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Welcome to CRCPD
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CRCPD's mission is "to promote consistency in addressing and resolving radiation protection issues, to encourage high standards of quality in radiation protection programs, and to provide leadership in radiation safety and education."CRCPD's primary goal is to assure that radiation exposure to individuals is kept to the lowest practical level, while not restricting its beneficial uses.CRCPD's primary membership is made up of radiation professionals in State and local government that regulate the use of radiation sources. But anyone with an interest in radiation protection is eligible to join. Please join our Partnership. Membership Information
The governing body of the CRCPD is a seven member
Board of
Directors, composed of State and
local members from across the United States. The Board:
Establishes policy;
Establishes working groups, appoints members, and
provides charges to these groups;
Provides direction and guidance to the Executive
Director;
Provides general oversight of all CRCPD activities;
and
Interacts with CRCPD's radiation partners to promote
CRCPD's mission, goals, and objectives.
Individuals from the following
Federal agencies
provide consultation and advice to the Board of Directors:
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)
Food and Drug Administration
(FDA)
Center for Devices and
Radiologic Health (CDRH)
Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC)
Background Information In 1959, Congress amended the Atomic Energy Act, authorizing States to assume regulatory control for certain types of man-made radioactive materials, provided the State had an adequate program to protect the public health and safety. Currently there are 33 States that have assumed this authority. Such States are called "Agreement States," as they have a written agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. By the early 1960s many States had a comprehensive radiation control program. Such programs included regulation of the use of diagnostic and therapeutic x-ray, environmental monitoring, and regulation of the use of certain radioactive materials, including naturally occurring, accelerator-produced radioactive material (NARM). While early State and local radiation control programs were developing, similar activities were developing at the Federal level. As a result of these many and varied State, local, and Federal programs and activities in radiation control, most of which were being developed independently of each other, it became clear that unless some effort was made for uniformity there would be inconsistencies and conflicts of rules and regulations throughout the country. As a result of this identified need for uniformity of regulations, CRCPD was originally established in 1968 for two primary purposes:
More information about CRCPD is available:
Conference of Radiation Control
Program Directors, Inc. Office Hours: 8:00-4:30 Eastern Time
Throughout CRCPD's
website
appears at
links that leave the CRCPD website.
(For more information, refer to
Legal Stuff.) [Page updated 1/7/09]
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