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LICENSEE NEWSLETTER

NUREG/BR-0117, No. 10-01 Spring 2010

Office of Federal & State Materials &

Environmental Management Programs

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Three New Commissioners 

for the NRC...............................................1

The 22nd Annual Regulatory 

Information Conference......................2

From the Desk of the FSME Director.....3 

Office of the Week.................................4

Progress on Developing 

Common Terminology.........................5

New Appointment................................6

Significant Enforcement Actions.....6

Generic Communications Issued....10

Regulatory Issue Summaries............10

Selected Federal Register Notices..11

On March 19, 2010, the U.S. 

Senate confirmed President 

Barack Obama’s three nominees 

to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) by unanimous 

consent instead of a roll call 

vote. The three nominees 

are Dr. George Apostolakis, 

Mr. William Magwood, IV, and 

Mr. William Ostendorff. President 

Obama officially appointed the 

NRC’s three new Commissioners 

on March 29, 2010. The arrival of 

the new Commissioners meant 

the departure of Dr. Dale Klein, 

who served as the NRC Chairman 

from July 2006 until May 2009, 

and as Commissioner since 

that time. Dr. Klein requested 

that his successor be named 

so that he could return to 

private life. The three new 

commissioners will join sitting 

Chairman Gregory Jaczko and 

Commissioner Kristine Svinicki on 

the five-member Commission.

The President appoints the five 

members of the Commission, 

who are then confirmed by the 

Senate, for 5-year terms. The NRC 

Chairman serves at the pleasure of 

the President and does not require 

additional Senate confirmation. 

The Senate confirmed 

Dr. George Apostolakis for a 

term ending on June 30, 2014. 

Dr. Apostolakis most recently 

served as the Korea Electric Power 

Company professor of nuclear 

science and engineering, and 

as a professor of engineering 

systems at the Massachusetts 

THREE NEW COMMISSIONERS 

FOR THE NRC

Commissioner

George Apostolakis

Commissioner

William D. Magwood, IV

Commissioner

William C. Ostendorff

Chairman

Gregory B. Jaczko

Commissioner

Kristine L. Svinick
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Institute of Technology. He also 

served as a member of NRC’s 

Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards.

The Senate confirmed 

Mr. William D. Magwood, IV, for 

a term ending June 30, 2010 

and a reappointment for a term 

that will end June 30, 2015. 

Mr. Magwood is the founder of 

Advanced Energy Strategies, a 

consulting firm that provides 

strategic advice to domestic 

and international clients. 

He previously served under 

Presidents Clinton and Bush as 

the Director of Nuclear Energy 

within the U.S. Department of 

Energy. As Director, Mr. Magwood 

was the senior nuclear 

technology official in the U.S. 

Government and the senior 

nuclear technology policy advisor 

to the Secretary of Energy.

The Senate confirmed 

Mr. William C. Ostendorff for 

a term ending June 30, 2011. 

Mr. Ostendorff will occupy 

the seat held by Dr. Klein. 

Mr. Ostendorff most recently 

served as the Director of 

the Committee on Science, 

Engineering and Public Policy and 

Director of the Board on Global 

Science and Technology at the 

National Academies. He served 

in the Navy as an officer and he 

commanded the nuclear-powered 

USS Norfolk attack submarine.

On March 9, 2010, the NRC held 

the 22nd Annual Regulatory 

Information Conference (RIC), 

at the Bethesda North Marriott 

Hotel and Conference Center in 

Rockville, MD. The conference 

was the successful collaboration 

efforts of the NRC’s Office of 

Nuclear Reactor Regulation and 

the Office of Nuclear Regulatory 

Research. The 3-day conference 

was free and open to the public 

with a theme entitled, “Knowledge 

for Today and Tomorrow.” The 

conference included sessions 

focused on construction and 

licensing of new nuclear power 

plants; advance reactor designs; 

security; safety research; domestic 

and international nuclear power 

plant operating experience and 

technical issues such as digital 

instrumentation and control; fire 

protection; operator training; 

safety culture; and safe disposal 

of nuclear waste. NRC Chairman, 

Gregory B.  Jaczko was the 

conference’s keynote speaker. NRC 

Commissioners Dale E. Klein and 

Kristine L. Svinicki also provided 

remarks, along with guest speaker 

James Ellis, President of the Institute 

of Nuclear Power Operations. 

