Management Review Board (MRB):
Roles and Responsibilities
for the OAS Liaison
Richmond, Virginia
August 22, 2011
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AGENDA
• Integrated Materials Performance
Evaluation Program (IMPEP) Overview
• Management Review Board (MRB)
Overview
• MRB Decision Making
• Agreement State Perspective
• Shared Experiences
• Questions and Answers
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OBJECTIVE
• To provide OAS Program Directors
with the knowledge and tools
necessary for service on a
Management Review Board
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REFERENCES
• Management Directive 5.6,
“Integrated Materials Performance
Evaluation Program (IMPEP)”
• SA-100, “Implementation of IMPEP”
• SA-106, “The Management Review
Board”
• http://nrc-stp.ornl.gov/procedures.html
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IMPEP OVERVIEW
Performance
Indicators
Recommendations
IMPEP
Ratings
Findings
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COMMON PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS
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Technical Staffing and Training
Status of Materials Inspection Program
Technical Quality of Inspections
Technical Quality of Licensing Actions
Technical Quality of Incident and
Allegation Activities
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NON-COMMON PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS
• Compatibility Requirements
• Sealed Source and Device Evaluation
Program
• Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal
Program
• Uranium Recovery Program
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RECOMMENDATIONS
• Comments that relate directly to program
performance (weaknesses)
• Intended to be constructive and promote
improvement
• Should focus on the underlying cause of
a weakness
• Performance-based
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GOOD PRACTICES
• Innovative and effective practices that
might be used to enhance aspects of
other programs
• Only identified as a Good Practice during
first encounter
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INDICATOR RATINGS
• Satisfactory
• Satisfactory, but Needs Improvement
• Unsatisfactory
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INDICATOR RATINGS
• Decision process for arriving at an
indicator finding is based on the
criteria found in:
–Management Directive (MD) 5.6
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PROGRAM FINDINGS:
ADEQUACY
• Adequate To Protect Public Health
and Safety
• Adequate, But Needs Improvement
• Inadequate To Protect Public Health
and Safety
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PROGRAM FINDINGS:
COMPATIBILITY
• Compatible
• Not Compatible
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MRB OVERVIEW
Members
Roles
MRB
Meeting
Meeting
Structure
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MRB – WHO IS IT?
• Deputy Executive Director for Materials, Waste,
Research, State, Tribal and Compliance
Programs (DEDMRT)
• Office of General Counsel Representative
• Director, Office of Federal and State Materials
and Environmental Management Programs
(FSME)
• Regional Administrator from an NRC Region
• Agreement State Liaison
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MRB – WHAT DO THEY DO?
• Overall assessment of adequacy of
compatibility
– IMPEP team’s report
– Information provided by Region or State
– Need for monitoring, heightened oversight,
or more
• IMPEP policy and implementation
• Convene to evaluate special reviews
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ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
OF THE OAS LIAISON
• Provide opinion of IMPEP team’s
findings and recommendation
• Provide insight on all matters discussed
in MRB meeting
• Review all documentation provided to
MRB in advance of the meeting
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MRB MEETINGS
• Attended by:
–MRB members
–IMPEP team
–State/Regional representative(s)
–IMPEP Project Management
–Interested NRC staff
–Public
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MRB MEETING STRUCTURE
• Indicator-by-indicator discussions
including any revisions/changes to
report language, recommendations,
ratings, and findings
• Final decision on adequacy and
compatibility
• Timing of next IMPEP review
• Additional Topics
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MRB DECISION MAKING
Next IMPEP &
Periodic
Monitoring
Decision
Making
Heightened
Oversight
Probation
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Next IMPEP & Periodic
• IMPEP cycle is typically 4 years
• Periodics are mid-cycle reviews
• IMPEP cycle may be increased or
decreased depending on performance
• Periodic frequency may be increased or
decreased depending on performance
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MONITORING
• An informal process to maintain
increased communications with a
Program
• Can be considered based on IMPEP
review or periodic meeting results
• Requires an action plan and
quarterly conference calls
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HEIGHTENED OVERSIGHT
• A formal process to maintain increased
communications and to assess Program
performance improvements
• Can be considered based on IMPEP
review or periodic meeting results
• Requires a Program Improvement Plan,
bimonthly calls, and onsite follow-up in
approximately one year
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PROBATION
• A very formal process requiring
Commission approval
• Similar to Heightened Oversight, but
includes:
– Notification to State Governor
– Notification to State’s Congressional
delegation
– Publication in Federal Register
– Press Release
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SPECIAL MRB
• Scheduled on as needed basis
• Mechanism to communicate periodic
meeting results to senior management
– Periodic meetings serve as forums to
exchange information about program
status and performance
• Special MRB can direct a program toward
or discontinue Monitoring and Heightened
Oversight
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