INFORMATION REPORT 

February 7, 2011 SECY-11-0016

For: The Commissioners 

From: Mary C. Muessle /RA/ 

 Acting Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

JANUARY 28, 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 /RA/ 

Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: 

L. Rakovan, OEDO 
February 7, 2011 SECY-11-0016

For: The Commissioners 

From: Mary C. Muessle /RA/ 

 Acting Assistant for Operations, 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

JANUARY 28, 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 /RA/ 

Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: 

L. Rakovan, OEDO 

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January 28, 2011 ENCLOSURE E 

 Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) 

 Items of Interest 

Week Ending January 28, 2011 

Publication of Draft Regulatory Guide (DG)-1245, “Inspection of Water-Control Structures 

Associated With Nuclear Power Plants”

On January 14, 2011, the NRC staff published a Federal Register Notice (76 FR 2725) 

announcing the availability of DG-1245, “Inspection of Water Control Structures Associated with 

Nuclear Power Plants” for public comment. DG-1245 is proposed Revision 2 of Regulatory 

Guide (RG) 1.127. The DG describes a method the staff finds acceptable for licensees to follow 

when developing an in-service inspection and surveillance program for dams, slopes, canals, 

and other water-control structures associated with emergency core cooling water systems and 

flood protection structures at nuclear power plants. DG-1245 will be available for public 

comments until March 15, 2011, and is available on the NRC Web site at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/power-reactors/draft-index.html. 

Withdraws RG 1.154, “Format and Content of Plant-Specific Pressurized Thermal Shock Safety 

Analysis Reports for Pressurized Water Reactors”

On January 14, 2011, the NRC staff published a Federal Register Notice (76 FR 2726) 

announcing the withdrawal of RG 1.154, “Format and Content of Plant-Specific Pressurized 

Thermal Shock Safety Analysis Reports for Pressurized Water Reactors.” This guide is being 

withdrawn because the staff determined that the risk of through-wall pressure vessel cracking 

due to a pressurized thermal shock event is much lower than originally estimated and the 

reference temperature screening criteria in 10 CFR 50.61 are overly conservative and may 

impose an unnecessary burden on some licensees. Consequently, NRC developed a new rule, 

10 CFR 50.61a, “Alternate Fracture Requirements for Protection against Pressurized Thermal 

Shock Events” that allows licensees to comply with more permissive reference temperature 

limits derived in a risk-informed manner. 
January 28, 2011 ENCLOSURE H 

 Office of Information Services (OIS) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending January 28, 2011 

Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC) Virtual Host and Facilitator

On January 24, 2011, staff from the NRC Technical Library hosted a webinar, “Moving Images: 

Digitizing to the Future,” at the request of the FLICC of the Library of Congress. Staff 

addressed all questions raised by the 115 online attendees and 50 on-site participants at FLICC 

as well as arranged all of the technical matters for the webinar. The session was recorded and 

will be posted on the FLICC Internet site in the near future. 

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

of January 21, 2011, through January 27, 2011: 

Terminal Court, 815 Terminal Road, Lansing, Michigan, all documents 

concerning this property FOIA/PA-2011-0067 

Reactor Operator License, docket no. 55-70265, RO-70138 FOIA/PA-2011-0068 

Oyster Creek Fire Protection Exemption Requests dated March 3 and 4, 

2009, all records FOIA/PA-2011-0069 

Furniture Cleaning, Carpet Cleaning, installation and Repairs Invoice for 

past two years FOIA/PA-2011-0070 

Allegation NRR-2005-A-0015 All documents including correspondence 

between [Named Individual] and NRC FOIA/PA-2011-0071 

Written reports or emails provided to NRC by Horace McCormack, HGM 

Management and Technologies, Inc., re: meetings in 2010 with staff and 

managers of IRSD/OIS FOIA/PA-2011-0072 

2011 Maintenance Schedule for Nuclear Reactors FOIA/PA-2011-0073 

NRC Mailing List - US only FOIA/PA-2011-0074 
January 28, 2011 ENCLOSURE J 

Office of Human Resources (HR) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending January 28, 2011 

