ML20216G733
| ML20216G733 | |
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| Issue date: | 04/01/1998 |
| From: | Cool D NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Bangart R NRC OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS (OSP) |
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| ML20216G704 | List: |
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| NUDOCS 9804200477 | |
| Download: ML20216G733 (6) | |
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SUBJECT:
PLANNED SURVEY BY NUCLEAR BYPRODUCT MATERIAL R!SK REVIEW GROUP o-As you are aware, the Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety (IMNS) has formed a nuclear byproduct material risk review working group composed of NRC employees and an employee of the State of Colorado. The group's goals are to identify and document the technical basis for a risk-informed approach to nuclear byproduct material regulation and to develop plans for a graded approach to regulation of that material based on risk. The working group has obtained the services of a contractor, SCIENTECH, Inc., to perform the majority of the technical work necessary to meet those goals.
Inform 6 tion beyond that provided by SCIENTECH will also be valuable in meeting the working group's goals. Nuclear materiallicensing and inspection personnel are one particularly important source of information. In order to capture the " corporate knowledge" of inspection.
and licensing personnel, the working group intends to distribute a survey to them during April 1998. As discussed in the most recent teleconference with the Organization of Agreement
. States, the working group will include Agreement State personnel in its survey. This memorandum is to request that the Office of State Programs (OSP) inform the Agreement.
States of the risk review project and planned survey. A draft letter designed for that purpose is attached.
A draft of the planned survey is expected to be available by mid-April. At that time IMNS will request further OSP assistance in coordinating review of the planned survey by the executive committee of the Organization of Agreement States and in distributing the planned survey.
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~ Draft letter to Agreement States on nuclear byproduct material risk review and planned survey CONTACT: Dennis 1. Serig, NMSS/lMNS (301) 415-7901 9804200477 980409 PDR STPRG ESGGEN
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SUBJECT:
' PLANNED SURVEY BY NUCLEAR BYPRODUCT MATERIAL RISK REVIEW GROUP The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards has established a nuclear byproduct material risk review working group consisting of NRC and Agreement State personnel. The goals of the group are: (1) to identify and document a technical basis for a risk-informed approach to the regulation of nuclear byproduct material, and (2) to develop plans for a graded approach to nuclear _ byproduct material regulation based on risk information. The scope of the group's efforts encompasses byproduct materials that are currently defined in Section 11.e(1) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 30.4 and addressed by 10 CFR Parts 30-36 and 39, or the equivalent regulations of Agreement States.
The working group has obtained the services of a contractor, SCIENTECH, Inc., to perform the majority of the technical work necessary to meet its goals. Information beyond that provided by SCIENTECH will also be valuable in meeting the working group's goals. Nuclear material licensing and inspection personnel are one particularly important source of such information. In order to capture the " corporate knowledge" of licensing and inspection personnel, the working group plans to distribute a survey to Agreement State and NRC regional personnel.
j The planned survey will include questions about the typical radionuclides and quantities of l
material possessed and used by specific types of licensees (e.g., R&D synthesis laboratories, fixed gauge users), types and frequency of accidents that occur at licensees facilities (e.g., non reportable incidents such as spills, contamination), typical annual doses received by licensee personnel, and the respondent's perception of the risk associated with each type of activity.
The survey should take less than one hour to complete. Emphasis will be on the individual respondent's areas of greatest knowledge.' Individuals will be asked to complete the survey based on their experience in licensing and inspection activities rather than on reviews of license files, inspection reports, or other information sources. Partial responses to the survey which l
I reflect an individual's area (s) of greatest knowledge will be accepted.
l The working group intends to distribute the survey in mid-April,1998, and to ask that the responses be retumed by mail within two weeks in order to meet the project's schedule. The information collected will be used to confirm and augment the information gathered by l
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l The working group chairman is Dennis Serig of the NRC. Questions conceming the r:sk review i
or the planned survey may be directed to Dr. Serig at (301) 415-7901, E-mail dis @nrc. gov, or i
fax (301) 415-5369.
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t PLEASE FORWARD IMMEDIATELY U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS FAX: (301) 415-3502 NUMBER OF PAGES:
3' including this page DATE:
APRIL 10,1998 TO:
RADIATION CONTROL PROGRAM DIRECTORS IN AGREEMENT STATES, OHIO, OKLAHOMA PENNSYLVANIA NRC REGIONAL STATE AGREEMENTS OFFICERS NRC REGIONAL STATE LIAISON OFFICERS FROM:
PAUL H. LOHAUS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OFFICE OF STATE PROGRAMS
SUBJECT:
SP-98-028 PLANNED SURVEY BY NUCLEAR BYPRODUCT MATERIAL RISK REVIEW GROUP VERIFICATION - 301-415-3340
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04-10-1998(FRI) 19:21 C
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DURATION MODE RESULT 351 4-10 18:30 334 206 5387 3
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NORM.E OK 352 18:32 1 501 661 2468 3
0*01'28' NORM.E OK 353 18:33 602 437 0705 3
O*01'33' NORM.E OK 354 18:35 916 323 6491 3
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NORM.E OK 355 18:37 303 343 3697 3
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NORM.E OK 356 IB:39 303 782 5083 3
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NORM.E OK 357 18:42 404 362 2653 3
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NORM.E OK 358 18:44 1A 3
0'01'28" NORM.E OK 359 18:46 217 524 4724 3
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NORM.E OK 360 18:47 913 296 0984 3
0*01'39" NORM.E OK 361 18 49 502 227 7862 3
0'01'46" NORMAL OK 362 18:52 502 564 6533 3
0'01'29" NORM.E OK 363 18'53 LA 3
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NORM.E OK 364 18:55 6177272098 3
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NORM.E OK 365 18:57 410 631 3198 3
0*01'40" NORMAL OK 366 18:59 ME 3
0*02'11" NORMAL OK 367 19:02 601+354+6167 3
0*02'09" NORMAL OK 368 19:04 919 571 4148 3
0*01'45' NORMAL OK 369 19:06 701 328 5200 3
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NORM.E OK 370 19:08 402 471 9449 3
0*01'32' NORM.E OK 371 19:10 603 225 2325 3
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NORM.E OK 372 19:12 5058271544 3
O*02'08" NORMAL OK 373 19:14 7026875751 3
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tORMAL OK 374 19:17 518 457 5545 3
0*01'40" NORM.E OK 375 19:19 NYSERDA 3
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DURATION MODE RESULT 376 4-10 19:21 518 457 2225 3
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NORM.E OK 377 19:23 518 458 6434 3
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NORM.E OK 378 19325 NY CITV 3
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NORM.E OK 379 19:27 OH 3
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NORM.E OK 380 19829 OK 3
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NORM.E OK 381 19 31 503 731 4081 3
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NORM.E OK 382 19:32 PA 3
0*01'28' NORM.E OK 383 19:34 401 277 2456 3
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0*01'35' NORM.E OK 388 19 44 5128346708 3
0'01'38' NORM.E OK 389 19:45 801 533 4097 3
0*01'50' NORM.E OK 390 19:48 360 753 1496 3
0*01'36' NORM.E OK 391 19:50 610 337 5269 3
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