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INFORMATION REPORT

March 24, 2016 SECY-16-0036 

FOR: The Commissioners 

FROM: Robert J. Lewis /RA/

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

SUBJECT: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT – WEEK ENDING 

 MARCH 11, 2016 

CONTENTS Enclosure 

Office of Administration A 

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer B 

Office of the Chief Information Officer C 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation D 

Office of the Secretary E 

Region IV F 

 Robert J. Lewis 

 Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: L. Rakovan, OEDO 

 301-415-2589
March 24, 2016 SECY-16-0036 

FOR: The Commissioners 

FROM: Robert J. Lewis /RA/ 

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

SUBJECT: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT – WEEK ENDING 

 MARCH 11, 2016 

CONTENTS Enclosure 

Office of Administration A 

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer B 

Office of the Chief Information Officer C 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation D 

Office of the Secretary E 

Region IV F 

 Robert J. Lewis 

 Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: L. Rakovan, OEDO 

 301-415-2589 

DISTRIBUTION: 

EDO R/F AO R/F 

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DATE 03/23/16 03/24/16 

OFFICIAL RECORD COPY 
MARCH 11, 2016 ENCLOSURE A 

Office of Administration 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending March 11, 2016 

Environmental Qualification of Electrical Equipment: Petition for Rulemaking (PRM); 

Denial; Parts 50, 52, 54, and 100 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (PRM-50-

106; NRC-2012-0177)

On March 7, 2016, the NRC published a document in the Federal Register (81 FR 11681) 

denying PRM-50-106 submitted by the Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., and Mr. Paul 

M. Blanch (collectively, the petitioners) on June 18, 2012. The petitioners requested that the 

NRC amend its regulations to clearly and unequivocally require the environmental qualification 

of all safety-related cables, wires, splices, connections, and other ancillary electrical equipment 

that may be subjected to submergence and/or moisture intrusion during normal operating 

conditions, severe weather, seasonal flooding, and seismic events, and post-accident 

conditions, both inside and outside of a reactor’s containment building. The docket for the 

petition, PRM-50-106, was closed on March 7, 2016. 

American Science and Engineering, Inc. (AS&E) Service Plan for NRC Headquarters and 

Regions X-ray Machines 

On March 4, 2016, contract number NRC-HQ-40-16-C-0001 was awarded to AS&E in 

Billerica, MA. The purpose of this contract is to provide comprehensive preventative and 

corrective maintenance, including labor, consumables, and x-ray tube disposal, for NRC owned 

AS&E x-ray machines. The period of performance is from March 7, 2016, to March 6, 2017. 

The total potential value over the life of the contract is $527,118. 
MARCH 11, 2016 ENCLOSURE B 

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending March 11, 2016 

ARRIVALS 

NONE 

RETIREMENTS 

NONE 

DEPARTURES

BRYANT, KRISTINE ANN OFFICE AUTOMATION CLERK NMSS 
MARCH 11, 2016 ENCLOSURE C 

Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending March 11, 2016

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

During the Period of March 4, 2016 – March 11, 2016 

 

Medical records and work history of deceased grandfather, named 

individual, who worked at Hanford before 1975 FOIA/PA-2016-0343 

Copy of all documents regarding or relating to an interview of named 

individual conducted by Region II Office of Investigations Field Office, in 

February 2016 

FOIA/PA-2016-0344 

All information relating to two companies that previously conducted 

commercial work using radioactive materials regulated by NRC and/or its 

predecessors: Nuclear Chemical Disposal Co., Long Island, NY, and 

Long Island Nuclear Service Corp., Smithtown, NY 

FOIA/PA-2016-0345 

A list of all invoices received and payments made under the NRC's 

Financial Accounting and Integrated Management Information System 

(FAMIS) relative to the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) 

contract GS35F5359H for order number 

NRC-HQ-10-14-T-0001 for Requisition/reference number OIS-14-0161, 

09/05/2014 

FOIA/PA-2016-0346 

ML14049A282, ML14034A359, ML14034A364, and the responses to 

NRC Bulletin 2012-01 dated on or about October 24, 2012, from the 

licensees for Farley Units 1 and 2, Hatch Units 1 and 2, and Vogtle Units 

1 and 2 

FOIA/PA-2016-0347 

Copy of Bill Borchardt's memorandum on an Open & Collaborative Work 

Environment entitled "It Takes a Team!" FOIA/PA-2016-0348 

Request a copy of documents regarding "cold fusion" or "LENR" or "low 

Energy Nuclear Reactions" FOIA/PA-2016-0349 

Request a copy of Regulatory Guide 1.214 "Response Strategies for 

Potential Aircraft Threats (OUO-SRI)" FOIA/PA-2016-0350 

Request list of all investigations and allegations on which the Cyber 

Crime Unit (CCU) assisted in conducting a portion of the investigation FOIA/PA-2016-0351 

Request current information related to the NRC materials license for the 

use of I-131 at listed institutions FOIA/PA-2016-0352 

NRC Mailing List FOIA/PA-2016-0353 

SECY-78-158, March 16, 1978, Operating Assumption Covering the Use 

of and Reliability Placed in Information from the Intelligence Community FOIA/PA-2016-0354 

SECY-78-158, March 16, 1978, Operating Assumption Covering the Use 

of and Reliability Placed in Information from the Intelligence Community FOIA/PA-2016-0355 

