2021 Annual Meeting Agenda and Presentations
2021 Annual Meeting
August 16-19, 2021
W/Element Hotel
Philadelphia, PA
August 16-19, 2021
W/Element Hotel
Philadelphia, PA
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)
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)
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
TOPIC: NATIONAL MATERIALS PROGRAM
Moderator: Libby McCaskill (OK, OAS Director of Rulemaking)
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)
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
Day 3: Wednesday, August 18, 2021
TOPIC: MEDICAL
Moderator: Auggie Ong (NH, OAS Chair-elect)
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)
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
Day 4: Thursday, August 19, 2021
TOPIC: INCIDENTS AND CLOSING
Moderator: Terry Derstine (PA, OAS Past-chair)
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
TOPIC: Preparing for Periodic Meetings and Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation Program (IMPEP) Reviews
Moderator: Sherrie Flaherty, (MN, Director of Emerging Issues and Advocacy)
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)
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
TOPIC: NATIONAL MATERIALS PROGRAM
Moderator: Libby McCaskill (OK, OAS Director of Rulemaking)
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)
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
Day 3: Wednesday, August 18, 2021
TOPIC: MEDICAL
Moderator: Auggie Ong (NH, OAS Chair-elect)
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)
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
Day 4: Thursday, August 19, 2021
TOPIC: INCIDENTS AND CLOSING
Moderator: Terry Derstine (PA, OAS Past-chair)
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