ML22308A058
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| Issue date: | 11/10/2022 |
| From: | NRC/OCM |
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COMMISSION BRIEFING ON INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES Daniel Dorman, Executive Director for Operations David Skeen, Acting Director, Office of International Programs November 10, 2022
OVERVIEW FY22 accomplishments and FY23 priorities across the international program 5 major programmatic areas How we are implementing the International Strategy
THE NRCS INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY Excel: Maintain excellence in executing the NRCs statutorily-mandated activities effectively and efficiently.
Integrate: Ensure that NRC activities are integrated with broader U.S. Government national security and foreign policy priorities.
Partner: Build and maintain strategic partnerships in specific regions of the world that are of strategic importance to the U.S.
Government and will enable the agency to learn from its counterparts to advance its domestic activities.
THE NRCS INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY Lead: Demonstrate leadership in the international regulatory community through involvement in key bilateral and multilateral fora in which the NRC is advanced in its thinking or progress and in areas of strategic importance to the U.S. Government.
Assist: Provide assistance to countries to develop or strengthen their regulatory programs.
THE NRCS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM Conventions and Treaties Export and Import Licensing International Regulatory Assistance Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation International Nuclear Safety Research
CONVENTIONS AND TREATIES:
FY22 ACCOMPLISHMENTS Joint Convention Review Meeting Convention on Nuclear Safety National Report Amended Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials - First Review Meeting Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty Review Conference
CONVENTIONS AND TREATIES:
FY23 PRIORITIES Convention on ACPPNM Nuclear Safety Universalization Review Meeting Efforts Triennial IAEA Code of of U.S.-IAEA Conduct Safeguards Meeting Agreement
EXPORT/IMPORT LICENSING:
FY22 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
>60 completed licensing actions Outreach activities Foreign Policy Development Activities Support for 123 Agreement Negotiations State Department Detail
EXPORT/IMPORT LICENSING:
FY23 PRIORITIES Integrate Adequate impacts of staffing for recent U.S.
physical foreign policy protection decisions (e.g.,
bilaterals China, Russia, etc.)
Continue Continued progress on timely rulemaking on processing of all advanced applications reactor licensing
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE:
FY22 ACCOMPLISHMENTS Poland Engagement Ukraine Support Support for FIRST and other Executive Branch programs Radioactive source registry development Transportation security regulations
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE:
FY23 PRIORITIES Support Ukraine (bilaterally and multilaterally)
Support high-priority Executive Branch requests re: global deployment of new reactors Help embarking countries develop regulatory infrastructure for nuclear materials Support development of national radiological source inventories, particularly in high threat regions
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION:
FY22 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION:
FY23 PRIORITIES Continue to build Leverage bilateral and expand on Steering strategic Committees and partnerships technical meetings focused on SMR to advance and advanced partnerships in reactors to help technical areas inform our domestic such as:
activities and *Decommissioning influence *Aging management international *Cyber security
- SMR security approaches.
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH:
FY22 ACCOMPLISHMENTS Leadership of key NEA committees - influencing project priorities and timelines Leadership in key IAEA and NEA research projects
- leveraging multilateral work to advance NRC domestic priorities and save resources In-depth technical exchanges with key research partners (e.g., France, Germany)
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH:
FY23 PRIORITIES US-Canada-UK trilateral Continued leadership engagement on of FIDES governing Artificial Intelligence board
5 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES INTERNATIONAL: BY THE NUMBERS INTERNATIONAL 137 INTERNATIONAL TRIPS 16 INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNEES HOSTED 14 ASSIGNEE-ATTENDED TRAININGS 62 EXPORT LICENSES 294 VIRTUAL MEETINGS ISSUED 13 BILATERAL 17 INTERNATIONAL VISITS TO THE 311 87 AGREEMENTS SIGNED NRC PASSPORT APPLICATIONS VISA PROCESSED APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED
INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS
- ACPPNM: Amendment to Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
- CDLM: Committee on Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations and Legacy Management
- CNRA: Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities
- CRPPH: Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health
- CSNI: Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations
- CSS: Commission on Safety Standards
- IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency
- EPReSC: Emergency Preparedness and Response Standards Committee
- FIDES: Framework for Irradiation Experiments
- FIRST: Foundational Infrastructure for Responsible Use of Small Modular Reactor Technology
- GNSSN: Global Nuclear Safety and Security Network Steering Committee
- GNSSCOM: Global Nuclear Safety and Security Communication Network
- INES: International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale
- MOC: Memorandum of Cooperation
- NEA: Nuclear Energy Agency
- NSGC: Nuclear Security Guidance Committee
- NUSSC: Nuclear Safety Standards Committee
- RASSC: Radiation Safety Standards Committee
- RMWC: Radioactive Waste Management Committee
- SMR: Small Modular Reactor
- SMRRF: Small Modular Reactor Regulators Forum
- TRANSSC: Transportation Safety Standards Committee
- UK: United Kingdom
- WASSC: Waste Safety Standards Committee