INFORMATION REPORT 

October 11, 2011 SECY-11-0141

For: The Commissioners 

From: Nader L. Mamish 

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 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 
October 11, 2011 SECY-11-0141

For: The Commissioners 

From: Nader L. Mamish 

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 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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EDO R/F 

AO R/F 

ADAMS ML11279A097

OFFICE OEDO AO/OEDO 

NAME LRakovan NMamish 

DATE 10/7/11 10/11/11 

 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
September 30, 2011 ENCLOSURE A 

 Office of Administration (ADM) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending September 30, 2011 

NRC Headquarters Space Renovation and Reconfiguration Support

On September 26, 2011, as a result of a competitive 8(a) negotiated acquisition, three Indefinite 

Quantity-Indefinite Delivery contracts (NRC-HQ-11-C-10-0074, NRC-HQ-11-C-10-0075, and 

NRC-HQ-11-C-10-0076) were awarded to Bell/Biscayne JV, LLC of Alexandria, Virginia; EGIHSU, JV, LLC of Rockville, Maryland; and MMB Services Corp. of Landover, Maryland. The 

contracts will provide NRC headquarters space renovation and reconfiguration support. The 

period of performance for all three contracts is October 1, 2011, to September 30, 2012, with 

four 1-year option periods. Competitions between the three awardees for each task order will 

result in the issuance of task orders up to the total value of $15,000,000 for all three contracts, 

inclusive of all options. 

Improvement in TRACE Containment Modeling Techniques

On September 27, 2011, as a result of a competitive General Services Administration Schedule 

solicitation, a labor-hour delivery order (NRC-HQ-11-F-04-0003) was awarded to Information 

Systems Laboratories of Rockville, Maryland. The contract will provide for improvements in 

TRACE containment modeling techniques. The period of performance is from September 27, 

2011, to May 26, 2011, with no option periods. The total value of the delivery order is $198,060. 

Safety Culture Continuous Learning and Improvement Services

On September 28, 2011, as a result of a competitive negotiated acquisition, an Indefinite 

Quantity-Indefinite Delivery type contract (NRC-HQ-11-C-37-0073) was awarded to 

to LinkVisum Consulting Group, Inc. of Leesburg, Virginia. The contract will provide for 

contractor support for the agency’s continuous learning and improvement initiatives in the safety 

culture area, both internally as well as externally for its regulated community. The period of 

performance is from September 28, 2011, to September 27, 2012, with four 1-year option 

periods. The total contract value is $776,023, inclusive of all options. 

 

Infrastructure Support for the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority

On September 29, 2011, as a result of an 8(a) non-competitive negotiated acquisition, a hybrid 

(Firm Fixed Price/Cost Plus Fixed Fee) type contract (NRC-HQ-11-C-08-0057) was awarded to 

Qi Tech, LLC of Vienna, Virginia. The contract will provide infrastructure support for the 

Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority. The period of performance is from September 30, 

2011, to September 29, 2013, with no option periods. The total value of the contract is 

$292,932. 
September 30, 2011 ENCLOSURE B 

 Office of Human Resources (HR) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending September 30, 2011 

Arrivals 

Radlinski, Robert SENIOR REACTOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER NRO 

Retirements 

Bieganousky, Wayne SENIOR GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER NRO 

Culleen, Barbara FOIA/PRIVACY ACT SPECIALIST OIS 

Pittiglio, Clayton SR FINANCIAL ANALYST NRR 

Wilson, Ernest DIRECTOR, OI FIELD OFFICE OI 

Departures 

Abdullahi, Zeynab SENIOR STAFF ENGINEER ACRS 

Ashley, Carol ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FSME 

Bagchi, Goutam SENIOR ADVISOR (GEOTECHNICAL) NRO 

Bartlinski, Anita SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST HR 

Blake, Jerome SENIOR PROGRAM INSPECTOR R-II 

Brown, Natalie FREEDOM OF INFO AND PRIVACY SPECIALIST OIS 

Collins, Douglas CONSULTANT NMSS 

Dimeglio, A. Francis PROJECT MANAGER NRR 

Dombroski, Sandra ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT R-III 

Emch, Richard SENIOR HEALTH PHYSICIST NRO 

Essig, Thomas CONSULTANT OIP 

Frechette, Paul PHYSICAL SECURITY INSPECTOR R-IV 

Henson, Jay CONSULTANT NMSS 

Janjan, Nora CONSULTANT FSME 

Johnson, Terry CONSULTANT FSME 

Kenyon, Thomas SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER NRO 

Larkins, John ASST FOR OUTREACH AND COMP COOR PROG SBCR 

Linehan, John SPECIAL ASSISTANT OIS 

Lobe, Jon EAP PROGRAM MANAGER HR 

Lynch, Sylvia SENIOR PROGRAM ANALYST CFO 

Masciantonio, Armando SENIOR REACTOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER NRR 

