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Confirms Acceptance for Participation in Course Entitled, Insp Procedures, Scheduled for 861201-04 in Seattle,Wa. List of Motels,Map of Local Area,Reg Guide 8.13 & Form & Schedule Encl

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Issue date:	10/30/1986
From:	Hornor J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION V)
To:	Hocken D OREGON, STATE OF
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,a Acceptance: Th'is letter is to confirm that you have been accepted for-participation in the course, " Inspection Procedures." The course is. scheduled for December 1-4, 1986, and will be given by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory _

Commission and selected Agreement State staff at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

Motel: _ A list of local motels is enclosed. The per diem for'the' Seattle area is $53.00 per day for a hotel and $33.00 per-day for. food for a total of

$86.00 per day.

If you wish to stay with the majority of the' class, please.

contact Jack,Hornor (415) 943-3760 the week of' November _9, 1986. Students who live in Washington State are not receiving travel or-per diem from the NRC.

Location:- The training course will be conducted at the University of.

Washington South Campus Center, Room 342 (map enclosed). There will be several rental and private. cars for transportation to and from class. The course will begin Monday, December 1, 1986, at 8:00 a.m. and will be over-approximately 3:30 p.m., Thursday, December 4, 1986.

Travel:

If you travel by air, you should determine the airline flights you want to use to travel to the course and then call our Travel Services contractor, Dimensions Travel Company, telephone-(301) 986-8949. Dimensions Travel will'make your reservations and will mail you a ticket.

If you need transportation from the airport to the hotel, there is a limo to downtown Seattle and you can take a cab from there. If you are arriving Sunday. afternoon,.please call and I will either wait-for you or have someone pick you up.

Those persons who have been approved to travel by automobile will be reimbursed at the rate of 20.5 cents per mile with the total transportation not to exceed the minimum air fare.

' Preparation: You should be familiar with 10 CFR Parts 19, 20, 30-35, 40, 70, and 71 (or State equivalents) and current inspection guides provided by your State. Be prepared to discuss 10 CFR 19 and 20 on Monday, December 1,1986.

A pocket calculator will be useful but not necessary.

During the course, a laboratory exercise will be held in which small (exempt quantity) sources may be used.

For the purposes of this exercise, the laboratory will be conducted in a restricted area for radiation safety purposes.

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, 19.12, " Instructions to Workers," would apply. NRC Regulatory Guide 8.13-provides guidance for instructing workers regarding biological risks to embryos and fetuses from prenatal exposure (enclosed). All course attendees are expected to read this and become familiar with it (the subject of radiation safety instructions to licensee employees is normally a routine part of an inspection). Female employees (students) are required to complete the enclosed form and return it to the course coordinators (R. Woodruff or J. Hornor) on Monday, December 1, 1986.

Contacts and Telephone Numbers: If you will not be able to attend this scheduled course, or require additional information, please call me at (415) 943-3760.

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List of motels 2.

Map of local area 3.

Regulatory Guide 8.13 4.

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AGENDA MONDAY, DECEMBER 1 i

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Welcome - T. R. Strong, Head, Radiation Control Section Washington Department of Social and Health Services Joel 0. Lubenau, Senior Project Manager, Office of State Programs, USNRC 8:45 a.m.

Introduction and Objectives of Training Program Richard L. Woodruff, State Agreements Representative, USNRC, Region II 9:15 a.m.

Diagnostic Quiz 9:45 a.m.

53reak 10:00 a'.m.

General Provisions of NRC and Agreement State Regulations,

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The Role of the Inspector and Coping with Stress Joel 0. Lubenau, Office of State Programs, USNRC 11:45 a.m.

Lunch Standards for Protection Against Radiation (10 CFR 20) 1:00 p.m.

Richard L. Woodruff 1:30 p.m.

When is a Standard Enforceable? - Joel 0. Lubenau 2:30 p.m.

Break 2:45 p.m.

Scheduling and Preparation for inspections - R. L. Woodruff 3:45 p.m.

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Break 2:45 p.m.

Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy Regulations (10 CFR Part 35) - R. L. Woodruff 3:15 p.m.

Specific Problems Encountered During Inspection of Nuclear Medicine Licensees Mobile Vans, Radiophannacies, and Teletherapy, R. L. Woodruff WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER __3_

8:30 a.m.

Industrial Radiography Regulations (10 CFR Part 34)

Richard L. Woodruff 9:00 a.m.

Problems Encountered during Industrial Radiography Inspections - R. L. Woodruff 10:00 a.m.

Break 10:15 a.m.

Enforcement Action and Correspondence with Licensees -

Terry'C. Frazee, Supervisor, Radioactive Material Unit, State of Washington 11:00 a.m.

Waste Disposal, Manifest Rule - Nancy Kirner, Supervisor, Waste Management Unit, State of Washington 11:45 a.m.

Lunch 1:00 p.m.

Inspection Exercise at the University of Washington 4:00 p.m.

Inspection Exercise Critique THURSDAY, DECEMBER _4 8:30 a.m.

Correlating Inspection Findings with Regulatory Requirements (Class Participation) 9:30 a.m.

Conducting a Management Closeout Meeting (ClassParticipation) 10:30 a.m.

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Agreement State Incident Reporting / Investigation Richard L. Woodruff and Joel 0. Lubenau 11:15 a.m.

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Final Exam 2:00 p.m.

Course Critique 2:30 p.m.

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tion that should be provided concerning biological risks to embryos or fetuses resulting from prenatal exposure.*

C. REGULATORY POSITION Instruction to workers performed under Q 19.12 B. DISCUSSION should be given prior to assignment to work in a restricted area. In providing instructicn about health Since the Law of Bergonie and Tribondeau was protection problems associated with radiation exposure published in 1906 *

• it has been known that the female workers and those who may supervise or work sensitivity of cel;s to radiation damage is related to their with them should be given specific instruction about reproductive activity and inversely related to their prenatal exposure risks to the developing embryo and degree of differentiation. It follows that children could fetus.

be expected to be more radiosensitive than adults, fetuses more radiosensitive than children, and embryos The instruction should ensure that the employees even more radiosensitive.

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That the NCRP has recommended that, during This principle has long been a factor in the the entire gestation period, the maximum permissible development of radiation exposure standards. Section dose equivalent to the fetus from occupational exposure 20.104 of 10 CFR Part 20 places different limits on of the expectant mother should not exceed 0.5 rem and J

minors than on adult workers. Specifically, it limits anyone under the age of 18 to exposures not exceeding 2.

The reasons for this recommendation.

10% of the limits for adult workers. Ilowever, 20.104 does not relate to embryos or fetuses.

The instruction should include the information provided in the Appendix to this guide. It should be A special situation arises when an occupationally presented to the employee, her supervisors, and her exposed woman is pregnant. Exposure of the abdomen co-workers both orally and in written form. Each of sucl. a worker to penetrating radiation from either individual should be given an opportunity to ask external or internal sources would also involve exposure questions, and each individual should be asked to of the embryo or fetus. Because a number of studies acknowledge in writing that the instruction has been have indicated that the embryo or fetus is more sensitive received.

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Some recent studies have shown that the risk of All Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensees are leukemia and other cancers in children increases if the now required

• to inform all individuals who work in a mother is exposed to a significant amount of radiation restricted area of the health protection problems asso-during pregnancy. According to a report by the National ciated with radiation exposure.This instruction would in Academy of Sciences, the incidence of leukemia among many cases include information on the possible risks to children from birth to 10 years of age in the United unborn babies. The regulations also state " that States could rise from 3.7 cases in 10.000 children to 5.6 licensees should keep radiation exposures as low as is cases in 10,000 children if the children were exposed to reasonably achievable. According to the National I rem of radiation before birth (a" rem"is a measure of Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, radiation). The Academy has also estimated that an vigorous efforts should be made to keep the radiation equal number of other types of cancers could result exposure of an embryo or fetus at the very lowest from this level of radiation. Although other scientific practicable level during the entire period of pregnancy.

