SECY-22-0099, Weekly Information Report Week Ending November 04, 2022
| ML22313A092 | |
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| Issue date: | 11/10/2022 |
| From: | Marissa Bailey NRC/EDO/AO |
| To: | Jeff Baran, Annie Caputo, Crowell B, Christopher Hanson, David Wright NRC/OCM/AXC, NRC/OCM/BRC, NRC/OCM/CTH, NRC/OCM/DAW, NRC/OCM/JMB |
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| SECY-22-0099 | |
| Download: ML22313A092 (7) | |
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INFORMATION REPORT NOVEMBER 10, 2022 FOR:
The Commissioners FROM:
Marissa G. Bailey Assistant for Operations Office of the Executive Director for Operations
SUBJECT:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 04, 2022 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
Marissa G. Bailey Assistant for Operations, OEDO CONTACT: Sophie J. Holiday, OEDO 301-415-7865 Signed by Bailey, Marissa on 11/10/22 SECY-22-0099
ML22313A092 OFFICE OEDO OEDO/AO NAME SHoliday MBailey DATE 11/09/2022 11/10/2022
NOVEMBER 10, 2022 ENCLOSURE A Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO)
Items of Interest Week Ending November 04, 2022 ARRIVALS AMEGASHIE, GERMAINE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT NRR BASS, RYANN REACTOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER NRR BROCKMAN, DANIEL PROJECT MANAGER NRR BRYANS, ROBERT CHIEF OF STAFF COMM BUTLER, JONATHAN SR IT SPECIALIT (INFOSEC)
OCIO HSIA, DAVID SR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR (OPS OFCR)
OI WASHINGTON, SHIRLETA SR LABOR AND EMPL RELATIONS SPECIALIS OCHCO RETIREMENTS NONE DEPARTURES ROSSI, MATTHEW L RESIDENT INSPECTOR (BWR)
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NOVEMBER 10, 2022 ENCLOSURE B Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)
Items of Interest Week Ending November 04, 2022 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests, and Appeals Received During the Period of October 31 - November 04, as submitted by requester Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2023-000018 Joseph Pasteris Documents pertaining to the installation, use, and decommissioning of the Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station in Plymouth, Massachusetts' siren system between the spring of 1982 and the fall of 2019.
The system appears to have been a Federal Signal system, including models SIraTone 408, SIraTone 612, and Modulators. (Date Range for Record Search: From 1/1/1982 To 12/31/2019) 11/01/2022 CON-2023-000002 Thomas Devine Government Accountability Project All documents and communications regarding the following topics: (1) Civil nuclear cooperation with Middle Eastern Countries, most notably Saudi Arabia; (2) the "Middle East Marshall Plan";
(3) Negotiation of a US-Saudi "123" Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement; (4) documents, briefings, correspondence and/or telephone conversations regarding the "International Peace Power and Prosperity (IP3 Corporation) and its proposal for nuclear and cyber cooperation with various Middle Eastern countries, to include Saudi Arabia; and (5) documents and deliberations regarding Westinghouse, to include its March 2017 bankruptcy and the US Government's subsequent policy response. (Date Range for Record Search: From 1/1/2017 To 8/22/2018) 11/02/2022
NOVEMBER 10, 2022 ENCLOSURE C Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR)
Items of Interest Week Ending November 4, 2022 Pacific Gas and Electric Submits Request to the NRC Regarding the Diablo Canyon License Renewal Application On October 31, 2022, Pacific Gas and Electric submitted a letter (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML22304A691) requesting that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) either resume its review of their previous license renewal application for Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 or grant a timely renewal exemption. The current licenses expire November 2, 2024, and August 26, 2025. The NRC is reviewing the request and will determine a path forward.
NRC Issues Regulatory Issue Summary on Operational Leakage On November 3, 2022, the NRC issued the Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) entitled, Operational Leakage, (ML22167A002) to clarify the NRC staffs position on the NRC requirements for evaluation, control, and treatment of operational leakage in systems required to be operable by plant technical specifications. This RIS emphasizes that operational leakage must be addressed in the same manner as leakage detected during an American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,Section XI, pressure test.
NOVEMBER 10, 2022 ENCLOSURE D Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS)
Items of Interest Week Ending November 04, 2022 NRC Staff Holds Public Observational Meeting with the Homestake Mining Co. of California Regarding the Confirmatory Order for the Grants Reclamation Project On November 2, 2022, the NRC staff held a public observational meeting with the Homestake Mining Co. of CA (HMC) regarding the Grants Reclamation Project which is a uranium mill tailings decommissioning site located in Grants, NM. The meeting was requested by HMC to discuss the status of Confirmatory Order EA-16-114 (CO). HMC indicated they believe the conditions in the CO are completed and requested the CO be closed. NRC staff clarified that several of the conditions remain open. Staff also clarified that HMC has made progress on the CO conditions as reflected in publicly available documents such as several inspection reports.
NRC staff expects to have further communication with HMC regarding the CO.
NRC Staff Holds Public Virtual Meeting with Holtec International Regarding Staffs Review of the HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage Facility On November 3, 2022, staff held a virtual public meeting with Holtec International to provide an update on the status and schedule for the staffs review of Holtecs application for the HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage Facility (Meeting Slides - ML2230A282). During the meeting, the staff notified Holtec that the schedule for its final licensing decision was moved to February 2023, pending receipt of Holtecs final revisions to the safety analysis report and application documents. The staff addressed several questions and comments from members of the public regarding the safety and environmental review processes. Staff to several members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives from New Mexico, Arizona, California, New York, and Texas attended the meeting.
NOVEMBER 10, 2022 ENCLOSURE E Office of the Secretary (SECY)
Items of Interest Week Ending November 04, 2022 Document Released to Public Date of Document Subject Decision Documents 1.
None Information 1.
SECY-22-0097 11/02/22 Weekly Information Report Week Ending 10/28/2022 Memoranda 1.
None Commission Correspondence 1.
Letter to the Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr., et al., submits the September 2022 monthly status report on the NRC activities and use of unobligated funds appropriated from the Nuclear Waste Fund 2.
Letter to the Honorable Bennie Thompson, et al., responds to letter urging NRC to take immediate actions to address vulnerabilities in its controls for purchases of radioactive material, as directed by the U.S. GAO 3.
Letter to Jonathan Perry, Director, Eastern Navajo Diné Against Uranium Mining, responds to letter regarding request for NRC to rescind Material License SUA-1580 4.
Letter to the Honorable Shalanda Young, Director, Office of Management and Budget and the Honorable Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, submits the NRC's Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) and Privacy Management Program documents for fiscal year 2022 Federal Register Notices Issued 1.
Advance Tribal Notification of Certain Radioactive Material Shipments [PRM-37-2; NRC-2021-00051]
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Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) - Notice of Meeting -
December 5-6, 2022