INFORMATION REPORT

April 11, 2013 SECY-13-0041

For: The Commissioners 

From: Mindy S. Landau 

 Acting Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

 April 5, 2013 

Contents Enclosure

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 Public Affairs E 

Office of the Secretary F 

 /RA/

 Mindy S. Landau

Acting Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: 

L. Rakovan, OEDO 
April 11, 2013 SECY-13-0041

For: The Commissioners 

From: Mindy S. Landau 

 Acting Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

Subject: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING 

 April 5, 2013 

Contents Enclosure

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 Public Affairs E 

Office of the Secretary F 

 /RA/

 Mindy S. Landau

Acting Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: 

L. Rakovan, OEDO 

DISTRIBUTION: 

EDO R/F AO R/F 

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 DATE 04/11/13 04/11/13 

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April 5, 2013 ENCLOSURE A

Office of Administration (ADM) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending April 5, 2013 

Transition Travel Services

On March 27, 2013, as a result of a non-competitive acquisition, a firm-fixed-price order (GS33F-N0017, Task Order No. NRC-HQ-13-T-09-0001) was awarded to CW Government Travel, 

Inc., of Arlington, VA, for Government travel services. Government travel services are needed 

during the transition period of the new Government travel services contract awarded by U.S. 

General Services Administration to Concur Technologies, Inc. The period of performance is 

from March 19, 2013, to December 12, 2013, with no options, and the total value of the task 

order is $317,800.00. 

Shielding and Radiation Protection Review Effort and Licensing Conditions for Dry Storage 

Applications: Draft Interim Staff Guidance; Request for Public Comment; 10 CFR Part 72 

(NRC-2013-0051)

On March 29, 2013, the NRC published a notice in the Federal Register (78 FR 19148) 

requesting comments on Draft Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Interim Staff Guidance 

No. 26A (SFST-ISG-26A), Revision 0, “Shielding and Radiation Protection Review Effort and 

Licensing Conditions for 10 CFR [Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations] Part 72 

Applications.” Draft SFST-ISG-26A provides guidance to NRC staff when reviewing the 

shielding and radiation protection portions of applications for certificates of compliance, specific 

licenses, and amendments submitted in accordance with 10 CFR Part 72. The public comment 

period closes on May 13, 2013. 

Memorandum of Understanding between the NRC and the Bureau of Land Management: 

Notice of Availability (NRC-2013-0061)

On April 1, 2013, the NRC published a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in the Federal 

Register (78 FR 19540) that the NRC and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior entered into on February 12, 2013. The MOU sets forth the 

cooperative working relationship between the NRC and the BLM, primarily for the purpose of 

enhancing each agency's compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act and Section 

106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. 
April 5, 2013 ENCLOSURE B

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending April 5, 2013 

Arrivals

BALKIN, ALEXANDER PROGRAM ANALYST CFO

GORE, FRANCIS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR OI

GOULDING, TIMOTHY FUEL FACILITY INSPECTOR R-II

HOFFMAN, RAYMOND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SPECIALIST NSIR

KOVAL II, THOMAS PROGRAM ANALYST CFO

MORENO, ANGEL CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS PROTOCOL SPEC CA

PEREZ, TINA IT SPECIALIST INFOSEC CSO

SCHWEE, JANISE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT R-IV

TIBBETTS, JOHN PARALEGAL SPECIALIST OGC

WATFORD, MARGARET GENERAL ENGINEER (NSPDP) NRR

Retirements

ANDRUSZKIEWICZ, EDWARD MATERIALS ENGINEER NRR

BRANDT, PHILIP PROJECT MANAGER FSME

COLLINS, ELMO REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR R-IV

CONTE, RICHARD BRANCH CHIEF R-I

ELDRIDGE, SHARON SECRETARY (OA) R-III

KEMPER, WILLIAM SR. ELECTRONICS ENGR (DIGITAL I&C) NRR

KERLIN, MARTIN BRANCH CHIEF CFO

MILANO, PATRICK SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER NRR

SCHMIDT, KATHERINE SENIOR PROGRAM ANALYST OCHCO

Departures

LESLIE, BRET SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER NMSS

LORETTE, MAXINNE TRAINING CENTRALIZATION PROJECT 

MANAGER OCHCO

NGUYEN, LONG IT SPECIALIST (PROJECT MANAGER) IS

PATEL, JAY SENIOR REACTOR OPERATIONS ENGINEER NRO

POWERS, DALE SENIOR TECHNICAL ANALYST R-IV

THOMPSON, JON PROJECT MANAGER NRR
April 5, 2013 ENCLOSURE C

Office of Information Services (OIS) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending April 5, 2013

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

of March 29, 2013 – April 4, 2013: 

 

Copy of Ameren Missouri's Overall Integrated Plan FOIA/PA-2013-0205

Copy of all communication emails between named individuals 

June 1-December 31, 2012

FOIA/PA-2013-0206
April 5, 2013 ENCLOSURE D

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending April 5, 2013 

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, National Fire Protection Association Standard No. 805 (NFPA 

