INFORMATION REPORT 

July 15, 2010 SECY-10-0091

For: The Commissioners 

From: Nader L. Mamish 

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

JULY 9, 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 
July 15, 2010 SECY-10-0091

For: The Commissioners 

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

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

JULY 9, 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 JULY 9, 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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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 
July 9, 2009 ENCLOSURE A 

 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending July 9, 2010 

Differing Professional Opinion on Fire Protection

On March 25, 2010, the NRR Director issued a decision on a Differing Professional Opinion 

(DPO) involving proposed language for Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.205, “Risk-Informed, 

Performance-Based Fire Protection for Existing Light-Water Nuclear Power Plants,” Revision 1 

(DPO-2009-001). On July 24 and July 27, 2009, two NRC employees submitted DPOs that 

focused on the July 2009 version of the RG that asked the licensee to evaluate the additional 

risk from recovery actions, but the NRC staff was precluded from evaluating acceptability of any 

risk increases. Because the issues included in the DPOs were similar, both employees agreed to 

combine the issues in a single DPO. 

On February 1, 2010, an Ad Hoc Review Panel (the Panel) provided the results of its 

independent review to the NRR Director. The Panel concluded that the submitters’ issue was 

valid and that the proposed revisions to RG 1.205 were not compliant with Title 10, Section 

50.48(c), of the Code of Federal Regulations (10CFR50.48(c)) and the referenced 2001 Edition 

of NFPA-805. However, prior to the completion of the DPO panel’s deliberation, the submitters 

and their management worked collaboratively to develop alternative language that was 

incorporated into Revision 1 of RG-1.205. The RG was issued in December 2009, and as a 

result, the concerns raised in the DPO have been resolved. 

The Panel also concluded the root cause of the differing view stemmed from varying 

interpretations of how an existing licensing basis is affected when a licensee adopts an 

alternative rule and recommended that a consistent Office interpretation be developed and 

documented so as to minimize the potential for similar differing views. Based on a review of the 

Panel’s report and additional comments from the DPO submitters, the NRR Director agreed with 

the Panel’s conclusions and recommendations and tasked the staff to consider the need to 

establish clear guidance concerning the transition to alternative rules and its effect on the 

affected plant’s current licensing basis. The records associated with DPO-2009-001 are 

included in ADAMS ML101590266. 
July 9, 2009 ENCLOSURE C 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending July 9, 2010 

Fuel Cycle Information Exchange Conference

On June 29 through July 1, 2010, NMSS held its Fifth Annual Fuel Cycle Information Exchange 

(FCIX) Conference at the Doubletree Hotel, Executive Meeting Center in Bethesda, Maryland. 

 Over 200 individuals attended the conference. There were 42 speakers at the FCIX, including 

officials of the NRC, the domestic and international fuel cycle industries, special interest public 

groups, and domestic and international government agencies. Information on FCIX 2010, 

including the program and presentations can be found at http://www.nrc.gov/publicinvolve/conference-symposia/fcix/program.html

The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board meeting in Idaho Falls, Idaho

On June 29, 2010, NMSS staff observed the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board 

meeting in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Presentations at the meeting included summaries of the U. S. 

Department of Energy (DOE) Used Nuclear Fuel Disposition program, the DOE approach for 

spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste management in Idaho facilities, and concepts for 

advanced reactor and fuel cycle technologies. 

Seminar on “Scientists’ Understanding of the Public”

On June 29, 2010, an NMSS staff member attended a seminar jointly hosted by the American 

Academy of Arts and Sciences (the Academy) and the Washington Science Policy Alliance on 

Scientists’ Understanding of the Public. The event highlighted the Academy’s study on 

Improving the Scientific Community’s Understanding of Public Concerns about Science and 

Technology. Four workshops brought together more than 50 scientists, engineers, ethicists, 

lawyers, former public officials, and science journalists, to examine the ways in which scientists 

engage with the public and how their mutual understanding could be improved. These 

workshops addressed: The Next Generation of the Internet; Public Perceptions of Nuclear 

