Comment request letters on 1) Revision to MD 5.6, IMPEP; 2) IAEA Draft Safety Guide DS 434; 3) Revision to Procedures SA107, SA200, and SA201

UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001

DRAFT

ALL AGREEMENT STATES, VERMONT, WYOMING

OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON DRAFT REVISION OF MANAGEMENT DIRECTIVE (MD) 5.6, “INTEGRATED MATERIALS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROGRAM (IMPEP)” (STC-17-XXX)

Purpose: To provide the Agreement States with an opportunity to comment on the proposed revisions to Management Directive (MD) 5.6, “Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP).”

Background: This MD is being revised to reflect the current NMSS organization (post FSME merger), current policies and procedures, changes resulting from the revised Policy Statement for the Agreement State Program, and the recommendations made in the June 2010 report on the Self-Assessment of the IMPEP (ML102030228). In addition, this revision also incorporates provisions from MD 5.10, “Formal Qualifications for IMPEP Team Members and Team Leaders”, which will be eliminated once MD 5.6 is published.

Discussion: Enclosed for your review and comment are draft revisions to MD 5.6. The current draft revisions to MD 5.6 are provided in red line strikeout format from the last revision in February 2004, and also a clean (readable) copy. We would appreciate receiving your comments by xxx, 2017.¹

If you have any questions regarding this correspondence, please contact me at (301) 415-3340, your respective Regional State Agreement Officer, or the individual named below:

POINT OF CONTACT: Michelle Beardsley E-MAIL: [email protected]

TELEPHONE: (267) 884-2305

Daniel S. Collins, Director

Division of Material Safety, State, Tribal

and Rulemaking Programs

Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards

Enclosures:

As stated

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NAME	MBeardsley	PMichalak	DCollins
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