SECY-24-0094, Weekly Information Report Week Ending November 8, 2024
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| Issue date: | 11/14/2024 |
| From: | Martin J NRC/EDO/AO |
| To: | Commissioners NRC/OCM |
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INFORMATION REPORT NOVEMBER 13, 2024 SECY-24-0094 FOR:
The Commissioners FROM:
Jody C. Martin Associate Director for Operations Office of the Executive Director for Operations
SUBJECT:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 8, 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 Enforcement D
Office of the Secretary E
Jody C. Martin Associate Director for Operations, OEDO CONTACT: John R. Jolicoeur, OEDO 301-415-1642 Signed by Martin, Jody on 11/13/24
ML24317A279 OFFICE OEDO OEDO/ADO NAME JJolicoeur JMartin DATE 11/13/2024 11/13/2024
Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer Items of Interest Week Ending November 8, 2024 ARRIVALS ALLEN, JAMES L.
HEALTH PHYSICIST NMSS LEI, KYLE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INSPECTOR R-II MCCOPPIN, MICHAEL D.
SPECIAL ASSISTANT NSIR ROWE, ANGELA L.
REACTOR INSPECTOR R-IV SZUMSKI, CATHERINE E.
NUCLEAR ENGINEER NRR WELLS, HODAN F.
COST ANALYST NMSS WERLING, BRADLEY A.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT MANAGER NMSS YILMA, HAIMANOT SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER NMSS RETIREMENTS NONE DEPARTURES NONE NOVEMBER 13, 2024 ENCLOSURE A
Office of the Chief Information Officer Items of Interest Week Ending November 8, 2024 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests and Appeals Received During the Period of November 4 - November 8, as submitted by requester Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-000132 Lee, Rose N/A Requesting any and all records from January 2023 through the present from MLilly USA, INC and/or IWI U.S. (Israeli Weapons Industry U.S.) to the NRC and any letters, regulatory approvals, and/or denials from the NRC in relation to the possible storage and distribution of tritium at 1485 Mountain Road, Andersonville, TN, contingent upon the creation of a firearms manufacturing, testing, and storage facility at that location.
11/05/2024 FOIA-2025-000133 Christensen, Julia UC Berkeley Electronic copies of daily news roundups, briefs, briefings, summaries, clipbooks, or newsletters produced for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Bulletin Intelligence on the following dates: 2009 03, 2009-02-11, 2009-02-25, 2009-03-02, 2009-03-16, 2009-04-20, 2009-05-06, 2009-05-18, 2009-05-31, 2009-06-25, 2009-07-09, 2009-07-22, 2009-07-31, 2009-08-05, 2009-10-15, 2009-10-29, 2009-11-26, 2009-11-29, 2009-12-04, 2010-01-03, 2010-01-31, 2010-02-12, 2010-03-15, 2010-03-18, 2010-03-24, 2010-04-07, 2010-04-14, 2010-06-10, 2010-06-14, 2010-07-16, 2010-08-02, 2010-09-02, 2010-09-30, 2010-10-18, 2010-10-28, 2010-11-18, 2010-12-12, 2010-12-13, 2011-01-06, 2011-01-27, 2011-01-30, 2011-02-25, 2011-03-07, 2011-04-11, 2011-05-06, 2011-05-11, 2011-06-14, 2011-06-26, 2011-07-01, 2011-08-18, 2011-08-25, 2011-09-29, 2011-11-11, 2011-11-18, 2011-12-02, 2011-12-15, 2012-01-21, 2012-03-02, 2012-03-20, 2012-03-23, 2012-03-29, 2012-04-15, 2012-04-19, 2012-05-08, 2012-05-19, 2012-06-05, 2012-06-07, 2012-08-01, 2012-08-12, 2012-08-28, 2012-08-30, 2012-09-03, 2012-10-12, 2012-11-14, 2012-11-23, 2012-12-04, 2013-01-04, 2013-01-17, 2013-01-21, 2013-03-04, 2013-04-16, 2013-05-15, 2013-05-24, 2013-06-27, 2013-07-31, 2013-09-23, 2013-09-25, 2013-09-26, 11/05/2024 NOVEMBER 13, 2024 ENCLOSURE B
Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-000133 (continued) 2013-11-12, 2013-12-20, 2013-12-24, and 2013-12-27. Please note that I do not need or want every copy of these reports or emails. I am only interested in receiving a single copy of each days report. If there are multiple copies, I want you to select copies using the following decision rule: 1. Select the largest file if file size differs among several copies. 2.
