ML24152A032

FOIA-2024-000171 - Released Set

ML24152A032
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Issue date:	05/30/2024
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UNITED ST ATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001

June 23, 2022

NRC-2022-000194

Mr. Douglas M. Plante, Sr.

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Dea r Dou glas Plante:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm ission (NRC) received your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, dated May 6, 2022, on June 23, 2022. 1

If we have read your handwritten letter correctly, your request states the following:

RE: SNAP-10 satellite information/booklet. I am interested in this particular satellite for understanding how it works; provided it is not classified Top Secret or otherwise. Please identify the publication found in public library or within your library or programs involving nuclear-powered satellites. I think it would be fantastic to learn about these platforms. I know basically the following: 9-12 microwave probes; 180,000 tons payload launched in 1965 at Vandenberg AFB, California; and nuclear powered for mo re than [a] 40,000 year life.

The NRC was created as an independent agency by the Energy Reorga n ization Act of 197 4,

which abolished the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and moved the AEC 's regulatory function to NRC. The NRC ' s scope of responsibility inclu des regulation of commercial nuclear power reactors, nonpower research, test, and training reactors, fuel cycle facilities, medical, academic, and industrial uses of nuclear materials, and the transport, storage, and disposal of nuclear materials and waste. At the same time, the respons ibility for the promotion of nuclear power was vested in (what became) the Department of Energy (DOE). Since then, the National Laboratories fall unde r the DOE ' s National Nuclear Security Administration, according to https://www.en ergy.gov/nationa l-labo ratories

Upon receipt of your request, we performed a br ief internet search and found this information on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNAP - lOA. It seems to confirm that any records, including a booklet, about the SNAP-10 satellite that launched from Vandeberg AFB in 1965, would be mainta ined by DOE.

While your letter is also addressed to DOE, we wanted to be sure that DOE ' s FOIA Office has received it. We have forwarded it to Alexander Morris, the DOE Departmental FOIA Officer.

1 Due to NRC staff working hybrid schedules (some days in the office and some days remote), your letter addressed to, and mailed through the U.S. Postal Service, Dan Dorman, our Executive Director for Operations, was delivered to the FOIA Office today.

Plante, D. -2 -

We are aware that DOE's FOIA program is decentralized; he will ensure that your request is received by the prope r office. Since your request is m isdirected to the NRC, we are administratively closing our file on this matter.

Sincerely,

Stephanie A. Blaney Isl

Stephanie A. Blaney FOIA Officer Office of the Chief Informat ion Officer