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On September 2, 2009, 

the NRC approved an 

Agreement with the 

State of New Jersey 

under Section 274b of 

the Atomic Energy Act 

of 1954, as amended. Under the 

Agreement, the NRC transferred 

regulatory responsibility to New 

Jersey for licensing, rulemaking, 

inspection, and enforcement 

activities for the following: 

•	 radioactive materials produced

as a result of processes related 

to the production or utilization 

of special nuclear material

•	 naturally occurring or

accelerator-produced 

radioactive material

•	 source material (uranium and

thorium)

LICENSEE NEWSLETTER

NUREG/BR-0117, No. 09-03 Fall 2009

Office of Federal & State Materials &

Environmental Management Programs

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

NRC Completes the State of 

New Jersey Agreement............................1

Welcome and Farewell .............................2

From the Desk of the 

FSME Director..............................................3 

Exemption Issued due to 

Medical Isotope Shortages.....................4

The Chairman’s Award .............................4

Significant Enforcement 

Actions...........................................................5

Generic Communications 

Issued..............................................................5

Significant Events.......................................6

Selected Federal 

Register Notices...........................................7

NRC COMPLETES THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY AGREEMENT

•	 special nuclear materials in

quantities not sufficient to 

form a critical mass

•	 the regulation of the land

disposal of source, byproduct 

material, and special nuclear 

material received from other 

persons 

On September 30, 2009, 

New Jersey became the 37th 

State to sign such an Agreement 

with the NRC. With the licenses 

transferred from the NRC and the 

licenses previously under New 

Jersey’s regulatory authority, NJ 

has jurisdiction over approximately 

700 licenses. 

By law, the NRC retained 

jurisdiction over commercial 

nuclear power plants and Federal 

agencies using certain nuclear 

material in New Jersey. In addition, 

the NRC retained authority for the 

review, evaluation, and approval 

of sealed radioactive materials and 

devices containing certain nuclear 

materials manufactured in New Jersey 

and distributed throughout the 

country. 

Before approving the Agreement, the 

NRC reviewed New Jersey’s radiation 

control program to ensure that it 

provided adequate protection to 

public health and safety. The NRC 

also compared New Jersey’s existing 

radiation control program to the 

one outlined in the Agreement. 

On May 27, 2009, the NRC published 

the proposed Agreement for 

4 consecutive weeks in the Federal 

Register to invite comments from 

the public. The NRC received six 

comment letters on the proposed 

Agreement—two supported; two 

opposed; one supported the rationale 

of States assuming regulatory 

The New Jersey Agreement signing at NRC Headquarters

(from left to right: NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko; Joan Olmstead, OGC; 

Dennis Sollenberger, FSME; Torre Taylor, FSME; and Terrence Reis, Deputy Director,

National Materials Program Directorate, FSME)
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authority, but opposed the feeassociated action; and one did not 

express support or opposition. 

The Governor’s request for the 

Agreement with the NRC and 

supporting documents, as well 

as the NRC staff’s assessment, 

are available through the NRC’s 

Agencywide Documents Access 

and Management System 

(ADAMS). Help in using ADAMS 

available by contacting the NRC 

Public Document Room staff at 

301-415-4737 or 1-800-397-4209 

or by sending an e-mail to 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. These 

documents are also available 

for public inspection at the NRC 

Public Document Room at 11555 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 

20852-2738. 

Thirty-six States have previously 

signed such Agreements with the 

NRC, including Alabama, Arizona, 

Arkansas, California, Colorado, 

Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, 

Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, 

Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, 

Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, 

Nevada, New Hampshire,

New Mexico, New York, North 

Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, 

Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, 

Rhode Island, South Carolina, 

Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, 

Washington, and Wisconsin.

(Contact: Torre Taylor, FSM

301-415-7900 or e-mail: 

Torre.Taylor@nrc.gov)

The State of New Jersey Staff

(Top left: Paul Baldauf, Dennis Zannoni, Ed Truskowski, Bill Csaszar, James McCullough

and Cathy Biel Center: Jenny Goodman, Nancy Stanley and Janice Baumann. 

