INFORMATION REPORT 

April 08, 2010 SECY-10-0041

For: The Commissioners 

From: Nader L. Mamish 

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

APRIL 2, 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 
April 08, 2010 SECY-10-0041

For: The Commissioners 

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

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

APRIL 2, 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 APRIL 2, 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 
April 2, 2010 ENCLOSURE A 

 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending April 2, 2010 

Wireless Communications Technology in the Nuclear Industry Meeting

On March 25, 2010, the staff participated in a meeting to discuss the use of wireless 

communications technology in the nuclear industry at the Congressional Visitors Center in 

Washington, DC. Several industries and government agencies were represented at the 

meeting. National Aeronautics and Space Administration and U.S. Department of Energy 

Savanna River project representatives made presentations on projects that have been 

implemented using this technology. General Electric also reported on a pilot project that used 

wireless technology in a turbine control system implementation. Though no applications have 

yet been received by the NRC for safety related applications using wireless technology, it is 

evident that the technology has advanced significantly in recent years and is now being 

implemented in several safety significant systems. The Office of Research currently has plans 

to develop guidance in this area in anticipation of future use of this technology. 
April 2, 2010 ENCLOSURE C 

 Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending April 2, 2010 

Meeting with NAC International

On March 25, 2010, staff met with representatives from NAC International to discuss an 

upcoming new application for its new proprietary design for the Model No. MAGNATRAN 

transportation package and its associated upcoming proprietary amendment request for the 

Model No. MAGNASTOR storage cask. The amendment request is expected to be submitted 

by September 2010. The application schedule for the MAGNATRAN package is still uncertain. 
April 2, 2010 ENCLOSURE D 

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

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending April 2, 2010 

Training Provided to Texas Staff and Utah Staff on Screening Analysis

On March 25-26, 2010, NRC staff conducted a meeting with staff from the Texas Commission 

on Environmental Quality and the Utah Division of Radiation Control in Austin, Texas, 

regarding the screening analysis described in Commission Paper SECY-08-0147 for disposal of 

significant quantities of depleted uranium. Staff described the modeling approaches used in the 

screening analysis and discussed modeling approaches using the GoldSim computer 

code for assessing the performance of a low-level radioactive waste disposal site. 
April 2, 2010 ENCLOSURE E 

 Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending April 2, 2010 

Interagency Committee on Standards Policy (ICSP) Meeting

On March 24, 2010, the ICSP held a quarterly meeting attended by the NRC Standards 

Executive and a RES staff member. ICSP members summarized recent coordination on such 

topics as smart electrical grid standards, health care information technology, and nuclear 

energy-related standards. The ICSP chairperson announced formation of a new Subcommittee 

on Standards under the National Science and Technology Council’s Committee on Technology 

to be co-chaired by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the U.S. 

Department of Justice. The Subcommittee on Standards will provide direction and guidance to 

the ICSP and will rely on the ICSP to coordinate interagency implementation of standards 

policy, assess progress, and develop potential policy options or guidance with the goal of 

removing barriers to effective standards development or use. 
April 2, 2010 ENCLOSURE H 

Office of Information Services (OIS) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending April 2, 2010 

Office of Management and Budget Meeting on Open Government Plans

On March 31, 2010, staff participated in an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) cross 

agency Open Government Working Group meeting. The meeting was hosted by Cass 

Sunstein, Administrator, OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. In addition to 

Federal agency representation, open government advocate groups, such as OMB Watch and 

the Sunshine Foundation participated. The objective of the meeting was to provide agencies 

additional feedback on reviews of agency draft open government plans by the open advocate 

groups as well as allowing OMB to provide additional guidance to agencies prior to the April 7, 

2010, date by which all agency plans will be published. OMB had previously provided agencies 

copies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s and NRC’s draft plans as plans 

OMB felt had done a good job of achieving the intent of OMB’s Directive on open government 

with regard to agency Open Government Plans. 

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

of March 26, 2010, through April 1, 2010: 

Allegation NRR-2000-A-0008 including all correspondence between 

named individual and NRC 

FOIA/PA-2010-0179 

Office of the Inspector General Case 09-14 FOIA/PA-2010-0180 

NRC's Prohibited Personnel Practices requested information FOIA/PA-2010-0181 

Diablo Canyon, Units 1 and 2, Revision 9, updated Final Safety Analysis 

Report, Section 9 and Appendix 9.1 (or equivalent) regarding spent fuel 

rack design 

FOIA/PA-2010-0182 

Summaries of search warrants, subpoenas or court orders served 

against Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, AOL, Facebook, Twitter, and 

MySpace annually for previous 10 years (summaries/statistics of 

number/nature) 

FOIA/PA-2010-0183 

ML082600086, ML082600092 and ML082900123 regarding MOX Fuel 

Project (in electronic format) 

