SECY-23-0023, Weekly Information Report Week Ending February 24, 2023
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| Issue date: | 03/06/2023 |
| From: | Marissa Bailey NRC/EDO/AO |
| To: | Commissioners NRC/OCM |
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| Download: ML23060A167 (8) | |
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INFORMATION REPORT MARCH 06, 2023 SECY-23-0023 FOR: The Commissioners FROM: Marissa G. Bailey Assistant for Operations Office of the Executive Director for Operations
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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 24, 2023 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 Meyer, Matthew signing on behalf of Bailey, Marissa on 03/06/23 Matthew Meyer for Marissa G. Bailey Assistant for Operations, OEDO CONTACT: John R. Jolicoeur, OEDO 301-415-1642
ML23060A167 OFFICE OEDO OEDO/AO NAME JJolicoeur MMeyer for MBailey DATE 03/01/2023 03/06/2023 Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (OCHCO)
Items of Interest Week Ending February 24, 2023 ARRIVALS CUMMINGS, HALEY REACTOR INSPECTOR R-II HASSLER, JUSTIN IT SPECIALIST (SYSANALYSIS) OCIO HERALD, TIMOTHY PROJECT MANAGER NMSS JAMES, JEANETTE IT SPECIALIST (SYSANALYSIS) OCIO KOZAK, LAURA C. SENIOR REACTOR ANALYST R-III LAI, SHAOHUA CIVIL ENGINEER (STRUCTURAL) NRR MCKENZIE, LAWRENCE COST ANALYST NMSS NOEL, COREY PERSONNEL SECURITY SPEC ADM RICHARDSON, LAKASHIA ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT NMSS SINCLAIR, LATOYA EDITORIAL ASSISTANT ADM SMITH, KEITH SENIOR BUDGET ANALYST OCFO SMITH, NICHOLAS PROJECT MANAGER (OPERATING REACTOR LI NRR VIOLA, KATE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT NMSS RETIREMENTS EVANS, ROBERT J. SENIOR HEALTH PHYSICIST R-IV TARU, ZARVA OPERATOR LICENSING ASSISTANT (RTR) NRR DEPARTURES NONE MARCH 06, 2023 ENCLOSURE A
Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)
Items of Interest Week Ending February 24, 2023 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests, and Appeals Received During the Period of February 20 - February 24, as submitted by requester Tracking Requesters Requesters Request Description Received 1Number Name Organization Date FOIA- Doring, Goldberg Requester is seeking production of 02/21/2023 2023- James Persky White documents. These documents need to be 0000392 made available as soon as possible to support responsive pleadings in an accelerated legal action. We have already obtained copies of relevant documents presently available on the ADAMS database. A list of the documents we have already obtained is attached and these documents need not be produced again (See Attachment B). Due to the time constraints of our case, if possible, please make documents available as they are identified. I would also like to request that these documents be authenticated before they are made available. (SEE PDF FOR MORE DETAILS)
FOIA- Lochbaum, - Requester is seeking the first 99 pages of 02/23/2023 2023- David ML100290750. This is a document that 000042 should already be publicly available but is not due to an apparent miscoding. It is an annual radiation effluent report for Indian Point Units 1 and 2. All the annual effluent reports for preceding and subsequent years are publicly available. This one is not. The PDR confirmed that the document resides in ADAMS, provided its ML Accession Number, and informed requester that the document was not publicly available. The PDR relayed that they would contact the NRC Project Manager to see about changing the document's classification.
MARCH 06, 2023 ENCLOSURE B 1 FOIA-2023-000073 is not included in this report because it was submitted for testing purposes.
2 FOIA-2023-000039 and FOIA-2023-000042 were previously deleted test cases. Per our solutions configuration settings, these case numbers have been automatically re-assigned.
Tracking Requesters Requesters Request Description Received Number Name Organization Date CON3- Hathaway, Yale Law Requester is seeking that the 02/23/2023 2023- Oona School State Dept. provide [1] all 000004 unclassified guidance, policies, directives, rules, or regulations that (a) govern the Offices own internal process for making binding/nonbinding determinations, (b) aid agencies in determining whether agreements are binding, and (c) aid in drafting nonbinding agreements; [2]
unclassified records associated with nonbinding understandings or arrangements; and [3]
unclassified nonbinding understandings or arrangements in written form, for the time period, January 1, 1989 to December 31, 2019.
(Date Range for Record Search: From 1/1/1989 To 12/31/2019)
MARCH 06, 2023 ENCLOSURE B 3 CON = Consultation
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR)
Items of Interest Week Ending February 24, 2023 Staff to Issue SHINE Safety Evaluation Report NRR plans to issue a safety evaluation report for the SHINE Medical Isotope Production Facility on February 27th. By letter dated July 17, 2019 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML19211C143), SHINE Technologies, LLC (SHINE) submitted an operating license application under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50 for eight subcritical irradiation units and a series of hot cell structures licensed as a non-power utilization and production facility, respectively. The purpose of the facility is to domestically produce medical isotopes, such as Mo-99. SHINE continues constructing the facility in Janesville, WI, and is estimating that the facility will be substantially complete by the second quarter of calendar year 2024. Issuance of the operating license will occur after the facility is substantially complete and the staff determines that SHINE meets the criteria in 10 CFR 50.57.
