Agreement State Communications for 2010

RESRAD OFFSITE Course (H-411) has been rescheduled to February 28-March 3, 2011 due to the availability of the computer labs. Any one that was registered for March 7-10, 2011 is going to be put on the list for the new dates. If you are registered and know you can't make these dates please let Brenda Usilton know at Brenda.Usilton@nrc.gov or call her on 301-415-2348.

Two more classes were added to The Gas and Oil Well Logging Course held in Houston, TX: The first course will be held on April 4-8, 2011 and the second course will be held on 10/3-7/2011. The second course falls into the next fiscal year.
Anyone interested in attending this course can send a training application to Brenda Usilton at Brenda.Usilton@nrc.gov or via fax 301-415-3502.

Safety Aspects of Industrial Radiography course: originally scheduled for September 26-30, 2011 is being rescheduled to September 12-16, 2011.
Anyone that has registered for this course to date will be moved into the new dates. If you have any questions please contact Brenda Usilton at 301-415-2348 or Brenda.Usilton@nrc.gov.

Annual Agreement States Meeting Clarification: This is to clarify the travel dates for the Annual Agreement States Meeting. The letter had some confusion as to when you should arrive and leave the meeting. Anyone who cannot find flights to get there on Monday before 1:00 p.m. can leave the day before which would be Sunday, August 22, 2010. Anyone who will not be able to leave after 12:00 noon on August 26th due to flight schedules and getting into late may stay until August 27, 2010.

Another Visual Sample Plan (VSP) Course: has been scheduled for October 25-28, 2010, in Bethesda, Maryland
VSP is the computer code used for developing sampling plans for hard-to-detect radionuclide's such as H-3 and C-14 and scan surveys are very difficult or not appropriate. More info is available at http://vsp.pnl.gov
If you have any questions regarding the course itself please contact Bruce Watson at 301-415-6221 or e-mail at Bruce.Watson@nrc.gov
Anyone interested in attending please send a training application to Brenda.Usilton@nrc.gov or fax to 301-415-3502.

New course, Visual Sample Plan (VSP) : will be held May 25-28, 2010 in Washington, DC area.
VSP is the computer code used for developing sampling plans for hard-to-detect radionuclides such as H-3 and C-14 and scan surveys are very difficult or not appropriate. More info is available at http://vsp.pnl.gov
If you have any questions regarding the course itself please contact Bruce Watson at 301-415-6221 or e-mail at Bruce.Watson@nrc.gov.
Given the short time before the course will be held, any Agreement States interested in attending this course should send an application ASAP to Brenda.Usilton@nrc.gov or fax to 301-415-3502. Agreement State selections will be made in the next two weeks.

One-time course Nuclear Pharmacy Licensing and Inspection (H-401): will be given on the following dates and location:
August 17-19, 2010 Arlington, TX (Region IV)
August 31-September 2, 2010 - Seattle, WA
September 8-10, 2010 - Lisle, IL (Region III)
September 21-23, 2010 - Orlando, FL
September 28-30, 2010 - King of Prussia, PA (Region I)
Anyone interested in attending please send a training application to Brenda.Usilton@nrc.gov or fax to 301-415-3502.

Another Transportation of Radioactive Materials Course (H-308) has been scheduled for September 20-24, 2010 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Anyone interested in attending please send a training application to Brenda.Usilton@nrc.gov or fax to 301-415-3502.
An additional - Health Physics for Uranium Recovery (F-104) course will be held on September 27-30, 2010 in Bethesda, Maryland. This course is available first to the States of Utah, Colorado, Washington and Texas. If space allows, Nebraska, New Mexico, Arizona Virginia and Nevada are allowed to attend.

Note: NEW webpage listing the NMSS WorkingGroups and the Sunsetted Working Groups.
See /https://www.nrc.gov/materials/working-group.html

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