Conference Agenda
Meeting begins at 1:00 pm on August 16, 2021 and ends at 12:00 noon on August 19, 2021.
Day 1: Monday, August 16, 2021
| TOPIC: Preparing for Periodic Meetings and Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP) Reviews Moderator: Sherrie Flaherty, (MN, Director of Emerging Issues and Advocacy) |
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| 9:00 am – 10:00 am | Jacqueline Cook (NRC), Randy Erickson (NRC), Monica Ford (NRC), Farrah Gaskins (NRC) and Darren Piccirillo (NRC) |
| 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Karen Burgard (LA), Sherrie Flaherty (MN), Lisa Forney (PA), and Auggie Ong (NH) |
| 11:00 am – 1:00 pm | LUNCH ON YOUR OWN |
| TOPIC: OPENING SESSION Moderator: David Crowley (NC, OAS Chair) |
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| 1:00 pm – 1:10 pm | Opening Remarks David Crowley |
| 1:10 pm – 1:20 pm | Welcome, from Pennsylvania Dave Allard (PA) |
| 1:20 pm – 1:30 pm | Welcome, from New Jersey NJ DEP Commissioner Shawn LaTourette (NJ) |
| 1:30 pm – 2:15 pm | Keynote Address NRC Chairman Hanson |
| 2:15 pm – 2:30 pm | OAS 2020 Hall of Fame Award |
| 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm | BREAK |
| 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm | Perspectives on Partnership, Process, and Participation Darrell Roberts (MRB Chair), Deputy Executive Director for Materials, Waste, Research, State, Tribal, Compliance, Administration and Human Capital Programs (NRC) |
| 3:30 pm – 3:45 pm | Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD) Updates Angela Leek (IA, CRCPD Chairperson) |
| 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm | OAS Year in Review David Crowley |
| 4:00 pm | ADJOURN |
| 4:10 pm | Business Meeting; followed by the Southern States Energy Board (SSEB) meeting |
Day 2: Tuesday, August 17, 2021
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Tea available |
| TOPIC: NATIONAL MATERIALS PROGRAM Moderator: Libby McCaskill (OK, OAS Director of Rulemaking) |
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| 9:00 am – 9:05 am | Introduction Libby McCaskill |
| 9:05 am – 9:30 am | NMP Champions Discussion Duncan White (NRC) |
| 9:30 am – 9:45 am | State Agreement and Liaison Programs Branch Updates Brian Anderson (NRC) |
| 9:45 am – 10:00 am | NRC Technical Training Available to Agreement States Latonya Mahlahla (NRC) |
| 10:00 am – 10:30 am | Patient Release: Review of the Methodology for Regulation Guide 8.39, Revision 2 Lisa Dimmick (NRC) and David Hamby, PhD (Renaissance Code Development, LLC / NRC consultant) |
| 10:30 am – 10:45 am | Web-Based Licensing (WBL) Updates Adelaide Giantelli (NRC) |
| 10:45 am – 11:15 am | BREAK |
| 11:15 am – 11:30 am | CRCPD Source Collection and Threat Reduction (SCATR) Program Angela Leek (IA) |
| 11:30 am – 11:45 am | NRC Rulemaking Updates Alexa Sieracki (NRC) |
| 11:45 am – 12:00 pm | AWARDS & 2021 Hall of Fame Award |
| 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm | LUNCH |
| TOPIC: NATIONAL MATERIALS PROGRAM Moderator: Keisha Cornelius (OK, OAS Secretary) |
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| 1:30 pm – 1:35 pm | Introduction Keisha Cornelius |
| 1:35 pm – 2:00 pm | Phase 3: Revision of NRC’s Material Inspection Procedures Amy Ford (TN), Brian Goretzki (AZ), Steve Mack (AR), Auggie Ong (NH, OAS Chair-Elect) and Leira Cuadrado (NRC) |
| 2:00 pm – 2:20 pm | Developing a Regulatory Approach for Fusion Energy Systems Diego Saenz (WI) and Duncan White (NRC) |
| 2:20 pm – 3:00 pm | Health Physicist Recruitment John Cardarelli, Ph.D. (President, Health Physics Society |
| 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm | BREAK |
| 3:30 pm – 3:45 pm | Third Party Refurbishment of a Portable Gauge Gonzalo Perez (CA) |
| 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm | Implementation Experience with Y-90 Microsphere Brachytherapy Licensing Guidance Rev 10.2 Ashley Cockerham (Mercurie Consulting) |
| 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm | Vendor Q&A Session |
| 4:45 pm | Adjourn |
| 6:00 pm | Networking Social McGillin's Olde Ale House 1310 Drury St, Philadelphia, PA 19107 |
Day 3: Wednesday, August 18, 2021
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Tea available |
| TOPIC: MEDICAL Moderator: Auggie Ong (NH, OAS Chair-elect) |
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| 9:00 am – 9:05 am | Introduction Auggie Ong |
