INFORMATION REPORT 

May 13, 2013 SECY-13-0052

For: The Commissioners 

From: Reginald W. Mitchell 

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

 MAY 3, 2013 

Contents Enclosure

Office of Administration A 

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer B 

Office of Information Services C 

Office of New Reactors D 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation E 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research F 

Office of Public Affairs G 

Office of the Secretary H 

 /RA/ 

 Reginald W. Mitchell 

 Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: 

L. Rakovan, OEDO 
May 13, 2013 SECY-13-0052

For: The Commissioners 

From: Reginald W. Mitchell 

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

 MAY 3, 2013 

Contents Enclosure

Office of Administration A 

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer B 

Office of Information Services C 

Office of New Reactors D 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation E 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research F 

Office of Public Affairs G 

Office of the Secretary H 

 /RA/ 

 Reginald W. Mitchell 

 Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: 

L. Rakovan, OEDO 

DISTRIBUTION: 

EDO R/F AO R/F 

ADAMS ML13128A163

OFFICE OEDO AO/OEDO 

NAME LRakovan RMitchell 

 DATE 05/13/13 05/13/13 

 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
May 3, 2013 ENCLOSURE A

Office of Administration (ADM) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending May 3, 2013 

Onsite Secretarial Support Services for the NRC Headquarters

On April 24, 2013, as a result of a competitive 8(a) acquisition, an indefinite-delivery/indefinitequantity (IDIQ) type contract (NRC-HQ-13-C-10-0040) was awarded to Intelligent Fiscal Optimal 

Solutions Managing Consultants, LLC of Clarksville, Md. The contract provides for onsite 

secretarial support services for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) headquarters. 

The period of performance is from May 20, 2013, to May 19, 2014, with four 1-year options. 

The total value of the contract is $13,495,975. 

Design Engineering Inspection Support 

On April 24, 2013, as a result of a competitive, small-business set aside acquisition, an IDIQ 

cost plus fixed-fee type contract (NRC-HQ-13-C-03-0032) was awarded to Beckman and 

Associates of Belle Vernon, Pa. The contract provides expert technical assistance to support 

the NRC inspection teams in evaluating the design and operation of 104 nuclear power reactor 

plants. The period of performance is from May 1, 2013, to April 30, 2016, with two 1-year 

options. The total value of the contract is $15,994,161. 
May 3, 2013 ENCLOSURE B

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending May 3, 2013 

Arrivals

BAER, DEREK CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR OIG

KLUGE, MATTHEW STUDENT ENGINEER NRR

SPOON, CAREY ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT R-IV

Retirements

CARRICO, JOHN HEALTH PHYSICIST FSME

DANIEL, RICHARD SAFETY CULTURE SPECIALIST OE

EASTON, EARL SR TECH ADV FOR TRANSPORTATION NMSS

EVERETT, JOE SENIOR HEALTH PHYSICIST R-IV

LOIS, ERASMIA SR. RELIABILITY & RISK ENGINEER RES

RICHART, PAUL SENIOR INVESTIGATOR (TASK LEADER) OI

Departures

GRAY, KATHY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT NRR

MERRIWEATHER, PEARLETTE SENIOR CONTRACT SPECIALIST ADM
May 3, 2013 ENCLOSURE C

Office of Information Services (OIS) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending May 3, 2013 

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

of April 26, 2013 – May 02, 2013: 

 

Any reports of injury incident on named individual, along with work packet 

for job FOIA/PA-2013-0227

Public records request regarding Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant and 

named individual FOIA/PA-2013-0228

Complete copy of file associated with the Arkansas Nuclear One Plant 

accident FOIA/PA-2013-0229

Copy of Office of the Inspector General records that indicates the sum of 

monies paid to The Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and 

Efficiency for annual dues/assessments for each of the last five years 

FOIA/PA-2013-0230

All documents for Allegation NRR-2006-A-0009, including all 

correspondence between named individual and NRC FOIA/PA-2013-0231

All materials associated with Generic Issue-193, including scientific 

reports and video tapes FOIA/PA-2013-0232

Names, salaries, and titles of NRC employees responsible for inspection 

of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station FOIA/PA-2013-0233

Full public comments on the 10 listed rules from the US Department of 

Housing and Urban Development FOIA/PA-2013-0234

Licenses and radioactive use, storage, and maximum activity authorized 

for each item within 20 mile radius of New Mexico Counties listed for 

County Emergency Response Plan

FOIA/PA-2013-0235
May 3, 2013 ENCLOSURE D

Office of New Reactors (NRO) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending May 3, 2013 

Suspension of review activities for Shearon Harris combined license application

On May 2, 2013, Duke Energy submitted a letter to the NRC requesting that the NRC suspend 

its review activities of the combined license application for the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power 

Plant, Units 2 and 3 (referencing the AP1000 design). Duke Energy determined in its recent 

integrated resource planning that two additional nuclear units at Harris will not be needed in the 

next 15 years. 