Bottom left: Jack Tway, Rich Peros, Pat Gardner, Jodie Murl, Karen Flanigan 

and Adria Wentzel. Missing from the picture Emelia Taubel.)

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WELCOME

Cynthia A. Carpenter

The FSME staff is excited to 

welcome Ms. Cynthia A. Carpenter 

as our new Deputy Office Director. 

Before joining FSME, 

Ms. Carpenter was the Director, 

Office of Enforcement, since 

2006. After graduating from the 

NRC Senior Executive Service, 

Ms. Carpenter held a number of 

senior management positions. 

Ms. Carpenter earned a bachelor’s 

degree in civil engineering from 

the University of Pittsburgh.

The FSME staff is looking forward 

to working with Ms. Carpenter.

George Pangburn

The FSME staff bids a fond farewell 

to our Deputy Office Director, 

George Pangburn. Mr. Pangburn 

retired in October 2009 with over 

29 years of Federal service. 

Mr. Pangburn began his career 

with the NRC in 1980 and 

held positions of increasing 

responsibility. In October 2006, 

he assumed the responsibilities as 

Deputy Director of FSME. 

Mr. Pangburn earned a bachelor’s 

degree in geography from the 

University of Pittsburgh, a master’s 

degree in geography from the 

University of Kansas, and a master’s 

degree in energy resources from 
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On September 30, 2009, the 

Federal fiscal year (FY) ended. Th

is a good time to share the results 

of our FSME self-assessment and 

solicit feedback from you, our 

licensees, on how you believe 

we are doing as a regulator. We 

believe that we are doing fairly 

well, but we also recognize that 

improvements can be made. 

One of our primary mission 

objectives is to ensure public 

health and safety while protecting 

the environment. With that in 

mind, we developed strategic- and performance-level operating plan metrics that evaluate our performance. 

I am pleased to report that we met each of those metrics for FY 2009. Certainly, you deserve much of the credit 

for this accomplishment. We appreciate your continued focus on maintaining safe operations and protecting the 

environment from radiological releases. We also met our goals of operating in an open and transparent manner, 

while maintaining the security of information and nuclear materials. However, the communication with license

and security of radioactive materials issues will continue to challenge us as we move into FY 2010.

We would like to share some of our 2009 achievements with you: 

•	 We worked with our international partners to ensure that the U.S. perspective was represented in discussions

on a number of radioactive materials and waste issues. I led the U.S. delegation at the Steering Committee for 

Nuclear Energy and compiled comments made by the U.S. agencies. I also met with France’s Nuclear Safety 

Authority representative to discuss how we can address the medical isotope shortage. Other FSME managers 

participated on waste and radiation safety committees to offer input on international policy and regulatory 

standards. 

•	 FSME and NRC Region I worked closely with Virginia and New Jersey to transfer over 800 byproduct materials

licenses from Federal to State oversight. We hope that the licensees experienced a relatively seamless transition. 

•	 The National Source Tracking System (NSTS), a major security initiative, became operational, providing a highly

secure and accessible system to track high-risk nuclear materials.

•	 Several rulemakings were initiated, published for comments, or completed. These included the NS

expansion, General License Restrictions, changes to 10 CFR Part 37, “Physical Protection of Byproduct Material,” 

10 CFR Part 72,“Licensing Requirements for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level

Radioactive Waste, and Reactor-Related Greater Than Class C Waste,” and spent fuel cask certifications.

•	 Working with the States, we reprioritized our working groups, streamlined their efforts, and focused our

resources on the most pressing regulatory issues.

•	 We briefed the Commission on our uranium recovery program.

•	 We conducted workshops and meetings across the country to discuss a variety of policy issues and potential

rule changes that could impact those licensees and the public.

In closing, I encourage you, our licensees, to provide us feedback at any time. We welcome and value your input. 

With much appreciation and gratitude, we congratulate you on your important and continued contribution to the 

safe and secure use of radioactive materials across the nation.

