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M240123: Staff Slides - Briefing on International Activities

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Commission Briefing on International Activities

January 23, 2024 Office of the Executive Director for Operations Office of International Programs U.S. Department of State Overview

• How we are implementing the NRC's International Strategy:

Excel Integrate Partner Lead Assist

• FY23 Accomplishments and FY24 priorities across the international program The NRCs International Strategy

Excel: Maintain excellence in executing the NRCs statutorily-mandated activities effectively and efficiently.

Integrate: Ensure that NRC activities are integrated with broader U.S. Government national security and foreign policy priorities.

Partner: Build and maintain strategic partnerships in specific regions of the world that are of strategic importance to the U.S. Government and will enable the agency to learn from its counterparts to advance its domestic activities.

The NRCs International Strategy (cont.)

Lead: Demonstrate leadership in the international regulatory community through involvement in key bilateral and multilateral fora in which the NRC is advanced in its thinking or progress and in areas of strategic importance to the U.S. Government.

Assist: Provide assistance to countries to develop or strengthen their regulatory programs.

Strategic Objective 1:

EXCEL Conventions and Treaties

• Convention on Nuclear Safety Review Meeting

• Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee Meeting

• Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and its Amendment - Ongoing Universalization Efforts

• Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources -

20th Anniversary

• Joint Convention National Report

• Implementation of U.S.-IAEA Safeguards Agreement

• Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident

• Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency Export/Import Licensing

• Section 123 Agreement negotiations

• Advanced Reactor Rulemaking activities

• Participation on U.S. delegation to Nuclear Suppliers' Group

• Development of public training course

• Bilateral physical protection assessment visits (Credit: World Nuclear News 11/17/23)

• Continued interoffice and interagency engagement Strategic Objective 2:

INTEGRATE Strategic Objective 3:

PARTNER NRC International Partnerships

• Bilateral Steering Committees and Technical Exchanges

• Computer code sharing programs

• Fusion engagement with Canada and the UK

• Multilateral cooperation on aging management

• International gender balance activities Small Modular Reactor Partnership with Canada

• Mutual Benefits:

Maximize design standardization, gain efficiencies, leverage regulatory experience

• Recent accomplishments: Joint Reports

• Current Projects:

BWRX-300 collaborative reviews Safety classification Engaging communities for EP for SMRs in bilateral interactions

• New Projects for 2024:

Westinghouse eVinci joint review Operator licensing joint report Strategic Objective 4:

LEAD Multilateral NRC Leadership

• Leadership on IAEA and NEA Committees and Working Groups

• Peer review missions

• Nuclear Security - preparation for ICONS 2024

• Multilateral nuclear safety research projects

• Nuclear safety research on artificial intelligence with Canada, UK IAEA Nuclear Harmonisation and Standardisation Initiative (NHSI)

• Regulatory Track Working Groups FY23 accomplishments:

WG1: Information-sharing needs for regulatory reviews WG2: Conducting multinational pre-licensing reviews to support national licensing

WG3: Regulatory engagement during ongoing reviews

• FY24 priorities:

Focus on enhanced engagement between Regulatory TIndustry Track working groups rack and

• Beyond 2024:

Stakeholder engagement activities, possible pilot multinational pre-licensing review Strategic Objective 5:

ASSIST Assistance to Poland

• Continued significant engagement as Poland prepares to construct three AP1000 units, including:

Hosted multiple technical exchanges and site visits virtually and in the United States

Multi-week NRC executive-level consultations with Polish regulatory leaders

Hosting additional Polish assignees at the NRC on multi-month personnel exchanges

Expanded engagement on safety culture Nuclear Materials and Other Assistance

• Continued and expanded decades-radioactive source inventory development, including:long support for national

• Three radioactive source inventory phases completed in African partner countries (FY23)

• Completion of two additional radioactive source inventories in Africa and Central Asia (FY24 to date)

• Conducted workshops on the Physical Protection of Radioactive Sources

• Meeting increased demand for licensing and inspecting nuclear medicine through engagement with the IAEA and numerous partners in Latin America and Africa

• Continued assistance to Ukraine Sustaining Excellence and Agility in the NRC's International Activities

• How We Prioritize:

• What are we required by law to do?

• Benefits to domestic mission

• Executive Branch coordination

• Regulatory "readiness" for assistance

• How We Maximize Value:

• What will we learn in the short term?

• What impact will our leadership have?

• How We Maintain Flexibility:

• How can we continue high-priority work in the face of emergent global situations?