ML25141A158
| ML25141A158 | |
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|---|---|
| Issue date: | 05/22/2025 |
| From: | Jackie Cook NRC/RGN-IV/DRSS |
| To: | Hansen D State of UT, Dept of Environmental Quality |
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| Download: ML25141A158 (1) | |
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Doug Hansen, Director Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 144880 Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4880
SUBJECT:
UTAH PERIODIC MEETING SCHEDULING LETTER AND AGENDA
Dear Doug Hansen:
To help the Agreement States and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) remain knowledgeable of each others program and to initiate planning for the next Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP) review, the NRC conducts one-day periodic meetings with Agreement States in between IMPEP reviews.
In accordance with the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) Procedure SA-116, Periodic Meetings between IMPEP Reviews, and after previous coordination with Jalynn Knudsen of your staff, we have scheduled the periodic meeting for Wednesday, September 24, 2025. The meeting will be held at the Department of Environmental Quality offices in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Based on our previous discussions, the likely topics for discussion at the meeting are listed on 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 call me at 817-200-1132, or via email at Jackie.Cook@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, Jacqueline D. Cook Regional State Agreements Officer Division of Radiological Safety and Security
Enclosure:
Utah Periodic Meeting Agenda May 22, 2025 Signed by Cook, Jacqueline on 05/22/25
D. Hansen cc: Stevie Norcross, PhD, Assistant Director Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control Jalynn Knudsen, Assistant Director Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control
Enclosure Periodic Meeting Agenda with the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control Utah Department of Environmental Quality September 24, 2025 Topic areas for discussion during the meeting may include:
1.
Program reorganizations:
Discuss any changes to the program organization, including program/staff relocations and new appointments.
2.
Changes in program budget/funding.
3.
Status of Utahs program, including:
a.
Technical Staffing and Training (Satisfactory) i)
Number of staff in the program and status of their training and qualifications.
ii)
Any program vacancies.
iii) Staff turnover since the last Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP) review.
iv) Adequacy of full-time equivalent for the materials program.
v)
Status of implementation of IMC 1248.
b.
Status of Materials Inspection Program (Satisfactory) i)
Number of Priority 1, 2, and 3 inspections completed on time and overdue since the last IMPEP review.
ii)
Number of initial inspections completed on time and overdue since the last IMPEP review.
iii) Number of reciprocity inspections completed each year since the last IMPEP.
iv) Inspection frequencies (changes to or those that differ from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspection frequencies).
c.
Technical Quality of Inspections (Satisfactory) i)
Status of inspector accompaniments.
ii)
Management review process iii) Significant inspection activities/challenges Recommendation: Take appropriate measures to ensure that inspection records are complete, thorough, and accurately reflect the inspection performed.
d.
Technical Quality of Licensing Actions (Satisfactory) i)
Number of licensing actions and types performed since the last IMPEP review.
2 e.
Technical Quality of Incident and Allegation Activities (Satisfactory) i)
Status of allegations and concerns referred by the NRC for action.
ii)
Significant events and generic implications.
iii) Number of reportable events received since the last IMPEP and event reporting, including follow-up and closure information in Nuclear Material Events Database.
f.
Legislation, Regulations, and Other Program Elements (Satisfactory But Needs Improvement) i)
Regulations a.
Compatibility requirements.
b.
Discuss status of States regulations and actions to keep regulations up to date, including the use of legally binding requirements and sunset requirements.
ii)
Legislative changes affecting the program.
iii) Sunset Requirements.
iv) Other Program Elements.
Recommendation: Update its administrative licensing guidance to incorporate the essential objectives of the risk significant radioactive materials checklist and document the process to be followed by program staff.
Perform an extent of condition review of all programmatic procedures to ensure the procedures required as a matter of compatibility are in place and that those procedures meet the essential objectives of the NRCs procedures.
Provide training to technical staff on revisions made to procedures resulting from the extent of condition review.
h.
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Program (LLRW) (Satisfactory) i)
Technical Staffing and Training ii)
LLRW Status of the Inspection Program iii) LLRW Technical Quality of Inspections iv) LLRW Technical Quality of Licensing v)
LLRW Technical Quality of Incident and Allegation Activities i.
Uranium Recovery Program (UR) (Satisfactory) i)
Technical Staffing and Training ii)
UR Status of the Inspection Program iii) UR Technical Quality of Inspections iv) UR Technical Quality of Licensing v)
UR Technical Quality of Incident and Allegation Activities
3 4.
Information Exchange:
a.
Current program initiatives; b.
Emerging technologies; c.
Large, complicated, or unusual authorizations for use of radioactive materials; d.
Major decommissioning and license termination actions; e.
Mechanisms to evaluate performance such as self-audits; f.
Operating/strategic plan metrics and outcomes, if applicable; and, g.
Current NRC initiatives.
5.
Schedule for the next IMPEP review.
6.
Next Steps/Meeting Summary/Q&A.
7.
Exit with Senior Management if requested by the NRC or Agreement State.
ML25141A158 OFFICE R-IV/DNMS/MIB NAME JCook DATE May 22, 2025