SECY-23-0056, Weekly Information Report Week Ending June 16, 2023

SECY-23-0056: Weekly Information Report Week Ending June 16, 2023

ML23172A241
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Issue date:	06/30/2023
From:	Marissa Bailey NRC/EDO/AO
To:	Commissioners NRC/OCM
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INFORMATION REPORT JUNE 26, 2023 SECY-23-0056 FOR: The Commissioners FROM: Marissa G. Bailey Assistant for Operations Office of the Executive Director for Operations

SUBJECT:

WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING JUNE 16, 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 06/28/23 Matthew Meyer for Marissa G. Bailey Assistant for Operations, OEDO CONTACT: John R. Jolicoeur, OEDO 301-415-1642

ML23172A241 OFFICE OEDO OEDO/AO NAME JJolicoeur MMeyer for MBailey DATE 6/22/2023 6/26/2023 Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer Items of Interest Week Ending June 16, 2023 ARRIVALS BREIDENBACH, PAUL OPERATIONS ENGINEER R-IV CHUMPIROM, NATTHAPAT STUDENT INTERN R-IV DEHMER, MITCHELL STUDENT INTERN NMSS DELISLE, DALE MATERIALS ENGINEER RES DUBLIN, ANNIE BRANCH CHIEF OCHCO FREY, HEATHER INTERGOVERNMENTAL LIAISON PROJECT MAN NMSS KAY, MAURICE PROJECT ENGINEER R-II KILGORE, PHILIP SIMULATOR ENGINEER OCHCO MCCRACKEN, JESSICA SENIOR INTELLIGENCE ANALYST NSIR MIDDLETON-COATES, CHINIT WRITER-EDITOR OIG MILLER, ANDREW PROJECT MANAGER NRR OSHUNLETI, ABIOLA AUDITOR/MANAGEMENT ANALYST OIG PADILLA, CORY REACTOR INSPECTOR R-III PAYNE, RYAN GEOPHYSICIST RES PITTS, DAKOTA STUDENT INTERN SBCR ROBLES, STEVEN STUDENT INTERN OCHCO SMITH, CHARLESE LICENSING ASSISTANT OIP RETIREMENTS HABIB, DONALD C. PROJECT MANAGER NMSS DEPARTURES BOLZ, BRITTANY C. HEALTH PHYSICIST NMSS KOLCUM, GREGORY J. SENIOR RESIDENT INSPECTOR (PWR/TL) R-IV MCCOPPIN, MICHAEL D. BRANCH CHIEF NSIR NEWPORT, CHRISTOPHER SENIOR RESIDENT INSPECTOR R-I OKOSI, NSIKAK P. HEALTH PHYSICIST (LICENSING) R-III JUNE 26, 2023 ENCLOSURE A

Office of the Chief Information Officer Items of Interest Week Ending June 16, 2023 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests and Appeals Received During the Period of June 12 - June 16, as submitted by requester Tracking Requesters Requesters Request Description Received Number Name Organization Date FOIA-2023- Triplett jr, Improper FOIA Request 06/12/2023 000137 Dwayne FOIA-2023- Curran, Harmon, Westinghouse Technical Report 06/12/2023 000138 Diane Curran, WCAP-17299-NP, "Fast Neutron Spielberg & Fluence Update for Diablo Canyon Eisenberg, Unit 1 and Unit 2 Pressure Vessels",

L.L.P. Revision 0 (Feb. 2011)

FOIA-2023- Garde, Billie Clifford & We are specifically requesting the 06/12/2023 000139 Garde, LLP Report of the OI Investigation conducted by Senior Special Agent Joel Matteson from April 6, 2022 through March 9, 2023, when OI completed the investigation, and all supporting documents prepared by Agent Matteson or reviewed by him regarding the radiation exposure incident. This should include all statements or interview transcripts of interviews conducted by Agent Matteson, the allegations received from [a named individual], the Root Cause Evaluation and all other documents prepared by Energy Northwest regarding the radiation exposure incident. (Date Range for Record Search: From 4/6/2022 To 3/9/2023)

FOIA-2023- Graham, Democratic All correspondence, including - but not 06/12/2023 000140 Carolyn National limited to - emails, letters, text Committee messages and faxes, sent or received by the following Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials that include the keywords Glenn Youngkin, Carlyle Group, Elgar Electronics," "Kinder Morgan," "Gibson Energy Holdings,"

"Cogentrix Energy," "NGP Energy Capital Management," or "Dresser Industries" in the from, to, CC or JUNE 26, 2023 ENCLOSURE B

Tracking Requesters Requesters Request Description Received Number Name Organization Date FOIA- BCC fields or in the subject line or 2023- body of the correspondence:

000140 Commissioner Kenneth C. Rogers, (continued) Commissioner Ivan Selin, Commissioner E. Gail de Planque, Commissioner Shirley A. Jackson, Commissioner Greta J. Dicus, Commissioner Nils J. Diaz, Commissioner Edward McGaffigan, Jr., Commissioner Jeffrey S.

Merrifield, Commissioner Richard A.

