SECY-24-0060, Weekly Information Report Week Ending July 12, 2024

SECY-24-0060: Weekly Information Report Week Ending July 12, 2024

ML24199A185
Person / Time
Issue date:	07/18/2024
From:	Martin J NRC/EDO/AO
To:	Commissioners NRC/OCM
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SECY-24-0060
Download: ML24199A185 (1)

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INFORMATION REPORT JULY 18, 2024 SECY-24-0060 FOR:

The Commissioners FROM:

Jody C. Martin Acting Associate Director for Operations Office of the Executive Director for Operations

SUBJECT:

WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING JULY 12, 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 Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards D

Office of the Secretary E

Jody C. Martin Acting Associate Director for Operations, OEDO CONTACT: John R. Jolicoeur, OEDO 301-415-1642 Signed by Martin, Jody on 07/18/24

ML24199A185 OFFICE OEDO OEDO/ADO NAME JJolicoeur JMartin DATE 07/18/2024 07/18/2024

Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer Items of Interest Week Ending July 12, 2024 ARRIVALS BARWELL, OWEN CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OCFO BOCAGE, DANIELLE INNOVATION PROGRAM MANAGER RES BREEDEN, COURTS GENERAL ENGINEER NRAN OCHCO CARSON-BROWN, ERICA SENIOR ACCOUNTANT OCFO COY, DAVID REACTOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER NRR GALLAGHER, BROOKE PROJECT MANAGER NRR GEARY, DANIEL REACTOR OPERATIONS ENGINEER NRR GRAU, DANIEL HEALTH PHYSICIST R-IV LITALIEN, CHRISTOPHER OPERATIONS ENGINEER R-IV MCFEATERS, CHARLES DIGITAL I&C ENGINEER RES MOORE, TIFFANY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SPECIALIST OCIO PANNABECKER, BRANDON PROJECT ENGINEER (RIDP)

R-IV STINSON, CAROL RECORDS & INFORMATION MGMT SPECIALIST OCIO SUCHY, DAVID RULEMAKING PROJECT MANAGER NMSS TORRES, ANTHONY METEOROLOGIST NRR VEGA-CLAUDIO, YILIA QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER NMSS WINTERS, KATHLEEN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT CSU RETIREMENTS NONE DEPARTURES KIM, JUN HWAN SPACE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST ADM JULY 18, 2024 ENCLOSURE A

Office of the Chief Information Officer Items of Interest Week Ending July 12, 2024 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests and Appeals Received During the Period of July 8 - July 12, as submitted by requester Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2024-000196

Tarver, Julian Requester is seeking all 29 pages, copy of request letter and complaint letter to FOIA officer from Department of State Jeanne Miller. (Date Range for Record Search:

From 4/7/2022 To 4/7/2022) 07/09/2024 FOIA-2024-000197

Tarver, Julian Requester is seeking copies of any and all NRC reports for threat assessments for FY2022 that cover gang and/or domestic extremist activity in NRC or NRC facilities.

(Date Range for Record Search: From 10/1/2022 To 9/30/2023) 07/09/2024 FOIA-2024-0001981

Tarver, Julian Requester is seeking all letters, memos, emails to requester in the following FOIA files: 2020-000292, 2020-000298, 2020-000299, 2020-000300, and 2020-000323.

Requester is seeking copies of the following requests, response letters, and released records: 2021-000099; 2021-000101, 2021-000184. Requester is seeking all response letters to FOIA requester Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. FOIA request dated June 10, 2022, It's regarding the office of Public Affairs; 2022-000184. (Date Range for Record Search: From 6/10/2022 To 6/10/2022) 07/09/2024 FOIA-2024-000199

Tarver, Julian Requester is seeking all response letters to FOIA requester Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. FOIA request dated June 10, 2022, It's regarding the office of Public Affairs; 2022-000184. (Date Range for Record Search: From 6/10/2022 To 6/10/2022) 07/09/2024 FOIA-2024-000200

Tarver, Julian Requester is seeking copies of the following requests, response letters, and released records: 2021-000099; 2021-000101, 2021-000184.

