SECY-24-0042, Weekly Information Report Week Ending May 17, 2024
| ML24143A206 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 05/23/2024 |
| From: | Martin J NRC/EDO/AO |
| To: | Commissioners NRC/OCM |
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| SECY-24-0042 | |
| Download: ML24143A206 (12) | |
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INFORMATION REPORT MAY 23, 2024 SECY-24-0042 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 MAY 17, 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 the Secretary E
Acting Associate Director for Operations, OEDO CONTACT: John R. Jolicoeur, OEDO 301-415-1642 Signed by Martin, Jody on 05/23/24
ML24143A206 OFFICE OEDO OEDO/ADO NAME JJolicoeur JMartin DATE 05/23/2024 05/23/2024
Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer Items of Interest Week Ending May 17, 2024 ARRIVALS AFZAL, RYAN STUDENT INTERN RES ALSTON, CHERISH STUDENT INTERN ADM ARISTEGUIETA, ISABELLA STUDENT INTERN NMSS ARMSTRONG, NICHOLAS PROJECT ENGINEER (RIDP)
R-IV BAKER, DENISE HR SPECIALIST OCHCO BECKER, DONALD GENERAL ENGINEER RES BELMAN-WELLS, AARON STUDENT INTERN RES BINU DANIEL, JOBIN STUDENT INTERN NRR BOBER, JESSICA STUDENT INTERN R-III CHUMPIROM, NATTHAPAT STUDENT INTERN R-IV CRABTREE, TAI STUDENT INTERN R-III DEROSIER, JOSHUA STUDENT INTERN RES DIETHRICH, DOUGLAS STUDENT INTERN NRR ETTER, NOAH STUDENT INTERN RES FALGIE, AVA STUDENT INTERN NMSS FITTS, TYLER STUDENT INTERN R-IV FRITCHER, GARRETT STUDENT INTERN NRR GOYAL, ARNAV STUDENT INTERN RES HAMILTON, SHAUN PROJECT ENGINEER (RIDP)
R-IV HEWEY, MICHAEL STUDENT INTERN NRR HILLIER, ALEC STUDENT INTERN NMSS HU, ARIST STUDENT INTERN NRR IIMI, RIN STUDENT INTERN NMSS MAY 23, 2024 ENCLOSURE A
ARRIVALS JACKSON, TALIA STUDENT INTERN R-II KONECNI, ANTHONY REACTOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER NRR MADSEN, SARAH STUDENT INTERN OGC MATHEW, RONI SENIOR BUDGET ANALYST OCFO MORTON, ISAAC STUDENT INTERN NRR MOSLEY-FEREBEE, ERICA HR SPECIALIST (RECRUITMENT&PLACEMENT)
OCHCO MURPHY, CHRISTIAN STUDENT INTERN NMSS MYAL, DWAYNE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SPECIALIST NSIR NEAL, ZORAH STUDENT INTERN OCIO ORGES, MADELINE STUDENT INTERN R-II PATEL, MIT STUDENT INTERN OCIO PERRY, MICHELE STUDENT INTERN OCIO PIERRI, ROCCO SR OPERATIONS OFFICER SPECIAL PROJECT OI REBECCA, NOAH STUDENT INTERN NMSS REESE, KELSEY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SPECIALIST OCIO RICHARDSON, TAMMY BUDGET ANALYST OCFO RUDO, EMILY STUDENT INTERN OGC RULEY, CHARLOTTE STUDENT INTERN NRR RUTH, RYAN STUDENT INTERN OE SABIL, YASSEEN STUDENT INTERN NRR SCHIFFBAUER, DONALD STUDENT INTERN RES SMITH, COLIN STUDENT INTERN R-III SPENCE, LINDSAY STUDENT INTERN RES STARKS, ANNA STUDENT INTERN R-I TURNER, LAPEACHTRISS HR SPECIALIST (RECRUITMENT&PLACEMENT)
OCHCO MAY 23, 2024 ENCLOSURE A
ARRIVALS WARNS, KYLE STUDENT INTERN RES WHITE, WILLIAM STUDENT INTERN NRR YUMIBE, LAUREN STUDENT INTERN NMSS YUNG, ERIC STUDENT INTERN RES ZANDSTRA, ALYSSA STUDENT INTERN NMSS RETIREMENTS NONE DEPARTURES CHEN, JOSEPH P STUDENT CO-OP NRR LOCKHART, LAUNETTE M SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYST NRR MEYER, RYAN P STUDENT CO-OP ADM MAY 23, 2024 ENCLOSURE A
Office of the Chief Information Officer Items of Interest Week Ending May 17, 2024 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests and Appeals Received During the Period of May 13 - May 17, as submitted by requester Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2024-000165
- Stewart, Joshua
- Callahan, Thompson, Sherman &
Caudill, LLP I am seeking records related to two contraband detection devices, the K910B and the K910G, devices manufactured by CSECO. To that effect, I am requesting the following: 1. All documents regarding the K910B. 2. All documents regarding the K910G. 3. All correspondences between your agency and any person from CSECO.