Charles L. Miller, Director

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of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99)/

technetium-99m (Tc-99m). T

regulators of radioactive materials 

attributed these shortages to 

reactor shutdowns.

In 10 CFR 32.72, “Manufacture, 

Preparation, or Transfer for 

Commercial 

Distribution 

of Radioactive 

Drugs Containing 

Byproduct Material 

for Medical Use 

under Part 35,” 

10 CFR 35.60(b),

10 CFR 35.100(a)(1), and

10 CFR 35.200(a)(1), the NRC

requires medical licensees to 

conduct calibration tests on 

instruments that use Tc-99m 

and governs the distribution of 

Mo-99/Tc-99m generators and

the transportation of Tc-99m in 

radioactive drugs to and from 

medical use licensees. The NRC 

determined that an exemption 

from these regulations was needed 

to ensure the availability of Tc-99m 

for patient care. On July 16, 2009, 

the NRC issued such an exemption, 

stating that it would be in effect 

only during the time of the Mo-99/

Tc-99m shortages in the United 

States. The exemption also stated 

that the shortage had to be caused 

by production shortages of Mo-99/

Tc-99m, which the supplier of 

Mo-99/Tc-99m generators or

Tc-99m in radioactive drugs had 

to document in writing. Under the 

exemption, the licensee would not 

be required to perform instrument 

calibration tests at the maximum 

activity level or time interval 

specified in the national standard 

if the licensee needed the Tc-99m 

for patient dosages. The licensee 

would be required to perform 

the calibration when adequate 

supplies became available. 

On a case-by-case basis, the 

exemption made possible the 

transfer of Tc-99m from a medical 

use licensee with a surplus of 

Tc-99m (or Tc-99m in a radioactive

drug) whose supplier was not 

affected by the shortage to 

another medical use licensee 

whose supplier was affected. The 

NRC conducted an environmental 

assessment and found that the 

exemption would not have a 

significant environmental impact.

To help medical licensees with 

the Mo-99/Tc-99m shortages,

the NRC decided to expedite 

license amendment requests 

related to the shortage. The NRC 

encouraged State regulators to do 

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Chairman Gregory Jaczko; Solomon Sahle, 2009 FSME CFC coordinator ;

and Commissioner Kristine Svinicki

The Ch

Congratulations to the FSME 

staff for their thoughtfulness and 

generosity in these turbulent 

economic times. During the 2009 

Combined Federal Campaign 

kickoff meeting, FSME was 

awarded the “Chairman’s Award” 

for its 2008 contributions. The 

award was given to the office 

that had the most employee 

participation. 

the University of Pittsburgh’s 

School of Engineering. In addition, 

he graduated from the NRC Senior 

Executive Service and received an 

NRC Meritorious Service Award for 

Management Excellence. 

The FSME staff will miss 

Mr. Pangburn, and we wish him 

well in his future endeavors.

EXEMPTION ISSUED DUE 

TO MEDICAL ISOTOPE 

SHORTAGES

The United States, along with 

other countries throughout the 

world, has experienced shortages 
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the same. For example, a licensee 

might need an expedited license 

amendment to add thallium-201 

to continue cardiac imaging during 

the Mo-99/Tc-99m shortage.

The NRC posted the exemption to 

the requirements of 10 CFR Part 32 

and 10 CFR Part 35 on its public 

Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/

materials/miau/med-use-toolkit.

html.

(Contact: Glenda Villamar, FSM

301-415-8022 or e-mail: 

Glenda.Villamar@nrc.gov)

SIGNIFICANT 

ENFORCEMENT 

ACTIONS 

The NRC issued significant 

actions to licensees, individual 

and non-licensees for failure to 

comply with a regulation. 

