The allegedly hot-tempered Gregory Jaczko is set to tell lawmakers Wednesday about the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s successes in this “exceptionally challenging and productive year” — including the fact that the NRC was ranked the second-best place to work in the federal government, according to a copy of his prepared testimony obtained by POLITICO.

“Even with the pressures of the past year, the NRC once again scored among the top tier of federal agencies in the 2011 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government rankings, conducted by the Partnership for Public Service,” Jaczko’s testimony says. “The NRC scored No. 1 in all four major indices, including leadership and knowledge management, results-oriented performance culture, talent management and job satisfaction.”

Jaczko’s prepared remarks ignore the entire controversy consuming his agency during the past week, including the revelation that his four fellow commissioners complained to the White House this fall that Jaczko, a former aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, is a bully who is “causing serious damage” to the commission with “increasingly problematic and erratic” behavior.

Earlier this year, it was revealed that Jaczko and Commissioner Kristine Svinicki, a Republican, have sparred over everything from serious issues including safety reviews and agency budgets to minor items like foreign travel requests.

In his written testimony, Jaczko praises NRC employees for their work in the past year, which was unexpectedly busy because of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear catastrophe in Japan and natural disasters in the U.S., such as Midwestern flooding and the August earthquake that damaged a Virginia reactor.

“We have many important issues on our plate right now — both internally to strengthen our organization and externally to continue ensuring the safety and security of our nation’s nuclear facilities and materials,” Jaczko adds. “We cannot predict with any certainty all the issues that might arise in the upcoming year. That makes it all the more important that we prudently manage the resources entrusted to us by the American people, take full advantage of all the talents and expertise that our diverse team brings to the table and keep our focus — first and foremost — on our safety and security mission.”

This article first appeared on POLITICO Pro at 4:54 p.m. on December 13, 2011.