Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc' CRCPD

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Conference of Radiation Control Program
Directors, Inc. (CRCPD)
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Type of Organization

• Established in 1968, the CRCPD is a 501(c)(3)
  nonprofit organization, incorporated in the State
  of Kentucky, with its office located in
  Frankfort, Kentucky.

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Why Was CRCPD Formed?

• What is the purpose of the CRCPD?
• What is CRCPDs mission?
• What is the basic goal of CRCPD?
• Who are CRCPDs members?
• How does CRCPD function?

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Purpose

• To provide a common forum for the exchange of
  information among state and local radiation
  control programs.
• To provide a mechanism for states to communicate
  with the federal government on radiation
  protection issues.

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Mission

• To promote consistency in addressing and
  resolving radiation protection issues.
• To encourage high standards of quality in
  radiation protection programs.
• To provide leadership in radiation safety and
  education.

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Goal

• To keep radiation exposure of the patient,
  worker, and general public to the lowest
  practical level, while not restricting the
  beneficial use of this valuable energy source.

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Types of Membership

• Director Members
• State local radiation control program
  directors
• Associate Members
• Staff of radiation control programs in the U.S.
• Affiliate Members
• Anyone having an interest in CRCPD and radiation
  protection

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Types of Membership (Cont)

• International Members
• Staff of radiation programs outside U. S.
• Emeritus Members
• Former members as approved by Board of Directors
• Honorary Members
• Special contribution in radiation protection

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Membership

• Radiation and health physicists, radiologists,
  radiologic technologists, radiation safety
  officers, radiation control managers, radiation
  industry professionals, others interested in
  radiation protection, safety specialists and
  other public health managers.

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CRCPD Organizational Chart
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Responsibilities

• Membership
• constitution, bylaws, positions, voting
• Board
• policy, budget, committee structure, and
  direction to Executive Director
• Advisory Committee
• advice to Board of Directors

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Responsibilities (Cont.)

• Office of Executive Director
• Day to day operations, assistance to board
• Healing Arts Council
• Technical radiation protection issues in the
  healing arts
• Environmental Nuclear Council
• Technical issues relating to the protection of
  the environment

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Responsibilities (Cont.)

• SSRCR Council
• Develop and publish Suggested State Regulations
  for Control of Radiation
• General Council
• General issues in radiation protection
• Homeland Security Council
• WMD issues and response planning

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Federal Agency Relationships

• CRCPD, through cooperative agreements, purchase
  orders and various partnership programs, works
  very closely with the following federal agencies

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Federal Agency Relationships

• Food Drug Administration
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Department of Energy
• Department of Homeland Security
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

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Other Federal Agencies Working with CRCPD

• Department of Transportation
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Centers for Disease Control Prevention
• Department of Agriculture

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Other Federal Agencies Working with CRCPD (Cont.)

• National Institute of Occupational Safety
  Health
• National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Department of State
• National Academy of Sciences

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Working Groups

• Environmental Nuclear Council
• Committee on Emergency Response Planning (E-6)

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Emergency Response Planning (Environmental
Nuclear Council)

• Assists in the development of guidance for states
  in planning and responding to off site
  radiological emergencies around nuclear power
  plants, and transportation accidents.
• This guidance includes "first responders,"
  protective drugs, decontamination, environmental
  and plume analysis.

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Emergency Response PlanningWorking Group Charges

• Address the technical issues regarding any
  radiological emergency planning or response.
• Instrumentation
• Dose Assessment
• Protective Measures
• Environmental Analysis

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Emergency Response PlanningWorking Group Charges

• Work with various committees of the FRPCC in
  reviewing technical issues related to
  radiological emergency response and planning.

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Emergency Response PlanningWorking Group Charges

• To serve as point of contact between the Advisory
  Team and CRCPD to develop and maintain a web page
  on the CRCPD web site.

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Emergency Response PlanningWorking Group Charges

• Coordinate and work with EPA in planning and
  implementation of Post Emergency Response Issues.

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Emergency Response PlanningWorking Group Charges

• Facilitate cooperation between the DOE's
  Radiological Assistance Program (RAP) with
  emergency response staff and radio assay
  facilities of state radiation protection programs.

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Emergency Response PlanningWorking Group Charges

• Participate in FRMAC Working Groups
• Health and Safety
• Monitoring and Sampling
• Analysis
• Assessment
• Operations
• Management Panel

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Emergency Response PlanningWorking Group Charges

• Review draft federal guidance, documents, plans
  and procedures.
• Provide input and feedback prior to federal
  register publication
• Provide state perspective regarding acceptance
  and implementation of planned changes

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Emergency Response PlanningWorking Group Charges

• Provide a liaison for the CRCPD with the Federal
  Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee
  (FRPCC)

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E-6 Activities

• Advisory Team
• Working with the CDC on issues related to the
  reassessment of the Advisory Team procedures and
  training programs.
• Four working groups within this project

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E-6 Activities

• Concept of Operations Jim Hardeman, Georgia
• Agency Training Aubrey Godwin, Arizona
• Team Training Pat Mulligan, New Jersey
• Outreach Training Steve Woods, California

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E-6 Activities

• FRMAC Laboratory Analysis Work Group (Kurt
  Jackson, California)
• Assess the current capabilities for sample
  processing and laboratory analysis in the event
  of emergency
• Apply data quality objectives (DQO) process to
  emergency response scenarios in a way that
  provides a practical implementation of
  capabilities based planning, as recommended by
  the Department of Homeland Security.

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E-6 Activities

• FRMAC Laboratory Analysis Work Group (Kurt
  Jackson, California)
• Radiological Organization Database for Emergency
  Operations (RODEO)

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E-6 Activities

• FRMAC Mission Analysis Working Group (Kurt
  Jackson, California and Pat Mulligan, New
  Jersey))
• Evaluate federal resources in response to various
  radiological scenarios
• Evaluate state resources in response to various
  radiological scenarios
• Develop a final Mission Analysis Manual for
  publication

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E-6 Activities

• FRMAC Assessment Work Group (Lou
  Brandon, Michigan)
• Evaluate and Improve Assessment manuals
• Evaluate DHS initiatives and methodologies in
  relation to FRMAC's

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E-6 Activities

• FRMAC Assessment Scientist Training and Capstone
  Exercise (Lou Brandon, Michigan)
• Integrated Federal and State dose assessment
  group
• Developed PARs using the Beta version of Turbo
  FRMAC

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E-6 Activities

• Document Review
• NRC Bulletin 2005-02 security initiatives
• NRC RIS 2005-08 endorsement of NEI
  recommendations for PARs
• DHS Guidance for Stockpiling KI to Twenty Miles
• NCRP document SC2-1

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E-6 Activities

• NRC Roundtable Meeting
• Rockville, MD, August 31 and September 1, 2005
• Bulletin 2005-02 Security Initiatives
• NRC Early Notification
• Security based Emergency Action Levels
• 2005 NREP Parking Lot Issues

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E-6 Contact

• Patrick Mulligan
• PO Box 415, Trenton, NJ 08625-0415
• [phone]
• patrick.mulligan_at_dep.state.nj.us

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• A Partnership

Dedicated to Radiation Protection