(Revised: new telephone bridge line, room change and extended date for submissions)

AMENDED: NRC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL USES OF ISOTOPES TO 

MEET SEPT. 22-23, IN ROCKVILLE, MD.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Advisory Committee on Medical Uses of

Isotopes (ACMUI) will meet Sept. 22-23 in Rockville, Md.

Meeting topics include the status of a Commission paper on data collections regarding 

patient release; perspectives from the NRC staff and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the 

strontium breakthrough with rubidium-82 generators; medical-related events; outcomes from the 

NRC medical-related rulemaking workshops; possible changes to the permanent implant 

brachytherapy subcommittee report; and the status of the medical use of byproduct material

(10 CFR Part 35) rulemaking.

The ACMUI advises the NRC on policy and technical issues related to the regulation of

medical uses of certain radioactive materials.

The public portion of the meeting will be on Thursday, Sept. 22, from 1:30 to 5 p.m. and 

Friday, Sept. 23, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. An ACMUI detailed agenda is available on the NRC website.

The meeting will be held on September 22 at NRC Headquarters One White Flint North 

Building, room O1-F16/O1-G16 and on September 23 at NRC Headquarters Two White Flint North 

Building, room T2-B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Md.

Any member of the public wishing to provide a written statement should contact Sophie J. 

Holiday at sophie.holiday@nrc.gov, or telephone, 301-415-7865. All submittals must be received by 

new extended date of Sept. 22, and must pertain to a topic on the meeting agenda. 

Questions and comments from the public during the meeting will be permitted at the 

discretion of the committee chairperson. NRC has set up a toll-free telephone bridge line for 

members of the public who are unable to attend in person to listen to and comment during the 

meeting (Conference line: 888-677-8203 and passcode: 55505#). Anyone who wishes to listen to 

the ACMUI meeting but not comment is encouraged to watch the webcast live via the NRC’s 

website. Any member of the public who wishes to participate in the meeting in person or via phone, 

and attendees requiring special services, should contact Sophie Holiday using the information 

above.

The meeting summary will be available in early November on the ACMUI Web page. The 

draft transcript will be available on or about Oct. 25, on the ACMUI Web page and in the NRC 

Public Document Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Md. 20852-2738, phone 800-397-4209.

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