SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS OR REMARKS:

It was a pleasure seeing you at the Health Physics Society Meeting a few weeks ago. I enjoyed your talk and the discussions. Per our discussion, I would like to take this opportunity to invite NRC to participate in the N13.60 Working Group on the development of late-phase protection guidance for nuclear accidents. I am currently chairing this group and would like to have an NRC representative on the committee to help with the deliberation and preparation of the report. About two years ago I extended a similar invitation to NRC but received no response. As you may be aware, although the U.S. EPA has developed protection guidance for early and intermediate phases following a nuclear accident, no guidance has been developed for the late (recovery) phase. The standard to be developed is intended to provide radiation protection criteria for application to all nuclear accidents requiring protection in late phase activities returning the affected land or food media to public use (e.g., areas affected by the Chernobyl accident). The standard, when developed, will be published as an ANSI/HPS standard upon successful completion of a concurrence review. For your information, I am attaching the ANSI Project Initiation Notification System Input Form describing the project