805), Regulatory Audit 

During the week of March 25, 2013, staff conducted an NFPA 805 regulatory audit at the 

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant. The staff reviewed NFPA 805 site transition documents related 

to Farley's NFPA 805 license amendment request. The licensee’s staff and their contractors 

conducted presentations, technical discussions, and plant tours to help the NRC staff verify the 

details of their amendment request to transition to an NFPA 805 Fire Protection Program. 
April 5, 2013 ENCLOSURE E

Office of Public Affairs (OPA) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending April 5, 2013 

OPA received significant media inquiries on the following: 

Open House regarding Pilgrim Plant’s (MA) 2012 performance; meeting with Plymouth (MA) 

Board of Selectmen 

Annual assessment for Nine Mile Point plant (NY); an Event Notification regarding Nine Mile 

Point 1 

Draft license amendment request for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (CA); preapplication meeting for Southern California Edison 

Industrial accident at Arkansas Nuclear One plant (AR) 

OPA Social Media Items: 

Blog: 

- The NRC and Protecting the Environment: The NEPA Process 

- Inspector General Report Identifies Ways To Improve NRC’s Safeguards Information 

Local Area Network and Electronic Safe 

- Inspector General Report Presents Results of the NRC 2012 Safety Culture and Climate 

Survey 

- Easter Sunday and Arkansas Nuclear One 

Press Releases

Headquarters:

13-023 NRC Seeks Public Comment on Draft Analysis to Support Revised “Station Blackout” 

Rule (04/04/2013)

13-022 NRC Meetings in Rockville, Md., April 12 to Discuss Fukushima Lessons Learned, 

Containment Venting Systems (04/03/2013)

Regions:

III-13-011 NRC Cites Kewaunee for an Issue in Emergency Preparedness (04/05/2013)

II-13-010 NRC Schedules Meetings to Discuss Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 1 Performance and 

Watts Bar Unit 2 Construction (04/05/2013)

I-13-014 NRC to Hold Open House April 11 in Shippingport, Pa., to Discuss Beaver Valley Nuclear 

Plant Annual Assessment (04/04/2013)

IV-13-010 NRC to Discuss 2012 Performance Assessment for Wolf Creek Nuclear Plant 

(04/04/2013)

III-13-010 NRC Will Hold an Open House On 2012 Performance of Duane Arnold Nuclear Power 

Plant on April 11 (04/03/2013)
April 5, 2013 ENCLOSURE E

I-13-013 NRC to Hold Meeting with PPL Corporation on April 10 in Salem Township, Pa., to 

Discuss Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant Annual Assessment (04/02/2013)

II-13-009 NRC Schedules Meeting for April 10 in Fort Pierce., Fla., to Discuss St. Lucie Nuclear 

Plant Safety Performance (04/02/2013)

I-13-012 NRC To Discuss Millstone Nuclear Plant Annual Assessment During April 9th Meeting 

with Nuclear Energy Advisory Council (04/01/2013)

III-13-009 NRC Schedules Public Meeting April 10 to Discuss Performance of Perry Nuclear Power 

Plant (04/01/2013)
April 5, 2013 ENCLOSURE F

Office of the Secretary (SECY) 

 Items of Interest 

 Week Ending April 5, 2013 

Document Released

to Public

Date Subject

Information Papers

1. SECY-13-0032 4/2/13 Weekly Information Report – Week Ending 

March 22, 2013

2. SECY-13-0034 4/5/13 Weekly Information Report – Week Ending 

March 29, 2013

Memoranda

1. M130402A 4/2/13 Staff Requirements - Affirmation Session: I. 

SECY-13-0010 - Motion to Quash Subpoena 

Filed by The Shaw Group, Inc.

Commission Correspondence

1. Letter to Congress, Office of Personnel Management, Equal Employment Opportunity 

Commission, and Department of Justice, dated March 28, 2013, provides the NRC's FY 

2012 Annual Report on the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 

Retaliation (No FEAR) Act of 2002. 

2. Letter to Congressmen Edward Markey, John Tierney and Bill Keating, dated March 26, 

2013, responds to letter urging the NRC to alter its plans to hold open house style 

meetings to review the 2012 performance of both Pilgrim and Seabrook. 

FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES

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

Subcommittee on Regulatory Policies and Practices, notice of meeting (04/23/2013). 

2. ACRS, Meeting of the Subcommittee on Reliability & Probabilistic Risk Assessment, 

notice of meeting (04/24/2013). 

3. ACRS, Meeting of the Subcommittee on Advanced Boiling Water Reactor, notice of 

meeting (04/24/2013). 

4. ACRS, Meeting of the Subcommittee on US – APWR, notice of meeting 

 (04/25-26/2013). 

5. Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses 

Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing Sensitive 

Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to 

Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information [NRC-2013-0059].