| 9:05 am – 9:30 am | Overview of Radiopharmaceutical Therapy: Past, Present, and Future John Keklak (Radiation Safety Officer [RSO], Thomas Jefferson University) |
| 9:30 am – 9:55 am | Theranostics Melissa Martin (American Association of Physicists in Medicine) |
| 9:55 am – 10:20 am | NorthStar’s RadioGenix System- Advancements in Production of Tc-99m Karen Schuster (Manager of Training, NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, LLC) and Richard Granberg (RSO and Senior Manager, Environmental, Health & Safety, NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, LLC) |
| 10:20 am – 10:45 am | BREAK |
| 10:45 am – 11:10 am | Lutathera Extravasation Kendall Berry (RSO, Fox Chase Cancer Center) |
| 11:10 am – 11:35 am | Current Questions about Radiopharmaceutical Extravasations and Dosimetry Ron Lattanze (CEO, Lucerno Dynamics) and Josh Knowland (VP Product Development, Lucerno Dynamics) |
| 11:35 am – 12:00 pm | Medical Team Initiatives Lisa Dimmick (NRC) |
| 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm | LUNCH |
| TOPIC: SECURITY, DECOMMISSIONING Moderator: Beth Shelton (TN, OAS Treasurer) |
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| 1:30 pm – 1:35 pm | Introduction Beth Shelton |
| 1:35 pm – 1:55 pm | A Major Source Material Decommissioning in NJ Jenny Goodman (NJ) |
| 1:55 pm – 2:15 pm | Current and Emerging NRC Regulatory Issues and WA State Waste Updates Maurice Heath (NRC) and Kristen Schwab (WA) |
| 2:15 pm – 2:35 pm | Modernization of the Fuel Facility and Materials Decommissioning Inspection Program Maurice Heath (NRC) |
| 2:35 pm – 3:00 pm | Update on DEP’s Guidance for Dealing with Radioactivity in Solid David Allard (PA) |
| 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm | BREAK |
| 3:30 pm – 3:50 pm | Mobile Source Security Cristen Ford (NNSA/ORS) |
| 3:50 pm – 4:15 pm | SA-900 Termination of Uranium Mill licenses Dave Adams (WY) and Stephen Poy (NRC) |
| 4:15 pm – 4:45 pm | Poster Q&A Session Facilitated by Terry Derstine, (PA, OAS Past-Chair) |
| 4:45 pm | ADJOURN |
| 5:00 pm | Business Meeting, if necessary |
| 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm | Happy Hour at Hotel |
| 6:00 pm | Mutter Museum 19 S 22nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19103 |
Day 4: Thursday, August 19, 2021
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Tea available |
| TOPIC: INCIDENTS AND CLOSING Moderator: Terry Derstine (PA, OAS Past-chair) |
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| 9:00 am – 9:05 am | Introduction Terry Derstine (PA) |
| 9:05 am – 9:35 am | Incidents involving common carriers Tracy Scherer (PA) and Jenny Goodman (NJ) |
| 9:35 am – 9:50 am | NJ Violation Experience with 03121 Licensees Jack Tway (NJ) |
| 9:50 am – 10:15 am | A Cautionary Tale: Lessons Learned from Pennsylvania’s House of Horrors Lisa Forney (PA) |
| 10:15 am – 10:30 am | Portable Gauge Abandonment Sarah Sanderlin (NJ) |
| 10:30 am – 11:00 am | Decontamination and Decommissioning in Pennsylvania Bryan Werner (PA) |
| 11:00 am – 11:30 am | History of Radiation in Pennsylvania Terry Derstine |
| 11:30 am – 11:45 am | NRC Presentation/Host 2022 OAS Meeting in Ft. Worth, TX Mary Muessle (NRC) and TBD (OAS Chair Elect) |
| 11:45 am – 12:00 pm | Closing and Invitation to 2022 Meeting in Ft. Worth, TX David Crowley (NC, Outgoing OAS Chair); Auggie Ong (NH, Incoming OAS Chair) |
| 12:00 pm | ADJOURN |
Posters
| Poster 1. | IMC 2800 Phase 3 Status Auggie Ong (NH), Amy Ford (TN), Steve Mack (AR), and Leira Cuadrado (NRC) |
| Poster 2. | Readying New Jersey for a Radiological Emergency: DHS grant award Nancy Stanley (NJ) |
| Poster 3. | “In Device Delay” Project Michal Kuca (Sandia National Laboratories) and Cristen Ford (National Nuclear Security Administration/Office of Radiological Security [NNSA/ORS]) |
| Poster 4. | Mitigating Risk with Mobile Source Tracking Technology Brian Higgins (NNSA/ORS) |
| Poster 5. | Health Physics Workforce Strategy Theresa Clark (NRC) and Nancy Hebron-Isreal (NRC) |
| Poster 6. | Health Physics, Regulatory Skills and Security Qualification Training Latonya Mahlahla (NRC) |
| Poster 7. | Radiation Protection Computer Code Analysis and Maintenance Program (RAMP) Jessica Strongin (NRC) |
| Poster 8. | Rulemaking Innovation Examples Alexa Sieracki (NRC) |
| Poster 9. | US NRC Protocol for Coordinating Response to US Customs and Border Protection Notifications of Shipments containing Radioactive Material Shirley Xu (NRC) and Andrea Jones (NRC) |
| Poster 10. | PA Radiation Protection Lean Project Grace Schoeniger (PA) |