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February 14, 2000

MEMORANDUM TO: William D. Travers
Executive Director for Operations
FROM: Annette Vietti-Cook, Secretary /s/
SUBJECT: STAFF REQUIREMENTS - SECY-00-0001 - PILOT PROGRAM FOR NMSS INITIATIVE ON STREAMLINING INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT

The Commission has approved the staff's plans to implement the temporary instructions and proceed with the pilot program for nuclear medicine to streamline inspection and enforcement subject to the comments provided below.

1.      Temporary Instruction, page 3, 03.03.01 "Adequate Program Surveillance and Corrective Action," Desired outcome:

      Modify existing sentence "Problems associated with maintenance of safety occur infrequently..." to read "Problems associated with maintenance of equipment and radiation safety processes occur infrequently...."

2. Temporary Instruction, page 4, 03.03.02 "Knowledgeable Staff and Management," Desired outcome:

Modify existing sentence "Information-based errors, associated with maintenance of safety, do not occur." to read "Information-based errors, associated with equipment usage and radiation safety processes."

3. Temporary Instruction, page 4, 03.03.02 "Knowledgeable Staff and Management," second paragraph, item (4):

Modify existing sentence "its responsibilities to promptly report to the licensee any condition..." to read "its responsibility to promptly report to licensee management any condition..."

Since staff being interviewed are licensee personnel, the individual(s) should be knowledgeable with respect to management reporting levels and mechanisms.

cc: Chairman Meserve
Commissioner Dicus
Commissioner Diaz
Commissioner McGaffigan
Commissioner Merrifield
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