Mccann, George SENIOR HEALTH PHYSICIST R-III 

Norry, Patricia CONSULTANT HR 

Powell, Marlon ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT CFO 

Pun, Chi ming IT SPECIALIST R-I 

Scott, Mary SENIOR PROCUREMENT ANALYST ADM 

Snell, William HEALTH PHYSICS MANAGER R-III 

Thadani, Ashok CONSULTANT NRO 

Wucher, John IT SPECIALIST RES 
September 30, 2011 ENCLOSURE C 

Office of Information Services (OIS) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending September 30, 2011 

Federal-Wide Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Module

On September 27, 2011, staff from the Information and Records Services Division attended a 

feasibility study meeting regarding a proposed federal-wide FOIA Processing and Repository 

Module sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA is conducting a 

feasibility study to assess whether a proposed government off-the-shelf (GOTS) FOIA module is 

sound and cost-effective. Specifically, this feasibility study will compare the maintenance of the 

FOIA request receipt, tracking, monitoring, and storage procedures currently used by the 94 

FOIA-receiving federal agencies with the implementation of a centralized GOTS FOIA.gov 

module within the Office of Management and Budget’s eRulemaking program. 

FOIA and Privacy Act (PA) Requests Received During the Period of September 23, 2011, 

through September 29, 2011: 

Task Interface Agreement regarding the concrete degradation 

discovered at Seabrook (ML111610530) 

FOIA/PA-2011-0366 

Oxford Hospital at 623 Unruh Ave in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 

License number 37-16724-0, Equipment, Materials and Violations 

FOIA/PA-2011-0365 

General or Specific License Devices reported lost or stolen and estimate 

of the number of devices currently in use 

FOIA/PA-2011-0364 

Videotaped interviews of departing and/or other Senior technical staff 

members as referred to in Catherine Haney memorandum dated 

February 4, 2011 

FOIA/PA-2011-0363 

Contractual documents between NRC and the Department of Energy 

(DOE), DOE Labs for providing technical support regarding: AP-1000, 

US-APWR, ABWR, EPR, and/or ESBWR, January 1, 2007, to present; 

Korean APR-1400, January 1, 2009, to present 

FOIA/PA-2011-0362 

NRC Response to the Fundamental Classification Guidance Review FOIA/PA-2011-0361 
September 30, 2011 ENCLOSURE D 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending September 30, 2011 

Braidwood Units 1 and 2 / Byron 1 and 2 Measurement Uncertainty Recapture (MUR) Power 

Uprate Acceptance

By application dated June 23, 2011, the licensee requested a 1.6% MUR power uprate for 

Braidwood Units 1 and 2 and Byron Units 1 and 2, using Cameron CheckPlus Leading Edge 

Flow Meter ultrasonic flow measurement instrumentation. By letter dated August 25, 2011, the 

licensee provided supplemental information that the staff needed to complete its acceptance 

review. By letter dated September 19, 2011, the staff informed the licensee that the application 

provides technical information in sufficient detail to enable the staff to proceed with its detailed 

technical review. NRC’s standard review duration for an MUR power uprate is six months after 

NRC’s acceptance of the application. However, NRC indicated in its September 19, 2011, 

acceptance letter that this MUR application will require a review duration of one year from the 

application date due to additional analytical complexities associated with this request. This oneyear review duration is also consistent with what the licensee proposed in its initial application. 

Oconee 1, 2, and 3 Measurement Uncertainty Recapture Power Uprate Application

By application dated September 20, 2011, the licensee requested a 1.6% measurement 

uncertainty recapture (MUR) power uprate for Oconee Units 1, 2, and 3, using Cameron 

CheckPlus Leading Edge Flow Meter ultrasonic flow measurement instrumentation. The 

application requests NRC approval by March 15, 2012. NRC’s standard review time for an 

MUR power uprate is six months after NRC’s acceptance of the application. The staff will be 

conducting an acceptance review of the application. 

