INFORMATION REPORT

June 26, 2009 SECY-09-0096

For: The Commissioners 

From: Vonna L. Ordaz 

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

JUNE 19, 2009 

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 Mindy Landau for/ 

Vonna L. Ordaz 

Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: 

V. Medina, OEDO 
June 26, 2009 SECY-09-0096

For: The Commissioners 

From: Vonna L. Ordaz, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

JUNE 19, 2009 

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 Mindy Landau for/ 

 

Vonna L. Ordaz 

Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: 

V. Medina, OEDO 

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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING JUNE 19, 2009

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

Headquarters and Regional Office activities. 

Contact: Veronika Medina, OEDO by E-mail: Veronika.Medina@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 
June 19, 2009 ENCLOSURE C 

 Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending June 19, 2009 

Spring Meeting of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

On June 11, 2009, staff observed the spring meeting of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review 

Board (Board) in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Board heard presentations and discussed high-level 

waste topics on (1) inventory projections (2) alternatives to disposal other than at Yucca 

Mountain, Nevada, and (3) research and data needs for very long-term dry storage of spent 

nuclear fuel. Participants included representatives from the Department of Energy, State of 

Nevada, Nuclear Energy Institute, Congressional Research Service, Electric Power Research 

Institute, Transnuclear, Inc., and Dominion Power Company. 

European Institutes Information Exchange on High-Level Waste Management

From May 30 to June 6, 2009, staff visited four European research institutes. The staff met with 

technical experts in the studies of nickel-based alloy corrosion, waste form performance, and 

radionuclide behavior under geologic repository conditions. The waste forms discussed 

included high burn-up spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste glass. The goals of the meetings 

were to obtain new data and exchange views on issues related to this data. The visits were with: 

Commissariat à l’énergie Atomique, France; Nuclear Research Center, Belgium; and Institute für 

Nukleare Entsorgung and Institute for Transuranium Elements, Germany. 
June 19, 2009 ENCLOSURE D 

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

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending June 19, 2009 

Region IV Nuclear Materials Program Evaluated

On June 15, 2009, the Management Review Board met to consider the findings of the Region IV 

Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program review. The Region’s nuclear materials 

program was found satisfactory for all indicators reviewed. Overall, the Region was found 

adequate to protect public health and safety. 

Uranium Milling Requirements Discussed

On June 15, 2009, FSME staff met with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staff to 

discuss EPA’s plans to broadly revise 40 CFR 192. 40 CFR 192 provides the standards for 

NRC’s Part 40, Appendix A, uranium milling requirements. After 40 CFR 192 is finalized, NRC 

will conform its regulations on groundwater protection for In Situ Recovery facilities, to meet the 

revised 40 CFR 192 standards. EPA plans to publish the proposed rule in early 2011. 
June 19, 2009 ENCLOSURE H 

 Office of Information Services (OIS) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending June 19, 2009 

Knowledge Management: Tools and Methods

On June 9 and 17, 2009, staff from the Information and Records Services Division’s Knowledge 

Management Working Group offered an Information Series workshop entitled Knowledge 

Management: Tools and Methods. This workshop was hosted by the Records and Archives 

Services Section (RASS). Discussions were held on the status of the records program and the 

goals it shares with knowledge management. RASS also covered records management 

methodologies that can apply to knowledge management and showcased the Records 

Management Toolkit which was presented by staff from the National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). 

IRSD Staff Member Attends Special Libraries Association Centennial Conference

On June 15 – 17, 2009, staff from the Information and Records Services Division attended the 

Special Libraries Association Centennial Conference which was held in Washington, DC. 

Sessions were held on digitization projects, using Taxonomies in SharePoint databases, 

measures toolkits for librarians, and a poster session on library marketing. The opening Session 

keynote speaker was former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell. 

Biennial Review of Agency Contracts

On June 16, 2009, the Information and Records Services Division completed the biennial review 

of agency contracts that provide for the operation of a Privacy Act system of records (any activity 

associated with the maintenance, collection, use, and/or dissemination of Privacy Act records), 

as required by the Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-130. This review looked at 

a random sample of Nuclear Regulatory Commission contracts to ensure that the wording of 

each makes the provisions of the Privacy Act binding on the contractor and their employees by 

including by reference Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses 52.224-1, Privacy Act 

Notification, and 52.224-2, Privacy Act. Of the 23 agency contracts reviewed this year, three 

required an administrative modification to incorporate the required FAR clauses. A summary 

report of this review is in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 

(ML091670242). 

Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Council - Working Group

On June 16, 2009, staff from the Information and Records Services Division participated in a 

working group of the CUI Council at the NARA, which is the Executive Agency for implementing 

the Federal-wide CUI framework. The purpose of the meeting was to again discuss and further 

develop the specified dissemination instructions for information that is not releasable to foreign 

nationals and to begin discussion on the specified dissemination instructions for intellectual 

property. The goal of writing the specified dissemination instructions is to standardize them so 

all agencies can use one specified dissemination instruction. The next meeting of this working 

group will be on June 30, 2009, to review the draft instruction for intellectual property and begin 

discussion on the instruction for legal information. 
June 19, 2009 ENCLOSURE H 

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

of June 12, 2009 through June 18, 2009: 

Office of the Inspector General records on named individual FOIA/PA-2009-0195 

NRC licenses SNM-124, Docket 70-143; SNM-42, Docket 70-27; 

SNM-1227, Docket 1201; SNM-1097, Docket 70-1113; SNM-1107, 

Docket 70-1151; SUB-0526, Docket 40-3392; SNM-7003, Docket 

70-7002; GDP-1, Docket 70-7001; Inspections and NRC billed 

inspector hours, 2007, 2008, 2009 

FOIA/PA-2009-0196 

Ammunition purchased in 2008 and cost; number of agents carrying 

firearms in 2008 

FOIA/PA-2009-0197 

General Electric/Hitachi Global Laser Enrichment application for 

license to build and operate facilities regarding advanced laser-based 

uranium enrichment technology, environmental impact statement 

FOIA/PA-2009-0198 

Contract NRC0807418, awarded to Advanced Systems Technology 

and Management, Inc., awarded contract and statement of work 

FOIA/PA-2009-0199 

Contract NRC0808307, awarded to Advanced Systems Technology 

and Management, Inc., awarded contract and statement of work 

FOIA/PA-2009-0200 

Contract NRC0809305, awarded to Qi Tech, LLC, awarded contract 

and statement of work 

FOIA/PA-2009-0201 
June 19, 2009 ENCLOSURE J 

 Office of Human Resources (HR) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending June 19, 2009 

Arrivals 

Abogunde, Maryann General Engineer/Scientist (NSPDP) RI 

Adams, William Sr. Contract Specialist ADM 

Bertman, Jason Student Management Assistant RES 

Braden, Michael General Engineer (NSPDP) NRO 

Garcia, Karla Student Contract Assistant ACRS 

Green, Matthew Visual Information Spec. (Graphics) ADM 

Heverly, Christopher Student Management Assistant RES 

Kazi, Abdul Structural Engineer NRO 

Martin, Starlet Secretary (OA) RI 

Morgan, Thomas General Engineer (NSPDP) NRR 

Murry, Maisha Student Health Physicist RI 

Pando, Jaime Student Engineer FSME 

Schroer, Suzanne General Engineer (NSPDP) NRO 

Shen, Song-Hua Sr. Reliability and Risk Analyst RES 

Thurston, Carl Reactor Systems Engineer RES 

Wilson, Scott Health Physicist RI 

Wucher, John IT Specialist RES 

Departures

Kelley, Paul Team Leader NSIR 

Luebbering, Amy Chemical Engineer NMSS 
June 19, 2009 ENCLOSURE M 

 Office of Public Affairs (OPA) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending June 19, 2009 

OPA Received Significant Media Inquiries on the Following

Investigation at Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant near Lancaster, Pennsylvania concerning former 

plant personnel failures to report certain arrest information. 

Decommissioning funding shortfalls at some of the nation’s reactors. 

Service water leak at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant, located near Brattleboro, Vermont. 

Proposed rule changes to emergency preparedness at current and planned units at the Vogtle 

Nuclear Plant, near Savannah, Georgia. 

Botched brachytherapy treatments at the Veteran’s Affairs Hospital in Philadelphia. 

