ML23313A026
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| ML23313A026 | |
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| Issue date: | 11/09/2023 |
| From: | Semancik J NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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| Download: ML23313A026 (1) | |
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Perspectives on Becoming an Agreement State November 16, 2023 Jeff Semancik Director, Radiation Division
Making the Decision
- Gov Lamont signed a Letter of Intent to become an Agreement State on December 10, 2020
- Why take this on?
- Regulatory Certainty
- Eliminate dual regulation
- Compatibility
- Local access and accountability to licensees and public
- Safety and Security
- State responsibility/accountability for radiation sources, safety and security
- Economic
- Over $1M in fees stay in CT
- Streamlined program administration
Gaining Support
- Consistent Messaging
- Regulated Community
- Outreach to power users
- Legislators
- Eliminate confusion
- regulation of nuclear power plants
- Tribes (Federal and State)
- Eliminate confusion
- Radwaste/spent nuclear fuel
- Agency Support
- Regulations
- Enforcement
- Legal/AG
- Central Services
A Rigorous and Thorough Process
- Clear guidance
- SA-700 Handbook for Processing an Agreement
- Benchmarks - VT and other application
- Strong NRC Project Manager - Duncan White
- Supporting NRC staff
- Identified key issues based on other apps
- Experienced with other states
- Briefing state leadership
- NRC Region 1 Support
- NRC accompaniments with experienced Inspectors
- Other licensing, enforcement activities
- Dedicated state lead - Brandon Graber, CHP
- Assigned AS staff
- Excellent NRC training
- Project Management
- Routine meetings
- In line reviews
- Involvement with OAS and National Materials Program
- Leveraging OE from IMPEPs
We will be Prepared
- Radiation Division has experience
- Maintain an active NRC material license
- Experienced in Complex Decommissioning Projects
- Incident Response experience
- Inspection experience.
- Diverse staff with experience in healthcare, academic, industry
- 5.5 FTEs - combined license reviewer/inspectors for Agreement State
- Defense-in-depth above the projected 2.7 FTE required to run program
- Over 150 person-years collective experience in radiation protection
- Completed approximately 1850 person-hours of inspector training
- Accompanied NRC inspectors at over 70 inspections (over 460 person-hours of inspections)
- Stakeholder engagement
- New England Radiological Health Compact (NERHC)
- Some unexpected benefits
- licensee outreach during accompaniments
- Driver for regulatory modernization
- Fully vetting statutory and regulatory authorities
- Integration with agency programs
- Building process competencies
Success Factors
- Management Support
- Build the Right Team
- Effective Project Management
- Leveraging OE
- Frequent Stakeholder Engagement
- Taking Advantage of Technology
- electronic records, Web based licensing
- National Materials Program Support
- Recommendation: strengthen this with a peer sponsor on team from a recent state
Challenges
- Staffing
- Resources before revenue
- Attracting and retaining talent
- State regulatory process
- IT integration
Finis Coronat Opus Connecticut is looking forward to joining the National Materials Program as an Agreement State!
Jeff Semancik Director, Radiation Division jeffrey.semancik@ct.gov 860-424-4190