ML19283B498
| ML19283B498 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 11/07/2019 |
| From: | John Lubinski Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs |
| To: | Baker B NRC/OIG/AIGA |
| Augustus R | |
| References | |
| OIG-18-A-09 | |
| Download: ML19283B498 (3) | |
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November 7, 2019 MEMORANDUM TO: Dr. Brett M. Baker Assistant Inspector General for Audits Office of the Inspector General FROM: John W. Lubinski, Director /RA/
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
SUBJECT:
AUDIT OF THE U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONS DECOMMISSIONING FINANCIAL ASSURANCE INSTRUMENT INVENTORY (OIG-18-A-09)
This memorandum responds to your February 8, 2018, memorandum transmitting the subject audit report. We appreciate the Office of the Inspector Generals (OIG) audit of the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Decommissioning Funds Program and associated recommendation for enhancement of certain activities within that program.
The audit resulted in one overall recommendation to update and improve the guidance for maintaining the instruments.
OIG Recommendation:
Update guidance to reflect current practices, including, but not limited to:
A. Define what is to be kept in the files and/or safe and implement the guidance.
B. Define the filing methodology for the safe (e.g., by licensee, site, license, or instrument).
C. Require supporting documentation of completion of every step in the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) and the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) evaluations.
D. Describe procedural steps for NRR to complete the evaluations or state expectations for NRR to complete the same steps as NMSS.
E. Require written follow-up from the NMSS and NRR evaluations by the auditee to the evaluator, to ensure any identified discrepancies are corrected.
F. Require NMSS and NRR evaluation reports and the Inventory List to be marked Official Use Only, as appropriate.
CONTACT: Fred Miller, NMSS/REFS (301) 415-6765
B. Baker G. Require segregation of duties between the person in NMSS who maintains the Inventory List and the person who completes the annual evaluation.
NRC Response:
The staff agrees with the OIG recommendation.
The staff has revised Management Directive (MD) 8.12, Decommissioning Financial Assurance Instrument Security Program, which provides the guidance on maintaining and auditing the NRCs financial instrument inventory by headquarters and the Regions.
Specifically, MD 8.12 was revised to address OIGs recommendation from OIG Audit, OIG-18-A-09, and to also reflect organizational changes from the recent establishment of the Center of Expertise in NMSS for financial assessment.
This memo closes out the NMSS action regarding OIG audit, OIG-18-A-09.
If you have any questions, please contact John Tappert at (301) 415-2486.
cc: Chairman Svinicki Commissioner Baran Commissioner Caputo Commissioner Wright SECY
B. Baker
SUBJECT:
AUDIT OF THE U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONS DECOMMISSIONING FINANCIAL ASSURANCE INSTRUMENT INVENTORY (OIG-18-A-09) DATE: November 7, 2019 ADAMS Accession No.: ML19283B498 *via email/ADAMS OFFICE NMSS/DUWP NMSS/DUWP NMSS/REFS NMSS NMSS, D Tech Ed NAME CMcKenney BPham for JTappert CGoode JLubinski PHolahan*
DATE 10/16/19 10/17/19 10/18/19 10/28/19 11/01/19