Opening Session.
Mr. Joseph Ortaldo, the SRSHES Acting Chair, called the meeting to order at 8:55 a.m. He welcomed the attendees to the proceedings and opened the floor for introductions.
Review of Meeting Minutes.
Mr. Ortaldo entertained a motion to approve the previous meeting minutes. The members noted the following changes for the record.
- Change “Mr. Ali” to “Ms. Ali” on page 1.
- Change “(SC DHEQ)” to “(SC DHEC)” on page 1.
- Change “Rod Scmerr” to “Rod Scherr” on pages 1 and 10.
- Change the sentence on page 5 to “Exposure at a low-dose rate of a total dose of 100 rem increases the chance of developing cancer by 5%.”
A motion was properly made and seconded by Mr. French and Mr. Stringer, respectively, to approve the previous meeting minutes as amended. With no further discussion or additional changes, the January 25, 2005 SRSHES Meeting Minutes were unanimously approved with changes noted for the record.
Review of Current Action Items.
Mr. Phillip Green, the SRSHES Executive Secretary, and Mr. Charles Wood, the CDC Project Officer of the SRS dose reconstruction study, provided a status report of action items that were raised at the previous meeting.
- CDC published the September 15, 2005 draft meeting agenda in the Federal Register and also mailed a copy to each SRSHES member.
- CDC provided the Advanced Technology Laboratory (ATL) International report on the SRS dose reconstruction study to all persons who have requested the document to date.
- Mr. Wood will provide information during the meeting about the table he was asked to develop comparing SRS doses to other U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) facilities.
- CDC provided SRSHES with a draft document dated September 13, 2005 on findings of the independent review of the ATL report. The results will also be presented during the meeting.
- CDC will instruct ATL to prepare the final report after the meeting to reflect key findings of the independent review and comments that were submitted by SRSHES, the public and other sources. CDC compiled all white papers written for the ATL report into a new “Appendix T.”
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