ML25204A111
| ML25204A111 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 07/23/2025 |
| From: | Darren Piccirillo NRC/RGN-III/DRSS |
| To: | Khayyat A State of IL, Emergency Management Agency |
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| Download: ML25204A111 (1) | |
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Adnan G. Khayyat Deputy Director Chief Nuclear Officer Illinois Emergency Management Agency Office of Homeland Security 1035 Outer Park Drive Springfield, IL 62704
SUBJECT:
ILLINOIS FY25 PERIODIC MEETING NOTIFICATION LETTER
Dear Adnan Khayyat:
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 IMPEP reviews. This letter confirms that, through previous coordination, the meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, November 13, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
(CST) and will be held in person in the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security offices. The meeting will be conducted in accordance with Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs Procedure SA-116, Periodic Meetings Between IMPEP Reviews.
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 call me at (301) 807-5251, or via email at Darren.Piccirillo@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, Darren Piccirillo Regional State Agreements Officer Division of Radiological Safety & Security
Enclosure:
Periodic Meeting Agenda July 23, 2025 Signed by Piccirillo, Darren on 07/23/25
A.Khayyat 2
Letter to A. Khayyat from D. Piccirillo dated July 23, 2025.
SUBJECT:
ILLINOIS FY25 PERIODIC MEETING NOTIFICATION LETTER Distribution:
J. Heck D. Piccirillo D. White D. Silberfeld R. Johnson L. Smith A. Giantelli E. Raphael ADAMS Accession Number: ML25204A111 OFFICE: RIII-DRSS NAME:
DPiccirillo:dc DATE:
07/23/2025 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Enclosure Periodic Meeting Agenda State of Illinois Thursday, November 13, 2025 Topic areas for discussion during the meeting may include:
1.
Program reorganizations:
Discuss any changes in program organization, including program/staff relocations and new appointments.
2.
Changes in program budget/funding.
3.
Feedback on the NRCs program as identified by the State, including identification of any action that should be considered by the NRC.
4.
Status of the States program, including:
a.
Technical Staffing and Training (2023 IMPEP: Satisfactory) i)
Number of staff in the program and status of their training and qualifications.
ii)
Program vacancies.
iii)
Staff turnover; and, iv)
Adequacy of FTEs for the materials program.
b.
Status of the Materials Inspection Program (2023 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)
Percentage of reciprocity inspections completed per calendar year since the last IMPEP.
- c.
Technical Quality of Inspections (2023 IMPEP: Satisfactory) d.
Technical Quality of Licensing Actions (2023 IMPEP: Satisfactory) e.
Technical Quality of Incident and Allegation Activities (2023 IMPEP: Satisfactory) i)
Status of allegations and concerns referred by the NRC for action.
ii)
Significant events and generic implications.
iii)
Event reporting, including follow-up and closure information in NMED.
2 f.
Legislation, Regulations, and Other Program Elements (2023 IMPEP: Satisfactory) i)
Regulations: Discuss status of States regulations and actions to keep regulations up to date, including the use of legally binding requirements.
ii)
Legislative changes.
g.
Status of the Sealed Source Device Evaluation Program (2023 IMPEP: Satisfactory) i)
Staffing and Training.
ii)
Technical Quality of the Product Evaluation Program.
iii)
Evaluation of Defects and Incidents.
h.
Status of the Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Program (2023 IMPEP: Satisfactory) i)
Staffing and Training ii)
LLRW Disposal Inspection Program iii)
Technical Quality of Licensing Actions iv)
Technical Quality of Incidents and Allegations i.
Status of the Uranium Recovery Program (2023 IMPEP: Satisfactory) i)
Staffing and Training ii)
LLRW Disposal Inspection Program iii)
Technical Quality of Licensing Actions iv)
Technical Quality of Incidents and Allegations 5.
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.
6.
Additional topics 7.
Next Periodic Meeting/IMPEP review