SECY-25-0071, Weekly Information Report Week Ending August 1, 2025

SECY-25-0071: Weekly Information Report Week Ending August 1, 2025

ML25219A718
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Issue date:	08/08/2025
From:	Martin J NRC/EDO/AO
To:	Commissioners NRC/OCM
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SECY-25-0071
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INFORMATION REPORT AUGUST 8, 2025 SECY-25-0071 FOR:

The Commissioners FROM:

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

SUBJECT:

WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK ENDING AUGUST 1, 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: Erin Deeds, OEDO 301-415-2887 Signed by Martin, Jody on 08/08/25

ML25219A718 OFFICE OEDO OEDO/ADO NAME EDeeds JMartin DATE 8/7/2025 8/8/2025

August 8, 2025 Week Ending: August 1, 2025 ENCLOSURE A Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer Items of Interest ARRIVALS WOLFE, STEFAN R.

ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE (LEGAL)

ASLBP RETIREMENTS FU, ZHENGGUANG B.

MATERIALS ENGINEER NRR LITKETT, BERNARD REACTOR ENGINEER (EXAMINER QUALIFIED)

NRR STEWARD, JEFFERY T.

SENIOR RESIDENT INSPECTOR (BWR)

R-III ZEPEDA, LATISHA A.

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR OI DEPARTURES CAPUTO, ANNIE COMMISSIONER COMM RAYNAUD, PATRICK A. C.

SENIOR NUCLEAR ENGINEER NRR WILLIAMS, EMIILLII K.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT R-II

August 8, 2025 Week Ending: August 1, 2025 ENCLOSURE B Office of the Chief Information Officer Items of Interest Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy Act (PA) Requests and Appeals Received During the Period of July 28 - August 1, as submitted by requester.

Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-000646 Greenewald, Jr., John To whom it may concern, This is a non-commercial request submitted under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552. I qualify as a representative of the news media as defined by the statute. Im an independent journalist and have been writing about government records and transparency for more than 28 years. My work is published exclusively on my website, The Black Vault which averages more than 25,000 visitors daily. The site serves as a central hub for my original reporting, all of which is based on government documents obtained through FOIA and other public disclosure channels.

Please provide all responsive recordsdigital or physical, including reports, emails, memos, photos, videos, etc.in electronic format whenever possible. I prefer email delivery to john@greenewald.com, or CD/DVD by postal mail. FAX is also available at 1-818-659-7688. If there are any fees beyond whats typically waived for media requesters, please contact me first. I respectfully request a copy of all NRC records from January 1, 2018, to present regarding the handling, oversight, or regulatory exemption of Thorium-229 extraction or processing at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, including communications or memoranda referencing DOE, Isotek, or TerraPower. Please include:

- Safety evaluations or guidance related to medical isotope production from U-233 legacy materials; - Waivers, inspection reports, or interagency coordination records with DOE or NNSA; - Any review or advisories concerning Thorium-229 production or commercial distribution pathways.

07/28/2025 FOIA-2025-000647

Konrad, Sean Request for: Land patents, land grants, builder contracts, and surveyor logs tied to Gus G. Konrad, Karl Konrad, or Konrad Builders. Any renaming, redistricting, or federal/state action that changed names of geographic sites once designated as Konrad 07/30/2025

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ENCLOSURE B Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-000647 (continued)

Lake, Konrad Dam, or Konrad farmland (especially in Section 35, Township 47 North, Range 9 West). Federal, state, or local construction records, engineering blueprints, or Army Corps involvement linked to projects on or near Konrad-held land. All reports, dig logs, or dispatches referencing artifact discoveries, cultural findings, or suppressed Native American sites on or around this land.

Internal agency correspondence, memos, or dispute records regarding the removal or suppression of the Konrad name from maps or registries. Any references to [named individuals] in national infrastructure projects, land use cases, agriculture or conservation policy, war-related assignments, or property disputes. Registry of any dormant trusts, property liens, or claim blocks placed on the Konrad land, including those flagged under different map names or aliases (e.g., Lake Alison). Sealed or classified records, metadata, or redacted entries associated with the land or names mentioned.

FOIA-2025-000648

Bowman, Emily I am requesting the contact details (i.e., first name, last name, job classification, working title, Department Name, email address and direct phone number) for current NRC employees with job titles that include any of the following keywords: Attorney, Information Technology, IT, Paralegal, Lawyer, Legal, Special Agent, Defender, Litigation, Counsel, Investigator, Executive Director, AUSA, Investigative, FOIA, Records, CIO, Inspector General, Information Officer, Chief, Investigations, Law, or Information Specialist.

