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Information Notices & Regulatory Issue Summaries

Information Notices & Regulatory Issue Summaries contain recently identified radiation information about public health & safety issues for review and possible action.

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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Information Notices

• IN 2007-38 'Ensuring Complete and Accurate Information in the Documentation of Training and Experience for Individuals seeking approval as Medical Authorized Users'       (PDF, 120 KB)
• IN 2007-25 'Suggestion from the Advisory Committee on the Medical Use of Isotopes for Consideration to Improve Compliance with Sodium Iodide I-131 Written Directive Requirements in 10 CFR 35.40 and Supervision Requirements in 10 CFR 35.27'
  (PDF, 55.7 KB)
• IN 2007-16 'Common Violations of the Increased Controls Requirements and Related Guidance Documents'   (PDF, 55.7 KB)
• IN 2007-10 'Yttrium-90 Theraspheres® and Sirspheres® Impurities'  (PDF, 56.2 KB)
• IN 2007-03 'Reportable Medical Events Involving Patients Receiving Dosages of Sodium Iodide Iodine-131 Less Than the Prescribed Dosage Because of Capsules Remaining in Vials After Administration'       (PDF, 51.1 KB)
• IN 2006-11 'Applicability of Patient Intervention in Determining Medical Events for Gamma Stereotactic radiosurgery and other therapy procedures'      (PDF, 51.20 KB)
• IN 2005-27 'Low-Dose-Rate Manual Brachytherapy — Equipment-Related Medical Events'      (PDF, 487.16 KB)
• IN 2005-10 'Changes to 10 CFR Part 71 Packages'      
  (PDF, 31.4 KB)
• IN 2004-13  'Registration, Use, and Quality Assurance  Requirements for NRC-Certified Transportation Packages'
  (PDF, 90 KB)
• IN 2004-02 'Strontium-90 Eye Applicators: New Calibration
  Values and Use'       (PDF, 68 KB)
• IN 2004-02 'Strontium-90 Eye Applicators: New Calibration
  Values and Use'       (PDF, 68 KB)
• IN-2003-22 'Heightened Awareness for Patients Containing Detectable Amounts of Radiation from Medical Administrations'
  (PDF, 54 KB)
• IN 2003-21 'High Dose Rate Remote Afterloader Equipment
  Failure'       (PDF, 56 KB)
• IN-2003-11 'Leakage found on Bottom Mounted instrumentation Nozzles'           (PDF, 63.71 KB)
• In-2002-30 'Control and Surveillance of Portable Gauges
  During Field Operations'     (PDF, 49 KB)
• IN-2002-23, Supplement 1 'Unauthorized Administration of Byproduct Material for Medical Use' (PDF, 33.83 KB)
• In-2001-11 'Thefts of Portable Gauges'

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Issue Summaries

• RIS-08-07 'Dose Limit for Patient Release Under 10 CFR 35.75'  (PDF, 79.3 KB)
• RIS-07-28 'Security Requirements for Portable Gauges'  
  (PDF, 139 KB)
• RIS-07-15 'Unescorted Access to Materials for Non-Manufacturer and Distributor Service Providers'      (PDF, 98.6 KB)
• RIS-07-14 'Fingerprinting requirements for Licensees implementing the Increased Control Order'      (PDF, 79.3 KB)
• RIS-06-26 'Training and Experience and Grandfather Provisions for Authorized Medical Physicists under 10 CFE Part 35'   (PDF, 56.6 KB)
• RIS-06-19  'Availability of Guidance on Radioactive Seed Localization'     (PDF, 35.71 KB)
• RIS-06-18 'Requesting Exemption from the Public Dose Limits for Certain Cargivers of Hospital Patients'     (PDF, 59.40 KB)
• RIS-05-24   'Control of Radiation Dose to Visitors of Hospital Patients'     (PDF, 71.21 KB)
• RIS-05-23 'Clarification of the Physical Presence Requirement During Gamma Stereotactic Radiosurgery Treatments'
  (PDF, 55.12 KB)
• RIS-05-21 'Clarification of the Reporting Requirements in 10 CFR 20.2201'     (PDF, 57.65 KB)
• RIS-05-15 ' Reporting Requirements for Damaged Industrial Radiographic Equipment'     (PDF, 46.67 KB)
• RIS-05-010 'Performance Based Approach for Associated Equipment in 10 CFR 34.20'      (PDF, 73.44 KB)
• RIS-05-006 'Reporting Requirements for Gauges Damaged at Temporary Job Sites'          (PDF,  44.49 KB)
• RIS-04-017  'Revised Decay-In-Storage Provisions for the        Storage of Radioactive Waster Containing Byproduct Material'           (PDF, 63.1 KB)
• RIS-04-001 'Method for Estimating Effective Dose Equivalent from external radiation sources using two Dosimeters'
  (PDF, 105.97 KB)

Wisconsin Information Notices

• 'New Technology Guidance - Revised: Microsphere Brachytherapy Sources and Devices'      (PDF, 19.6KB)
• Transportation (May 2006) 'DOT special permit for Troxler models'
  (PDF, 20.2 kb)
• Location (December 2005) ' Information Notice concerning changing location of use or storage'    (PDF, 38 KB)
• MICK (June 2005) 'Information Notice concerning MICK Applicators'      (PDF, 38 KB)
• Pd-103 (June 2001) 'To Wisconsin Pd-103 Registrants'
  (PDF, 8 KB)

Wisconsin Regulatory Issue Summaries

• 2007-01 'Information Notice providing clarification/ reminders of several 49 CFR Transportation requirements'   (PDF, 27.79 KB)
• 2006-01 'Control of security related sensitive unclassified non-safeguards information handled by individuals, firms, and entities subject to DHS regulation of the use of radioactive material' (PDF, 89.1KB)

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Last Revised:  June 24, 2008