INFORMATION REPORT 

August 13, 2010 SECY-10-0104

For: The Commissioners 

From: Nader L. Mamish 

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

AUGUST 6, 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 
August 13, 2010 SECY-10-0104

For: The Commissioners 

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

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

AUGUST 6, 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 AUGUST 6, 2010

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

Headquarters and Regional Office activities. 

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ADM 11 Region III 22 

OIS 12 Region IV 23 

CFO * EDO * 

HR 16 OCA 24 

SBCR * 

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August 6, 2010 ENCLOSURE A 

 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending August 6, 2010 

Issuance of the Cooper Nuclear Station Unit 1 License Renewal Generic Environmental

Impact Statement, Supplement 41, Final Report

On July 30, 2010, staff issued Supplement 41 to NUREG-1437, “Generic Environmental 

Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Cooper Nuclear 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 Cooper 

Nuclear Station are not so great that preserving the option of license renewal for energy 

planning decision-makers would be unreasonable. The final SEIS is publicly available in 

ADAMS (Accession No. ML102100371). The staff will issue a Federal Register notice on the 

availability of the final SEIS. 
August 6, 2010 ENCLOSURE B 

Office of New Reactors (NRO) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending August 6, 2010 

Acceptance Review Completed for PSEG Early Site Permit Application

On August 4, 2010, the staff issued a letter notifying PSEG Power, LLC and PSEG Nuclear, 

LLC that the early site permit (ESP) application for the PSEG Site, in Salem County, New 

Jersey, was found acceptable for docketing. This ESP uses the plant parameter envelope 

approach, which includes in its scope the U.S. Evolutionary Power Reactor, Advanced Boiling 

Water Reactor, US-Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor, and AP1000 designs. 

Draft Environmental Impact Statements (DEISs) Issued for Comanche Peak and Levy Nuclear 

Power Plants 

On August 6, 2010, staff issued for public comment two DEISs for Comanche Peak Nuclear 

Power Plant, Units 3 and 4 (NUREG-1943), and for Levy Nuclear Power Plant Unties 1 and 2 

(NUREG-1941). A 75-day public comment period is scheduled to begin on August 13, 2010, 

when the Notice of Availability for the DEIS is published by the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency. The staff has scheduled public meetings on September 21, 2010, in the vicinity of the 

Comanche Peak Nuclear Plant site, and on September 23, 2010, in the vicinity of the Levy 

Nuclear Plant site to present its analyses and to accept public comments on the DEISs. The 

staff’s preliminary recommendation to the Commission related to the environmental aspects of 

the proposed actions is that combined licenses be issued as requested for each of these 

applications. 
August 6, 2010 ENCLOSURE C 

 Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending August 6, 2010 

Part 21 Exemption Request for AREVA Enrichment Services Approved

On July 28, 2010, NRC approved AREVA Enrichment Services (AES) exemption request from 

the definitions in 10 CFR 21.3 for commercial grade item, basic component, critical 

characteristic, dedication, and dedicating entity. Approval of this exemption provides AES the 

needed flexibility for procurement of components for construction of the Eagle Rock Enrichment 

Facility near Idaho Falls, in Bonneville County, Idaho.
August 6, 2010 ENCLOSURE E 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending August 6, 2010 

Withdrawal of Regulatory Guide (RG) 3.44, “Standard Format and Content for the Safety 

Analysis Report for an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (Water-Basin Type)” and 

RG 3.49, “Design of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (Water-Basin Type)”

On August 2, 2010, RES staff published a Federal Register Notice announcing the withdrawal of 

RG 3.44, “Standard Format and Content for the Safety Analysis Report for an Independent 

Spent Fuel Storage Installation (Water-Basin Type),” and RG 3.49, “Design of an Independent 

Spent Fuel Storage Installation.” RG 3.44 provided guidance to applicants on the format and 

content of the safety analysis report that is required as part of an application to construct or 

operate a water-basin type in an independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI). RG 3.49 

endorsed portions of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), American Nuclear 

Society (ANS) standard ANSI/ANS 57.7-1981, "Design Criteria for an Independent Spent Fuel 