- a. Without narrowing the request in any way, or excluding it to documents related to the information below, and I provide the following information solely in an effort to assist your agency in locating responsive records: i. CSECOs address is 875-A Island Drive, #356, Alameda, CA 94502. ii.
CSECO employees use an email address that ends with @cseco.com. iii. CSECO agents/employees that may have been a party to any correspondences include Doug Broadwell, and Anthony Tony Harris. iv. Agents/employees of your organization that may have been a party to any of these correspondences include:
Eric H. Reber; Hector Rodriguez-Luccioni; Tomas Herrera; Shirley Xu; Maria Arribas-Colon; Hipolito Gonzalez; and employees in the Materials Safety Licensing Branch.
- 4. All documents related to license applications CSECO has submitted. a.
This includes applications CSECO submitted, as well as any analysis, notes, evaluations, memoranda, reports and correspondences by your agency regarding any applications CSECO has submitted. 5. All documents related to licenses awarded to CSECO. a. This includes applications CSECO submitted, as well as any analysis, notes, evaluations, memoranda, reports and 05/13/2024 MAY 23, 2024 ENCLOSURE B
Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2024-000165 (continued) correspondences by your agency regarding any licenses awarded CSECO has submitted. 6. All documents related to license applications submitted by CSECO, but where denied by your agency. a. This includes applications CSECO submitted, as well as any analysis, notes, evaluations, memoranda, reports and correspondences by your agency regarding any applications CSECO has submitted, but where ultimately denied. 7. All appeals by CSECO for any denial of any application.
- 8. All documents related to any amendment or modification to any license awarded to CSECO. 9. All diagrams, reports, test results, and studies regarding any CSECO device. (Date Range for Record Search: From 01/01/1990 To 04/23/2024)
FOIA-2024-000166
- Porder, Deborah Please provide me with an unredacted copy of the Membership Interest Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of April 15, 2019, by and among Nuclear Asset Management Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Holtec International, a Delaware corporation, Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 2, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 3, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Alternatively, please provide me with a copy of said Agreement with the provisions related to the decommissioning trust funds unredacted.
Said Agreement involved the sale of the Membership interests in companies that owned the Indian Point nuclear reactors located in New York State. I am willing to pay for a hard copy, but I would prefer a searchable pdf 05/13/2024 MAY 23, 2024 ENCLOSURE B
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Items of Interest Week Ending May 17, 2024 Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) Quarterly Meeting On May 8, 2024, staff and the industry-led Technical Specifications Task Force (TSTF) conducted a regularly scheduled quarterly meeting, as noted in Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML24113A152. The TSTF presented data on the history of traveler adoptions (ML24129A066) and a proposed change to the Pressurized Water Reactor Emergency Core Cooling System Mode 4 Requirements (ML24129A067). The next TSTF quarterly meeting will take place in August.
Public Meeting with NOV Shepherd Power, BWX Technologies, and the Nuclear Energy Institute to Discuss Shepherd Powers Licensing and Business Models for the Use of Micro-reactors On May 14, 2024, staff held a public meeting with NOV Shepherd Power, BWX Technologies, and the Nuclear Energy Institute to discuss Shepherd Powers licensing and business models for the use of micro-reactors for the oil and gas industry and other industrial applications. Staff provided an overview of areas being evaluated for Nth-of-a-Kind micro-reactor licensing.
Stakeholders shared positive feedback with staff for its transformational and creative thinking in this area and discussed vendor and industry perspectives regarding Nth-of-a-Kind micro-reactor licensing topics for continued future consideration.
