INFORMATION REPORT 

January 14, 2011 SECY-11-0007

For: The Commissioners 

From: Mary C. Muessle 

 Acting Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

JANUARY 7, 2011 

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/ 

Mary C. Muessle 

Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: 

L. Rakovan, OEDO 
January 14, 2011 SECY-11-0007

For: The Commissioners 

From: Mary C. Muessle, Acting Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

JANUARY 7, 2011 

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. 

Mary C. Muessle 

Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: 

L. Rakovan, OEDO 

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January 7, 2011 ENCLOSURE A 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending January 7, 2011 

Issuance of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station License Renewal Generic 

Environmental Impact Statement, Supplement 43, Final Report 

On January 3, 2011, the staff issued Supplement 43 to NUREG-1437, “Generic Environmental 

Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Palo Verde Nuclear 

Generating Station, Final Report.” This supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) 

includes the staff’s analysis that considers and weighs the environmental effects of the 

proposed action, the environmental impacts of alternatives to the proposed action, and 

mitigation measures available for reducing or avoiding adverse impacts. It also includes the 

staff’s recommendation regarding the proposed action: that the adverse environmental impacts 

of license renewal for Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station are not great enough to deny the 

option of license renewal for energy-planning decision-makers. The final SEIS is publicly 

available in ADAMS using Accession No. ML103560149. The staff will issue a Federal Register

notice on the availability of the final SEIS. 
January 7, 2011 ENCLOSURE E 

 Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending January 7, 2011 

Publication of Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 3.71, “Nuclear Criticality Safety Standards 

for Fuels and Material Facilities”

On January 3, 2011, the RES staff published revision 2 of RG 3.71, “Nuclear Criticality Safety 

Standards for Fuels and Material Facilities.” This guide endorses—with some exceptions— 

specific nuclear criticality safety standards developed by the American Nuclear Society’s 

Standards Subcommittee 8 (ANS-8), “Operations with Fissionable Materials Outside Reactors.” 

RG 3.71 was developed to provide guidance, criteria, and best practices for use in preventing 

and mitigating criticality accidents during operations that involve handling, processing, storing, 

and/or transporting special nuclear material at fuel and material facilities. The guide is not 

intended for use by nuclear reactor licensees. RG 3.71 is available on the NRC Web site at: 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/fuels-materials/rg/. 
January 7, 2011 ENCLOSURE H 

Office of Information Services (OIS) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending January 7, 2011 

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

of December 31, 2010, through January 6, 2011: 

All records involving use of radioactive isotopes, pellets, implanted in 

patients at the Veterans Hospital in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and 

Lebanon to treat prostate cancer 

FOIA/PA 2011-0055 

All material created during or supporting the granting of security 

clearance 

FOIA/PA 2011-0056 

RIV-2009-A-0107, all investigative materials for whistleblower complaint FOIA/PA 2011-0057 

Reciprocity Approvals issued by NRC 1/1/10-12/31/10 FOIA/PA 2011-0058 

Nuclear Reactors that have had some sort of Release and Cleanup FOIA/PA 2011-0059 

Senior Reactor Operator (SRO) licenses by Region II; number of active 

SRO licenses issued to new applicants, and number of new applicants 

which previously held a license 

FOIA/PA 2011-0060 
January 7, 2011 ENCLOSURE J 

Office of Human Resources (HR) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending January 7, 2011 

Arrivals 

Bacon, Daniel Operations Engineer RII 

Larkins, John Civil Rights Specialist SBCR 

Retirements 

None 

Departures 

Collins, Travis Student Engineer RES 

Fitz, Jonah Student Administrative Assistant ACRS 

Garcia, Karla Student Contract Assistant (Co-Op) ACRS 

Golubski, Adam Student Engineer (Co-Op) NRR 

Tadlock, Thea Student Engineer (Co-Op) NRR 
January 7, 2011 ENCLOSURE M 

Office of Public Affairs (OPA) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending January 7, 2011 

OPA Received Significant Media Inquiries on the Following: 

The contentions being considered by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board panel handling the 

Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant’s (Maryland) new reactor proceeding. 

