Radiological Health Years 2001- 2003 in Review

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Radiological HealthYears 2001- 2003 in Review
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Legislation2001 General Assembly

• HB 1903 Health radon programs
• SB 838 Health radon proficiency listings

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Legislation2003 General Assembly

• HB 1524 Reporting radioactive materials
• HB 2321 Health radon testing.

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Radiation Protection Regulations Proposed
changes will include

• NRC's revisions to the Radiation Protection
  Standards in 1992 and again in 2000
• Adopt the latest version of the State Suggested
  Regulations
• Implement sections of the State Code that have
  not been implemented, specifically bonding and
  surety requirements.
• Published Notice of Intent November 2002
• Notice withdrawn January 2003.

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Periodic Regulatory Review Radiation Protection
Fee Regulations

• Public Comment published September 2003
• Public comments suggest need to increase
  registration and inspection fees, and establish
  fees for certain new X-ray machines.
• Staff agrees with public comments and recommends
  establishing fees for bone densitometers and
  certain combination dental X-ray machines.

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Guidance Documents

• Guidance on the Response to Radiological
  Terrorist Threats Issued July 2, 2002.
• Guidance documents available online at
• http//www.vdh.virginia.gov/rad/RHP-REGS.asp

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Funding
SFY 2003 SFY2004 SFY2005/6 General
Funds 692,708 701,059 738,459 Federal
Funds Mammography 168,723 152,325 EPA-radon
69,532 73,883 EPA- "Tools for
60,000 Schools DEQ- Archiving
55,000 Special Funds DEM Environmental 20,000
22,000 Monitoring Other DEM- reimburse 39,000
39,000 for emergency prep.
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Activity by Funding Source
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Staffing

• 14 FTEs
• 2 Wage
• 2 Office Temps

• Turn-over
• 1 Full time staff
• 1 Wage staff

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Fred Gorisch
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John S. Marr, M.D. Director, Office of
Epidemiology
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Activities

• Radioactive Materials- Licensure
• X-ray Machine- Registration
• Emergency Planning
• Emergency/Incident Response
• Radon
• Environmental Monitoring
• Special Projects- Tools for Schools/
  Environmental Archiving

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Agreement
Non-Agreement
Ltr of Intent
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Emergency Planning

• Training
• Equipment Support
• Full Scale Ingestion Exercise July 15-17, 2003 at
  Surry Nuclear Power Station with federal
  participation.
• Staff working closely with Shipyards on emergency
  planning.

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Potassium Iodine Thyroid Blocker

• FDA issues advisory on the use of KI based on
  Chernobyl data.
• NRC issues new rule on December 21, 2000
  regarding stockpiling KI for public and offers KI
  to states.
• Virginia accepts KI from NRC for distribution to
  public.
• VDH adopts FDA guidance for most sensitive member
  of general public and applies to emergency
  workers and entire general public.
• National Academy of Science announces report on
  the use of KI (December 2003).

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Emergency/Incident Response

• US DOT exemptions for scrap metal (7) and
  municipal waste shipments(1) and responds to
  returned shipments.

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Orphan Source

• US Dept. of Energy provides funding for disposal
  of orphan radioactive sources.
• Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
  (CRCPD) administers funds.
• States enter into an agreement with CRCPD for
  selecting a Radioactive materials broker and
  approval from CRCPD for payment of disposal.
• VDH identified a scrap metal dealer in Virginia
  who has received a returned shipment containing
  an orphan source.

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Tools For Schools
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ERAMS Searchable Database
Contains 23 years of environmental radiation
monitoring data from all fifty states and U.S.
territories and 40 years of measurements of
strontium in milk. http//www.epa.gov/enviro/html
/erams/ VDH has 25 years data for two nuclear
power stations and BWXT. VDH participates in a
pilot program to archive data.