SECY-19-0017, Weekly Information Report - Week Ending February 8, 2019
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| Issue date: | 02/13/2019 |
| From: | Robert Lewis NRC/EDO/AO |
| To: | Commissioners NRC/OCM |
| A. Barnes, 415-1720 | |
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| Download: ML19044A005 (7) | |
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INFORMATION REPORT February 13, 2019 SECY-19-0017 FOR: The Commissioners FROM: Robert J. Lewis Assistant for Operations Office of the Executive Director for Operations
SUBJECT:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT-WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 8, 2019 CONTENTS Enclosure Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer A Office of the Chief Information Officer B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation C Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards D Office of the Secretary E Robert J. Lewis Assistant for Operations, OEDO
Contact:
A Barnes, OEDO 301-415-1720
Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO)
Items of Interest Week Ending February 8, 2019 ARRIVALS None RETIREMENTS None DEPARTURES HARRISON-LITTLE, ELEANOR L ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT OIP PRINGLE, MARCIA ANN ADMINSTRATIVE ASSISTANT NMSS FEBRUARY 8, 2019 ENCLOSURE A
Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)
Items of Interest Week Ending February 8, 2019 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests and Appeals Received During the Period of February 4 - February 8, as submitted by requester All records identifying costs to decommission the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, owned by Pacific Gas & Electric Co., generated in the past 2019-000186 calendar year Records related to evaluations and/or calculations performed to develop and/or support the suggested release criteria for cats treated for 2019-000187 hyperthyroidism with 1-131 contained on NUREG-1556, Volume 7, Revision 1, Appendix D, page D-4 All reports - including accident investigations - into the June 1959 accident 2019-000188 on Naha Air Base, Okinawa, involving a U.S. Army Nike missile Records pertaining to the theft of plutonium and cesium that were stolen from a vehicle parked in a Marriott Hotel parking lot in San Antonio, Texas, 2019-000189 on March 21, 2017 Copy of all documents containing the entirety of information, relating to the following two USA JOB NRC Job postings: NRR/DIRS-2017-0001, Control 2019-000190 Number 458643000, and NRR/DIRS-2019-0002, Control Number 515661200 FEBRUARY 8, 2019 ENCLOSURE B
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR)
Items of Interest Week Ending February 8, 2019 Issuance of Revision 3 of the Digital l&C Integrated Action Plan On January 31, 2019, the staff issued Revision 3 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19025A312) to the Integrated Action Plan (IAP) to modernize the digital instrumentation and controls (l&C) regulatory infrastructure. Revision 3 to the IAP provides updates to on-going Modernization Plans (MPs) #1-4. Revision 3 includes two new activities: (1) MP #1 D, Update to Branch Technical Position (BTP) 7-19, "Guidance for Evaluation of Diversity and Defense-In-Depth in Digital Computer-Based Instrumentation and Control Systems," and (2) MP #28, Implement Inspector Training and Conduct Stakeholder Workshops on New Digital l&C 10 CFR 50.59 guidance.
Digital l&C Public Meeting On January 31, 2019, the NRC staff held a digital l&C public meeting to discuss its plans for updating Branch Technical Position (BTP) 7-19 to address defense-in-depth for common cause failure, review of alternative International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards for potential endorsement, and the broader assessment of the regulatory infrastructure. In addition, the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) presented its digital l&C strategy for 2019, which included their view of four regulatory barriers and proposed solutions. The meeting was well attended by NEI, major utilities, vendors, and members of the public.
FEBRUARY 8, 2019 ENCLOSURE C
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS)
Items of Interest Week Ending February 8, 2019 Adjustment of Civil Penalties for Inflation for Fiscal Year 2019: Final Rule; Parts 2 and 13 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) (Regulatory Identifier Number 3150-AK02; NRC-2017-0088]
On February 7, 2019, the NRC published a document in the Federal Register (84 FR 2433) amending its regulations to adjust the maximum civil monetary penalties it can assess under statutes enforced by the agency. These changes are mandated by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. The NRC is amending its regulations to adjust the maximum penalty amount for a violation of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (AEA), or any regulation or order issued under the AEA, from $290,875 to $298,211 per violation, per day.
Additionally, the NRC is amending provisions concerning program fraud civil penalties by adjusting the maximum penalty amount under the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act from
$11,181 to $11,463 for each false claim or statement. This final rule was effective on February 7, 2019.
Enhancing Reactor Safety Petition for Rulemaking : Petition for Rulemaking; Denial; 10 CFR Parts 50, 52, and 100; (PRM-50-99; NRC-2011-0189]
On February 6, 2019, the NRC published a document in the Federal Register (84 FR 2069) denying a petition for rulemaking (PRM) 50-99, dated July 26, 2011, submitted by the Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (the petitioner). The petitioner requested that the NRC amend its regulations to require nuclear facilities to confirm seismic and flooding hazards every 1O years and to address any new and significant information. The NRC did not request public comment on this petition because the staff had sufficient information to review the issues raised in the PRM. The NRC is denying the petition because the NRC is addressing the issues raised in the petition using an approach other than rulemaking . The docket for PRM-50-99 was closed on February 6, 2019.
FEBRUARY 8, 2019 ENCLOSURE D
Office of the Secretary (SECY)
Items of Interest Week Ending February 8, 2019 Document Released to Public Date of Subject Document Information Papers
- 1. SECY-19-0009 1/17/2019 Advanced Reactor Program Status
- 2. SECY-19-0012 2/01/2019 Weekly Information Report-Week Ending January 25, 2019
- 3. SECY-19-0016 2/07/2019 Weekly Information Report-Week Ending February 1, 2019 Memoranda
- 1. SRM-M190128 2/08/2019 NRC All Employees Meeting Commission Correspondence
- 1. Letter to the Honorable Frank Pallone Jr., et al., submits the December 2018 monthly status report on the NRC's activities and use of unobligated carryover funds appropriated from the Nuclear Waste Fund for December 2018, dated January 29, 2019.
Federal Register Notices Issued
- 1. ACMUI Notice of Meeting, February 26, 2019, Training and Experience Subcommittee
- 2. Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses and Combined Licenses Involving Proposed No Significant Hazards Considerations and Containing Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information and Order Imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non- Safeguards Information [NRC-2019-0025]
- 3. ACRS Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Planning and Procedures - Notice of Meeting - February 6, 2019
- 4. Petition for Rulemaking - Enhancing Reactor Safety Petition for Rulemaking (PRM-50-99, NRC-2011-0189)
- 5. Petition for Rulemaking - Individual Monitoring Devices for Industrial Radiographic Personnel (PRM-34-7, NRC-2016-0182)
FEBRUARY 8, 2019 ENCLOSURE E
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