ML17244A047
| ML17244A047 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 09/26/2017 |
| From: | Dan Collins Division of Materials Safety, Security, State, and Tribal Programs |
| To: | State, Agreement States |
| Arribas-Colon M | |
| References | |
| STC-17-069 | |
| Download: ML17244A047 (3) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 September 26, 2017 ALL AGREEMENT STATES, VERMONT, WYOMING NOTIFICATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF INSPECTION MANUAL CHAPTER 2800 (STC-17-069)
Purpose:
To inform the Agreement States that the revised Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 2800, Materials Inspection Program was issued and became effective on September 12, 2017.
Background:
On June 8, 2015, the Commission issued Staff Requirements Memorandum (SRM)
SECY-15-0015, Project Aim 2020 and Recommendations, directing the staff to perform a prioritization of all work activities across the agency and a one-time re-baselining of this work. The Commission noted that the staff should prioritize and re-baseline the agencys work in an integrated manner, consistent with the agencys mission, values, and the Principles of Good Regulations. On January 31, 2016, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff submitted to the Commission SECY-16-0009, Recommendations Resulting from the Integrated Prioritization and Re-Baselining of Agency Activities. Enclosure 1 (ML16028A212) to SECY-16-009 included a list of the NRC work activities that could be shed, deprioritized, or completed with fewer resources. The majority of the items were targeted for completion within 6 months of the SRM issuance, with the remaining to be completed within 12 or 18 months of the SRM issuance. On April 13, 2016, the Commission approved the staffs recommendations, with exception of delaying the Dodd-Frank Rulemaking. Item 110 of Enclosure 1 of SECY-16-009, directed NRC staff to revise IMC 2800 to allow for the addition of more flexibility and common-sense extensions to the inspection intervals of material licenses.
In August 2016, a working group (WG) composed of NRC and Agreement State inspection staff was formed and tasked to address Item 110. The WG objectives where divided in two phases:
(1) Phase One: conduct a limited revision of IMC 2800 to allow for more flexibility and logical extensions to the inspection intervals and to complete the Commission directed task by October 13, 2017, and (2) Phase Two: conduct a full revision of IMC 2800 after the completion of Phase One.
The Phase One proposed changes to IMC 2800 were provided in the State and Tribal Communications (STC) Letter STC-17-036, dated April 5, 2017, for comments by the Agreement States. The summary of the Agreement States comments received can be accessed through the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under accession number ML17186A134.
Discussion: The revisions to the IMC included (1) changing the current 25 percent buffer to 50 percent for inspection timeliness, (2) extending the initial inspection period if licensees are not in possession of licensed material, and (3) allowing for extensions of inspection intervals based on good performance on a case-by-case basis.
STC-17-069 The issued IMC 2800 can be accessed through ADAMS under accession number ML17186A204.
It can also be found on the NRC public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/insp-manual/manual-chapter/.
If you have any questions on this correspondence, please contact the individual named below:
POINT OF CONTACT: María Arribas-Colón E-MAIL: Maria.Arribas-Colon@nrc.gov TELEPHONE: (301) 415-6026
/RA/
KWilliams for DCollins Daniel S. Collins, Director Division of Material Safety, State, Tribal and Rulemaking Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
STC-17-069
SUBJECT:
NOTIFICATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF INSPECTION MANUAL CHAPTER 2800 (STC-17-069). DATE: SEPTEMBER 26,2017.
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