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Fy 2021 Congressional Budget Justification Summary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Dated February 10, 2020
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FY 2021 Congressional Budget Justification Summary U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission February 10, 2020 1

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission

  • Mission: To license and regulate the Nations civilian use of radioactive materials to provide reasonable assurance of adequate protection of public health and safety, to promote the common defense and security, and to protect the environment.
  • The NRCs FY 2021 budget request reflects the agencys continued commitment to protecting public health and safety and ensuring the long-term safety and security of nuclear power facilities and nuclear materials.

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Budget Request Summary FY 2020 FY 2020 FY 2021 Delta Delta Major Program Enacted Total Authority Request FY 21 - FY 20 EN FY 21 - FY 20 TA

$M* FTE $M* FTE $M* FTE $M* FTE $M* FTE Nuclear Reactor Safety 426.7 1,815.0 447.6 1,815.0 452.8 1,755.0 26.2 (60.0) 5.3 (60.0)

Nuclear Materials and Waste Safety 120.2 481.0 126.1 481.0 125.6 462.0 5.4 (19.0) (0.5) (19.0)

Corporate Support 279.4 611.0 292.6 611.0 271.4 588.0 (8.0) (23.0) (21.2) (23.0)

Integrated University Program 16.0 0.0 16.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (16.0) 0.0 (16.0) 0.0 Subtotal $842.2 2,907.0 $882.2 2,907.0 $849.9 2,805.0 $7.6 (102.0) $(32.4) (102.0)

Office of the Inspector General 13.3 63.0 13.3 63.0 13.5 63.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 Total $855.5 2,970.0 $895.5 2,970.0 $863.4 2,868.0 $7.8 (102.0) $(32.2) (102.0)

  • $M includes full-time equivalent (FTE) costs as well as contract support and travel. Numbers may not add due to rounding.
  • The FY 2021 budget request is $863.4 million, including 2,868 FTE. This represents an increase of $7.8 million, including a decrease of 102 FTE, when compared with the FY 2020 Enacted Budget.
  • When compared to the FY 2020 total budget authority, which included the use of $40 million in authorized prior-year carryover, this request represents a decrease of $32.2 million or approximately 3.6 percent.
  • The FY 2021 budget request includes $17.7 million in the Nuclear Reactor Safety Program for the continued development of a regulatory infrastructure for advanced nuclear reactor technologies.
  • The FY 2021 budget request does not include funding for licensing activities related to the proposed deep geological repository for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

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  • The FY 2021 budget request does not include resources for the Integrated University Program.

Budget Request Trend U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission FY 2014 - FY 2021 Budget 1,100 4,000 3,500 1,000 3,000 Dollars in Millions 900 2,500 FTE 2,000 800 1,500 700 1,000 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Request Integrated University Program ($M) 15.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 16.0 0.0 High-Level Waste ($M) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Authorized Carryover ($M) 0.0 34.2 0.0 23.0 15.0 20.0 40.0 0.0 Program and Corporate ($M) 1,040.9 1,000.3 987.1 902.1 907.0 896.0 839.6 863.4 Total Budget $(M) 1,055.9 1,015.3 1,002.1 917.1 922.0 911.0 855.6 863.4 Total FTE 3,799.7 3,778.5 3,595.0 3,396.0 3,186.0 3,106.0 2,970.0 2,868.0

  • Since FY 2014, the agency budget has decreased by 17 percent, excluding resources for Yucca Mountain and the Integrated University Program. The agency has also reduced FTE by 25 percent during this period.

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Net Budget Authority FY 2020 FY 2021 Delta Enacted Request FY 21 - FY 20

$M* $M* $M*

Budget Authority 855.6 863.4 7.8 Offsetting Fees 728.1 740.4 12.3 Net Budget Authority $127.5 $123.0 $(4.5)

  • $M includes FTE costs as well as contract support and travel. Numbers may not add due to rounding.
  • NEIMA designates fee-relief activities identified by the Commission and other specific activities excluded from fee recovery as excluded activities.
  • NRC will recover approximately 100 percent of its budget, less excluded activities, from licensee fees.
  • NRC will recover $740.4 million of its FY 2021 budget request from fees assessed to NRC licensees. This will result in a net budget authority of $123.0 million, a decrease of $4.5 million when compared with the FY 2020 Enacted Budget.

