INFORMATION REPORT 

February 26, 2010 SECY-10-0021

For: The Commissioners 

From: Nader L. Mamish 

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

FEBRUARY 19, 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 
February 26, 2010 SECY-10-0021

For: The Commissioners 

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

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

FEBRUARY 19, 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 FEBRUARY 19, 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 
February 19, 2010 ENCLOSURE A 

 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending February 19, 2010 

 

Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) Fire Induced Circuit Failure Workshop

From February 9-10, 2010, the staff attended an NEI Fire Induced Circuit Failure Workshop in 

Bonita Springs, Florida. The subjects discussed included NEI 00-01 Rev. 2, “Guidance for PostFire Safe Shutdown Circuit Analysis,” and RG 1.189, Rev. 2, “Fire Protection for Nuclear Power 

Plants.” 

FirstEntergy Nuclear Operating Company Announced

On February 11, 2010, the Board of Directors of both FirstEnergy and Allegheny Energy 

unanimously approved an agreement for the companies to combine, creating an electric utility 

system serving more than six million customers in seven states. The new company will have 

more than 24,000 megawatts of generating capacity and about $16 million in annual revenues, 

based on 2009 earnings. The company will keep the FirstEntergy name and will remain 

headquartered in Akron, Ohio. The merger is expected to take from 12 to 14 months to 

complete and will include approvals by shareholders and state and federal regulators. 

Public Phone Meeting Held with H. B. Robinson Licensee

On February 18, 2010, NRR staff held a public phone conference with the licensee for 

H. B. Robinson Unit 2 to discuss the licensee’s planned responses to an NRC staff request for 

additional information regarding Generic Letter 2004-02, “Pressurized Water Reactor Sump 

Performance.”
February 19, 2010 ENCLOSURE B 

Office of New Reactors (NRO) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending February 19, 2010 

Issuance of a Revised Safety Review Schedule for the Areva U.S. Evolutionary Pressurized 

Reactor (EPR) Design Certification

By letter dated February 16, 2010, the staff notified AREVA NP, Inc. of a change to the U.S. 

EPR design certification public milestone schedule for safety review. The new milestone date to 

issue the final safety evaluation report with no open items is December 2011. This represents a 

6 month delay from the current review schedule. The review areas that necessitated the change 

in the review schedule include the sump design, human factors engineering, instrumentation and 

control design, spent fuel storage racks, and the development of a new soil-structure interaction 

analysis model for the nuclear island (critical path). The change in the review schedule does not 

impact the review schedule of the Calvert Cliffs reference combined license application review. 

Issuance of a Revised Safety Review Schedule for the Bell Bend Nuclear Power Plant 

Combined License

By letter dated February 17, 2010, the staff notified PPL Bell Bend, LLC, that it has issued a 

revised schedule related to a major design change, the relocation of the referenced U.S. EPR 

nuclear island, on the Bell Bend site. The new milestone date to issue the final safety evaluation 

report with no open items is August 2012. This represents a 5 month delay from the current 

review schedule and is one month after the Calvert Cliffs milestone to issue a safety evaluation 

report with no open items. 
February 19, 2010 ENCLOSURE E 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending February 19, 2010 

Workshop Held on Uncertainties in Ground Motion Prediction and Next Generation Attenuation 

Relationships for the Central and Eastern United States (NGA-East) Working Group Meetings at 

the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center

From February 8-12, 2010, RES staff visited the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research 

Center to hold a series of workshops and working group meetings associated with the NGA-East 

project. The NGA-East project is a major research initiative led by NRC and jointly funded with 

the U.S. Department of Energy, the Electric Power Research Institute, and the U.S. Geological 

Survey. The highlight of the week of meetings was the “Sigma Workshop” held at the University 

of California, Berkeley. This workshop was focused on presenting state-of-the-art research on 

uncertainties in ground motion prediction and on determining additional opportunities for 

addressing uncertainties in the future. The workshop was attended by about 100 participants, 

both in person and over a Webcast, including participants from RES and the Office of New 

Reactors, as well as the International Atomic Energy Agency. The workshop videos will be 

made available to NRC staff. 
February 19, 2010 ENCLOSURE H 

Office of Information Services (OIS) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending February 19, 2010 

Secure Information Sharing Workshop

On February 17, 2010, OIS staff attended a workshop on Secure Information Sharing hosted by 

the Government Technology Research Alliance, Washington, DC. Guest speakers at the 

workshop included representatives of PKH Enterprises and Titus Labs (TL). Presentations 

included an overview of the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Framework initiative and 

an overview of TL's software used for placing protective markings on documents and e-mails so 

that they can be automatically categorized and screened based on their sensitivity. Staff learned 

about the potential use of the TL software with regard to categorizing and marking CUI 

documents and e-mails. 