Select the first file of the results page if all files are equal in size. To help determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I fall in the following fee category: Educational or Non-Commercial Scientific Institution. I am affiliated with an educational or noncommercial scientific institution, and this request is made for a scholarly or scientific purpose and not for a commercial use.
Specifically, I am a PhD candidate at the University of California, Berkeley. A description of my research can be found on the UC Berkeley website (https://polisci.berkeley.edu/people/person/15 51475). These documents are to be used in my dissertation research and for peer-reviewed academic papers. I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the government and is not for commercial purposes. As a PhD candidate in political science specializing in elite news consumption, it is my opinion that this is an area of immense interest to the field of political science and has not been explored in prior prior research. I have been unable to find the requested records in the public domain. (Date Range for Record Search:
From 01/01/2009 To 12/31/2013)
FOIA-2025-000134 Christensen, Julia UC Berkeley Electronic copies of daily news roundups, briefs, briefings, summaries, clipbooks, or newsletters produced for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Bulletin Intelligence on the following dates: 2014 01, 2014-01-08, 2014-02-05, 2014-03-20, 2014-04-02, 2014-04-29, 2014-06-05, 2014-06-21, 2014-07-01, 2014-07-10, 2014-07-24, 11/05/2024 NOVEMBER 13, 2024 ENCLOSURE B
Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-000134 (continued) 2014-08-18, 2014-08-27, 2014-11-27, 2014-12-03, 2014-12-09, 2014-12-17, 2015-01-14, 2015-02-12, 2015-03-10, 2015-03-18, 2015-04-16, 2015-06-15, 2015-06-16, 2015-06-26, 2015-07-20, 2015-07-22, 2015-08-06, 2015-09-29, 2015-10-02, 2015-10-12, 2015-10-30, 2015-11-06, 2016-01-26, 2016-01-28, 2016-02-05, 2016-02-25, 2016-02-28, 2016-04-05, 2016-04-13, 2016-05-16, 2016-06-30, 2016-07-07, 2016-07-21, 2016-07-27, 2016-09-05, 2016-11-09, 2016-11-14, 2016-11-22, 2016-12-27, 2017-02-09, 2017-02-16, 2017-03-07, 2017-03-08, 2017-05-04, 2017-05-29, 2017-06-02, 2017-06-23, 2017-07-12, 2017-08-04, 2017-08-21, 2017-09-11, 2017-11-29, 2017-12-04, 2017-12-20, 2017-12-26, 2018-01-01, 2018-01-10, 2018-01-25, 2018-03-14, 2018-04-17, 2018-05-16, 2018-06-01, 2018-06-19, 2018-07-20, 2018-07-25, 2018-08-06, 2018-08-22, 2018-09-02, 2018-10-29, 2018-11-08, 2018-11-27, 2018-12-12, 2019-01-02, 2019-02-14, 2019-02-18, 2019-03-29, 2019-04-04, 2019-04-10, 2019-04-19, 2019-06-07, 2019-07-09, 2019-07-29, 2019-09-04, 2019-09-23, 2019-10-10, 2019-10-16, 2019-11-25, and 2019-12-12. Please note that I do not need or want every copy of these reports or emails. I am only interested in receiving a single copy of each days report. If there are multiple copies, I want you to select copies using the following decision rule: 1. Select the largest file if file size differs among several copies. 2. Select the first file of the results page if all files are equal in size. To help determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I fall in the following fee category: Educational or Non-Commercial Scientific Institution. I am affiliated with an educational or noncommercial scientific institution, and this request is made for a scholarly or scientific purpose and not for a commercial use. Specifically, I am a PhD candidate at the University of California, Berkeley. A description of my research can be found on the UC Berkeley website (https://polisci.berkeley.edu/people/person/155 1475). These documents are to be used in my dissertation research and for peer-reviewed NOVEMBER 13, 2024 ENCLOSURE B
Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-000134 (continued) academic papers. I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the government and is not for commercial purposes. As a PhD candidate in political science specializing in elite news consumption, it is my opinion that this is an area of immense interest to the field of political science and has not been explored in prior prior research. I have been unable to find the requested records in the public domain. (Date Range for Record Search: From 01/01/2014 To 12/31/2019)
