SECY-25-0001, Weekly Information Report Week Ending December 20, 2024
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| Issue date: | 01/02/2025 |
| From: | Martin J NRC/EDO/AO |
| To: | Commissioners NRC/OCM |
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| Download: ML24365A192 (1) | |
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INFORMATION REPORT JANUARY 2, 2025 SECY-25-0001 FOR:
The Commissioners FROM:
Jody C. Martin Associate Director for Operations Office of the Executive Director for Operations
SUBJECT:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 20, 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 Administration 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 01/02/25
ML24365A192 OFFICE OEDO OEDO/ADO NAME JJolicoeur JMartin DATE 12/30/2024 1/2/2025
Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer Items of Interest Week Ending December 20, 2024 ARRIVALS AYERS, SARAH L.
INTERNATIONAL LIAISON NSIR BHATTACHARYA, ANKUR PROJECT MANAGER NRR CHATTOPADHAYA, CHAITALI PROJECT MANAGER NRR FERKILE, ANDREA M.
BRANCH CHIEF OIP LAUENSTEIN, AMY M.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR OI NGUYEN, ANGELINA K.
INTERN MANAGEMENT ANALYST OIG SPAULDING, GRACE E.
REACTOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER NRR RETIREMENTS NONE DEPARTURES NONE JANUARY 2, 2025 ENCLOSURE A
Office of the Chief Information Officer Items of Interest Week Ending December 20, 2024 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests and Appeals Received During the Period of December 16 - December 20, as submitted by requester.
Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-0002591
- Ritzman, Robin Curtiss-Wright 10 CFR 21.21(c) states: For persons licensed to operate a nuclear power plant under part 50 or part 52 of this chapter, evaluation of potential defects and appropriate reporting of defects under §§ 50.72, 50.73, or § 73.71 of this chapter, satisfies each persons evaluation, notification, and reporting obligation to report defects under this part, and the responsibility of individual directors and responsible officers of these licensees to report defects under Section 206 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974.
Historically, many individuals at nuclear power plants have understood this to mean that if a report was made under 10 CFR 50.73, that the reporting guidance delineated in 10 CFR 21.21 was also met. This understanding has recently been challenged with the issuance of two Unresolved Items where the NRC inspector has questioned whether the information provided in the Licensee Event Report (LER) submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 50.73 provided sufficient information to meet the requirements of 10 CFR 21.21. During subsequent discussion between NRC representatives and industry representatives, industry representatives became aware of guidance that the Office of General Counsel has provided to NRC staff regarding crediting an LER for meeting the requirements of 10 CFR 21.21. In order to assist the nuclear power industry to comply with NRC expectations, we are requesting this guidance.
12/16/2024 FOIA-2025-000265 Slaughter, Dustin The UAP Register Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting the following records: Copies of records pertaining to an unidentified object event at or near the Salem Nuclear Power Plant. This request includes copies of all responsive Event Notification Reports, Preliminary Notifications, Licensee Event Reports, Notification of Unusual Event Reports, General Emergency Reports, and 12/17/2024 JANUARY 2, 2025 ENCLOSURE B 1 officially received on 12/05/2024 and placed on hold (stopping the clock) to obtain clarifying information from the requester before restarting the clock on 12/16/2024 and tasking the program offices for a fee estimate.
Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-000265 (continued)
Branch Evaluation, Plan, and Recommendation Allegation Reports pertaining to an unidentified object event that is alleged to have occurred at Salem Nuclear Power Plant. Please conduct searches of all electronic and paper/manual indices, filing systems, and locations for any and all records relating or referring to the subject of this request. Please include any and all responsive and otherwise segregable materials from October 1, 2024, up to and including the date this request is officially processed. I would also appreciate, if possible, a rolling release of any responsive records.
FOIA-2025-000266 Slaughter, Dustin The UAP Register Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting the following records: Copies of records pertaining to an unidentified object event at or near the Hope Creek Generating Station.
