Wednesday, June 29, 2022

NRC Amends Licensing, Inspection, and Annual Fees for Fiscal Year 2022

Nuclear Regulatory Commission - News Release 
No: 22-023 June 22, 2022
CONTACT: David McIntyre, 301-415-8200

NRC Amends Licensing, Inspection, and Annual Fees for Fiscal Year 2022

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is amending its regulations for the licensing, inspection, special projects, and annual fees it will charge applicants and licensees for fiscal year 2022.

The FY 2022 final fee rule, published today in the Federal Register, includes fees required by the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act necessary to recover, to the maximum extent practicable, approximately 100 percent of the NRC’s total budget authority for FY 2022, less the budget authority for excluded activities. A proposed fee rule was published for public comment on Feb. 23.

The FY 2022 final fee rule reflects a total budget authority of $887.7 million, an increase of $43.3 million from FY 2021. After accounting for exclusions from the fee-recovery requirement and net billing adjustments, the NRC must recover approximately $752.7 million in fees in FY 2022. Of this amount, approximately $198.8 million will be recovered through fees for services (Part 170), and approximately $553.9 million will be recovered through annual fees (Part 171).

Compared to FY 2021, annual fees are decreasing for fuel facilities, spent fuel storage/reactor decommissioning activities, and for a uranium recovery facility licensee. Annual fees are increasing for operating power reactors, non-power production or utilization facilities, the U.S. Department of Energy Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act Program, DOE transportation activities, and for 47 materials users fee categories. While the operating power reactors annual fee is increasing in FY 2022, it does not exceed the annual fee cap established by NEIMA. Generally, annual fees are impacted by changes to the budget, fees for services, the number of licensees, and other factors.

The final fee rule also includes a change in the hourly rate charged for services, affecting licensees and applicants. The NRC has increased its hourly rate from $288 to $290 for FY 2022 and has adjusted license application fees accordingly.

The NRC estimates that the FY 2022 annual fees will be paid by the 93 licensees of operating commercial power reactors, three non-power production or utilization facilities, 122 spent nuclear fuel storage and decommissioning reactor facilities, eight fuel cycle facilities, one uranium recovery facility, and approximately 2,500 nuclear materials licensees.

Beaver Valley - OFFSITE AGENCY NOTIFICATION DUE TO CHEMICAL LEAK

 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Operations Center


EVENT REPORTS FOR
06/21/2022 - 06/22/2022


 55953 

Power Reactor

Event Number: 55953

Facility: Beaver Valley
Region: 1     State: PA
Unit: [1] [] []
RX Type: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP
NRC Notified By: Shawn W. Keener
HQ OPS Officer: Bill Gott

Notification Date: 06/21/2022
Notification Time: 16:52 [ET]
Event Date: 06/21/2022
Event Time: 15:47 [EDT]
Last Update Date: 06/21/2022

Emergency Class: Non Emergency
10 CFR Section:
50.72(b)(2)(xi) - Offsite Notification

Person (Organization):
Gray, Mel (R1DO)

Power Reactor Unit Info

UnitSCRAM CodeRX CritInitial PWRInitial RX ModeCurrent PWRCurrent RX Mode
1NY15Power Operation15Power Operation
Event Text

OFFSITE AGENCY NOTIFICATION DUE TO CHEMICAL LEAK

The following information was provided by the licensee via fax or email:

"At 1547 EDT on June 21, 2022, it was determined that Beaver Valley Power Station Unit No. 1 experienced a reportable chemical leak. Approximately 261 gallons of a Sodium Hypochlorite/Sodium Bromine mixture reached the ground and approximately 130.5 gallons (of the 261 gallons) progressed to the Ohio River (via storm drain). The source of the leakage has been isolated and absorbent material has been placed to contain the leakage. Following confirmation of this leakage, notifications were made to the following offsite agencies starting at 1615 EDT:

"National Response Center (Incident Report # 1339391)
"Pennsylvania Department Of Environmental Protection
"Beaver County Emergency Management

"This condition is being reported as a four-hour, non-emergency notification per 10CFR50.72(b)(2)(xi). There was no impact on the health and safety of the public or plant personnel. The NRC Resident Inspector has been notified."

Page Last Reviewed/Updated Wednesday, June 22, 2022

NRC to Meet with U.S. Air Force Officials During Regulatory Conference

Nuclear Regulatory Commission - News Release 
No: IV-22-010 June 21, 2022
Contact: Victor Dricks, 817-200-1128

NRC to Meet with U.S. Air Force Officials During Regulatory Conference

Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet with representatives of the U.S. Air Force on June 30 to discuss apparent violations associated with the use of radioactive materials.