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

of February 15, 2010, through February 18, 2010: 

NRC mailing list; only U.S. records FOIA/PA-2010-0131 

Nuclear Safety Review Board reports related to Byron Nuclear 

Generation Station issued in 2009 or 2010 (Docket numbers 05000454 

and 05000455) 

FOIA/PA-2010-0132 

Atomic Energy Commission and Indian Point Nuclear Power Plants Units 

1, 2, and 3, all documentation 

FOIA/PA-2010-0133 

NRC reports prepared by the transition team and Commission during 

November 2008 and January 2009 

FOIA/PA-2010-0134 

Material License Tracking System for Harris County, Texas FOIA/PA-2010-0135 

Lockheed Martin’s Standard Forms 294 and 295 from 2005 to present 

for contract GS35F4524/NRC3301182002 

FOIA/PA-2010-0136 

U.S. Army Yakima Firing Center/Yakima Training Center; Air, soil, water, 

and uranium testing and studies from January 1, 1970, to present, all 

documentation 

FOIA/PA-2010-0137 
February 19, 2010 ENCLOSURE J 

Office of Human Resources (HR) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending February 19, 2010 

Arrivals 

Anooshehpoor, Abdolrasool Seismologist RES 

Burgess, Bruce Consultant RII 

Burgess, Sonia Senior Project Manager RII 

Cruz-Perez, Luis Mechanical Engineer (NSPDP) (RTD) NMSS 

Daibes Figueroa, Said Health Physicist FSME 

Desai, Kulin Reactor Systems Engineer NRR 

Henderson, Christopher Reactor Operations Engineer NRR 

Marquez, Stephanie Student Engineer (NSPDP) RIV 

Mayros, Lauren Licensing Officer (International) OIP 

Rivera-Sanchez, Aixamar Budget Analyst FSME 

Smith, Steven Construction Inspector RII 

Susco, Jeremy Project Manager NRR 

Thompson, Tamra Senior Instructional Systems Splst HR 

Wright, Linda Senior Management Analyst OIS 

Departures 

Cave, Christine QA Program Analyst SBCR 
February 19, 2010 ENCLOSURE M 

Office of Public Affairs (OPA) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending February 19, 2010 

OPA Received Significant Media Inquiries on the Following:

Recent leaks found at Vermont Yankee nuclear plant in Brattleboro, Vermont, questions on the 

NRC oversight role and groundwater contaminations reviews. 

Following President Obama’s loan guarantee announcement, details on the overall new reactor 

licensing process and information on the estimated cost for NRC‘s review of new reactor 

applications. 

Current status of NRC review of the U.S. Department of Energy’s application for the proposed 

Yucca Mountain repository for high-level radioactive waste. 

Inquiries of the recent trip that shut down reactors at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in 

Maryland due to partial loss of off-site power. 

Details about Westinghouse’s AP1000 new reactor design and NRC’s concerns about the shield 

building. 

Other Public Affairs Items

OPA coordinated media interviews following NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko’s presentation at 

an industry conference organized by Platts, where he spoke largely on materials issues and 

briefly on the recent tritium leak issues at Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vermont. 

OPA coordinated an interview between staff and Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper about NRC’s 

response to Veterans Affairs’ recent letter that proposed to retract the majority of medical events 

the hospital reported based on new definitions for a medical event recommended by a “Blue 

Ribbon Panel” of doctors and whether this proposal would affect the NRC’s current process for 

determining enforcement actions. 

Press Releases

Headquarters:

10-029 NRC Issues Summary of Performance and Financial Information for Fiscal Year 

2009 (02/17/10) 

10-030 NRC Announces Selection of New Member of the Advisory Committee on 

Medical Uses of Isotopes (02/17/10) 

10-031 NRC Seeks Public Input on Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Cooper 

Nuclear Plant License Renewal; Meetings Scheduled (02/18/10) 

10-032 Remarks of NRC Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko Program at the Program Briefing 

from NRC’s Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (02/18/10) 
February 19, 2010 ENCLOSURE M 

Regions:

IV-10-003 NRC to Conduct Environmental Scoping Meeting as Part of the License Renewal 

Application for Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant (02/19/10) 
February 19, 2010 ENCLOSURE O 

Office of the Secretary (SECY) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending February 19, 2010 

Document Released 

to Public 

Date Subject 

Decision Documents

1. COMDEK-09-0001 08/03/09 Revisiting the Paradigm for Spent Fuel 

Storage and Transportation Regulatory 

Programs 

SRM on COMDEK-09-

0001 

02/18/10 (same) 

Commission Voting 

Record on COMDEK-09-

0001 

02/18/10 (same) 

Information Papers

1. SECY-10-0009 01/26/10 Internal Safety Culture Update 

2. SECY-10-0003 01/12/10 2009 Annual Report on Commission 

Adjudication 

3. SECY-10-0019 02/16/10 Weekly Information Report – Week Ending 

February 5, 2010 

4. SECY-10-0015 02/01/10 Second Annual Status of Reactivation of 

Construction and Licensing for the Watts 

Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 

5. SECY-10-0016 01/28/10 Redelegation of Authority by the Executive 

Director for Operations to the Director, Office 

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, to Approve 

Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

50.55a Rulemakings 

Memoranda

1. M100119 02/18/10 Staff Requirements Memorandum – Briefing 

on the NRC Enforcement and Allegations 

Programs 

Federal Register Notices Issued

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

Plant Operations and Fire Protection, notice of meeting (03/03/10). 

2. ACRS, Planning and Procedures Subcommittee Meeting, notice of meeting (03/03/10). 

3. ACRS, Meeting of the Subcommittee on Power Uprates, notice of meeting (03/03/10). 
February 19, 2010 ENCLOSURE O 

4. ACRS, Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Evolutionary Pressurized Reactors, 

notice of meeting (03/03/10). 

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

meeting (03/02/10). 

 

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February 19, 2010 ENCLOSURE P

Region II (RII) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending February 19, 2010 

Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) – Annual FPL/NRC Interface Meeting

On February 17-18, 2010, the Regional Administrator attended the annual FPL/NRC Industry 

Interface meeting in Juno Beach, Florida.