This request includes copies of all responsive Event Notification Reports, Preliminary Notifications, Licensee Event Reports, Notification of Unusual Event Reports, General Emergency Reports, and Branch Evaluation, Plan, and Recommendation Allegation Reports pertaining to an unidentified object event that is alleged to have occurred at Hope Creek Generating Station. Please conduct searches of all electronic and paper/manual indices, filing systems, and locations for any and all records relating or referring to the subject of this request.
Please include any and all responsive and otherwise segregable materials from October 1, 2024, up to and including the date this request is officially processed. I would also appreciate, if possible, a rolling release of any responsive records.
12/17/2024 FOIA-2025-000267 Bell, Tracie West Texas Lighthouse for the Blind /
Lighthouse O
Subject:
List of Purchase Card Managers and/or Approving Officials. Date Range for Record Search: personnel currently active or personnel active in the past year. We are requesting a list of all current purchase card managers and purchase card approving officials in your agency, with the following fields of information: First name, last name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and title. If all fields of information cannot be provided, please provide as many fields of information as possible..xlsx and.csv file types are preferred. I am affiliated with a private corporation and seeking 12/17/2024 JANUARY 2, 2025 ENCLOSURE B
Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-000267 (continued) information for use in the company's business. I am willing to pay $0 for my request.
FOIA-2025-000268
- Cimino, Dennis Thank you for the reply. I also am interested in a Congressional inquiry dating back to 1976'ish or so, where a contingent of Congress people and F.B.I descended upon the U.S.S. Truxtun because more than 120 crewmen who worked in the ENGINEERING SECTIONS of the ship (NUCS) sent a signed letter to the U.S.
Congress, in which they stipulated they all had used LSD while at the reactor controls of the ship's '2' powerplants (D2G's) and were then interviewed by F.B.I. and in some cases, polygraphed over this disclosure. Another concern is the incidence where primary reactor coolant was 'accidentally' cross fed into the ship's POTABLE WATER tanks, and for several hours, many of us showered with the COBALT 60 'shampoo' and later dozens of us lost large clumps of our hair and had bleeding gums and other signs of exposure, ranging from 'incessant nosebleeds' to 'significant hair losses' well beyond the exposure window.
12/17/2024 FOIA-2025-000269
- Rogers, Reece Wired Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. § 552), I respectfully request copies of all communications, including but not limited to emails, attachments, letters, memoranda, text messages, instant messages, meeting notes, transcripts, calendar entries, phone logs, or any other official correspondence, exchanged between NRC Commissioners Christopher T.
Hanson, Annie Caputo, Bradley R. Crowell, and David A. Wright and any representatives, lobbyists, staff, or executives affiliated with Meta (Facebook), Google, Microsoft, or OpenAI from January 1, 2024, to the present. (Date Range for Record Search: From 1/1/2024 To 12/17/2024) 12/17/2024 FOIA-2025-000270
- Nelson, Chris Records and communications about Event Notification 57455, wherein a licensee reported to New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection on December 3, 2024, that a Ge-68 pin source that they sent for disposal has been lost in transit on December 2, 2024. The shipping container arrived at its destination damaged and empty. The timeframe of the request is December 2, 2024, to present.
