INFORMATION REPORT

September 2, 2011 SECY-11-0123

For: The Commissioners 

From: Nader L. Mamish 

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING AUGUST 26, 2011 

Contents Enclosure

Administration A 

Human Resources B 

Information Services C 

Nuclear Reactor Regulation D 

Nuclear Regulatory Research E 

Public Affairs F 

Secretary G 

Nader L. Mamish 

Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: 

L. Rakovan, OEDO 
September 2, 2011 SECY-11-0123

For: The Commissioners 

From: Nader L. Mamish 

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING AUGUST 26, 2011 

Contents Enclosure

Administration A 

Human Resources B 

Information Services C 

Nuclear Reactor Regulation D 

Nuclear Regulatory Research E 

Public Affairs F 

Secretary G 

 /RA/ 

Nader L. Mamish 

Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: 

L. Rakovan, OEDO 

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August 26, 2011 ENCLOSURE A 

 Office of Administration (ADM) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending August 26, 2011 

Guest/Conference Room Chairs

On August 25, 2011, as a result of a non-competitive acquisition under the General 

Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule, a fixed price Blanket Purchase 

Agreement (BPA) (NRC-HQ-11-A-10-0018) was awarded to JSJ Furniture 

Corporation of Middlebury, Indiana, to provide guest/conference room chairs for NRC 

headquarters. The period of performance is from September 01, 2011, through August 

31, 2012, with four one-year option periods. The ceiling for the BPA is $520,000.00, 

inclusive of all options. 
August 26, 2011 ENCLOSURE B 

 Office of Human Resources (HR) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending August 26, 2011 

Arrivals 

Goetz, Robert SUPV. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR (FOD) OI 

Lewis, Myrisha LEGAL INTERN OGC 

Lighty, Ryan LEGAL INTERN OGC 

Lindell, Joseph LEGAL INTERN OGC 

Pearson. Alayna FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEER NRR 

Skillman, Gordon ACRS MEMBER ACRS 

Wachutka, Jeremy LEGAL INTERN OGC 

Weil, Laura ACMUI MEMBER FSME 

Woodall, Lauren LEGAL INTERN OGC 

Retirements 

Hannan, Mark CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR OI 

Departures 

Belding, Sean STUDENT ENGINEER R-III 

Gupta, Abhinav STRUCTURAL ENGINEER(VISITING FACULTY) RES 

Mcmurray, Nicholas STUDENT ENGINEER (SUMMER) R-II 

Medley, Montia STUDENT CLERK NSIR 

Oguledo, Richard IT ASSISTANT (STEP) OIS 

Orr, Laura ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT R-II 

Wu, Angela STUDENT ENGINEER (CO-OP) NRR 
August 26, 2011 ENCLOSURE C 

Office of Information Services (OIS) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending August 26, 2011 

Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Working Group Meeting

On August 24, 2011, staff attended a CUI Working Group meeting at the Office of the CUI 

Executive Agent (EA). This was the third of weekly meetings to take place until early October 

2011, during which agencies will work to standardize for common use across the Federal 

government the numerous proposed CUI categories and sub-categories that the EA received 

from agencies in May 2011. At this meeting, the topic of discussion was the “Privacy” category 

and its proposed subcategories. The discussion centered around whether two categories, 

“Privacy” and “Personally Identifiable Information,” were sufficient for all government information 

of this nature, or whether it was necessary to have multiple subcategories. The EA will use the 

discussions and subsequent email input from agencies to further standardize and refine the 

“Privacy” category and subcategories. The next meeting, on September 1, 2011, will address 

the “Business Information” category and subcategories, which will include proprietary 

information. 

Council of Agency Paperwork Reduction Act Officers Monthly Meeting

On August 25, 2011, staff from the Information and Records Services Division, OIS, attended a 

meeting convened by the Council of Agency Paperwork Reduction Act Officers at the Treasury 

Department. Agenda item included a live demonstration of the Paperwork Reduction Act 

Comments website, www.pracomment.gov, which allows the public to submit comments on 

agency information collection activities. The site was developed by Google apps, and 

representatives from Google were present to answer questions about the site. The Treasury 

Department currently uses this website. 

