SECY-20-0029, Weekly Information Report - Week Ending March 20, 2020
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| Issue date: | 04/03/2020 |
| From: | Catherine Haney NRC/EDO/AO |
| To: | Commissioners NRC/OCM |
| S. Miotla, 415-5914 | |
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INFORMATION REPORT APRIL 3, 2020 SECY-20-0029 FOR: The Commissioners FROM: Catherine Haney Assistant for Operations Office of the Executive Director for Operations
SUBJECT:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING MARCH 20, 2020 CONTENTS Enclosure Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer A Office of the Chief Information Officer B Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards C Office of the Secretary D
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Catherine Haney Assistant for Operations, OEDO
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S. Miotla, OEDO 301-415-5914
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Package: ML20098C608 Signed PDF: ML20083G065 RA DOC: ML20098D359 *by email OFFICE OEDO OEDO/AO NAME SMiotla* CHaney DATE 03/23/20 04/03/20 Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO)
Items of Interest Week Ending MARCH 20, 2020 Arrivals NONE RETIREMENTS NONE DEPARTURES NONE APRIL 3, 2020 ENCLOSURE A
Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)
Items of Interest Week Ending MARCH 20, 2020 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests and Appeals Received During the Period of March 16 - March 20 Tracking Requesters Requesters Request Description Received Number Name Organization as submitted by requester Date 2020- Michael A copy of the final report, Report of investigation 03/13/2020 000196 Ravnitzky and closing memo, as applicable, for each of the following NRC Office of the Inspector General (OIG) closed investigations: C-16-016, C-16-021, C-17-013, C-17-025, C-17-028, C-18-003, C 010, C-18-012, and C-19-012.
2020- Deena K. Phillips Lytle Copies of all records that pertain to the following: 03/16/2020 000197 Mueller-Funke LLP All FOIA requests from any of the individuals or entities listed on the Exhibit A provided, submitted to NRC since January 1, 2012, pertaining to radiation or radioactivity, or slag, in Niagara County, New York or Grand Island, Erie County, New York; and FOIA requests 2018-000306, 2016-000420, 2016-000432 and 2017-000175.
2020- Shirlyn Reina and The complete immigration file for named 03/18/2020 000198 Edwards Bates Law individual.
Group 2020- Nataliya Norwegian A list of correspondences between the Nuclear 03/18/2020 000199 Gerasimova School of Regulatory Commission and members of Economics Congress and their offices. Specifically, what Congressional offices contacted the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 01/01/2001, to 12/31/2019.
2020- Billie Pirner Clifford & Any and all documentation regarding 03/19/2020 000200 Garde Garde, LLP communications and meetings between the NRC and TVA staff, associated with the NRC's follow-up inspection of the November 11, 2015, Watts Bar Unit 1 pressurizer water level excursion event, as specified, including all supporting documents to the Office of Investigation Report No 2-2016-042.
2020- Billie Pirner Clifford & Records pertaining to a TVA Special Review 03/19/2020 000201 Garde Garde, LLP Team (SRT) Investigation Report, and pertaining to a TVA Employee Concerns Program (ECP)
Investigation Report, finding a chilled work environment at Watts Bar, submitted by TVA to the NRC on March 24, 2016, including all supporting documents to the Office of Investigation Report No. 2-2016-042.
APRIL 3, 2020 ENCLOSURE B
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS)
Items of Interest Week Ending MARCH 20, 2020 Individual Monitoring Devices: Direct Final Rule; Parts 34, 36, and 39 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) [Regulatory Information Number (RIN) 3150-AK29; NRC-2019-0031]
On March 18, 2020, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a document in the Federal Register (85 FR 15347) amending its regulations to authorize the use of modern individual monitoring devices in industrial radiographic, irradiator, and well logging operations.
These amendments will align personnel dosimetry requirements in these areas with the requirements for all other NRC licensees. This direct final rule addresses an issue raised in a petition for rulemaking and will affect NRC and Agreement State licensees. The companion proposed rule was also published on March 18, 2020 (85 FR 15395). The NRC also is issuing supplemental guidance for use and comment with this direct final rule. This direct final rule and supplemental guidance are effective June 16, 2020.
Approval of American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code Cases: Final Rule; 10 CFR Part 50; (RIN-3150-AJ93; NRC-2017-0024)
On March 16, 2020, the NRC published a document in the Federal Register (85 FR 14736) amending its regulations to incorporate by reference the latest revisions of three regulatory guides approving new, revised, and reaffirmed Code Cases published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). This action allows licensees and applicants to use the Code Cases listed in these regulatory guides as voluntary alternatives to engineering standards for the construction, inservice inspection, and inservice testing of nuclear power plant components.
These engineering standards are set forth in the ASMEs Boiler and Pressure Vessel Codes and ASMEs Operation and Maintenance Codes, which are currently incorporated by reference into the NRCs regulations. Further, this final rule announces the availability of a related regulatory guide, not incorporated by reference into the NRCs regulations, that lists Code Cases that the NRC has not approved for use. This final rule is effective on April 15, 2020.
Separately, the NRC is in the process of preparing the final rule for the ASME 2015-2017 Code Editions Incorporation by Reference. That final rule updates the current NRC regulations to incorporate by reference more recent code editions published by the ASME. The NRC plans to publish this final rule in May 2020.
APRIL 3, 2020 ENCLOSURE C
Office of the Secretary (SECY)
Items of Interest Week Ending MARCH 20, 2020 Document Released to Public Date of Subject Document Decision Documents
- 1. Staff Requirements 03/18/20 Crediting Options for Operator Actions and Memorandum Law Enforcement Response SECY-19-0055 Information Papers
- 1. SECY-20-0021 02/26/20 Draft NUREG-1409, "Backfitting Guidelines,"
Revision 1 Federal Register Notices Issued
- 1. Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes: Re-Notice Meeting - March 30, 2020