Public Meeting Related to the License Renewal Process for Limerick Generating Station

On September 22, 2011, the staff conducted two identical public meetings in Pottstown, 

Pennsylvania, to discuss the license renewal review process and to solicit public comments 

concerning the scope of the environmental review for the Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 

and 2, (LGS) license renewal application. Approximately 100 people attended the meetings 

including the applicant, a representative from Senator Robert Casey’s office, State 

Representative Thomas Quigley, non-local citizen organizations, local residents, government 

officials, citizen organizations, and news media. Public comments included concerns regarding 

emergency preparedness, radiation discharges, aging management, the socio-economic benefit 

of renewing the licenses, and comments regarding the benefits of having LGS as a power 

generator to the surrounding area. Public scoping comments are due by October 28, 2011. 
September 30, 2011 ENCLOSURE D 

Public Meeting to Solicit Comments on the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement 

(SEIS) for the License Renewal of Columbia Generating Station

On September 27, 2011, the staff held two public meetings in Richland, Washington, to solicit 

comments on the draft SEIS for the proposed renewal of the operating license for Columbia 

Generating Station. The report contains the NRC’s preliminary finding that there are no 

environmental impacts that would preclude license renewal for an additional 20 years of 

operation. Approximately 75 people attended the meetings, including members of the public, 

local news media, and representatives from Energy Northwest. Public comments included 

concerns related to the Fukushima Task Force Report, the potential use of mixed oxide (MOX) 

fuel at the plant, and waste storage. Some participants requested that the NRC host additional 

public meetings around the region. The public comment period will close on November 16, 

2011. 

 

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

Questions (FAQs)

On September 29, 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 FAQs related to licensees’ adoption of NFPA 805. The staff began 

holding these monthly public meetings in July 2006.
September 30, 2011 ENCLOSURE E 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending September 30, 2011 

Publication of Draft Regulatory Guide DG-8050, “Applications of Bioassay for I-125 and 

I-131”

On September 28, 2011, draft regulatory guide, DG-8050, “Applications of Bioassay for 

Radioiodine,” was issued for comment. This regulatory guide provides criteria and methods 

acceptable to the staff of the NRC for the development and implementation of personnel 

monitoring and bioassay programs for any licensee handling or processing unsealed materials 

containing iodine-125 (I-125), iodine-131 (I-131), or a combination of the two. It also provides 

guidance on the selection of workers who should participate in such a bioassay program to 

detect and measure possible exposure. The guide does not address measurement techniques 

and procedures. The draft regulatory guide is on-line at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/reg-guides/occupational-health/draft-index.html

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) consults RES Staff on its Regulatory 

Research Roadmap

On September 28, 2011, staff from the NHTSA and Volpe National Transportation Systems 

Center (both, part of U.S. Dept of Transportation) visited RES to consult RES division of 

engineering Digital I&C staff for input to develop NHTSA’s regulatory research roadmap in the 

area of in-vehicle digital systems affecting safety. RES staff benefited from the discussion of 

issues of mutual concern for assurance of digital safety systems which validated the need for 

continuing research in this area. 
September 30, 2011 ENCLOSURE F 

Office of Public Affairs (OPA) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending September 30, 2011 

OPA Received Significant Media Inquiries on the Following:

Replacement of David Besse (Ohio) reactor vessel head and NRC’s intended inspections. 

Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant’s (Vermont) problem with a reactor recirculation pump and 

resulting power reduction. 

Possible strike at the Fitzpatrick nuclear plant (New York). 

NRC inspection of the Palisades nuclear power plant’s (Michigan) second recent reactor trip on 

September 25, 2011, due to electrical problems, and very low amounts of tritium released in 

steam. 

North Anna nuclear power plant (Virginia): NRC confirmatory action letter to Dominion Virginia 

Power outlining what is expected to be completed before restart; October 3, 2011, exit meeting 

of the NRC’s Augmented Inspection Team that conducted inspections after the August 23, 

2011, Virginia earthquake. 

