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Radiological Health Advisory Board Meeting

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

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Radiological Health Advisory Board Meeting

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  1. Radiological Health Advisory Board Meeting May 9, 2007

  2. 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

  3. Updates • New Equipment Purchases • Training • X-ray • Radon • Emergency Response

  4. Equipment Purchases • 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)

  5. Non NRC Staff Training

  6. X-ray • Hard copies of new forms available. • Will make forms available in pdf. format for downloading on web page.

  7. 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?

  8. 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

  9. Emergency PreparednessOperational Issues • Alarming Detectors- law enforcement, Homeland Security • Municipal Waste Facilities • Scrap Metal Facilities

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