Patient release criteria for patients treated with radioactive iodine-131. 

Briefs submitted by Nevada and the U.S. government on the Yucca Mountain case in the 

District Court of Appeals. 

Other Public Affairs Items

OPA pushed back with Newsweek reporter on a story that erroneously reported that a spent fuel 

fire would be a foregone conclusion were a storage pool drained by a terrorist attack. 

OPA did a recorded interview with WOBM-FM (of Ocean County, New Jersey) discussing the 

NRC’s take on an appeal by environmental groups of the NRC’s decision in 2009 to relicense 

Oyster Creek nuclear power plant (New Jersey). 

OPA did a radio interview with the South Carolina News Network about the predecisional 

enforcement conference with the Westinghouse fuel plant near Columbia, South Carolina. 

Press Releases Issued

Headquarters:

11-001 NRC Approves Use of Advanced Fire Protection Standard at Oconee Nuclear 

Plant in South Carolina (1/3/11) 

11-002 NRC Issues Final Safety Evaluation Report For Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant 

License Renewal (1/3/11) 

11-003 Atomic Safety Licensing Board to Hold Evidentiary Hearings Beginning January 

25, 2011 on Areva Application for Uranium Enrichment Plant in Idaho (1/5/11) 

11-004 Registration Opens for NRC Regulatory Information Conference March 8-10 in 

Rockville, Maryland (1/10/11) 

Regions:

II-11-001 Victor McCree Named Administrator of NRC’s RII Office (1/4/11) 

II-11-002 NRC Schedules Meeting to Discuss Safety Culture at Florida Power and Light 

Company's Nuclear Plants (1/5/11) 

II-11-003 NRC Schedules Enforcement Conference in Atlanta with Westinghouse Nuclear 

Fuel Plant Officials (1/5/11) 
January 7, 2011 ENCLOSURE M 

IV-11-001 NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant 

(1/3/11) 

IV-11-002 NRC To Hold Regulatory Conference with Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant 

(1/3/11) 
January 7, 2011 ENCLOSURE O

Office of the Secretary (SECY) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending January 7, 2011 

Documents Released

to Public Date Subject 

Decision Documents 

1. COMWDM-10-0002 12/1/10 Interactive Learning Center for White Flint 

Headquarters Complex 

SRM on COMWDM-10-

0002 

1/5/11 (same) 

Commission Voting 

Record on COMWDM-10-

0002 

1/5/11 (same) 

Information Papers

1. SECY-11-0001 1/3/11 Weekly Information Report – Week Ending 

December 24, 2010 

2. SECY-11-0004 1/7/11 Weekly Information Report – Week Ending 

December 31, 2010 

Commission Correspondence

1. Letter to Robert McDonnell, Governor of Virginia, dated December 22, 2010, responds 

to letter regarding nuclear energy expansion. 

2. Letter to Secretary Steven Chu, U.S. Department of Energy, dated December 22, 2010, 

provides letter from the Southern States Energy Board regarding the Loan Guarantee 

Program for nuclear plants. 

3. Letter to Representative John Spratt, Jr., dated December 22, 2010, responds to letter 

expressing concern about the agency’s high-level waste program execution during the 

Continuing Resolution. 

4. Letter to Congressman Jerry Lewis, dated December 22, 2010, responds to letter 

expressing concern about the agency’s high-level waste program execution during the 

Continuing Resolution. 

5. Letter to Congressman Jerry Castello, dated December 20, 2010, responds to letter 

regarding safety concerns at the Honeywell facility in Metropolis, Illinois. 

Federal Register Notices Issued

1. Notice, Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving Proposed 

No Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing Sensitive Unclassified NonSafeguards Information and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive 

Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information. 
January 7, 2011 ENCLOSURE O

2. Proposed Rule: Extension of comment period, 10 CFR Part 73, Physical Protection of 

Irradiated Reactor Fuel in Transit.