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Agency Response NRC Staff Action: Update Management Directive Dated December 14, 2025: (MD) 10.43, “Time and Labor Reporting,” to reflect the changes to the new Human Capital Management Cloud System.
Target: 6/30/2025. Status: In progress. In January 30, 2025, letter, the staff revised the schedule for completing the update to MD 10.43 from June 30, 2025, to September 30, 2025. Due to additional system upgrades and other changes that need to be incorporated into the MD, the staff has revised the schedule to complete the update to MD 10.43 from
September 30, 2025, to June 30, 2026. The update of MD 10.43 is on track for completion by the revised date.
OIG Analysis: The proposed actions meet the intent of this recommendation. The OIG will close this recommendation
upon reviewing the updated MD 10.43 to ensure that it reflects the new changes to the Human Capital Management
Cloud System. This recommendation remains open and resolved.
Agency Response NRC Staff Action: Update Management Directive (MD) Dated January 30, 2025: 10.43, “Time and Labor Reporting,” to reflect the changes to the new Human Capital Management Cloud System. Target: 6/30/2025.
Status: The staff has revised the schedule for completing the updated MD 10.43 from June 30, 2025, to September 30,
2025. The update of MD 10.43 is on track for completion by the revised date.
OIG Analysis: The proposed actions meet the intent of this recommendation. The OIG will close this recommendation
upon reviewing the updated Management Directive 10.43, “Time and Labor Reporting” to ensure that it reflects the new changes to the Human Capital Management Cloud System. This recommendation remains open and resolved. |
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Agency Response NRC Staff Action: Enhance guidance for performing a Dated December 14, 2025: periodic review of inspection guidance of RTRs. Target: 12/31/2024.
Status: Partially Complete. The RTR inspection program will follow the guidance in IMC 0040, “Preparation,
Revision, Issuance, and Ongoing Oversight of NRC Inspection Manual Documents,” for the periodic review and update of RTR inspection guidance. In the NRC’s response to OIG’s special inquiry into the NRC’s oversight of RTRs (OIG Case No. I2100162), the agency stated that it would enhance RTR inspection guidance. Since that response, Congress passed the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act of 2024 and the President issued Executive Order (EO) 14300, “Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.” EO 13400, Section 5(g), directed the NRC to revise the Reactor Oversight Process and reactor security rules and requirements to reduce unnecessary burdens and be responsive to credible risks. Section 507 of the ADVANCE Act directed the NRC to identify specific improvements to the nuclear reactor and materials oversight and inspection programs carried out pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) that the Commission may implement to maximize the efficiency of such programs through, where appropriate, the use of risk-informed, performance-based procedures, expanded incorporation of information technologies, and staff training. In response to those directives, the staff is reassessing the oversight program for RTRs. This initiative seeks to streamline and update existing inspection procedures, integrate best practices and tools to disposition low-safety significance issues, and implement efficiencies within the inspection process to optimize time and resource allocation without compromising safety. The staff plans to complete and implement the revised inspection program guidance by June 30, 2026.
OIG Analysis: The proposed action meets the intent of this recommendation. The OIG will close the recommendation
upon reviewing the inspection guidance enhancements related to the RTR inspection program This recommendation remains open and resolved.
Agency Response NRC Staff Action: Enhance guidance for performing a Dated January 30, 2025: periodic review of inspection guidance of RTRs. Target: 12/31/2024. Status: Partially Complete. The RTR inspection program will follow the guidance in IMC 0040, “Preparation, Revision, Issuance, and Ongoing Oversight of NRC Inspection Manual Documents,” for the periodic review and update of RTR inspection guidance. In the NRC’s response to OIG’s special inquiry into the NRC’s oversight of RTRs (OIG Case No. I2100162), the agency stated that it would enhance RTR inspection guidance. The staff completed a review of inspection guidance and identified the following guidance and procedures for revision: • IMC 2545, “Research and Test Reactor Inspection Program” • Inspection Procedure (IP) 69007, “Class I Research and Test Reactor Review and Audit and Design Change Functions” • IP 69001, “Class II Research and Test Reactors,” with regard to committees, audits, and reviews; procedures; and fuel handling • IP 69002, “Class III Research and Test Reactors,” with regard to staffing and audits • IP 69008, “Class I Research and Test Reactor Procedures” • IP 69009, “Class I Research and Test Reactor Fuel Movement”
The staff expects to complete the revisions by September 30, 2025.
OIG Analysis: The proposed action meets the intent of this recommendation. The OIG will close the recommendation
upon reviewing the inspection guidance enhancements related to the Research and Test Reactor inspection program
This recommendation remains open and resolved. |
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