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May 3, 2013 ENCLOSURE E

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending May 3, 2013 

Differing Professional Opinion on Watts Bar Flooding 

On July 17, 2012, a Differing Professional Opinion (DPO) was filed concerning external flooding 

at Watts Bar Nuclear (WBN) Unit 1. A DPO Review Panel was convened to examine the 

submission. The DPO Panel concluded that there was not an immediate safety concern 

associated with the WBN flood issue when the staff issued the Confirmatory Action Letter (CAL) 

to Tennessee Valley Authority. The conclusion on the immediate safety question was tempered 

to a degree, however, because the staff did not develop and document a common 

understanding of either the significance of the flood issue itself or the safety basis for continued 

operation of WBN. The Panel also concluded that the staff’s decision to issue the CAL met the 

applicable regulatory policy and guidance, was consistent with past practice, and was a 

reasonable regulatory decision. Finally, they concluded that the staff’s decision to continue to 

work on the known flood issue at WBN1 in parallel with its work on post-Fukushima activities 

was appropriate. Nevertheless, the DPO highlighted two issues that would have helped the 

development of this issue, those being (1) the staff should have performed a risk assessment of 

the issue and prepared a clear safety bases for continued operations of WBN, and (2) the staff 

should have followed an established and structured process to fully assess and document the 

significance of the WBN issue. The public DPO Case File can be found at ML13115A273. 

Seabrook Station, Unit 1 Supplement is Available for Public Comment 

On April 30, the staff issued a supplement to Draft Supplement 46 to NUREG-1437, “Generic 

Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants,” regarding Seabrook 

Station, Unit 1, for public comment. This supplement is available for public comment through 

June 30, 2013. This supplement does not change the recommendation of the draft supplement 

issued in August 2011, whose preliminary recommendation was that the adverse environmental 

impacts of license renewal for Seabrook Station, Unit 1, were not great enough to deny the 

option of license renewal for energy-planning decision makers. This supplement includes the 

staff evaluation of revised information provided by NextEra pertaining to the severe accident 

mitigation alternatives analysis for Seabrook, updates the Uranium Fuel Cycle section in light of 

the June 8, 2012, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decision to vacate 

the NRC’s Waste Confidence Decision Rule, and provides information on its analysis of new 

National Environmental Policy Act issues and associated environmental impact findings for 

license renewal. 

Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, Supplement is Available for Public Comment 

On April 30, 2013, the staff issued the Draft Supplement 49 to NUREG-1437, “Generic 

Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants,” draft supplemental 

environmental impact statement (DSEIS) regarding Limerick Generating Station (LGS), Units 1 

and 2, for public comment. The DSEIS addresses potential environmental impacts related to 

the period of extended operation of LGS and the environmental impacts associated with 

alternatives to license renewal. In the DSEIS, the staff made a preliminary recommendation 
May 3, 2013 ENCLOSURE E

that the adverse environmental impacts of license renewal for LGS are not great enough to 

deny the option of license renewal for energy-planning decision makers. The staff is scheduled 

to meet with the public to receive comments on the DSEIS on May 23, 2013. The public 

comment period ends on June 27, 2013. 
May 3, 2013 ENCLOSURE F

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending May 3, 2013 

Publication of Regulatory Guide 1.91, “Evaluations of Explosions Postulated to Occur at Nearby 

Facilities and on Transportation Routes Near Nuclear Power Plants”

On April 25, 2013, the staff announced in the Federal Register the availability of Regulatory 

Guide (RG) 1.91, “Evaluations of Explosions Postulated to Occur at Nearby Facilities and on 

Transportation Routes Near Nuclear Power Plants” (78 FR 24438). This regulatory guide 

describes for applicants seeking nuclear power reactor licenses and licensees of nuclear power 

reactors methods that the NRC staff finds acceptable for evaluating postulated explosions at 

nearby facilities and transportation routes. This revision expands the scope of the guidance to 

include nearby fixed facilities and includes all forms of hazardous explosive materials. It also 

brings this guidance into agreement with current industry practice and current NRC fire 

protection guidance. RG 1.91 is available on the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/doc-collections/reg-guides/power-reactors/rg/division-1/division-1-81.html. 

Publication of Draft Regulatory Guide (DG)-1235, “Qualification Tests for Safety-Related 

Actuators in Nuclear Power Plants.” 

On May 1, 2013, the staff announced in the Federal Register (78 FR 25488) the availability of 

Draft Regulatory Guide (DG)-1235, “Qualification Tests for Safety Related Actuators in Nuclear 

Power Plants,” for a 60-day public comment for this proposed Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 

(RG) 1.73, “Qualification Tests of Electric Valve Operators Installed Inside the Containment of 

Nuclear Power Plants.” RG 1.73 was issued in January 1974 to endorse Institute of Electrical 

and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) Std. 382-1972, “IEEE Trial-Use Guide for Type Test of 

Class I Electric Valve Operators for Nuclear Power Generating Stations.” The IEEE standard 

was revised in 1985, again in 1996, and, most recently in 2006, but RG 1.73 has not been 

updated since its original issuance. This proposed revision of RG 1.73 endorses the most 

current version of IEEE Std. 382-2006, “Standard for Qualification of Safety-Related Actuators 

for Nuclear Power Generating Stations,” issued January 2007. This DG has been jointly 

developed by RES, the Office of New Reactors, and the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