12/18/2024 JANUARY 2, 2025 ENCLOSURE B
Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-000270 (continued)
(Date Range for Record Search: From 12/2/2024 To 12/18/2024)
FOIA-2025-000271 Aamot, Colin Personal Capacity as a Journalist I respectfully request the following records from the agency: 1. Documents sufficient to account for all documents produced by the agency in response to congressional oversight letters or congressional oversight requests for the month of December, including, but not limited to the Letters to 24 Federal Agencies Regarding New Labor Deals; 2. A list of all ongoing negotiations between your agency and exclusive representatives recognized under the provisions of chapter 71 of title 5, U.S.C.to enter into new CBAs or renegotiate, modify, or extend any existing CBA, to include a detailed description of the issues under negotiation and the date negotiations began; 3. All documents and data sufficient to account for any statement as to whether your agency intends to complete any negotiations described in the previous question prior to the end of the Biden-Harris Administration, with a detailed explanation of why you intend to complete any such negotiation; 4. All documents and communications to and from agency officials and exclusive representatives recognized under the provisions of chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code regarding ongoing negotiations, and all such communications regarding CBAs, modifications, or extensions entered into during the Biden-Harris Administration; 5. All documents and communications between your agency and the White House regarding all labor negotiations since January 20, 2021; 6. All documents and communications related to the implementation of Section 4 of EO 14003 regarding negotiations over the subjects set forth in 5 U.S.C. 7106 (b)(1) since January 22, 2021; 7. All documents and communications related to establishing in-person work rates at your agency; 8. All documents and communications, to include meeting minutes, related to labor management forums established pursuant to Section 6 of EO 14119; 9. All surveys of agency managers conducted since January 20, 2021; 10. All training materials for agency managers regarding collective bargaining 12/20/2024 JANUARY 2, 2025 ENCLOSURE B
Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-000271 (continued) and disciplinary matters issued since June 20, 2021; 11. A copy of all grievances filed by a member of a federal employee union against your agency since January 20, 2021; and 12. For current CBAs negotiated during this Administration, all documents and data sufficient to account for the dates when negotiations began and concluded and the expiration date. Please also include the amount of union official time authorized under 5 U.S.C. 7131(a), in terms of both hours and the corresponding financial cost, associated with these negotiations. Search Time-Period: The time period for this request is from January 20, 2021 to present.
JANUARY 2, 2025 ENCLOSURE B
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Items of Interest Week Ending December 20, 2024 Staff Released a White Paper Offering Alternatives to the Proposed Part 53, as Directed by the Commission in SRM-SECY-23-0021 On December 20, 2024, the staff released a white paper (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML24355A087) offering alternatives to the proposed Part 53, as directed by the Commission in SRM-SECY-23-0021. The proposed alternatives would adapt the previously developed Framework B of Part 53 to provide approaches to advanced reactor regulation where risk analyses would be used in a supporting or confirmatory role during the licensing process. The staff will discuss this paper in a public meeting on January 16, 2025. Feedback from the public meeting will be used to inform the staffs recommended approach to the Commission in a forthcoming policy paper.
Staff Issued a Readiness Assessment Report on Portions of the Draft Preliminary Safety Assessment Report in Support of an Anticipated Construction Permit Application for X-Energys Xe-100 Reactor Design at the Dow Chemical Site in Seadrift, TX (Project Long Mott)
On December 19, 2024, the staff issued a readiness assessment report identifying observations pertaining to portions of the draft preliminary safety assessment report in support of an anticipated construction permit application for X-energys Xe-100 reactor design at the Dow Chemical site in Seadrift, TX (Project Long Mott). The report is available in ADAMS at ML24344A095.
JANUARY 2, 2025 ENCLOSURE C
Office of Administration Items of Interest Week Ending December 20, 2024 IBM SPSS Statistics Base Authorized User Licenses with the Software Subscription and Support On December 18, 2024, contract number NNG15SC73B/31310025F0003 was awarded to Four LLC in Herndon, VA. The purpose of this contract is to obtain IBM SPSS Statistics Base Authorized User Licenses with the software subscription and support. The period of performance is from January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025, with no option periods. The total potential value of the contract can be up to $1,006,270.84.
JANUARY 2, 2025 ENCLOSURE D
Office of the Secretary Items of Interest Week Ending December 20, 2024 Document Released to Public Date of Document Subject Decision Documents 1.
Commission Voting Record SECY-24-0046 11/22/2024 Implementation of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 National Environmental Policy Act Amendments (Wright)
Information 1.
SECY-24-0104 12/18/2024 Weekly Information Report Week Ending December 13, 2024 Memoranda 1.
None Commission Correspondence 1.
None.
Federal Register Notices Issued 1.
Licensing Support Network Advisory Review Panel (LSNARP); Notice of renewal 2.
Non-Power Production or Utilization Facility License Renewal [NRC-2011-0087; RIN 3150-A196]
JANUARY 2, 2025 ENCLOSURE E