INFORMATION REPORT 

April 9, 2012 SECY-12-0054

For: The Commissioners 

From: Nader L. Mamish 

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING MARCH 30, 2012 

Contents Enclosure

Administration A 

Human Resources B 

Information Services C 

Nuclear Regulatory Research D 

Secretary E 

 /RA/ 

Nader L. Mamish 

Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: 

L. Rakovan, OEDO 
April 9, 2012 SECY-12-0054

For: The Commissioners 

From: Nader L. Mamish 

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING MARCH 30, 2012 

Contents Enclosure

Administration A 

Human Resources B 

Information Services C 

Nuclear Regulatory Research D 

Secretary E 

 /RA/

Nader L. Mamish 

Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: 

L. Rakovan, OEDO 

DISTRIBUTION: 

EDO R/F 

AO R/F 

ADAMS ML12097A612

OFFICE OEDO AO/OEDO 

NAME LRakovan 

(GEllmers for) 

NMamish 

DATE 04/09/12 04/09/12 

 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY 
March 30, 2012 ENCLOSURE A 

Office of Administration (ADM) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending March 30, 2012 

Protection of Classified Matter Associated with NRC Licensees Who Enrich Uranium

On March 27, 2012, as a result of a noncompetitive acquisition, a labor hour contract (NRC-HQ12-C-07-0045) was awarded to AFM, LLC of Knoxville, TN. The contractor will provide 

technical assistance for the NRC in the oversight of the deployment of USEC’s American 

Centrifuge program in Piketon, OH; Louisiana Energy Service’s URENCO USA Facility in 

Eunice, NM; General Electric’s Global Laser Enrichment Program in Wilmington, NC; and 

AREVA’s Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility in Bonneville County, ID. The period of performance 

is from May 1, 2012, to April 30, 2015, with no option periods. The total estimated value of the 

contract is $298,533. 
March 30, 2012 ENCLOSURE B 

Office of Human Resources (HR) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending March 30, 2012 

Arrivals 

Perloff, Stephen Consultant OIG 

Retirements 

Burns, Stephen General Counsel OGC 

Griffin, Steven Mark Facility Oper & Maintenance TL ADM 

Lanksbury, Roger Senior Project Manager R-II 

Mulgrew, Yvonne Program Assistant RES 

Departures 

Hamman, Joyce Reactor Inspector R-II 
March 30, 2012 ENCLOSURE C 

Office of Information Services (OIS) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending March 30, 2012 

Controlled Unclassified Information

On March 22 and 26, 2012, staff from the Information and Records Services Division attended 

working group meetings at the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Office, National 

Archives and Records Administration. The purpose of the meetings was to continue 

development of the safeguarding policy for CUI. On March 22, 2012, the group identified 

potential criteria for layers of physical access protection, such as guards, locked rooms, 

containers, etc. On March 26, 2012, the group discussed a layered approach to physical 

safeguarding, i.e., the majority of CUI would need either one or two layers of physical security, 

such as a guard force or locked room, and a file cabinet within a room. 

There was lengthy discussion on the number of layers of security that might be needed, even 

though the majority of agencies agreed that ninety-percent of CUI would need two layers at the 

most. On March 26, 2012, an IRSD representative provided a short briefing of the NRC’s 

Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information intranet Web site, with a slide 

demonstration. Agencies liked the format of the site and thought it might be adaptable for use 

as part of the CUI Registry. 

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

of March 23, 2012 through March 29, 2012: 

 

Any and all regarding Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc, located in Erwin, 

TN, licensing, operation, investigation, environmental, safety review FOIA/PA-2012-0180 

Records relating to March 16, 2011, Executive Team Transcript 

regarding the Japan Fukushima Dai-ichi event on March 11, 2011 FOIA/PA-2012-0181 

Average amount of radiation a person is exposed to an individual on 

a daily basis in areas where there are nuclear power plants, including 

a copy of NRC privacy act 

FOIA/PA-2012-0182 

Investigation report 1-2011-037 FOIA/PA-2012-0183 

Composition of underground water transmission lines installed during 

construction of the Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Station FOIA/PA-2012-0184 

Office of Investigations Report OI-4-2011-024 FOIA/PA-2012-0185 

2012 Regulatory Information Conference Mailing List FOIA/PA-2012-0186 

ML113500495 released in its entirety FOIA/PA-2012-0187 
March 30, 2012 ENCLOSURE D 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending March 30, 2012 

Multinational Workshop on the Performance of Containment Vessels under Severe Accident 

Conditions. 

