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Regional Administrator: Elmo Collins, Jr. Executes established NRC policies and assigned programs relating to inspection, licensing, investigation, enforcement, governmental liaison, and emergency response within regional boundaries.
Office of Investigations Field OfficeDirector: Darrell White Provides investigative support to Region IV with regard to potential wrongdoing issues. Public Affairs OfficerSenior Public Affairs Officer: Victor Dricks Implements NRC policies and programs for Public Affairs in the region. Regional CounselKarla Fuller Performs the legal functions necessary to carry out the assigned responsibilities of the regional office. Regional State Liaison OfficerWilliam Maier Coordinates and carries out communications between NRC and the states and appropriate local governments within the region regarding the regulation of nuclear materials and facilities. Allegation Coordination and Enforcement StaffDirector: Karla Fuller Implements policies and programs of enforcement and training, and provides liaison between the region and OI. Manages regional allegations. Response Coordination BranchChief: Linda Howell Division of Reactor Projects Director: Dwight
Chamberlain Manages inspection and evaluation programs for Region IV power reactors, including performance assessment, resident inspector, enforcement, and allegation follow-up. Provides prompt onsite follow-up in response to reactor events. Reactor Projects Branches A-E:Manages inspections, assessments, regional allegation follow-up, and enforcement for assigned power reactors. Recruits and trains the resident and project inspection staff. Provides initial response to site events and emergencies. Reactor Projects Branch AChief: Claude Johnson Columbia Generating Station Resident
Office Reactor Projects Branch BChief: Vincent Gaddy Callaway Resident
Office Reactor Projects Branch CChief: (Vacant) Cooper Nuclear Station Resident Office Reactor Projects Branch DChief: Michael Hay Palo Verde Resident Office Reactor Projects Branch EChief: Jeffrey Clark Arkansas
Nuclear One Resident Office Technical Support StaffTeam Leader: (Vacant) Division of Reactor Safety Director:
Roy Caniano Performs inspections and technical evaluations in the specialized fields of engineering, plant systems operations and testing, maintenance rule, design, heat sink, emergency preparedness, radiation protection, security, fire protection, and problem identification and resolution. Administers the Region's operator licensing program and performs risk assessments to support the significance determination process and incident investigation program. Provides technical support for emergency response functions. Engineering Branch 1Chief: William Jones Performs inspections and technical evaluations in the areas of civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and nuclear engineering. Plans, schedules, and conducts the following baseline inspections: 50.59, permanent modifications, safety system design and performance capability, and in service inspections. Provides support for problem identification and resolution inspections. Operations BranchChief: Ryan Lantz Administers and develops the initial operator license examinations and inspections to evaluate the ability of applicants and licensed operators to safely operate nuclear power plants. Reviews, approves, and maintains NRC Region IV operator licenses. Performs inspections and technical evaluations in the area of emergency preparedness, including exercise evaluations and reviews of emergency plan and procedure change submittals. Provides support for problem identification and resolution inspections. Plant Support BranchChief: Michael Shannon Performs inspections and technical evaluations in the areas of radiation protection (public and occupational radiation safety) and security. Performs reviews of licensee security program plan change submittals. Provides support for problem identification and resolution inspections. Engineering Branch 2Chief: Linda Smith Performs inspections and technical evaluations in the areas of fire protection and maintenance. Plans, schedules, and conducts the following baseline inspections: fire protection, heat sink, and maintenance rule. Plans, schedules, conducts, and leads problem identification and resolution inspections. Division of Nuclear Materials Safety Director: Arthur Howell Provides implementation, policy oversight, and director for the material licensing and inspection programs, fuel cycle facility inspections, uranium recovery inspections, and inspection of permanently shut down reactors and independent spent fuel storage installations (ISFSI). Manages site decommissioning activities and regional activities relating to formerly licensed sites. Manages enforcement and allegation follow-up for materials licensees, fuel cycle facilities, sites undergoing decommissioning, permanently shut down reactor facilities, ISFSI facilities and uranium recovery facilities. Responds to events involving above noted programs. Provides coordination and oversight of Agreement State programs and activities. Nuclear Material Licensing BranchChief: Jackie Whitten Performs materials licensing; evaluates financial assurance submittals; processes reciprocity requests from Agreement State licensees; and maintains the materials docket file room. Provides licensing oversight of decommissioning activities at materials facilities. Fuel Cycle/Decommissioning BranchChief: D. Blair Spitzberg Conducts routine and reactive inspections of fuel facilities, permanently shut down reactor facilities, independent spent fuel storage installations and uranium recovery facilities. Conducts inspections of decommissioning activities at fuel facilities, reactor facilities and materials facilities. Processes enforcement casework associated with these inspections. Performs reviews of decommissioning plan submittals assigned to Region IV. Implements the program for regional review of formerly licensed sites. Nuclear Materials Inspection BranchChief: Vivian Campbell Conducts routine and reactive inspections of materials licensees who use byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials. Processes enforcement casework associated with these inspections. Processes and tracks Region IV materials event reports. Division of Resource Management and Administration
Director: Myra Hays Performs administrative functions in human resource management, contract administration, budget and fiscal management, ADP services, space and property management, telecommunications, and general administrative services, including license fee management and FOIA processing. Human Resources Management BranchChief: Bart Dubinsky Provides and coordinates regional human resource services, including training, staffing, employee benefits, and labor relations. Financial Resource Management BranchChief: Lora Nute Blackshear Performs budgeting, accounting, management analysis, travel, contract administration, purchasing, procurement of goods and services. Performs facility management functions, security, property management and space planning. Information Resource Management BranchChief: (Vacant) Provides regional information support services, including computer operations, telecommunications, mail and records file management including FOIA. Computer services include application/system development, and user support, LAN administration, integration of headquarters and regional systems, office automation, and equipment and software analysis. Telecommunications include both voice and data communications. |
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