Commission Correspondence – 2013

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Date Subject
12/23/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Senator Barbara Boxer, regarding the NRC's production of documents requested by individual members of Congress or by committees
12/18/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congress transmitting the November 2013 monthly status report on the NRC's activities and expenditure of unobligated carryover funds appropriated from the Nuclear Waste Fund
12/16/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congress and Government Accountability Office (GAO), providing NRC's response to GAO recommendations in GAO-13-743, "Nuclear Power: Analysis of Regional Differences and Improved Access to Information Could Strengthen NRC Oversight"
12/13/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congress submitting the NRC's semiannual report on the status of licensing and other regulatory activities
12/11/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Senator Jeff Sessions, responding to his letter urging the NRC to move forward with completion of the Safety Evaluation Report for the proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain
12/11/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congressman John D. Dingell, responding to his letter urging the NRC to move forward with completion of the Safety Evaluation Report for the proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain
12/11/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congressman David E. Price, responding to his letter urging the NRC to move forward with completion of the Safety Evaluation Report for the proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain
12/09/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congressman Ed Whitfield responding to questions regarding various agency activities and expenditures
12/06/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Senator Edward J. Markey, regarding recent revisions to Chapter VI of the Internal Commission Procedures
11/27/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congressman Bill Foster, regarding management of spent fuel at commercial nuclear power plants
11/27/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Senator Barbara Boxer concerning Senator Boxer's views expressed in her opening statement at the Environment and Public Works Committee hearing and in her November 21 and 26, 2013 letters
11/20/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Senator Edward J. Markey, concerning the NRC's draft spent fuel pool study issued in June 2013
11/19/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congress transmitting the October monthly status report on the NRC's activities and expenditures of unobligated carryover funds appropriated from the Nuclear Waste Fund
10/23/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congressman Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr., regarding the addition of an NRC public meeting in the Atlanta area on the waste confidence draft generic environmental impact statement and proposed rule
10/23/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congress transmitting the first monthly status report on the NRC’s activities and expenditures of unobligated carryover funds appropriated from the Nuclear Waste Fund
10/09/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Senator Thomas R. Carper providing an update on NRC actions related to Petition for Rulemaking from the Nuclear Energy Institute to amend certain provisions of 10 CFR 72, as well as NRC's initiatives to make the dry cask licensing process more efficient
09/19/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Senator Edward J. Markey, regarding foreign ownership of nuclear power plant licenses
09/06/2013 Letter to Representative Fred Upton and Representative John Shimkus responds to letter regarding the hearing on September 10, 2013, concerning the Commission's actions to implement the court's decision on NRC's review of DOE's license application to construct a repository at Yucca Mountain
09/05/2013 Letter to Representative Darrell Issa, et al, responds to his letter regarding the NRC to take immediate steps to review the process employed during the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station shutdown and proposed updated, transparent regulatory mechanisms to safely operate our nuclear plants
08/05/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand, regarding the recent GAO report entitled "Emergency Preparedness: NRC Needs to Better Understand Likely Public Response to Radiological Incidents"
08/01/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congress forwarding the revised "Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Revision 1"
07/18/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Senator Ron Wyden regarding the Nuclear Energy Institute's January 25, 2013 petition for rulemaking
06/28/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congress transmitting NRC's "Report to Congress on the Security Inspection Program for Commercial Power Reactors and Category I Fuel Cycle Facilities: Results and Status Update"
06/19/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congressman John D. Dingell, regarding the Nuclear Energy Institute's petition for rulemaking for amendment of NRC's personnel access authorization regulations
06/18/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congressman Edward J. Markey, regarding the methodology and reporting process by which the Commission determines licensee financial capability to meet future decommissioning needs
06/17/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr., regarding the recent GAO report "Emergency Preparedness: NRC Needs to Better Understand Likely Public Response to Radiological Incidents"
06/05/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Senator Thomas Carper and Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding GAO Report, GAO-13-243, "Emergency Preparedness: NRC Needs to Better Understand Likely Public Response to Radiological Incidents at Nuclear Power Plants"
05/31/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Dominic J. Mancini, OMB, enclosing the NRC's Fiscal Year 2013 Regulatory Plan
05/31/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Senator Thomas R. Carper, submitting the NRC's semiannual report on the status of licensing and other regulatory activities
05/24/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congressman Sam Graves, regarding the NRC's implementation of recently revised Section 15(K) of the Small Business Act
05/13/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Mcfarlane to Senator Mary L. Landrieu, regarding the effects of sequestration on NRC's small business contracting
05/08/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congressman Scott Peters, regarding possible restart of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)
04/26/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Senator Barbara Boxer, response to letter regarding issues with the steam generator tubes at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station and concerns regarding Southern California Edison’s April 5, 2013 license amendment request for Unit 2
04/23/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congressman Tim Ryan in response to his letter outlining his concerns regarding ongoing agency activities resulting from the Fukushima accident in Japan, pertaining to Mark I and Mark II containments
04/16/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Senator David Vitter, regarding ongoing agency activities resulting from the Fukushima accident in Japan
04/16/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congressman Edward J. Markey, regarding ongoing agency activities resulting from the Fukushima accident in Japan, specifically Mark I and Mark II containments
04/16/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Senator Barbara Boxer, regarding ongoing agency activities resulting from the Fukushima accident in Japan, specifically Mark I and Mark II containments
04/12/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congressman Lou Barletta, regarding a prospectus for a replacement lease for the NRC in Suburban Maryland
04/12/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Senator Barbara Boxer, regarding an update on NRC's progress in addressing recommendations related to the agency's response to the accident at Fukushima Dai-ichi
04/10/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congress and OMB, providing NRC’s Fiscal Year 2014 Congressional Budget Justification
03/28/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congress, OPM, EEOC, and DOJ, providing the NRC’s FY-2012 Annual Report on the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation (No FEAR) Act of 2002
03/26/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congressman Edward J. Markey, regarding the use of a specific format for public meetings regarding the 2012 performance of both Pilgrim and Seabrook nuclear power plants
03/07/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congressman Edward J. Markey, regarding addition of engineered filters to venting systems for Mark I and Mark II containments
03/01/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congressman John Barrow regarding concerns about ongoing NRC activities resulting from the Fukushima accident in Japan
03/01/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congress, GAO, and OMB providing a summary of actions taken by the NRC in response to recommendations contained in various GAO reports that address NRC activities
02/27/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Senator Frank L. Lautenberg regarding the safety of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station following Hurricane Sandy
02/22/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Senator Robert Menendez regarding Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station
02/15/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congressman Fred Upton, et al, regarding ongoing NRC activities resulting from the Fukushima accident in Japan
02/08/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison Macfarlane to Senator Barbara Boxer regarding the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) document entitled, "Root Cause Analysis Report for Tube Wear Identified in the Unit 2 and 3 Steam Generators of San Onofre Generating Station"
02/04/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to new Members of Congress congratulating them on their election to the U.S. House of Representatives
01/02/2013 Letter from Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane to Congressman Raul M. Grijalva, responding to a request that the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) remain offline until public safety can be assured

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