FOIA-2025-000135 Christensen, Julia UC Berkeley Electronic copies of daily news roundups, briefs, briefings, summaries, clipbooks, or newsletters produced for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Bulletin Intelligence on the following dates: 2020 13, 2020-03-12, 2020-03-24, 2020-03-27, 2020-05-13, 2020-05-25, 2020-06-01, 2020-07-01, 2020-07-16, 2020-07-20, 2020-07-29, 2020-09-09, 2020-10-05, 2020-10-14, 2020-11-17, 2020-12-31, 2021-01-18, 2021-02-23, 2021-03-19, 2021-03-23, 2021-04-26, 2021-04-29, 2021-05-12, 2021-05-25, 2021-05-30, 2021-07-12, 2021-07-30, 2021-08-27, 2021-09-16, 2021-10-19, 2021-11-23, 2021-12-27, 2021-12-30, 2022-01-16, 2022-01-24, 2022-03-08, 2022-03-22, 2022-03-24, 2022-04-04, 2022-04-14, 2022-05-10, 2022-06-09, 2022-07-01, 2022-07-28, 2022-08-19, 2022-09-29, 2022-10-13, 2022-11-14, 2022-11-24, 2022-12-27, 2023-02-07, 2023-02-08, 2023-02-17, 2023-02-28, 2023-04-19, 2023-04-28, 2023-05-18, 2023-05-30, 2023-07-07, 2023-07-24, 2023-08-09, 2023-08-24, 2023-10-10, 2023-10-25, 2023-11-15, 2023-12-27, 2024-02-19, 2024-03-06, 2024-03-11, 2024-03-29, 2024-04-01, 2024-05-07, 2024-05-17, 2024-06-27, 2024-07-11, 2024-07-22, 2024-08-09, 2024-09-12, and 2024-10-11. Please note that I do not need or want every copy of these reports or emails. I am only interested in receiving a single copy of each days report. If there are multiple copies, I want you to select copies 11/05/2024 NOVEMBER 13, 2024 ENCLOSURE B
Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-000135 (continued) using the following decision rule: 1. Select the largest file if file size differs among several copies. 2. Select the first file of the results page if all files are equal in size. To help determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I fall in the following fee category: Educational or Non-Commercial Scientific Institution. I am affiliated with an educational or noncommercial scientific institution, and this request is made for a scholarly or scientific purpose and not for a commercial use. Specifically, I am a PhD candidate at the University of California, Berkeley. A description of my research can be found on the UC Berkeley website (https://polisci.berkeley.edu/people/person/15 51475). These documents are to be used in my dissertation research and for peer-reviewed academic papers. I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the government and is not for commercial purposes. As a PhD candidate in political science specializing in elite news consumption, it is my opinion that this is an area of immense interest to the field of political science and has not been explored in prior prior research. I have been unable to find the requested records in the public domain. (Date Range for Record Search:
From 01/01/2020 To 10/31/2024)
FOIA-2025-000136 Christensen, Julia UC Berkeley I request access to the following documents:
email correspondence with Bulletin Intelligence or Bulletin News between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009 about daily news roundups, briefs, briefings, summaries, clipbooks, or newsletters produced for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Bulletin Intelligence. Specifically, I request emails fitting one or both of the following descriptions:
(1) Any email correspondence related to the processes involved in developing the Bulletin Intelligence news products or their supporting functions. (2) Any email correspondence related to the selection and moderation of 11/05/2024 NOVEMBER 13, 2024 ENCLOSURE B
Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-000135 (continued) content for inclusion in the Bulletin Intelligence news products. Please note that I am not interested in duplicate copies. I do not need or want every copy of these reports or emails. I am only interested in receiving a single copy of each days report. If there are multiple copies, I want you to select copies using the following decision rule: 1. Select the largest file if file size differs among several copies. 2.
