ECA Update: September 13, 2016 |
IN THIS UPDATE:
Join us via livestream for the 2016 National Cleanup Workshop
EPA proposes new water rules for nuclear emergencies
Join us via livestream for the 2016 National
Cleanup Workshop ECA Staff September 13, 2016 Join ECA, the
Department of Energy (DOE), and the Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG) for the second annual National Cleanup Workshop. Starting September 14th at 8:00am eastern time, livestream the conference here.
Confirmed participants for this year's workshop include:
- Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), Chairman, House Energy and Water
Development Appropriations Subcommittee
- Kevin Knobloch, Chief of Staff, DOE
- David Klaus, Deputy Under Secretary for Management and Performance, DOE
- Monica Regalbuto, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management, DOE-EM
- Mark Whitney, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, DOE-EM
- Joyce Connery,
Chairman, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
- John Kotek, Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy, DOE
- David Foster, Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary, DOE
- Matthew Moury, Associate Under Secretary for Environment, Health, Safety and Security, DOE
- John Hale, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, DOE
- Shari Meghreblian, Deputy Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Environmental Conservation
- Shelly Wilson, Federal Facilities Liaison, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
- Dyan Foss, Global Managing Director Nuclear Sector, CH2M
- Michael Graham, Principal Vice President, Bechtel
- Cathy
Hickey, President, WECTEC Government Services
- Greg Meyer, Senior Vice President of Operations, Fluor
- William Morrison, Executive Vice President, Atkins North America
- Todd Wright, General Manager and Executive Vice President, AECOM Nuclear & Environment Strategic Business Unit
EPA Proposes New Water Rules for Nuclear EmergenciesThe Wall Street Journal September 12, 2016 In
the wake of a nuclear emergency, the Environmental Protection Agency thinks it would be acceptable for the public to temporarily drink water containing radioactive contamination at up to thousands of times normal federal safety limits.
The agency is proposing
this in new drinking-water guidelines for use in the weeks or months after a radiological event, such as a nuclear-power-plant accident or terrorist “dirty” bomb. The EPA has been looking for years at issuing drinking-water guidelines as part of a broader set of recommendations about what to do if radioactive material is released into the environment. Agency officials have said the 2011
accident at the Fukushima nuclear complex in Japan, where radiation was released, influenced their thinking on the matter.
Public comments on the proposed drinking-water guidelines are still being evaluated and the EPA expects to release a final document sometime this year, an agency spokeswoman said.
In written filings, the EPA said its normal radiation-safety limits, which are based on presumed exposures over decades, can be relaxed for a relatively brief period in the wake of emergencies without unduly increasing people’s risk of harm. The new guidelines would help officials decide when protective actions, such as bringing in bottled water, are needed. |
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2016 National Cleanup Workshop
| September 2016 | | 14 | House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus Event in Washington, DC |
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2016 | | 15 | | DOE-NE Consent-based Siting Summary of Public Input Meeting in Washington, DC |
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| November 2016 | | 16-18 | INVITATION ONLY 2016 Intergovernmental Meeting with DOE in New Orleans, LA
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