Storage Installation (Water-Pool Type),” with exceptions and supplements, as an acceptable 

method of complying with the requirements of 10 CFR Part 72 “Licensing Requirements for the 

Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level Radioactive Waste, and ReactorRelated Greater Than Class C Waste” for the design of a water-basin type ISFSI. These guides 

for wet basin storage are no longer necessary because the use of dry cask storage for ISFSIs 

has proven to be superior to wet basin storage and, in the event that there is an industry 

initiative to reprocess spent fuel, any wet basin storage operation associated with the 

reprocessing will likely be licensed as an integral part of the reprocessing facility rather than as 

an ISFSI. 

Publication of RG 3.13, “Design, Construction, and Inspection of Embankment Retention 

Systems at Fuel Cycle Facilities”

On August 2, 2010, RES staff published RG 3.13, Revision 1. This guide describes some 

engineering practices and methods generally considered by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) to be satisfactory for the design, construction, and inspection of 

embankment retention systems used for retaining solid and liquid effluent from nuclear fuel 

cycle facility operations other than uranium recovery and milling operations. RG 3.13 is 

available on the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/regguides/fuels-materials/rg/. 

Publication of RG 1.151, “Instruments Sensing”

On August 2, 2010, the RES staff published RG 1.151, Revision 1. This RG describes a 

method that NRC staff considers acceptable for use in complying with the agency’s regulations 

with respect to the design and installation of safety-related instrument sensing lines in nuclear 

power plants. RG 1.151 is available on the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/reg-guides/power-reactors/rg/. 

. 
August 6, 2010 ENCLOSURE E 

Publication of Draft Regulatory Guide 3030 (DG-3030), “Nuclear Criticality Safety Standards for 

Fuels and Material Facilities”

On August 2, 2010, RES staff issued DG-3030 to provide an opportunity for public comments. 

The draft guide is a proposed revision 2 of RG 3.71 that describes procedures for preventing 

nuclear criticality accidents in operations that involve handling, processing, storing, and/or 

transporting special nuclear material at fuel and materials facilities. This RG endorses specific 

nuclear criticality safety standards developed by the ANS Standards Subcommittee 8 (ANS-8). 

DG-3030 is available on the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/reg-guides/fuels-materials/draft-index.html. 

Extension of Public Comment of DG-1216, “Plant-Specific Applicability of Transition Break Size 

Specified in 10 CFR 50.46a”

On August 3, 2010, RES staff extended the public comment period for DG-1216 from August 

25, 2010, to November 8, 2010, due to a request from the Nuclear Energy Institute (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML102070019) asking for an extension to the stated comment period for the 

purpose of gathering input from personnel with varied technical expertise. The DG is a 

proposed new RG that describes methods acceptable to the NRC staff for implementation of 

proposed rulemaking setting forth an alternate approach for evaluating the performance of an 

emergency core cooling system. The proposed rule, 10 CFR 50.46a, “Risk-Informed Changes 

to Loss-of-Coolant Accident Technical Requirements,” was published in the Federal Register on 

August 10, 2009. DG-1216 is available on the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/reg-guides/power-reactors/draft-index.html. 
August 6, 2010 ENCLOSURE H 

Office of Information Services (OIS) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending August 6, 2010 

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

of July 30, 2010, through August 4, 2010: 

Medical Sites in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida with a 

Radioactive Materials License including facility name, address, contact 

name, phone number in electronic format. 

FOIA/PA-2010-0288 

Used Fuel Disposition Campaign working group meeting held July 28-

30, 2010, documents received or created by NRC staff who attended 

this meeting. 

FOIA/PA-2010-0289 

Nuclear power technology in China, all NRC records including protocols 

and agreements between U.S. and Chinese governments, January 1, 

2006 to present. 

