ML20240A300

Letter to J. Priest Re Scheduling Letter for Massachusetts FY2021 Periodic Meeting

ML20240A300
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Issue date:	08/27/2020
From:	Farrah Gaskins Division of Nuclear Materials Safety I
To:	Priest J State of MA, Dept of Public Health
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION I 2100 RENAISSANCE BLVD., SUITE 100 KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406-2713 August 27, 2020 Jack Priest, Director Radiation Control Program Department of Public Health Schrafft Center, Suite 1M2A 529 Main Street Charlestown, MA 02129

Dear Mr. Priest:

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 IMPEP reviews. This letter confirms that, through previous coordination, the meeting has been scheduled for October 6, 2020, and will be held virtually.

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 contact me at (610) 337-5143 or via e-mail at Farrah.Gaskins@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Farrah C. Digitally signed by Farrah C. Gaskins Gaskins Date: 2020.08.27 14:28:36 -04'00' Farrah C. Gaskins Regional State Agreements Officer Division of Nuclear Materials Safety

Enclosure:

Agenda for October 6, 2020 Periodic Meeting with Massachusetts

J Priest 2 Distribution:

R. Johnson, NMSS M. Layton, NMSS J. Zimmerman, NMSS E. Raphael, NMSS L. Roldan, NMSS K. Meyer, NMSS K. Williams, DNMS J. Nick, RI DNMS M. Ford, RI DNMS F. Gaskins, RI DNMS SUNSI Review Complete: FCG S:\State Agreement Files\Massachusetts\MA 10-06-2020 Periodic Meeting 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/DNMS E NAME FGaskins/fcg DATE 8/27/2020

DRAFT Agenda for Periodic Meeting with Massachusetts 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 (2018 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 (2018 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 (2018 IMPEP: Satisfactory)

d. Technical Quality of Licensing Actions (2018 IMPEP: Satisfactory)

e. Technical Quality of Incident and Allegation Activities (2018 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

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f. Legislation, Regulations, and Other Program Elements (LROPE) (2018 IMPEP: Satisfactory) i) Regulations

a. Discuss status of States regulations and actions to keep regulations up to date, including the use of legally binding requirements.

ii) Legislative changes

g. SS&D Evaluation Program (2018 IMPEP: Satisfactory)

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 IMPEP will be held ~ June 2022