Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes; Meeting Notice

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will convene a teleconference meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) on February 15, 2018, to discuss the revised draft report of the ACMUI Nursing Mother Guidelines for the Medical Administration of Radioactive Materials and the revised draft report of the ACMUI Physical Presence Requirements for the Leksell Gamma Knife[supreg] IconTM. The Nursing Mother Guidelines report will include the subcommittee's recommendations on the cessation of breastfeeding for various radionuclides. The Physical Presence Requirements report will include the subcommittee's recommendations for the physical presence of authorized users and authorized medical physicists during treatments using the IconTM unit. The NRC will also convene another teleconference meeting on March 1, 2018, to discuss the draft report of the Standing ACMUI Training and Experience Subcommittee. This report will include the subcommittee's recommendation for the total number of training and experience hours for authorized users under title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 35.300 that is necessary for safety. Meeting information, including a copy of the agendas and handouts, will be available at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acmui/meetings/2018.html. The agenda and handouts may also be obtained by contacting Ms. Sophie Holiday using the information below.