studies have shown a much smaller effect from radiation, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission wants women em-Thus it is the responsibility of your employer to ployees of its licensees to be aware of any possible risk take all practicable steps to reduce your radiation so that the women can take steps they think appropriate exposure. Then it is your responsibility to decide to protect their offspring.

whether the exposure you are receiving is sufficiently low to protect your unbom child. The advice of your As an employee of a Nuclear Regulatory Commis-employer's health physicist or radiation protection sion licensee, you may be exposed to more radiation officer should be obtained to determine whether radia-than the general public. However, the Nuclear Regula.

tion levels in your working areas are high enough that a tory Commission has established a basic exposure limit baby could receive 0.5 rem or more before birth. If so, for all occupationally exposed adults of 1.25 rems per the alternatives that you might want to consider are:

calendar quarter, or 5 rems per year. No clinical evidence of harm would be expected in an adult working within (a) If you are now pregnant or expect to be soon, these levels for a lifetime. Because the risks of undesir-you could decide not to accept or continue assignments able effects may be greater for young people, individuals in these areas.

under 18 years of age are permitted to be exposed to only 10 percent of the adult occupationallimits. (This (b) You could reduce your exposure, where possi-lower limit is also applied to members of the general ble, by decreasing the amount of time you spend in the public.)

radiation area, increasing your distance from the radia-tion source, and using shielding.

The scientific organization called the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements has (c) If you do become pregnant,you could ask your recommended that because unborn babies may be more employer to reassign you to areas involving less exposure sensitive to radiation than adults, their radiation dose as to radiation. If this is not possible, you might consider a result of occupational exposure of the mother should not exceed 0.5 rem. Other scientific groups, including the International Commission on Radiation Protection.

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have also stressed the need to keep radiation doses to unborn children as low as is reasonably achievable.

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a macussimi amadiadon leaving your job. If you decide to take such steps, do so without delay. The unborn child is most sensitive to The< amount of radiation an individual receives is radiation during the first three months of your preg.

called the " dose,* and is measured in " rems." The

"*"'Y' average individual in the United States accumulates a dose of one rern fmm natural souras mry 12 years.

(d) You could delay having children until you are The dose from natural radiation is higher in some states, no longer working in an area where the radiation dose to such as Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota, pri-your unborn baby could exceed 0.5 rem.

marily because of cosmic radiation. There the average individual gets one rem every 8 years.

You may also, of course, choose to:

Natural background radiation levels are also much (e) Continue working in the higher radiation areas, higher in certain local areas. A dose of one rem may be

3 g but with full awareness that you are doing so at some received in some areas on the beach at Guarapari, Brazil, smallincreased risk for your unborn child.

In only about 9 days, and some people in Kerala, India, get a dose of one tem every 5 months.

The following facts should be noted to help you make a Many people receive additional radiation for medi-decision:

cal reasons. In 1970, an estimated 212 million X ray examinations were performed in the United States. The estimated average surface skin dose from one radio.

1. The first three months of pregnancy are the graphic chest X-ray is 0.027 rem. The estimated average most important, so you should make your decision surface skin dose per abdominal X. ray is 0.62 rem.*

quickly.

Radiation can also be received from naturalsources 2.

In most cases of occupational exposure, the such as rock or brick structures, from consumer prod-actual dose received by the unborn baby isless than the ucts such as television and glow in the-dark watches, dose received by the mother because some of the dose is and from air travel. The possible annual dose from absorbed by the mother's body.

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At the present occupational exposure limit, the rem, and the average annual dose in the United States

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or loss of your ability to bear children. The radiation dose to the whole body (such as 600 rems in one day) dose required to produce such effects is more than 100 w uld probably cause death in about 30 days, but such

Il times larger than the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's large doses result only from rare accidents. Control of Y

dose limits for adults.

exposure to radiation is based on the assumption that any exposure, no matter how small, involves some risk.