Appeal the lack of response to records contained in the NRC's Privacy 

Act System of Records NRC-23, FOIA/PA-2016-0137 FOIA/PA-2016-0072A 

Appeal the redactions made in response to FOIA/PA-2016-0253 FOIA/PA-2016-0073A 
MARCH 11, 2016 ENCLOSURE D 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending March 11, 2016 

Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Meeting with DTE Energy on Fermi Unit 2 

License Renewal Safety Evaluation Report 

On March 2, 2016, the staff and DTE Energy met with the Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards Subcommittee to discuss the Fermi Unit 2 License Renewal Safety Evaluation 

Report (SER) with Open Items. The SER contains one open item related to the effects of 

reactor water environment on fatigue life. The staff expects to issue the final SER in July 2016. 
MARCH 11, 2016 ENCLOSURE E 

Office of the Secretary (SECY) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending March 11, 2016 

Document Released to Public Date of 

Document 

Subject 

Decision Documents

1. Staff Requirements 

Memorandum SECY-15-0168 

03/09/2016 Recommendations on Issues Related to 

Implementation of a Risk Management 

Regulatory Framework 

2. Commission Voting Record 

SECY-15-0168 

03/09/2016 Recommendations on Issues Related to 

Implementation of a Risk Management 

Regulatory Framework 

3. SECY-15-0098 08/05/2015 Denial of Petition for Rulemaking Related to 

Environmental Qualification of Electrical 

Equipment (PRM-50-106) 

4. Staff Requirements 

Memorandum 

SECY-15-0098 

01/11/2016 Denial of Petition for Rulemaking Related to 

Environmental Qualification of Electrical 

Equipment (PRM-50-106) 

5. Commission Voting Record 

SECY-15-0098 

01/11/2016 Denial of Petition for Rulemaking Related to 

Environmental Qualification of Electrical 

Equipment (PRM-50-106) 

Information Papers 

1. SECY-16-0018 02/25/2016 Status of Improvements to the Force-on-Force 

Inspection Program in Response to 

SRM-SECY-14-0088 

2. SECY-16-0024 03/04/2016 Weekly Information Report – Week Ending 

February 26, 2016 

Commission Correspondence 

1. Letter to the Honorable Shelley Moore Capito, Ed Whitfield, John Shimkus, Mike Simpson, 

Lamar Alexander, Jason Chaffetz, James Inhofe, Fred Upton, Harold Rogers, Thad 

Cochran, Ron Johnson, Gene Dodaro, and Shaun Donovan, provides the summary of 

actions taken by the NRC in response to recommendations contained in various U.S. 

Government Accountability Office reports that address NRC activities, dated February 29, 

2016. 

2. Letter to the Honorable Thad Cochran and Harold Rogers provides quarterly reports on the 

NRC’s progress on certain licensing actions and right-sizing commitments, dated March 1, 

2016. 

 
MARCH 11, 2016 ENCLOSURE E 

3. Letter to the Honorable Harold Rogers and Thad Cochran responds to the directive in the 

Joint Explanatory Statement for NRC to submit a plan for making changes to the agency's 

rulemaking process, dated March 1, 2016. 

Federal Register Notices Issued 

1. Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes – Renewal Notice. 
MARCH 11, 2016 ENCLOSURE F 

Region IV 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending March 11, 2016 

Staff Issues Decision on a Differing Professional Opinion 

On February 2, 2016, the Regional Administrator, Region IV, issued a decision on a Differing 

Professional Opinion (DPO) involving the significance determination process (SDP) evaluation 

result of “Yellow” for a finding at Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO) involving a Unit 1 stator drop 

event that occurred in March 2013 (DPO-2015-001). On September 2, 2015, an NRC employee 

submitted a DPO that focused on whether the staff properly followed Inspection Manual Chapter 

(IMC) 0308, “Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Basis Document”, and IMC 0609, “Significance 

Determination Process”, the governing documents associated with determining the significance 

of inspection findings, rather than the conflicting guidance in the Risk Assessment 

Standardization Project (RASP) Handbook, a sub-tier document, in determining the risk 

significance of a finding pertaining to the ANO Unit 1 stator drop event. On January 22, 2016, 

an Ad Hoc Review Panel provided the results of its independent review to the Regional 

Administrator, Region IV. The panel concluded that the ANO Unit 1 stator drop event was a 

very complex event which required a detailed risk analysis to determine the best estimate 

results for the significance determination, and that the process used by the staff to determine 

the significance of the associated performance deficiency, which resulted in the issuance of a 

“Yellow” finding to Entergy (the licensee for ANO) on June 23, 2014, was the appropriate 

process to use. The panel also recommended that a comprehensive review of the RASP 

Handbook be performed to ensure its guidance is not inconsistent with program requirements; 

the purpose and use of the RASP Handbook be clarified to ensure it remains a “living” methods 

document which takes into account the use of available best practices, which may or may not 

be specified in higher tier program documents; and that IMCs 0308 and 0609 be revised to 

clarify the expected need for flexibility in performing SDP evaluations. Based on a review of the 

original DPO, the panel’s report, and additional comments provided by the DPO submitter in 

response to the panel’s report, the Regional Administrator, Region IV, agreed with the panel’s 

conclusions and recommendations. The DPO Case File can be found at ML16061A362.