Select the first file of the results page if all files are equal in size. To help determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I fall in the following fee category: Educational or Non-Commercial Scientific Institution. I am affiliated with an educational or noncommercial scientific institution, and this request is made for a scholarly or scientific purpose and not for a commercial use.
Specifically, I am a PhD candidate at the University of California, Berkeley. A description of my research can be found on the UC Berkeley website (https://polisci.berkeley.edu/people/person/15 51475). These documents are to be used in my dissertation research and for peer-reviewed academic papers. I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the government and is not for commercial purposes. As a PhD candidate in political science specializing in elite news consumption, it is my opinion that this is an area of immense interest to the field of political science and has not been explored in prior prior research. I have been unable to find the requested records in the public domain. (Date Range for Record Search:
From 01/01/2020 To 10/31/2024)
FOIA-2025-000136 Christensen, Julia UC Berkeley I request access to the following documents:
email correspondence with Bulletin Intelligence or Bulletin News between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009 about daily news roundups, briefs, briefings, summaries, clipbooks, or newsletters produced for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Bulletin 11/05/2024 NOVEMBER 13, 2024 ENCLOSURE B
Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-000136 (continued)
Intelligence. Specifically, I request emails fitting one or both of the following descriptions:
(1) Any email correspondence related to the processes involved in developing the Bulletin Intelligence news products or their supporting functions. (2) Any email correspondence related to the selection and moderation of content for inclusion in the Bulletin Intelligence news products. Please note that I am not interested in duplicate copies. I do not need or want every copy of these reports or emails. I am only interested in receiving a single copy of each days report. If there are multiple copies, I want you to select copies using the following decision rule: 1. Select the largest file if file size differs among several copies. 2.
Select the first file of the results page if all files are equal in size. To help determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I fall in the following fee category: Educational or Non-Commercial Scientific Institution. I am affiliated with an educational or noncommercial scientific institution, and this request is made for a scholarly or scientific purpose and not for a commercial use.
Specifically, I am a PhD candidate at the University of California, Berkeley. A description of my research can be found on the UC Berkeley website (https://polisci.berkeley.edu/people/person/15 51475). These documents are to be used in my dissertation research and for peer-reviewed academic papers. I request a waiver of all fees for this request. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the government and is not for commercial purposes. As a PhD candidate in political science specializing in elite news consumption, it is my opinion that this is an area of immense interest to the field of political science and has not been explored in prior prior research. I have been unable to find the requested records in the public domain. (Date Range for Record Search:
From 01/01/2009 To 12/31/2009)
NOVEMBER 13, 2024 ENCLOSURE B
Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-000137 Slaughter, David Aerotest Operations, Inc.
Requester is seeking discussion, notes, or minutes on how the NRC decide not to CC anyone on the 5/4/24 letter from Marian Zobler (NRC) to Dr. David M Slaughter. Yet in the 5/4/23 2:49 email from Marian Zobler (NRC) to Theresa Mayberry it stated that when the letter goes out make sure OCFO and OEDO get a copy.
11/05/2024 FOIA-2025-000138 Slaughter, David Aerotest Operations, Inc.
