ML23068A010

04-13-2023 Periodic Meeting Scheduling Letter and Agenda

ML23068A010
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Issue date:	03/09/2023
From:	Monica Ford NRC Region 1
To:	Perlas L State of VA, Dept of Health
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 475 ALLENDALE ROAD, SUITE 102 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406-1415 March 9, 2023 Lea A. Perlas, Director Office of Radiological Health Virginia Department of Health James Madison Bldg.

109 Governor Street, 7th Floor Richmond, VA 23219

Dear Director Perlas:

In order to help the Agreement States and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) remain knowledgeable of each others program, the NRC conducts one-day periodic meetings with Agreement States between Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP) reviews. This letter confirms that, through previous coordination, the meeting has been scheduled for April 13, 2023. The meeting will be conducted in accordance with Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Procedure SA-116, Periodic Meetings Between IMPEP Reviews. In addition to myself, Daniel Collins, Deputy Regional Administrator, Region I, will attend the meeting.

The likely topics for discussion at this meeting are listed in the enclosed agenda. If there are any additional specific topics you would like to cover, or if you would like to focus on a specific area, please let me know. If you have any questions, please contact me at (610) 337-5214 or via e-mail at Monica.Ford@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Monica Digitally signed by Monica L. Ford L. Ford Date: 2023.03.09 09:30:14 -05'00' Monica Lynn Ford Regional State Agreements Officer Division of Radiological Safety and Security U.S. NRC Region I

Enclosure:

Agenda for April 13, 2023 Periodic Meeting with Virginia cc w/encl.:

Sheila Nelson, Interim Director Radioactive Materials Program

L. Perlas Distribution:

R. Johnson, NMSS K. Modes, NMSS B. Cecere, NMSS K. Williams, NMSS T. Clark, NMSS E. Raphael, NMSS D. White, NMSS D. Collins, RI B. Welling, RI T. Bloomer, RIII M. Ralph, RI M. Ford, RI F. Gaskins, RI SUNSI Review Complete: MLF ADAMS ACCESSION NO. ML23068A010 S:\State Agreement Files\Georgia\03-23-2022 Periodic Meeting Scheduling Letter and Agenda.docx After declaring this document An Official Agency Record it will be released to the Public.

To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without attachment/enclosure "E" = Copy with attachment/enclosure "N" = No copy OFFICE RI/DRSS E NAME MFord/MLF DATE 03/08/23

Agenda Topic areas for discussion during the meeting may include:

1. Program budget/funding.

2. Feedback on the NRCs program as identified by the State, including identification of any action that should be considered by the NRC.

3. Status of the States program, including:

a. Technical Staffing and Training (2020 IMPEP: Satisfactory)

i. Program reorganizations: Discuss any changes in program organization, including program/staff relocations and new appointments ii. Number of staff in the program and status of their training and qualifications iii. Program vacancies iv. Staff turnover

v. Adequacy of staff level for the materials program

b. Status of the Materials Inspection Program (2020 IMPEP: Satisfactory)

i. Number of inspections performed overdue since the last IMPEP review ii. Number of inspections currently overdue iii. Number of initial inspections completed on time and overdue since the last IMPEP iv. Reciprocity inspections since the last IMPEP

c. Technical Quality of Inspections (2020 IMPEP: Satisfactory)

d. Technical Quality of Licensing Actions (2020 IMPEP: Satisfactory)

i. Number of licensing actions completed since the last IMPEP review ii. Number of licensing actions currently in house

e. Technical Quality of Incident and Allegation Activities (2020 IMPEP:

Satisfactory)

i. Status of allegations received by the Program ii. Significant events and generic implications received by the Program and not reported to the NRC iii. Event reporting, including follow-up and closure information in NMED Enclosure

f. Legislation, Regulations, and Other Program Elements (LROPE)

(2020 IMPEP: Satisfactory)

i. Regulations

1. Discuss status of States regulations and actions to regulations up to date, including the use of legally binding requirements ii. Legislative changes iii. Other Program Elements required to have a compatible program

4. Information exchange and discussion:

a. Current State initiatives

b. Emerging technologies

c. Large, complicated, or unusual authorizations for use of radioactive materials

d. States mechanisms to evaluate performance; and,

e. NRC current initiatives

5. Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Program

6. Additional topics/ Next IMPEP: ~ September 2025 2