From March 27–29, 2012, RES staff hosted a Workshop on Performance of Containment 

Vessels under Severe Accident Conditions for the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board of India 

(AERB)-NRC Standard Problem Exercise. This session concluded the series of AERB-NRC 

workshops which had the objective to assess the current practices and state of the art for 

characterizing the response of Prestressed Concrete Containment Vessels to severe accident 

conditions. Attendees included regulatory and/or industry staff from India, France, Finland, 

Sweden, U.S. and Germany. 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Publication of Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 1.93, 

“Availability of Electric Power Sources.” 

On March 28, 2012, The Federal Register Notice (77 FR 18872) was published announcing the 

release of Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 1.93, “Availability of Electric Power Sources.” The 

recommendations in this guide describe actions that the staff of the NRC considers acceptable 

when the number of available electric power sources are less than the number of sources 

required by the limiting conditions for operation (LCOs) for a facility. This regulatory guide 

applies to single- and multiple-unit plants and is consistent with the improved standard technical 

specifications (iSTS) (NUREG-1430 through NUREG-1434). The LCO-required actions and 

specified completion times referred to in this guide are based on the completion times presented 

in Regulatory Guide 1.93, Revision 0, “Availability of Electric Power Sources,” issued December 

1974, which have been incorporated into the required actions in the iSTS. Revision 1 of 

Regulatory Guide 1.93 is available on the NRC Web site at: 

http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML0905/ML090550661.pdf 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Publication of Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 7.7, 

“Administrative Guide for Verifying Compliance with Packaging Requirements for Shipment and 

Receipt of Radioactive Material” 

On March 28, 2012, the Federal Register Notice (77 FR 18871) was published announcing the 

release of Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 7.7, “Administrative Guide for Verifying Compliance 

with Packaging Requirements for Shipment and Receipt of Radioactive Material.” This revision 

to Regulatory Guide 7.7 provides licensees and applicants with a method the NRC considers 

acceptable for meeting the administrative requirements for transporting licensed material under 

10 CFR Part 71, “Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material” either in a Type B or a 

Type AF package, and for opening of the package under 10 CFR Part 20, “Standards for 

Protection Against Radiation.” The NRC’s administrative requirements for the shipment, receipt, 

and opening of a Type B package appear in Subpart J, “Precautionary Procedures” of 10 CFR 

Part 20 and Subpart G, “Operating Controls and Procedures,” of 10 CFR Part 71. Revision 1 of 

Regulatory Guide 7.7 is available on the NRC Web site at: 

http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1121/ML112160407.pdf 
March 30, 2012 ENCLOSURE E 

Office of the Secretary (SECY) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending March 30, 2012 

Document Released 

to Public 

Date Subject 

Information Papers

1. SECY-12-0045 3/28/12 Weekly Information Report – Week Ending 

March 23, 2012 

Memoranda

1. SRM-M120327A 3/27/12 Staff Requirements – Affirmation Session: I. 

SECY-11-0130 – FirstEnergy Nuclear 

Operating Co. (Davis-Besse Nuclear Power 

Station, Unit 1), Appeal of LBP-11-13 (Apr. 

26, 2011), Docket No. 50-346-LR 

2. SRM-M120330 3/30/12 Staff Requirements – Affirmation Session: I. 

SECY-11-0168 - South Carolina Electric & 

Gas Co. and South Carolina Public Service 

Authority (also referred to as Santee Cooper) 

(Virgil c. Summer Nuclear Station, Units 2 

and 3), Docket Nos. 52-027-COL & 52-028-

COL; Mandatory Hearing Decision; II. SECY12-0021 – Entergy Nuclear Generation Co., 

and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. 

(Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station), Docket No. 

50-293-LR 

Commission Correspondence

1. Letter to Congress, dated March 21, 2012, provides the Fiscal Year 2011 Buy American 

Act Report. 

Federal Register Notices Issued

1. Application for a License to Import Radioactive Waste. 

 

2. Application for a License to Export Radioactive Waste.