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

of August 19, 2011, through August 25, 2011: 

Reactor Operator License and Senior Reactor Operator License for 

named individual 

FOIA/PA-2011-0329 

NRC certification as Senior Reactor Operator – Simulator Instructor for 

named individual 

FOIA/PA-2011-0328 

Senior operating license for Seabrook and Maine Yankee, for named 

individual 

FOIA/PA-2011-0327 

Commissioner Kristine Svinicki, daily public schedule, 2008 to present FOIA/PA-2011-0326 

Documents that review or discuss the merits and/or disadvantages of 

iPads and/or similar pad/table computer devices for employee use 

FOIA/PA-2011-0325 

Fansteel Metals Division (V/R Wesson Division/Johnson Fire Proof Door 

Co./Knaus Motors) Lake County, Lake Bluff, Illinois, all records 

FOIA/PA-2011-0324 

Security clearance records on named individual FOIA/PA-2011-0323 
August 26, 2011 ENCLOSURE D 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending August 26, 2011 

Pre-licensing Meeting with South Texas Project (STP) Nuclear Operating Company

On August 22, 2011, representatives of the STP Nuclear Operating Company and staff met to 

discuss the licensee’s proposed risk-informed approach for resolving Generic Safety Issue No. 

191 (GSI-191), “Assessment of Debris Accumulation on Pressurized-Water Reactor (PWR) 

Sump Performance,” regarding STP, Units 1 and 2. This is the fifth pre-licensing meeting where 

the licensee has discussed its proposed use of the criteria in Regulatory Guide 1.174, “An 

Approach for Using Probabilistic Risk Assessment in Risk-Informed Decisions on Plant-Specific 

Changes to the Licensing Basis,” to resolve GSI-191 for STP. 

Staff Issues Columbia Generating Station License Renewal Draft Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) For Public Comment

On August 23, 2011, the staff issued for public comment the draft of NUREG-1437, Generic 

Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 47, 

Regarding Columbia Generating Station. This SEIS includes the staff’s preliminary analysis that 

considers and weighs the environmental effects of the proposed action, the environmental 

impacts of alternatives to the proposed action, and mitigative measures available for reducing or 

avoiding adverse impacts. It also includes the staff’s preliminary recommendation that the 

adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for Columbia Generating Station are not 

great enough to deny the option of license renewal for energy-planning decision-makers. The 

public comment period ends on November 16, 2011. The staff has scheduled public meetings 

near the plant on September 27, 2011, to present its analyses and accept public comments on 

the draft SEIS. 

Fire Protection Meeting on National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 805 Frequently Asked 

Questions

On August 25, 2011, the staff held, via teleconferencing, a Category 2 public meeting with the 

Nuclear Energy Institute NFPA Standard 805 Task Force, other stakeholders, and the public, to 

discuss the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) related to licensees’ adoption of NFPA 805. 

The staff began holding these monthly public meetings in July 2006. 

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August 26, 2011 ENCLOSURE E 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending August 26, 2011 

Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Meeting

On August 23-25, 2011, RES hosted the bi-annual NDE TAG Meeting at the Pacific Northwest 

National Laboratory (PNNL). Over 30 staff members from NRR, RES, Regions I-IV, and PNNL 

discussed NDE-specific regulatory issues, emergent operational experience, regional topics, 

and regulatory research results relevant to regional inspectors and NRR. This meeting also 

provided an excellent opportunity for several new inspectors to gain experience from senior 

inspectors and staff. In addition to the meetings, PNNL provided tours of all of their NDE 

facilities as well as the Department of Energy Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory. 
August 26, 2011 ENCLOSURE F 

 Office of Public Affairs (OPA) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending August 26, 2011 

OPA Received Significant Media Inquiries on the Following:

The Commission’s Staff Requirements Memorandum on the Japan Task Force 

recommendations. 

NRC’s role and the status of Hurricane Irene preparations. 

Virginia earthquake and the impact to nuclear reactors specifically North Anna nuclear power 

plant. 

Other Public Affairs Items:

OPA taped live television, radio, and newspaper interviews on the earthquake event and 

seismic issues at nuclear plants with WAMU, AP, Bloomberg, DowJones, Platts, Politico and 

Argus Media Reuters, LA Times, USAToday, NHK, the Wall Street Journal, Energy Daily, 

AOL.Government, Engineering News Record, Weekly Intelligence, Kyoto News, Japanese 

Network service, The Daily Cavalier (UVa student paper). In Region I, the Pittsburgh PostGazette, AP-NJ, Platts, the Riverhead (New York), the Asbury Park (New Jersey) Press, the 

Calvert County (Maryland) Times, SNL Energy, and The Day (of New London, Conn.) and many 

more. 

 

OPA advised the reporters that the region’s incident response centers were staffed and 

monitoring the storm and our affected regulated facilities all weekend. OPA issued a press 

release, blog, tweets on hurricane preparations, and forwarded the media request for power 

plant status reports over the weekend. 

NRC launched its social media site on Twitter to help alert the public of real-time NRC news and 

information. 

