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Page 1: Radiological Health Advisory Board Meeting May 9, 2007.

Radiological Health Advisory Board Meeting

May 9, 2007

Page 2: 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

Page 3: Radiological Health Advisory Board Meeting May 9, 2007.

Updates

New Equipment Purchases

Training

X-ray

Radon

Emergency Response

Page 4: Radiological Health Advisory Board Meeting May 9, 2007.

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

Page 5: Radiological Health Advisory Board Meeting May 9, 2007.

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

Page 6: Radiological Health Advisory Board Meeting May 9, 2007.

X-ray

Hard copies of new forms available.

Will make forms available in pdf. format for downloading on web page.

Page 7: Radiological Health Advisory Board Meeting May 9, 2007.

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?

Page 8: Radiological Health Advisory Board Meeting May 9, 2007.

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

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Emergency PreparednessOperational Issues

Alarming Detectors- law enforcement, Homeland Security

Municipal Waste Facilities

Scrap Metal Facilities


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