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Oak Ridge Associated Universities PTP Course Updates
The following may be of interest to RadSafers. Please contact Paul or
Eric regarding the courses, not me.
--Susan Gawarecki
Professional Training Programs - Hands-on Training in the Radiological
Sciences
Upcoming Courses and Other Neat Stuff
COURSES:
Diagnostic X-ray Physics
May 19-23, 2003
MARSSIM
May 19-23, 2003
Environmental Monitoring
June 16-20, 2003
Air Sampling for Radioactive Materials
June 23-27, 2003
Radiation Safety Officer Training
July 14-18, 2003
If you are interested in having MARSSIM (or any other course for that
matter) delivered at a site of your choosing, please contact Paul Frame
at (865) 576 3388 or Eric Abelquist at (865) 576 3740.
To obtain detailed course information:
Visit our web site http://www.orau.org/ptp/ptp.htm
Email our registrar registrar@orau.gov, or
Phone our registrar (865) 576 3576
RECENTLY AVAILABLE NEAT STUFF AND OTHER MISCELLANEA:
Medical/X-ray
1. The following ICRP PowerPoint slide sets can be downloaded at
http://www.icrp.org/educational_area.htm
ICRP 84, Pregnancy and medical radiation
ICRP 85, Interventional radiology
ICRP 86, Accidents in radiotherapy
ICRP 87, CT dose management
2. The SNM/ACNP report "Guide for Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine" provides
information that might be useful for the
application of 10 CFR 35. It is available at
www.nrc.gov/materials/miau/miau-reg-initiatives/guide_2002.pdf
3. The European Commission Publication 131 "Effects of in utero exposure
to ionising radiation during the early phases
of pregnancy" is available at
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/radprot/131/rp_131_en.pdf
4. AAPM Reports 46, 47, 51, 56, 58, 59, 62, 64, 67, 68, and 69 are
available for downloading by non-members at
http://www.aapm.org/pubs/reports/
General
5. Not free but worth noting:
Latest ICRP report:
Publication 90 "Biological Effects after Prenatal Irradiation
(Embryo and Fetus)"
Latest ICRU Reports:
Report 68 "Retrospective Assessment of Exposure to Ionising
Radiation" Journal of the ICRU, vol.2 no.2
Report 67 "Absorbed-Dose Specification in Nuclear Medicine"
Journal of the ICRU, vol.2 no.1
Latest NCRP reports:
Report 142 "Operational Radiation Safety Program for
Astronauts in Low-Earth Orbit: A Basic Framework"
Report 141 "Managing Potentially Radioactive Scrap Metal"
Report 140 "Exposure Criteria for Medical Diagnostic
Ultrasound; II. Criteria based on all known Mechanisms"
6. The NRC's revised Fact Sheet on Dirty Bombs is available at
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/dirty-bombs.html
7. The NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2003-04 "Use of the Effective Dose
Equivalent in Place Of the Deep Dose Equivalent
in Dose Assessments" is available at
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/gen-comm/reg-issues/2003
Decommissioning
8. The NRC Final Rule on partial site release can be seen at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/commission/secys/2002/secy2002-0221/2002-0221scy.html
9. The EPA has recently released the following publications
"Guidance on Environmental Data Verification and Validation" (G-8)
http://www.epa.gov/quality1/qs-docs/g8-final.pdf
"Guidance on Quality Assurance Project Plans" (G-5)
http://www.epa.gov/quality1/qs-docs/g5-final.pdf
"Guidance on Choosing a Sampling Design for Environmental Data
Collection" (G-5S)
http://www.epa.gov/quality1/qs-docs/g5s-final.pdf
10. A fair amount of information is now available about double sampling
(obtaining additional measurements in response
to the failure to pass a statistical test):
http://www.cvg.homestead.com/files/CVG_s_Notes__2_-_Double_Sampling.pdf
http://www.epa.gov/radiation/marssim/faqsforusers.htm#doublesampling
See Appendix C in NUREG 1757 Volume 2 (draft)
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1757/vol2/sr1757v2.pdf
Department of Energy Items
11.DOE Order 450.1 "Environmental Protection Program" has been approved
and DOE Order 5400.1 "General Environmental
Protection Program" has been cancelled.
http://www.directives.doe.gov/pdfs/doe/doetext/neword/450/o4501.pdf
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Susan L. Gawarecki, Ph.D., Executive Director
Oak Ridge Reservation Local Oversight Committee
102 Robertsville Road, Suite B, Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Toll free 888-770-3073 ~ www.local-oversight.org
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