National Materials Program - Communications

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Routine NMP Updates

The National Materials Program (NMP) Champions routinely provide a status on NMP activities at the monthly U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)/Organization of Agreement States (OAS)/Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD) call held the third Wednesday of the month.

Last Monthly Call Update — April 15, 2021

Presentations

The NMP Champions gave NMP presentations at the following meetings:

  • Health Physics Society Midyear Meeting — January 29, 2020
  • Regional State Agreements Officers Counterpart Meeting — February 26, 2020
  • Commission Briefing on the Strategic Programmatic Overview of the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste and Nuclear Materials Users Business Lines - November 5, 2020. During the briefing, a video presentation on National Materials Program - A 21st Century Partnership was presented. The video can be viewed here on YouTube.
  • Presentation on the Role of the CRCPD in the National Materials Program given at the 53rd National Conference on Radiation Control (CRCPD annual meeting) on May 19, 2021
  • Poster on Enhanced Coordination in the National Materials Program (NMP): The Roles of the NRC, Agreement States and the NMP Champions given at the 53rd National Conference on Radiation Control (CRCPD annual meeting) on May 19, 2021

Monthly Meetings

NMP Monthly Call meetings with video links:

Champions' Chat

The NMP Champions will periodically host an open forum for anyone in the NMP community to chat about what the Champions can do to enhance the NRC-Agreement State regulatory partnership.

  • June 17, 2020: Response by the NMP community to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. A recording of the chat can be found here.
  • August 19, 2020: Communications Part 1: Communication And Information Sharing During Events
  • October 22, 2020: Communications Part 2: Sharing Information on Inspections, Incidents, Investigations, Enforcement, and Reciprocity. A recording of the chat can be found here.
  • December 10, 2020: Virtual Inspections During the Public Health Emergency. A recording of the chat can be found here.
  • February 24, 2021: Creating a New Vision for IMPEP. A recording of the chat can be found here here.

The Champions are looking for topics for future chats. Please contact us with your suggestions.

Government to Government Meetings

  • May 26, 2021: Event Response. A recording of the meeting can be found here.

Annual Report

The NMP Champions provide a report on the NMP to the NRC and Agreement States on an annual basis. The report will address, at a minimum, the NMP activities that are monitored and tracked, NMP quality measures, and NMP annual goals and priorities. The report will normally be presented at the OAS annual meeting.

Ask the Co-Champions

If you have any questions or concerns regarding NMP or its activities, please feel free to contact the Co-Champions by sending them an email by clicking here.



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