[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 184 (Monday, September 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 54635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22066]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes: Meeting 
Notice

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: NRC will convene a meeting of the Advisory Committee on the 
Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) October 27-28, 2008. A sample of 
agenda items to be discussed during the public session includes: (1) 
ACMUI subcommittee reports on cesium chloride (CsCl), permanent implant 
brachytherapy rulemaking, and fingerprinting; (2) Y-90 microsphere 
brachytherapy licensing guidance; (3) potential changes to 10 CFR Parts 
20 and 35; (4) patient needs, concerns, and rights in radiation 
medicine; (5) infiltration of fluorine-18 (F-18) and therapeutic 
radiopharmaceuticals as medical events; (6) status of recommendations 
for modifying training and experience attestation requirements; (7) 
status of technical basis for the Petition for Rulemaking (PRM) 35-20 
(Ritenour) and follow-up; (8) Potential rulemaking and associated 
Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) regarding multiple RSOs on a medical-use 
license; (9) status of current and future 10 CFR Part 35 rulemaking; 
and (10) medical isotope shortages. A copy of the agenda will be 
available at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acmui/agenda 
or by e-mailing Ms. Ashley Tull at the contact information below.
    Purpose: Discuss issues related to 10 CFR Part 35 Medical Use of 
Byproduct Material.
    Date and Time for Closed Sessions: October 27, 2008 from 8 a.m. to 
9 a.m. This session will be closed so that ACMUI can discuss internal 
Committee business and receive annual ethics training.
    Date and Time for Open Sessions: October 27, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 5 
p.m. and October 28, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    Address for Public Meeting: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Two 
White Flint North Building, Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, 
Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    Public Participation: Any member of the public who wishes to 
participate in the meeting should contact Ms. Tull using the 
information below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ashley M. Tull, e-mail: 
[email protected], telephone: (240) 888-7129.

Conduct of the Meeting

    Leon S. Malmud, M.D., will chair the meeting. Dr. Malmud will 
conduct the meeting in a manner that will facilitate the orderly 
conduct of business. The following procedures apply to public 
participation in the meeting:
    1. Persons who wish to provide a written statement should submit an 
electronic copy to Ms. Tull at the contact information listed above. 
All submittals must be received by October 20, 2008, and must pertain 
to the topic on the agenda for the meeting.
    2. Questions and comments from members of the public will be 
permitted during the meeting, at the discretion of the Chairman.
    3. The transcript will be available on ACMUI's Web site (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acmui/tr/) on or about January 
27, 2009. A meeting summary will be available on or about December 11, 
2008.
    4. Persons who require special services, such as those for the 
hearing impaired, should notify Ms. Tull of their planned attendance.

This meeting will be held in accordance with the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954, as amended (primarily Section 161a); the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App); and the Commission's regulations in Title 
10, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Part 7.

    Dated: September 16, 2008.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-22066 Filed 9-19-08; 8:45 am]
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