SECY-24-0012, Weekly Information Report Week Ending January 26, 2024
| ML24031A320 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 02/02/2024 |
| From: | Marissa Bailey NRC/EDO/AO |
| To: | Commissioners NRC/OCM |
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| SECY-24-0012 | |
| Download: ML24031A320 (11) | |
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INFORMATION REPORT FEBRUARY 1, 2024 SECY-24-0012 FOR: The Commissioners FROM: Marissa G. Bailey Associate Director for Operations Office of the Executive Director for Operations
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WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING JANUARY 26, 2024 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 Miotla, Sherri signing on behalf of Bailey, Marissa on 02/01/24 Sherri Miotla for Marissa G. Bailey Associate Director for Operations, OEDO CONTACT: John R. Jolicoeur, OEDO 301-415-1642
ML24031A320 OFFICE OEDO OEDO/ADO NAME JJolicoeur SMiotla for MBailey DATE 01/31/2024 02/01/2024 Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer Items of Interest Week Ending January 26, 2024 ARRIVALS ALLEN, JOSEPH PHYSICAL SECURITY INSPECTOR R-IV DIMASSA, DIANE ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGES (TECHNICAL) ASLBP DULANEY, ROBIN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT NRR FARMER, ROBERT HEALTH PHYSICIST R-III GAUL, LOGAN NUCLEAR ENGINEER NRR HEIMKE, JEREMY PROJECT ENGINEER R-III HELLER, LAWRENCE MANAGEMENT ANALYST OIG NEPPER, BRIAN HEALTH PHYSICIST R-I ONWUAMA, OBINNA GENERAL ENGINEER RES ORTIZ-GONZALEZ, MARTIN PROJECT MANAGER NMSS SIGEL, CODY PROJECT ENGINEER (RI-DP) R-IV RETIREMENTS GALLETTI, GREG S SR REACTOR OPS ENGINEER (QA INSPECT) NRR DEPARTURES RIVERA, JOCELYN T SUMMER INTERN (MANAGEMENT ANALYST) OIG FEBRUARY 1, 2024 ENCLOSURE A
Office of the Chief Information Officer Items of Interest Week Ending January 26, 2024 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests and Appeals Received During the Period of January 22 - January 26, as submitted by requester.
Tracking Requesters Requesters Request Description Received Number Name Organization Date FOIA- Shear, Josh History I am specifically requesting copies of 01/23/2024 2024- Associates, Source Materials License No. SMB-911 000070 Incorporated issued by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in 1967 to Fansteel Metals, Inc. In addition, I would like copies of any amendments or orders concerning the License. (Date Range for Record Search:
From 01/01/1967 To 12/01/2001)
FOIA- Blandin, Square Circle Copy of the three long-term uranium 01/25/2024 2024- Apolline supply agreements signed in 2022 000071 between Energy Fuels Inc and U.S.
nuclear utilities for uranium deliveries between 2023 and 2030 with base quantities totaling 3.0 million pounds of uranium over the period and up to 4.1 million pounds of uranium if all remaining options are exercised.
FOIA- Aamot, Colin Personal All written correspondence exchanged 01/26/2024 2024- Capacity as a between any State(s) and the Agency 000072 Journalist concerning the designation of the Agency as a voter registration agency, pursuant to section 7(a)(3)(B)(ii) of the National Voter Registration Act. Any and all documents that pertain to the formalization or execution of the designation of the Agency as a voter registration agency, pursuant to the requirements of section 7(a)(3)(B)(ii) of the National Voter Registration Act. Search Instructions: Please limit all searches in response to this Request from January 1, 2021, to the present. Please include the full email chain and attachments relevant to any responsive documents to provide further context.
FOIA- Aamot, Colin Personal Documents sufficient to account for all 01/26/2024 2024- Capacity as a agency communications with DEMOS 000073 Journalist (501c3) (EIN:13-4105066). Documents sufficient to account for all emails to/from DEMOS (domain: @demos.org).
Documents sufficient to account for all meeting invites, meeting records, FEBRUARY 1, 2024 ENCLOSURE B
Tracking Requesters Requesters Request Description Received Number Name Organization Date FOIA- meeting transcripts, or listening session 2024- records or transcripts for meetings where 000073 DEMOS representatives, principals, or (continued) contractors were present. Search Instructions: Please limit all searches in response to this Request from January 1, 2021, to the present. Please include the full email chain and attachments relevant to any responsive documents to provide further context.
FOIA- Aamot, Colin Personal Documents sufficient to account for all 01/26/2024 2024- Capacity as a marketing materials the agency has 000074 Journalist created, implemented, or disseminated in support of implementing Executive Order 14019 (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/03/07/executive-order-on-promoting-access-to-voting/) including but not limited to print, advertising, social media, and other marketing materials and marketing activities. Documents sufficient to account for all grants issued or pending in support of Executive Order 14019 to any non-profit or commercial entity. Documents sufficient to account for the number of Voter Registration or vote-by-mail ballot application forms distributed or received by the agency under Executive Order 14019.
Documents sufficient to account for all agency notes, meeting agendas, calendar invites, pre- read documents, memorandums, or implementing plans or directives pertaining to Executive Order 14019.