I am seeking access to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission records under the freedom of Information Act. The information is requested by: Kathy Edwards-Reichert Aerotest Operations, Inc. 3455 Fostoria Way, San Ramon, CA 94583, Office Phone: 925-866-1212. Any discussions, meetings, or actions the NRC commission took requiring the following letters sent to the NRC from David M Slaughter, Aerotest Operations, Inc.
Also the date and distribution of the letter to NRC employees and commissioners. o ADAMS ML23157A066 Letter Dated 5/24/23 o ADAMS ML24058A360 Letter Dated 10/5/23 o ADAMS ML24085A266 Letter Dated 3/20/23 11/05/2024 FOIA-2025-000139 Blind, Alan I am submitting this request under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, for expedited access to records containing redacted statements within the document titled Regulatory Path to Reauthorize Power Operations at the Palisades Nuclear Plant (ML23072A404). Specifically, I seek access to redacted portions on the following pages, as highlighted in the attached marked-up document:
- Cover Letter
- Enclosure 1, pages 3, 4, 5, and 6 I represent petitioners who have filed a "Petition to Intervene and Request for a Public Hearing" regarding the Palisades restart (Dockets/Palisades 50-255 & 72-007 LT-3/Palisades Pleadings/2024 Pleadings).
Given that this information may critically impact our ongoing proceedings, I request an expedited response within 20 days to allow for timely evaluation.
11/06/2024 FOIA-2025-000140 Wang, Alexis (Lan)
We are interested in accessing the NRC Regulatory Information Tracking System/National Source Tracking System (NSTS) dataset to analyze variations in monitoring intensity at different nuclear plants 11/06/2024 NOVEMBER 13, 2024 ENCLOSURE B
Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-000140 (continued) over the years. This includes data on the year, location, name of nuclear power plants, number of hours spent inspecting a plant, and any other relevant variables.
FOIA-2025-000141 Tramm, Tom I am seeking access to records under the Freedom of Information Act. The document that I would like to see is identified in a letter dated December 20, 1978 from ComEd to NRC regarding Carroll County Station Units 1 and 2, Request for Early Site Review and Application for Construction Permits. (Copy attached.) One of the two enclosures to this 1978 letter is missing from the publicly available ADAMS files. The NRC Public document Room has so far been unable to locate this document for me. A broader search is necessary. The enclosure which needs to be located is titled "Carroll County Station -
Site Suitability - Site Safety Report." The companion enclosure, "Carroll County Station
- Site Suitability - Environmental Report" Is readily available in ADAMS. I am seeking only the Site Safety Report. I am willing to pay the applicable fees, if any, associated with processing this FOIA request. Please let me know in advance if the fees will exceed $100.
11/07/2024 FOIA-2025-000142 Greenewald, Jr., John To whom it may concern, This is a non-commercial request made under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 5 U.S.C. S 552. My FOIA requester status as a "representative of the news media." I am a freelance television producer, with credits listed at:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1825298/ I am often working on documentaries related to my FOIA requests, and frequently write articles based on the FOIA documents I receive. They are read on my own high traffic website (25,000+ people daily log on, on average) called The Black Vault (www.theblackvault.com), and those articles are OFTEN covered via the mainstream media, and cited as the source. Here are just some of the recent mainstream article that have covered my work, both highlighting my original articles written, along with profiling the documents I have received via FOIA:
11/08/2024 NOVEMBER 13, 2024 ENCLOSURE B
Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-000142 (continued) https://news.google.com/search?q=The%20Bl ack%20Vault&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen I prefer electronic delivery of the requested material either via email to john@greenewald.com, FAX 1-818-659-7688 or via CD-ROM or DVD via postal mail. Please contact me should this FOIA request should incur a charge. I respectfully request a copy of records (which includes videos/photos), electronic or otherwise, of the following: - *All material* sent to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) at to the DoD. Please include all information, regardless of subject matter, submitted and/or shared with AARO. I ask that you include all reports, memos, photos, videos, and all other records shared with that office. - All communications between the NRC and AARO, including emails, letters, memos, and all other forms of communications between the below timeframe. I agree to limit the scope of search to records dated July 2022 through to the date of processing this request. Thank you so much for your time, and I am very much looking forward to your response.