Waste Repositories; The Spread of Personal Genetic Information; and the Risk and Benefits of 

Emerging Energy Technologies. 
July 9, 2009 ENCLOSURE D 

 Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs (FSME) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending July 9, 2010 

NRC Publishes the Governors’ Designees Receiving Advance Notification of Transportation of 

Nuclear Waste

On July 1, 2010, the NRC published in the Federal Register (75 FR 38151) the Governors’ 

Designees Receiving Advance Notification of Transportation of Nuclear Waste. Amendments to 

10 CFR Parts 71 and 73 (effective July 6, 1982) require advance notification to Governors or 

their designees by NRC licensees prior to transportation of certain shipments of nuclear waste 

and spent fuel. The advance notification covered in Part 73 is for spent nuclear reactor fuel 

shipments and the notification for Part 71 is for large quantity shipments of radioactive waste 

(and of spent nuclear reactor fuel not covered under the final amendment to 10 CFR Part 73). 

The published list updates the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of those individuals in 

each State who are responsible for receiving information on nuclear waste shipments. Current 

State contact information can also be accessed throughout the year at the FSME external 

website: http://nrc-stp.ornl.gov/special/designee.pdf . 

Public Meeting for Discussion of Moore Ranch Draft License

On June 22, 2010, NRC staff issued a draft license to Uranium One for its proposed Moore 

Ranch in situ uranium recovery facility. Issuance of the draft license is not a final approval but 

does represent a step in the safety review. Uranium One provided written comments on the 

draft license on July 2, 2010. The staff held a public meeting with Uranium One on Wednesday 

July 14, 2010 to discuss these comments. Completion of the final licensing decision is 

dependent on resolution of open issues on the draft license and completion of the Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement. 
July 9, 2009 ENCLOSURE E 

 Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending July 9, 2010 

RES Participates in Fuel Performance Code Review at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 

(PNNL) and Plant Tour at Western Zirconium Plant 

From June 28–July 2, 2010, RES staff traveled to PNNL in Richland, Washington for a program 

review of NRC’s fuel performance codes FRAPCON and FRAPTRAN. These two codes are 

used as regulatory tools to confirm industry calculations of the performance of light-water reactor 

fuel during normal operation, transients, and accidents. In conjunction with this program review, 

the staff visited the spent fuel dry cask storage installation at Columbia Generating Station for a 

presentation providing a detailed description of dry cask loading and installation procedures. 

Information gathered will assist the staff in research related to developing a technical basis for 

extended long-term storage of spent fuel. In addition, the staff toured the Western Zirconium 

Plant in Ogden, Utah, which provided the opportunity for them to become more familiar with the 

manufacturing process and process control procedures for fuel cladding manufacturing. 

Information gathered will assist the staff in supporting agency activities related to licensing new 

cladding designs. 
July 9, 2009 ENCLOSURE G 

Office of Administration (ADM) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending July 9, 2010 

Award for Interior Design Service

On July 2, 2010, as a result of a noncompetitive acquisition, an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite 

Quantity Task Ordering fixed price contract (NRC-10-10-411) was awarded to Lamar Strong 

Associates to provide the NRC with interior design services that will be used for the restoration 

and refurbishment activities of the agency’s White Flint buildings. The period of performance is 

July 8, 2010, through July 7, 2011, with a 1-year option period. The total cost is $400,000.00 

inclusive of all options. 
July 9, 2009 ENCLOSURE H 

 Office of Information Services (OIS) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending July 9, 2010 

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

of July 2, 2010, through July 8, 2010: 

Point of Contact for site fitness facility and/or environmental health and 

safety management 

FOIA/PA-2010-0265 

Allegation RIV-2008-A-0142 Concerns #1 through #7, Interview records FOIA/PA-2010-0266 

General Steel Castings Corporation facility (aka General Steel Industries 

Inc.) Eddystone, Pennsylvania, any and all records pertaining to 

byproduct materials license issued by AEC between 1950 - 1964 

FOIA/PA-2010-0267 

Review of Documents 80 and 81 for OPM Reference Number 2010-

11235, background investigation of named individual 

CON-2010-0004 
July 9, 2009 ENCLOSURE M 

Office of Public Affairs (OPA) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending July 9, 2010 

OPA Received Significant Media Inquiries on the Following: 

 

The suspension of work at the Vogtle construction site (Georgia). 

