January 28, 2016 

COMSECY-16-0004 

MEMORANDUM TO: Chairman Burns 

Commissioner Svinicki 

 Commissioner Ostendorff 

 Commissioner Baran 

FROM: Andrew Bates /RA/

 Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer 

SUBJECT: RENEWAL OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL ISOTOPES 

(ACMUI) CHARTER 

The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that advisory committee charters be renewed 

every two years. The current ACMUI Charter expires on March 14, 2016. The attached charter 

updates the current charter to reflect the reorganization combining the Office of Federal and 

State Materials and Environmental Management Programs with NMSS, and the current FTE 

and cost estimates for the next 2 years as recommended by the staff. The charter was last 

renewed in March of 2014. 

Please provide your concurrence in the charter’s renewal. 

Enclosure: 

As stated 

cc: EDO 

 OGC 
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

CHARTER FOR THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL USES OF ISOTOPES 

1. Committee’s Official Designation: 

 Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes 

2. Authority 

Established Pursuant to Section 9 of Public Law 92-463 as an NRC discretionary 

committee. 

3. Committee’s objectives, scope of activities and duties are as follows:

 

The Committee provides advice, as requested by the Director, Division of Material 

Safety, States, Tribal and Rulemaking Programs (MSTR), Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards (NMSS), on policy and technical issues that arise in regulating 

the medical use of byproduct material for diagnosis and therapy. The Committee may 

provide consulting services as requested by the Director, MSTR. 

. 

4. Official to whom this Committee reports:

 Director, Division of Material Safety, States, Tribal and Rulemaking Programs 

 Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards 

 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

 Washington, DC 20555 

5. Agency responsible for providing necessary support to this Committee:

 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

6. Estimated Annual Operating Costs and Staff Years 

Approximately 13 members utilize 2.14 FTE (includes approximately 1.03 FTE for NRC 

staff and 1.11 FTE for ACMUI member compensation and travel) and $348,000. 

. 

7. Designated Federal Officer:

A full time NRC employee from the Division of Material Safety, States, Tribal and 

Rulemaking Programs will serve as the Designated Federal Officer.

8. Estimated number of meetings per year: 

Five meetings per year, three of which are teleconferences. 
9. Duration: 

Continuing Committee 

10. The Committee’s termination date.

 Continuing Committee subject to Charter renewal in March, 2018. 

11. Membership and Designation: 

Members are appointed by the Director, NMSS as Special Government Employees 

(SGEs). The membership includes health care professionals of diverse specialties who 

represent diagnostic and therapeutic applications of medicine, medical administration, 

and patient care advocacy. 

 12. Subcommittees:

The Committee does not have subcommittees; if used they would report to the parent 

committee. 

 13. Recordkeeping: 

 The Committee records will be handled in accordance with General Records Schedule 

26 and approved NRC records disposition schedules. These records shall be available 

for public inspection and copying, subject to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 

552. 

14. Filing date: 

 

 Month XX, 2016 

 

 ____________________________ 

 Andrew L. Bates

 Advisory Committee Management Officer 

 Office of the Secretary of the Commission