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GAO-23-106462 1 (2023-05-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaooqg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States May 10, 2023 The Honorable Christopher T. Hanson Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Priority Open Recommendations: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Dear Chairman Hanson: The purpose of this letter is to provide an update on the overall status of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) implementation of GAO's recommendations and to call your continued personal attention to areas where open recommendations should be given high priority.1 In November 2022, we reported that, on a government-wide basis, 77 percent of our recommendations made 4 years ago were implemented.2 NRC's recommendation implementation rate for that year was 100 percent, reflecting the implementation of 10 recommendations made in five reports from fiscal year 2018.3 As of March 2023, NRC had 21 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve agency operations. NRC has not implemented any of the five open priority recommendations we identified in our June 2022 letter.4 We ask your continued attention to these five remaining open priority recommendations. We are also adding three new recommendations related to NRC's materials licensing program and federal agencies' privacy programs. This brings the total number of priority recommendations to eight. (See enclosure for the list of recommendations.) The eight priority recommendations fall into the following three areas: Addressing the security of radiological sources. Implementing our six priority recommendations in this area will better enable NRC to carry out its responsibility for licensing and regulating the secure use of radioactive materials while ensuring the protection of public health and safety and the environment. For example, in July 2022, we recommended that NRC 1Priority recommendations are those we believe warrant priority attention from heads of key departments or agencies. They are highlighted because, upon implementation, they may significantly improve government operations, for example, by realizing large dollar savings; eliminating mismanagement, fraud, and abuse; or making progress toward addressing a high-risk or duplication issue. 2GAO, Performance and Accountability Report: Fiscal Year 2022, GAO-23-900398 (Washington, D.C.: Nov. 15, 2022). 3NRC's recommendation implementation rates in previous years are as follows: 89 percent in 2022, 78 percent in 2021, 67 percent in 2020, 86 percent in 2019, 75 percent in 2018, and 81 percent in 2017. 4GAO, Priority Open Recommendations: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, GAO-22-105602 (Washington, D.C.: June 3, 2022). GAO-23-106462 NRC Priority Recommendations Page 1

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