SECY-20-0035, Weekly Information Report - Week Ending April 17, 2020
| ML20112F315 | |
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| Issue date: | 05/06/2020 |
| From: | Catherine Haney NRC/EDO/AO |
| To: | Commissioners NRC/OCM |
| S. Miotla, 415-5914 | |
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| SECY-20-0035 | |
| Download: ML20112F315 (9) | |
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INFORMATION REPORT MAY 6, 2020 SECY-20-0035 FOR: The Commissioners Digitally signed by Catherine FROM: Catherine Haney Catherine Haney Haney Date: 2020.05.06 13:56:12 -04'00' Assistant for Operations Office of the Executive Director for Operations
SUBJECT:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING APRIL 17, 2020 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 Catherine Haney Assistant for Operations, OEDO
Contact:
S. Miotla, OEDO 301-415-5914
ML20112F315 *by email OFFICE OEDO OEDO/AO NAME SMiotla* CHaney*
DATE 5/5/20 5/6/20 Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO)
Items of Interest Week Ending APRIL 17, 2020 ARRIVALS NONE RETIREMENTS NONE DEPARTURES NONE MAY 6, 2020 ENCLOSURE A
Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)
Items of Interest Week Ending APRIL 17, 2020 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests and Appeals Received During the Period of April 13 - April 17 Tracking Requesters Requesters Request Description Received Number Name Organization as submitted by requester Date 2020- Connie Marini Environmental The most recent listing of 04/13/2020 000212 Data Resources companies that have been issued an NRC license and are included in the MLTS Database (active and retired licenses), for the entire United States.
2020- Michael Ayele Association for the Seeks answers to questions 04/13/2020 000213 Advancement of regarding named NRC personnel.
Civil Liberties 2020- Margaret Documents, notes, and email 04/13/2020 000214 Kotzalas between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2019, related to the OCHCO investigation and disciplinary action against named individual, as described.
2020- Paul Blanch Copy of or reference to all 04/16/2020 000215 communication between the USNRC and Sandia National Labs related to gas transmission lines for the time period from February 15, 2020, through April 15, 2020.
2020- Mark Walker The New York All email correspondence (including 04/17/2020 000216 Times email messages, complete email chains, email attachments, calendar invitations, and calendar invitation attachments) from Jan. 1, 2020, through the date of the search for responsive records, for Chairman Kristine L. Svinicki, Commissioner Jeff Baran, Commissioner Annie Caputo, Commissioner David A.
Wright containing any one of the 29 key words provided.
MAY 6, 2020 ENCLOSURE B
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR)
Items of Interest Week Ending APRIL 17, 2020 Staff Hosted Public Meeting on Lessons Learned from the Subsequent License Renewal Application Reviews and EMBARK Venture Studio Risk Informing Subsequent License Renewal Project On April 7, 2020, the Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) staff hosted, in two sessions, its 4th public meeting on lessons learned from the subsequent license renewal (SLR) application reviews. First, as part of its Risk Informing Subsequent License Renewal project, staff presented and sought stakeholder feedback on initial concepts concerning the use of risk information, technical review methods, and project management practices, to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the staffs SLR application reviews. Second, the staff and industry discussed updating and clarifying guidance on several technical issues addressed during the three SLR application reviews. The discussions focused on development activities and schedules for issuing draft Interim Staff Guidance that will include proposed revisions to the SLR Generic Aging Lessons Learned Report and SLR Standard Review Plan. Nuclear Energy Institute representatives, licensees, and other members of the public participated in both sessions.
Staff Issued an Addendum to the March 28 Part 26 Exemption Request Letter On April 8, 2020, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff issued an addendum (Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML20098B333) to the March 28, 2020, letter (ADAMS Accession No. ML20087P237) that outlines the process for COVID-19 related Part 26 exemptions for power reactors. The addendum corrects three minor citations, includes a Paperwork Reduction Act statement that was inadvertently omitted from original letter, and provides a link to a web page that contains Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 26 Exemption Frequently Asked Questions (https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/ops-experience/fitness-for-duty-programs/faqs/covid-19-work-hour-control-exemption.html).
Staff Approved Licensing Requests for Regulatory Relief Related to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency The NRC staff has reviewed and approved several licensing requests seeking temporary flexibilities to maintain the safe and secure operation of the U.S. nuclear fleet during the pandemic. A summary of approved licensing actions provided during this reporting period are summarized below. A complete list of licensing actions approved by the NRC in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency is available on the NRC public website at https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/covid-19/reactors/licensing-actions.html.
Beaver Valley (Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp.)
