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Update to OASAugust 2014

Michael Snee, OhioCRCPD Chairperson

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CRCPD BoardMichael Snee (OH) – ChairpersonJoe Klinger (IL) – Past ChairpersonWilliam Irwin, Sc.D., CHP (VT)* – Chair ElectJared Thompson (AR) – TreasurerAaron Gantt (SC)* – Treasurer ElectLisa Bruedigan (TX) – Member at LargePatrick Mulligan (NJ) – Member at LargeCheryl Rogers (WI)*– Member at Large* Indicates new Board member

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CRCPD Board Priorities

• Assume a Leadership Role on Radiation Protection and Public Policy Issues

• Promote Opportunities for Participation in Committee Activities

• Determine Members Needs

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Meetings & Outreach

CRCPD/OAS briefing with the NRC Commissioners on April 10, 2014.

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Meetings & Outreach

CRCPD visit with federal partners and professional organizations in Washington, DC the week of September 30, 2013.• NRC• Department of Energy Global Radiological Threat

Reduction Initiative• American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)

and the American College of Radiology (ACR)• Federal Emergency Management Agency

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Meetings & Outreach

In October 2013 Joe Klinger represented the CRCPD at the International Conference on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources in the United Arab Emirates. Joe presented a poster session on CRCPD Programs for Orphan and Disused Radioactive Material Sources.

See Joe’s article in the December 2013 CRCPD Newsbrief.

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Meetings & Outreach

In February 2014 Patrick Mulligan attended the IAEA’s 6th International Experts Meeting in Vienna, Austria. The focus of the CRCPD presentation was the States’ perspective on the response in the United States to the Fukushima accident and the subsequent initiatives that the CRCPD has been involved with to address some of the lessons learned from the response.

See Pat’s article in the February 2014 CRCPD Newsbrief.

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Meetings & Outreach

• Health Physics Society Meeting• Image Gently CT Conference • NCRP Annual Meeting • Low-Level Waste Forum Meeting• NUREG-0654 Public Meetings• National Alliance for Radiation Readiness

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CRCPD Meetings

• 23rd National Radon Training Conference was held in Springfield, IL on September 22-25, 2013. 102 registrants for the conference. Bob Lewis, Chief of the Pennsylvania Radon Division was awarded the Radon Hero award at the conference.

• 24th National Radon Training Conference will be held in Charleston, SC on September 29-October 1, 2014.

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CRCPD Meetings

The 46th National Conference on Radiation Control was held in Atlanta on May 19-22, 2014 – “Building Bridges in Radiation Protection”

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CRCPD MeetingsFuture Meetings

• St. Louis, MO, Sheraton St. Louis City Center - May 18-21, 2015

• Lexington, KY, Hyatt Regency - May 16-19, 2016

• Scottsdale, AZ, Scottsdale Plaza Resort, May 8-11, 2017

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Working Groups/Task Forces

• E-44 Task Force to Develop a Radiological Health and Safety Protocol for Orphan Sources and Radioactive Commodities Detected Upon Entry to the USA – Kelly Horn (IL) (Chair)

• H-43 Task Force on Consistency of Application of Release Criteria for Iodine Therapy – Joy Stephenson (FL) (Chair)

• G-71 Task Force on Licensing Criteria for Source Recovery and Packaging Operations – Gary Robertson (AZ) (Chair)

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Working Groups/Task Forces

• E-42 Task Force to Review the TENORM Aspects of the Oil and Gas Industry – Jared Thompson (AR) (Chair)

• E-43 Task Force for Interagency Environmental Data Sharing and Communication – Adela Salame-Alfie (NY) (Chair)

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RadResponder Network • On July 31, E-43 Task Force sponsored a nationwide

environmental radiation monitoring drill.

• Participants from 37 states and 3 federal organizations recorded measurements, observations and imagery within the Networks database.

• 21,835 radiation measurements and 200 field samples were collected. 132 observations were recorded.

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SCATR

  Class A Class BC Total

Pilot 872 422 1294

Since Pilot     4516

In Process     1550

Total     7350

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