Radiological Health Advisory Board Meeting

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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

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Updates

• New Equipment Purchases
• Training
• X-ray
• Radon
• Emergency Response

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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)

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Non NRC Staff Training
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X-ray

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

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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?

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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