Publication of Draft Regulatory Guide DG-7009, “Establishing Quality Assurance Programs for 

Packaging Used in Transport of Radioactive Material”

RES released Draft Regulatory Guide (DG)-7009, “Establishing Quality Assurance Programs for 

Packaging Used in Transport of Radioactive Material,” to provide the public an opportunity to 

comment on this proposed revision of Regulatory Guide (RG) 7.10. Revision 3 accompanies a 

proposed change to 10 CFR 71 that would revise the regulations for the packaging and 

transportation of radioactive material to: make the NRC regulations compatible with the 2009 

edition of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s transportation standards, “Regulations for 

the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material,” (TS-R-1); maintain consistency with changes in the 

U.S. Department of Transportation regulations; and make other minor changes. The DG also 

identifies ANSI/ASME NQA-1-2008 with the NQA-1a-2009 Addenda, “Quality Assurance 
May 3, 2013 ENCLOSURE F

Requirements for Nuclear Facility Applications,” as an acceptable standard for use in meeting 

the QA program requirements of 10 CFR 71, Subpart H. DG-7009 will be made available in 

ADAMS at ML13079A004 and will be 
May 3, 2013 ENCLOSURE G

Office of Public Affairs (OPA) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending May 3, 2013 

OPA received significant media inquiries on the following: 

- NRC Chat with NRC Historian Tom Wellock. 

- Contaminated goldfish found at Perry plant’s steam tunnel (OH) 

- Upcoming closure of Kewaunee plant (WI), a white finding and proposed fine for the 

plant 

- Plans to install a Station Blackout emergency diesel generator at Vermont Yankee plant 

(VT), security presence at plant’s Annual Assessment open house 

- White inspection at Three Mile Island plant (PA) 

- An electrical problem at Oyster Creek plant (NJ) 

Other Public Affairs Items: 

OPA supported the following activities: 

- Facilitated an interview with the Division of Fuel Facility Inspection branch chief and a 

reporter regarding sinkholes and Nuclear Fuel Services 

- Facilitated an interview with an NRR economist and a reporter about decommissioning 

- Media availability at Vermont Yankee plant’s Joint Information Center 

OPA Social Media Items: 

Blog: 

- When Problems Are a Sign of Success 

- Tracking the Source: Pilgrim’s Tritium Link 

Press Releases

Headquarters:

13-034 NRC Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Changes to Petition-for-Rulemaking Process 

(05/02/2013)

Regions:

I-13-020 NRC to Hold Open House, Question-and-Answer Session On May 15th in Stafford 

Township, NJ, to Discuss Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant Annual Assessment 

(05/03/2013)

II-13-030 NRC Schedules Open House to Discuss Annual Assessment of Oconee Nuclear Power 

Plant (05/02/2013)

III-13-015 NRC Proposes $70,000 Civil Penalty to Kewaunee for Violating Agency Requirements 

(05/01/2013)
May 3, 2013 ENCLOSURE H

I-13-019 NRC Finalizes White Finding for Three Mile Island 1 Nuclear Power Plant Over Flooding 

Protection Issue (04/30/2013)

II-13-029 NRC Schedules Conference to Discuss Commercial Grade Dedication Issues at Watts 

Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 (04/30/2013)

I-13-018 NRC to Hold Open House on May 7 In Londonderry Township., PA., to Discuss Three 

Mile Island 1 Nuclear Plant Annual Assessment (04/29/2013)
May 3, 2013 ENCLOSURE I

Office of the Secretary (SECY) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending May 3, 2013 

Document Released

to Public

Date Subject

Decision Documents 

1. SRM on COMSECY-13-

0010

4/30/13 Schedule and Plans for Tier 2 Order on 

Emergency Preparedness for Japan 

Lessons Learned

2. Commission Voting 

Record on COMSECY13-0010

4/30/13 (same)

3. COMSECY-13-0010 3/27/13 (same)

4. SRM on SECY-13-0006 5/1/13 Commission Order to Designate an Interim 

Class of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission-Licensed Facilities that are 

Eligible to Apply to the Commission for 

Preemption Authority Under Section 161A of 

the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as Amended

5. Commission Voting 

Record on SECY-13-

0006

5/1/13 (same)

6. SRM on SECY-12-0071 5/3/13 Final Rule: Domestic Licensing of Source 

Material – Amendments/Integrated Analysis 

(RIN 3150-AI50)

7. Commission Voting 

Record on SECY-12-

0071

5/3/13 (same)

Information Papers

1. SECY-13-0042 4/15/13 Construction Reactor Oversight Process 

Self-Assessment for Calendar Year 2012

2. SECY-13-0047 4/26/13 Weekly Information Report – Week Ending 

April 26, 2013

Memoranda

1. M130423 4/30/13 Staff Requirements - Briefing on the Status 

of Lessons Learned from the Fukushima 

Dai-ichi Accident

2. M130422A 5/2/13 Staff Requirements - Meeting with the 

Department of Energy Office of Nuclear 

Energy