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INFORMATION REPORT

July 16, 2015 SECY-15-0093

FOR: The Commissioners 

FROM: Melanie A. Galloway

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

SUBJECT: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT — WEEK ENDING 

 JULY 3, 2015 

CONTENTS Enclosure

Office of Administration A 

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer B 

Office of Information Services C 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research D 

Office of the Secretary E 

 /RA/ 

 Melanie A. Galloway 

 Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: L. Rakovan, OEDO 

 301-415-2589 
JULY 3, 2015 ENCLOSURE A 

Office of Administration (ADM) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending July 3, 2015 

Explosives, Weapons, and Response Tactics Course

On June 29, 2015, as a result of a non-competitive solicitation, firm-fixed price contract 

NRC-HQ-84-15-C-0005 was awarded to the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee. The objective of 

this contract is to assist the NRC in conducting training courses on explosives, weapons and 

tactics, breaching operations, and local law enforcement agencies’ response protocol for NRC 

personnel, contractors, and Agreement State inspectors in support of their security inspection 

requirements and missions. The period of performance is from July 1, 2015, through June 30, 

2016. The total fixed price is $425,000. 

Revision of Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 2015: Final Rule; Parts 170 and 

171 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (Regulation Identifier Number 3150-

AJ44; NRC-2014-0200)

On June 30, 2015, the NRC published a final rule in the Federal Register (80 FR 37432), 

amending the licensing, inspection, and annual fees charged to its applicants and licensees. 

These amendments are necessary to implement the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 

1990, as amended, which requires the NRC to recover, through fees, approximately 90 percent 

of its budget authority in fiscal year 2015, not including amounts appropriated for waste 

incidental to reprocessing, the Nuclear Waste Fund, generic homeland security activities, and 

inspector general services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. These fees 

represent the cost of the NRC’s services provided to applicants and licensees. This rule is 

effective August 31, 2015. 
JULY 3, 2015 ENCLOSURE B 

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending July 3, 2015 

ARRIVALS

Maher, Brendan Summer Engineer NRR

RETIREMENTS

Bubar, Patrice Chief of Staff COMM

Klementowicz, Stephen Senior Health Physicist NRR

Madden, Patrick Deputy Director, Division of Risk Analysis RES

Mayer, Kathleen Budget Analyst R-I

McCormick, Chad Human Resources Specialist R-III

Mitchell, Mark Health Physicist R-III

Schmidt, Wayne Senior Reactor Analyst R-I

Urban, Richard Senior Allegations Coordinator R-I

DEPARTURES 

None
JULY 3, 2015 ENCLOSURE C 

Office of Information Services (OIS) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending July 3, 2015

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests and Appeals Received 

During the Period of June 26 – July 2, 2015: 

Any and all documents associated with the Summer special 

inspection that was initiated on February 23, 2015. FOIA/PA-2015-0348

A copy of Guide No. 77 "Insider Mitigation Program." FOIA/PA-2015-0349

Copies of all released records and response letters to FOIA case 

2013-0065 "Nation Source Tracking System." FOIA/PA-2015-0350

List of open cases assigned to the Office of the Inspector General and 

the dates they were submitted. FOIA/PA-2015-0351

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Information Digest dated 

March 30, 2011. FOIA/PA-2015-0352

Copies of initial FOIA requests for:

2011-0354, 2011-0356, 2011-0351, 2011-0358, 2011-0333, 2011-

0251, 2011-0252, 2011-0212, 2011-0236, 2011-0122, Con-2015-

0001, 2013-0034, 2013-005A, 2013-001A, 2012-0004, 2012-0005, 

2012-0088, 2012-0081, 2012-0181, 2012-0213, and 2012-0334.

FOIA/PA-2015-0353

All response letters to FOIA Cases 2009-0156, 2009-0153, 2009-

0203, and 2009-0205. FOIA/PA-2015-0354

Copies of all FOIA court complaints served on the agency, January 1, 

2000, through December 31, 2009. FOIA/PA-2015-0355

Copy of FOIA log, February 12, 2015, through current date. FOIA/PA-2015-0356

Appeal: Redactions made to records released in FOIA/PA-2015-

0322. FOIA/PA-2015-0047A

Copy of the firm fixed price contract NRCHQ13C210045 for Verbatim 

Reporting Services awarded in 2013 to Neal R. Gross and Company, 

Inc.