Meserve, Commissioner Gregory B.

Jaczko, Commissioner Peter B.

Lyons, Commissioner Dale E. Klein, Commissioner George Apostolakis, Commissioner William D. Magwood, IV, Commissioner William C.

Ostendorff, Commissioner Allison M.

Macfarlane, Commissioner Stephen G. Burns, Commissioner Kristine L.

Svinicki, Commissioner Jeff Baran, Commissioner David A. Wright .

(Date Range for Record Search:

From 1/1/1995 To 12/31/2020)

FOIA- Graham, Democratic All correspondence, including - but 06/12/2023 2023- Carolyn National not limited to - emails, letters, text 000141 Committee messages and faxes, sent or received by the following Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials that include the keywords Glenn Youngkin, Carlyle Group, Elgar Electronics," "Kinder Morgan," "Gibson Energy Holdings,"

"Cogentrix Energy," "NGP Energy Capital Management," or "Dresser Industries" in the from, to, CC or BCC fields or in the subject line or body of the correspondence: Any individual serving as the Executive Director for Operations, Any individual serving as Deputy Executive Director for Reactor and Preparedness Programs, Any individual serving as JUNE 26, 2023 ENCLOSURE B

Tracking Requesters Requesters Request Description Received Number Name Organization Date FOIA- Regional Administrator Region I, Any 2023- individual serving as Regional 000141 Administrator Region II, Any (continued) individual serving as Regional Administrator Region III, Any individual serving as Regional Administrator Region IV, Any individual serving as the Director off the Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, Any individual serving as the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Any individual serving as the Director of the Office of Enforcement, Any individual serving as the Director of the Office of Investigations (Date Range for Record Search: From 1/1/1995 To 12/31/2020)

FOIA- Graham, Democratic All publicly releasable investigations, 06/12/2023 2023- Carolyn National audits and other enforcement actions 000142 Committee that include any of the following keywords: Carlyle Group, Glenn Youngkin, Elgar Electronics, International Technology, Kuhlman Electric, Kinder Morgan, Stallion Oilfield, Cogentrix Energy, NGP Energy, Niska, 4Gas, Gibson Energy Holdings, NGP Energy Capital Management, Dresser Industries (Date Range for Record Search:

From 1/1/1995 To 12/31/2020)

FOIA- Criscione, - Under the Freedom of Information Act 06/13/2023 2023- Lawrence I request a copy of the 2023-June-9 000143 memo from Brooke Clark to Dan Dorman entitled "Staff Requirements -

- COMAXC-23-0001 -- Enabling the Mission - A Measured Approach to the Future of Work."

FOIA- Crouch, - Personal history of a [named 06/12/2023 2023- Donald individual] with the NRC, including 000144 licensing and other documents.

FOIA- Slaughter, Aerotest All allegation and/or investigation 06/14/2023 2023- David Operations, numbers and their titles related to or 000145 Inc. involving Aerotest, including date JUNE 26, 2023 ENCLOSURE B

Tracking Requesters Requesters Request Description Received Number Name Organization Date FOIA- initiated/opened, date closed, 2023- disposition, and any documentation 000145 relating to the closing (i.e.,

(continued) memorandum, report, entry/note in an allegation/investigation file, etc.) from January 1, 2000 to June 13, 2023.

This request excludes the NRC-OIG's investigative report for C21-012.

FOIA- Osborne, Paine, Records pertaining to the NRC, the 06/14/2023 2023- Kelsey Tarwater, and AEC and any other relevant agency's 000146 Bickers, LLP turbine construction, installation, inspection, and maintenance documents, asbestos monitoring and control programs, insultation materials used, and work with the General Electric Co. ("GE") at the Donald C.

Cook Nuclear Power Plant and the Trojan Nuclear Plant facilities, as more specifically enumerated in the request letter. (Dates approximated by FOIA Specialist based on when the plants were first operational; only the ending date appears in the request)

(Date Range for Record Search: From 1/1/1975 To 1/1/1985)

FOIA- Harrison, - Requester is seeking records about 06/15/2023 2023- Natasha [listed individual]. Further information 000147 is listed in the facsimile documentation.

FOIA- Keys, Clay - Requester is seeking 1) FOIA logs for 06/16/2023 2023- 2021 Fiscal Year; 2) A copy of the 000148 NRC Reporter Newsletter for months of January to April 2023.

FOIA- Belliveau, Leadership A list of all current NRC appointees, 06/16/2023 2023- Josie Connect including the following: Career Senior 000149 Executive Service, Non-Career Senior Executive Service, and Schedule C appointees Specifically, please provide the first and last name, title, start date, and office for each person.

Please specify what type of political appointee each person is. Please provide this information in a machine-readable format such as excel or csv, not PDF.

JUNE 26, 2023 ENCLOSURE B

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Items of Interest Week Ending June 16, 2023 NRC Finalized Communication Regarding Unexpected Loss of all Security System Power at Multiple Licensed Facilities On June 9, 2023, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) finalized the Information Notice entitled, 2022-02, Revision 1: Operating Experience Related to the Unexpected Loss of Operating Security Power Due to Inadequate Testing and Maintenance, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML23129A013), to inform addressees about recent operating experience related to the unexpected loss of all security system power at multiple licensed facilities.