07/09/2024 FOIA-2024-000201

Owens, Megan August Mack Requester is seeking post-soil removal surveys and confirmatory radiological soil sampling completed at the Cook Medical 07/09/2024 JULY 18, 2024 ENCLOSURE B 1 Cases 000199 and 000200 were aggregated to FOIA-2024-000198

Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2024-000201 (continued) facility following soil sampling and excavation activities in 2001, as well as any available closure document or confirmation of no further action needed. Additionally, requester is seeking any additional sampling records or record of investigation activities completed at the Cook Medical facility related to the Shallow Land Disposal Area/Babcock & Wilcox Parks/BWX Technologies property APP-2024-000005 Power, John Aljazeera Requester is appealing FOIA-2023-000132.

07/10/2024 FOIA-2024-000202

Marini, Connie LightBox Requester is seeking to obtain the most recent listing of companies that have been issued an NRC license and are included in the MLTS Database (active and retired licenses), for the entire United States, in Excel or other spreadsheet format; Docket number; License Number; Institution Code; Date org license; License Issue Date; License Expiration Date; Licensee Name; Licensee line 2; Licensee Contact Street1; Licensee Contact Street2; Licensee Contact Street3; Licensee Contact City; License Contact State; License Contact Zip; Abbreviation; Licensee Contact full name; Licensee Contact Suffix; Licensee Contact Phone; Auth States; Approved For Storage Flag; Approved For Redistrib Flag; Approved For Incineration; Approved For Burial Flag; Date Of Last Inspection; Rso First Name; RSO Last Name; Date of Next Inspection; Status Agency Code. Please include a record layout.

07/11/2024 FOIA-2024-000203

Marini, Connie LightBox Requester is seeking the following, for the entire United States, in Excel or other spreadsheet format: A list of decommissioning nuclear facilities, which means safely removing a facility or site from service and reducing residual radioactivity to a level that permits either of the following actions. Information being requested:

Timeline: Docket Number Plant Name, PM, Shutdown, Certification of Perm. S/D, Certification of Perm. Defueling, PSDAR or DP, LTP, Terminated or ISFSI only, Plants in each phase as of Jan 01,2020, Plants that have completed. Plant Info: Docket Number 07/11/2024 JULY 18, 2024 ENCLOSURE B

Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2024-000203 (continued)

Plant Name, Utility, Location, Region.

Overall Status: Docket Number, Plant Name, Operating, Decom Process, Decon, SAFSTOR, Hybrid, Terminated, ISFSI only, Requester will guarantee payment of cost up to $250.00.

FOIA-2024-000204

Thompson, Robert Requester is seeking copies of the two SRO licenses issued to [Listed individual] in docket 55-41478. Requester was licensed at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station in 2004, gave up the license for a year in 2006, and then re-licensed in 2008. Also requesting copies of any waivers associated with issuance of the second license SOP-44329 issued in 2008.

07/12/2024 FOIA-2024-000205

Dargie, Daniel Nawah Energy Company Requesting NUREG/BR-0051 Power Reactor Events, Vol 2, Nos 1 through 6.

07/12/2024 JULY 18, 2024 ENCLOSURE B

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Items of Interest Week Ending July 12, 2024 Aalo Holdings, Inc.

On July 10, 2024, Aalo Holdings, Inc., submitted its initial Regulatory Engagement Plan (REP) for its Idaho Nuclear Project (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML24193A003), initially consisting of seven 10MWe, sodium-cooled reactors using U-Zr-H fuel. The reactors are designed to share control room and secondary generating systems. The REP generally describes Aalos business model, a submittal schedule, and other pre-application activities, including potential white paper topics to address design features. Aalo plans to submit a Combined License Application as early as Q2 of CY2026.

Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Technical Report On July 11,2024, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) accepted for review Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Technical Report 3002025288, Enhanced Risk-Informed Categorization Methodology for Pressure Boundary Components, (ML23352A054). The EPRI technical report was submitted on August 17, 2023 (ML23234A266), supplemented on November 30, 2023 (ML23334A210), and supplemented on June 28, 2024 (ML24180A016).

Public Meeting with Southern Nuclear Operating Company On July 11, 2024, staff held a public meeting with Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) to discuss technical and regulatory information related to the NRCs non-acceptance (ML24178A376) of SNCs proposed license amendment request (ML24110A126) to revise TS 3.6.5, Containment Air Temperature, at Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, using the Risk-Informed Process for Evaluation (RIPE). During the meeting, SNC stated that it plans to resubmit the amendment request on July 19, 2024, outside of the RIPE process. SNC is requesting an expedited review (i.e., 30-60 days) because of anticipated increased summer temperatures.

JULY 18, 2024 ENCLOSURE C

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Items of Interest Week Ending July 12, 2024 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Revises 10 CFR Part 50 to Incorporate by Reference Revisions of Three Regulatory Guides to Approve New, Revised, and Reaffirmed Code Cases Published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers On July 5, 2024, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation signed a final rule (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML23291A331) that revises 10 CFR Part 50 to incorporate by reference revisions of three regulatory guides to approve new, revised, and reaffirmed code cases published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Further, the final rule announces the availability of a related regulatory guide, not incorporated by reference into the NRC's regulations, that lists code cases that the NRC has not approved for use. Finally, the rulemaking provides more flexibility to licensees by expanding the code of record interval from ten years to two consecutive inservice testing and inservice inspection intervals. The rule will be forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register on or about July 9, 2024, and will publish on or about July 15, 2024.

Public Meeting to Discuss Environmental Review Process and Solicit Environmental Scoping Comments on Holtecs Application to Restart the Palisades Nuclear Plant On July 11, 2024, the NRC and representatives from the DOE Loan Programs Office held a hybrid public meeting to describe the environmental review process and solicit environmental scoping comments on Holtecs application to restart the Palisades Nuclear Plant in Covert, MI. Approximately 100 people attended the meeting in-person and 85 people participated virtually. Public scoping comments focused on waste storage and transportation, radiation health and accidents, cost-benefit analysis of restarting the plant, extending the scoping public comment period, developing an Environmental Impact Statement instead of an Environmental Assessment for the environmental review, and concerns about plant safety and Holtecs perceived inexperience to operate the plant. The scoping comment period was announced on June 27, 2024, and is scheduled to close on July 29, 2024 (89 FR 53659).

List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: HI-STORM FW System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1032, Amendment No. 7; Direct Final Rule; 10 CFR Part 72 [NRC-2024-0096; RIN 3150-AL17]

On July 12, 2024, the NRC published a notice in the Federal Register (89 FR 57064) amending its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the Holtec International HI-STORM Flood/Wind Multipurpose Canister Storage System listing within the List of approved spent fuel storage casks to include Amendment No. 7 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1032. Amendment No. 7 revises the certificate of compliance to add a new overpack, add new multipurpose canisters MPC-44 and MPC-37P, and add new fuel type 10x10J to approved content. Amendment No. 7 also incorporates other technical changes and several editorial changes. The companion proposed rule was also published in the Federal Register on July 12, 2024 (89 FR 57095). This direct final rule is effective September 9, 2024. Comments are requested by August 12, 2024.

JULY 18, 2024 ENCLOSURE D

Office of the Secretary Items of Interest Week Ending July 12, 2024 Document Released to Public Date of Document Subject Decision Documents 1.

None Information 1.

SECY-24-0057 07/03/2024 Weekly Information Report Week Ending June 28, 2024 2.

SECY-24-0059 07/10/2024 Weekly Information Report Week Ending July 5, 2024 Memoranda 1.

None Commission Correspondence 1.

None Federal Register Notices Issued 1.

Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes: Meeting Notice, August 29, 2024 2.

NRC Seeks Qualified Candidates for Appointment to the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards JULY 18, 2024 ENCLOSURE E