Professional Training Programs from ORAU

[Susan Gawarecki <loc@ICX.NET>]

RadSafers may be interested in the following.  Please do not contact me

regarding any courses or publications--I am not part of ORAU.  Contact

information is in the message.



--Susan Gawarecki



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Professional Training Programs 

Hands-on Training in the Radiological Sciences

        

Upcoming Courses and Other Neat Stuff



COURSES:



Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Materials and Associated

Hazard Classes

        July 24-27, 2001



Environmental Monitoring for Radioactive Materials

        July 30 - August 3, 2001



Air Sampling for Radioactive Materials

        August 6 - 10, 2001



Introduction to Radiation Safety

        August 13 - 17, 2001



Radiation Safety Officer Training

        August 20 -24, 2001



MARSSIM 

        August 27 - 31, 2001



Applied Health Physics

        September 10 - October 12, 2001





To obtain detailed course information 

Visit our web site      http://www.orau.com/ptp/ptp.htm

Email our registrar     registrar@orau.gov, or

Phone our registrar     (865) 576 3576





RECENTLY AVAILABLE NEAT STUFF AND OTHER MISCELLANEA:



1.      Compliance Guidance: "The Mammography Quality Standards Act

Final Regulations: Document #4; Final Guidance for Industry and FDA" was

finalized May 23, 2001.  It is available at

<http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/mammography/pubs/FinalComplianceGuidanceDocument4.pdf>



2.      EPA Mixed Waste Final Rule. 40 CFR 266.  See Federal Register

Notice for May 16, 2001  "Storage Treatment, Transportation and Disposal

of Mixed Waste".  It is available at

<http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2001_register&docid=01-11408-filed.pdf> 



3.      NUREG 0041 "Manual of Respiratory Protection Against Airborne

Radioactive Material" has finally been revised (as of January 2001). A

PDF version of the NUREG can be obtained at

<http://www.orau.com/ptp/pdf/nureg0041.PDF>  





4.      COMPASS MARSSIM Software: version 1.0 of the COMPASS software

for designing MARSSIM-based surveys is available at 

<http://www.nrc.gov/NMSS/DWM/DECOM/compass1.htm>





5.      Although Final NCRP reports are not freely available for

downloading, the following draft reports are available at:

        <http://www.ncrp.com/review.html> 



                "Risk-Based Classification of Radioactive and Hazardous

Chemical Wastes" (May 15, 2001)



                "Radiation Protection in Dentistry" (April 2001)





6.      Not available electronically but worth noting:



        NCRP 135  "Liver Cancer Risk from Internally-Deposited

Radionuclides"



        NCRP 136   "Evaluation of the Linear-Nonthreshold Dose-Response

Model for Ionizing Radiation"



        ICRP 82   "Principles for the Protection of the Public in

Situations of Prolonged Exposure"



        ICRP 83 "Risk Estimation for Multifactorial Diseases"



        ICRP 84  "Pregnancy and Medical Radiation"



7.      DOE Technical Position Paper 01-01 "Questions and Answers

Concerning Acceptable Approaches to Implementing Bioassay Program

Requirements" (January 2001) is available at

<http://tis.eh.doe.gov/docs/rctp/RCTP2001-01.pdf> 



8.      If you are unaware of the wide range of downloadable documents

available from the European Commission, check out:

<http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/radprot/index.htm#publications>

<http://europa.eu.int/comm/energy/en/nuclearsafety/reports.htm>

<http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/pubs/studies.htm> 





9.      Potassium Iodide as Blocking Agent - Guidance:

        FDA: "Potassium Iodide as a Thyroid Blocking Agent in Radiation

Emergencies"

                <http://www.fda.gov/cder/guidance/3698dft.htm>



        NRC: "The Consideration of Potassium Iodide (KI)in Emergency

Plans"

<http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/REACTOR/KI/index.html>

-- 

.....................................................

Susan L. Gawarecki, Ph.D., Executive Director

Oak Ridge Reservation Local Oversight Committee

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A schedule of meetings on DOE issues is posted on our Web site

http://www.local-oversight.org/meetings.html - E-mail loc@icx.net

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