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Composition of Net Budget Authority FY 2020 FY 2021 Delta Enacted Request FY 21- FY 20

$M* $M* $M*

Generic Homeland Security 14.2 11.7 (2.4)

Waste Incidental to Reprocessing 1.3 1.2 (0.1)

Advanced Reactors Regulatory Readiness 15.5 17.7 2.2 International Activities 14.5 0.0 (14.5)

Nuclear Waste Fund 0.0 0.0 0.0 Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board 1.2 1.2 0.0 Integrated University Program 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fee Relief Activities 80.9 91.2 10.3 Net Budget Authority $127.5 $123.0 ($4.5)

  • $M includes FTE costs as well as contract support and travel. Numbers may not add due to rounding.
  • NRCs net budget authority is comprised of fee relief activities and other specific activities excluded from fee recovery, otherwise known as excluded activities.
  • The FY 2021 budget request does not include funding for licensing activities related to the proposed Yucca Mountain deep geological repository for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and other high-level radioactive waste.
  • For FY 2021, the Commission identified international activities, not including the resources requested for import and export licensing, as fee-relief activities to be excluded from fee recovery, in accordance with NEIMA.

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Nuclear Reactor Safety Highlights FY 2020 FY 2021 Delta Enacted Request FY 21 - FY 20 Business Line

$M* FTE $M* FTE $M* FTE Operating Reactors 342.6 1,483.0 372.8 1,470.0 30.3 (13.0)

New Reactors 84.1 332.0 80.0 285.0 (4.1) (47.0)

Nuclear Reactor Safety $426.7 1,815.0 $452.8 1,755.0 $26.2 (60.0)

  • $M includes FTE costs as well as contract support and travel. Numbers may not add due to rounding.

Resources for the Nuclear Reactor Safety Program increase primarily because of an increase in salaries and benefits to support enacted pay raises and increases in awards spending.

  • Resources for the Operating Reactors Business Line also increase primarily to support three new support subsequent license renewal applications (North Anna Power Station and two unnamed plants); a new medical radioisotope construction permit application for Coqui and three ongoing medical radioisotope operating license application reviews; and entry-level hiring to support the agencys ongoing Strategic Workforce Plan (SWP). The increases are partially offset by a decline in workload, efficiencies in processing licensing actions, the merger of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) and the Office of New Reactors (NRO), and the anticipated closure of the Duane Arnold Energy Center.
  • Resources for the New Reactors Business Line decrease primarily due to the completion of the NuScale design certification review and Clinch River early site permit application review; decrease in the areas of construction inspections, allegations and investigations, and vendor inspections as Vogtle Unit 3 is expected to transition to the reactor oversight program early in FY 2021; and the merger of NRR and NRO. The decreases are partially offset by an increase in workload in the area of advanced nuclear reactor technologies and entry-level hiring to support the agencys ongoing SWP. 7

Nuclear Materials and Waste Safety Highlights FY 2020 FY 2021 Delta Business Line Enacted Request FY 21 - FY 20

$M* FTE $M* FTE $M* FTE Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation 22.9 102.0 28.1 102.0 5.2 0.0 Nuclear Materials Users 56.2 205.0 55.5 201.0 (0.7) (4.0)

Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste 21.8 93.0 22.8 86.0 1.0 (7.0)

High-Level Waste 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fuel Facilities 19.2 81.0 19.3 73.0 0.0 (8.0)

Nuclear Materials and Waste Safety $120.2 481.0 $125.6 462.0 $5.4 (19.0)

  • $M includes FTE costs as well as contract support and travel. Numbers may not add due to rounding.

