SECY-19-0090, Weekly Information Report - Week Ending September 13, 2019
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| Issue date: | 09/24/2019 |
| From: | Catherine Haney NRC/EDO/AO |
| To: | Commissioners NRC/OCM |
| Sherri Miotla, 415-5914 | |
| References | |
| SECY-19-0090 | |
| Download: ML19263B311 (7) | |
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INFORMATION REPORT SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 SECY-19-0090 FOR: The Commissioners FROM: Catherine Haney Assistant for Operations Office of the Executive Director for Operations
SUBJECT:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT -WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 13, 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 (7~Ja Catherine Haney ~
Assistant for Operations, OEDO
Contact:
S. Miotla , OEDO 301-415-5914
Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO)
Items of Interest Week Ending SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 ARRIVALS KHODORKOVSKY, LAWRENCE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT NRR FRANCIS, JEREMY INVESTIGATOR 01 (R-111)
MORAN, NICHOLAS LEGAL INTERN OGC RETIREMENTS NONE DEPARTURES DROUIN, MARY T SR. PROGRAM MANAGER RES (EFFECTIVE 9/6/2019)
HE, HENGHUI STUDENT IT INTERN OCIO SWINTON, KARIMA JAMILAH ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT NSIR EADS, JR., JOHNNY H REACTOR ENGINEER (RTR) NRR SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 ENCLOSURE A
Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO}
Items of Interest Week Ending SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests and Appeals Received During the Period of September 9 - September 13, as submitted by requester Tracking Requester's Requester's Request Description Received Number Name Organization Date 2019-000418 Robert Leyse - Appeal the denial of INPO 09/09/2019 SER 76-84, referenced in NRC Information Notice No. 85-86: Lightning Strikes at Nuclear Power Generating Stations, in response to NRC-2019-000354.
2019-000419 Michael S&P Global All records in connection with 09/12/2019 McAuliffe Platts investigation 01 4-2018-015, conducted by the U.S .
Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Office of Investigations regarding activities at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generatinq Station.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 ENCLOSURE B
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR)
Items of Interest Week Ending SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 Public Meeting to Discuss NRC Staff Guidance for In-Vessel Downstream Effects On September 5, 2019, the staff hosted a public meeting with the Pressurized Water Reactor Owners' Group (PWROG) to discuss the Generic Letter 2004-02 NRC staff guidance (ADAMS ML19228A011 ), specifically for in-vessel downstream effects. The PWROG had clarifying questions on a few statements in the guidance and illustrated how their companion industry guidance would be used along with the staff guidance. The following near-term actions were also discussed: (1) NRC to provide clarifications on staff guidance; (2) PWROG to issue industry guidance document; and (3) PWROG to complete preliminary review of plant analyses by end of calendar year 2019. Licensee responses to GL 2004-02 are expected to begin in early calendar year 2020.
Health Physics Inspector Counterpart Meeting on Risk-Inform Inspections On September 4-5, 2019, the NRC staff hosted the annual Health Physics (HP) Inspector Counterpart Meeting at the Technical Training Center (TTC). Approximately 30 participants from NRR, all 4 Regions, and TTC attended. Topics of discussion included ways to better risk-inform reactor HP inspections, proposed changes to inspection procedures, and increasing information sharing and inspection experience exchange to continue to work toward regional consistency. Participants also received a 2-hour training on liquid scintillation counters used for measuring tritium and other radionuclides .
SEPTEMBER 24, 20 19 ENCLOSURE C
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS)
Items of Interest Week Ending SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 Greater-Than-Class-C and Transuranic Waste: Draft Regulatory Basis; Extension of Comment Period; Part 61 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)
(Regulatory Identifier Number 3150-AKOO; NRC-2017-0081]
On September 13, 2019, the NRC published a notice in the Federal Register (84 FR 48309) extending the comment period for a draft regulatory basis that was published in the Federal Register on July 22, 2019 (84 FR 35037), to support the development of a rulemaking for the disposal of certain types of greater-than-Class-C waste in a low-level radioactive waste land disposal facility. The public comment period was originally scheduled to close on September 20, 2019. The NRC decided to extend the public comment period by an additional 60 days to allow more time for members of the public to develop and submit their comments. The due date for comments requested in the document published on July 22, 2019, is extended to November 19, 2019.
Requirement to Submit Complete and Accurate Information: Discontinuation of Rulemaking Activity; Denial of Petition for Rulemaking; 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, 50, 52, 60, 61, 63, 70 1 71, and 72 (Docket No. PRM-50-107; NRC-2013-0077]
On September 10, 2019, the NRC published a document (84 FR 47443) discontinuing a rulemaking activity, "Requirement to Submit Complete and Accurate Information," and denying a petition for rulemaking (PRM), PRM-50-107. This document informs the public of the NRC's action and describes the rationale for the action. The NRC will no longer track this rulemaking activity or PRM. As of September 10, 2019, the rulemaking activity is discontinued and PRM-50-107 is denied.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 ENCLOSURE D
Office of the Secretary (SECY)
Items of Interest Week Ending SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 Document Released to Public Date of Subject Document Memoranda
- 1. Staff Requirement Memorandum 09/12/19 NRC All Employees Meeting M190909 Commission Correspondence
- 1. Letter to the Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr. , et al, submits the July 2019, monthly status report on the NRC's activities and use of unobligated carryover funds appropriated from the Nuclear Waste Fund, dated September 3, 2019.
Federal Register Notices Issued
- 1. 667th Meeting of the ACRS Full Committee on Reactor Safeguards - Notice of Meeting -
October 2-5, 2019.
- 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-2019-0176].
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