I am requesting this information be sent to me in an Excel document within 14 days. I am also requesting all contracts involving the NRC containing the word ediscovery, eDiscovery, e-discovery, e-Discovery, E-discovery, or E-Discovery, as well as any contracts where the vendor name includes Relativity, RelativityOne, Everlaw, Casepoint, Logikcull, CS DISCO, Exterro, Nextpoint, ZyLab, or Reveal that have been signed in the past 5 years. I am requesting these contracts in PDF format.

07/31/2025

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ENCLOSURE B Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-000649

Cockayne, Bruce Pursuant to the FOIA, I request electronic copies of: [1] Radiation incident reports, monitoring logs, and contamination alerts at nuclear sites in California, including San Onofre, Diablo Canyon, and any spent fuel storage or transfer operations in the Bay Area; [2] Nuclear Regulatory Commission Radiation Protection Program (RPP) documents, including employee dose history, policy updates, and any documented violations in California facilities; and [3]

Environmental Impact Statements, safety inspections, and health-related assessments associated with these sites, especially discussions of groundwater, soil, air contamination, or nearby cancer clusters.

(Date Range for Record Search: From 1/1/2015 To 7/31/2025) 07/31/2025 FOIA-2025-000650

Sokol, Michael WPBF 25 ABC (wpbf.com)

Pursuant to the FOIA, I request access to any and all records, reports, complaints, emails, or internal communications from January 1, 2020, to the present regarding: [1] Safety concerns or violations reported by employees or contractors at the St. Lucie nuclear power plant in Florida. [2] Any whistleblower complaints or investigations related to employee retaliation or fear of retaliation for reporting safety issues. [3] Correspondence between NRC officials and Florida Power &

Light (FPL) or other plant operators regarding employee safety culture or fear of reporting.

Please include any redacted versions if full disclosure is not possible.

07/31/2025 FOIA-2025-000651

Lloyds, Carter Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. § 552), I am requesting electronic records pertaining to allegations received and tracked by the NRC relating to worker fatigue or overtime (Fatigue/Overtime) at all NRC-licensed commercial nuclear power reactor sites in the United States for the period from January 1, 2023, to the present. Specifically, I am requesting: 1. A site-by-site, plant-specific list or table of all allegations received by the NRC in the category of Fatigue/Overtime (or the NRCs closest equivalent issue code/category) for each nuclear plant during the requested time period. 2. For each allegation, please provide, if available: (a) the NRC docket or site number; (b) the date the 08/01/2025

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ENCLOSURE B Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-000651 (continued) allegation was received; (c) the disposition or outcome of the allegation (substantiated, unsubstantiated, pending, etc.), and (d) any summaries or non-sensitive details describing the nature of the concern and corrective actions taken, if documented; and 3. Any annual, semiannual or quarterly NRC internal or external reports, tables, or logs containing this information (even if redacted) for the 1/1/2023-present time period. (Date Range for Record Search: From 1/1/2023 To 8/1/2025)

FOIA-2025-000652 Howell, Mike The Daily Signal

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 records from the agency for the timeframe of January 20, 2021 through January 19, 2025:

Documents sufficient to account for all communications to, from, cc, or bcc the custodian containing the text

'@indivisible.org' OR

'@sunrisemovement.org' OR

'@accountable.us' OR

'@marchforourlives.com' OR

'@democracypartners.org' OR

'@civicadvisors.us' OR

'@weareultraviolet.org' OR

'@americanbridge.org' OR 'thesvf.org' OR

'@peoplesaction.org' OR '@dnc.org'.

Custodian to Search:

NRCExecSec@nrc.gov. Search Instructions:

I request all responsive documents be delivered electronically, via email. 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 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, database records, raw data, manuals, instructions, financial reports, 08/01/2025

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ENCLOSURE B Tracking Number Requesters Name Requesters Organization Request Description Received Date FOIA-2025-000652 (continued) 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 IRC, WebIRC, Rocketchat, Signal, 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, voicemail, meeting or other communication. Please comply fully with 5 U.S.C. § 552(b).

FOIA-2025-000653 Smith, Ethan Hello, I would like to receive the fully uncensored and unredacted versions of the FSAR documentation on units 1 and 2 at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant (CPNPP). Those being (that I have, and some are later revisions of themselves):

ML17226A061, ML18024B499, ML18024B498, ML20226A425, ML17226A062, ML17226A060, ML18024B500, ML23219A126, ML23218A131, ML18024B505, ML18024B501, ML18024B496.

08/01/2025

August 8, 2025 Week Ending: August 1, 2025 ENCLOSURE C Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Items of Interest NRCs Crane Restart Panel Held the First Public Outreach Meeting Near the Crane Clean Energy Center (CCEC) Site to Discuss the Potential Restart On July 31, 2025, the Crane Restart Panel held the first public outreach meeting near the Crane Clean Energy Center (CCEC) site to discuss the potential restart. The panels presentation discussed their role in the project, and highlighted how the licensing, environmental, and inspection activities would be conducted. Following the presentation, the panel answered questions from the approximately 100 members of the public in attendance.

