2019 Annual Meeting Agenda and Presentations

​                                                                                                 2019 Annual Meeting
                                                                    August 19-22, 2019
                                                 Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, The Depot
                                                                     Minneapolis, MN

                                                                                        Agenda

Day 1: Monday, August 19, 2019

Morning Topical Session
TOPIC: INTEGRATED MATERIALS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROGRAM
(IMPEP)

• 9:00 Implementation of the Revised Management Directive (MD) 5.6; The SA Procedures Revision  Project; Feedback on the Results of the Short-Term NMP and IMPEP Working Group. Paul Michalak (NRC)

           Duncan White (NRC); Julia Schmitt (NE)
           Sherrie Flaherty (MN, OAS Director)
Afternoon Session
TOPIC: OPENING SESSION​

• 1:20 Keynote Address – NRC Commissioner David A. Wright
• 2:05 Recognition of Agreement State Programs – Jennifer Opila (CO, OAS Chair)
• 2:45 Transformation and Innovation in the National Materials Program – Andrea Kock (NRC)
• 3:10 Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD) Update – Karen Beckley (NV,  CRCPD Past-Chair)
• 3:35 OAS Year in Review – Jennifer Opila (CO, OAS Chair)

Day 2: Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Morning Session
TOPIC: MEDICAL

• 8:05 Next Generation Sirtex Delivery System – Diana Thompson (Sirtex Medical, Inc.)
• 8:35 Advisory Committee on the Medical Use of Isotopes (ACMUI) Update – Megan Shober (WI, OAS ACMUI Representative)
• 9:00 An Introduction to OncoSilTM for Treating Cholangiocarcinoma and Pancreatic Tumors – Darrell R. Fisher, Ph.D. (Versant Medical Physics and Radiation Safety)
• 9:55 Evaluation of Training and Experience Requirements for Administering Different Categories of

          Radiopharmaceuticals 
​​​​​​             Lisa Dimmick (NRC)         
             Mike Fuller (VA)
             Shaemus Gleason (Bayer Healthcare)

• 10:40 Gamma Tile Therapy – Brian Vetter (RSO, University of Minnesota)
• 11:05 Overview of Emerging Th-227 Radiotherapy – Shaemus Gleason (Bayer Healthcare)
• 11:30 Hall of Fame Award – Jennifer Opila (CO)

Afternoon Session
TOPIC: NATIONAL MATERIALS PROGRAM – PART 1

• 1:05 State Agreement and Liaison Programs Branch Update – Paul Michalak (NRC)
• 1:30 Latest Upgrades to Web-Based Licensing (WBL) – Adelaide Giantelli (NRC)
• 1:55 WBL in the Agreement States
  • Ron Parsons (TN)
  • Sherrie Flaherty (MN, OAS Director)
  • Terry Derstine (PA, OAS Chair-Elect)
• 3:15 NRC Update on Federal Regulatory Activities Affecting Industrial Radiography – Anthony McMurtray (NRC)
• 3:40 Implementation of Management Directive 5.9, “Adequacy and Compatibility of Program Elements for Agreement State Programs” – Duncan White (NRC)

6 PM: NIGHT OUT – DAY BLOCK BREWING COMPANY

Day 3: Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Morning Session
TOPIC: NATIONAL MATERIALS PROGRAM – PART 2

• 8:05 General License Program Re-Evaluation Update – Angela Leek (IA, OAS Rep, WG Co-Chair)
• 8:30 Agreement State Involvement in the NRC Rulemaking Process
  • Alexa Sieracki (NRC)
  • Jennifer Opila (CO, OAS Chair)
• 9:05 New Agreement States Issues
  • Ryan Schierman (WY)
  • Bill Irwin (VT)
• 10:10 Inspection Manual Chapter 2800 Updates – Aaron McCraw (NRC); Augustinus Ong (NH, OAS Rep, WG Co-Chair)
• 10:45 Joint Implementation of NMP Oversight by NMP Co-Champions – Jennifer Opila (CO, OAS Chair); Duncan White (NRC NMP Co-Champion)

Afternoon Session
TOPIC: INSPECTION, EMERGENCY RESPONSE & SECURITY

• 1:05 NRC and Agreement State Collaboration on Inspections – Aaron McCraw (NRC); Sherrie Flaherty (MN, OAS Director)
• 1:40 North Carolina Drone Program for Emergency Response – Lee Cox (NC); Brandon Warburton(NC)
• 2:05 An Update of the 2020 Cities Initiative – Cristen Ford (Office of Radiological Security, DOE/NNSA)
• 3:00 Radiation Hazard Scale: A Communication Tool for Radiation Emergencies – Armin Ansari(CDC)
• 3:25 Experience Replacing Cesium Irradiators at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF)
  • ​Gonzalo Perez (CA)
  • Dr. James Cook (RSO, UCSF)
• 4:00 Source Security – Outcome of the 2018 GAO Audit – Adelaide Giantelli (NRC)

Day 4: Thursday, August 22, 2019

Morning Session
TOPIC: INCIDENTS, OTHER ISSUES & CLOSING

• 8:35 I-131 Meta-Iodobenzylguanidine Therapy Incident – J. Niki Noll (PA)
• 9:00 NIST Special Inspection of Possible Overexposure from Am-241 – John Miller (NRC)
• 9:25 Decommissioning and Disposal of Arkansas Research Reactor – Steve Mack (AR); Adrian Howe (NV)
• 9:50 First State Diagnostics Center Revoked License and Termination – Robin Elliott (NRC)
• 10:15 Centro de Radioterapia Medical Event Involving an HDR – Donna Janda (NRC)
• 10:40 Minnesota Industrial Radiography Incident – Brandon Juran (MN)
• 10:55 New York Am-241 Inhalation Incident – Daniel Samson (NY)
• 11:20 Wyoming Industrial Radiography Incident – Aaron McCraw (NRC); Ryan Craffey (NRC)
• 11:45 PA/NJ Presentation/Host 2020 OAS Meeting in Philadelphia, PA – Terry Derstine (PA, OAS Chair Elect)
• 11:50 Closing and Invitation to 2020 Meeting in Philadelphia, PA – Jennifer Opila (CO, Outgoing OASChair); Terry Derstine (PA, Incoming OAS Chair)