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INFORMATION REPORT

February 9, 2015 SECY-15-0021

For: The Commissioners 

From: Melanie A. Galloway

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

 JANUARY 30, 2015 

Office of Administration A 

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer B 

Office of Information Services C 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation D 

Office of the Secretary E 

 

 /RA/ 

 Melanie A. Galloway 

 Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: 

L. Rakovan, OEDO 
February 9, 2015 SECY-15-0021

For: The Commissioners 

From: Melanie A. Galloway 

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

 JANUARY 30, 2015 

Office of Administration A 

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer B 

Office of Information Services C 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation D 

Office of the Secretary E 

 

 /RA/ 

 Melanie A. Galloway 

 Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: 

L. Rakovan, OEDO 

DISTRIBUTION: 

EDO R/F AO R/F 

ADAMS Accession No: ML15037A177 *via email 

OFFICE OEDO/CPM AO/OEDO 

NAME LRakovan* MGalloway 

DATE 02/ 04 /15 02 /09 /15 

 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
JANUARY 30, 2015 ENCLOSURE A

Office of Administration (ADM) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending January 30, 2015 

Safeguards Information--Modified Handling Categorization; Change for Materials 

Facilities; Direct Final Rule; Confirmation of Effective Date, NUREG Issuance, and 

Correction; 10 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 30, 37, 73, and 150 (Regulation 

Identifier Number (RIN) 3150-AJ18; NRC-2012-0140) 

On January 26, 2015, the NRC published a document in the Federal Register (80 FR 3865) 

confirming the effective date of January 28, 2015, for the direct final rule that was published in 

the Federal Register on September 30, 2014 (79 FR 58664). The direct final rule amended the 

NRC’s regulations by removing the “Safeguards Information - Modified Handling” designation for 

certain security-related information. The NRC also announced the availability of implementation 

guidance for the direct final rule and corrected the “Compatibility Table for Direct Final Rule” 

appearing in Section V, “Compatibility of Agreement State Regulations,” of the direct final rule. 

List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International MAGNASTOR® System; 

Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment No. 4; Direct Final Rule; 10 CFR Part 72 

(RIN 3150-AJ39; NRC-2014-0058)

On January 29, 2015, the NRC published a direct final rule in the Federal Register (80 FR 4757) 

amending its spent fuel storage regulations to add Amendment No. 4 to the Certificate of 

Compliance No. 1031 for the NAC International MAGNASTOR® System. Amendment No. 4 

changes a limiting condition for operation in the technical specifications for transportable 

storage canister vacuum drying and helium backfill times and corrects a typographical error. 

The NRC approval of the Amendment would not authorize transportation. The companion 

proposed rule was also published in the Federal Register on January 29, 2015 (80 FR 4808). 

The direct final rule is effective April 14, 2015, unless significant adverse comments are 

received by March 2, 2015. 
JANUARY 30, 2015 ENCLOSURE B

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending January 30, 2015 

Arrivals

None

Retirements

 

CHEN, PEI-YING SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER NRO

EITREIM, ANTHONY C CHIEF COUNSEL ASLBP

WEST JR, GARMON BRANCH CHIEF NSIR

 

Departures 

None
JANUARY 30, 2015 ENCLOSURE C

Office of Information Services (OIS) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending January 30, 2015 

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

During the Period of January 23 – January 29, 2015: 

 

Access to document entitled “Recommends Commission agree with 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval of licensee position to 

establish centralized backup emergency operations facility,” 

November 23, 1983

FOIA/PA-2015-0120

Documents pertaining to the amount of depleted uranium within the 

United States, as specified FOIA/PA-2015-0121

Information pertaining to the Minority Serving Institutions Program grant 

proposal, NRC-HQ-7P-14-FOA-0001 FOIA/PA-2015-0122

All Freedom of Information Act requests received between April 1, 2014, 

and April 7, 2014 FOIA/PA-2015-0123

Copy of all Memorandum of Understandings signed bilaterally between 

the governments of the United States and India during President 

Obama's January 2015 visit to India

FOIA/PA-2015-0124

Make publicly available the 33 listed SECY papers from the mid-1970’s FOIA/PA-2015-0125

Sites in possession or use of radioactive materials FOIA/PA-2015-0126

Copy of forms 700, 702, 136, and SF312 FOIA/PA-2015-0127

Copy of initial request and released records of FOIA/PA-2014-0294 and 

FOIA/PA-2014-0295 FOIA/PA-2015-0128

Copy of the 18 listed initial Freedom of Information Act requests FOIA/PA-2015-0129

Copy of blank form 183, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Style 

Manual FOIA/PA-2015-0130

Copies of all internal communication in relation to FOIA/PA-2015-0005A FOIA/PA-2015-0131
JANUARY 30, 2015 ENCLOSURE D

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending January 30, 2015 

Public Meeting on the Component Design Bases Inspection Program

On January 22, 2015, the staff held a public meeting to solicit feedback from external 

stakeholders on ways to improve the Component Design Bases Inspection (CDBI) program. 

Members from industry working groups and staff from the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) and 

Union of Concerned Scientists, as well as other members of the general public, participated in 

the meeting. The staff presented its plans to expand the scope of CDBIs to include Emergency 

Preparedness and Security activities, provide greater emphasis on assessing licensees’ ability 

to monitor and address aging of components, and allow greater flexibility in determining the 

scope of the CDBI inspections. These changes address the results of the Reactor Oversight 

Process Baseline Inspection Program enhancement project recommendations. Industry 

representatives presented their recommendations to improve the CDBI inspections. Industry 

recommendations included: (1) reducing the team size, (2) conducting smaller scope 

inspections more frequently, and (3) receiving “credit” for quality licensee self-assessments. 

Industry plans to provide a white paper on ways to improve the effectiveness of the CDBI 

inspections to the NRC by the end of February 2015. The staff plans to hold an additional 

public meeting to discuss the contents of the NEI white paper during calendar year 2015.
JANUARY 30, 2015 ENCLOSURE E

Office of the Secretary (SECY) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending January 30, 2015 

Commission Correspondence

1. Letter to Representative Fred Upton, et al., dated January 23, 2015, provides the December 

monthly status report on the NRC’s activities and use of unobligated carryover funds 

appropriated from the Nuclear Waste Fund. 

Federal Register Notices Issued

1. Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee on Reliability and 

PRA, notice of meeting (02/18/2015). 

Document Released to Public Date of 

Document

Subject

Decision Documents

1. SECY-15-0002 01/08/2015 Proposed Updates of Licensing Policies 

Rules and Guidance for Future New 

Reactor Applications 

Information Papers 

1. SECY-15-0003 01/08/2015 Staff Activities Related to Counterfeit, 

Fraudulent, and Suspect Items 

2. SECY-15-0011 01/23/2015 Weekly Information Report – Week Ending 

January 16, 2015