FOIA/PA-2015-0357

Any files explaining the November 23, 1957, aircraft explosion 

incident in Phoenix, Arizona, and any subsequent effects it may have 

caused.

FOIA/PA-2015-0358

Licensee Entergy Operations, Inc. recorded statements and 

correspondence of individuals related to Arkansas Nuclear One, Units 

1 and 2, before and after March 31, 2013, stator drop incident.

FOIA/PA-2015-0359

Database that contains facilities listed on the Material Licensing 

Tracking system that possess or use radioactive materials as reported 

by the NRC.

FOIA/PA-2015-0360
JULY 3, 2015 ENCLOSURE D 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending July 3, 2015 

Workshop, “Assessment of Nuclear Structures Subject to Concrete Degradation,” at the 

National Institute of Standards and Technology

On June 29 through July 1, 2015, an international workshop co-chaired and organized by the 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission was 

held to assess the state of knowledge on concrete degradation (with emphasis on alkali-silica 

reaction) and its effects on the structural performance of nuclear concrete structures. The 

workshop was conducted under the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 

the Nuclear Energy Agency, and the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) 

umbrella and hosted by National Institute of Standards and Technology. It was attended by 

recognized professionals from eight countries, staff from the Office of Nuclear Regulatory 

Research (RES), the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, the Office of New Reactors, the 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, and the NRC Regional offices, and included 

representatives from other regulatory agencies, academia, and industry. 

The technical areas covered in the workshop included: (i) identification of various concrete 

degradation mechanisms, mechanical, and chemical; (ii) laboratory testing of concrete 

materials; (iii) modeling of concrete material degradation; (iv) laboratory structural testing; 

(v) modeling of concrete structures subject to materials degradation; (vi) non-destructive testing 

(NDT) of concrete structures; (vi) acceptance criteria for degraded concrete structures; and 

(vii) repair of concrete structures. A total of 22 papers were presented at the workshop 

including four invited presentations by international experts in coupling concrete materials 

degradation with concrete structure performance. Conclusions and recommendations to focus 

further cooperative efforts included: developing safety acceptance criteria for the licensing 

process, the need for improved NDT procedures to detect and analyze concrete degradation, 

using risk informed analysis for detection of degradation in concrete and structural modeling of 

the structures, the need for more large scale concrete sample testing to mitigate scale effects, 

and more effective coupling between concrete materials behavior and structural performance. 

RES staff will continue to keep cognizant agency staff informed of potential future phases of this 

CSNI effort. 
JULY 3, 2015 ENCLOSURE E 

Office of the Secretary (SECY) 

 Items of Interest 

Week Ending July 3, 2015 

Document Released to Public Date of 

Document

Subject

Decision Documents

1. Staff Requirements 

Memorandum – SECY-15-0040

06/30/2015 Proposed Revisions to Policy Statement on 

Reporting Abnormal Occurrences Criteria.

2. Voting Record – SECY-15-0040 06/30/2015 Proposed Revisions to Policy Statement on 

Reporting Abnormal Occurrences Criteria.

Information Papers 

1. SECY-88-355 12/28/1988 Transfer of Regulatory Responsibility for 

Power Reactor Decommissioning from the 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) to 

the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards (NMSS).

2. SECY-15-0084 06/30/2015 Weekly Information Report – Week Ending 

June 12, 2015.

Commission Correspondence

1. Letter to Representatives Jason Chaffetz, Elijah Cummings, and Jim Jordan responding to 

their letter regarding assessment and collection of fines and penalties at the NRC, dated 

June 22, 2015. 

2. Letter to Senators James Inhofe and Shelley Moore Capito and Representatives 

Fred Upton, Ed Whitfield, and John Shimkus, provides the “2014 Report to Congress on 

Security Inspection Program for Commercial Power Reactor and Category I Fuel Cycle 

Facilities: Results and Status Update,” dated June 23, 2015. 

3. Letter to Congresswoman Nita Lowey responding to her letter to build a new natural gas 

pipeline about one-quarter mile from the Indian Point Energy Center Unit 2 and 3 reactors, 

June 24, 2015. 

4. Letter to Representatives Fred Upton, John Shimkus, Ed Whitfield, Harold Rogers, and 

Mike Simpson, and Senators James Inhofe, Shelley Moore Capito, and Lamar Alexander 

provides the May monthly status report on the NRC’s activities and use of unobligated 

carryover funds appropriated from the Nuclear Waste Fund, dated June 24, 2015.