Radiation-related Noteworthy Items
Current Events, Recent Announcements & Items of Interest
This page is reserved for hyperlinks to radiation-related stories of interest.
- The Bureau's Upcoming Events page notes special presentations, seminars, programs and classes.
- Press Releases and Articles regarding the Quehanna Site Facility Cleanup Project page.
- Radon-related Events page.
- DEP's Public Participation Center
- The Department's main webpage for new information including:
- DEP Newsroom Homepage
- DEP Newsroom for press releases.
- DEP "The Update" newsletter, for the Department's "Top Stories".
- DEP Calendar of Events
- The Department's main webpage for new information including:
Individual Stories, Items & Events
- Notice of Possible Source Leakage During Non-Routine Maintenance on a Gammacell 40 Irradiator PDF
- BRP Information Notice 2011-01
- Dated January 7, 2011
- To all Pennsylvania irradiator licensees and irradiator service providers. This information notice alerts of a contamination event that occurred during a non-routine maintenance operation on a Gammacell 40 blood irradiator. It is expected that all Pennsylvania irradiator licensees and service providers will review the information for applicability to their facilities and consider actions, as appropriate, to avoid similar incidents.
- Department of Health to Distribute Potassium Iodide; Residents Living Near Nuclear Facilities May Receive Free KI Tablets (August 9, 2010)
- The Pennsylvania Department of Health will provide free potassium iodide, or KI, tablets to people who live or work within a 10-mile radius of Pennsylvania's five nuclear power plants beginning on August 12, 2010
- Department of Health Postassium Iodide (KI) Fact Sheets
- Report to the Radiological Emergency Preparedness Advisory Committee (REPAC) From the Potassium Iodide (KI) Working Group (June 2001)
- Pennsylvania's Nuclear Power Plants
- Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc., Resolution: National Radiation Protection Professionals Week (September 26, 2008)
- In observance of Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen's discovery of X-rays on November 8, 1995,
NOW BE IT RESOLVED:- That November 2-7, 2008, is National Radiation Protection Professionals Week, and
- That the week is dedicated to recognizing Radiation Protection Professionals for their contributions to public safety.
- Approved by the CRCPD Board of Directors
- In observance of Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen's discovery of X-rays on November 8, 1995,
- Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD) & Organization of Agreement States (OAS) Presentation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (August 14, 2008)
John Winston (PA DEP BRP) (fourth from left), Chair of the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD), with other CRCPD and Organization of Agreement States (OAS) representatives, briefed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on August 14, 2008, on various issues related to radioactive materials. Web cast link at:
http://video.nrc.gov/
- Radiation & Granite Countertops (July 29, 2008)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) FAQs on the recent concerns about natural radiation, including radon, emitted by granite countertops
- Pennsylvania Becomes 35th NRC Agreement State (March 31, 2008)
BRP Director David Allard (third from right), delivers signed Agreement to
U.S. NRC State Program's Office on March 26, 2008