Three Mile Island nuclear power plant’s (Pennsylvania) determination that the recent maximum 

flooding level was higher than previously predicted. 

An unusual event at the Limerick nuclear plant (Pennsylvania) declared due to a spill of about a 

gallon of sodium chlorite (bleach) in a plant water treatment facility. 

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board order suspending the Yucca Mountain hearing. 

NRC’s extension of construction permit for Bellefonte Unit 1(Alabama). 

GE Hitachi’s filing of a Part 21 report involving boiling water reactor control rods that might not 

fully insert during certain seismic events due to friction. 

Other Public Affairs Items:

OPA supported the September 27-28 mandatory hearing for Vogtle nuclear power plant’s 

(Georgia) application for combined operating license to build and operate two reactors. 

OPA supported two public meetings regarding the Columbia Generating Station (Washington) 

Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for license renewal. 

Press Releases Issued

Headquarters:

11-184 NRC Extends Construction Permit for Bellefonte Unit 1 (9/30/2011) 

11-183 NRC Confirms Post-Earthquake Requirements for the North Anna Nuclear Power 

Plant (9/30/2011) 
September 30, 2011 ENCLOSURE F 

11-182 NRC Approves U.S. Enrichment Corporation’s Plan to Return Portsmouth 

Gaseous Diffusion Enrichment Plant to Department of Energy (9/28/2011) 

11-181 Opening Remarks of NRC Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko at the Commission 

Mandatory Hearing on Vogtle combined operating license (9/27/2011) 

Regions:

I-11-038 NRC Assigns New Senior Resident Inspector to Vermont Yankee (9/30/2011) 

I-11-037 NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at Beaver Valley Nuclear Power 

Plant (9/27/2011) 

I-11-036 NRC Proposes $1,750 Fine for Virginia Firm for Nuclear Gauge Violation 

(9/27/2011) 

III-11-034 NRC Begins Special Inspection at Palisades Nuclear Plant (9/28/2011) 

IV-11-043 NRC Begins Special Inspection at Columbia Generating Station (9/26/2011) 
September 30, 2011 ENCLOSURE G

 Office of the Secretary (SECY) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending September 30, 2011 

Document Released 

to Public 

Date Subject

Decision Documents

1. SECY-11-0126 9/13/2011 Proposed Rule: Amendments to Material 

Control and Accounting Regulations (RIN 

3150-A-161) 

Information Papers

1. SECY-11-0125 9/27/2011 Issuance of Bulletin 2011-01, “Mitigating 

Strategies” 

Memoranda

1. M110927A 9/27/2011 Staff Requirements – Affirmation Session: I. 

SECY-11-0026 – Southern Nuclear 

Operating Co. (Vogtle Electric Generating 

Plant, Units 3 and 4) – Appeal of LBP-10-21; 

II. SECY-11-0099 - Luminant Generation 

Company LLC (Comanche Peak Nuclear 

Power Plant, Units 3 and 4), Intervenors’ 

Petition for Review (March 11, 2011); III. 

SECY-11-0116 – Progress Energy Florida, 

Inc. (Levy County Nuclear Power Plant, 

Units 1 and 2), Staff Petition for Review of 

LBP-10-20 

Federal Register Notices Issued:

 

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

Advanced Boiling Water Reactor, notice of meeting (10/04/2011, a.m.). 

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

notice of meeting (10/04/2011, p.m.). 

3. ACRS, Meeting of the Subcommittee on Power Uprates, notice of meeting 

(10/05/2011, a.m.). 

4. ACRS, Meeting of the Subcommittee on Planning and Procedures, notice of meeting 

(10/05/2011, p.m.). 

5. ACRS, Meeting of the Subcommittee on Plant Operations and Fire Protection, notice of 

meeting (10/05/2011, a.m.). 

6. Revised ACRS, notice of 587th meeting (10/06-08/2011). 
September 30, 2011 ENCLOSURE G

7. Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes, notice of meeting (10/18/2011). 

8. Nuclear Innovation North America, LLC, (South Texas Project Units 3 and 4), Docket 

Nos. 52-12-COL and 52-13-COL; Notice of Hearing and Opportunity to Submit Written 

Limited Appearance Statements. 

9. Petition for Rulemaking; Request for Comment. Cheri Swensson; Certification of 

Substance Abuse Experts – 10 CFR Part 26.