FOIA/PA-2010-0184 

Allegation RIV-2008-A-0104 Interview Records FOIA/PA-2010-0185 

IPO-19302, Part 1, Section 5 – “IDO Report on the Nuclear Incident at 

the SL-1 Reactor on January 3, 1961, at the National Reactor Testing 

Station” 

FOIA/PA-2010-0186 

Declassification of specific cables CON-2010-0003 

Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant, Final Safety Analysis Report, Section 

9 and Appendix 9.1 FOIA/PA-2010-0187 
April 2, 2010 ENCLOSURE J 

Office of Human Resources (HR) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending April 2, 2010 

Arrivals 

Flack, John Consultant ACRS 

Mattox, Deborah Purchasing Agent RII 

Retirements 

Harves, John Team Leader NRR 

Meck, Robert Senior Health Physicist RES 

Sands, Stephen Project Manager NRR 

Windsor, Cheryl Investigative Analyst OIG 

Departures 

Gibson, James Student Electrical Engineer (Co-Op) NRO 

Liang, Chu-yu Senior Reactor Engineer NRO 

Mckinley, Richard Health Physicist RI 

Patel, Nitin Senior Electrical Engineer NRR 

Payne, David Branch Chief RII 

Snell, William Health Physics Manager RIII 
April 2, 2010 ENCLOSURE M 

Office of Public Affairs (OPA) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending April 2, 2010 

OPA Received Significant Media Inquiries on the Following:

Swearing in of two new Commissioners: William D. Magwood, IV and William C. Ostendorff. 

Follow-up to Entergy responses given for the NRC’s Demand for Information, specifically on the 

information provided by plant officials who were disciplined on information provided to the State 

of Vermont on underground/buried piping. 

New Reactors, specifically Vogtle’s application status and government funding. 

Potential risk involving spent fuel storage at nuclear power plants. 

Other Public Affairs Items

OPA supported the end-of-cycle meeting for Palo Verde nuclear plant near Phoenix, Arizona. 

OPA coordinated interview with Chairman Jaczko and the Christian Science Monitor on the 

NRC process and schedule for the GE-Hitachi laser enrichment plant in Wilmington, North 

Carolina. 

Press Releases

Headquarters:

10-055 NRC Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards to Meet April 8-10, 2010, in 

Rockville, Maryland. (3/30/10) 

10-056 NRC Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko Remarks at Today’s Meeting on NRC Safety 

Culture Initiatives (3/30/10) 

10-057 Licensing Board to Hear Oral Argument April 15, 2010, in Granbury, Texas, on 

Comanche Peak New Nuclear Reactor Application (3/31/10) 

10-058 NRC Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko Swears in Two New Commissioners; 

William D. Magwood IV and William C. Ostendorff Take Oaths (4/1/10)

Regions:

I-10-012 NRC to Hold Public Meeting on April 6, 2010, in Salem, New Jersey to Discuss 

Annual Assessment of Salem, Hope Creek Nuclear Power Plants (3/30/10) 

I-10-013 NRC to Hold Open House April 6, 2010, In Prince Frederick, Maryland, to 

Discuss Annual Assessment For Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant (3/31/10) 

II-10-012 NRC Sends Special Inspection Team to Robinson Nuclear Plant (3/30/10) 

II-10-013 NRC Schedules Meeting to Discuss 2009 Performance of Oconee Nuclear 

Power Plant (4/2/10) 

II-10-014 NRC Names First Resident Inspectors for Vogtle Nuclear Plant Construction 

Activities (4/2/10) 
April 2, 2010 ENCLOSURE 

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Office of the Secretary (SECY) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending April 2, 2010 

Document Released 

to Public 

Date Subject 

Information Papers

1. SECY-10-0028 03/16/2010 Fiscal Year 2009 Results of the Industry 

Trends Program for Operating Power 

Reactors 

Commission Correspondence

1. Letter to Congress, dated March 27, 2010, provides a copy of the NRC’s FY 2009 

Annual Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation (No FEAR) 

Act of 2002. 

Federal Register Notices Issued

1. 10 CFR Part 51, Docket No. PRM-51-13, Dan Kane; Receipt of Petition for Rulemaking. 

 

2. Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, AREVA Enrichment Services, LLC 

(Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility), Docket No. 70-7015-ML. 

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

Subcommittee on Radiation Protection and Nuclear Materials, Notice of Meeting 

04/21/2010. 

4. Notice of Opportunity to Request a Hearing for the License Application from International 

Isotopes Fluorine Products, Inc., for a Fluoride Extraction and Uranium Deconversion 

Facility in Lea County New Mexico and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to 

Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information. 

5. ACRS, Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Power Uprates, Amendment to 

April 23, 2010, ACRS meeting Federal Register Notice.