This year, the RIC attracted a record 

number of participants at the 

Conference Center and many more 

viewed the proceedings through 

live television feeds at various 

locations throughout the NRC 

Headquarters building. This annual 

conference brought together over 

3,000 participants including NRC 

staff, Congressional staff members, 

and representatives from more 

than 32 countries to provide an 

opportunity for Government, 

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Fourth from left: Charlie Miller, Office Director, FSME, Fifth from left: Cynthia 

Carpenter, Deputy Office Director, FSME

THE 22ND ANNUAL REGULATORY INFORMATION 

CONFERENCE
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It has been quite some time since the NRC has 

had a full five-member Commission, but with 

the appointments of Dr. George Apostolakis, 

Mr. William D. Magwood, IV, and 

Mr. William C. Ostendorff, we have finally 

reached that point. 

While nuclear reactor safety and security will 

always be at the forefront of the agency’s 

regulatory focus, FSME will have the 

opportunity to brief the Commission on a 

number of its important topics throughout 

2010. We recently briefed the Commission 

on the uranium recovery program and heard 

from various external stakeholders, as well. 

A few months ago, we presented a briefing 

on the low-level waste program. In March, 

we participated in the safety culture briefing, 

(see last quarter’s newsletter for more on that 

topic). In April, the NRC regional offices briefed 

the Commission on the master materials 

licensing program. 

Our Office program review briefing to the Commission took place on May 11, 2010. Our briefing covered a 

number of topics, including recent information technology accomplishments; materials program infrastructure 

change; the Agreement State program; the medical program; rulemakings; Native American Tribal outreach; and 

various aspects of environmental, low-level waste, decommissioning, and financial assurance programs. As you 

can imagine, it was a real challenge to cover so many different elements of our program in only 1 hour, but it 

gave us a great opportunity to make the new Commission aware of what we, as regulators, do, and what you, as 

licensees, do in a broad range of activities.

Although the Commission agenda for the rest of 2010 is not yet finalized, the current draft includes a number 

of other FSME-related topics. Many of the briefings could include external stakeholders, including licensee 

representatives. Clearly, the Commission wants to actively engage the public and licensees to hear various 

viewpoints as part of its decision-making. 

In a related vein, the NRC, along with all Federal agencies, is implementing the Administration’s Open 

Government (OG) initiative. The NRC has an OG section on its public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/publicinvolve/open.html. You can also find information about this initiative at the FSME public Web site. As part of 

this initiative, the agency has expanded the number of datasets made publicly making available to enhance the 

transparency of what we do. We hope that you will take a moment to visit the site and provide any thoughts you 

might have on how NRC and FSME can continue to operate in an open and transparent manner.

As always, I thank you for your attention to safety, security, and protection of the environment. 

Charles L. Miller, Director

FROM THE DESK 

OF THE FSME 

DIRECTOR
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industry, international agencies 

and other interested stakeholders 

and members of the public to meet 

and discuss key issues affecting the 

safety and security of commercial 

nuclear facilities and current 

regulatory activities. 

In the opening ceremonies, 

Chairman Jaczko stated that, “The 

22nd Annual Regulatory Information 

Conference (RIC) was the largest 

annual gathering sponsored by 

the NRC. It brings together a broad 

range of participants—members of 

the international community; local, 

State, and Federal officials; national 

laboratories; non-government 

organizations; industry; media; and of 

course, the public. The RIC provides 

all of us with a unique opportunity 

to interact with—and learn from—

colleagues with different backgrounds, 

experiences, and perspectives. We 

would not have this opportunity 

without the hard work of the staff who 

organized the RIC. I want to thank 

them all for their diligence and their 

dedication over these past months.”

The purpose of the NRC RIC is to 

provide a forum to bring together 

diverse groups of stakeholders and 

inform them of significant and timely 

regulatory activities. These activities 

include important research findings, 

rulemaking, significant regulatory 

issues, generic issues, regulatory 

process and procedure improvements, 

and other items of high interest such 

as license renewal. Annually, the RIC 

is a communication vehicle to allow 

informal open dialog between the 

public and the regulatory process. 

