SECY-25-0022, Weekly Information Report Week Ending March 21, 2025
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| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 03/27/2025 |
| From: | Martin J NRC/EDO/AO |
| To: | Commissioners NRC/OCM |
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| Download: ML25086A203 (10) | |
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INFORMATION REPORT MARCH 27, 2025 SECY-25-0022 FOR:
The Commissioners FROM:
Jody C. Martin Associate Director for Operations Office of the Executive Director for Operations
SUBJECT:
WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING March 21, 2025 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
Jody C. Martin Associate Director for Operations, OEDO CONTACT: John R. Jolicoeur, OEDO 301-415-1642 Signed by Martin, Jody on 03/27/25
ML25086A203 OFFICE OEDO OEDO/ADO NAME JJolicoeur JMartin DATE 3/27/2025 3/27/2025
Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer Items of Interest Week Ending March 21, 2025 ARRIVALS NONE RETIREMENTS HANNA, JOHN D SENIOR REACTOR ANALYST NRR DEPARTURES NONE MARCH 27, 2025 ENCLOSURE A
Office of the Chief Information Officer Items of Interest Week Ending March 21, 2025 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests and Appeals Received During the Period of March 17 - March 21, as submitted by requester.
Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-000456 Ravnitzky, Michael I request a copy of the Agency Reorganization Plan that the NRC submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in February or March 2025, as required by Executive Order 14210, issued on February 11, 2025, entitled
'Implementing the Presidents Department of Government Efficiency Workforce Optimization Initiative.
03/17/2025 FOIA-2025-000457 Giel, Katie Im willing to pay any applicable fees. Im seeking the following documents and/or information: - Staff lists or directories showing the staff of the office of Chairman Zech, covering March 1988 through June 1989; - In particular, confirmation regarding who served as Chairman Zechs executive assistant at the end of 1988 and in 1989; - Staff lists or directories listing speech writers, if any, in the office of any commissioner (including Chairman Zech) or in the Office of Governmental and Public Affairs (including the Office of Congressional Affairs) in 1988 and 1989; and - Documentation regarding Maria Ruccis specific title and office between May 1988 and July 1989 03/17/2025 FOIA-2025-000458 Walker, Gayle I am seeking performance appraisals for all Special Agents in Charge for the performance periods covering Fiscal Year 2022 through Fiscal Year 2024. I request that the records include: (1) each individual's performance rating, to include the supporting element and standard ratings 1-5; (2) the specific language used in the evaluations; (3) the names of the managers and reviewing officials associated with these appraisals; (4) the approval by OCHCO to remove the Reviewing Official in the appraisal from the Special Agents, going back to 2019. If OCHCO provided approval, provide the documentation on when the approval was given and the basis. (Date Range for Record Search:
From 10/1/2021 To 9/30/2024) 03/17/2025 FOIA-2025-000459
- Long, Katherine Wall Street Journal Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, kindly transmit the following records:
- Readouts/minutes/meeting notes from the standing 3pm meetings of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council (CHCOC), typically sent via email from Colleen Heller-Stein or from another 03/18/2025 MARCH 27, 2025 ENCLOSURE B
Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-000459 (continued)
@CHCOC.gov alias to Jennifer Golder and Eric L Dilworth following the standing meeting.
- I am requesting records within the date range 01/20/2025 and 03/18/2025. (Date Range for Record Search: From 1/20/2025 To 3/18/2025)
FOIA-2025-000460 Aamot, Colin Personal Capacity as a Journalist
Dear FOIA Officer,
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, and the implementing FOIA regulations of the agency, I respectfully request the following: 1) Documents sufficient to account for the agency's finalized Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) strategic plan. 2) Documents sufficient to account for all finalized Equity Action Plans (EAP's) created by the agency or submitted to the White House under Executive Order ('EO') 14091.
