Comment Request Letters on 1) Safety and Safeguards Procedure SA-105 for Technical Quality of Incident and Allegation Activities and 2) Licensing Guidance on Perfexion and Icon Gamma Knives

January 29, 2016

ALL AGREEMENT STATES, VERMONT, WYOMING

OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON DRAFT REVISION TO OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS PROCEDURE SA-105, “REVIEWING THE COMMON PERFORMANCE INDICATOR, TECHNICAL QUALITY OF INCIDENT AND ALLEGATION ACTIVITIES” (STC-16-0xx)

Purpose: To provide the Agreement States with an opportunity to comment on the proposed revisions to the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) (formerly the Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs) Procedure SA-105, “Reviewing the Common Performance Indicator, Technical Quality of Incident and Allegation Activities.”

Background: This procedure is being revised to update the current NMSS re-organization (post FSME merger) and to update with the current practices for allegations and incidents.

Discussion: Enclosed for your review and comment is a draft revision to NMSS Procedure SA-105, “Reviewing the Common Performance Indicator, Technical Quality of Incident and Allegation Activities.” The current draft revision is provided in red line strikeout format from the last revision in February 2010. We would appreciate receiving your comments within 30 days from the date of this letter¹.

If you have any questions regarding this correspondence, please contact me at (301) 415-2504 or the individual named below:

POINT OF CONTACT: Kathy Modes E-MAIL: [email protected]

TELEPHONE: (215) 872-5804

Daniel S. Collins, Director

Division of Material Safety, State, Tribal

and Rulemaking Programs

Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards

Enclosure:

NMSS SA-105 Proposed Revision

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