NRC Held a Hybrid Workshop with Industry Representatives to Discuss Topics Related to Power Uprates, Licensing Pathways, and Industrys Draft White Papers on Coolability and Reporting Requirements On July 30-31, 2025, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held a hybrid workshop with industry representatives to discuss topics related to power uprates, licensing pathways, and Electric Power Research Institutes and Nuclear Energy Institute's draft white papers on coolability and reporting requirements. NRC staff presented on recent research results related to Fuel Fragmentation, Relocation, and Dispersal. There were over 100 participants from NRC, industry, and the public. The presentation slides (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML25210A425) are available in ADAMS.

August 8, 2025 Week Ending: August 1, 2025 ENCLOSURE D Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Items of Interest List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: TN Americas LLC, NUHOMS EOS Dry Spent Fuel Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1042, Amendment No. 4; Direct Final Rule; 10 CFR Part 72 (RIN 3150-AL33; NRC-2025-0070)

On July 29, 2025, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a document in the Federal Register (90 FR 35589) amending its spent fuel storage regulations by revising the TN Americas LLC, NUHOMS EOS Dry Spent Fuel Storage System listing within the List of approved spent fuel storage casks to include Amendment No. 4 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1042. Amendment No. 4 changes the certificate of compliance to incorporate a method to determine new loading patterns, introduce a steel plate composite option, introduce the use of MAVRIC software for a confirmatory run of the HSM-MX dose rates, make technical specification changes for consistency and terminology clarification, make various updated final safety analysis report editorial corrections for consistency and clarification, add measured exposures from past loading campaigns, allow use of a blended Portland cement, change the use of the MX-Loading Crane, and clarify the scenarios under which the maximum heat loads can be reduced. Comments are requested by August 28, 2025. The companion proposed rule was also published in the Federal Register on July 29, 2025 (90 FR 35640). The direct final rule is effective October 14, 2025.

Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 2025; Correction; 10 CFR Parts 170 and 171 (RIN 3150-AK95; NRC-2023-0069)

On July 28, 2025, the NRC published a document in the Federal Register (90 FR 35397) correcting a final rule that was published in the Federal Register (90 FR 26730) on June 24, 2025, regarding the amendment of licensing, inspection, special project, and annual fees charged to NRC's applicants and licensees. The action is necessary to correct a typo to the dollar amount in the schedule of materials annual fees and fees for Government agencies licensed by the NRC.

Voluntary Adoption of Revised Design Basis Accident Dose Criteria; Petition for rulemaking; Denial; 10 CFR Part 50 (PRM-50-121; NRC-2020-0055)

On July 28, 2025, the NRC published a document in the Federal Register (90 FR 35441) denying a petition for rulemaking, dated November 23, 2019, submitted by John G. Parillo. The petition requested that the NRC develop a rule that would allow nuclear power plant licensees to voluntarily adopt a revised accident dose acceptance criteria for the control room, exclusion area boundary, and the low population zone outer boundary. The petition further requested revisions to clarify footnotes discussing these dose acceptance criteria in the applicable regulations. The NRC docketed the petition on February 19, 2020, and assigned it Docket No.

PRM-50-121. The NRC is denying the petition because the information presented does not support rulemaking and the proposed changes are not necessary to provide reasonable assurance of adequate protection of public health and safety. The docket for the petition for rulemaking PRM-50-121 is closed on July 28, 2025.

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ENCLOSURE D Licensing Safety Analysis for Loss-of-Coolant Accidents; Petition for Rulemaking; Denial; 10 CFR Part 50 (PRM-50-124; NRC-2022-0178)

On July 28, 2025, the NRC published a document in the Federal Register (90 FR 35445) denying a petition for rulemaking, dated August 1, 2022, submitted by Ralph O. Meyer. The petition requested that the NRC amend its regulations regarding the licensing safety analysis for loss-of-coolant accidents. The petition was docketed on August 1, 2022, and was assigned Docket No. PRM-50-124. The NRC is denying the petition because the NRC is addressing emergency core cooling system performance with a risk-informed and performance-based regulatory approach rather than a deterministic approach as suggested by the petitioner. The docket for the petition for rulemaking, PRM-50-124, is closed on July 28, 2025.

August 8, 2025 Week Ending: August 1, 2025 ENCLOSURE E Office of the Secretary Items of Interest Document Released to Public Date of Document Subject Decision Documents 1.

SECY-21-0088 10/14/2021 Denial of Petition Rulemaking on Alternative Method-for-Calculating Embrittlement for Steel Reactor Vessels (PRM-50-120; NRC-2019-0180) 2.

Staff Requirements Memorandum SECY-21-0088 06/18/2025 Denial of Petition Rulemaking on Alternative Method-for-Calculating Embrittlement for Steel Reactor Vessels (PRM-50-120; NRC-2019-0180) 3.

