INFORMATION REPORT 

February 5, 2010 SECY-10-0017

For: The Commissioners 

From: Nader L. Mamish 

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

JANUARY 29, 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: 

G. Ellmers, OEDO 
February 5, 2010 SECY-10-0017

For: The Commissioners 

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

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

JANUARY 29, 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: 

G. Ellmers, OEDO 

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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING JANUARY 29, 2010

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

Headquarters and Regional Office activities. 

Contact: Glenn Ellmers, OEDO by E-mail: Glenn.Ellmers@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 * 

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January 29, 2010 ENCLOSURE A 

 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending January 29, 2010 

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Nuclear Power Engineering Committee 

(NPEC) Meeting in Clearwater, Florida

From January 18-20, 2010, staff attended the IEEE NPEC meeting in Clearwater, Florida. Staff 

attended meetings of Sub-committees 3 and 4 and the overall NPEC joint meeting on January 20. 

In addition, staff participated in several working groups which address changes to IEEE standards, 

such as 308, 741, 765, 352, 577, 933, 336 and P1819 (New Standard). 

Public Meeting on Enhanced Steam Generator Tube Analysis

On January 20, 2010, the staff met publicly with Southern Nuclear Company (Vogtle) and other 

industry representatives to discuss the status of the industry's enhanced steam generator tube 

analysis. The analysis is applicable to 17 pressurized water reactors. In fall 2009, the staff 

approved one-cycle relaxations to the steam generator tube inspection requirements for a 

subset of these units; however, permanent approval was withheld due to an outstanding issue, 

which was the subject of the January 20 meeting. The staff and industry agreed that frequent 

interactions are needed to resolve the outstanding issue on the licensee's proposed schedule. 

The staff indicated that if an acceptable long-term approach is not reached, the integrity of the 

tube-to-tubesheet welds may need to be verified, since the welds in these units are part of the 

pressure boundary and are susceptible to cracking. 

Inservice Test Owners’ Group (ISTOG) Annual Meeting

On January 20-22, 2010, staff attended the ISTOG annual meeting in Orlando, Florida. Several 

papers were presented by industry representatives on recent experiences with inservice test 

programs. These presentations covered the following topics: Code activities, pump 

instrumentation, and pump and valve issues identified during NRC Component Design Basis 

Inspections. 

Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) Workshop on Gas Intrusion

On January 22-23, 2010, staff attended and participated in a NEI Workshop on Gas Intrusion in 

Savannah, Georgia. The Workshop, the fourth and final workshop, was attended by about 120 

participants, including representatives from NEI, licensees, Pressurized-Water Reactor Owners 

Group (PWROG), Boiling Water Reactor Owners Group (BWROG), Institute of Nuclear Power 

Operations, and Electric Power Research Institute. Key topics discussed were the draft NEI 

2009-10 Guidance Document on Gas intrusion, void acceptance criteria, plant modifications to 

detect and prevent voids, and proposed gas accumulation related Technical Specifications (TS) 

changes. Though this was the last NEI Workshop, meetings between the NRC, NEI, PWROG, 

and BWROG will continue until the NEI Guidance Document, void acceptance criteria, and TS 

changes are issued. 
January 29, 2010 ENCLOSURE A 

Public Meeting with Diablo Canyon Power Plant Licensee Regarding Generic Letter 2004-02, 

Pressurized Water Reactor Sump Performance

On January 27, 2010, the staff held a public telephone conference with the licensee for Diablo 

Canyon Power Plant to discuss the licensee's planned responses to a staff request for additional 

information regarding Generic Letter 2004-02, “Pressurized Water Reactor Sump Performance.” 
January 29, 2010 ENCLOSURE D 

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

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending January 29, 2010 

Uranium One Exploration, U.S.A. Inc. (Uranium One) Completion of Purchase of NRC Licensee 

Cogema Mining, Inc. (Cogema)

On January 25, 2010, Uranium One completed its purchase of NRC licensee Cogema. Uranium 

One has become the parent company of Cogema and their Source Material License SUA-1341 

for the Irigaray and Christensen Ranch in-situ recovery facilities in Wyoming. On December 17, 

2009, FSME staff approved the ownership change (ML093290085). The companies requested 

approval of the sale in an application to the NRC dated September 18, 2009. 

