K* 

Enforcement L* 

Public Affairs M 

International Programs N* 

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/ 

Nader L. Mamish 

Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: 

L. Rakovan, OEDO 
May 21, 2010 SECY-10-0064

For: The Commissioners 

From: Nader L. Mamish, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

MAY 14, 2010 

Contents Enclosure

Nuclear Reactor Regulation A 

New Reactors B 

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C 

Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs D* 

Nuclear Regulatory Research E 

Nuclear Security and Incident Response F* 

Administration G 

Information Services H 

Chief Financial Officer I* 

Human Resources J 

Small Business and Civil Rights K* 

Enforcement L* 

Public Affairs M 

International Programs N* 

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/ 

Nader L. Mamish 

Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: 

L. Rakovan, OEDO 

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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING MAY 14, 2010

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

Headquarters and Regional Office activities. 

Contact: Lance Rakovan, OEDO by E-mail: Lance.Rakovan@nrc.gov. 

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NRR 2 OE * 

NRO * OPA 17 

NMSS 4 OIP * 

FSME 6 SECY 19 

RES * Region I 20 

NSIR 10 Region II 21 

ADM 11 Region III 22 

OIS 12 Region IV 23 

CFO * EDO * 

HR 16 OCA 24 

SBCR * 

*No input this week 
May 14, 2009 ENCLOSURE A 

 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending May 14, 2010 

Limerick 1 and 2 Measurement Uncertainty Recapture (MUR) Power Uprate Acceptance

By application dated March 25, 2010, the licensee requested a 1.6% MUR power uprate for 

Limerick Units 1 and 2. By letter dated May 6, 2010, the staff informed the licensee that the 

application provides technical information in sufficient detail to enable the staff to proceed with 

its detailed technical review. The application requests NRC approval by March 25, 2011. NRC’s 

standard review time for a MUR power uprate is 6 months after NRC’s acceptance of the 

application. 

Meeting with Palisades on Generic Letter 2004-02, Pressurized Water Reactor Sump

Performance

On May 12, 2010, the staff met with the licensee for Palisades to discuss the licensee's planned 

responses to a staff request for additional information regarding Generic Letter 2004-02, 

Pressurized Water Reactor Sump Performance. 
May 14, 2009 ENCLOSURE B 

Office of New Reactors (NRO) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending May 14, 2010 

Staff Holds Public Meeting to Discuss the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

Pertaining to the Combined License Application for South Texas Project Units 3 and 4 

The staff participated in two public meetings on Thursday, May 6, 2010, to discuss the draft EIS 

for the combined license application for the South Texas Project Units 3 and 4, located in 

Matagorda County, Texas. The staff conducted the meetings to solicit comments from the 

public on the draft EIS that was issued on March 19, 2010. Approximately 175 people attended 

the meetings, including representatives of the NRC, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston 

District, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, state and local governments and economic 

development boards, nuclear industry, interest groups, and members of the local community. 

About 50 people provided comments. The public comment period on the draft EIS ends on June 

9, 2010. At the conclusion of the comment period, the staff will evaluate the comments received, 

revise the draft EIS, and issue the final EIS. The final EIS is currently scheduled to be published 

in March 2011. 

Draft Commission Paper on Risk-Informed Regulatory Guidance for New Reactors 

On May 12, 2010, the staff transmitted a draft Commission paper on risk-informed regulatory 

guidance for new reactors to the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards in anticipation of a 

briefing scheduled for June 10, 2010. The purpose of the paper is to provide the Commission a 

status of staff efforts to evaluate the risk-informed regulatory guidance (a) to recognize the lower 

risk profiles of new reactors and (b) to prevent a significant decrease in the enhanced levels of 

safety provided by new reactors. The memo and enclosed paper are accessible in ADAMS at 

ML101090355 and will be publicly available to keep external stakeholders informed of the status 

of staff efforts in this matter. 
May 14, 2009 ENCLOSURE C 

 Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending May 14, 2010 

Revision of AREVA’s License Application

On May 4, 2010, NRC staff received an electronic copy of the AREVA Enrichment Services 

revised license application (Revision 2, dated April 30, 2010) for the Eagle Rock Enrichment 

Facility (5 CDs). The revision includes changes identified in responses to requests for additional 

information, follow-up correspondence, and discussions. 
May 14, 2009 ENCLOSURE E 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending May 14, 2010 

Visit to the Vitreous State Laboratory, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC

On May 11, 2010, NRC staff visited the Vitreous State Laboratory, Catholic University to provide 

an opportunity for the fuel reprocessing technical basis working group to learn more about the 

vitrification process. Vitrification is one of the techniques likely to be used at a commercial fuel 

reprocessing plant to manage high level radioactive waste. The trip was hosted by the director of 

the facility. A presentation was made to the staff that provided an outline of the work performed 

at the laboratory followed by a tour of the experimental facility. They also discussed a new 

Master of Science in Nuclear Environmental Protection program developed by the University 

under a grant from the NRC.
May 14, 2009 ENCLOSURE G 

Office of Administration (ADM) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending May 14, 2010 

List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NUHOMS HD System Revision 1; Direct Final Rule 

(10 CFR PART 72) (AI75, NRC-2009-0538) 

On May 6, 2010, the NRC published a direct final rule (75 FR 24786) in the Federal Register that 

amends its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the Transnuclear, Inc. (TN) NUHOMS HD 

System listing within the “List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks'' to include Amendment 

No. 1 to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) Number 1030. Amendment No. 1 will modify the CoC 

to make a number of technical changes, including adding Combustion Engineering 16x16 class 

fuel assemblies as authorized contents. The amendment also makes corresponding changes to 

the technical specifications. 