Medical

Ohio Valley Medical Center 

(EA-09-182)

On September 17, 2009, the 

NRC issued a Notice of Violation 

to Ohio Valley Medical Center 

for a Severity Level III violation 

involving the failure to meet the 

physical presence requirements of 

10 CFR 35.615(f)(2) during highdose radiation (HDR) treatments.

Specifically, on June 17, 2009, 

and other occasions before that 

date, the Medical Center failed 

to have an authorized medical 

physicist or either an authorized 

user (AU) or a physician, under

the supervision of an AU, who had 

been trained in the operation of 

and emergency response for the 

HDR unit, physically present during

the continuation of all patient 

treatments involving the unit. 

Individual Actions

Martin Ferenc (IA-09-028)

On July 2, 2009, the NRC 

issued a Notice of Violation to 

Martin Ferenc for a Severity 

Level III violation involving the 

individual’s deliberate misconduct 

that caused his employer, Advex 

Corporation, to be in violation of 

10 CFR 34.47(d) and the company’s

operating and emergency 

procedure for failing to report 

an off-scale pocket dosimeter. 

Specifically, on January 22, 2008, 

after the assistant radiographer’s 

pocket dosimeter went off scale, 

Mr. Ferenc, the lead radiographer, 

deliberately continued to work and 

did not notify the radiation safety 

officer, as required.

The NRC’s enforcement program 

can be accessed at http://www.

nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/

enforcement/current.html. 

under Recently Issued Significant 

Enforcement Actions. Documents 

related to cases can be accessed 

through the NRC’s Agencywide 

Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) at

http//www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/

adams.html. Help in using ADA

is available by contacting the NRC 

Public Document Room staff at 

301-415-4737 or 1-800-397-4209 

or by sending an e-mail to 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. 

(Contact: Michele Burgess, FSME,

301-415-5868 or e-mail:

Michele.Burgess@nrc.gov)

GENERIC 

COMMUNICATIONS 

ISSUED

The following are summaries of 

NRC generic communications 

issued by FSME. If one of these 

documents appears relevant to 

your needs and you have not 

received it, please call one of the 

technical contacts listed below. 

The Internet address for the NRC 

library of generic communications 

is http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/

doc-collections/gen-comm. 

Bulletins

None

Generic Letters 

None

Information Notices (INs)

Information Notices are issued to 

addressees to provide significant 

recently identified information 

about safety, safeguards, or 

environmental issues. Addressees 

are expected to review the 

information for applicability to 

their facilities and consider actions, 

as appropriate, to avoid similar 

problems.

The NRC issued IN 2009-12, 

“Exempt Distribution Licensing 

Requirements for Irradiated 

Gemstones,” on July 27, 2009, to all 

NRC exempt distribution licenses 

authorized to distribute irradiated 

gemstones; organizations 

associated with importing, 

distributing, or selling irradiated 

gemstones or jewelry containing 

irradiated gemstones; and 

Agreement State Radiation Control 

Program Directors and State 

Liaison Officers. 

(Technical Contact: Lisa Dimmic

FSME, 301-415-0694 or e-mail: 

Lisa.Dimmick@nrc.gov)

The NRC issued IN 2009-15, 

“Varian Medical Systems 

Varisource High Dose-Rate

Remote Afterloader Events: 

Source Retraction Problems,” 

on August 28, 2009, to all NRC 
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medical use and master materials 

licensees authorized to possess 

or use a Varian Medical Systems 

VariSource high dose-rate remote 

afterloader, as well as Agreement 

State Radiation Control Program 

Directors and State Liaison 

Officers. 

(Technical Contact: Stephen Po

FSME, 301-415-7135 or e-mail: 

Stephen.Poy@nrc.gov)

The NRC issued IN 2009-17, 

“Reportable Medical Events 

Involving Treatment Delivery 

Errors Caused by Confusion of 

Units for the Specification of 

Brachytherapy Sources,” on 

August 28, 2009, to all NRC medical 

use and master materials licensees 

and Agreement State Radiation 

Control Program Directors and 

State Liaison Officers. 

