ML23067A066
| ML23067A066 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 06/28/2023 |
| From: | Christopher Hanson NRC/Chairman |
| To: | Carper T US HR (House of Representatives), US SEN (Senate) |
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| CORR-23-0054 | |
| Download: ML23067A066 (1) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON , D.C. 20555-0001 June 28 , 2023 CHAIR The Honorable Thomas R. Carper Chairman , Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate Washington , DC 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman :
On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm ission (NRC) , I am transmitting the calendar year 2022 "Report to Congress on the Security Programs for Operating Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Category I Fuel Cycle Facilities : Results and Status Update."
Section 170D.e of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, requires the NRC to submit a report to Congress, in both classified (if needed) and unclassified form , that describes the results of each security response evaluation conducted at NRC-licensed facilities and related corrective actions taken by a licensee during the previous year. For calendar year 2022, there were no items to report that required classified or safeguards markings .
This report includes a comprehensive overview of the combined results of the security inspection programs for calendar year 2022. To aid in understanding the context of how the NRC conducts evaluations, this report also provides a description of relevant security programs, including: the reactor oversight process; physical and cyber security baseline inspection programs for nuclear power plants; a force-on-force (FOF) evaluation description ; and Category I (CAT I) fuel cycle facility security oversight program.
During calendar year 2022, the NRC conducted 193 security inspections at operating commercial nuclear power plants and CAT I fuel cycle facilities with a combined total of 140 inspection findings (133 of which were of very low security significance). These inspections included 19 full triennial FOF inspections at nuclear power plants, and one triennial FOF inspection conducted at a CAT I fuel cycle facility . Enclosure 1 discusses security program activities and the publicly available results of security inspections conducted by the NRC at nuclear power plants and CAT I fuel cycle facilities . Enclosure 2 discusses the nonpublic results of the security inspections conducted at those facilities . Whenever a finding is identified during a security inspection , the NRC ensures that the licensee implements adequate compensatory measures until the problem is corrected .
2 Enclosure 1 to this letter will be publicly available. Enclosure 2 contains Official-Use-Only - Security-Related Information and in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 2.390, "Public inspections , exemptions , requests for withholding ," its disclosure to unauthorized individuals could present a security vulnerability .
Therefore , the material within Enclosure 2 will not be made available to the public. I respectfully request that access to Enclosure 2 be restricted to those who have a need-to-know and the document be handled and stored accordingly.
Please feel free to contact me or Eugene Dacus, Director of the Office of Congressional Affairs, at 301-415-1776, if you have questions or need additional information .
Sincerely,
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Christopher T. Hanson
Enclosures:
- 1. Publicly Available Report
- 2. OUO Security-Related Information Report cc: Senator Shelley Moore Capito
Identical letter sent to:
The Honorable Thomas R. Carper Chairman , Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 cc: Senator Shelley Moore Capito The Honorable Edward J. Markey Chairman, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 cc: Senator Pete Ricketts The Honorable Cathy McMorris Rodgers Chair, Committee on Energy and Commerce United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 cc: Representative Frank Pallone, Jr.
The Honorable Jeff Duncan Chairman , Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security Committee on Energy and Commerce United States House of Representatives Washington , DC 20515 cc: Representative Diana DeGette The Honorable Bill Johnson Chairman , Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing and Critical Materials Committee on Energy and Commerce United States House of Representatives Washington , DC 20515 cc: Representative Paul Tonka