[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 88 (Monday, May 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37268-37269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09790]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2024-0079]


NUREG: Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: Fiscal Year 
2023; Dissemination of Information

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Final report; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing NUREG-
0090, Volume 46, ``Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: Fiscal 
Year 2023.'' The report describes those events that the NRC or an 
Agreement State identified as abnormal occurrences (AOs) during fiscal 
year (FY) 2023, based on the criteria defined by the Commission. The 
report describes nine events at Agreement State-licensed facilities and 
two events at NRC-licensed facilities.

DATES: NUREG-0090, Volume 46, is available May 6, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0079 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-2024-0079. 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, at 301-415-4737, 
or by email to [email protected]. The FY 2023 AO report, NUREG-0090, 
Volume 46, ``Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: Fiscal Year 
2023 is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML24121A231).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rigel Flora, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3890; email: [email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 208 of the Energy Reorganization Act 
of 1974, as amended (Pub. L. 93-438), defines an ``abnormal 
occurrence'' as an unscheduled incident or event that the NRC 
determines to be significant from the standpoint of public health or 
safety. The FY 2023 AO report, NUREG-0090, Volume 46, ``Report to 
Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: Fiscal Year 2023'' describes those 
events that the NRC identified as AOs during FY 2023.
    This report describes nine events involving Agreement State 
licensees and two events involving NRC licensees. Seven of the AOs 
occurred at medical facilities, three AOs involved the theft or 
diversion and recovery of Category 2 radioactive material sources, and 
the other event involved an overexposure.
    The NRC identified no events at NRC-licensed facilities during FY 
2023 that met the guidelines for inclusion in Appendix B, ``Other 
Events of Interest.''
    One event 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 46, ``Report to Congress on Abnormal 
Occurrences: Fiscal Year 2023,'' is also available electronically at 
the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff.

    Dated: May 1, 2024.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Carrie Safford,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2024-09790 Filed 5-3-24; 8:45 am]
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