INFORMATION REPORT 

November 1, 2012 SECY-12- 0148

For: The Commissioners 

From: Nader L. Mamish 

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

 OCTOBER 19, 2012 

Contents Enclosure

Administration A 

Chief Human Capital Officer B 

Information Services C 

Nuclear Regulatory Research D 

Public Affairs E 

Secretary F 

 

 /RA/ 

 

Nader L. Mamish

Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: 

L. Rakovan, OEDO 
November 1, 2012 SECY-12-0148 

For: The Commissioners 

From: Nader L. Mamish 

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

 OCTOBER 19, 2012 

Contents Enclosure

Administration A 

Chief Human Capital Officer B 

Information Services C 

Nuclear Regulatory Research D 

Public Affairs E 

Secretary F 

 /RA/ 

Nader L. Mamish

Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: L. Rakovan, OEDO 

DISTRIBUTION: 

EDO R/F AO R/F 

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OFFICE OEDO AO/OEDO 

NAME LRakovan NMamish 

DATE 10/26/12 11/ 01 /12 

 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
October 19, 2012 ENCLOSURE A 

Office of Administration (ADM) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending October 19, 2012 

Petition for Rulemaking Submitted by C-10 Research and Education Foundation, Inc.: Petition 

for Rulemaking; Partial Consideration in the Rulemaking Process; 10 CFR Part 72 (PRM-72-6; 

NRC-2008-0649)

On October 16, 2012, the NRC published a document in the Federal Register (77 FR 63254) 

notifying the public of the receipt of a petition for rulemaking (PRM). The PRM, dated 

November 24, 2008, was filed by Sandra Gavutis, Executive Director for C-10 Research and 

Education Foundation, Inc. (the petitioner). The PRM was docketed by the NRC and assigned 

Docket No. PRM-72-6. The petitioner requests the NRC amend its regulations concerning dry 

cask safety, security, transferability, and longevity. The petitioner made 12 requests. The NRC 

is denying nine of the petitioner’s requests, but will consider one request in the rulemaking 

process. Action on two requests is being reserved for future rulemaking determinations, as 

these requests are currently under consideration by the NRC. The NRC will publish another 

Federal Register notice to inform the public of the Commission’s decision for these two 

requests. The docket for this PRM will remain open until action is taken on the two remaining 

requests. 

 
 

October 19, 2012 ENCLOSURE B 

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending October 19, 2012 

Arrivals 

Rolf, Joan SENIOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OFFICER IP 

Retirements 

None 

Departures 

Dube, Donald SENIOR TECH ADV RISK-INFORMED 

INITIATIVES NRO 

Hiltz, Thomas BRANCH CHIEF NMSS 

Hoffman, Daniel IT SPECIALIST IS 

Mattern, Kevin TECHNICAL ASSISTANT NMSS 

Richardson, Jerry SECRETARY (OA) CFO 
 

October 19, 2012 ENCLOSURE C 

Office of the Information Services (OIS) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending October 19, 2012 

Workshop hosted by the Digital Service Innovation Center and Chief Information Officer (CIO) 

Council

On October 16, 2012, OIS staff attended a workshop hosted by the Digital Services Innovation 

Center at the General Services Administration and the CIO Council. The workshop was set up 

to discuss agency needs for a shared public-facing mobile application development program. 

The Digital Government Strategy tasks the Digital Services Innovation Center, in conjunction 

with the CIO Council, with launching a shared mobile application development program. The 

platform will help agencies develop secure, device-agnostic mobile applications; provide a 

development test environment to streamline app delivery; and foster code-sharing. 

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

of October 12, 2012- October 18, 2012

 

James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Station - all communications 

between the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)/NRC Office of the 

General Counsel/NRC Office of the Commission and NRC Region I, 

including Fukushima-Daichi 

FOIA/PA-2013-0010 

All documentation regarding listed power plants in USA and abroad, from 

December 21, 2011 to present FOIA/PA-2013-0011 

Attachment 2 to the "Communication Plan regarding failure of the 

Jocassee Dam, at Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3,” Accession 

Number ML082250166 

FOIA/PA-2013-0012 

The September 18, 2012 email and letter from named individual to 

Chairman Macfarlane regarding the Lake Jocassee Dam and the threat 

to Oconee Nuclear Station 

FOIA/PA-2013-0013 

Case No. 4-2010-070 Report of Investigation, Cooper Nuclear Station: 

Use of an unauthorized software package in a quality application FOIA/PA- 2013-0014 

Most recent copy of the Materials License Tracking System database 

(active and retired facilities) FOIA/PA- 2013-0015 

"Communication Plan regarding failure of the Jocassee Dam, at Oconee,” 

Accession Number ML082250166 FOIA/PA-2013-0016 

Records regarding the performance of a named individual, June 1 -

October 18, 2012 

FOIA/PA-2013-0017 

Documents regarding Palisades Nuclear Plant on May 18, 2011 water 

leakage incident, including Exemption 7 and Exemption 5 material FOIA/PA-2013-0018 

Letter request (supplemental information) regarding Communication from 

Bechtel Corp to NRC on October 1, 1993 FOIA/PA-2013-0019 
 

October 19, 2012 ENCLOSURE D 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending October 19, 2012 