Resources for the Materials and Waste Safety Program increase primarily because of an increase in salaries and benefits to support enacted pay raises and increases in awards spending. These increases are partially offset by decreases in the Nuclear Materials Users, Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste, and Fuel Facilities Business Lines described below.

  • Resources for the Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Business Line increase primarily to support development of technical bases for the review of transportation packages for accident tolerant fuel and development of regulatory guidance and infrastructure to conduct safety reviews for high-burnup and enrichment extension fuel designs that may be submitted in future license applications.
  • Resources for the Nuclear Materials Users Business Line decrease in alignment with projected workload.
  • Resources for the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste Business Line decrease as a result of the reduction within the Uranium Recovery Program and the Materials and Decommissioning Program. The decreases are partially offset by the transition of the Duane Arnold Energy Center from operations to the power reactor decommissioning program.
  • Resources for the Fuel Facilities Business Line decrease primarily due to the efficiencies associated with organization restructuring within the NRCs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

The FY 2021 budget request does not include funding for Yucca Mountain activities. NRC will continue to use unobligated carryover funds appropriated from the Nuclear Waste Fund to address the remand by the U.S.

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the case In re Aiken County regarding the licensing 8

process for the U.S. Department of Energys Yucca Mountain license application.

Corporate Support Highlights FY 2020 FY 2021 Delta Product Line Enacted Request FY 21 - FY 20

$M* FTE $M* FTE $M* FTE Administrative Services 86.2 78.0 73.6 71.0 (12.6) (7.0)

Financial Management 29.9 96.0 32.9 93.0 3.0 (3.0)

Human Resource Management 20.3 44.0 20.2 43.0 (0.2) (1.0)

IT/IM Resources 91.1 179.0 94.9 174.0 3.8 (5.0)

Outreach 3.2 13.0 3.2 13.0 0.1 0.0 Policy Support 29.3 137.0 29.8 133.0 0.5 (4.0)

Training 4.2 13.0 3.9 12.0 (0.3) (1.0)

Acquisitions 15.2 51.0 12.9 49.0 (2.3) (2.0)

Corporate Support $279.4 611.0 $271.4 588.0 $(8.0) (23.0)

  • $M includes FTE costs as well as contract support and travel. Numbers may not add due to rounding.
  • Resources for Corporate Support decrease primarily as a result of the elimination of the planned restack and renovation of two floors in the One White Flint North building, and the planned release of the Three White Flint North conference space, and the planned release of a floor of the Two White Flint North building. Decreases are also a result of efficiencies related to administrative services support, facilities management, and physical personnel security; implementation of more cost effective telecommunication technologies and transition to governmentwide shared services; and reduced costs as a result of integrating the agency's financial and procurement systems. The decreases are partially offset by an increase in salaries and benefits to support enacted pay raises and increases in awards spending.

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Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA)

NEIMA impacts the following areas in the NRCs Congressional Budget Justification (effective FY 2021)

  • Corporate Support - NEIMA caps the NRCs corporate support costs at 30 percent of the annual budget request for FY 2021, stepping down to 28 percent in FY 2025 and beyond, to the maximum extent practicable.
  • Operating Power Reactors Annual Fee - NEIMA caps the operating power reactor licensee annual fee to the amount established in the FY 2015 final fee rule, adjusted for inflation, to the maximum extent practicable.
  • Requested Activities - NEIMA requires anticipated expenditures for requested activities of the Commission to be identified in the annual budget justification.
  • Performance Metrics - NEIMA requires the development of performance metrics for requested activities of the Commission.

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Corporate Support Percentage Corporate Support Budget FY 2014 - FY 2021 400.0 $30.0 346.1 350.0 336.3

-3% $20.0

-9% 305.0 300.1 296.4 292.9 300.0 -2% -1% 279.4 Annual Change (Millions)

-1% 271.4 $10.0

-5%

-3%

Total $ (Millions) 250.0

$0.0 200.0

($3.7) ($8.0)

($9.7) ($4.9) ($10.0) 150.0 ($3.4)

($13.6)

($20.0) 100.0 50.0 ($30.0)

($31.3) 0.0 ($40.0)

FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Enacted Request Total $M Annual Change ($M)

  • Since FY 2014, the Corporate Support budget has decreased by approximately $74.7 million, or approximately 22 percent.
  • Resources requested for Corporate Support constitute 31 percent of the agencys total budget and reflects the agencys effort to comply with NEIMA to the maximum extent practicable.

