SECY-23-0057, Weekly Information Report Week Ending June 23, 2023
| ML23179A189 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 07/06/2023 |
| From: | Marissa Bailey NRC/EDO/AO |
| To: | Commissioners NRC/OCM |
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| Download: ML23179A189 (8) | |
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INFORMATION REPORT JULY 6, 2023 SECY-23-0057 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 JUNE 23, 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 Matthew Meyer for Marissa G. Bailey Assistant for Operations, OEDO CONTACT: John R. Jolicoeur, OEDO 301-415-1642 Signed by Bailey, Marissa on 07/06/23
ML23179A189 OFFICE OEDO OEDO/AO
NAME JJolicoeur MMeyer for MBailey
DATE 6/28/2023 7/06/2023 Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer Items of Interest Week Ending June 23, 2023
ARRIVALS
NONE
RETIREMENTS
NONE
DEPARTURES
NONE
JULY 6, 2023 ENCLOSURE A Office of the Chief Information Officer Items of Interest Week Ending June 23, 2023
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests and Appeals Received During the Period of June 19 - June 23, as submitted by requester
Tracking Requesters Requesters Request Description Received Number Name Organization Date CON-2023-Erdman, Feds4MedFre This is a consultation from the GSA 06/20/2023 000006 James edom that includes NRC equities.
FOIA-2023-Cinq-Mars, Nicholas Requester is seeking a copy of the 06/20/2023 000150 Tom Institute for following documents be provided to me Energy, for use in a classroom setting at Duke Environment University: Union of Concerned
& Susta Scientists Petition for Decommissioning of Indian Point Unit 1 and Suspension of Operation of Units 2 & 3, September 17, 1979, 7910180121, NRC Legacy Library, https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/web Search2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=
7910180121. NRC Reference Librarians have confirmed that this document is currently unavailable in public ADAMS.
FOIA-2023-Slaughter, Aerotest The following records are requested 06/21/2023 000151 David Operations, from the Office of the Inspector Inc. General: Quarterly Case Summaries and/or Reviews for C21-016. (Date Range for Record Search: From 1/1/2021 To 6/20/2023)
FOIA-2023-Slaughter, Aerotest I'm requesting internal documents, 06/21/2023 000152 David Operations, reports, memorandums, notes, and Inc. emails from or to Miriam Zober Deputy General Counsel of NRC on the deliberations/investigation of David M Slaughters 3/29/23 (ML23094A070) request for the NRC to settle out of court for the damages caused by the NRC and Miriam Zober's denial of claim letter dated 5/4/23 (ML23124A084). Dates 3/29/23 to 5/4/23.
JULY 6, 2023 ENCLOSURE B Tracking Requesters Requesters Request Description Received Number Name Organization Date FOIA-2023-Chen, The Resume I am writing to make a formal request 06/23/2023 000153 Emerson Place, Inc. under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, to obtain information regarding the hiring of military spouses under Executive Order 13473 within your agency or department. This executive order provides employment opportunities for qualified military spouses. I kindly request the following information: The number of military spouses hired by your agency or department under the authority of Executive Order 13473 from 2019 to present, broken down by year. To ensure the accuracy and completeness of this request, I kindly request that the information be provided in electronic format, preferably in a machine-readable format such as Excel or CSV. If that is not feasible, please provide the information in any other format available to your agency. Please acknowledge receipt of this request promptly and provide a tracking number for reference.
JULY 6, 2023 ENCLOSURE B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Items of Interest Week Ending June 23, 2023
NRC Conducted Second Town Hall Meeting on Vendor Oversight
On June 21, 2023, the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation staff conducted its Second Town Hall Meeting on Vendor Oversight. The virtual meeting had over 160 participants from 10 different countries. Staff provided presentations on the post-pandemic return to full implementation of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection and oversight activities, fire retardant decaBDE rulemaking follow-up activities, Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 21 reporting, and sample sizes in commercial grade dedication. The remainder of the Town Hall Meeting was dedicated to an open question and answer session where the meeting participants had an opportunity to ask questions of the NRC staff on a variety of topics related to Quality Assurance.
NRC Finalized Information Notice, Recent Human Performance Issues at Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities
On June 13, 2023, the NRC finalized the Information Notice entitled, Recent Human Performance Issues at Non-Power Production and Utilization Facilities, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML23059A539), to inform addressees of recent events at Non-power Production and Utilization Facilities that were attributed, at least in part, to human performance or safety culture issues.
JULY 6, 2023 ENCLOSURE C Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Items of Interest Week Ending June 23, 2023
NRC Accepted a License Amendment Request from Framatome
On June 21, 2023, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) accepted Framatomes request to amend License No. SNM-1227 and to approve the extension of Framatomes methodology for determining the minimum margin of sub-criticality to include enrichments up to 20 weight percent Uranium-235. The NRC anticipates completing its formal review in December 2023. The request will support a future license amendment request regarding production of High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium fuel for the Ultra Safe Micro Modular Reactor.
Staff Seeks Public Comments on Decommissioning Trust Fund Draft Guidance On June 21, 2023, staff published a Federal Register Notice (FRN) (88 FR 40337) seeking public comment on draft Interim Staff Guidance (ISG): Use of the Decommissioning Trust Fund During Operations for Major Radioactive Component Disposal. The FRN will be open for a 60-day comment period, scheduled to close on August 21, 2023. The draft ISG describes the NRCs position on the use of decommissioning trust funds for major radioactive component disposal during operations and provides examples of information that would be useful to NRC staff when considering an exemption request (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML23150A051).
JULY 6, 2023 ENCLOSURE D Office of the Secretary Items of Interest Week Ending June 23, 2023
Document Released to Public Date of Subject Document
Decision Documents
- 1. None
Information
- 1. SECY-23-0048 06/06/23 Vision for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advanced Reactor Construction Oversight Program
- 2. SECY-23-0054 06/21/23 Weekly Information Report Week Ending June 9, 2023 Memoranda
- 1. Staff Requirements 06/20/23 Briefing on Results of the Agency Action Memorandum M230620 Review Meeting
Commission Correspondence
- 1. Letter to the Honorable Dianne Feinstein, et al., submits the NRCs monthly Congressional Status Report for May 2023.
- 2. Letter to the Honorable Cynthia M. Lummis and Mark Kelly, responds to letter related to licensing of emerging technologies to remediate contaminated uranium mining sites.
Federal Register Notices Issued
- 1. None.
JULY 6, 2023 ENCLOSURE E