Radiological Health Advisory Board Meeting May 9, 2007.

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Radiological Health Advisory Board Meeting

May 9, 2007

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

Updates

New Equipment Purchases

Training

X-ray

Radon

Emergency Response

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