ML25097A214
| ML25097A214 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 06/17/2025 |
| From: | David Wright NRC/Chairman |
| To: | Capito S, Griffith M, Guthrie B, Latta B, Lummis C US HR, Comm on Energy & Commerce, US HR, Subcomm on Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Safety, US HR, Subcomm on Energy, US SEN, Comm on Environment & Public Works, US SEN, Subcomm on Clean Air, Climate Change & Nuclear Safety |
| Johnson A | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML25097A215 | List: |
| References | |
| CORR-25-0054, SRM-OGC-050708 | |
| Download: ML25097A214 (1) | |
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OFFICIAL USE ONLY SECURITY RELATED INFORMATION UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 CHAIRMAN The Honorable Shelley Moore Capito Chairman, Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate Washington, DC 2051 O
Dear Chairman Capito:
June 17, 2025 On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), I am transmitting the calendar year 2024, "Report to Congress on the Security Inspection Program for Commercial Power Reactors 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 inspection conducted at NRC-licensed facilities during the previous year. For calendar year 2024, there were no items to report that contained classified information.
Through its inspection and oversight programs, the NRC is committed to ensuring that licensees provide reasonable assurance that their facilities remain secure. This report includes a comprehensive overview of the combined results of the security inspection programs for calendar year 2024. To aid in understanding how the NRC conducts inspections, this report also provides descriptions and programmatic status updates for relevant security programs, including the Reactor Oversight Process, security inspection programs for nuclear power plants and Category I fuel cycle facilities, and the NRC's force-on-force inspection program.
During calendar year 2024, the NRC conducted 170 security inspections at commercial nuclear power plants, resulting in 119 findings of very low security significance and 2 escalated enforcement actions. Ten Category I fuel cycle facility security inspections resulted in two violations of very low security significance. These inspections included force-on-force inspections at 18 nuclear power plants and one Category 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 Category I fuel cycle facilities. Enclosure 2 discusses the nonpublic results of the security inspections conducted at these facilities. When a finding is identified during a security inspection, the NRC ensures that the licensee implements adequate compensatory measures until the problem is corrected. Compensatory measures provide an equivalent level of protection to address degraded or inoperable equipment, systems, and components and can include, for example, additional armed personnel or physical security measures.
A document transmitted herewith contains Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information.
When separated from enclosure, this letter is DECONTROLLED.
OFFICIAL USE ONLY SECURITY RELATED INFORMATION