Planned Extension of Comment Periods for Supplemental Environmental Impact Statements 

(SEISs)

On January 29, 2010, FSME extended the comment periods by 30 days for the draft SEISs for 

the Lost Creek, Moore Ranch, and Hank & Nichols sites in-situ uranium milling applications. 

NRC published the three draft SEISs on December 11, 2009, with comment periods to close on 

February 1, 2010. The extensions are the result of several requests received by interested 

parties based primarily on the amount of material to be reviewed and that the comment periods 

occurred over the holiday season. The 30-day extension of the comment periods will result in 

approximately one-month delays in the issuances of the three final SEISs for those sites as well 

as in the issuances of the three licensing decisions for those sites, which are expected in July 

2010. 
January 29, 2010 ENCLOSURE E 

 Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending January 29, 2010 

RES Staff Meets with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to Discuss 

Concrete Aging Management Issues

On January 27, 2010, RES staff met with representatives of the NIST Materials and Construction 

Research Division. The meeting was held on the NIST campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The 

purpose of the meeting was to discuss concrete aging management issues and other areas of 

research. RES staff highlighted some current areas of research and NIST staff presented an 

overview of their organization and research capabilities, and described several current areas of 

research. NIST has received funds to build a new fire testing laboratory that will be used to 

conduct fire tests on buildings at full scale. At the conclusion of the meeting, RES staff had an 

opportunity to visit NIST’s building research test facility, which is capable of cyclic load testing of 

structural elements up to 40 feet in length under compression and cyclic lateral loading. RES 

staff extended an invitation to NIST staff to present one or more seminars at NRC. 
January 29, 2010 ENCLOSURE G 

Office of Administration (ADM) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending January 29, 2010 

Mark Edward Leyse; Receipt of Petition for Rulemaking, 10 CFR Part 50 (PRM-50-94),

NRC-2009-0554)

On January 25, 2010, the NRC published a document (75 FR 3876) in the Federal Register

noticing receipt of and requesting public comment on a petition for rulemaking dated 

November 17, 2009, filed by Mark Edward Leyse. The petitioner requests that the NRC amend 

its regulations regarding the domestic licensing of production and utilization facilities. 

Specifically, the petitioner requests that the NRC revise its regulations based on data from multirod (assembly) severe fuel damage experiments. The petitioner also requests that the NRC 

promulgate a regulation that will stipulate minimum allowable core reflood rates in the event of a 

loss-of-coolant accident. The comment period for this action closes April 12, 2010. 
January 29, 2010 ENCLOSURE H 

 Office of Information Services (OIS) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending January 29, 2010 

Council of Agency Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) Officers Meeting

On January 28, 2010, staff attended a meeting convened by the Council of Agency PRA Officers 

at the Treasury Department. Agenda items included: highlights of the Office of Management 

and Budget’s (OMB) December 17, 2009, meeting regarding the October 27, 2009, (74 FR 

55269) Federal Register Notice on improving the PRA; discussion of the OMB December 30, 

2009, follow up data call; Public Key Infrastructure service for Federal Register Submissions; 

and Regulatory Information Service Center and Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 

Consolidated Information System (ROCIS) updates. ROCIS enables Federal agencies to 

electronically submit regulations to OMB for review and comment. 

An OMB guest speaker answered several of the group’s questions on topics such as 

improvement of OMB’s ROCIS electronic submission system, best practices for submission of 

PRA documents to OMB, and future trends of the PRA with regard to the Open Government 

initiative. Several agencies attended this meeting and shared issues and best practices on how 

best to complete OMB submissions efficiently. The group plans to continue to meet monthly at 

Treasury, and welcomed NRC as a new member. 

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

of January 22, 2010, through January 28, 2010: 

Letter dated May 29, 2009, from Jeanette Mott Oxford, Missouri 

legislature to Gregory Jaczko, regarding incident at Callaway on 

October 21, 2003 

FOIA/PA-2010-0108 

Four letters, along with attachments and enclosures, regarding 

Allegation RIV-2007-A-0028 

FOIA/PA-2010-0109 

Six letters along with attachments and enclosures to be released 

regarding Allegation RIV-2007-A-0093 

FOIA/PA-2010-0110 

All records on named individual FOIA/PA-2010-0111 

Closing memorandum for Case 06-34 FOIA/PA-2010-0112 

Report of Investigation for Case 97-28I FOIA/PA-2010-0113 

NUREG/CR-5500, Volume 2 and NUREG/CR-5560 FOIA/PA-2010-0114 

Documents regarding Middlesex County, New Jersey. Sewage Authority 

& National Lead Company 

FOIA/PA-2010-0115 
January 29, 2010 ENCLOSURE J 

Office of Human Resources (HR) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending January 29, 2010 

