Radiation Advisory Board July 10, 2006 State Emergency Operations Center.

Radiation Advisory Board

July 10, 2006

State Emergency Operations Center

Major Program Activities

• Administrative

• Radioactive Materials

• X-ray Machines

• Environmental/Radon/Emergency Planning

Administrative

• Updates on issues raised at the last Board meeting:– Staff training– Equipment

Training Completed

• Foldesi - 38th National Conference on Radiation Control, Detroit, MI

• Paris - NRC Training, Chattanooga, TN

1Replace FDA-issued inspector kits- MDHs (3) 2006 $41,000

2Replace gamma spectroscopy system 2006 $38,000

3 Replace alpha/beta counter 2007 $46,000

4 Upgrade TLD reader 2007 $10,000-$20,000

5Replace state owned X-ray inspection kits-MDHs (5) 2007 $68,200

6Replace Mobile Lab (vehicle and box) 2007 $110,000- $200,000

7 Replace gamma detector 2007 $25,000

Equipment Needs/Purchases

Re-structuring of Radiological Health Program

• Elevated from Bureau to Division level within Office of Epidemiology

• Program Director position upgraded and reports to Deputy Director of the Office of Epidemiology

• Fiscal and administrative support now provided by Business Manager

• New positions: supervisor and 4 radiation safety specialists created for RadMat (NRC)

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S e c re ta ry o f H ea lth a n d H u m an S erv icesM a rilyn B . T ave n n er

G o vern orT im o th y W . K a ine

• NRC Agreement State Status

• Letter of Intent- December 14, 2005

• Site visit to North Carolina

• NRC STP staff visit to VDH

• Letter to NRC licensees

Radioactive Materials

Other State Programs

• Minnesota became 34th Agreement state 3/30/06

• Pennsylvania submitted draft application mid June 2006

• New Jersey submitted Letter of Intent in June 2006

Calendar year 2006 2007 2008

Quarters 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

State Fiscal year SFY2007 SFY2008

Quarters 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2

NRC Application A

Fee schedule

Regulations

Supervisor

1st Specialist

2nd Specialist

3rd Specialist

4th Specialist

Fiscal Tech

NRC PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE

Processes

• Draft application

• Radiation Protection Regulations

• Fee Schedule Regulations

• Recruit six (6) new positions: NRC Program Manager, 4 radiation safety specialists and a fiscal technician

Draft Application

• Two month notice- given June 15

• Draft application due mid-August

• Forms and guidance documents based on Wisconsin

• NRC requested final regulations in June

Processes

Radiation Protection Regulations

• Board of Health approved April 21, 2006

• Executive Review Completion?

• Effective Date (July?)

• Begin process again in 2007 (NARM)

Processes

Fee Schedule Regulations

• Develop and initiate rulemaking• Fees- application and renewal• Fees- financial assurance, bonding and

reciprocity• Civil penalties• 18 month process• Update X-ray fees

Processes

Recruit Six (6) New Positions

•Supervisor

•4 Specialists

•Fiscal Technician Senior-database

NOTE: Staffing is not needed to submit draft application.

Processes

X-ray Program

• Private Inspectors- credentialing

• FDA withdraws support for machine inspections

Environmental/Radon/Emergency Planning

• Environmental reports on VDH website

• New software for TLD reader

• EPA Radon Grant reduced from $75,000 to $56,000

• CDC grant ($550,000) approved to replace mobile radiation lab with incident command vehicle.

Emergency Planning

• Effort underway to replace vacant wage position with a full-time, classified position to include emergency planning duties.

• TOPOFF IV- nuclear detonation

Emergency Planning

• VOPEX- Feb 7, 2006 Surry

• VOPEX – Dec 5, 2006 North Anna

• New EPA Guidance

• Potassium Iodine Thyroid Blocker-liquid form and 65 mg pills to supplement 130 mg pills.

Radiation Advisory Board July 10, 2006 State Emergency Operations Center.

Documents

tn slide

radmat nrc slide

fiscal technician slide

nrc application

equipment needspurchases

nrc program manager

wisconsin nrc

draft application mid