Due to a publication error, the companion proposed rule to this direct final rule was published in 

the Federal Register on May 7, 2010, (75 FR 25120) rather than concurrently as stated in the 

rule documents. Corrections to both documents will be published May 17, 2010. The comment 

period closes June 7, 2010. The direct final rule will be effective July 21, 2010, unless 

significant adverse comments are received by June 7, 2010. 
May 14, 2009 ENCLOSURE H 

 Office of Information Services (OIS) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending May 14, 2010 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests Received During the Period 

of May 7, 2010, through May 13, 2010: 

St. Louis uranium sites including “Downtown Site,” The Destrehan 

Facility, Weldon Springs facility, regarding records of named individual, 

1941-1957 

FOIA/PA-2010-0221 

NRC lease at North Bethesda Center, Montgomery County, Maryland, 

agreements, communications, etc. 

FOIA/PA-2010-0222 

Office of Investigations Allegation RIV-2007-A-0096 or RIV-2009-A0036, copy of transcripts of May 14, 2009, interview with NRC staff FOIA/PA-2010-0223 

Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Radiological Characterization Report, 2008 FOIA/PA-2010-0224 

Allegation RIV-2007-A-0096, all documents FOIA/PA-2010-0225 

Allegation RIV-2009-A-0036, all documents FOIA/PA-2010-0226 

Letter of February 26, 2010, regarding Allegations RIV-2007-A-0096 and 

RIV-2009-A-0036, w/enclosure 

FOIA/PA-2010-0227 

Tularik, Renovis, Trellis Bioscience, each located at 2 Corporate Drive, 

San Francisco, California 

FOIA/PA-2010-0228 
May 14, 2009 ENCLOSURE J 

Office of Human Resources (HR) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending May 14, 2010 

Arrivals 

Golubski, Adam Student Engineer NRR 

Johnson, Gilbert Operations Engineer RII 

Molik, Daniel Student Engineer NRR 

Rutledge, Nicholas Student Engineer HR 

Steddenbenz, Katherine Student Engineer RII 

Sutton, Alexander Student Engineer NRR 

Retirements 

None 

Departures 

None 
May 14, 2009 ENCLOSURE M 

Office of Public Affairs (OPA) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending May 14, 2010 

OPA Received Significant Media Inquiries on the Following:

 

Groundwater contamination issues at Vermont Yankee (Vermont) and Oyster Creek 

(New Jersey) nuclear plants and the anticipated publication of the NRC Groundwater 

Contamination Task Force report. 

Proposed international isotopes uranium deconversion plant in New Mexico. 

Other Public Affairs Items

OPA supported the Chairman’s interview at the Energy and Environment News roundtable. 

OPA supported the NRC Chairman’s participation in a high-level U.S. Delegations meeting at 

the United Nations conference on nuclear nonproliferation where members of the international 

media covered the event. 

OPA supported open houses and annual assessment meetings for various nuclear power plants 

in the regions. 

Press Releases Issued

Headquarters:

10-085 NRC Awards Nuclear Education Grants (5/10/11) 

10-086 NRC Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko’s Prepared Remarks for Today’s Meeting on 

Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs (5/11/10)

10-087 NRC to Hold Public Workshop May 26-28, 2010 to Discuss Updated Guidelines 

for Nuclear Power Plant License Renewal Applications (5/13/10) 

10-088 Eight NRC Executives Honored with Presidential Awards (5/13/10) 

Regions: 

II-10-037 Schedules Meeting to Discuss Performance of Harris Nuclear Power Plant 

(5/11/10) 

IV-10-023 NRC to Hold Open House to Discuss 2009 Performance Assessment for South 

Texas Project Nuclear Power Plant (5/11/10) 
May 14, 2009 ENCLOSURE O 

Office of the Secretary (SECY) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending May 14, 2010 

Documents Released 

to Public Date Subject 

Decision Documents

1. SRM-SECY-09-0181 5/13/10 Proposed Rule: Physical Protection of 

Byproduct Material (RIN 3150-Al12) 

 Commission Voting 

 Record on SECY- 

 09-0181 

5/13/10 (same) 

Memoranda

1. M100504A 5/10/10 Staff Requirements - Briefing on Human 

Capital and Equal Employment 

Opportunity 

2. M100429 5/12/10 Staff Requirements – Briefing on the 

Fuel Cycle Oversight Process Revisions 

Federal Register Notices Issued

1. Docket No. 50-228, Aerotest Operations, Inc., Aerotest Radiography and Research 

Reactor; Notice of Consideration of Approval of Transfer and Conforming Amendment, 

Opportunity for a Hearing, and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive 

Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information. 

2. Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS), Meeting of the ACRS 

Subcommittee on Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials, notice of meeting 

(05/18/2010, a.m.). 

3. ACRS, Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Radiation Protection and Nuclear 

Materials, notice of meeting (05/18/2010, p.m.). 

4. ACRS, Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor, 

notice of meeting (05/20/10). 

5. ACRS, Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on the Evolutionary Power Reactor, notice of 

meeting (05/21/10). 

6. Request for a License to Export Radioactive Waste, Duratek Services, Inc. (a subsidiary 

of EnergySolutions), Application No. XW017, Docket No. 11005826. 

7. ACRS, notice of the 573rd meeting (06/9-11/2010). 
May 14, 2010 

Office of Congressional Affairs (OCA) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending May 14, 2010 

CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS SCHEDULE, NO. 12 

OCA 

Contact Date & Place Time Committee Subject W

Riley 05/12/10 

2247 RHOB 

(Originally 

scheduled for 

May 5) 

2:00 House Oversight and 

Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement (Representatives Watson / Bilbray) 

Mark-up of HR 2142 – A bill to require the review of government programs at least once every five years for purposes of assessing their performance and improving their operations, and to establish the performance improvement council 

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