NRC International Activities Janice Dunn Lee, Director International Programs May 11, 2004
OVERVIEW • Introduction • New Realities in Conducting International Activities • Major Program Activities • Communication 2
New Realities New Realities • Budget Limitations Budget Limitations • Regulatory Control of Sources Regulatory Control of Sources • Security Exchanges Security Exchanges • More Requests for Assistance More Requests for Assistance and Cooperation and Cooperation • Communication Tools Communication Tools 3
Import/Export Activities Import/Export Activities • Control of Radioactive Sources Control of Radioactive Sources • Security Concerns Impacting Security Concerns Impacting Licensing Licensing • Heightened Attention to Non- Heightened Attention to Non- proliferation Concerns proliferation Concerns • Innovative Solutions Innovative Solutions 4
Bilateral Cooperation Bilateral Cooperation • Focused on Safety, Security and Focused on Safety, Security and Preparedness Preparedness • Ongoing High-Level Safety Ongoing High-Level Safety Exchanges Exchanges • Programmatic Security Dialogs Programmatic Security Dialogs • Executive Branch-led Initiatives Executive Branch-led Initiatives 5
Nuclear Safety Nuclear Safety Assistance Activities Assistance Activities • Increase in Requested Increase in Requested Activities Activities • Decrease in Funding Decrease in Funding 6
Overview of Multilateral Overview of Multilateral Activities Activities • IAEA and NEA: Ongoing and IAEA and NEA: Ongoing and New Work New Work • Joint NRC-IAEA-NEA Work in Joint NRC-IAEA-NEA Work in Hungary Hungary • Other Multilateral Fora: New Other Multilateral Fora: New Unfunded Requests Unfunded Requests 7
IAEA IAEA • Nuclear Security Nuclear Security • Action Plan for the Safety and Action Plan for the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources Security of Radioactive Sources • NRC Support for IAEA Missions NRC Support for IAEA Missions 8
NEA NEA • Ongoing Technical Work in Committees • New Leadership 9
Other Multilateral Fora Other Multilateral Fora • Status of International Status of International Instruments Instruments • Radiological Security Radiological Security Partnership Partnership • Group of Eight Group of Eight 10
Enhancing Enhancing Communication Communication • Improving Internal NRC Improving Internal NRC Coordination Coordination • Increased Interagency Increased Interagency Cooperation Cooperation • Communicating Emerging Communicating Emerging Issues Internationally Issues Internationally 11
Communication Flow Communication Flow Individual Briefings Commission Briefings TA Briefings, Bilateral Visits Int. Council & Working Group Commission Papers, Memoranda, Notes, JDL Grams, Letters, E-mail, ETIs, Staff-level Visits GNOSIS, Cables, E-mail notifications, OIP Intranet Lists: High-level & NRC Int. Travel, Foreign Visitors, Bilateral Meetings 12
Looking Ahead • Increasing and Complex Interaction with Foreign Entities • Meeting New Challenges with Current Resources • Transition Planning 13
Supporting Information Overview • Communication Flow Data • International Visits • International Assignments • IAEA Committees • IAEA Safety Missions • NEA Committees • Acronyms 14
Communication Flow Data Communication Flow Data • From September 2002 – April 2004: – 278 JDL Grams – 68 Trip Reports Transmitted • Electronic Cables Transmitted from May 2003 – April 2004: – 43,100 Cables Processed in Almost Daily Packages – Special Attachments • GNOSIS: Based on FBIS, Online News, U.S. Government and International Agencies List Servers, Interest Groups Coordination with OPA and IAEA News Digests and Trade Publications to avoid duplication 15
International Visits (August 2002-April 2004) • 122 Visits – 28 Commission-level Visits – 94 Staff-level Visits • 32 Countries, IAEA, NEA 16
International Assignments (August 2002-April 2004) • 11 Assignees from 8 Countries • Pending Requests from China, Finland, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Lithuania 17
IAEA Committees Committee Committee Name Name CSS L. Reyes WASSC J. Greeves RASSC C. Paperiello TRANSSC E. W. Brach NUSSC M. Mayfield 18
IAEA Safety Missions Mission Type Countries OSART Brazil ‘03; China & Ukraine ‘04; USA ‘05 IRRT Switzerland, Hungary & Pakistan ‘03; Armenia ‘04 TRANSAS France ‘04 19
NEA COMMITTEES NEA COMMITTEES Steering Committee for Janice Dunn Lee, Nuclear Energy (SNEC) Director OIP Committee on the Safety of Ashok Thadani, Nuclear Installations Former Director RES Committee on Nuclear James Dyer, Director Regulatory Activities (CNRA) NRR Radioactive Waste Margaret Federline, Management Committee Deputy Director NMSS (RWMC) Committee on Radiation Cheryl Trottier, Branch Protection and Public Health Chief RES (CRPPH) 20
List of Abbreviations CSS Commission on Safety Standards FBIS Foreign Broadcast Information System GNOSIS Global Nuclear Open Source Information System JDL-Grams NRC transmittal memos to the Commission from OIP IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency IC International Council IRRT International Regulatory Review Team missions by IAEA NEA Nuclear Energy Agency (of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) NUSSC Nuclear Safety Standards Committee OIP Office of International Programs OPA NRC Office of Public Affairs OSART Operational Safety Review Team missions by IAEA RASSC Radiation Safety Standards Committee TRANSSC Transportation Safety Standards Committee WASSC Waste Safety Standards Committee 21
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