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INFORMATION REPORT

November 3, 2016 SECY-16-0127 

FOR: The Commissioners 

FROM: Robert J. Lewis 

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

SUBJECT: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT – WEEK ENDING 

 OCTOBER 28, 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 Regulatory Research D 

Office of the Secretary E

 

 /RA/ 

 Robert J. Lewis 

 Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: M. Ralph, OEDO 

 301-415-1720
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INFORMATION REPORT 

November 3, 2016 SECY-16-0127 

FOR: The Commissioners 

FROM: Robert J. Lewis 

 Assistant for Operations 

 Office of the Executive Director for Operations 

SUBJECT: WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT – WEEK ENDING 

 OCTOBER 28, 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 Regulatory Research D 

Office of the Secretary E

 

 /RA/ 

 Robert J. Lewis 

 Assistant for Operations, OEDO 

Contact: M. Ralph, OEDO 

 301-415-1720 

DISTRIBUTION: 

EDO R/F AO R/F 

ADAMS Accession No: ML16308A110 

OFFICE OEDO OEDO/AO 

NAME MRalph RLewis 

DATE 11/ /16 11/ /16 

OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
OCTOBER 28, 2016 ENCLOSURE A 

Office of Administration (ADM) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending October 28, 2016

List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI-STORM UMAX 

Canister Storage System; Certificate of Compliance No. 1040, Amendment No. 2: Direct 

Final Rule; Part 72 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (Regulation Identifier 

Number 3150-AJ80; NRC-2016-0155) 

On October 25, 2016, the NRC published a direct final rule in the Federal Register (81 FR 

73335) amending its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the “List of Approved Spent Fuel 

Storage Casks” to include Amendment No. 2 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1040 for the 

Holtec International HI-STORM UMAX [Underground Maximum Capacity] Canister Storage 

System. The companion proposed rule was also published in the Federal Register on 

October 25, 2016 (81 FR 73355). Unless significant adverse comments are received, the direct 

final rule will become effective on January 9, 2017. 
OCTOBER 28, 2016 ENCLOSURE B 

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending October 28, 2016

ARRIVALS 

BAKER, BRETT ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR 

AUDITS 

OIG 

GOLDSTEIN, DANIEL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR OIG 

TESFAYE, GETACHEW SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER NRO 

RETIREMENTS 

FITZGIBBON, WILLIAM SENIOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR OI 

HIRSCH, PATRICIA DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR 

ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION 

OCIO 

DEPARTURES

EDLER, BRAD EMERGENCY RESPONSE 

COORDINATOR 

NSIR 

JONES, HENRY HYDROLOGIST NRO 

KOVAL II, THOMAS RECORDS & INFORMATION 

MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST 

OCIO 

MONTAGUE, MICHAEL PLANNING AND SCHEDULING ANALYST NRO 

WALSH, KEVIN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR OI 
OCTOBER 28, 2016 ENCLOSURE C 

Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending October 28, 2016

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

During the Period of October 24, 2016 – October 28, 2016, as submitted by requester 

 

All documents pertaining to the Office of the Inspector General’s reports 

of claims by staff of harassment of staff by supervisors in the Office of 

Research, Office of New Reactors, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer, and all four regional offices since 

2010. 

FOIA/PA-2017-0102 

Any responsive records between January 1, 2010, and October 15, 2016, 

from the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research related to the "National 

Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements" (also known as 

NCRP; also known as National Council on Radiation Protection) 

FOIA/PA-2017-0103 

Any and all documents relating to the meeting between NRC 

Commissioners and representatives of Entergy company, which took 

place at NRC headquarters on April 13, 2015 

FOIA/PA-2017-0104 

“List all publications, active or draft Regulatory Guides, Technical 

Reports, books, manuals, etc., available to the public, free, via postal 

mail; list all locations of radioactive leaks, other contamination, etc.” 

