NIOSH Advisory Board to Hold In-Person Meeting

The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health will hold an in-person meeting on August 22, 2018 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., EDT, and August 23, 2018, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., EDT. A public comment session will be held on August 22, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. and conclude at 6:00 p.m. or following the final call for public comment, whichever comes first.

The meeting will be held at the Hilton Providence, 21 Atwells Avenue, Providence, RI 02903. For those who cannot attend in person you will be permitted to listen via FTS Conferencing. The USA toll-free dial-in number is 1-866-659-0537; the pass code is 9933701. Web conference by Skype: meeting CONNECTION: https://webconf.cdc.gov/zab6/yzdq02pl?sl=1.

The agenda will include discussions on the following: NIOSH Program Update; Department of Labor Program Update; Department of Energy Program Update; SEC Petitions Update; possible discussion of a site profile review (dose reconstruction methods for Feed Materials Production Center (Fernald, Ohio); SEC Petitions for: Sandia National Laboratory (Albuquerque, New Mexico), Metals and Controls Corporation (Attleboro, Massachusetts, Idaho National Laboratory (Scoville, Idaho), and DeSoto Facility (Los Angeles, California); continued review of dose reconstruction methods associated with estimating skin doses; and a Board Work Session. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

Cold War Patriots will provide a summary of this meeting.