Moreover, the presentation of the RIC 

supports the NRC’s strategic objective 

to ensure openness in all of its 

regulatory activities.

OFFICE OF THE WEEK

On April 15, 2010, FSME was 

recognized as the Office of 

the Week by the Howard 

University Radio Station, WHUR. 

WHUR, 96.3 FM, is an adult 

contemporary radio station that 

recognizes outstanding offices 

based on employee nomination. 

This weekly segment is a part 

of the station’s community 

involvement and outreach 

programs. Ms. Shantece Wade 

of FSME’s Program Planning/

Budgeting and Program Analysis 

staff nominated FSME for the 

honor. Ms. Wade stated that 

she nominated FSME “because 

of all of the unparalleled work 

performance and outstanding 

work atmosphere my co-workers 

and management bring to the 

office!” WHUR station officials 

agreed with her nomination and 

scheduled a broadcast along 

with donuts, coffee, and other 

giveaways, to honor FSME. While 

on the air, Mr. Tony Richards, 

WHUR radio host, interviewed 

Ms. Wade and asked what 

prompted her to nominate her 

office for the honor. He also 

interviewed Dr. Miller to discuss 

the role of the office and its 

outreach activities.

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From left to right: Cindy Carpenter, FSME Deputy Office Director; Shantece 

Wade, FSME employee who nominated the office; Charlie Miller, FSME Office 

Director; Tony Richards, WHUR Radio Host; and a station employee)
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PROGRESS ON 

DEVELOPING COMMON 

TERMINOLOGY

As part of its development of 

a final policy statement, the 

NRC is seeking to develop 

common safety-culturerelated terminology, such as 

a definition of safety culture 

and a description of areas 

important to safety culture (i.e., 

traits). The NRC hosted a public 

workshop on February 2-4, 2010, 

to develop safety culture 

terminology that could be used 

by the NRC, Agreement States, 

licensees, certificate holders, 

and others involved with the 

use of byproduct material. The 

workshop brought together a 

diverse group of individuals who 

were nominated to serve on a 

panel to develop a definition of 

safety culture and a set of traits 

important to safety culture. 

The other meeting participants 

were able to provide comments. 

Breakout sessions were organized 

around new reactor construction 

and operating power reactors, 

industrial and fuel cycle materials, 

and medical licensees.

Panel members at the 

February 2010 workshop agreed 

on the definition of safety 

culture (see box below).

Panel members also agreed 

on a draft set of traits that 

were important to a positive 

safety culture. These traits are 

described below. A number of 

the descriptions are similar to the 

safety culture characteristics used 

by the NRC or the safety culture 

principles used by the Institute of 

Nuclear Power Operations.

Problem Resolution and 

Metrics. The organization 

ensures that issues potentially 

impacting safety or security 

are promptly identified, fully 

evaluated, and promptly 

addressed and corrected 

commensurate with their 

significance.

Personal Responsibilities 

and Attitudes. Everyone is 

personally responsible for 

nuclear safety.

Processes and Procedures. 

Processes for planning and 

controlling work activities are 

implemented such that safety is 

maintained.

Continuous Learning.

Organizational learning is embraced.

Nuclear safety culture is the 

core values and behaviors 

resulting from a collective 

commitment by leaders and 

individuals to emphasize 

safety over competing goals 

to ensure protection of people 

and the environment.
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Leadership Safety Behaviors. 

Leaders demonstrate 

commitment to safety.

Effective Safety 

Communication. Effective 

communication is essential to 

maintain focus on safety.

Encouraging Report of 

Problems. The organization 

maintains a safety conscious 

work environment in which 

personnel feel free to raise 

concerns without fear of 

retaliation.

Respectful Work Environment. 

Trust and respect permeate the 

organization.

The NRC staff is scheduled to 

provide a draft final policy 

statement to the Commission 

for approval in March 2011. 

During the development of 

the final policy statement, the 

agency will consider the public 

comments that it received on the 

draft policy statement and from 

the workshop. Information on 

safety culture and NRC activities 

relating to safety culture, 

including possible upcoming 

workshops can be found at the 

NRC’s safety culture Web site at: 

http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/

regulatory/enforcement/

safety-culture.html.