Sincerely, John Greenewald, Jr. 27305 W.
Live Oak Rd. Suite #1203 Castaic, Ca. 91384 FAX 1-818-659-7688 FOIA-2025-000143
- Huyck, Charles
- ImageCat, Inc.
I am requesting a copy of the Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) for River Bend Station, Unit 1 (Docket No. 50-458). This report is essential for a risk assessment of a planned site in close proximity to River Bend Station. The analysis will inform the client on how incidents at the station, including those triggered by natural hazards, could lead to evacuations or power interruptions, potentially causing significant business disruption. These insights will enable the client to evaluate site suitability, consider mitigation strategies, and determine insurance requirements. Thus, we require the report so that we can include the lessons learned from the assessment with regard to potential impacts and probabilities.
11/08/2024 FOIA-2025-000144
- Carlton, Andrew Notionize.org Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 et seq., I write to request a copy of all full time employees first, middle (if available) and last names, including their job 11/08/2024 NOVEMBER 13, 2024 ENCLOSURE B
Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-000144 (continued) title/position, their office location (city and state only), date of hire and email address.
Please provide this information in an electronic format such as Excel or.csv. If these records do not exist in the requested format, please send them in the form in which they are held. If you do not maintain these public records, please let me know who does and include the proper custodians contact information pursuant to to 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(3)(B).
NOVEMBER 13, 2024 ENCLOSURE B
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Items of Interest Week Ending November 8, 2024 Texas A&M University Submitted a Notice of Intent to Submit an Early Site Permit (ESP)
Application for a Commercial Electrical and Thermal Power Generation Facility at Their Texas A&M RELLIS Campus On November 7, 2024, Texas A&M University submitted a notice of intent to submit an Early Site Permit (ESP) application for a commercial electrical and thermal power generation facility at their Texas A&M RELLIS Campus. The ESP will utilize a plant parameter envelope approach for multiple small modular reactors, potentially from multiple developers and operators, to test and construct reactors ranging from 10 MW to 1000 MW. Texas A&M aims to engage with the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) through pre-application activities starting in March 2025, and anticipates submitting the ESP application in May 2026. Their target online date for initial operation is early to mid-2030.
The Staff Held a Public Information Meeting on its Draft White Paper, Nth-of-a-Kind Microreactor Licensing and Deployment Considerations, and its Enclosures On November 6, 2024, the staff held a public information meeting on its draft white paper, Nth-of-a-Kind Microreactor Licensing and Deployment Considerations (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML24268A310), and its enclosures (ML24268A314, ML24302A292, and ML24268A317), which discuss considerations for approval of standardized operational programs at the design stage and options for alternative environmental reviews for microreactors, as well as other topics related to efficient licensing of many microreactors of a standard design. Stakeholders supported the NRC staffs proposed approaches and generally agreed that the scope and prioritization of microreactor topics in the paper and in prior and ongoing initiatives will provide the requested regulatory clarity to proceed with planned deployment models.
Staff Participated in a Utility Services Alliance (USA) Light Water Reactor Sustainability (LWRS) Meeting in Irving, TX On November 6-7, 2024, Region IV, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, and Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation staff participated in a Utility Services Alliance (USA) Light Water Reactor Sustainability (LWRS) meeting in Irving, TX. The meeting provided a detailed overview of remote monitoring at the Power Optimization Center, and industry project updates related to anomaly detection, advanced remote monitoring, cyber security, and fire detection. Attendees included representatives from the Department of Energy, Idaho National Laboratory, USA, Florida Power & Light, Xcel Energy, Talen Energy, and the Nuclear Energy Institute.
