SECY-21-0085, Weekly Information Report - Week Ending September 17, 2021
| ML21265A361 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 09/23/2021 |
| From: | Catherine Haney NRC/EDO/AO |
| To: | Commissioners NRC/OCM |
| L. SMITH | |
| References | |
| SECY-21-0085 | |
| Download: ML21265A361 (8) | |
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INFORMATION REPORT SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 SECY-21-0085 FOR: The Commissioners FROM: Catherine Haney Assistant for Operations Office of the Executive Director for Operations
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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 17, 2021 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 Administration E Office of the Secretary F Signed by Haney, Cathy on 09/23/21 Catherine Haney Assistant for Operations, OEDO CONTACT: Leah Smith, OEDO 817-200-1451
ML21265A361 *via e-mail OFFICE OEDO* OEDO/AO*
NAME LSmith CHaney DATE 09/23/21 09/23/21 Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO)
Items of Interest Week Ending September 17, 2021 ARRIVALS NONE RETIREMENTS NONE DEPARTURES NONE SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 ENCLOSURE A
Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)
Items of Interest Week Ending September 17, 2021 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests, Appeals, and Consultations Received During the Period of September 13 - September 17 as submitted by requester Tracking Requesters Requesters Request Description Received Number Name Organization Date 2021-000242 Michael Aguirre Aguirre & Any record of communications on or before May 09/13/2021 Severson 17, 2019, in which an NRC representative said the issues related to the August 3, 2018, event had been resolved to the NRCs satisfaction, including any such communication that the plant operators failure to report the August 3, 2018, event before September 14, 2018, had been resolved to the NRCs satisfaction; any such communication that the plant operators use of practice cannisters smaller than the ones actually used for downloading had been resolved to the NRCs satisfaction; and any such communication that the plant operators failure to report to the NRC that the bottom of cannisters (between January and August 2018) were frequently in contact with the shield ring had been resolved to the NRCs satisfaction 2021-000243 Carol A. Legalectric - Documentation regarding the need for seal 09/14/2021 Overland Overland Law replacement, specific to the casks at Prairie Office Island NGP [Nuclear Generating Plant], and secondarily, specific to others; any and all information about seal replacement on the TN-40 and/or TNHT-40 casks at PINGP, as specified; provide any and all information regarding unloading of TN-40 and/or TNHT-40 casks after any period of use for storage; information regarding unsuccessful attempts and successful unloading of TN casks, as specified; and any and all documentation of use of casks licensed for Part 50 and 52 at a Part 72 licensed facility 2021-000244 James Crowder Bressler, Document titled Site Decommissioning Plan for 09/14/2021 Amery, & Soil Cover and Underlying Soils prepared by Ross, P.C. McLaren/Hart, Inc., in relation to the Prometcor, Inc. (formerly Ronson Metals) Site located at 55 Manufacturers Place in Newark, New Jersey.
The document was submitted to NRC in August 1998 and approved by NRC in October 1998.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 ENCLOSURE B
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR)
Items of Interest Week Ending September 17, 2021 Issuance of Close out Letter for Generic Letter 2004-02, Potential Impact of Debris Blockage on Emergency Recirculation During Design Basis Accidents at Pressurized Water Reactors On September 7, 2021, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff issued the closeout letter (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML21230A022), for Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2, regarding Generic Letter 2004-02 (ADAMS Accession No. ML042360586), Potential Impact of Debris Blockage on Emergency Recirculation During Design Basis Accidents at Pressurized Water Reactors, that requested licensees address the issues raised by Generic Safety Issue 191, Assessment of Debris Accumulation on Pressurized Water Reactor Sump Performance. Southern Nuclear Operating Company submitted a license amendment request (LAR) and an exemption requesting use of a risk-informed methodology to evaluate debris effects. On July 30, the NRC staff granted the exemption (ADAMS Accession No. ML21071A050) and issued the LARs (ADAMS Accession Nos. ML21068A082 and ML20268A070).
Issuance of Close out Letters for Bulletin 12-01, Design Vulnerability in Electric Power System On September 14, 2021, the NRC staff issued closeout letter (ADAMS Accession No. ML21242A330 ) for Bulletin 2012-01, Design Vulnerability in Electric Power System (ADAMS Accession No. ML12074A115), for Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station (Summer), Unit 1. The staff has reviewed the information submitted by Dominion Energy and the results of NRCs TI 2515/194 inspection for Summer in reaching the closeout conclusion.
Issuance of NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors, Revision 12 in the Federal Registry On September 17, 2021, the staff published NUREG-1021, Operator Licensing Examination Standards for Power Reactors, Revision 12 (ADAMS Accession No. ML21256A276) in the Federal Register (86 FR 51926). This major revision to the examination standards will: 1) streamline information into topic-based sections for ease of use; 2) clarify instructions for the identification and grading of operating test performance deficiencies; 3) revise instructions for the selection of critical tasks and the assessment of critical and significant performance deficiencies; and 4) implement changes to support the testing of fundamentals topics on the site-specific initial licensing examination instead of in a separate generic fundamentals examination. The guidance in this revision becomes effective March 17, 2022.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 ENCLOSURE C
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS)
Items of Interest Week Ending September 17, 2021 The NRC Staff Held a Public Meeting with Perma-Fix Northwest on Potential License Application On September 16, 2021, staff held a public meeting to begin pre-submittal discussions with Perma-Fix Northwest regarding the submittal of an application for a limited-scope Part 70 (special nuclear material) license by the end of 2021. This is the first in a series of public meetings to discuss the applicants proposed approach for their application. The topic for this particular meeting was criticality safety analysis and the potential for an exemption request.
Additional public meetings are planned on other topics from September through November 2021.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 ENCLOSURE D
Office of Administration (ADM)
Items of Interest Week Ending September 17, 2021 Contract Awarded for Custodial Services for NRC Headquarters White Flint Complex and Warehouse On September 14, 2021, contract number GS21F026BA/31310021F0136 was awarded to Alcazar Trades, Inc. in San Antonio, TX. The purpose of this contract is to acquire custodial services to provide a clean, sanitary, and safe work environment for the occupants of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Headquarters White Flint Complex and NRC Warehouse. The period of performance is from October 1, 2021, through January 31, 2022 with one (1) option period. The total potential value of the contract can be up to $861,142.00.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 ENCLOSURE E
Office of the Secretary (SECY)
Items of Interest Week Ending September 17, 2021 Document Released to Public Date of Subject Document Decision Documents
- 1. None Information Papers
- 1. SECY-21-0078 08/31/21 Annual Report of the Committee to Review Generic Requirements Review Activities Memoranda
- 1. None Commission Correspondence
- 1. None Federal Register Notices Issued
- 1. NRCs Full Draft Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2022 Through 2026 SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 ENCLOSURE F