(Contact: James Firth, FSME, 

301-415-6628 or e-mail: 

James.Firth@nrc.gov)

NEW APPOINTMENT

In May, 2010, 

Mr. Michael F. Weber was 

named the Deputy Executive 

Director for Materials, Waste, 

Research, State, Tribal, and 

Compliance Programs, Office 

of the Executive Director for 

Operations (OEDO). Before 

his appointment to the OEDO, 

Mr. Weber was the Director, 

Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards (NMSS). 

Moreover, Mr. Weber joined 

the NRC in 1982 as a project 

manager (hydrogeologist) 

in NMSS where he held a 

number of progressively 

more responsible positions. 

Mr. Weber received a B.S. 

degree in geosciences from the 

Pennsylvania State University

SIGNIFICANT 

ENFORCEMENT 

ACTIONS

The NRC issued the following 

significant actions to licensees, 

individuals and non-licensees 

for failure to comply with a 

regulation.

National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (EA-09-142)

On March 1, 2010, the NRC 

issued an Immediately 

Effective Confirmatory Order 

to the U.S. Department of 

Commerce’s National Institute 

of Standards and Technology 

(NIST or licensee) to confirm 

commitments made as a 

result of an Alternate Dispute 

Resolution mediation session 

held on January 5, 2010. This 

enforcement action is based on 

ten apparent violations of NRC 

requirements at NIST’s facility in 

Boulder, Colorado, which were 

identified during NRC inspection 

and investigation activities 

conducted in response to a 

June 9, 2008 plutonium spill. 

The apparent violations involved 

the licensee’s failure to conduct 

the radiation safety program 

at NIST-Boulder in accordance 

with NRC requirements and the 

conditions of the NIST-Boulder 

license. The licensee agreed 

to take the following actions: 

(1) complete an independent 

assessment of the radiation 

safety program at NIST-Boulder; 

(2) submit copies of the required 

annual radiation safety audit 

to the NRC; (3) develop and 

implement a procedure for 

training new employees on 

radiation safety policies and 

procedures; (4) upgrade initial and 

refresher training for employees 
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who work with radioactive 

materials, including a review 

of lessons learned from the 

plutonium spill and the associated 

apparent violations; (5) submit 

a license amendment request 

for deletion of the radionuclides 

on the NIST-Boulder license that 

NIST no longer plans to use; 

(6) develop a formal radiation 

hazards analysis process; (7) 

revise the NIST Ionizing Radiation 

Safety Committee charter to 

require additional review of NRC 

submittals; (8) revise the NIST 

radiation safety program policy 

to indicate that all individuals 

interacting with the NRC are 

required to provide complete and 

accurate information; (9) develop 

a clearly defined process for 

acquiring radioactive materials; 

and (10) pay a civil penalty of 

$10,000. In consideration of these 

commitments, and other actions 

already completed by NIST, 

the NRC agreed not to pursue 

any additional enforcement 

actions for the apparent 

violations or count this matter 

as previous enforcement for the 

purposes of assessing potential 

future enforcement actions in 

accordance with Section VI.C of 

the Enforcement Policy. 

Kanawha Scales & Systems, Inc.

(EA-09-312) 

On February 18, 2010, the NRC 

issued a Notice of Violation 

to Kanawha Scales & Systems, 

Inc., a licensee of the State 

of Ohio, for a Severity Level 

III violation involving 10 

CFR 150.20. Specifically, on 

November 2, 2009, Kanawha 

Scales & Systems, Inc., used 

sealed sources in a nonagreement state without filing an 

NRC Form 241 at least three days 

prior to engaging in licensed 

activities in areas of exclusive 

Federal jurisdiction. 

Niles Steel Tank Company

(EA-09-260) 

On December 9, 2009, the NRC 

issued a Notice of Violation to 

Niles Steel Tank Company for 

a Severity Level III violation 

involving the failure to secure 

from unauthorized removal 

or access licensed material 

stored in controlled or 

restricted areas as required by 

10 CFR 20.1801. Specifically, 

between August 24, 2009, and 

September  9, 2009, the licensee 

stored a radiography camera 

in a permanent radiographic 

installation and a member of the 

public had access to the area. 

