June 17, 2010 

MEMORANDUM TO: Roy P. Zimmerman, Director 

 Office of Enforcement 

FROM: David L. Solorio, Chief /RA/

 Concerns Resolution Branch 

 Office of Enforcement 

SUBJECT: JOINT U.S. NRC AND HEALTH PHYSICS SOCIETY SESSION ON 

SAFETY CULTURE AT THE HEALTH PHYSICS SCIETY 55th ANNUAL 

MEETING 

DATE AND TIME: June 30, 2:30 – 5:00 P.M. 

LOCATION: Salt Palace Convention Center 

 (Room 150 ABC) 

 100 Southwest Temple 

Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 

PURPOSE: This is a joint session sponsored by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC) and the Health Physics Society (HPS). The session will include 

presentations on safety culture. The NRC will discuss its goal to develop 

a safety culture policy statement that would apply to all licensees and 

certificate holders. The NRC is seeking to develop safety culture 

terminology that can be used by NRC, licensees, certificate holders, 

Agreement States, and others and held a public workshop in February 

2010 to help develop this safety culture terminology. The NRC would like 

to obtain feedback regarding the February 2010 public workshop safety 

culture definition and traits (Safety Culture Terminology), which were 

arrived at by a group of representatives that included materials and 

reactor licensees, as well as, public interest representation ( background 

information for this meeting can be found at http://www.nrc.gov/aboutnrc/regulatory/enforcement/safety-culture.html#meetings). Additionally, 

the staff of the NRC would like to hear feedback regarding any challenges 

stakeholders might see with adoption and use of the definition and traits. 

If you plan on attending this meeting please contact Mr. Jose Ibarra, 

301-415-2581, so he can make arrangements for your participation. 

CATEGORY: This is a Category 3 public meeting*. The public is invited to participate in 

this meeting by providing comments and asking questions. The attendees 
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in this session do not have to register or pay fees for the HPS Meeting if 

this is the only session they attend. 

 The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation to 

participate in this meeting (e.g. sign language, translator), or need this 

meeting notice or other information from the meeting in another format 

(e.g. Braille, large print), please notify the NRC’s meeting contact listed 

below by June 23, 2010, so arrangements can be made. 

PARTICIPANTS: Participants from the NRC include staff for the Office of Enforcement and 

the Office of the Executive Director for Operations. 

 

David Solorio, OE 

 Catherine Thompson, OE 

 Jose Ibarra, OE 

 Lance Rakovan, OEDO - facilitator 

CONTACT: Jose Ibarra, OE 

 301 415-2581 

*Commission Policy Statement on “Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings,” (67 FR36920) May 28, 2002 
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in this session do not have to register or pay fees for the HPS Meeting if 

this is the only session they attend. 

 The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation to 

participate in this meeting (e.g. sign language, translator),or need this 

meeting notice or other information from the meeting in another format 

(e.g. Braille, large print), please notify the NRC’s meeting contact listed 

below by June 23, 2010, so arrangements can be made. 

PARTICIPANTS: Participants from the NRC include staff for the Office of Enforcement and 

the Office of the Executive Director for Operations. 

 

David Solorio, OE 

 Catherine Thompson, OE 

 Jose Ibarra, OE 

 Lance Rakovan, OEDO - facilitator 

CONTACT: Jose Ibarra, OE 

 301 415-2581 

*Commission Policy Statement on “Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings,” (67 FR36920) May 28, 2002 

Distribution: 

PUBLIC 

PMNS 

J. Ibarra 

OE r/f 

R. Zimmerman 

D. Solorio 

M. Schwartz 

K. Thompson 

A. Campbell 

M. Keffe 

J. Piccone 

J. Firth 

C. Carpenter 

K. Witt 

D. Dorman 

P. Hernandez 

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OFFICE OE:CRB OE:D 

NAME DSolorio /RA/ by A. Campbell for 

R. Zimmerman 

DATE 6/16/2010 6/17 /2010 

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