Commission Voting Record SECY-21-0088 06/18/2025 Denial of Petition Rulemaking on Alternative Method-for-Calculating Embrittlement for Steel Reactor Vessels (PRM-50-120; NRC-2019-0180) 4.

Staff Requirements Memorandum SECY-24-0046 07/28/2025 Implementation of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 National Environmental Policy Act Amendments 5.

Commission Voting Record SECY-24-0046 07/28/2025 Implementation of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 National Environmental Policy Act Amendments 6.

COMSECY-25-0027 07/24/2025 Rulemaking Implementing Regulatory Changes to Suspension and Debarment Requirements Resulting from the Office of Management and Budget 7.

Staff Requirements Memorandum COMSECY-25-0027 07/28/2025 Rulemaking Implementing Regulatory Changes to Suspension and Debarment Requirements Resulting from the Office of Management and Budget 8.

Commission Voting Record COMSECY-25-0027 07/28/2025 Rulemaking Implementing Regulatory Changes to Suspension and Debarment Requirements Resulting from the Office of Management and Budget 9.

Commission Voting Record COMCTH-24-0005 12/03/2024 Threshold Criteria for Alternative Decommissioning Schedules (Hanson)

10. Commission Voting Record SECY-21-0110 01/27/2023 Rulemaking Plans to Implement the Results of the Retrospective Review of Administrative Requirements Evaluation (Hanson)

11. Commission Voting Record SECY-22-0019 10/03/2022 Rulemaking Plan for The Revision of Embrittlement and Surveillance Requirements for High-Fluence Nuclear Power Plants in Long-Term Operation (Hanson)

12. Commission Voting Record SECY-22-0025 03/30/2023 Systematic Review of How Agency Programs, Policies, And Activities Address Environmental Justice (Hanson)

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ENCLOSURE E

13. Commission Voting Record SECY-22-0065 12/05/2023 Evaluation of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's General License Program for Devices Containing Radioactive Materials in Response to SRM-SECY-17-0083 (Hanson)

14. Commission Voting Record SECY-22-0083 12/19/2023 Petition for Rulemaking and Rulemaking Plan on Public Protective Actions During a General Emergency (PRM-50-123; NRC-2020-0155)

(Hanson)

15. Commission Voting Record SECY-24-0008 06/07/2024 Micro-Reactor Licensing and Deployment Considerations: Fuel Loading and Operational Testing at a Factory (Hanson)

16. Commission Voting Record SECY-24-0046 10/18/2024 Implementation of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 National Environmental Policy Act Amendments (Hanson)

17. Commission Voting Record SECY-24-0076 02/11/2025 Integrated Regulatory Review Service Mission Scoping Results and Recommendation (Hanson)

18. Commission Voting Record SECY-25-0042 06/12/2025 Recommendation to Increase Resident Inspector Tour Length (Hanson)

19. SECY-23-0053 06/12/2023 Denial of Petition for Rulemaking on Voluntary Adoption of Revised Design-Basis Accident Dose Criteria (PRM-50-121; NRC-202-0055)

20. Staff Requirements Memorandum SECY-23-0053 07/15/2025 Denial of Petition for Rulemaking on Voluntary Adoption of Revised Design-Basis Accident Dose Criteria (PRM-50-121; NRC-202-0055)

21. Commission Voting Record SECY-23-0053 07/15/2025 Denial of Petition for Rulemaking on Voluntary Adoption of Revised Design-Basis Accident Dose Criteria (PRM-50-121; NRC-202-0055)

22. Commission Voting Record SECY-23-0053 11/28/2023 Denial of Petition for Rulemaking on Voluntary Adoption of Revised Design-Basis Accident Dose Criteria (PRM-50-121; NRC-202-0055) (Hanson)

23. SECY-23-0091 10/30/2023 Petition For Rulemaking on Licensing Safety Analysis For Loss-of-Coolant Accidents (PRM 124; NRC-2022-0178)

24. Staff Requirements Memorandum SECY-23-0091 05/28/2025 Petition For Rulemaking on Licensing Safety Analysis For Loss-of-Coolant Accidents (PRM 124; NRC-2022-0178)

25. Commission Voting Record SECY-23-0091 05/28/2025 Petition For Rulemaking on Licensing Safety Analysis For Loss-of-Coolant Accidents (PRM 124; NRC-2022-0178)

Information 1.

SECY-25-0069 07/31/2025 Weekly Information Report Week Ending July 25, 2025 Memoranda 1.

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ENCLOSURE E Commission Correspondence 1.

Letter to the Honorable Doug Burgum, et al., responds to Executive Order 14156, "Declaring a National Energy Emergency" Federal Register Notices Issued 1.

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