American Technical Services, 

Inc. (EA-09-265) 

On December 8, 2009, the NRC 

issued a Notice of Violation to 

American Technical Services, Inc. 

for a violation of 10 CFR 30.34(i) 

associated with a Severity 

Level III violation involving the 

failure to use a minimum of two 

independent physical controls 

that form tangible barriers 

to secure portable gauges 

from unauthorized removal, 

whenever portable gauges 

were not under the control 

and constant surveillance of 

the licensee. Specifically, on 

September  17, 2009, the licensee 

used no independent physical 

controls to secure portable 

gauges, not under its control 

and constant surveillance, while 

stored at its facility.

MEDICAL

Beta Gamma Nuclear Radiology, 

Inc. (EA-09-147) 

On January 21, 2010, the NRC 

issued a Notice of Violation 

(NOV) and Immediately Effective 

Confirmatory Order to Beta 

Gamma Nuclear Radiology, Inc., 

(BGNR) to confirm commitments 
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made as a result of an 

Alternative Dispute Resolution 

(ADR) mediation session held 

on October 27, 2009. This 

enforcement action is based on 

a violation of 10 CFR 30.9 which 

requires, in part, that information 

provided to the Commission by a 

licensee, or information required 

by the Commission’s regulations 

to be maintained by the licensee 

shall be complete and accurate in 

all material respects. Contrary to 

this requirement, in a May 5, 2008 

response contesting a Severity 

Level IV Notice of Violation, BGNR 

maintained, and provided to 

the NRC, information that was 

not complete and accurate in all 

material respects. Specifically, the 

BGNR response stated that three 

written directives, administered 

on September  14, 2005, and 

February 19 and 26, 2008, 

were written prior to the 

administrations, when in fact, 

the written directives were 

signed and dated after the 

administrations. The written 

directives were required to be 

maintained by 10 CFR 35.40(a), 

and were therefore, material to the 

NRC. BGNR agreed to: (1) perform 

quarterly comprehensive radiation 

safety audits and (2) authorize a 

new RSO for a two year period.   In 

recognition of these commitments, 

the NRC agreed to issue to BGNR a 

civil penalty in the amount of $5,000 

and also issue an NOV containing a 

SL III violation of 10 CFR 30.9.

Nanticoke Memorial Hospital

(EA-09-335) 

On February 2, 2010, the NRC issued 

a Notice of Violation to Nanticoke 

Memorial Hospital for a Severity 

Level III violation involving the 

failure to notify the NRC Operations 

Center by telephone no later 

than the next calendar day after 

discovery of the medical event 

as required by 10 CFR 35.3045(c). 

Specifically, Nanticoke Memorial 

Hospital became aware that a 

medical event had occurred on 

June 26, 2009, but the NRC was not 

notified until July 15, 2009. 

Great Falls Clinic (EA-09-290) 

On January 21, 2010, the NRC 

issued a Notice of Violation to 

Great Falls Clinic for violations 

associated with a Severity Level 

III problem involving the failure 

to: (1) secure from unauthorized 

removal or access licensed 

materials that are stored in 

controlled or unrestricted areas, in 

violation of 10 CFR 20.1801 and (2) 

secure the unit, console, console 

keys and the treatment room 

when not in use or unattended, 

in violation of 10 CFR 35.610 (a)

(1). Specifically, the licensee 

stored a high dose-rate remote 

afterloader unit in a designated 

controlled area and did not 

secure the radioactive material 

from unauthorized removal or 

access. The console and unit were 

found unattended and not in the 

secured, designated controlled 

area. The console was found with 

its key inserted.

CJW Medical Center - JohnstonWillis Campus (EA-09-040) 

On January 21, 2010, the NRC 

issued a Notice of Violation to 

CJW Medical Center - JohnstonWillis Campus for a violation of 

10 CFR 35.41(a)(2) associated 

with a Severity Level III 

violation involving the failure 

to develop, implement, and 

maintain written procedures 

to provide high confidence 

that each administration is 

in accordance with written 

directives. Specifically, as of 

December 16, 2008, the licensee’s 

procedures did not require 

verification of the treatment 

site nor resolution of any 

inconsistencies in the written 

directive prior to administration 

of the dose. This resulted in a 

patient receiving treatment to the 

left trigeminal nerve instead of to 

the originally-intended site (right 

trigeminal nerve).
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Allegiance Health (EA-09-266) 

On January 6, 2010, the NRC issued 

a Notice of Violation to Allegiance 

Health for a Severity Level III 

violation involving the failure to 

develop written procedures to 

provide high confidence that the 

administration was in accordance 

with the written directive as 

required by Title 10 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

Section 35.41. Specifically, on 

April 16, 2009, the licensee’s 

procedures did not contain any 

steps to ensure that no changes 

had occurred in the patients’ 

prostate volume between the time 

the treatment plan was prepared 

and the administration of the 

treatment and no other method 

was provided to ensure that the 

administration was in accordance 

with the written directive. 