Terrestrial USA (TEUSA) Submitted a Revision to its Regulatory Engagement Plan (REP) to Inform the NRC of its Plans for Pre-application Activities in Support of a Standard Design Approval (SDA) Application Anticipated to be Submitted in the Fourth Quarter of 2030 for its Integral Molten Salt Reactor Design On November 4, 2024, Terrestrial USA (TEUSA) submitted a revision to its Regulatory Engagement Plan (REP) (ML24309A142) to inform the NRC of its plans for pre-application activities in support of a Standard Design Approval (SDA) application anticipated to be NOVEMBER 13, 2024 ENCLOSURE C
submitted in the fourth quarter of 2030 for its Integral Molten Salt Reactor design. TEUSAs REP also states that there is a potential for submission of a Construction Permit or Design Certification application prior to a submission of an SDA application.
Abilene Christian University (ACU) Submitted Revision 2 of its REP Describing ACUs Plans Supporting Development and Submittal of an Operating License Application for a Molten Salt (Liquid Fueled) Non-power Research Reactor on the ACU Campus in Abilene, TX On October 31, 2024, Abilene Christian University (ACU) submitted Revision 2 of its REP (ML24305A288) describing ACUs plans supporting development and submittal of an operating license (OL) application for a molten salt (liquid fueled) non-power research reactor on the ACU campus in Abilene, TX. The REP includes plans for commencing construction in April 2025, beginning a staggered readiness assessment of select parts of the OL application in March 2025, and submitting an OL application in July 2025.
Diablo Canyon Unit 1 will Enter Timely Renewal On November 2, 2024, Diablo Canyon Unit 1 will enter timely renewal. Diablo Canyon may continue operating under NRC regulations until the NRC has made a final determination on its license renewal application (LRA), pursuant to the exemption issued in March 2023 (ML23026A102). On November 7, 2023, the LRA (ML23311A154) was received and subsequently docketed. Staff is currently reviewing the LRA and plans to issue its safety evaluation in June 2025. The original license expiration date for Unit 2 is August 26, 2025.
NOVEMBER 13, 2024 ENCLOSURE C
Office of Enforcement Items of Interest Week Ending November 8, 2024 Summary of DPO-2024-001 RE: Code Case N-752 at ANO On September 5, 2024, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRCs) Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) issued a directors decision on a Differing Professional Opinion (DPO) submitted on November 1, 2023. The DPO raised concerns regarding an apparent mismatch between what the staff approved and what the licensees have implemented in the use of ASME Code Case N-752 as an alternative under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.55a(z) and the reduction in quality assurance program commitments under 10 CFR 50.54(a)(4) to comply with 10 CFR Appendix B for certain structures, systems, and components.
The directors decision agreed with some of the DPO concerns and some of the recommendations from the DPO review panel. To carry out those recommendations, the Director of NRR assigned the appropriate NRR staff to (1) coordinate with the Regions to ensure licensees are made aware of the observed implementing procedures, which indicate potential misunderstanding of what the NRC approved and that an exemption from 10 CFR 50, Appendix B has not been granted, (2) develop an Information Notice to provide the necessary clarity regarding the NRCs approval, and (3) initiate improvements to guidance to specifically address quality assurance reductions in commitment.
The publicly available DPO case file can be located at Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML24311A153.
NOVEMBER 13, 2024 ENCLOSURE D
Office of the Secretary Items of Interest Week Ending November 8, 2024 Document Released to Public Date of Document Subject Decision Documents 1.
SECY-24-0087 10/22/2024 Final Revision to The Policy Statement on Abnormal Occurrence Reporting Criteria Information 1.
SECY-24-0093 11/06/2024 Weekly Information Report Week Ending November 1, 2024 Memoranda 1.
Staff Requirements Memorandum M241030 11/06/2024 Briefing Today and Tomorrow Across Region II Business Lines Commission Correspondence 1.
None Federal Register Notices Issued 1.
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