Type Subject Incoming Request Decision Relief One-Time Extension of the 04/03/2020 04/04/2020 Request* Operational Readiness Testing for 24 ML20092K031 ML20095J099 Snubbers 04/03/2020 ML20093G651 MAY 6, 2020 ENCLOSURE C
Relief Extend the Diagnostic Testing Interval 04/01/2020 04/04/2020 Request* for 15 Motor-Operated Valves in the ML20092K723 ML20095J219 Inservice Testing Program Relief Extend the Testing Interval for Seven 04/01/2020 04/07/2020 Request* Relief Valves ML20092L517 ML20098F301 Relief Extend the Leaker Testing Interval for 04/06/2020 04/08/2020 Request* 35 Isolation Valves in the Inservice ML20097C373 ML20099K215 Testing Program Relief Defer the Inservice Inspection of 04/02/2020 04/09/2020 Request* Dissimilar Metal Safe End-to-Hot Leg ML20093E657 ML20100N322 Piping Welds Relief Defer the Inservice Inspection of 04/03/2020 Request* Bottom Mounted Instrumentation ML20094G936 Penetrations Ginna Nuclear Power Plant (Exelon Generation Company, LLC)
Type Subject Incoming Request Decision Exemption Part 26 Exemption - Work Hours 04/06/2020 04/07/2020 Request ML20097D488 ML20095H256 Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station (Exelon Generation Company, LLC)
Type Subject Incoming Request Decision License Increase Allowed Main Steam Line 04/01/2020 04/09/2020 Amendment Isolation Valve Leakage ML20092P079 ML20094F833 Exemption Part 26 Exemption - Work Hours 04/07/2020 04/08/2020 ML20098G313 ML20099A499 Limerick Generating Station (Exelon Generation Company, LLC)
Type Subject Incoming Request Decision License Increase Allowed Main Steam Line 04/01/2020 04/09/2020 Amendment Isolation Valve Leakage ML20092P478 ML20098C922 04/01/2020 ML20098F749 Seabrook Generating Station (NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC)
Type Subject Incoming Request Decision Relief Defer Inservice Inspection of a 04/05/2020 04/08/2020 Request* Pressurizer Shell Weld, Reactor ML20097A021 ML20101H391 Vessel Internals Attachment Welds, and a Dissimilar Metal Piping Weld Comanche Peak (Vistra Operations Company, LLC)
Type Subject Incoming Request Decision Relief Relief Request to Defer Check & 04/07/2020 04/09/2020 (IST)
Request* Relief Valve Inservice Testing (IST) ML20099D059 ML20101P040 and Inservice inspection (ISI) 04/10/2020 04/10/2020 (ISI)
- For verbal authorizations, the staff provides the written text of the telecon summarizing the staffs review as an agency record and prepares a written safety evaluation with the details of the staffs review within 150 days in accordance with NRR Office Instruction LIC-102.
MAY 6, 2020 ENCLOSURE C
Staff Approved A One-time Exemption from Specific Requirements of 10 CFR 50.71(e)(3)(iii) to Shearon Harris Nuclear Power, Units 2 and 3 On April 6, 2020, the NRC staff approved the one-time exemption from specific requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Section 71(e)(3)(iii) for the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Units 2 and 3, Combined License Application. This approval follows the request from a Duke Energy Progress (DEP) letter dated December 2, 2019 (ADAMS Accession No. ML19337A620). A notice has been sent to the Federal Register (ADAMS Accession No. ML20050G066) for issuing the staffs exemption. As such, DEP will be exempt from the annual submittal requirements for updating the Final Safety Analysis Report for Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Units 2 and 3, until December 31, 2024.
MAY 6, 2020 ENCLOSURE C
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS)
Items of Interest Week Ending APRIL 17, 2020 Patient Release Criteria for Radioactive Iodine: Petition for Rulemaking; Notice of Docketing; Part 35 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (Docket No. PRM-35-21; NRC-2020-0037)
On April 13, 2020, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a notice in the Federal Register (85 FR 20430) acknowledging receipt of a petition for rulemaking from Peter Crane, on behalf of the organization, Sensible Controls on Administrations of Radioactive Iodine, dated November 15, 2019. The petitioner requested that the NRC revise its regulations regarding the criteria for patient release after the administration of radioactive iodine. The petition was docketed by the NRC on January 24, 2020, and has been assigned Docket No.
PRM-35-21. The NRC is examining the issues raised by the petition to determine whether they should be considered in rulemaking. The NRC is not seeking public comment on this petition at this time.
MAY 6, 2020 ENCLOSURE D
Office of the Secretary (SECY)
Items of Interest Week Ending APRIL 17, 2020 Document Released to Public Date of Subject Document Information Papers
- 1. SECY-20-0031 04/10/20 Weekly Information Report - Week Ending April 3, 2020
- 2. SECY-20-0033 04/14/20 Weekly Information Report - Week Ending April 10, 2020 Commission Correspondence
- 1. Letter to the Honorable John A. Barrasso, et al., responds to request that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission consider deferral of licensees fees for 90 days, dated April 3, 2020.
- 2. Letter to the Honorable John A. Barrasso, et al., provides an update to the Commission's, April 3, 2020, response letter of March 27, 2020, regarding deferral of fee billing in response to the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic, dated April 10, 2020.
Federal Register Notices Issued
- 1. 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-2020-0093]
MAY 6, 2020 ENCLOSURE E