FOIA- Aamot, Colin Personal Documents sufficient to account for all 01/26/2024 2024- Capacity as a FOIA logs, FOIA appeal logs, and 000075 Journalist Mandatory Declassification Review logs for the year of 2023 (1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023). Documents sufficient to account for all FOIA logs and FOIA appeal logs from 1 January 2024 to 31 January 2024. Documents sufficient to account for the most updated organizational hierarchy chart of the agency, as all as the most recent organizational hierarchy chart for the Office of the Senior-most Executive of the Agency (such as the Office of the FEBRUARY 1, 2024 ENCLOSURE B
Tracking Requesters Requesters Request Description Received Number Name Organization Date FOIA- Aamot, Colin Personal Administrator, or Office of the Secretary). 01/26/2024 2024- Capacity as a Search Instructions: Please limit all 000075 Journalist searches in response to this Request (continued) from January 1, 2021, to the present.
Please include the full email chain and attachments relevant to any responsive documents to provide further context.
REF-2024- Meyer, David David Meyer Privacy Act referral from the Department 01/26/2024 000001 Attorney at of Energy.
Law FEBRUARY 1, 2024 ENCLOSURE B
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Items of Interest Week Ending January 26, 2024 Tennessee Valley Authority Submits a Subsequent License Renewal Application for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3 On January 19, 2024, the Tennessee Valley Authority submitted a subsequent license renewal application (SLRA) for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN), Units 1, 2, and 3, requesting an additional 20 years beyond the current license expiration date. The BFN initial renewed licenses expire on December 20, 2033, June 28, 2034, and July 2, 2036, respectively. As part of the SLRA, and in accordance with the Commission Memorandum and Order CLI-22-03, the applicant included site-specific information on environmental impacts in its environmental report.
BFN is the 10th plant to submit an SLRA.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Accepts Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC, License Amendment Request to Revise the Renewed Facility Operating License, the Permanently Defueled Technical Specifications, and the Environmental Protection Plan to Reflect the Resumption of Power Operations at Palisades Nuclear Plant On December 14, 2023, Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI), submitted a license amendment request (LAR) to revise the renewed facility operating license, the permanently defueled technical specifications, and the environmental protection plan to reflect the resumption of power operations at Palisades Nuclear Plant. On January 23, 2024, the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff issued its letter accepting the application for review. The NRC staff recognized that this LAR is part of several licensing actions HDI intends to request in order to enable the restart of Palisades Nuclear Plant.
The NRC to Issue its Review Schedule for the License Renewal Application Review for Diablo Canyon On January 29, 2024, the staff will issue its review schedule for the license renewal application review for Diablo Canyon. In December 2023, the staff determined that the application contained sufficient information and stated that it was in the process of formulating its review schedule and resource estimates. The staff estimates the review will take approximately 16,500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 months <br /> and 20 months to complete. The review schedule accommodates Pacific Gas and Electric Companys (PG&Es) letter dated January 17, 2024 (ML24017A322), that requested avoiding scheduling license renewal application review activities during the upcoming Unit 2 refueling outage.
NRC Staff Held its Annual Industry-NRC Nondestructive Examination Technical Information Exchange Public Meeting On January 23-25, 2024, NRC staff held its annual Industry-NRC Nondestructive Examination (NDE) Technical Information Exchange Public Meeting. This public meeting was a hybrid event via Teams with approximately 100 attendees either in person or virtually across the three days.
The purpose of this meeting was to discuss current NDE issues at nuclear power plants and the industrys ongoing NDE programs, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Materials Reliability Program and EPRI Boiling Water Reactor Vessels and Internals Project.
FEBRUARY 1, 2024 ENCLOSURE C
Topics of discussion included EPRI program updates, ASME code actions, carbon fiber reinforced polymer piping, proposed rulemaking, advanced NDE techniques and Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning. This was an Observation public meeting (ML24026A058).
FEBRUARY 1, 2024 ENCLOSURE C
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Items of Interest Week Ending January 26, 2024 Notice of Intent To Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Environmental Impact Statement; Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 On January 24, 2024, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a notice of public scoping and request for comment in the Federal Register (89 FR 4631). The NRC will conduct a scoping process to gather information necessary to prepare an environmental impact statement to evaluate the environmental impacts for an application for the renewal of Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-80 and DPR-82, which authorize Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E, the applicant) to operate Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2.
The NRC is seeking public comment on this action and has scheduled both an in-person public scoping meeting and a virtual public scoping meeting.
FEBRUARY 1, 2024 ENCLOSURE D
Office of Administration Items of Interest Week Ending January 26, 2024 Re-Platform, Transition and Modernize the Business Process Automation System Applications On January 22, 2024, contract number 47QTCB22D0477/31310024F0010 was awarded to Portmanteau JV LLC in McLean, VA. The purpose of this contract is to modernize and replace the Business Process Automation System (BPAS) to a decentralized, scalable BPAS architecture with loosely coupled, reusable components. The period of performance is from January 22, 2024, through January 21, 2025, with two option periods. The total potential value of the contract can be up to $3,999,704.88.
FEBRUARY 1, 2024 ENCLOSURE E
Office of the Secretary Items of Interest Week Ending January 26, 2024 Document Released to Public Date of Subject Document Decision Documents
- 1. None.
Information
- 1. SECY-24-0005 01/22/24 Weekly Information Report Week Ending January 12, 2024
- 2. SECY-24-0007 01/23/24 Weekly Information Report Week Ending January 19, 2024 Memoranda
- 1. Staff Requirements 01/25/2024 Strategic Programmatic Overview of the Memorandum Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste and M240118 Nuclear Materials Users Business Lines Commission Correspondence
- 1. Letter to the Honorable Patty Murray and Chuck Fleischmann, submits the NRCs monthly Congressional Status Report for December 2023
- 2. Letter to the Honorable Jeanne Shaheen, et al., reports the status of NRC's provision of compliance guides to small entities for rules that affect them Federal Register Notices Issued None.
FEBRUARY 1, 2024 ENCLOSURE F