Search Instructions: Please limit all searches in response to this request from January 20, 2021, to January 19, 2025. Please include the full email chain and attachments relevant to any responsive documents to provide further context. To further narrow down the scope of the request, requester does not seek correspondence that merely forwards press clippings, such as news accounts or opinion pieces, newsletters, and published or docketed materials, if that correspondence has no comment or no substantive comment added by any party in the thread. The terms pertaining to, referring, relating, or concerning with respect to any given subject means anything that constitutes, contains, embodies, reflects, identifies, states, refers to, deals with, or is in any manner whatsoever pertinent to that subject. The term record means any written, recorded, or graphic matter of any nature whatsoever, regardless of how recorded, and whether original or copy, including, but not limited to, the following:
memoranda, reports, expense reports, books, manuals, instructions, financial reports, working papers, records, notes, letters, notices, confirmations, telegrams, receipts, appraisals, pamphlets, magazines, newspapers, prospectuses, inter-office and intra-office communications, electronic mail (emails), MMS or SMS text messages, instant messages, messaging systems (such as iMessage, Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Google Chat, Twitter direct messages, Lync, Slack, and Facebook Messenger), contracts, cables, telexes, notations of any type of conversation, telephone call, 03/18/2025 MARCH 27, 2025 ENCLOSURE B
Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-000460 (continued) voicemail, meeting or other communication. Please comply fully with 5 U.S.C. § 552(b). Accordingly, without limitation to the foregoing, if any portion of this request is denied for any reason, please provide written notice of the records or portions of records that are being withheld and cite each specific exemption of the Freedom of Information Act on which the agency relies. Moreover, to the extent that responsive records may be withheld in part produce all reasonably segregable portions of those records.
FOIA-2025-000461 Grod, Steven Tetra Tech Tetra Tech is performing a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) of a property in Richmond CA and making a FOIA request: 2030 Wright Avenue, Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA 94804 Discovered during preliminary research, we discovered that a former occupant of the property (Eberline Services) was referenced on the USNRC website (see link: Eberline Services l NRC.gov).
There was reference to a license number (0023-
- 07) and a Characterization Survey Report submitted in February 2017. Also discovered during preliminary research were two listings from the historic Material Licensing Tracking System (MLTS) database for LFE Corporation at 2030 Wright Avenue. There were references to different dockets and license numbers (see attached PDF files as well): First listing: Docket 7000561; License Number SNM-359 Second listing: Docket 3003604; License Number 04-00911-03 I am requesting copies (preferably electronic/PDF) of environmental records the USNRC may have for the property including the dockets, licenses, and Characterization Survey Report mentioned above, as well as records pertaining to history of operations at the property, hazardous materials/wastes, inspections, notices to comply/notices of violation, and previous investigation/survey and remediation reports.
03/19/2025 MARCH 27, 2025 ENCLOSURE B
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Items of Interest Week Ending March 21, 2025 NRC Issued a Letter to Oklo Informing Them That the Staff Plans to Begin a Limited Scope Readiness Assessment for Phase 1 of its Forthcoming Combined License Application for the Aurora Powerhouse Advanced Reactor On March 19, 2025, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a letter (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML25057A385) to Oklo informing them that the staff plans to begin a limited scope readiness assessment for phase 1 of its forthcoming combined license application for the Aurora powerhouse advanced reactor. The assessment will begin on March 31, 2025. Phase 1 will include the environmental report, characteristics of the proposed site, postulated fission product release, and company and financial information. Following the assessment, the staff plans to issue a report which will identify information gaps that could impact the technical review or docketing of the application.
NRR Held a Hybrid Public Meeting with NextEra Energy, LLC, for NextEra to Provide an Overview of Their Plan to Potentially Restart the Duane Arnold Energy Center by the End of 2028 On March 19, 2025, the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) held a hybrid public meeting with NextEra Energy, LLC (NextEra), for NextEra to provide an overview of their plan to potentially restart the Duane Arnold Energy Center by the end of Calendar Year (CY) 2028.
Topics included current facility status, consideration of restart, facility work, regulatory path/schedule for submittals, and staffing and qualifications. On January 23, 2025, NextEra submitted an exemption request to restore the operating licensing basis using an exemption to 10 CFR 50.82(a)(2). NextEra stated between now and the first quarter of CY26, they plan on submitting 1) a license amendment to restore technical specifications, 2) an updated final safety analysis report, 3) an operator licensing program outline, 4) security, cybersecurity, emergency, and transitional quality assurance program plans, and 5) an application for subsequent license renewal, including environmental reviews. The meeting was attended by about 140 people.