Cardinal Health (EA-09-221) 

On December 30, 2009, the NRC 

issued a Notice of Violation to 

Cardinal Health for a Severity Level 

III violation involving the failure 

of an employee to wear finger 

dosimetry while compounding 

radiopharmaceuticals as required 

by Condition 24 of the license. 

Specifically, on several occasions 

between January and May 17, 2007, 

a licensee employee responsible 

for dispensing radioactive sources 

deliberately failed to wear finger 

dosimetry while compounding 

iodine-131 doses. 

Individual Actions

Dr. Juan E. Perez Monté 

(IA-09-041)

On January 21, 2010, the NRC 

issued a Notice of Violation 

(NOV) and Immediately Effective 

Confirmatory Order to Dr. Perez 

Monté, former Radiation Safety 

Officer for Beta Gamma Nuclear 

Radiology, Inc., (BGNR) to confirm 

commitments made as a result of 

an Alternative Dispute Resolution 

(ADR) mediation session held 

on October 27, 2009. This 

enforcement action is based on an 

apparent deliberate violation of 10 

CFR 30.10, which requires, in part, 

that an employee of a licensee 

may not deliberately submit to the 

NRC information that the person 

submitting the information 

knows to be incomplete or 

inaccurate in some respect 

material to the NRC. Contrary to 

this requirement, Dr. Perez Monté 

submitted information known 

to be inaccurate in some respect 

material to the NRC, in violation 

of 10 CFR 30.10(a)(2); and as a 

result, caused BGNR to maintain 

inaccurate information contrary 

to 10 CFR 30.9, in violation of 

10 CFR 30.10(a)(1). Dr. Perez 

Monté agreed to: (1) not serve 

as RSO at BGNR or other licensed 

facilities for at least two years 

and (2) provide outreach to the 

nuclear medicine community to 

help deter others from violating 

NRC regulations. In recognition 

of these commitments, the NRC 

agreed to not issue Dr. Perez 

Monté an Order prohibiting 

involvement in NRC-licensed 

activities other than the two year 

restriction on serving as RSO, and 

also issued him an NOV containing 

a SL III violation of 10 CFR 30.10.

Christopher S. Loyd (IA-09-044)

On October 1, 2009, the NRC 

issued an Immediately Effective 

Confirmatory Order to Mr. Loyd, 

Radiation Safety Officer for Earth 

Exploration, Inc., to confirm 

commitments made as a result of 

an Alternative Dispute Resolution 

(ADR) mediation session held on 

August 25, 2009. The NRC had 

preliminarily concluded that 

Mr. Loyd’s deliberate actions 

contributed to Earth Exploration, 

Inc., being in violation of NRC 

requirements based on his failure 

to: (1) perform annual reviews of 

the radiation protection program; 

(2) perform leak testing of sealed 

sources; (3) perform physical 
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inventories every six months of 

sealed sources; (4) ensure that 

dosimetry provided to gauge users 

was processed and evaluated; 

and (5) ensure compliance with 

NRC requirements and license 

conditions as the Radiation Safety 

Officer.  As part of the agreement, 

Mr. Loyd agreed to take a number 

of actions including, but not limited 

to, conducting a “lessons learned” 

training to address oversight of the 

radiation safety program, submitting 

a report describing the radiation 

safety activities completed every 

three months for a period of two 

years to the licensee and NRC, and 

submitting a plan on how assigned 

duties will be accomplished 

and what steps will be taken to 

ensure that the infrastructure 

exists for those duties with a long 

periodicity. In recognition of these 

and other actions, the NRC agreed 

to not categorize the violations as 

deliberate and to not pursue any 

further enforcement action against 

Mr. Loyd for these violations.