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Even if you work in an area where you receive The occupational exposure limits are set so low, how-only 0.5 rem per three month period, in nine months ever, that medical evidence gathered over the past 50 you could receive 1.5 rems, and the unbom baby could years indicates no clinically observable injuries to indi.

receive more than 0.5 rem, the full. term limit suggested viduals due to radiation exposures when the established by the NCRP. Therefore,if you decide to restrict your radiation limits are not exceeded.This was true even for unborn baby's exposure as recommended by the NCRP, exposures received under the early occupational ex.

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be aware that the 0.5 rem limit to the unborn baby posure limits, which were many times higher than the I

applies to the full nine-month pregnancy, present limits. Thus the risk to individuals at the occupational exposure levels is considered to be very low.However,it is impossible to say that the risk is zero.

The remainder of this document contains a brief To decrease the risk still further, licensees are expected explanation of radiation and its effects on humans. As to keep actual exposures as far below the limits as is you will see, some radiation is present everywhere and reasonably achievable.

the levels of radiation most employees of Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensees receive are not much larger than these natural levels. Because the radiation

'" Pre Release Report: X Ray Exposure Study (XES) Revised IcVels in the facihty where you will be working are Estarnates of 1964 and 1970 Genetically Significant Dose, required by law to be kept quite low, there is not g ebruary 4,1975, U.S. Department of Health, Educatan, considered to be a significant health risk to individual and Welfare, Public Health Service, Federal Drug Administra-adult employees, tion, Bureau of Radiological Health.

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The current exposure limits for people working with Seminary radiation have been developed and carefully reviewed by nationally and internationally recognized groups of Occupational exposures to radiation are being kept scientists. It must be remembered, however, that these low. However, qualified scientists have recommended limits are for adults. Special consideration is appropriate that the radiation dose to an embryo or fetus as a result when the individual being exposed is, or may be, an of occupational exposure of the expectant mother expectant mother, because the exposure of an unborn should not exceed 0.5 rem because of possible increased child may filso be involved.

risk of childhood leukemia and cancer. Since this 0.5 rem is lower than the dose generally permitted to adult Prenatallrradiatin w rkers, women may want to take special actions to avcid receiving higher exposures, just as they might stop The prediction that an unborn child would be more smoking during pregnancy or might climb stairs more sensitive to radiation than an adult is supported by carefully a reduce possible risks to their unbom children.

observations for relatively large doses. Large doses delivered before birth alter both physical development and behavior in experimentally exposed animals. A Bibliography report of the National Academy of Sciences states that short. term doses in the range of 10 to 20 rems cause

1. Donald G. Pizzaiello and Richard L. Witcofski, subtle changes in the nerve cells of unborn and infant Basic Radiation Biology, Philadelphia: Lea and rats. The report also states, however, that no radiation Febizer,1967.

Induced changes in development have been demon.

strated to result in experimental animals from doses up 2.

National Academy of Sciences - National Research to about I rem per day extended over a large part of the Council, ne Effects on Populations ofExposure to period before birth.

Low Levels of Ionking Radiation, Washington, D.C., November 1972.

The National Academy of Sciences also noted that doses of 25 to 50 rems to a pregnant human may cause 3.

National Council on Radiation Protection and Mea.

growth disturbances in her offspring. Such doses sub.

surements, Basic Radiation Protection Criteria.

stantially exceed, of course, the maximum permissible NRCP Report No. 39, Washington, D.C., January occupational exposure limits.

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Concern about prenatalexposure(i.e., exposure of a 4.

United Nations, Iontring Radiation: Levels and child while in its mother's uterus) at the permissible Effects. 2 vol., Reports of the United Nations occupational levels is primarily based on the possibility Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic that cancer (especially leukemia) may develop during the Radiation, Report No. A/8725, United Nations, first 10 years of the child's life. Several studies have been New York,1972.

performed to evaluate this risk. One study involved the followup of 77,000 children exposed to radiation before 5.

U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Division of Tech.

birth (because of diagnostic abdominal X rays made for nical Information, Understanding the Atom Series:

medical purposes during their mother's pregnancy).

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