The virtual meeting will begin at 8 a.m. Central time. NRC staff and representatives from the Air Force will meet at the NRC’s Region IV office in Arlington, Texas. The public will be able to observe the meeting via Microsoft Teams or listen by calling 301-576-2978, conference code 728313416#. NRC staff will answer questions from the public before closing the event to public observation to discuss security-related matters.

The NRC identified 14 apparent violations of NRC requirements during inspections conducted Oct. 26-28, 2021, at the Air Force Medical Readiness Agency’s facility in Falls Church, Virginia; and Sept. 27-30 and Oct. 22, 2021, at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. These inspections reviewed activities authorized under the Department of the Air Force’s Master Materials License.

The apparent violations being considered for escalated enforcement involved: four failures related to the implementation of the Master Materials License; seven failures related to the environmental use of thorium-232 source material at Kirtland Air Force Base; and three failures related to NRC’s security requirements.

During this conference, Air Force officials will have the opportunity to provide their perspective or additional information regarding the apparent violations before the agency makes its final enforcement decision. Air Force officials will also discuss corrective actions taken and planned to address the issues and prevent recurrence.

No decisions will be made during the meeting. The NRC will review the information and finalize its determination in approximately 60 days following the conference, which will be publicly available.

22-010-iv.pdf

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Distribution Letter to D. Rhoades from A. Snyder - Three Mile Island Unit 1 - Exemption - Use of the Decommissioning Trust Fund for Site Restoration

Date: 06/08/2022

Title: Letter to D. Rhoades from A. Snyder - Three Mile Island Unit 1 - Exemption - Use of the Decommissioning Trust Fund for Site Restoration

To:   - Mr. David P. Rhoades, Constellation Energy

From:   - Amy Snyder, NMSS/DUWP/RDB

Documents in Web-based ADAMS:

   - Letter to D. Rhoades from A. Snyder - TMI Unit 1 - Exemption - Use of Decommissioning Trust Fund for Site Restoration (ML22126A143)https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML22126A143

   - Enclosure - Exemption  (ML22126A144) https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML22126A144

To access document(s) please search by accession number using the following link: https://adams.nrc.gov/wba/

Peach Bottom, Units 2 and 3 - Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000277/2022402 and 05000278/2022402 and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Security Inspection Report 07200029/2022401 (Cover Letter Only)

Peach Bottom, Units 2 and 3 - Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000277/2022402 and 05000278/2022402 and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Security Inspection Report 07200029/2022401 (Cover Letter Only)

ADAMS Accession No.  ML22166A034

PB Sec IR 2022-402 and ISFSI IR 2022-401 PUBLIC.pdf

Saturday, June 11, 2022

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Units 2 and 3 - Emergency Preparedness Biennial Exercise Inspection Report 05000277/2022501 and 05000278/2022501

SUBJECT: PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3 – EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS BIENNIAL EXERCISE INSPECTION REPORT 05000277/2022501 AND 05000278/2022501

Peach Bottom EP EX IR 2022-501.pdf

Distribution Three Mile Island Station, Unit 1 - Finding of No Significant Impact with the Associated Environmental Assessment Replated to using Decomm Trust Fund for Site Restoration

Date: 06/01/2022

Title: Three Mile Island Station, Unit 1 - Finding of No Significant Impact with the Associated Environmental Assessment Replated to using Decomm Trust Fund for Site Restoration

To:   - Mr. David P. Rhoades, Constellation Energy

From:   - Amy Snyder, NMSS/DUWP/RDB

Documents in Web-based ADAMS:

   - Letter to D Rhoades from A Snyder TMI Unit 1 Finding of No Significant Impact with Associated Environmental Assessment Related to Using Decomm Trust Fund for Site Restoration (ML22126A060) https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML22126A060 

  - Three Mile Island Unit 1 - Finding of No Significant Impact with the Associated Environmental Assessment Related to Using Decomm Trust Fund for Site Restoration (ML22126A064) https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML22126A064

To access document(s) please search by accession number using the following link: https://adams.nrc.gov/wba/

Thursday, June 2, 2022

Three Mile Island Sold to Private Equity Group Composed of Sara Lee European Meats, P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Sur La Table, and TGI Friday, (June 1, 2022)

Three Mile Island Sold to Private Equity Group Composed of Sara Lee European Meats, P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Sur La Table, and TGI Friday, (June 1, 2022)