MARCH 27, 2025 ENCLOSURE C
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Items of Interest Week Ending March 21, 2025 List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1040, Revision 1 to Amendment Nos. 0 Through 2; Direct Final Rule; Confirmation of Effective Date; 10 CFR 72 (NRC-2024-0182; RIN 3150-AL22)
On March 19, 2025, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a notice in the Federal Register (90 FR 12679) confirming the effective date of April 21, 2025, for the direct final rule that was published in the Federal Register (90 FR 8861) on February 4, 2025. The direct final rule amended the NRC's spent fuel storage regulations by revising the Holtec International HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage System listing within the List of approved spent fuel storage casks to include Revision 1 to Amendment Nos. 0 through 2 to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1040. The effective date of April 21, 2025, for the direct final rule published February 4, 2025, is confirmed.
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International, Inc., MAGNASTOR Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment No. 15; Direct Final Rule; 10 CFR 72 (NRC-2024-0216; RIN 3150-AL25)
On March 20, 2025, the NRC published a notice in the Federal Register (90 FR 13047) amending its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the NAC International, Inc.
MAGNASTOR Storage System listing within the List of approved spent fuel storage casks to include Amendment No. 15 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1031. Amendment No. 15 revises the certificate of compliance to add a new variation of the Lightweight MAGNASTOR Transfer Cask design, add a new concrete cask design, increase the maximum system heat load capacity, add new loading patterns, add a thermal shunt for short loading patterns, remove the 5 percent burnup penalty, increase Passive MAGNASTOR Transfer Cask heat load, add two new pressurized-water reactor fuel types to support future operations, modify the transportable storage canister lid to allow additional clearance near the top center of the basket, and correct and clarify principal design criteria, operating procedures, and the acceptance criteria and maintenance program. Comments are requested by April 21, 2025. The companion proposed rule was also published in the Federal Register on March 20, 2025 (90 FR 13103). The direct final rule is effective June 3, 2025.
NRC Staff Make Presentation on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management in Vienna, Austria On March 18, 2025, the United States (U.S.) presented its National Report at the Eighth Review Meeting of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management in Vienna, Austria. The U.S. presentation was delivered by Jennifer Whitman, Deputy Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) and Paul Murray, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Jordan Swarthout, Foreign Affairs Officer, Office of Nuclear Energy, Safety and Security, U.S. Department of State, and Head of Delegation, provided opening remarks.
MARCH 27, 2025 ENCLOSURE D
The U.S. presentation was well-received, and representatives responded to approximately 20 questions and comments from Contracting Parties. Topics of interest included consolidated interim storage facilities for spent fuel; artificial intelligence; the ADVANCE Act; high burnup fuel research cask; DOE package performance project; disposal of Greater-than-Class-C waste including related NRC rulemaking activities; the status of DOE cleanup activities for legacy sites; the NRC Agreement State program; and DOE taxpayer liability for spent fuel. After the U.S. presentation, Country Group Officers recognized the U.S. Risk Tool for dry cask storage systems as a Good Practice and preparations for safe AI deployment as an Area of Good Performance. The U.S. presentation is available at Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML25073A050.
MARCH 27, 2025 ENCLOSURE D
Office of the Secretary Items of Interest Week Ending March 21, 2025 Document Released to Public Date of Document Subject Decision Documents 1.
None Information 1.
SECY-25-0019 03/20/2025 Weekly Information Report Week Ending March 14, 2025 Memoranda
- 1. None Commission Correspondence Federal Register Notices Issued 1.
American Centrifuge Operating, LLC, dba ACO; American Centrifuge Plant; License Amendment Application; [Docket No. 70-7004; NRC-2025-0059]
MARCH 27, 2025 ENCLOSURE E 1.
Letter to the Honorable Doug Burgum, et al., responds to Executive Order 14156, "Declaring a National Energy Emergency"