ML24017A144
| ML24017A144 | |
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| Issue date: | 01/17/2024 |
| From: | NRC/OCM |
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| Download: ML24017A144 (1) | |
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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
- 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 Conventions and Treaties
- 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
- Continued interoffice and interagency engagement Export/Import Licensing (Credit: World Nuclear News 11/17/23)
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:
Multilateral NRC Leadership
- 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 Track and Industry Track working groups
- 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-long support for national radioactive source inventory development, including:
- 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?