(Technical Contact:

Cindy Flannery, FSME, 

301-415-0223 or e-mail: 

Cindy.Flannery@nrc.gov)

The NRC issued IN 2009-18, 

“Performance of Required 

Shutter Checks And Reporting 

of Gauge Shutter Failures,” on 

September 18, 2009, to all NRC 

specific and renewal fixed gauge 

materials licensees and Agreement 

State Radiation Control Program 

Directors and State Liaison 

Officers. 

(Technical Contacts: J. Bru

Carrico, FSME, 301-415-7826 or 

e-mail: Jbruce.Carrico@nrc.gov and 

Jim Lynch, Region III, 630-829-9661 

or e-mail: James.Lynch@nrc.gov)

Regulatory Issue Summaries (RIS)

The NRC issued RIS 2009-09, 

“Use of Multiple Dosimetry 

and Compartment Factors in 

Determining Effective Dose 

Equivalent from External 

Radiation Exposures,” on 

July 13, 2009. The NRC issued 

this RIS to all NRC licensees, 

Agreement State Radiation 

Control Program Directors, and 

State Liaison Officers.

(Technical Contacts:

Joshua Palotay, 301-415-6231 or 

e-mail: Joshua.Palotay@nrc.gov

and Roger Pedersen, 

301-415-3162 or e-mail: 

Roger.Pedersen@nrc.gov)

The NRC issued RIS 2009-12, 

“Uranium Recovery Policy 

Regarding Site Preparation 

Activities At Proposed, Unlicensed 

Uranium Recovery Facilities,” on 

September 23, 2009. The NRC 

issued this RIS to all holders of 

operating licenses for uranium 

recovery facilities and companies 

that submitted applications to 

construct all types of new uranium 

recovery facilities (conventional

mills, heap leach facilities, and in 

situ recovery facilities) or letters of 

intent to submit such applications. 

(Technical Contact:

Stephen J. Cohen, FSME, 

301-415-7182 or e-mail: 

Stephen.Cohen@nrc.gov)

(Contact: Angela R. McIntos

FSME, 301-415-5030 or e-mail: 

Angela.McIntosh@nrc.gov) 

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

Event 1: Use of Wrong 

Collimator Size Results in 

Medical Event with Gamma 

Stereotactic Radiosurgery Unit

Date and Place: July 2, 2009, 

Honolulu, HI

Nature and Probable Causes: 

On July 2, 2009, the licensee 

reported that a patient received a 

gamma stereotactic radiosurgery 

treatment to two metastatic 

sites using an 18-millimeter 

(mm) collimator instead of the

prescribed 8-mm collimator. The 

treatment was prescribed for 

seven discrete brain metastatic 

sites using the 8-mm collimator. 

The prescribed dose was 

2,400 cGy (rad). After the seco

discrete site had been treated, it 

was determined that an 18-mm 

collimator had been used instead 

of the 8-mm collimator. Following 

the discovery, the collimator was 

changed to the 8-mm collimator. 

The treatment to the remaining 

five discrete sites was administered 

with the 8-mm collimator. The use 

of the 18-mm collimator instead of 

the 8-mm collimator increased the 

treatment site dose by 3 percent. 

The 18-mm collimator caused 

the volume of each of the two 

treatment areas to increase by 

2.35 cm3. The additional tissue 

received a dose of 2,400 cGy 

(rad). If the 8-mm collimator w

originally used, the target tissue 

would have received a dose of 

approximately 430 cGy (rad).

Both the physician and patient 

were notified of the incident. It 

was discovered that the previous 

patient had been treated with the 

18-mm collimator as prescribed. 

The medical physicist neglected 

to change the collimator before 

the next treatment. The corrective 

actions included sending a notice 

to all neurosurgeons and radiation 

oncologists stressing that they 

each must independently check 

collimator size before each 

treatment.