NRC Issued Safety Evaluation for Kairos Power LLCs Construction Permit Application On June 14, 2023, the staff issued its safety evaluation (SE) for Kairos Power LLCs (Kairos) construction permit application for its Hermes non-power test reactor to be located in Oak Ridge, TN. The SE was provided to Kairos for its information and was made public (ML23158A265). The SE is being issued ahead of the September 2023 public milestone and was completed within the published resource estimate.

JUNE 26, 2023 ENCLOSURE C

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Items of Interest Week Ending June 16, 2023 Revision of Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 2023: Final Rule; 10 CFR Parts 170 and 171 (RIN 3150-AK58; NRC-2021-0024)

On June 15, 2023, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a notice in the Federal Register (88 FR 39120) amending the licensing, inspection, special project, and annual fees charged to its applicants and licensees. These amendments are necessary to comply with the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act, which requires the NRC to recover, to the maximum extent practicable, approximately 100 percent of its annual budget less certain amounts excluded from this fee-recovery requirement. This final rule is effective on August 14, 2023.

List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: TN Americas LLC, NUHOMS EOS Dry Spent Fuel Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1042, Amendment No. 3; Direct Final Rule; Confirmation of Effective Date, 10 CFR Part 72 (NRC-2023-0050; RIN 3150-AK93 On June 15, 2023, the NRC published a notice in the Federal Register (88 FR 39119) confirming the effective date of July 17, 2023, for the direct final rule that was published in the Federal Register on May 2, 2023 (88 FR 27397). The direct final rule amended the TN Americas LLC, NUHOMS EOS Dry Spent Fuel Storage System listing within the List of approved spent fuel storage casks to include Amendment No. 3 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1042. The effective date of July 17, 2023, for the direct final rule published May 2, 2023, is confirmed.

JUNE 26, 2023 ENCLOSURE D

Office of the Secretary Items of Interest Week Ending June 16, 2023 Document Released to Public Date of Subject Document Decision Documents

1. COMAXC-23-0001 04/06/23 Enabling the Mission - A Measured Approach to the Future of Work Redacted

2. Staff Requirements 06/09/23 Enabling the Mission - A Measured Approach Memorandum to the Future of Work COMAXC-23-0001

3. Commission Voting Record 06/07/23 Enabling the Mission - A Measured Approach COMAXC-23-0001 to the Future of Work

4. COMSECY-23-0008 05/17/23 Request to Solicit for the Appointment of Two New Members on the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

5. Staff Requirements 06/13/23 Request to Solicit for the Appointment of Two Memorandum New Members on the Advisory Committee on COMSECY-23-0008 Reactor Safeguards

6. Commission Voting Record 06/13/23 Request to Solicit for the Appointment of Two COMSECY-23-0008 New Members on the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

7. SECY-23-0019 02/28/23 Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences

- Fiscal Year 2022

8. Staff Requirements 05/01/23 Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences Memorandum - Fiscal Year 2022 SECY-23-0019

9. Commission Voting Record 05/01/23 Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences SECY-23-0019 - Fiscal Year 2022

10. SECY-20-0068 07/28/20 Reinterpretation, Agreement State Compatibility Category Change, Discontinuance of a Rulemaking and Denial of Petition for Rulemaking on Industrial Radiographic Operations (PRM-34-6; NRC-2017-0022)

11. Staff Requirements 05/24/20 Reinterpretation, Agreement State Memorandum Compatibility Category Change, SECY-20-0068 Discontinuance of a Rulemaking and Denial of Petition for Rulemaking on Industrial Radiographic Operations (PRM-34-6; NRC-2017-0022)

JUNE 26, 2023 ENCLOSURE E

Document Released to Public Date of Subject Document Decision Documents (continued)

12. Commission Voting Record 05/24/20 Reinterpretation, Agreement State SECY-20-0068 Compatibility Category Change, Discontinuance of a Rulemaking and Denial of Petition for Rulemaking on Industrial Radiographic Operations (PRM-34-6; NRC-2017-0022)

13. Staff Requirements 06/16/23 Meeting with Advisory Committee on Reactor Memorandum M230609 Safeguards

14. Staff Requirements 06/16/23 Briefing on Human Capital and Equal Memorandum M230613 Employment Opportunity Information

1. SECY-81-516 08/28/81 Risk Analysis for Previously Abandoned Well-Logging Sources" Memoranda

1. None.

Commission Correspondence

1. Letter to The Honorable Michael V. Lawler, et al., responds to letter regarding Holtec's announcement to expedite plans to release over 500,000 gallons of radioactive wastewater from Indian Point Energy Center into the Hudson River

2. Letter to The Honorable Kevin McCarthy, et al., provides the NRCs report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Register Notices Issued

1. 707th Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) - July 12-14, 2023

2. Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: Fiscal Year 2022 Dissemination of Information [NRC-2023-0106]

JUNE 26, 2023 ENCLOSURE E