Aiken County’s request that the three newest Commissioners recuse themselves from reviewing 

the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board’s decision about the Yucca Mountain application. 

Other Public Affairs Items: 

 

OPA contacted Tennessee media to advise them of the restart authorization for Nuclear Fuel 

Services’ Uranium Aluminum process line. 

OPA supported a public meeting to discuss the startup of the URENCO USA (Louisiana Energy 

Services) enrichment facility in Eunice, New Mexico, and the NRC’s continuing inspection of 

operations. 

Press Releases Issued

Headquarters:

10-122 NRC Publishes Annual Security Inspection Report on Nuclear Facilities to 

Congress (7/8/10) 

10-123 Opening Remarks of NRC Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko at Today’s Meeting on 

the Proposed Rule on the Definition of Medical Events (7/8/10) 

10-124 NRC to Use Web Survey to Measure Public Perceptions of Agency 

Transparency (7/8/10) 

Regions:

I-10-031 NRC Chairman to Hold Roundtable Discussion July 14, 2010, on Vermont 

Yankee (7/8/10) 

II-10-054 NRC Schedules Meeting for Public to Comment on Proposed New Turkey Point 

Reactors (7/6/10) 

III-10-028 NRC Schedules Regulatory Conference to Discuss Prairie Island Nuclear Plant 

Inspection Finding (7/6/10) 

III-10-029 NRC Schedules Open House for July 13, 2010, to Discuss Monticello Nuclear 

Power Plant Performance and NRC Oversight (7/6/10) 
July 9, 2010 Enclosure O

 

Office of the Secretary (SECY) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending July 9, 2010 

Documents Released 

to Public Date Subject 

Decision Documents

1. SECY-10-0078 6/16/10 Centralized Emergency Operations Facilities 

and Combined License Applications 

2. SRM on SECY-09-0140 7/2/10 Rulemaking Related to Decoupling an 

Assumed Loss of Offsite Power from a Lossof-Coolant Accident, 10 CFR Part 50, 

Appendix A, General Design Criterion 35 

(RIN 3150-AH43) 

 Commission Voting 

 Record on SECY-09- 

 0140 

7/2/10 (same) 

3. Chairman Jaczko’s vote 

 and comments on SECY- 

 10-0031 

6/11/10 Revising the Fuel Cycle Oversight Process 

Memoranda

1. M100708A 7/8/10 Staff Requirements – Affirmation Session: I. 

SECY-10-0030 – Entergy Nuclear Vermont 

Yankee, LLC, and Entergy Nuclear 

Operations, Inc. (Vermont Yankee Nuclear 

Power Station), Petitions for review of LBP08-25 (Nov. 24, 2008) & LBP-09-9 (July 8, 

2009), Docket No. 50-271-LR; II. SECY-10-

0047 – Pa’ina, Hawaii, LLC (Materials 

License Application), Docket No. 30-36974-

ML, Petition for Review of Licensing Board 

Initial Decision, III. SECY-10-0068 – Entergy 

Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Indian Point 

Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3), Certified 

Questions Arising From Motion for Leave to 

Admit New Contentions 

Commission Correspondence

1. Letter to Congress, dated June 30, 2010, provides the Unclassified 2009 “Report to 

Congress on the Security Inspection Program for Commercial Power Reactor and 

Category I Fuel Cycle Facilities: Results and Status Update.” 
July 9, 2010 Enclosure O

Federal Register Notices Issued

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

Subcommittee on AP1000, notice of meeting (07/21-22/2010).