Public Meeting on the Reactor Oversight Process (ROP)
On May 15, 2024, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff hosted a public meeting related to the Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) to discuss: The status of a revision to reporting guidance for degraded and unanalyzed conditions in NUREG-1022, the NRC staff response to FAQ 23-03 Revision 1 (a Turkey Point Unplanned Scrams Performance Indicator (ML24115A264)), an NRC staff analysis of resources charged to baseline inspection preparation and documentation (ML24122C453), a proposed revision to Inspection Procedure 93100, Safety Culture/Safety-Conscious Work Environment Issue of Concern Follow-up (ML24122C632 and ML24115A194), and potential future Focused Engineering Inspection topics. Industry representatives provided additional discussion related to the concept of centralized inspections. Attendees included representatives from NEI, NextEra Energy, and members of the public. The next bi-monthly public meeting on ROP-related matters is tentatively scheduled for July 17, 2024.
Staff Issued Two Amendments for River Bend Station, Unit 1 to Adopt Technical Specifications Task Force Traveler TSTF-505 and to Implement 10 CFR 50.69 On May 16, 2024, staff issued two amendments for River Bend Station, Unit 1 (River Bend) to (1) adopt TSTF Traveler TSTF-505 for risk-informed completion times (CTs) of limiting conditions for operation (LCOs) in Technical Specifications (TS) and (2) implement 10 CFR 50.69 for risk-informed categorization and treatment of structures, systems, and components.
The TSTF-505 amendment adds substantial flexibility by providing for up to a 30-day backstop for TS LCO CTs. The 10 CFR 50.69 amendment allows the implementation of a process for MAY 23, 2024 ENCLOSURE C
categorizing and special treatment of structures, systems, and components using risk. The development of the licensees Probabilistic Risk Assessment to support these initiatives will provide substantial opportunities to enhance the use of risk in licensee programs and operations. Including these River Bend approvals, staff has issued 33 TSTF-505 amendments and 36 10 CFR 50.69 amendments for nuclear power plants.
MAY 23, 2024 ENCLOSURE C
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Items of Interest Week Ending May 17, 2024 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Security Requirements: Discontinuation of Rulemaking Activity; Denial of Petition for Rulemaking; 10 CFR Part 72 and 73 [NRC-2009-0558, NRC-2008-0649; PRM 72-6; RIN 3150-AI78]
On May 14, 2024, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a notice in the Federal Register (89 FR 41901) discontinuing the rulemaking activity, Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Security Requirements for Radiological Sabotage, and denying Request 11 in the associated petition for rulemaking (PRM), PRM-72-6. The purpose of this action is to inform members of the public that this rulemaking activity is being discontinued and to provide a brief discussion of the NRC's decision to discontinue the rulemaking and deny the petition. The rulemaking activity will no longer be reported in the NRCs portion of the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (the Unified Agenda). As of May 14, 2024, the rulemaking activity discussed in this document is discontinued and Request 11 in the petition for rulemaking is denied.
MAY 23, 2024 ENCLOSURE D
Office of the Secretary Items of Interest Week Ending May 17, 2024 Document Released to Public Date of Document Subject Decision Documents 1.
SECY-24-0006 01/22/24 Denial of Request 11 in PRM 72-6 as Part of Notice Discontinuing Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Security Requirements Rulemaking 2.
Staff Requirements Memorandum SECY-24-0006 05/08/24 Denial of Request 11 in PRM 72-6 as Part of Notice Discontinuing Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Security Requirements Rulemaking 3.
Commission Voting Record SECY-24-0006 01/31/24 Denial of Request 11 in PRM 72-6 as Part of Notice Discontinuing Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Security Requirements Rulemaking 4.
Commission Voting Record SECY-24-0017 05/16/24 SECY-24-0017: Final Rule - Renewing Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses -
Environmental Review (RIN 3150-AK32; NRC-2018-0296) 5.
Staff Requirements Memorandum COMSECY 0006 05/17/24 Revised Security Inspection Program Framework (Option 3) in Response to SRM-SECY-17-0100 6.
Commission Voting Record COMSECY-19-0006 05/17/24 Revised Security Inspection Program Framework (Option 3) in Response to SRM-SECY-17-0100 Information 1.
SECY-24-0040 05/15/24 Weekly Information Report Week Ending May 10, 2024 Memoranda
- 1. Staff Requirements Memorandum M240516A 05/16/24 Affirmation Session - SECY-24-0017: Final Rule - Renewing Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses - Environmental Review (RIN 3150-AK32; NRC-2018-0296)
Commission Correspondence 1.
Letter to the Honorable Richard L. Revesz, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, submits the NRC's Statement of Regulatory Priorities for Fiscal Year 2025 MAY 23, 2024 ENCLOSURE E
Federal Register Notices Issued 1.
Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI); Meeting Notice: Correction, June 5, 2024 MAY 23, 2024 ENCLOSURE E