Federal Register: April 16, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 74)
DOCID: FR Doc 04-8634
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Meetings:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of workshop.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Review and Status of Surface and Volumetric Survey Design and Analysis Using Spatial Analysis and Decision Assistance (SADA) Methods; Public Workshop
DATES: The workshop will be held on May 4th and 5th, 2004 from 8 a.m. to about 5 p.m. Registration is requested at http://www.tiem.utk.edu/sada/ to help plan for security issues and determine how many CD copies of the Beta SADA software will have to be prepared for distribution.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The NRC will hold a public workshop in Rockville, Maryland, to provide the NRC staff and the public with an overview of progress on the development of a new computational tool for use in the evaluation of sites with subsurface contamination. Spatial Analysis and Decision Assistance (SADA) is a freeware software program that is being supported jointly by several Federal Agencies. SADA utilizes automated surveying designs and analytical tools to enhance the demonstration of compliance with criteria for volumetric contaminants and to test and evaluate alternative survey designs. Distributions and total contaminant inventories are sometimes required to assist in determining risk and/or compliance.
Presenters at the workshop will provide information on federally
sponsored survey design and analytical approaches under development for volumetric assessments. The emphasis
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of the workshop will focus on the MultiAgency Radiation Survey & Site
Investigation Manual (MARSSIM) evolution into Geostatistical and
Bayesian approaches to surficial and, in particular, volumetric
contamination characterization and analysis. This information will be
useful to the NRC in developing realistic guidance for implementations
requiring subsurface or volumetric knowledge. All interested licensees
and members of the public are invited to attend this workshop.
SUMMARY:
Surface and volumetric survey design and analysis using spatial analysis and decision assistance methods; workshop,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
This workshop is one of a series of interactions with the Agreement States, licensees, and the public to inform and gather suggestions and ideas for improving performance based protocols for conducting surveys that must consider volumetric geometries. Techniques that apply Bayesian and geostatistical methods are showing promise in reducing the resources required to evaluate volumetric contamination while increasing the accuracy and precision of the results. Therefore, the NRC staff is considering expanding and extending the performance guidance for conducting volumetric surveys by applying statistics such as Bayesian and geostatistical analysis that may be more appropriate for use in assessments. The workshop will include brief formal presentations by invited speakers from DOE national laboratories, EPA and other Federal Agencies. These presentations will address survey techniques that can be applied up to the initiation of volumetric sampling and analysis. Question and answer periods will be provided.
Visitor parking around the NRC building is limited; however, the workshop site is located adjacent to the White Flint Station on the Metro Red Line. Seating for the public will be on a firstcome, first served basis.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 12th day of April, 2004.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cheryl A. Trottier,
Chief, Radiation Protection and Health Effects Branch, Division of
Regulatory Applications, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. [FR Doc. 048634 Filed 41504; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Designated Federal Official: Cheryl A. Trottier (301) 4156232. General Information: George E. Powers, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 4156212, fax (301) 4155385, e mail: GEP@NRC.GOV. The workshop program can be viewed at http://www.tiem.utk.edu/sada/ .