Jim: The media coverage is a little short on specifics about the DHS reorg, but it's dissappointing to see Chertoff quoted as saying the focus will be on...
Colleagues * See the UPI article below regarding DHS reorganization ... particularly the blurb about "the agency [FEMA] is being stripped of its preparedness...
We have a section of Nuclear Engineers all of which are badged for unescorted access at their respective nuclear plant in PA. All of our NE's accompany the...
Do any of you accompany the NRC during their nuclear power plant inspections? And do you have unescorted access or do you just observe the inspection with an...
For those of you who may not have rceived this directly. Please contact me by personal e-mail if you plan to participate and you haven't got the call-in number...
You can download a brief here http://www.nap.edu/reportbrief/11340/11340rb.pdf and a pre-publication copy here http://www.nap.edu/execsumm_pdf/11340.pdf Armin...
Colleagues, Does anyone know where I can obtain a (free / online) version of a "U.S. National Academy of Sciences panel report" ... "that even very low doses...
Jim, There will be a special session at the HPS annual meeting in Spokane about consequence management of RDD incidents. One section deals with food...
Colleagues * Before I go through all the mental gynmastics to figure this out ... has anybody out there calculated a food derived intervention level (DIL)...
Colleagues * For those of you who don't subscribe to RadSafe ... the following popped into my inbox. I thought y'all might be interested. I have not taken the...
Fellow REP Planners * The article below was posted on RADSAFE today ... Am I wrong, or didn't the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's "Hanford Thyroid...
Colleagues * Please see the attached reference below ... an interesting paper (draft) by S. Cohen & Associates, under contract to CDC, to look at in-hospital...
All, FYI from the front page of today's Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2005/05/02/AR2005050201454.html (sure has been...
PA uses RASCAL 3.04, it is somewhat flexible, takes some training. Wish the NRC would publish user manual like they did for 2.0, currently only a "workbook";...
The question has come up as to what program(s) other States are using for dose projection? We are currently evaluating retireing our existing program and...
Barty Simonton on my staff just sent this to me ... thought y'all might be interested. Jim Hardeman, Manager Environmental Radiation Program Environmental...
Colleagues * This appeared this evening in the RADSAFE mailing list. Jim Hardeman, Manager Environmental Radiation Program Environmental Protection Division ...
REP Planners, Below is a link to a job announcement at EPA. for the Director of our Radiological Emergency Response Center (Branch) This is a legitimate hire...
Darryl: I assume you're talking about your REP plan. We issue a single 0-20 R pencil dosimeter to our EWs with an LD for a permanent record. "Reporting" limit...
We are considering adding to our dosimeters (we have 0-20 REM, 0-200 REM) a third dosimeter that would read 0-5 REM. What types of dosimeters do your Emergency...
Don't know if you have seen this site, but the information is quite good and may be quite valuable for planning purposes. I'd be interested in any feedback you...
Nope, this one's not KI. Mike S Radiation antidote to be readily available By Jennifer Harper THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published February 10, 2005 A simple vitamin...
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/living/health/10805134.htm Posted on Thu, Feb. 03, 2005 FDA approves liquid thyroid drug to defend against...
We have been informed that Iowa will have to demonstrate the use of a TDD device during our December Ft. Calhoun exercise. No specific mention of the message...