Issuance of Regulatory Issue Summary 2014-06, Revision 1 On February 23, 2023, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff issued revision 1 of Regulatory Issue Summary 2014-06, Consideration of Current Operation Issues and Licensing Actions in License Renewal (ML22024A172), to provide NRC licensees information on how the NRC considers current operating issues in the license renewal review.
NRC held Instrumentation and Controls Licensing Framework for Advanced Reactors Workshop On February 23, 2023, NRC staff held the first public workshop on the Instrumentation and Controls (I&C) Licensing Framework for Advanced Reactors. The workshops are part of the agencys efforts to streamline reviews of future license applications and to ensure common understanding amongst the NRC staff and potential applicants. This workshop covered the following topics: (1) Overview of the Licensing Modernization Project (LMP) and on-going activities under the NRC-led Advanced Reactor Content of Applications Project, (2) Overview of the I&C Design Review Guide (DRG), and (3) Discussion of industry perspectives and specific questions regarding LMP and DRG implementation. The workshop was well attended with over one hundred participants. The staff is planning for additional workshops to continue discussions on specific areas, including the use of alternative international I&C safety standards.
NRC held Public Meeting to Discuss Status of Staffs Review of the Limerick License Amendment Request regarding 10 CFR 50.69 License Conditions On February 23, 2023, the NRC held a hybrid public meeting (ML23053A199) with Constellation to discuss the staffs preliminary partial denial of Constellations amendment request to adopt alternate 10 CFR 50.69 methodologies for the Limerick plant. The staff intends to deny two of the three proposals (pressure boundary (PB) and defense-in-depth (DID) categorization processes) from Constellations request. NRC staff conveyed its intent to approve the seismic categorization proposal and discussed the bases for denying the PB and DID proposals (ML23053A156). Constellation, Electric Power Research Institute, and Pressurized Water Reactor Owners Group representatives provided their perspectives on the staffs conclusions on the PB and DID proposals. Consistent with LIC-101, the staff plans to issue a partial denial if the licensee does not withdraw the PB and DID proposals. The staff will engage with the industry on this topic if the industry pursues a future submittal.
MARCH 06, 2023 ENCLOSURE C
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS)
Items of Interest Week Ending February 24, 2023 Wyoming Indicates Intent to Amend their Section 274b Agreement On February 21, 2023, The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received a letter from Wyoming Governor, Mark Gordon, indicating the States intent to amend their Section 274b Agreement to assume regulatory authority from the NRC over the processing of source material for its non-uranium and thorium content (e.g., rare earths and other minerals). The State did not specify a date for the amendment to the agreement to be completed.
Draft Regulatory Guide: Perimeter Intrusion Alarm Systems; Proposed Guide; Request for Comment; 10 CFR Part 73; [NRC-2022-0157]
On February 21, 2023, the NRC published a notice in the Federal Register (88 FR 10481) issuing for public comment draft Regulatory Guide (DG), DG-5065, Perimeter Intrusion Alarm Systems. This DG is proposed Revision 4 to Regulatory Guide 5.44 of the same name. This proposed revision describes an approach acceptable to the NRC staff for meeting intrusion detection sensors and detection methods. Comments are requested by March 23, 2021.
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions: Semiannual Regulatory Agenda; 10 CFR Chapter I [NRC-2022-0166]
On February 22, 2023, the NRC published in the Federal Register (88 FR 11372) the semiannual regulatory agenda in accordance with Public Law 96-354, The Regulatory Flexibility Act, and Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review. The NRCs Agenda is a compilation of all rulemaking activities on which we have recently completed action or have proposed or are considering action. Comments are requested by March 24, 2023.
NRC Hosts Public Meeting to Receive Feedback Regarding the Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program Current Processes and Effectiveness On February 23, 2023, NRC staff held a virtual public meeting related to the activities of the Assessing the Ability to Monitor National Materials Program Performance Working Group (ML23048A306). The purpose of this meeting was to receive feedback regarding the Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP) current processes and ways in which the program could be more effective. The meeting was well-attended by approximately 65 participants composed of Agreement State and NRC staff. The working group members received feedback and answered questions about current IMPEP processes and possible changes to the program.
MARCH 06, 2023 ENCLOSURE D
Office of the Secretary (SECY)
Items of Interest Week Ending February 24, 2023 Document Released to Public Date of Subject Document Decision Documents None Information None Memoranda None Commission Correspondence
- 1. Letter to the Honorable Thomas Carper, et al., submits the report for the first quarter in Fiscal Year 2023 on the licensing activities and regulatory duties of the NRC for the reporting period of October 1 - December 31, 2022 Federal Register Notices Issued
- 1. Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security Event Notifications [NRC-2011-0014; NRC-2011-0015; NRC-2011-0017; NRC-2011-0018] RIN 3150-AI49
- 2. Renewing Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses - Environmental Review (NRC-2018-0296; 3150-AK32)
MARCH 06, 2023 ENCLOSURE E