Press Releases Issued

Headquarters:

11-159 NRC Makes Preparations for Approach of Hurricane Irene; Dispatches Additional 

Inspectors to Nuclear Plants (08/26/2011)

ftr-08-25-11 **FOR THE RECORD** NRC CLARIFIES EARTHQUAKE MEASUREMENTS 

AND DESIGN CRITERIA (08/25/2011) 

11-058 NRC to Release Preliminary Evaluations of Rulemaking Request Regarding 

Emergency Core Cooling Requirements(08/25/2011)

11-157 NRC Continues to Assess North Anna Nuclear Power Plant Following Virginia 

Earthquake (08/24/2011)

11-156 Follow NRC on Twitter (08/24/2011)

11-155 NRC Presenting at National Academy of Sciences Meeting August 29, 2011, on 

NRC-Sponsored Cancer Risk Study (08/24/2011)

11-154 NRC Seeks Comment on Draft Environmental Report for Columbia Nuclear Plant 

License Renewal; Meeting September 27, 2011 (08/24/2011)
August 26, 2011 ENCLOSURE F 

11-153 NRC Monitoring Alert at North Anna Following Virginia Earthquake (08/23/2011)

11-152 NRC to Discuss Japan Task Force Recommendations August 31, 2011, in 

Rockville, Maryland. (08/23/2011)

Regions:

I-11-029 NRC to Hold Predecisional Enforcement Conference with International Cyclotron, 

Inc.(08/25/2011)

II-11-051 NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at Summer Nuclear Power Plant 

(08/24/2011)

II-11-050 NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at North Anna Nuclear Power Plant 

(08/24/2011)

II-11-049 NRC Assigns Resident Inspector to Robinson Nuclear Power Plant (08/24/2011)

II-11-048 NRC Schedules Meeting in Atlanta to Discuss Upcoming Inspections at Browns 

Ferry Nuclear Power Plant(08/24/2011)

III-11-032 NRC Cites Perry Nuclear Plant for Issues Involving Radiological Controls 

(08/26/2011)

IV-11-038 NRC Issues Confirmatory Order to Entergy With Actions to Improve Quality 

Control and Employee Concerns Programs (08/25/2011)
August 26, 2011 ENCLOSURE G

 Office of the Secretary (SECY) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending August 26, 2011 

Document Released 

to Public 

Date Subject

Decision Documents

1. SECY-11-0105 08/04/2011 Proposed Minor Revision to Management 

Directive 5.12, “International Nuclear Event 

Scale Participation) 

2. SECY-11-0107 08/04/2011 Final Rule: Requirements for FingerprintBased Criminal History Records Checks for 

Individuals Seeking Unescorted Access to 

Nonpower Reactors (Research or Test 

Reactors) (RIN 3150-AI25) 

3. SRM on COMWDM-11-

0001/COMWCO-11-0001 

08/22/2011 Engagement of Stakeholders Regarding the 

Events in Japan 

4. Chairman Jaczko vote on 

SECY-11-0105 

08/17/2011 Proposed Minor Revision to Management 

Directive 5.12, "International Nuclear Event 

Scale Participation" 

5. Chairman Jaczko vote and 

comments on SECY-11-

0094 

08/11/2011 Advantages and Disadvantages of 

Changing the Current Authentication 

Assurance Level (Level 4) of the National 

Source Tracking System 

Information Papers

1. SECY-11-0115 08/19/2011 Staff Statement in Support of the 

Uncontested Hearings for Issuance of 

Combined Licenses for the Virgil C. Summer 

Nuclear Station, Units 2 and 3 (Docket Nos. 

52-027 and 52-028) 

2. SECY-11-0112 08/26/2011 Staff Assessment of Selected Small Modular 

Reactor Issues Identified in SECY-10-0034 

Commission Correspondence

1. Letter to Congress, dated August 19, 2011, responds and provides described actions 

planned in response to the recommendations identified in GAO-11-563 report, 

"Oversight of Underground Piping Systems Commensurate with Risk, but Proactive 

Measures Could Help Address Future Leaks." 

2. Letter to Congressman Jason Altmire, et al., dated August 16, 2011, responds to letter 

concerning information related to interest in the rulemaking on design certification for the 

Westinghouse AP1000. 

3. Letter to Congressman Edward Markey, dated August 15, 2011, responds to letter, and 

questions, regarding safety concerns with the AP1000 reactor design. 
August 26, 2011 ENCLOSURE G

Federal Register Notices Issued

 

1. Notice of Hearing, Docket Nos. 52-027-COL and 52-028-COL, South Carolina Public 

Service Authority (Also Referred to as Santee Cooper); Combined Licenses for Virgil C. 

Summer Nuclear Station, Units 2 and 3. 

2. Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, Subcommittee Meeting on Thermal 

Hydraulics Phenomena, notice of meeting (09/07/2011, a.m.). 

3. NRC Request for a License to Import Radioactive Waste.