PMNS20250475, Discuss NRCs Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) Related to Personnel Access Authorization Requirements for Non-Immigrant Foreign Nationals Working at Nuclear Power Plants
| ML25100A202 | |
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| Issue date: | 04/10/2025 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response |
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| Download: ML25100A202 (2) | |
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PUBLIC MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
Title:
Discuss NRCs Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) related to Personnel Access Authorization Requirements for Non-Immigrant Foreign Nationals Working at Nuclear Power Plants April 28, 2025, 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM ET Date(s) and Time(s):
Location:
Webinar Category:
This is an Information Meeting with a Question and Answer Session. The purpose of this meeting is for the NRC staff to meet directly with individuals to discuss regulatory and technical issues. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions of the NRC staff or make comments about the issues discussed throughout the meeting; however, the NRC is not actively soliciting comments towards regulatory decisions at this meeting.
Purpose:
The purpose of this meeting is for the NRC staff to meet directly with stakeholders to discuss an updated draft of the NRCs regulatory issue summary (RIS) addressing personnel access authorization requirements for non-immigrant foreign nationals working at nuclear power plans. This draft RIS reminds licensees of the requirement in 10 CFR 73.56(d)(3), Verification of true identity, thatprior to granting or reinstating unescorted access or certifying unescorted access authorization to non-immigrant foreign nationals for the purpose of performing worklicensees shall validate that the foreign nationals claimed non-immigration status is correct, and that verifying employment eligibility is an important component of the required validation.
Contact:
Brad Baxter 301-287-3615 Brad.Baxter@nrc.gov NRC NRC-Wide Office of Nuclear Security and Incident
Response
Participants:
External Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)
Stakeholders Industry Representatives Teleconference:
Bridge Number Conference ID Pass Code (301) 576-2978 372388692 N/A Webinar:
URL Meeting Number Password https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%
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To support public engagement during this meeting, the NRC staff will make a preliminary draft copy of the NRCs updated RIS publicly available ahead of the meeting. The NRC staff will also make publicly available a draft comment-resolution document, providing written NRC staff responses to public comments received in response to a draft of the RIS that was previously published in the Federal Register on June 13, 2022 (87 FR 35798).
If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability to participate in this meeting or need meeting materials in another format (e.g. braille, large print), please email Reasonable_Accommodations.Resource@nrc.gov. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis and the agency may choose between which effective accommodations to provide. At least ten (10) days advance notice is recommended in order for a request to be processed and implemented if approved. However, every effort will be made to address any reasonable accommodations requests received with less notice.
If you have difficulty understanding and/or communicating in English, free language assistance or other aids and services may be available, upon request. Please email lepresources@nrc.gov. Determinations on requests will be made on a case-by-case basis. At least ten (10) days advance notice is recommended in order for a request to be processed and implemented if approved. However, every effort will be made to address any reasonable accommodations requests received with less notice.
PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA
Discuss NRCs Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) related to Personnel Access Authorization Requirements for Non-Immigrant Foreign Nationals Working at Nuclear Power Plants April 28, 2025, 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM ET Webinar
ADAMS Accession Number: ML25100A202 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg?do=details&Code=20250475 Link to meeting details:
Commission's Policy Statement on "Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings" 86 FR 14964, March 19, 2021 ADAMS No. ML21050A046 https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/commission/policy/index.html