FOIA/PA-2017-0105 

Copy of all records and licensee response relating to RI-2016-A-0053 

pertaining to Confirmatory Order EA-11-096 FOIA/PA-2017-0106 

Digital version of ML16294A505 FOIA/PA-2017-0107 

Records of employment for named individual who worked for Burns and 

Roe at the Hanford II nuclear power plant from 1973 to 1976 FOIA/PA-2017-0108 

License application dated May 27, 2008 (ML081610729) with all 

appendices; letter dated September 18, 2008 (ML082820164) FOIA/PA-2017-0109 

Any and all documents associated with the "uncharacteristically large" 

reactor system coolant leak reported September 2, 2016, that resulted in 

a technical specification required shutdown at Wolf Creek 

(ML16293A581) 

FOIA/PA-2017-0110 

Appeal the denial of information in response to FOIA/PA-2016-0655 FOIA/PA-2017-0056A 
OCTOBER 28, 2016 ENCLOSURE D 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending October 28, 2016 

Meeting of the Federal Committee for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research 

(FCMSSR) 

 

On October 20, 2016, NRC staff attended a meeting to approve recent updates to the Charter of 

the FCMSSR. The FCMSSR Charter was recently signed by the Director of Nuclear Regulatory 

Research for the NRC and provides a formal mechanism for interagency coordination on 

implementing national policy relating to developing plans and procedures for cooperative federal 

agency efforts. The agencies represented on the FCMSSR include the National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (as the chair) for the Department of Commerce; the Departments of 

Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security, Interior, State, and Transportation; the 

Environmental Protection Agency; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; the 

National Science Foundation; the National Transportation Safety Board; the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission; the Office of Management and Budget; and the Office of Science and Technology 

Policy. The efforts involve the development, acquisition, continuous operability, and increased 

effectiveness of meteorological services for the Nation. Specific items discussed include plans 

for a national earth system prediction capability, plans for a revised process for the annual plan 

for meteorological services, and plans for a spectrum efficient national surveillance radar. 
OCTOBER 28, 2016 ENCLOSURE E 

Office of the Secretary (SECY) 

Items of Interest 

Week Ending October 28, 2016 

Document Released to Public Date of 

Document 

Subject 

Decision Documents

1. Staff Requirements Memorandum – 

SECY-16-0070 

10/25/2016 Integrated Strategy to Modernize the NRC’s Digital 

Instrumentation and Control Regulatory 

Infrastructure 

2. Commission Voting Record – 

SECY-16-0070 

10/25/2016 Integrated Strategy to Modernize the NRC’s Digital 

Instrumentation and Control Regulatory 

Infrastructure 

3. SECY-16-0115 10/7/2016 SECY-16-0115: Rulemaking Plan on Financial 

Assurance for Disposition of Category 1 and 2 

Byproduct Material Radioactive Sealed Sources 

4. SECY-16-0118 10/11/2016 Programmatic Assessment of Low-Level 

Radioactive Waste Regulatory Program 

Information Papers 

1. SECY-16-0123 10/26/2016 Weekly Information Report – Week Ending 

October 14, 2016 

Memoranda

1. Staff Requirements Memorandum – 

M161018 

10/25/2016 Briefing on Strategic Programmatic Overview of 

the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste and 

Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Business 

Lines 

2. Staff Requirements Memorandum – 

M161020B 

10/26/2016 Briefing on Strategic Programmatic Overview of 

the New Reactors Business Line 

3. Staff Requirements Memorandum – 

M161027 

10/27/2016 Affirmation Session - SECY-16-0060 - Entergy 

Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC, and Entergy 

Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Vermont Yankee Nuclear 

Power Station) (Petition Seeking Review of 

Decommissioning Trust Fund Issues) 

Commission Correspondence 

1. Letter to the Honorable John Katko responds to his letter urging the Commission to promptly 

consider the application to transfer ownership of the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power 

Plant, dated October 17, 2016. 

2. Letter to the Honorable Peter Welch, et al., responds to comments on the NRC’s rulemaking 

activity entitled Regulatory Improvements for Power Reactors Transitioning to 

Decommissioning, dated October 18, 2016. 
OCTOBER 28, 2016 ENCLOSURE E 

3. Letter to the Honorable Edward J. Markey, et al., responds to his letter urging the 

Commission to reject a request from Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., for an extension of 

time to comply with NRC order EA-13-109, dated October 20, 2016. 

4. Letter to Mr. Gregory Wilshusen, GAO, responds to GAO Report entitled, “Information 

Security: NRC Needs to Improve Controls over Selected High-Impact Systems” (GAO-16-

689SU), dated October 21, 2016. 

Federal Register Notices Issued 

1. Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) 638th Full Committee Meeting – Notice 

of Meeting – November 3-5, 2016 

2. 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-2016-0218] 

3. Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Metallurgy and Reactor Fuels – Notice of Meeting – 

November 16, 2016 a.m. 

4. Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Fukushima – Notice of Meeting – November 16, 

2016 p.m. 

5. Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Plant License Renewal – Notice of Meeting – 

November 17, 2016 

6. Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board for Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC 

[Docket Nos. 50-387, 50-388, and 72-28]