Publication of Regulatory Guide 1.52, “Design, Inspection, and Testing Criteria for Air Filtration 

and Adsorption Units of Post-Accident Engineered-Safety-Feature Atmosphere Cleanup 

Systems in Light-Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Plants”

On October 3, 2012 the staff published Revision 4 of Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.52, “Design, 

Inspection, and Testing Criteria for Air Filtration and Adsorption Units of Post-Accident 

Engineered-Safety-Feature Atmosphere Cleanup Systems in Light-Water-Cooled Nuclear 

Power Plants.” This regulatory guide provides a method that the NRC considers acceptable to 

implement part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), “Domestic Licensing 

of Production and Utilization Facilities,” Appendix A, “General Design Criteria for Nuclear Power 

Plants,” as it applies to the design, inspection, and testing of air filtration and iodine adsorption 

units of engineered-safety-feature atmosphere cleanup systems in light-water-cooled nuclear 

power plants. The revised regulatory guide was announced in the Federal Register on October 

3, 2012 (77 FR 60481) and is available at 

http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1215/ML12159A013.pdf.
 

October 19, 2012 ENCLOSURE E 

Office of Public Affairs (OPA) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending October 19, 2012 

OPA received significant media inquiries on the following

The evidentiary hearing of the Indian Point nuclear plant’s (NY) license renewal application 

The staff paper on licensing during the waste confidence review 

The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) pre-hearing on license renewal for the 

independent spent fuel storage installation at Prairie Island nuclear plant (MN) 

The Honeywell fuel cycle facility (IL) Confirmatory Order 

The Unusual Event declared at Seabrook nuclear plant (NH) as a result of an earthquake 

centered about 50 miles to the north in Maine 

The Fitness-for-Duty report involving an engineering supervisor at Vermont Yankee nuclear 

plant (VT) 

Other Public Affairs Items

OPA supported the following activities: 

− An interview by Platts with two staff from the Office of Nuclear Security and Incident 

Response regarding the SECY on firearms pre-emption.

OPA Social Media ítems

Blog: 

− In Response to Your Letters: Proposed Restart of San Onofre Generating Station Unit 2 

− Cyber Security and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) – This Month and Every 

Month 

− NRC Earth Scientists Celebrate Earth Science Week – Oct. 14-20 

YouTube: 

− NRC Chairman Celebrates Earth Science Week 

− Three Minutes With an NRC Hydrologist
 

October 19, 2012 ENCLOSURE E 

Press Releases

Headquarters:

12-115 ASLB to Hold Prehearing Conference on Prairie Island Spent Fuel Storage 

Facility License Renewal (10/17) 

12-114 NRC And Prairie Island Indian Community Sign Memorandum of 

Understanding (10/15) 

12-113 NRC Publishes Draft Tribal Protocol Manual For Comment, Begins 

Developing Policy Statement (10/15) 

Regions: 

II-12-061 NRC Issues Confirmatory Order to Honeywell (10/16) 

IV-12-044 NRC Issues $3,500 Fine and Confirmatory Order to DBI, Inc. (10/15) 
 

October 19, 2012 ENCLOSURE F 

Office of the Secretary (SECY) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending October 19, 2012 

Document Released 

to Public 

Date Subject 

Decision Documents 

1. SECY-12-0079 06/01/12 Partial Closure of Petition for Rulemaking 

(PRM-72-6) C-10 Research and Education 

Foundation, Inc. 

2. SRM-SECY-12-0079 09/07/12 Same. 

3. VR-SECY-12-0079 09/07/12 Same. 

Information Papers

1. SECY-12-0141 10/16/12 Weekly Information Report – Week Ending 

October 5, 2012 

2. SECY-12-0132 10/3/12 Implementation of Commission 

Memorandum and Order CLI-12-16 

Regarding Waste Confidence Decision and 

Rule 

Memoranda

4. SRM-M121002 10/12/12 Strategic Programmatic Overview of the 

Nuclear Materials Users and 

Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste 

Business Lines, 9:30 A.M., Tuesday, 

October 2, 2012, Commissioners’ 

Conference Room, One White Flint North, 

Rockville, Maryland 

Commission Correspondence

1. Letter to The Senator Barbara Boxer, dated October 12, 2012, responds to concerns 

regarding the safety of San Onofre in regards to steam generators.

2. Letter to Congressman Edward J. Markey, dated October 5, 2012, responds to letter 

regarding the August 12, 2012, shutdown of the nuclear reactor at the Palisades Nuclear 

Generating Station.
 

October 19, 2012 ENCLOSURE F 

Federal Register Notices Issued

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

Regulatory Policies and Practices, notice of meeting (10/30/2012 a.m.). 

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

(10/31/2012 p.m.).ACRS, Meeting of the Subcommittee on Fukushima, notice of meeting 

(10/31/2012 p.m.). 

3. ACRS, Procedures for Meetings. 

4. ACRS, notice of 599th meeting (11/1-3/2012). 

5. 10 CFR Part 110; NRC-2012-0008 – Request for Comment on the Branch Technical 

Position on the Import of Non-U.S. Origin Radioactive Sources. 

6. ACRS, Meeting of the Subcommittee on Regulatory Policies and Practices, notice of 

meeting (10/31/2012).