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Update to OASAugust 2015

William Irwin, Sc.D., CHPVermont Department of

HealthCRCPD Chairperson

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• Our current membership is just shy of 1,000 people.

• Check us out at www.crcpd.org.

• The membership includes staff from the fifty states and territories, as well as cities, counties, our federal partners and professional organizations.

• In 2014, our members donated 8,877 hours to working groups in five councils managed by the Board:

CRCPD Board of Directors

• Bill Irwin (VT) – Chairperson

• Mike Snee (OH) – Past Chairperson

• Jared Thompson (AR) – Chair Elect, Environmental Nuclear Council

• Aaron Gantt (SC) – Treasurer Elect, General & Liaison Council

• Pat Mulligan (NJ) – Member at Large, Homeland Security/Emergency Response Council

• Jennifer Elee (LA)* – Member at Large, Healing Arts Council

• Ken Yale (MI)* – Member at Large, Suggested State Regulations Council

BOARD PRIORITIES FOR2015 - 2016

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

• Promote Opportunities for Participation in Committee Activities

• Provide Training Opportunities for CRCPD Member

• Determine and Serve Member Needs

MEETINGS & OUTREACH

CRCPD/OAS briefing with the NRC CommissionersApril 16, 2015

VISIT WITH FEDERAL PARTNERS & PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONSDECEMBER 1, 2014.

• Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• Food and Drug Administration

• Environmental Protection Agency

• DOE National Nuclear Security Administration

• Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Department of Energy Global Radiological Threat Reduction Initiative

• American Society for Radiation Oncology

• American College of Radiology

OurConferences

• 24th National Radon Conference in Charleston, SC last September, 3014.

• 25th in Bloomington, MN September 21 – 23.

• 47th National Conference on Radiation Control held in St. Louis May 17 - 21.

• Future conferences:• 48th in Lexington, KY May 16 – 19, 2016• 49th in Scottsdale, AZ, May 8 – 11, 2017• 50th in Charleston, SC, May 21 – 24, 2018• Researching Anchorage, AK for 2019

Documents

• The E-42 Task Force Report: Review of TENORM in the Oil and Gas Industry – collaboration by representatives from twelve states, the NRC, and the EPA.

• Submission of comments on:• The NRC’s Advanced Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking on changes to 10 CFR 20 and revisions of 10 CFR 61.

• FEMA’s Radiological/Nuclear Annex to the National Response Framework.

SUGGESTED STATE REGULATIONS FOR THE CONTROL OF

REGULATION• Part F: Medical Diagnostic & Interventional X-Ray

& Imaging Systems

• Part T: Transportation of Radioactive Materials

• Part U: Licensing Requirements for Uranium and Thorium Processing

• Part V: Physical Protection of Category 1 and Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material

Meetings Attended in Past Year

• 2014 Low-Level Waste Forum Meeting• 2014 Image Gently Alliance• 2015 National Council for Radiation Protection &

Measurements• 2015 National Association of County & City Health Officials

Public Health Preparedness Summit• 2015 National Radiological Emergency Preparedness• 2015 Society for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging• 2015 Health Physics Society• 2015 American Association of Physicists in Medicine• 2015 Organization of Agreement States

Collaborations

• Collaboration with EPA, DHHS, DVA, DOD, & OSHA for Federal Guidance Report 14: Radiation Protection Guidance for Diagnostic and Interventional X-Ray Procedures.

• Host the Medical Physicist Registry with AAPM.

• Managing the Radiation Response Volunteer Corps grants to states for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Collaborations

• Pat Mulligan (NJ) and Ken Evans (IL) maintain a constant connection to the Advisory Team for Environment, Food and Health

• Bill Irwin (VT) working with DOE and FEMA on the Radiological Operations Support Specialist.

• Tri-Chair Kim Steves (KS) and Frieda Fischer-Tyler (DE) maintain a constant connection to the National Alliance for Radiation Readiness.

Working Internationally

• Long-term work with IAEA:• Joe Klinger (IL) on radioactive source recovery• Earl Fordham (WA) on radioactive waste issues

• Bill Irwin (VT) representing CRCPD at the 2015 ICRP annual meeting.

• Jared Thompson (AR) will represent us at the IAEA annual meeting in 2016

• Ruth McBurney, our Executive Director, represents us in the European Radon Action Plan Workshops

• Annually exchanging speakers with the Heads of the European Radiological Protection Competent Authorities, and IAEA

COMMITTEESAND 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 – Gaining traction with support of the NRC, Customs and Border Protection, FDA and Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries.

• H-38 Committee on Medical Events starting to gather sufficient data to see trends in machine-based events.

COMMITTEESAND TASK FORCES

• H-4 Committee on Nationwide Evaluation of X-Ray Trends completed its assessment of dental radiography. Report is upcoming.

• E-43 Committee on Interagency Environmental Data Sharing and Communication – Pat Mulligan (NJ) Chair – three additional national exercises including in combination with improvised nuclear device and nuclear power plant exercises.

• G-34 Committee on Industrial Radiography assessing states as Independent Certifying Organizations and Texas’ work providing certification examinations.

CURRENT HOT TOPICS

• Steering Committee on the Radiological Operations Support Specialist

• Training for machine-generated radiation protection

• Radiological emergency public messaging

• Proton therapy

• Superficial electronic brachytherapy

• Alternative technologies for irradiators

• Building the nation’s needed radiochemistry laboratory capacity

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Thank you!