Event 2: Positioning Error Causes 

Delivery of Dose to Wrong Site 

during High Dose Afterloader

Treatment
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Date and Place: July 21, 2009, 

Colorado Springs, CO 

Nature and Probable Causes: On 

July 21, 2009, the licensee reported 

that a patient received 700 cGy 

(rad) approximately 10 cm from

the intended location during 

an HDR afterloader procedure

performed with a Varian model 

VariSource. The iridium-192 

source (Varian model VS2000)

contained an activity of 

339.18 GBq (9.167 curies). 

positioning error resulted in the 

incident. The dose was delivered 

to the entrance of the vagina 

rather than inside the uterus. The 

applicator used in the procedure 

had a collet to hold a 3-mm source 

tube in place. The subsequent 

investigation revealed that the 

collet on the applicator had not 

been tightened sufficiently to 

prevent movement of the source 

tube within the applicator. The 

patient and physician were 

notified. The patient was retreated 

with the prescribed dose 3 days 

later without incident. The 

corrective actions included 

generating a new procedure to 

measure the distance from the end 

of the source tube to the cylinder 

before patient treatment and 

providing additional training to all 

staff involved in HDR treatments.

Event 3: Therapeutic Dose 

Delivered Instead of Intended 

Diagnostic Dose

Date and Place: September 30, 2009, 

Charlottesville, VA

Nature and Probable Causes: 

On September 30, 2009, the 

licensee reported that a patient 

was administered a therapeutic 

dose of 3.7 GBq (100 mCi)

of iodine-131 instead of the 

prescribed diagnostic dose of 

0.15 GBq (4 mCi). The patie

received a therapeutic dose in 

August 2008 and was scheduled 

for the diagnostic followup on 

September 30, 2009. When the 

followup was scheduled, the 

dose was incorrectly entered as 

therapeutic instead of diagnostic. 

The hospital notified the patient’s 

physician and consulted with the 

patient. The hospital also notified 

its risk management group and 

began an investigation into the 

incident. 

(Contact: Angela R. McIntos

FSME, 301-415-5030 or e-mail: 

Angela.McIntosh@nrc.gov)

SELECTED FEDERAL 

REGISTER NOTICES 

Final Regulatory Guide: 

Issuance, Availability (RG 5.74)

(NRC-2009-0280), 74 FR 32197,

July 7, 2009.

(Contact: Bonnie Schnetzler, NSI

301-415-7883 or e-mail: 

Bonnie.Schnetzler@nrc.gov)

Solicitation for Public Comment on 

Potential Changes to the Agency’s 

Radiation Protection Regulations 

(NRC-2009-0279), 74 FR 32198,

July 7, 2009.

(Contact: Dr. Donald Cool, FSM

301-415-6347 or e-mail: 

Donald.Cool@nrc.gov or 

Dr. Kimyata Morgan Butler, FSME, 

301-415-0733 or e-mail: 

Kimyata.MorganButler@nrc.gov)

Medical Use of Byproduct Material: 

Authorized User Clarification 

(RIN AI59) (NRC‐2009‐0098

74 FR 33925, July 14, 2009.

(Contact: Edward M. Lohr, FSM

301-415-0253 or e-mail: 

Edward.Lohr@nrc.gov)

Governors’ Designees Receiving 

Advance Notification of 

Transportation of Nuclear Waste 

(NRC-2009-0302), 74 FR 34053,

July 14, 2009.

(Contact: Stephen N. Salomo

FSME, 301-415-3781 or e-mail: 

Stephen.Salomon@nrc.gov) 

Draft Regulatory Guide: 

Issuance, Availability (DG-3038)

(NRC-2009-0323), 74 FR 36780,

July 24, 2009.

(Contact: Margie Kotzalas, NMS

301-492-3202 or e-mail: 

Margie.Kotzalas@nrc.gov)

Limiting the Quantity of Byproduct 

Material in a Generally Licensed 

Device (AI33) (NRC-2008-0272),

74 FR 38372, August 3, 2009.

(Contact: Solomon Sahle, FSM

301-415-3781 or e-mail: 

Solomon.Sahle@nrc.gov)

Draft Regulatory Guide: 

Issuance, Availability (DG-5034)

(NRC-2009-0345), 74 FR 39343,

August 6, 2009.

