radiological health advisory board meeting may 9, 2007
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Agenda
Welcome and staff introduction – Carl Armstrong
Program updates & plans– Radiological Health – Les Foldesi– NRC Agreement State – Mike Welling
Opportunity for Public Comment
Lunch
Featured Speaker – Al Strash, Ph.D., Medical Physicist CJW at Johnston Willis Campus
Tour of gamma knife for Board members and VDH staff only
Mobile lab: CDC grant of $550,000 received to replace mobile radiation lab with incident command vehicle. Expected lab delivery October 2007
TLD reader software
X-ray inspection equipment (3 ion chambers)
Equipment Purchases
Employee Event Destination From To
Paris Gamma Spectroscopy Oak Ridge, TN 04/09/07 04/13/07
GonsoulindeKrafft
Radiological Emergency Preparedness Conference
Newport Beach, CA 04/30/07 05/04/07
FoldesiWelling
39th National Conference on Radiation Control
Spokane, WA 05/20/07 05/24/07
Staff (7)Thermoluminescent
Dosimetry (TLD)On Site
DeKrafft17th National Radon
Meeting (EPA)Kansas City, MO 09/17/07 09/20/07
FoldesiWelling
OAS meeting Oklahoma City, OK 09/24/07 09/27/07
Non NRC Staff Training
X-ray
Hard copies of new forms available.
Will make forms available in pdf. format for downloading on web page.
Radon
Letters to localities supporting adoption of State Building Code Annex for radon mitigation systems.
Identified problem with builders installing pre-construction radon mitigation systems not according to established protocol.
Require radon proficiency for homebuilders installing radon mitigation system?
Is there need for regulations?
Emergency Preparedness
BWXT Alert declaration June 8, 2007- Fire in super compactor
Surry Plume Phase Exercise June 26, 2007- CST participating
North Anna Ingestion Phase Exercise July 2008- Invite DOE
EPA Guidance- Protective Action Recommendation Guides- draft in June for public comment.
Mobile Incident Command Vehicle delivery in October 2007
CDC photo shoot for training materials
Emergency PreparednessOperational Issues
Alarming Detectors- law enforcement, Homeland Security
Municipal Waste Facilities
Scrap Metal Facilities