Press Release-04-024, NRC Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes to Meet March 1-2 in Rockville, Maryland

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Press Release-04-024: NRC Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes to Meet March 1-2 in Rockville, Maryland
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NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Public Affairs Telephone: 301/415-8200 Washington, DC 20555-001 E-mail: opa@nrc.gov Web Site: http://www.nrc.gov/OPA No.04-024 February 19, 2004 NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE MEDICAL USES OF ISOTOPES TO MEET MARCH 1 - 2 IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND The Nuclear Regulatory Commissions Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes will hold a meeting March 1 and 2 in Rockville, Md.

The meetings first session, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on March 1, will be closed to discuss ethical and security-related issues. The remainder of the March 1 meeting will be open to the public, as will the March 2 meeting from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the Auditorium of Two White Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike in Rockville. The March 2 sessions will include a briefing of the NRC Commissioners from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Commission Conference Room, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike.

Topics for the open sessions include proposed changes to abnormal occurrence criteria and defining medical events involving prostate seed implants. A complete agenda will be available at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acmui/schedules/2004/ . Persons who wish to provide a written statement should submit a reproducible copy to Angela R. Williamson, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Mail Stop T-8F5, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Alternately, statements may be e-mailed to Ms. Williamson at arw@nrc.gov .

Submissions should be postmarked by February 23 and must pertain to the topics on the meeting agenda.

Questions from the public will be permitted during the meeting, at the discretion of the chairman. Transcripts of the meeting and written comments will be available about March 22 on the NRCs web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acmui/tr/ , and in the NRC Public Document Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, telephone (800) 397-4209. Minutes of the meeting will be available about May 3.

For further information, contact Angela R. Williamson at (301) 415-5030.