SECY-24-0027, Weekly Information Report Week Ending March 22, 2024
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| Issue date: | 03/28/2024 |
| From: | Martin J NRC/EDO/AO |
| To: | Commissioners NRC/OCM |
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INFORMATION REPORT MARCH 28, 2024 SECY-24-0027 FOR:
The Commissioners FROM:
Jody C. Martin Acting Associate Director for Operations Office of the Executive Director for Operations
SUBJECT:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING MARCH 22, 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 the Secretary D
Sherri Miotla for Jody C. Martin Acting Associate Director for Operations, OEDO CONTACT: John R. Jolicoeur, OEDO 301-415-1642 Miotla, Sherri signing on behalf of Martin, Jody on 03/28/24
ML24087A116 OFFICE OEDO OEDO/ADO NAME JJolicoeur SMiotla for JMartin DATE 03/27/2024 03/28/2024
Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer Items of Interest Week Ending March 22, 2024 ARRIVALS EDWARDS, SAMUEL COMPUTER SCIENTIST RES HABIB, DONALD PROJECT MANAGER NMSS KING, KATRINA MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYST R-II MCDONALD, TINA-MARIE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT R-IV RETIREMENTS DUMBACHER, DAVID E.
BRANCH CHIEF R-II FREDETTE, THOMAS R.
REACTOR OPERATIONS ENGINEER NRR DEPARTURES BEAVER, TIFFANY L.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST OCFO EASH, ANNALEE M.
SENIOR ACCOUNTANT OCFO JOHNSON, NOEL M.
LAW CLERK ASLBP RICE, AYANNA K.
SR.IT SPECIALIST (STRATEGIC PLANNING)
OCIO MARCH 28, 2024 ENCLOSURE A
Office of the Chief Information Officer Items of Interest Week Ending March 22, 2024 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests and Appeals Received During the Period of March 18 - March 22, as submitted by requester.
Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2024-000120
- Leopardo, Benjamin Last Energy I'm requesting on behalf of Last Energy, Inc. a document that is titled "Belgian Thermal Reactor Plant (BTR)." It's accession number is 8707140258; its physical file location is PDR:FOIA-THOMAS87-40-870527; PDR:FOIA/THOMAS87-40 870527, and its microform address is 41813:209-41813:217.
03/18/2024 FOIA-2024-000121
- Porder, Deborah I am requesting that you provide me with copies of any final discharge permits relating to the Indian Point nuclear reactors in New York State that were issued by the NRC to Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC, Holtec Indian Point 1, LLC, Holtec Indian Point 2, LLC, and/or Holtec Indian Point 3, LLC (collectively, Holtec). I am also requesting copies of any draft discharge permits relating to Indian Point nuclear reactors in New York State that were submitted by Holtec to the NRC.
03/18/2024 FOIA-2024-000122 Aamot, Colin Personal Capacity as a Journalist Documents sufficient for all communications (including emails or meeting invites) between the agency and the email domains @demos.org,
@electionexcellence.org,
@sentencingproject.org, @aclu.org,
@campaignlegal.org,
@advancingjustice-aajc.org,
@fairfight.com, @techandciviclife.org,
@electioninnovation.org. @ndrn.com,
@aapd.com, @narf.org, @lwv.org,
@maldef.org, @fairelectionscenter.org,
@civilrights.org,
@opensocietyfoundations.org,
@taketheplej.org,
@modernelections.org,
@funderscommittee.org, 03/19/2024 MARCH 28, 2024 ENCLOSURE B
Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2024-000122 (continued)
@newventurefund.org, @faircount.org,
@brennancenter.org,
@democracyfund.org,
@democracyfundvoice.org,
@rockthevote.org, @northfund.org,
@triggerthevote.com mentioning
'election', 'election integrity', 'executive order', '14019', 'VRA', or 'voter registration'. Search Instructions:
Please limit all searches in response to this Request from January 1, 2021, to the present.
FOIA-2024-000123
- Lagura, Jordan Envirosite Corporation I am seeking the updated electronic list and details for sites in possession/use of radioactive materials regulated by NRC. I am seeking all statuses.
Previously I received these fields:
License Number, Date OrgLic, License Date, Expiration Date, Licensee, Licensee Line 2, License Contact Street 1, License Contact Street 2, License Contact Street 3, License Contact, City, State, License Contact Zip, Contact Full Name, Contact Phone, Status, and Agency Code.
03/19/2024 FOIA-2024-000124
- Lowy, Rebecca Environmenta l Law & Policy Center Documents related to NRC's evaluation of the decommissioning funding assurance, and NRC minimum formula amount for Vistra Operations Company LLC and Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp's Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 1 and Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1, as described below: (1) All NRC documents and correspondence that relate to or support the evaluation of the decommissioning funding assurance and NRC minimum formula amount for the Davis-Besse plant; (2)
All submittals by Vistra and Energy Harbor, and any subsidiaries or parent companies thereof, to the NRC that relate to or support the evaluation of the decommissioning funding assurance and NRC minimum formula amount for the Davis-Besse plant; (3) All NRC documents and correspondence that relate to or support the evaluation of the 03/19/2024 MARCH 28, 2024 ENCLOSURE B
Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2024-000124 (continued) decommissioning funding assurance and NRC minimum formula amount for the Perry plant; and (4) All submittals by Vistra and Energy Harbor, and any subsidiaries or parent companies thereof, to the NRC that relate to or support the evaluation of the decommissioning funding assurance and NRC minimum formula amount for the Perry plant.
