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Lesley Gasperow Office of Health, Safety and Security (HSS) U.S. Department of Energy

Lesley Gasperow Office of Health, Safety and Security (HSS) U.S. Department of Energy. Program Overview and Priorities. Overview. Significance of the 2009 NMMSS Meeting Current Operational Issues Priorities and Action Plans. Significance of the 2009 NMMSS Meeting.

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Lesley Gasperow Office of Health, Safety and Security (HSS) U.S. Department of Energy

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  1. Lesley GasperowOffice of Health, Safety and Security (HSS)U.S. Department of Energy Program Overview and Priorities

  2. Overview • Significance of the 2009 NMMSS Meeting • Current Operational Issues • Priorities and Action Plans

  3. Significance of the 2009 NMMSS Meeting • Diverse and broad cross section of the NMMSS users community and stakeholders • The entire DOE and NRC NMMSS program management team is in attendance • It offers a timely opportunity to: • Discuss operational issues and challenges that we collectively face • Provide you with a progress status and actions being taken to address them • Hear from you about your needs, priorities, and suggestions to: • Improve, enhance, and streamline the operation • Identify common sense and practical solutions to address known issues

  4. Significance of the 2009 NMMSS Meeting (Cont’d) Key Fundamental Changes to Ensure Performance Accountability and Transparency: • Greater emphasis on “Federal” accountability for the NMMSS operation and performance, e.g., • Web-based “Report Card” • Near completed consolidation of program management and operational infrastructure at HQ • Increased senior management engagement in and awareness of day-to-day operational issues • Improved direct and unfettered access to the NMMSS Federal program management team by the users community

  5. Current Operational Issues(Internal) • Normal and anticipated operational issues associated with any major transition and consolidation • Backlog and report timeliness • Network , software, and infrastructure • Continued legacy programmatic issues • Reconciliation and report timeliness • Network , software, and infrastructure • Ownership and status of material • Multiplicity of reporting requirements and formats • Competing priorities for limited resources Appreciate your continued patience and support throughout the transition process!!

  6. Current Operational Issues(External) • Continued external scrutiny of NMMSS performance • Major Criticism: Department can not fully account for nuclear materials loaned or leased to domestic licensees • Recent DOE Office of Inspector General Audit Report, dated February 2009 (DOE/IG-0813) • Accountability over Department-owned Nuclear Materials • DOE owned material at NRC Licensees ineffectively managed by DOE • DOE Manual changes in 2006 not effectively implemented • Material write-offs without adequate justification

  7. Near-Term Priorities and Action Plans (Internal Issues) • Resolve remaining day-to-day operational issues and backlogs • Priority: Ensure NMMSS users can continue to meet their reporting obligations • Developed a specific get-well plan • Applying resources • Streamline day-to-day operation to gain efficiencies: • Identify and minimize redundancies, duplications, and overlaps • Improve infrastructure functionalities • Reduce error rates to increase processing and improve response time • Increase outreach and awareness— focus on roles and responsibilities • Internal and external to the NMMSS Users Community

  8. Near-Term Priorities and Action Plans (External Issues) Action Items in Response to the Office of Inspector General Recommendations: • Conduct the Material Balance reconciliation activities of NMMSS and DOE owned licensee material by 9/30/2009 • Identify material to be returned to DOE as the reconciliation is conducted • Independent assessment to be completed by December 2009 • New NRC reporting requirements • Web based training to be implemented in early 2010 • Continue to depend on facilities to report reliable information • Use the breakout sessions to identify other needs and action items

  9. Ongoing Operational Priorities • Further the credibility and vitality of the NMMSS • Strengthen the already strong ties among the users community • Continuously tap into your insights and ideas on how we can collectively do better • Find out first hand about your needs, priorities, and concerns • Solicit and encourage your active engagement and partnership as we go forward

  10. Summary • The NMMSS is a critical tool for the U.S. Government • Enables operational awareness of the inventory, status, and whereabouts of nuclear materials • Facilitates informed decision-making • Timeliness, accuracy, and completeness of the data and information is paramount to its success

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