 

Other Public Affairs Items

OPA supported an Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation meeting with Entergy and discussed a 

proposal to discuss movement of spent nuclear fuel on site at Indian Point nuclear plant 

(Buchanan, New York). 

 

The Federal Times interviewed the Director of Human Resources on how the June 11 Office of 

Management and Budget letter is a start to fixing some of the government’s hiring and personnel 

problems. 

Press Releases

Headquarters:

09-111 NRC Commissioner Peter B. Lyons Honored by American Nuclear Society for 

Outstanding Contributions to the Nuclear Field (6/16) 

09-112 NRC Requests Plans from 18 Nuclear Power Plants to Address Apparent 

Decommissioning Funding Assurance Shortfalls (6/19) 

09-113 NRC to Discuss Decommissioning Plan for Fermi Nuclear Plant Unit 1 at Public 

Meeting June 30 in Monroe, Michigan (6/19) 

Regions:

IV-09-021 NRC to Discuss 2008 Performance Assessment for Comanche Peak Nuclear 

Plant (6/15) 

I-09-033 NRC Names New Resident Inspector at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant (6/16) 

IV-09-023 NRC Names New Resident Inspector at Columbia Generating Station (6/19) 

IV-09-022 NRC Names New Resident Inspector at Wolf Creek Generating Station (6/19) 
June 19, 2009 ENCLOSURE O 

 Office of the Secretary (SECY) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending June 19, 2009 

Document Released 

to Public 

Date Subject 

Information Papers

1. SECY-09-0088 6/12/09 Weekly Information Report – Week Ending 

June 5, 2009 

2. SECY-09-0082 5/28/09 Update on Reprocessing Regulatory 

Framework-Summary of Gap Analysis 

Memoranda

1. M090604A 6/17/09 Staff Requirements – Briefing on Digital 

Instrumentation and Control 

Federal Register Notices Issued

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

Metallurgy, and Reactor Fuels Subcommittee, notice of meeting (07/07/2009). 

2. Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Dockets Nos. 50-424 & 50-425, Notice of 

Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License, Proposed No 

Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing and 

Order Imposing Procedures for Access to SUNSI for Contention Preparation. 

3. Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, David B. Kuhl, II (Denial of Senior 

Reactor Operator License). 

4. Proposed rule. Export and Import of Nuclear Equipment and Material; Updates and 

Clarifications, 10 CFR Part 110. 

5. ACRS, Revision to July 8-10, 2009, ACRS meeting - Federal Register Notice. 
June 19, 2009 ENCLOSURE P 

Region II (RII) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending June 19, 2009 

Region II Inspector Counterpart Meeting

From June 16-18, 2009, Region II held an Inspector Counterpart meeting. On June 17, the 

Executive Director for Operations, and June 18, the Deputy Executive Director for Corporate 

Management made presentations to the staff. 
June 19, 2009 

 Office of Congressional Affairs (OCA)  Items of Interest  Week Ending June 19, 2009 

CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS SCHEDULE, NO. 14 

OCA Contact 

Date & Place Time Committee Subject Witnesses 

Riley 06/16/09 

342 DSOB 

10:00 Senate Homeland Security 

and Governmental Affairs Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia Subcommittee (Senators Akaka / Voinovich) 

Pandemic Flu Preparedness and the Federal Workforce 

• Elaine C. Duke – 

Security for Mana

• Bruce Gellin – Di

Program Office, OScience, DepartmServices 

• Nancy H. Kichak 

Human ResourcePersonnel Manag

• Bernice Steinhard

Government Acc

Decker 06/16/09 

366 DSOB 

10:15 Senate Energy and Natural 

Resources Committee (Senators Bingaman / Murkowski) 

Comprehensive Energy Policy • Mark Up 

Decker 06/17/09 

366 DSOB 

9:00 Senate Energy and Natural 

Resource Committee (Senators Bingaman / Murkowski) 

Comprehensive Energy Policy • Mark Up 
June 19, 2009 

Weil 06/17/09 

2318 RHOB 

10:00 House Science and 

Technology Committee (Representatives Gordon / 

Nuclear Fuel Recycling • Mark Peters – De

Director, Argonne 

• Alan S. Hanson – 

Technology and Areva 

• Lisa Price – Seni

Nuclear Energy a

• Charles D. Fergu

Technology, Cou