Further reductions to corporate support in FY 2021 were not feasible and would jeopardize the corporate activities necessary to accomplish the agencys mission.

  • The Corporate Support budget supports continuing efforts to modernize IT to increase productivity and security, leverage data as a strategic asset, share quality services, leverage 11 common contracts and best practices to drive cost reductions and efficiencies.

Operating Power Reactors Annual Fee Estimated FY 2021 Operating Power Reactors Annual Fee

$M*

FY 2021 Operating Power Reactors Allocation 628.0 Estimated Part 170 Fee Collections 188.3 Estimated Part 171 Allocations 439.7 Generic Transportation Resources Allocated 0.5 Adjusted Part 171 Allocations1 440.2 Generic Low-Level Waste Surcharge 3.9 Part 171 Billing Adjustments 1.5 Total FY 2021 Annual Fee2 $445.5 FY 2021 Annual Fee per Operating Power Reactor3 $4.8 FY 2015 Annual Fee per Operating Power Reactor Adjusted for Inflation4 $5.4 Delta: FY 2021 Annual Fee - FY 2015 Annual Fee Adjusted for Inflation ($0.6)

  • Numbers may not add due to rounding.

1Adjusted amount after generic transportation resources allocation.

2Sum of Adjusted Part 171 Allocations, Generic Low-Level Waste Surcharge, and Part 171 Billing Adjustments.

3Assumes 93 operating power reactors 4Based on 1.5 percent Consumer Price Index increase per fiscal year.

  • The operating power reactors annual fee estimate is based on the NRC staffs allocation of the FY 2021 budget request to fee collections under 10 CFR 170 and allocations within the operating power reactors fee class under 10 CFR 171, it assumes 93 operating power reactors in FY 2021, and applies various data assumptions from the FY 2019 final fee rule.
  • Based on these allocations and assumptions, the operating power reactor annual fee for FY 2021 is estimated to be $4.8 million, approximately $0.6 million below the FY 2015 operating power reactors annual fee amount, adjusted for inflation to $5.4 million.

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Requested Activities FY 2021 Requested Activity by Business Line Request

$M* FTE Operating Reactors 27.7 121.2 New Reactors 15.1 65.0 Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation 9.0 33.7 Nuclear Materials Users1 5.5 28.5 Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste 2.6 9.7 Fuel Facilities 2.6 7.7 Total $62.5 265.8

  • $M includes full-time equivalent (FTE) costs as well as contract support and travel. Numbers may not add due to rounding.

1$4.8M, including 24.4 FTE, budgeted to support requested activities within the Nuclear Materials Users Business Line are recovered through annual fees under 10 CFR Part 171.

  • NEIMA defines a requested activity of the Commission as the processing of applications for (1) design certifications or approvals, (2) licenses, (3) permits, (4) license amendments, (5) license renewals, (6) certificates of compliance, (7) power uprates, and (8) any other activity requested by a licensee or applicant.
  • A total of $62.5 million, including 265.8 FTE, is budgeted to support requested activities of the Commission, including import and export licensing activities, for FY 2021.
  • Note the table above is not an exhaustive list of NRCs budgetary resources for fee for service activities recovered through 10 CFR 170. Other fee for service activities, such as inspections, do not meet NEIMAs definition of a requested activity, and therefore, are not included.

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Summary

  • The NRC's FY 2021 budget request reflects resources necessary to accomplish mission critical activities related to safety and security in the Nuclear Reactor Safety Program and Nuclear Material and Waste Safety Program.
  • The FY 2021 budget request reflects the agencys effort to comply with NEIMA to the maximum extent practicable.
  • The agency will continue efforts to implement efficiencies and invest resources in initiatives that will result in future savings.

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