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Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX D: INFORMATION-GATHERING MEETINGS." National Research Council. 2008. Radiation Source Use and Replacement: Abbreviated Version. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11976.
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APPENDIX D INFORMATION-GATHERING MEETINGS Following is a list of presentations received by the committee during its information- gathering meetings, which were open to the public and included opportunities for public comment. Meeting 1: July 7, 2006, Washington, D.C. NRC Perspectives on the Radiation Source Use and Replacement Study. Brian Sheron, Director of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (U.S. NRC) Congressional Perspectives on the Radiation Source Use and Replacement Study. Michal Freedhoff, Senior Policy Associate, Office of Representative Edward J. Markey U.S. NRC Studies on Reducing Source Dispersability. Makuteswara Srinivasan, Materials Engineering Directorate, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. NRC U.S. NRC Interim Inventory and Source Tracking System. Patricia K. Holahan, Deputy Director Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, U.S. NRC EPA Work on Alternatives to Radioactive Sources. Sally Hamlin, Radiation Protection Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) FDA’s Role in Regulation of Radiation Generating Devices and Irradiated Medical Products. Orhan Suleiman, Senior Science Policy Advisor, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) Radiation Source Manufacturers. Grant Malkoske, P. Eng. Chairman, the International Source Suppliers and Producers Association (ISSPA) and Gamma Industry Processing Alliance (GIPA) Meeting 2: September 11–12, 2006, Washington, D.C. International Atomic Energy Agency Perspectives on Radiation Source Uses and Replacements. Brian Dodd, Consultant and President of the Health Physics Society 217

218 RADIATION SOURCE USE AND REPLACEMENT Interagency Report to Congress on Radiation Source Security, Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Merri Horn, Senior Project Manager, Officer of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. NRC Recommendations and Alternative Technologies to IAEA Category 1 and 2 Radiation Sources Alternative: Technology Subgroup Radiation Source Protection and Security Task Force. Tony Huffert (U.S. NRC), for the Interagency Task Force Subgroup on Alternative Technologies Panel Discussion of the Alternatives Subgroup for the Report to Congress. Tony Huffert, U.S. NRC Constance Rosser, U.S. FDA Sally Hamlin, U.S. EPA Ruth Watkins and Joel Rabovsky, U.S. DOE Kirsten Cutler and Brendan Plapp, U.S. State Department Perspectives from the States. Pearce O’Kelley, Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors Barbara Hamrick, Organization of Agreement States Meeting 3: October 26–28, 2006, Houston, Texas Oil-Well Logging. Allen Gilchrist, Baker Hues Practical Considerations in Current Applications for Nondestructive Testing. Michael Creech, Vice President, Acuren Inspection Inc. Radiography Methods, Equipment, and Current Practices. R. D. “Donny” Dicharry, President, Source Production & Equipment Co., Inc. Radiosurgery. Chuck Vecoli, Senior Business Marketing Manager, Elekta, Inc. Comparison of Radiation Processing Technologies. Mark A. Smith, CHP Vice President, Radiation Services, Sterigenics International Capabilities of Techniques and R&D for Nondestructive Testing. Glenn Light, Southwest Research Institute, and Grady Legleder, IHI Southwest Technologies Industrial Accelerators and X-ray Tubes; Capabilities and Limitations as a Replacement to Isotropic Sources. Lester Boeh, Varian Medical Systems Houston Medical Center tour. Karl Prado, Patricia Eifel, Benjamin Lichtiger, Shiao Woo, Michael Gillin, Ann Lawyer, Radhe Mohan, Ray Meyn, Jay Poston, Peggy Tinkey, and Almon Shiu of MD Anderson Cancer Center Otto Zeck of Memorial Hermann Hospital National Center for Electron Beam Food Research Facility Tour. Mickey Speakmon and Les Braby, National Center for Electron Beam Food Research, Texas A&M University, College Station

INFORMATION-GATHERING MEETINGS 219 Meeting 4: December 8–9, 2006, Washington, D.C. J. L. Shepherd and Associates on Cesium Chloride and Irradiators. Wayne Norwood, for J.L. Shepherd and Associates Rad Source Technologies, Inc. on X-Ray Blood Irradiator. Randol Kirk, President, Rad Source Technologies, Inc. ViewRay IGRT with MRI and Co-60 Sources. Jim Dempsey, CSO, ViewRay, Inc. Nordion-NOMIS CT-Co-60 IMRT Venture, X-Ray Blood Irradiator. Mark Vist, MDS-Nordion IBA Industrial X-Ray and E-Beam Irradiation Devices. Marshall Cleland, Technical Advisor, RDI, Member of the IBA Group Meeting 5: February 1–2, 2007, Irvine, California U.S. Offsite Source Recovery Program. Mike Pearson, Los Alamos National Laboratory Discussion on Cesium Chloride, Cesium Glass, and Cobalt Irradiators. J. L. Shepherd, J.L. Shepherd and Associates

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In the United States there are several thousand devices containing high-activity radiation sources licensed for use in areas ranging from medical uses such as cancer therapy to safety uses such as testing of structures and industrial equipment. Those radiation sources are licensed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and state agencies. Concerns have been raised about the safety and security of the radiation sources, particularly amid fears that they could be used to create dirty bombs, or radiological dispersal device (RDD). In response to a request from Congress, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission asked the National Research Council to conduct a study to review the uses of high-risk radiation sources and the feasibility of replacing them with lower risk alternatives. The study concludes that the U.S. government should consider factors such as potential economic consequences of misuse of the radiation sources into its assessments of risk. Although the committee found that replacements of most sources are possible, it is not economically feasible in some cases. The committee recommends that the U.S. government take steps to in the near term to replace radioactive cesium chloride radiation sources, a potential "dirty bomb" ingredient used in some medical and research equipment, with lower-risk alternatives. The committee further recommends that longer term efforts be undertaken to replace other sources. The book presents a number of options for making those replacements.

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