CON-2024-000003
- DeGarmo, Denise Southern Illinois University Edwardsville History of Personnel External Dosimetry Program at the Dayton Project and Mound Laboratory (a record responsive to the request directed to the Department of Energy relating to Pinellas Plant) 3/22/2024 MARCH 28, 2024 ENCLOSURE B
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Items of Interest Week Ending March 22, 2024 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Staff Issued the Safety Evaluation for the License Renewal Applications for Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, and for the Subsequent License Renewal Application for Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1 On March 18, 2024, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff issued the safety evaluation related to the license renewal applications for Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, and also issued the safety evaluation related to the subsequent license renewal application for Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1.
NRC Issued Acceptance Letter for the License Amendment Request (LAR) to Revise Portions of the Definitions and Administrative Controls Sections of the Permanently Defueled Technical Specifications, to Reflect the Resumption of Power Operations at Palisades Nuclear Plant On February 9, 2024, Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI), submitted a license amendment request (LAR) to revise portions of the definitions and administrative controls sections of the permanently defueled technical specifications, to reflect the resumption of power operations at Palisades Nuclear Plant. On March 18, 2024, the NRC staff issued its letter accepting the application for review. This LAR is part of several licensing actions HDI intends to request in order to enable the restart of Palisades Nuclear Plant.
NRC Staff Held a Public Meeting with NextEra to Discuss the Review of NextEra's Common Fleet Emergency Plan Amendment On March 19, 2024, the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) and the Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response staff held a public meeting with NextEra Energy, LLC/Florida Power & Light Company (collectively "NextEra") to discuss the review of NextEra's common fleet emergency plan amendment. The staff's presentation described the remaining challenges the staff has in completing the review. NextEra stated they would be willing to provide a detailed write-up showing how the different positions being augmented at different times would work together. NextEra was also willing to have the NRC staff witness a drill to help validate how the plan would function. Approximately 80 people attended the meeting, including board members of local townships in New Hampshire and Massachusetts and members representing C-10 Research and Education Foundation.
NRR Staff Held a Public Meeting to Gather Feedback Related to the Staff's Development of a Balanced and Performance-Based Approach for the Oversight of PRA Configuration Control On March 21, 2024, NRR staff held a public meeting to gather feedback related to the staff's development of a balanced and performance-based approach for the oversight of probabilistic risk assessment configuration control (PRA CC) (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML24065A372). The meeting was well-attended by over 80 attendees from industry, including the Nuclear Energy Institute, NextEra, Entergy, Owners Groups, and members of the public. Industry provided feedback on the staff's proposed MARCH 28, 2024 ENCLOSURE C
significance determination process for the Operating Experience smart sample for PRA CC, as well as minor and more than minor criteria examples. Staff will consider the industrys feedback to support its development of recommendations for future oversight in this area.
NRR Staff Presented to the Extended Sub-Committee for Annex 3 of the Great Lakes Water Quality (GLWQ) Agreement On March 21, 2024, NRR staff presented to the Extended Sub-Committee for Annex 3 of the Great Lakes Water Quality (GLWQ) Agreement. The GLWQ Agreement is a binational arrangement between the United States and Canada that aims to protect the Great Lakes Basin. Annex 3 of the GLWQ Agreement provides requirements for control of chemicals of mutual concern. The U.S. EPA, as the executor of the Agreement for the United States, requested support from the NRC in responding to a nomination by several advocacy groups that radionuclides be characterized as chemicals of mutual concern. The NRC staff recommended that the U.S. EPA not assent to the nomination through a letter dated October 13, 2023 (ML23261A383). The presentation is available at ML24080A175. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission staff conveyed a similar recommendation to the Canadian EPA and presented to the Sub-Committee as well.
MARCH 28, 2024 ENCLOSURE C
Office of the Secretary Items of Interest Week Ending March 22, 2024 Document Released to Public Date of Document Subject Decision Documents 1.
None Information 1.
SECY-24-0025 03/21/2024 Weekly Information Report Week Ending March 15, 2024 Memoranda 1.None Commission Correspondence 1.
Letter to the Honorable Shalanda D. Young, Director, Office of Management and Budget, et al., submits the agencys Fiscal Year 2025 Congressional Budget Justification 2.
Letter to the Honorable Miguel A. Cardona, Secretary of Education, U. S. Department of Education, submits the U.S. NRC's 2023 Annual White House Black Initiative Agency Plan Federal Register Notices Issued None.
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