SECY-21-0065, Weekly Information Report Week Ending July 9, 2021
| ML21197A138 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 07/21/2021 |
| From: | Catherine Haney NRC/EDO/AO |
| To: | Jeff Baran, Annie Caputo, Christopher Hanson, David Wright NRC/OCM |
| Sara Mroz, OEDO | |
| References | |
| SECY-21-0065 | |
| Download: ML21197A138 (9) | |
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INFORMATION REPORT JULY 21, 2021 SECY-21-0065 FOR: The Commissioners FROM: Catherine Haney Assistant for Operations Office of the Executive Director for Operations
SUBJECT:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING JULY 9, 2021 CONTENTS Enclosure Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer A Office of the Chief Information Officer B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation C Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards D Office of Enforcement E Office of Administration F Office of the Secretary G Signed by Haney, Cathy on 07/21/21 Catherine Haney Assistant for Operations, OEDO CONTACT: Sara Mroz, OEDO 301-415-2900
ML21197A138 *via e-mail OFFICE OEDO* OEDO/AO*
NAME SMroz CHaney DATE 7/16/2021 7/21/2021 Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO)
Items of Interest Week Ending JULY 9, 2021 ARRIVALS NONE RETIREMENTS NONE DEPARTURES MITCHELL, JEFFREY S. SPECIAL ASSISTANT NRR PAGE, HAYDEN R. GENERAL ENGINEER NRAN OCHCO JULY 21, 2021 ENCLOSURE A
Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)
Items of Interest Week Ending JULY 9, 2021 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests, Appeals, and Consultations Received During the Period of July 5 - July 9 Tracking Requesters Requesters Request Description Received Number Name Organization as submitted by requester Date 2021-000191 Anna V. Entergy The Report of Investigation (ROI) and the 07/06/21 Jones Services LLC associated case file reflecting the investigation conducted by the NRC's Office of Investigations (OI) in case number OI 4-2017-033, as described; all documents associated with, or referring to, the review of the ROI; all documents prepared by the NRC's Office of Enforcement (OE), and Region IV, associated with case, and related enforcement actions EA-20-114 and IA 006; all non-privileged documents prepared by the NRC's Office of General Counsel associated with case 2021-000192 Megan This is a formal request for the employment, 07/06/21 Roper medical, and payroll records for Mr. Daniel R.
Muller. This request includes any information related to Mr. Muller's job descriptions and any records or reports of Mr. Muller's visits to nuclear power plants.
2021-000193 William Kenik The entire Office of the Inspector General's 07/07/21 investigation file, C19-019 2021-000194 Redeat Troxler A list of portable Nuclear Gauge Radioactive 07/08/21 Mesfin Electronic Material License holders in the AK, MT, ID, Laboratories SD, MO, IN, MI, WV, CT 2021-000195 James Copies of all FOIAonline manuals, 07/09/21 Chelmowski FOIAonline instructions, and FOIAonline training for all FOIAonline Versions at the US NRC JULY 21, 2021 ENCLOSURE B
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR)
Items of Interest Week Ending JULY 9, 2021 NRC Issued License Amendment for Farley Nuclear Power Plant Units 1 and 2 On June 30, 2021, the NRC issued amendments for Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML21137A247) to Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) for its request to modify the licenses for Farley, Units 1 and 2, in response to its application dated June 18, 2020 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20170B114), as supplemented by letter dated March 2, 2021 (ADAMS Accession No. ML21064A526). The two amendments allow the implementation of the provisions of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 50.69, Risk-informed categorization and treatment of structures, systems and components for nuclear power reactors. The amendments also add a license condition to the renewed facility operating licenses that was proposed by SNC. The license condition identifies action items that need to be completed prior to implementing 10 CFR 50.69 at Farley, Units 1 and 2, and identifies possible changes to the categorization process that would require prior NRC approval.
JULY 21, 2021 ENCLOSURE C
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS)
Items of Interest Week Ending JULY 9, 2021 NRC Held Public Meeting to Discuss Extreme Environmental Phenomena During Independent Spent Fuel Storage Cask Loading Campaigns On July 7, 2021, the NRC staff held a public meeting with Holtec International (Holtec) and nuclear industry representatives (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML21188A203). The purpose of the meeting was for stakeholders to provide the NRC greater context and additional information related to extreme environmental phenomena during transient or transitional evolutions that occur during short-term operations at independent spent fuel storage installation cask loading campaigns. Holtec communicated their approach to addressing the relative risk from tornado missiles during transient operations. The NRC staff valued the industrys openness and committed to evaluate and address the industrys concerns.
JULY 21, 2021 ENCLOSURE D
Office of Enforcement (OE)
Items of Interest Week Ending JULY 9, 2021 Decision Issued on Differing Professional Opinion Appeal On June 8, 2021, the Executive Director for Operations (EDO) issued a decision on the appeal of a Differing Professional Opinion (DPO) submitted on August 5, 2020. The DPO raised concerns with the regulatory basis documented in the staffs safety evaluation report (SER) related to the subsequent license renewal of Surry Power Station, Units 1 and 2. An ad-hoc review panel was formed and tasked by the NRC Differing Views Program to review the DPO.
The DPO Panel subsequently issued their findings report to the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) on December 21, 2020. The DPO decision was issued on January 28, 2021.
On February 18, 2021, the DPO submitter appealed to the EDO regarding the DPO decision.
This appeal stated four continuing concerns: 1) the agency has set a precedent by deferring to the licensees corrective action program, 2) there is a lack of current licensing basis clarity due to the deferral to the corrective action program in the Surry SER, 3) RIS 2014-06 does not need to be revised, and 4) newly identified operating experience shows that aging management is needed at Surry. The Director of NRR issued her statement of views on March 26, 2021. The EDOs decision on the DPO appeal concluded that although there were deficiencies in the review of the Surry subsequent license renewal application, no additional actions are needed with regard to the Surry SER. However, the EDO directed NRR to evaluate and update guidance to provide clarity on how to address late-breaking operating experience; provide training to staff to ensure common understanding on how to review complex assemblies, the disposition of operating experience related to complex assemblies, and how to document deviations from guidance; and update guidance to provide additional clarity on how to address complex assembly operating experience that occurs in all stages (beginning, middle and late) in the license renewal process.
The DPO case file can be found at Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML21188A281.
JULY 21, 2021 ENCLOSURE E
Office of Administration (ADM)
Items of Interest Week Ending JULY 9, 2021 NRC Awarded Contract for Landscaping and Snow and Ice Removal Services On July 2, 2021, contract number 31310021C0012 was awarded to Rife International, LLC., in Rockville, MD. The purpose of this contract is to provide landscaping and snow removal services for NRCs White Flint complex. The period of performance is from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022 with four (4) option periods. The total potential value of the contract can be up to
$ 923,510.64.
JULY 21, 2021 ENCLOSURE F
Office of the Secretary (SECY)
Items of Interest Week Ending JULY 9, 2021 Document Released to Public Date of Subject Document Decision Documents
- 1. None Information Papers
- 1. SECY-21-0063 07/08/21 Weekly Information Report Week Ending 06/25/2021
- 2. SECY-21-0064 07/09/21 Weekly Information Report Week Ending 07/02/2021 Memoranda
- 1. None Commission Correspondence
- 1. None.
Federal Register Notices Issued
- 1. Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes: Reschedule of Public Meeting -
September 2, 2021.
JULY 21, 2021 ENCLOSURE G