[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 156 (Monday, August 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50127-50128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17471]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2022-0142]


Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: Fiscal Year 2021, 
Dissemination of Information

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: NUREG; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing NUREG-
0090, Volume 44, ``Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: Fiscal 
Year 2021.'' The report describes those events that the NRC or an 
Agreement State identified as abnormal occurrences (AOs) during fiscal 
year (FY) 2021, based on the criteria defined by the Commission. The 
report describes six events at Agreement State-licensed facilities and 
two events at NRC-licensed facilities.

DATES: NUREG-0090, Volume 44, is available August 15, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2022-0142 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2022-0142. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical 
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section of this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS 
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public 
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or 
by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for each 
document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first 
time that it is mentioned in this document.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make 
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to 
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerstun Norman, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-5883, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 208 of the Energy Reorganization Act 
of 1974, as amended (Pub. L. 93-438), defines an ``abnormal 
occurrence'' as an

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unscheduled incident or event that the NRC determines to be significant 
from the standpoint of public health or safety. The FY 2021 AO report, 
NUREG-0090, Volume 44, ``Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: 
Fiscal Year 2021'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML22213A019), describes those 
events that the NRC identified as AOs during FY 2021.
    This report describes six events involving Agreement State 
licensees and two events involving NRC licensees. Seven of the AOs 
occurred at medical facilities and the other event occurred at the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Neutron 
Research.
    The NRC identified no events at NRC-licensed facilities during FY 
2021 that met the guidelines for inclusion in Appendix B, ``Other 
Events of Interest.''
    No events met the guidelines for inclusion in Appendix C, ``Updates 
of Previously Reported Abnormal Occurrences.''
    Agreement States are the 39 U.S. States that currently have entered 
into formal agreements with the NRC pursuant to Section 274 of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (AEA), to regulate certain 
quantities of AEA-licensed material at facilities located within their 
borders.
    The Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 
104-68) requires that AOs be reported to Congress annually. The full 
report, NUREG-0090, Volume 44, ``Report to Congress on Abnormal 
Occurrences: Fiscal Year 2021,'' is also available electronically at 
the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff.

    Dated: August 10, 2022.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brooke P. Clark,
Secretary of the Commission.
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