Arrivals 

Heath, Shawanna Information Technology Specialist R-II 

King, Katrina Budget Analyst R-II 

Linnerooth, Sarah EAP Program Manager HR 

Lobe, Jon EAP Program Manager HR 

Retirements 

None 

Departures 

Donovan, Lawrence Health Physicist R-IV 

Hall, Holly Physical Scientist (NSPDP) NSIR 

Hayden, Craig Senior Criminal Investigator OI 

Sylvester, Dennis Auditor OIG 
January 28, 2011 ENCLOSURE M 

 Office of Public Affairs (OPA) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending January 28, 2011 

OPA Received Significant Media Inquiries on the Following:

Tritium contamination recently identified at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant (Vermont). 

A reactor trip at Palisades nuclear power plant (Michigan). 

A meeting at the Oconee nuclear power plant (South Carolina) to discuss the NRC inspection of 

issues related to standby shutdown systems. 

A manual scram at Susquehanna nuclear power plant (Pennsylvania) due to a steam leak. 

The Commission’s denial of a request from groups opposed to the license renewal application 

for Seabrook nuclear power plant (New Hampshire). 

Other Public Affairs Items

OPA recorded interviews with WTSA-AM/FM (of Brattleboro, Vermont) and Vermont Public 

radio discussing newly-found tritium contamination at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant 

(Vermont). 

OPA facilitated an interview between a branch chief and an online media outlet called Labor 

Notes on the ongoing walkout at Honeywell nuclear power plant (Illinois). 

Press Releases Issued

Headquarters: 

11-010 NRC Determines No Major Environmental Impacts Preclude Licensing Nichols 

Ranch Uranium Recovery Site in Wyoming (1/24) 

11-011 NRC Announces Availability of Design Certification Renewal Application for 

Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (1/28) 

Regions: 

IV-11-005 NRC Names New Resident Inspector at Arkansas Nuclear One Power Plant 

(1/24) 

IV-11-006 NRC to Hold Public Meeting to Discuss Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s 

Digital Upgrade Proposal at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant (1/25) 
January 28, 2011 ENCLOSURE O 

 Office of the Secretary (SECY) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending January 28, 2011 

Document Released 

to Public 

Date Subject 

Decision Documents 

1. SECY-11-0006 1/07/11 Proposed Rule – Economic Simplified 

Boiling-Water Reactor Design Certification 

Information Papers

1. SECY-11-0009 1/24/11 Weekly Information Report – Week Ending 

January 14, 2011 

2. SECY-11-0003 1/04/11 Status of Enforcement Discretion Request 

and Rulemaking Activities Related to 

10 CFR Part 26, Subpart 1, “Managing 

Fatigue” 

3. SECY-11-0008 1/13/11 2010 Annual Report on Commission 

Adjudication 

Memoranda

1. M100124A 1/24/11 Staff Requirements – Affirmation Session: I. 

SECY-10-0156 – Request by Petitioners for 

a Suspension of Renewal Proceedings 

Pending Completion of Rulemaking in 

Docket No. PRM-54-6 

Commission Correspondence

1. Letter to Representative Edward Markey, dated January 21, 2011, responds to letters 

regarding the results of a recent Subcommittee investigation regarding the release of 

patients treated with radioactive materials and expresses concern that the release 

requirements for such patients are less than those for household pets. 

Federal Register Notices Issued

1. Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS), notice of the 580th meeting 

(02/10-12/2011). 

2. ACRS, Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Future Plant Designs, notice of meeting 

(02/09/2011). 

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

of meeting (02/08/2011). 
January 28, 2011 ENCLOSURE O 

4. Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving Proposed No 

Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing Sensitive Unclassified 

Non-Safeguards Information and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive 

Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information.