IR 05000254/2023401

Information Request for the Cyber-Security Baseline Inspection, Notification to Perform Inspection 05000254/2023401; 05000265/2023401

ML23011A282
Person / Time
Site:	Quad Cities
Issue date:	01/11/2023
From:	Jasmine Gilliam NRC/RGN-III/DORS/EB2
To:	Rhoades D Constellation Energy Generation, Constellation Nuclear
References
IR 2023401
Download: ML23011A282 (1)

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QUAD CITIES NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2-INFORMATION REQUEST FOR THE CYBER-SECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION, NOTIFICATION TO PERFORM INSPECTION 05000254/2023401; 05000265/2023401

Dear David Rhoades:

On May 15, 2023, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will begin a baseline inspection in accordance with Inspection Procedure (IP) 71130.10 Cyber-Security, Revision 0 at your Quad Cities Station. The inspection will be performed to evaluate and verify your ability to meet the NRCs Cyber-Security Rule, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 73, Section 54, Protection of Digital Computer and Communication Systems and Networks. The onsite portion of the inspection will take place May 15-19, 2023.

Experience has shown that baseline inspections are extremely resource intensive, both for the NRC inspectors and the licensee staff. In order to minimize the inspection impact on the site and to ensure a productive inspection for both parties, we have enclosed a request for documents needed for the inspection. These documents have been divided into four groups.

The first group specifies information necessary to assist the inspection team in choosing the focus areas (i.e., sample set) to be inspected by the cyber-security IP. This information should be made available electronically no later than March 18, 2023. The inspection team will review this information and, by April 1, 2023, will request the specific items that should be provided for review.

The second group of additional requested documents will assist the inspection team in the evaluation of the critical systems and critical digital assets (CSs/CDAs), defensive architecture, and the areas of the licensees Cyber Security Plan (CSP) selected for the cyber-security inspection. This information will be requested for review in the regional office prior to the inspection by May 01, 2023, as identified above.

The third group of requested documents consists of those items that the inspection team will review, or need access to, during the inspection. Please have this information available by the first day of the onsite inspection, May 15, 2023.

January 11, 2023 The fourth group of information is necessary to aid the inspection team in tracking issues identified as a result of the inspection. It is requested that this information be provided to the lead inspector as the information is generated during the inspection. It is important that all of these documents are up to date and complete in order to minimize the number of additional documents requested during the preparation and/or the onsite portions of the inspection.

The lead inspector for this inspection is Jasmine Gilliam. We understand that our regulatory contact for this inspection is Richard Swart of your organization. If there are any questions about the inspection or the material requested, please contact the lead inspector at 630-829-9831 or via email at Jasmine.Gilliam@nrc.gov.

This letter does not contain new or amended information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Existing information collection requirements were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, Control Number 3150-0011. The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a request for information or an information collection requirement unless the requesting document displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget Control Number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding, of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely, Jasmine Gilliam, Senior Reactor Inspector Engineering Branch 2 Division of Operating Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-254 and 50-265 License Nos. DPR-29 and DPR-30 Enclosure:

Cyber-Security Inspection Document Request cc w/encl: Distribution via LISTSERV Signed by Gilliam, Jasmine on 01/11/23