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 Document Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) at 

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

adams.html. Help in using ADAMS 

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 any 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 

None

REGULATORY 

ISSUE 

SUMMARIES (RIS)

The NRC provides a regulatory 

issue summary (RIS) as an 

informational document used to 

communicate with the nuclear 

industry on a broad spectrum 

of matters having generic 

applicability. It does not involve a 

request for action or information 

unless the request is voluntary.

The NRC issued Regulatory Issue 

Summary (RIS) 2010-02, “The 

Global Threat Reduction Initiative 

(GTRI) Federally Funded Voluntary 

Security Enhancements for 

High-Risk Radiological Material” 

on January 21, 2010. The NRC 

issued this RIS to all U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission Materials 

Licensees authorized to possess 

IAEA Category 1 or Category 

2 quantities of radioactive 

materials; all Agreement State 

Radiation Control Program 

Directors and State Liaison 

Officers; and members of the 

Advisory Committee on the 

Medical Uses of Isotopes. 

(Technical Contacts: Ernesto 

Quinones, FSME, 301-415-0271 or 

e-mail:

Ernesto.Quinones@nrc.gov; 

Sarenee Hawkins, FSME, 

301-415-7562 or e-mail:

Sarenee.Hawkins@nrc.gov; Sattar 

Lodhi, Region I, 610-337-5364 or 

e-mail:

Sattar.Lodhi@nrc.gov; Kevin Null, 

Region III, 630-829-9854 or e-mail:

Kevin.Null@nrc.gov; and Roberto 

Torres, Region IV, 817-860-8189 or 

e-mail:

Robertoj.Torres@nrc.gov.

(General Contact: Angela R. 

McIntosh, FSME, 301-415-5030 or 

e-mail:Angela.McIntosh@nrc.gov) 
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SELECTED FEDERAL 

REGISTER NOTICE 

Notice of Availability of a 

Memorandum of Understanding 

between the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission and the Bureau of Land 

Management for the preparation of 

National Environmental Policy Act 

Documents (NRC-2009-0578), 75 FR 

1088, January 8, 2010

(Contact: Alan Bjornsen, FSME, 

301-415-1195 or e-mail:

Alan.Bjornsen@nrc.gov)

Draft Safety Culture Policy Statement: 

Request for Public Comments; 

Extension of Comment Period 

(NRC-2009-0485), 75 FR 1656, 

January 12, 2010

(Contact: Alexander Sapountzis, OE, 

301-415-7822 or e-mail:

Alexander.Sapountzis@nrc.gov; Maria 

E. Schwartz, OE, 301-415-1888 or 

e-mail: Maria.Schwartz@nrc.gov)

Notice of Issuance and Availability 

of Draft Regulatory Guide entitled, 

“Monitoring and Reporting 

Radioactive Materials in Liquid and 

Gaseous Effluents from Nuclear 

Fuel Cycle Facilities” (DG–4017) 

(NRC–2010–0031), 75 FR 5630, 

February 3, 2010

(Contact: Gregory Chapman, NMSS, 

301-492-3106 or e-mail:

Gregory.Chapman@nrc.gov)

Notice of Issuance and Availability 

of Draft Regulatory Guide, DG–3040, 

“Design, Construction, and Inspection 

of Embankment Retention Systems at 

Fuel Cycle Facilities” (NRC-2010-007), 

75 FR 5630, February 26, 2010

(Contact: Tyrone Naquin, NMSS, 

301-492-3187 or e-mail:

Tyrone.Naquin@nrc.gov)

NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 

1, Supplement 3, Guidance for 

Protective Action Recommendations 

for General Emergencies; Draft for 

Comment (NRC-2010-0080), 75 FR 

10524, March 8, 2010

(Contact: Randy Sullivan, NSIR, 

301-415-1123 or e-mail:

Randy.Sullivan@nrc.gov)

Revision of Fee Schedules; Fee 

Recovery for FY 2010 (AI70) 

(NRC-2009-0333), 75 FR 11375, 

March 10, 2010

(Contact: Rebecca I. Erickson, OCFO, 

301-415-7126 or e-mail:

Rebecca.Erickson@nrc.gov)

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