ML21026A022

Letter to D. Turberville Re Scheduling Letter for Alabama FY2021 Periodic Meeting

ML21026A022
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Issue date:	01/25/2021
From:	Monica Ford Division of Nuclear Materials Safety I
To:	Turberville D State of AL, 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 January 25, 2021 David Turberville, Director Office of Radiation Control Alabama Department of Public Health P.O. Box 303017 Montgomery, AL 36130-3017

Dear Mr. Turberville:

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 May 11, 2021. 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) 337-5214 or via e-mail at Monica.Ford@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Digitally signed Monica byFordMonica L.

L. Ford Date: 2021.01.25 11:10:23 -05'00' Monica Lynn Ford Regional State Agreements Officer Division of Nuclear Materials Safety U.S. NRC Region I

Enclosure:

Agenda for May 11, 2021 Periodic Meeting with Alabama Cc w/enclosure:

Myron Riley, Assistant Director Office of Radiation Control Alabama Department of Public Health

Distribution:

R. Johnson, NMSS K. Williams, NMSS T. Clark, NMSS E. Raphael, NMSS L. Roldan-Otero, NMSS K. Meyer, NMSS D. White, NMSS B. Welling, RI DNMS E. Carfang, RI DNMS M. Ford, RI DNMS F. Gaskins, RI DNMS SUNSI Review Complete: MLO S:\State Agreement Files\Alabama\05-11-2021 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/DNMS E NAME MFord/MF DATE 01/25/21

Agenda 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 (2019 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 (2019 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 (2019 IMPEP: Satisfactory)

Recommendation: The team recommends that Alabama assess its industrial radiography inspection program with respect to temporary jobsites to determine whether any changes are warranted.

d. Technical Quality of Licensing Actions (2019 IMPEP: Satisfactory)

e. Technical Quality of Incident and Allegation Activities (2019 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 Enclosure

f. Legislation, Regulations, and Other Program Elements (LROPE) (2019 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 (2019 IMPEP: Not reviewed)

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

a. Impacts of the COVID-19 PHE on the Program

7. Next IMPEP will be held ~ May 2023 2 Enclosure