Arrivals 

Buford, Angela STRUCTURAL ENGINEER NRR 

Cooper, Paula STRUCTURAL ENGINEER NRR 

Einstein, Douglas CONSULTANT FSME 

Farrell, Alley ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT RIV 

Jones, Angela SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST 

(BENEFITS) HR 

Kichline, Michelle MECHANICAL ENGINEER NRR 

Liegey, Patricia SAFETY & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 

MANAGER ADM 

Lopez-Nagle, Martha SR. HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST HR 

Meyer, Walter PROJECT MANAGER NRR 

Smith, April REACTOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER (GENERIC 

ISSUES) RES 

Stevens, Gary SENIOR MATERIALS ENGINEER RES 

Retirements 

Caputo, Guy DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF INVESTIGATION OI 

Shirley, Susan CRIMINAL HISTORY PROG ASSIST ADM 

Departures 

Guenther, Siegfried SR. REACTOR ENGINEER NRR 

Hernandez Quinones, Samuel BRANCH CHIEF NRR 

Holbrook, Bobby EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INSPECTOR RII 

Koenick, Stephen SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER NRO 

Petrone, Charles SENIOR REACTOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER NRR 

Ryan, Rebecca MANAGEMENT ANALYST OIG 
January 29, 2010 ENCLOSURE M 

 Office of Public Affairs (OPA) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending January 29, 2010 

OPA Received Significant Media Inquiries on the Following: 

Reported tritium leak at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Burlington, Vermont and its 

impact on the groundwater and the environment. 

The recent announcement establishing a Blue Ribbon Nuclear Waste Commission and the 

issues of safe management of spent nuclear fuel. 

Exelon’s proposal to store low-level radioactive waste from its Limerick nuclear plant at its Peach 

bottom nuclear power plant located in Pennsylvania. 

Other Public Affairs Items

OPA supported Chairman Jaczko at an opening ceremony of the new Energy and 

Environmental Resource Center by PSEG at the Salem/Hope Creek nuclear reactor complex in 

New Jersey. 

Press Releases

Headquarters:

10-016 Remarks of NRC Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko at Program Briefing from NRC 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (1/26) 

10-017 NRC Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards to Meet February 4-6 in 

Rockville, Maryland (1/27) 

10-018 NRC to Discuss Process for Review of License Renewal Application for Diablo 

Canyon Nuclear Plant (1/28) 

10-019 NRC Extends Comment Period to March 3 on Draft Environmental Reports for 

Proposed Uranium Recovery Facilities (1/29)

Regions:

III-10-003 NRC Names New Resident Inspector at Perry Nuclear Power Plant (1/25) 
January 29, 2010 ENCLOSURE O

Office of the Secretary (SECY) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending January 29, 2010 

Document Released 

to Public 

Date Subject 

Decision Documents

1. SECY-09-0136 09/18/09 Denial of Petition for Rulemaking 

Requesting a Ban on the Use and Export of 

High Enriched Uranium (PRM-50-90) 

 SRM-SECY-09-0136 12/30/09 (same) 

 Commission Voting 

 Record on SECY-09-136 

12/30/09 (same) 

Commission Correspondence

1. Letter to Senator Arlen Specter, dated January 18, 2010, responds to letter expressing 

concerns about issues that were raised in a November 15, 2009, article published in the 

Philadelphia Inquirer regarding the prostate brachytherapy program at the Philadelphia 

Veterans Administration Medical Center. 

2. Letter to Jefferson Keel, President of the National Congress of American Indians, dated 

January 18, 2010, expresses congratulations on recent election as President of the 

National Congress of American Indians. 

3. Letter to Peter Orszag, Director, Office of Management and Budget, dated January 15, 

2010, provides the NRC’s designation of a Senior Sustainability Officer. 

Federal Register Notices Issued

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

Subcommittee on Evolutionary Power Reactors, notice of meeting (02/18-19/2010). 

2. ACRS, Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Radiation Protection and Nuclear 

Materials, notice of meeting (02/17/2010).