FOIA/PA-2010-0290 
August 6, 2010 ENCLOSURE J 

Office of Human Resources (HR) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending August 6, 2010 

Arrivals 

None 

Retirements 

Green, Mallory IT Specialist OIS 

Kottan, James Regional Agreement State Program Officer RI 

Departures 

Abid, Mohammed Reactor Engineer RIII 

Alvarado, Aaron Charles Contract Specialist (NSPDP) ADM 

Ayers, Lauren Student Physical Scientist RES 

Bertman, Jason Student Clerk RES 

Blakley, Eboni Student Engineer NRR 

Bright, Torree Student Program Assistant SBCR 

Caruso, Raymond IT Specialist OIS 

Collins, Travis Student Engineer RES 

Fede, Michael Student Engineer ADM 

Parlor, Jenee Student Scientist RES 

Rask, Toni Student Clerk NMSS 

Thomas, Ashley Student Engineer NRR 

Trpisovsky, Joseph Student Engineer NRR 

Watford, Margaret Student Engineer NRR 

Woods, Mary Student Facility Security Specialist (Co-Op) ADM 
August 6, 2010 ENCLOSURE M 

Office of Public Affairs (OPA) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending August 6, 2010 

OPA Received Significant Media Inquiries on the Following: 

 

The results of a force-on-force exercise conducted in March 2010 at Diablo Canyon nuclear 

power plant (California).

Ongoing labor negotiations at the Honeywell nuclear power plant (Illinois). 

The PSEG Early Site Permit application for a possible new reactor at the Salem/Hope Creek 

site (New Jersey). 

Other Public Affairs Items

 

OPA participated in a radio interview with Georgia Public Radio on the current status of the site 

access issues and work on the Vogtle nuclear power plant construction site (Georgia). 

Press Releases Issued

Headquarters:

10-135 NRC Requests Public Comment on Proposed Changes to Definition of 

Construction for Materials Applicants (8/5/10) 

10-136 NRC Accepts Application for Early Site Permit at PSEG Site in New Jersey 

(8/6)/10 

Regions:

I-10-036 NRC to Discuss Process for Review of License Renewal Application for 

Seabrook Nuclear Plant, Seek Input on Environmental Review (8/4/10) 

IV-10-028 NRC to Hold Seismic Workshop September 8 – 9, 2010 (8/5/10) 
August 6, 2010 ENCLOSURE O 

Office of the Secretary (SECY) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending August 6, 2010 

Documents Released

to Public Date Subject 

Decision Documents

1. SRM on SECY-10-0031 8/4/10 Revising the Fuel Cycle Oversight Process 

 Commission Voting 

 Record on SECY-10-0031 

8/4/10 (same) 

2. SECY-10-0095 7/23/10 Proposed Rule: Advance Notification to 

Native American Tribes of Transport of 

Certain Types of Nuclear Waste (RIN 3150-

AG41) 

Information Papers

1. SECY-10-0097 7/30/10 Weekly Information Report – Week Ending 

July 23, 2010 

Commission Correspondence

1. Letter to Senator Joseph Lieberman, dated July 30, 2010, provides the actions planned 

in response to the recommendations identified in the GAO report GAO-10-489, 

“Convention on Nuclear Safety is Viewed by most Member Countries as Strengthening 

Safety Worldwide.”. 

2. Letter to Marvin Fertel, dated July 30, 2010, responds to letter regarding the dual 

regulation of critical digital assets at U.S. nuclear power plants by both the NRC and the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 

3. Letter to Dr. Stephen Mecca, Rhode Island Atomic Energy Commission, dated July 30, 

2010, responds to letter concerning the renewal of the facility operating license for the 

Rhode Island Nuclear Science Reactor Center reactor. 

Federal Register Notices Issued

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

Subcommittee on Siting, notice of meeting (08/19-20/2010). 

2. ACRS, Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Plant License Renewal, notice of 

meeting (08/18/2010). 

3. ACRS, Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Economic Simplified Boiling Water 

Reactor, notice of meeting (08/16-17/2010). 
August 6, 2010 

Office of Congressional Affairs (OCA) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending August 6, 2010 

CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS SCHEDULE, NO. 20 

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Hearing: “Protecting the Public Interest: Understanding the Threat of Agency Capture." 

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Hearing: "Transforming Government Through Innovative Tools and Technology" 

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