(Contact: Robert Norman, NSI

301-415-2278 or e-mail: 

Robert.Norman@nrc.gov)

List of Approved Spent Fuel 

Storage Casks: HI-STO

100 Revision 6, Confirmation 

of Effective Date (AI60)

(NRC-2009-0132), 74 FR 40060,

August 11, 2009.

(Contact: Jayne M. McCauslan

FSME, 301-415-6219 or e-mail: 

Jayne.McCausland@nrc.gov)

List of Approved Spent Fuel 

Storage Casks: Standardized 

NUHOMS System Revision 10,

Confirmation of Effective Date 

(AI62) (NRC-2009-0162),

74 FR 40060, August 11, 2009. 
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(Contact: Jayne M. McCauslan

FSME, 301-415-6219 or e-mail: 

Jayne.McCausland@nrc.gov)

Draft Regulatory Guide: 

Issuance, Availability (DG-5029)

(NRC-2009-0353), 74 FR 40854,

August 13, 2009. 

(Contact: Steven Ward, NMS

301-492-3426 or email: 

Steven.Ward@nrc.gov)

Export and Import of Nuclear 

Equipment and Material; Updates 

and Clarifications; Reopening of 

Comment Period for Information 

Collection (AI16) (NRC-2008-0567),

74 FR 41096, August 14, 2009.

(Contact: Cinthya Roman Cueva

NMSS, 301-492-3224 or e-mail: 

Cinthya.Roman@nrc.gov)

Medical Use of Byproduct Material: 

Authorized User Clarification, 

Confirmation of Effective Date 

(AI59) (NRC-2009-0098), 74 FR

43619, August 27, 2009.

(Contact: Edward M. Lohr, FSM

301-415-0253 or e-mail: 

Edward.Lohr@nrc.gov)

Withdrawal of Proposed 

Regulatory Issue Summary: 

Implementation of New Final 

Rule, Protection of Safeguards 

Information (NRC-2009-0106),

74 FR 46472, September 9, 2009.

(Contact: Robert Norman, NSI

301-415-2278 or e-mail: 

Robert.Norman@nrc.gov)

State of Colorado and the 

Organization of Agreement 

States; Consideration of Petition 

in the Rulemaking Process 

(NRC-2008-0453), 74 FR 46512, 

September 10, 2009.

(Contact: Kimyata Morgan Butle

FSME, 301-415-0733 or e-mail: 

Kimyata.MorganButler@nrc.gov or 

Gary Comfort, FSME, 301-415-8106 

or e-mail: Gary.Comfort@nrc.gov)

Notice of Issuance of Guidelines 

on Use of Firearms by Security 

Personnel; Notice of Effective Date 

of Statute (NRC-2008-0465),

74 FR 46800, September 11, 2009.

(Contact: Philip Brochma

NSIR, 301-415-6557 or e-mail: 

Phil.Brochman@nrc.gov or 

Susan Fonner, OGC, 301-415-1629 

or e-mail: Susan.Fonner@nrc.gov)

License and Certificate of 

Compliance Terms (AI09)

(NRC-2009-0361), 74 FR 47126,

September 15, 2009.

(Contact: Keith McDaniel, FSM

301-415-5252 or e-mail: 

Keith.McDaniel@nrc.gov)

Draft Regulatory Guide: 

Issuance, Availability (DG-6007)

(NRC-2009-0418), 74 FR 48783, 

September 24, 2009.

(Contact: Jack Foster, FSM

301-415-6250 or e-mail: 

Jack.Foster@nrc.gov) 

TO OUR READERS: In our attempt to keep the FSME Licensee Newsletter relevant, we welcome useful and 

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or Vanessa.Cox@nrc.gov. Ms. Davis may be contacted at 301-415-8165 or Gwendolyn.Davis@nrc.gov. In addition, 

to ensure proper delivery of the FSME Licensee Newsletter, please report any address changes to Ms. Cox to 

prevent any interruption of service at FSME_Newsletter@nrc.gov.

Please send written correspondence to: 

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FSME Licensee Newsletter

Office of Federal and State Materials and

 Environmental Management Programs

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